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Washington State University cutting 360 jobs - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The Pullman-based university released a preliminary budget plan on May 1 after the statw Legislature announced an operating budget that includecd significant cuts tohigher education. Wednesday’s announcemengt reflects the results of public budget forums and meetingss heldsince then. The new budget goes into effect onJuly 1. Job reductione include 167 vacant positions and 116 currentlyfillesd ones. Another 47 people will take earlg retirement while others have shiftesd from full time topart time. WSU employss more than 6,200 people across the state.
The three programs that will be cut are the Departmenrt of Theaterand Dance, the Department of Communitg and Rural Sociology and the major in Students who are majoring in those field s will still be able to take courses to finishj their degrees, but no new students will be admitted. Presidengt Elson Floyd, Provost Warwickl Bayly, deans, chancellors and vice presidents are contributing 5 percentf of theirbase salaries, or a tota of about $330,000, to a special fund that has allowed WSU to save some More detailed information on the budgeg reductions

GE Healthcare opens $165M N. G

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The new 230,000-square-foot facility includre a 60,000-square-foot cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectoras that will be made at the plant are used inmammogram screening, a growing $1 billiojn market for breast cancer testing. Much like the transitionm from paper medical records to streamlined electronic record keeping, digital X-rays are slowly replacing traditional film X-rahy machines. In addition to the 100 new jobs scheduled for the 50 people will transfer to the tech parkfrom GE’s researcg center in Niskayuna. Positionxs at the new site will includes15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportt staff with an average annualk salary of $65,000.
The plant is expected to have an annuapl payrollof $10 GE developed its digital X-rah technology at GE Global Research in Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’ws first expansion of high tech medicalo equipment manufacturing by its health care operation intoNew York. ”Thizs a wonderful example of howa long-term commitmenty to technology can spur the growth of our manufacturingb base and create new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark GE senior vice president and director of the researc h center.
GE Healthcare spent 15 yearx and morethan $200 millionm developing its digital flat panel X-ray The flat-panel detector is a critical componenrt of an X-ray system and plays a role in providinbg an improved image.

Gary Oldman Earns His First Oscar Nomination For 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' - Geeks of Doom

2012-01-26T18:00:00.001-08:00

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Melbourne firm lands part of Army contract - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Melbourne-based BRPH, along with its Washington, D.C.-basesd design/build partner Lifecycle ConstructionServices LLC, will be involved in design and construction of severap administrative facilities in the Northeast, accordinv to a news release. The first projecg under this project isa $3 milliobn new Battalion Headquarters project at Fort Lee, Va., the releass said. • Battalion Headquarters’ administration, special functions, storage and classroo areas. • Soldier Familu Assistance Center, a transitional facility with child financialassistance areas, meeting rooms, chaplain offices and other assistance to accommodate soldiersz and their families.
BRPH provides planning, engineering, interior design and construction services to the aerospace and aviation industries, and industrial and commercial real estate along with government and educational agencies. The firm has officese is Melbourne, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Atlanta and Ga.

Consumer confidence retreats - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Nationally, consumer confidence dropped sharplyin June, cuttinyg into three months of gainzs that had seen the overallp index more than double. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Indecx fellby 5.5 pointsd to 49.3 in June. Florida’s consumer confidence indesx for June fell thres points last monthto 68, the resulyt of bad economic news including the bankruptcy of General Motorxs Corp., foreclosures and a spike in Florida’sd unemployment rate, according to a new University of Floridaq poll.
While Floridians’ perceptions of personapl finances compared with a year ago is up threwe points to 44 from a revised May readingof 41, othefr perceptions were lower than, or the same as, last For example, perceptions of U.S. economic conditions over the next year fell seven pointsto 65, whilde perceptions of whether it’s a good time to buy big-tickeg items fell nine points to 67. Perceptions of U.S. economidc conditions over the next five years remaineed unchangedat 80.
"Moving forward, we do not expect Florida consumedr confidence to decline much more over the next coupleof months, barrinv some unforeseen change here in Florida or Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Survey Researcbh Center at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, said in a news release. However, McCarth cautioned the recovery is expecteds to be long and unevenh for some sectors ofthe economy. "With the demiswe of longstanding financial institutions such as Lehman Brotherd and manufacturing companies like Chryslerand GM, it is no longer business as usual," he said. The preliminary indec for June was conducted from430 responses.
It is benchmarked to 1966, so a values of 100 represents the same level of confidencre forthat year.

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million foreclosure lawsuit against the developer of theRivendell single-family home project in West The Miami-based bank filefd the foreclosure action on June 9 against Miami-based Crestview II, Marsoll One LLC and managing memberr Marcial Solis, according to records. The complaint targetss 28 unsold homes and home sites in which is along MillerDrive (Southwesrt 56th Street) between Southwest 167th Avenue and the Miccosukee Golf and Country After starting construction in 2004, Crestvie II sold 103 homesd in Rivendell from 2005 through the most recent sale in Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Charles Lichtman, who representx TotalBank in its demand for $12.
2 millio on the outstanding mortgage, did not immediately returm a call seeking comment. TotalBank reporte d having $86.4 million in late or unpaixd loans, or nearly 6.5 percent of its total as of March 31. In March, filede a foreclosure action against Crestview II and Solis overa $2.1 milliohn mortgage.

Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills - Fox News

2012-01-18T01:17:00.001-08:00

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Subaru still weathering the recession well with June sales up 3% - New Mexico Business Weekly:

2012-01-15T21:51:00.001-08:00

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Subaru continues to hold up well againsf rivalcar makers. June sales were off 33 percent forGenera Motors, 42 percent for Chrysler, and 11 percent for Ford. General Motors and Ford have closed factories while they work through Chapte11 bankruptcy. Asian automaters Toyota and Nissan reported declines of 32 percen t and23 percent, respectively. Subaru sold 18,620 vehicles in up from 18,007 a year earlier. Year to date, salese were down 1 percent. The Cherry Hill, N.J.
-based car which is owned by Fuji Heavy Industriesof Japan, is best knowmn for producing sporty sedans and crossovers, and for offering standard all-wheel drive on all Subaru’s best-selling model, the Forester, has sold 36,1598 vehicles year to date, a 31 percent increase over the firs t six months of 2008. The Legacy followede with 12,677 models sold, an 11 percenyt increase. In June, the winners were the with a 28percent increase, and the Imprezq models, which sold 24 percent more over last year. The Outbacik slipped 21 percent and the Tribecs SUV was down27 percent.

UPS, pilots reach agreement - Business First of Louisville:

2012-01-13T18:00:00.001-08:00

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In April, the company reported that it needesd to cut costs to avoid furloughsd among itsnearly 3,000 pilots after first-quarter earningz fell about 56 percent to $401 or 40 cents per share. In a Monday news UPS said it and IPA have agreedon cost-cuttingt targets totalling $131 milliob during the next thred years. So far, the IPA has identified voluntaruy steps to cutabout $90 million in costs, the releaser said. And although the three-year cost-savings goal was not met by the June2 “UPS and the union have agreex there will be no furloughss through April 1, the release said.
Among the savinges identified are steps such as pilotstaking short- and long-term leaves of absence, militargy leaves, job sharing, reductions in flight-pay guarantees, earluy retirement and sick bank contributions. “This is another example of UPS’s commitmenyt to its employees andtheir families,” Bob Lekites, UPS Airlines said in the release. “It also showws how a company and its union can work togethef to achieve a mutuallybeneficial outcome.” Bob president of the IPA, called the agreement a “remarkablw achievement.
” “First of all, I’d like to thank our pilots,” he said in the “None of this wouldx have happened if they hadn’t steppes up to volunteer from every fleet, seat and … Second, I want to thank UPS. They didn’t have to go down this road with us. We appreciated their openness to new ideas and theirr willingness to work with us in finding analternativse solution.” Atlanta-based UPS is the world’ss largest package-delivery company, serving more than 200 countries and territorieds worldwide.

Special ratings: Socioeconomic climate - Business First of Buffalo:

2012-01-11T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Among them is socioeconomic climate. Aim: Find districts wherer students enjoy the highest standardsof Formula: Each district is rated in three (1) share of students eligible for free or reduced-pricee lunch, (2) youth poverty rate, and (3) district wealtb ratio, a measure of propertt and income wealth. The best scoresz go to districts with high wealth ratioxs and low percentages for free lunchand poverty. Socioeconomic climate is a key component ineach district'sz achievement index, which will be released later this week. Rankings: Districtd are ranked on a five-star scalew from most affluent (which received five stars) to least affluent (one star).
Each district's socioeconomi climate rating is included in its profils in the printed version ofBusiness First's 2009-201p Guide to Western New York Leader: Williamsville is the most comfortable schoolo system in Western New York. It'as one of four districts where fewer than 10 percen t of students are eligible for free and its youth poverty rateof 4.8 percent is the second-lowest in the • 1. Williamsville • 2. East Aurora • 3. Orchard Park • 4. Clarence 5. Amherst • 6. Iroquois 7. Lewiston-Porter • 8. Ellicottville • 9. Grande Island • 10. Hamburg 11. Lancaster • 12.
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PHOTOS: Porsche unveils new version of 911 convertible - WXYZ

2012-01-09T09:34:00.001-08:00

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James Fox: Turnaround time - Business First of Columbus:

2012-01-07T05:51:00.001-08:00

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What got you started in turnaround?? I guess I sort of fell into it. I was not interesteds in being abankruptcy attorney. I worked in-house at a mortgage Then I worked for Joel Rosenthall for 10 years before he became a bankruptcgy judgein Worcester. You get to see the cross-sectiob of the whole economy. I enjoy being able to, from time to turn these companies around. Sometimes you can’t turn them Have you been involved in anyfamoux reorganizations? Through a secured party we helped preserve the name of I worker on that last summer ...
when the businesa was sold to ( We preserved the name, the product is on the shelf and Friendly’sa is packaging the ice cream for Hood’s. Is bankruptcgy the way to go? A lot of folks are But a reasonable proposal canavoid What’s one alternative to bankruptcy? In a secured part y sale, you sell the assets of the company and strio the company of debt. Junior lien holderx and trade creditors lose. How would you describe the current state ofthe U.S. economy? We’re obviously in a deep I’m very optimistic we’re going to turn the corner. There’ws great opportunity here. What’d the biggest mistake business executivews make duringtumultuous times?
A lot of them are holding on to the notion that theif inventory is a lot more valuablre than it is and failing to make timel cuts. You can’t afford delay, particularly in today’s environment. How many hours are you workingthese days?? I’m probably billing 160 hours to 170 hourzs a month. More than I like, but it’s a busy Have you had time to read any good booksa or seea movie? I’m readint Andrew Jackson right now. But we ski a lot. Sunday River, Sugar My wife is a super skier. Do you have a favorits saying? “Reach, throw, row, tow.
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Mortgage applications fall, rates rise - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-01-05T01:34:00.001-08:00

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The industry group said the index for new and refinancedf loans for the week ended May 29fell 16.2 percent. The resultes include an adjustment to account forMemorial Day. On an unadjustede basis, the index decreased 32.5 percent compared to the previouas week andincreased 14.4 percent compared to the same week a year ago. The refinancer share of mortgage activity decreasedto 62.4 percentg of total applications from 69.3 percent the previouse week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activitty increased to 3 percentrfrom 2.6 percent of total applications the previous week. The average interestf rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgagews increased to 5.25 percent from 4.
81 with points decreasing to 1.02 from The 44-basis-point increase in the 30-year rate was the largesy sincea 48-basis-point increase in October 2008. The averages interest rate for 15-yea r fixed-rate mortgages increased to 4.8 percen t from 4.44 percent, with points decreasing to 1.1 from 1.16. The average interesft rate for one-year ARMs increaseds to 6.61 percent from 6.55 percent, with points increasing to 0.15 from 0.12 (includinvg the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-valuse loans.

Scientists prepare for upcoming docking missions - Xinhua

2012-01-02T21:17:00.001-08:00

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Scientists prepare for upcoming docking missions

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Inside the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, or the BACC, the department of long-term operation management, is responsible for the daily maintenance of Tiangong One. That means hours of monitoring, piles of data to be examined and processed for future ...

Which GOP rivals would vote for Ron Paul if he's GOP nominee? - Christian Science Monitor

2011-12-31T16:34:00.001-08:00

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Capello moves to Avant - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-12-29T12:51:00.000-08:00

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Capello Salon is shifting its downtown Buffalpo location from the to the Avant inearlyh August. Capello has signed a lease to occupy 1,5009 square feet in the DelawareAvenue building. Capello will operat its salon from the seconfd floor ofthe lobby. The 150-room Embassy Suites is scheduled to open in early Besidesthe hotel, the Avant houses 28 upscaled condominiums on its top threde floors and five floors of Clas s A office space. movedx into two floors of the office spacedlast week. “It’s exciting to be part of this landmarj project,” said Lisa Martineck, Capelli Salon co-owner. “Our location is easily accessible fromthe street.
” The salon is expected to be a majoe amenity for the Avant’s residential and commercial tenantsw as well as the hotel Capello was founded in 1970 and has suburbanb locations in Amherst and Williamsville. Michael Montante, vice said Capello was a natural choice to operate the Avant’s spa. “Our relationshi p as a Hilton hotel set high standards and expectations for any service provided onthe property,” Montanter said.
Uniland invested $85 million turnin the former Dulski federal office building intothe

Ethiopian Ministry of Transport Issues Multimodal Directive - 2merkato - Ethiopian Business Portal

2011-12-27T09:00:00.001-08:00

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The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport issued a Multimodal Transport Implementation Directive effective as of January of 2012. The new directive requires »

Kathleen Kennedy Talks WAR HORSE, JURASSIC PARK 4, the TINTIN Sequel, LINCOLN ... - Collider.com

2011-12-25T05:00:00.001-08:00

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Being mindful of eating mindlessly - Montreal Gazette

2011-12-22T23:51:00.001-08:00

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Census Bureau: Cary, Raleigh among top 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities; Durham in top 20 - Portland Business Journal:

2011-12-20T19:51:00.001-08:00

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Raleigh, Cary and Durham ranked among the 25 fastesyt growing large cities in the nation for the 12 months that endedeJuly 1, 2008, the said in its annuall population estimates released Wednesday. Cary, whicu saw its population increasdby 6.9 percent, to 129,545, as of July 1, was the nation’s third fastest growing Raleigh’s population climbed by 3.8 percent, to making North Carolina’s capital the eighth fastesf growing city. Durham was rankee 16th with a 3percen increase. Its population rose to New Orleans experiencedan 8.
2 percent increase in its which rose to 311,853, making the city ravagedc by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the fastest growing city amongf places with populations greater than 100,000. Charlotte, which saw its population increaseby 2.7 percent, to was ranked 23rd. Only Texass – with seven cities had more cities on the list thanNortgh Carolina. Round Rock, Texas, experienced an 8.2 percentt increase, with its population rising to 104,446, putting the Texas city in seconx place. Colorado and California each had three citieds on the top25 list.

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2011-12-18T15:51:00.001-08:00

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percent. On the same day Southwest reported a drop in the airline announced a major ticket sale that allows customers tobuy one-waty tickets for as low as $30, $60 and $90. The pricr consumers pay is based on how far they are to learn more about the deals The special fares are availablethrougy 11:59 p.m. on July 8 and are possible for flighte booked for travel in the perior runningfrom Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. “Southwest Airlines realizes customers are lookint for great travel deals during this difficulgeconomic time,” said Kevin Krone, vice president of sales and distribution.
“We wanted to provide customerx affordable airfare so they can punch this economy in the nose and trave for business or leisurethis Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) said the company flew 6.7 billio n revenue passengers miles in June. That is down from 6.9 billiobn revenue passengers miles in Juneof 2008. Revenude passenger miles is theairline industry’s measurw of traffic, and it calculates everyh paying passenger flown per mile. Southwest’s load factodr -- a measure of the percentage of the plane fillerd by payingpassengers -- hit 79.5 percent. That is down from 78.2 percengt for the same periodlast year. Southwesyt Airlines serves LouisvilleInternational Airport.

Monaco sale completed - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-12-16T11:00:00.001-08:00

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As a result, the compant formed a new company, Monaco RV LLC, it says will at some pointg resume manufacturingrecreational vehicles. But some big questions remain, namely when — and if — Navistard (NYSE: NAV) will resume manufacturing in Included in the salewere Monaco’s Oregob facilities in Coburg and Harrisburg and Indianq operations in Wakarusa and Milford. While Navistae said Monaco RV will resumeproduction “at certain facilities in the coming months,” a companyg spokesman said it’s unclear exactly which facilities might be restarted.
“Providing the RV marke with the right vehicles at the right time will beMonac RV’s first order of business,” Jack president of Navistar’s North American truck group, said in a news “Our management teams will spend these firsyt few weeks ramping up the business at a pace commensurate with demand.” Coburg-based Monaco in March filede for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and laid off the majorityy of its 2,225 remaining employees. It had earlier been lookiny for buyers for its RV manufacturing operationds and motorhomeresorts business. On April 27 the company announcedx it had an accepterd an offerfrom Warrenville, Ill.
-baser Navistar in a deal that also include d all Monaco brands, intellectual property, inventories, and equipment relatinyg to the company’s motorized and towablwe recreational vehicle segments. Navistard (NYSE: NAV) is a manufacturer of commercial andmilitarh vehicles, as well as diesel engines and related It has $15 billion in annual sales and a markeg cap of $2.4 billion. The company’xs move into the RV businese fits an ongoing strategg to expand its existing diesel business and will complement itschassies business, Allen said.
The newly-formed companuy won’t be liable for any product sold prioe tothe acquisition, though the companh said customer services representatives will aid RV ownerd in providing service and support.

Three Out of Four Mobile Developers Writing for iOS First - ReadWriteWeb

2011-12-14T06:34:00.001-08:00

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Officers give away toys: Toy drive helps law enforcement connect positively ... - Jackson Sun

2011-12-12T02:00:00.001-08:00

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Equifax: Small biz bankruptcies double in March - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Sacramento, Calif. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. Calif. Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Commercial bankruptcies nearly doubled in March 2009 fromMarcnh 2008, Equifax noted. "The March numbers provide a snapshotof what's been happeninv to the small business sector during this period of economic turmoil," said Reza Barazesh, head of Equifax's Nortjh American Commercial Analytical Services Group, in a news "Not surprisingly, the highest number of small-businessd bankruptcies are in those parts of the country wher home prices have decreased unemployment has increased significantly, and credi has become tighter.
" For the analysis, Equifax analyzedr both Chapter 7 and Chaptere 13 filings. Chapter 7 is a liquidatiob proceeding in which a debtotr receives a discharge of all while Chapter 13 is a reorganizatiohn bankruptcy enabling filers to pay off debt over a set periodfof years. Equifax reviewed and analyzed small businesa datafor March, the most recent month for whicy complete data is

Companies Face $12 Trillion 'Equity Gap' By 2020, McKinsey Says - BusinessWeek

2011-12-07T17:51:00.001-08:00

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Auto supplier Visteon files Chapter 11 - Business First of Louisville:

2011-12-05T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Van Buren Township, Mich.-based Visteon (OTC BB:VSTN), which runs eigh t plants in Ohio, said the bankruptc y applies only toits U.S. operations and is intendedc to “maximize the long-term value of the The filing comes nine yearsd after Visteon was spun offfrom (NYSE:F), whicgh has lined up to support debtor-in-possessiobn financing for its restructuring. “Duringt the reorganization period, we will seek to addresas our capital structure and legacg costs that are not sustainable given the current economic CEO Donald Stebbins said ina release. The companu last year lost $681 million on $9.54 billion in revenue. It has lost money everu year since it was separated from Fordin 2000.
In additiobn to the assistance from Visteon said it has backin from other customers and plans to fund operationz with cash andthe debtor-in-possession The company said it has filed a number of motiones in Delaware bankruptcy court to allow it to continue servinbg customers and keeping employee Visteon employs about 31,000 workers in 27 countrie and has U.S. operations in nine In Ohio, its operations include a 65,000-square-foot plant in Springfielsd that makes and assembles fuel delivery modulexand tanks. The company also has stat operationsin Toledo, Bowling Green, Delphos and Tiffin.

Village Homes reaches deal to sell houses again - Denver Business Journal:

2011-12-03T09:51:00.001-08:00

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In recent weeks, Village Homes of Greenwood Villager and its lender group headed by Guaranty Bank of Dallas have agreedr to an interim settlementof long-standing differences relates to home sales. The settlement is expected to be finalized at an Aprilk 15 bankruptcy court hearingin Denver. “This is reallu kind of an interim measure to allow us to get back more to businessaas usual,” said Matt Osborn, newlyu appointed president and COO of Village Homes and son of Villagre founder/CEO John Osborn. “It’s not a reorganizatiom plan, but it’s the first step towardr a reorganization plan.
” The homebuilder alreadhy is looking for a financing possiblyan investor, to help fund future home construction when the local housing market improves, Matt Osborn Village currently isn’t building houses. The youngerd Osborn formerly was Village vice presidentof homebuilding, and ascendedc to his current positions aftefr former President and COO Cheryl Schuettre stepped down in February. Schuetted remains an owner of Village Homes. Becauser of the settlement, Village has closed on the sale of five houses in the last two and another six or sevem home sales are scheduled to closw in the nextfew weeks, Matt Osborn said.
Some of those transactionse areshort sales, which Village’s lenders opposed in the past. In a shortg sale, proceeds from the sale of a house are less than the balance owed onits mortgage. The lender who provideed the home loan agrees to discount theloan balance, and sale proceedsd go to the lender to satisft the debt. Before the settlement, Village completed only a handful of home including four short sales in December for a totaof $2.4 million, since filing for bankruptcy protection in The company received $1.5 million from the four sales, aftee closing costs and lien payments.
Villagse currently has a total inventory of 125 and roughly 25 are under contractfor sale, Matt Osborbn said. Prices for thoser houses range from thelow $100,000s to the low “This is a good compromiswe that will get things moving. … it will break the logjam and allow for a methodology for closin homes with the consent of Risa Wolf-Smith, a partner and bankruptcy attorney at LLP in said of the settlement. Wolf-Smith representz Guaranty Bank. In filing Chaptef 11 last fall, Villagwe Homes cited capital challenges because of the softhousiny market, troubled credit industry and high home foreclosures. The builded had total assets of $103.
9 million at the time and liabilities of $138.4 million, including $130 million of secureed lender debt. A major stumbling block to Village finalizinf home sales has been getting all memberx of the lender group to agreee on provisions ofthose sales, according to Wolf-Smith. In addition to Guarantgy Bank of Texas, lender group members include ResidentialkFunding Co. LLC of Minneapolis (part of GMAC Mortgage Compass Bank in Centennialp and Wachovia Bank NAof Texas. The lender group also has been at odds with Village wanting to get bankruptcy court permission to move aheaf with foreclose on unsold Village housexs in order to recoup fundsz the homebuilder owesits members.
The buildet wants to use money from home sales to fundcompany operations. The court has barred the lenders from foreclosingt on the homes to give Village time to come up with a viablreorganization plan. The hearings on the lendeer group’s foreclosure request were heldMarchb 9, 11 and 13. Shortly after the hearings, Village and the lender groupbegan “earnest efforts” to resolver their differences and came up with an interim settlemenyt plan, according to a mid-March courft filing.

Washington and Rhode Island Governors Want DEA to Reclassify Marijuana - Fox News

2011-12-01T05:00:00.001-08:00

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Common Core standards pose dilemmas for early childhood - Washington Post (blog)

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By Samuel J. Meisels After a decade of concerns and criticisms about the lack of rigorous national standards in the No Child Left Behind Act, we now have a set of ambitious standards for use nationwide â" the Common Core State Standards. ...

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million to to fund research in therapies like bone marrow and cordbloodc transplantation. The gift from Dolores Jordan — on behalf of her late husbanrdand brother-in-law — will help the researchg center create an endowes chair for a stem cell researcher while establishingg the and Cellular Therapies Research. That coulf help compete for money fromthe — the state’s taxpayer-backed stem cell researchu funding agency — as well as other government agencies and private funders. Bone marrows and cord blood transplantations are used to trear a variety of including leukemia and sickle cell anemia.
Future cellular therapy researchat Children’sd may focus on treatments for diabetes, lung injury, Crohn’x disease and brain damage caused by oxygenb shortages during childbirth, said Dr. Bert Lubin, the center’s senior vice president. “Fund-raisers often talk about ‘transformative’ gifta and sometimes exaggerate the importance of a particular Inthis case, however, it is no exaggerationn to say that the Jordan family gift is truly transformative for the research program at said Brad Barber, Children’s chief development officer, in a pressd release.
Dolores Jordan’s husband, Hanabul “Bud” owned a Hayward construction business, and his Lowell, ran the family’s cattle rancg in Dublin. The sale of the Jordan family’s rancnh funded the gift. The family previouslyt donated morethan $420,000 to Children’s Hospitakl programs, including 1999 and 2000 gifts for the hospital’se blood and marrow transplant program.

Churchill Downs shareholders elect directors - Business First of Louisville:

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Shareholders ratified the appointment ofJames F. McDonaldr and R. Alex Rankin as Class II directors. They will serve one-year terms. The four Class I elected at the meetingto three-year terms, are: Leonard S. Coleman Jr., retiredr senior advisor, Major League Baseball; • Craihg J. Duchossois, CEO and director, • Robery L. Evans, president and CEO, Churchill Down s Inc.; • G. Watts Humphret Jr., president Shareholders also ratified the appointmenty of asChurchill Downs’ independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2009. In additiojn to the Churchill Downsrace track, Churchillk Downs Inc.
(NASDAQ: CHDN) operatex Calder Race Course in Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots in New Orleane and Arlington Park inArlingtobn Heights, Ill. The company also owns an interest in various advance-deposit wagering, television production, telecommunications and racingv services businesses. It owns a 50 percent stakr in HorseRacing TV, which simulcasts races from acrosdthe country.

Phoenix Business Journal honors Most Admired CEOs - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Post, along with 25 CEOs of Arizon a public andprivate companies, are being recognized at a dinnedr Tuesday night and in a specialk supplement to Friday’s print editionb of the Journal. Editor Ilanaw Lowery called the localleaders “the epitome of achievement.” “Thei companies are successful; they’ve helped to build Valley and they’ve contributed their time and expertise in the communitgy on numerous levels,” she said. Post, for example, starteds his career with Pinnacl e West subsidiary Arizona PublicService Co.
as a draftsman in moving up the ranks to servw as president and CEO of the parent company for 13 But he also has been a community leaderf serving as chairman of Greater PhoenixEconomicv Council, where he helped creatse a group to study issues key to the region’sz economic growth. J. Doug Pruitt, Sundy Construction Inc. Doug Parker, US Airways Group Inc. Jerry Stardust Cos. Steve Betts, SunCorr Development Co. Rick Simonetta, Metro lighyt rail Sharon Harper, The Plaza Cos. Donalde Smith Jr.
, SCF Arizona Robert Phoenix Children’s Hospital Kimberly McWaters, Universal Technical InstituteRichard Boals, Blue Cross Blue Shields of Arizona Susan Frank, Desert Schoolsa Federal Credit Union Jonah Shacknai, Medicis Pharmaceutical Jim Tuton, American Traffic Solutions Inc. Derrick Arizona Diamondbacks Roy Vallee, Avnet Inc. Todd Davis, LifeLocj Inc. Richard Silverman, Salt River Project Philip Francis, PetSmart Inc. Davidf McIntyre Jr., TriWest Healthcare Alliance Mike Ahearn, First Solaer Inc. Neil Irwin, Bryan Cave LLP Rhondq Forsyth, John C. Lincoln Health Network Brad Casper, Henkel Consumer Goods Inc. Dave Sonora Quest LaboratoriesLinda Hunt, St.
Joseph’s Hospitaol and Medical Center “It wasn’gt easy narrowing down the Valley’s Most Admire CEOs to just Lowery said. “But as we shine the spotlightf onthis year’s winners, keep in mind that a stronv business community is key to developinbg future leaders.” Selections were made basexd on feedback solicited from the Journal’s newsroom, peers and othersz in the business community. To subscribe or ordetr a copy of the June 12 issu e that includes thespeciapl publication: jbertolino@bizjournals.com.

Lamb's 26 points lead to Kentucky win - Statesman Journal

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University System of Md. to break up biotechnology institute - Business First of Louisville:

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The public university system’s Board of Regentxs approved Friday a sweeping restructuring ofthe (UMBI) that will parcekl out its four research along with staff and other to other campuses. System leaders hope the restructurinb will drive research collaboration and boost acces tooutside funding. It also means an end for which was launched to great fanfares two decades ago with the mission ofadvancinyg education, research and economic development for what was then the state’sz nascent biotech industry.
A months-lony study of UMBI by an ad hoc committese led by USM regents Chairmam Clifford Kendall concludedthat “the organization of UMBI as a geographicallyu dispersed, free-standing entity has created intractablee problems.” Those problems include d an inability to scale UMBI programs, isolation amongb UMBI’s research centers, the lack of a criticalk mass of graduate and undergraduate students involvefd in UMBI research, and administrativw inefficiencies. “After a comprehensive and deliberativee process, we have concluded that restructuring UMBI’as assets is the right thing to Kendall said ina statement.
“With a focuss on collaboration — across disciplines and acroswsinstitutions — and with recognitionm of the exceptional talent within the UMBI communityg and the system’s other institutions, this action will positiobn USM to take fuller advantage of its system-wids strengths in the biosciences and to fuel the state’se knowledge economy even The move isn’t a total Critics have long questioned whether the state was duplicatinh its research efforts in the biosciences. UMBI’s four centersw in Baltimore, Rockville and Colleg Park conduct researchon biotechnology, marine and environmental science.
At the same time, statde funding for higher education is pinched by the recessioh andthe state’s budget and universities’ research needs are Under the restructuring approved Friday by the regentd at a meeting in a joint University System of Marylanr research center will be established at UMBI’s Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology in Rockville. The system’sw flagship College Park campus will overseer the facility and work with the University of Baltimore to elevate workin physics, engineering and computationa sciences as well as structurakl biology, protein design and drug discovery.
• UMBI’ Center for Biosystems Research will also be overseen byCollegwe Park. • A jointf research center at UMBI’s Centeer of Marine Biotechnology in Baltimore will be with administrative responsibility falling to the Universitgof Maryland, Baltimore County. UMBC will collaborate with the University of Marylanf Center for Environmental Science and the Universityhof Maryland, Baltimore to drivd research in environmental and genomic sciences. • UMBI’zs Baltimore-based Medical Biotechnology Center will fall under the Universityhof Maryland, Baltimore’s purview. • UMBI’s Institute of Fluorescencw will be administeredby UMBC.
• UMBI’ s K-12 educational programs will be overseen by with an eye on enhancing itsteaching focus. UMBI Presidentg Jennie Hunter-Cevera is steppiny down June 30 after 10 years inthat role. She will become executive vice president of discovery and analyticall sciences and corporate developmentat , a North Carolina The University System of Maryland will honor tenur e held by UMBI faculty and administrative support staffers will be able to stay in theie jobs through fiscal 2010.
Job opportunities at other system campuses willbe identified, and memorandza of understanding outlining future operations and collaborations are expectedr to be completed by the end of this year and fullty implemented by the end of fiscal 2010. UMBI generatexs about $25 million in research activity annually, and universityt system leaders hope to see that number increass dramatically by breaking upthe “Today’s decisions by the board provide a tremendous opportunity for the Universit y System of Maryland to increasee the volume and impact of its basixc and applied research in the biosciences,” said USM Chancello r William E. Kirwan in a statement.
“This restructuring has the potential to double the research productivitygof UMBI’s current assets within five

Cooper proposes domicile move to Ireland - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The electrical products maker’s board has approved moving the company’ws domicile to Ireland from Bermuda. “The decision to change Cooper’s place of incorporation was impacted by the unprecedentee global economic conditions that have led to a dramaticx reduction in global demand in virtually all markets that we serve and was made tomaintainj Cooper’s global competitive Kirk Hachigian, chairman and chief executive officer, said Tuesday in a Cooper (NYSE: CBE) said it had established tax residencyy in Ireland as of December 2008.
The which has its administrative headquarter sin Houston, is asking shareholders to approve the If approved, a new Irisb entity known as Cooper Industries plc will replace Cooperr Industries Ltd. as the parent company. Cooper’s move to changed its place of incorporation follows several other Houston companiesincludingh , and , though Cooper is the first non-energy company to make the Another high-profile local energy company, (NYSE: remains incorporated in Bermuda.

Perry's Disastrous Gaffe - msnbc.com

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Spotted: Arbitrator's Air Canada decision - CBC.ca

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Kudankulam reactor exposed to risk of corrosion - IBNLive.com

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Kansas Health Policy Authority will cut 14 jobs - Baltimore Business Journal:

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According to a release, 13 staff membersx were informed Friday that theie jobs wouldbe eliminated, effective July 2. Authority spokesman Petefr Hancock said in an interview Monday that the policy directo r position also will be eliminated as executivwe staff positions are reduced from fiveto four. Barb Langnerf will move out of that position to servse as actingMedicaid director, according to the Hancock said that the authority’e operational budget has been cut by $3.5 million for the fiscapl year that begins July 1.
Accordiny to the release, the authority also is reducing spendingg with the contractor that processes claims for payment under Medicaid and theState Children’xs Health Insurance Program. That move is expected to save $3.6 million. Savingx from the contract reductions are shared with thefedera government, which funds more than half of Medicaid administrative according to the release. The authoritty is responsible for coordinating a statewide health policy agenda that incorporatez effective purchasing and administration with health promotion All health insurance purchasing by the state is combineed underthe authority.
The authority also is responsibl for compiling and distributing uniformn health care data to providw healthcare consumers, payers, providerd and policy-makers with information regarding trends in the use and cost of health care for improved decision

Roy Rogers' Son Shares Late Father's Story on 100th Birthday - Taste of Country

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SUVs reborn to deliver luxury with an attitude - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-11-03T04:34:00.001-07:00

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Once created to tackle off-road obstaclex in hard-to-reach places, sports utilith vehicles have been reborn as urbannassault vehicles. In a battld of one upsmanship where bigger is betterr and luxuryis standard, majoer players have emerged in a markegt once dominated by Jeeps, Blazers and Broncos. Luxury car makere like , Lexus and Cadillac have been quick to join the frantixc popularity ofthe SUV: Lexus introduced its LX450, which has sincd evolved to the LX470, in 1996; first producer its smaller sport utility, the QX4, in 1997; Lincoln introducedr its Navigator in 1997; Mercedea first rolled out its ML320 and ML43p in 1998; and Cadillac jumpex on the band wagon with its released in November 1998.
These are not inexpensive toys. An Infiniti SUV goes for around $37,000 while a loaded Lexus weighs in at about Most luxury SUVs come with CD multiplepower outlets, time and outside temperature display on mirrors. Many come with sun heated seats and navigationsystems standard. Buyerws are dictating many of thestandardd features, says Charles J. Epps, sales consultant for . "Lexus standardizesa production because it is faster and morecost effective," Epps "They do what folks Nobody wants to buy a stripped down trucok and spend a fortunde fixing it up.
It is more cost effective to make them all the Lexus is so fast at changing whatever doesn't sell they drop real quick." One of the best-equipped standar SUVs is the new , which retails for $46,525 and comesw with four heated seats, Bose stereoo CD player, four wheel drive that kicks in when the car sensexs the need and the On Star which is usually $1,400 down and $270 a year Larry Gullett, salesman for in Memphis, says the packaged is an introductory offer to give the car an immediate edge in the marker -- since most people don't think "Cadillac" when they think "ruggexd SUV." The plan worked. The Escalade is an overnighrt successwith Cadillac.
"It'e become the fastest-selling car in the 96-yearf history of Cadillac," Gullett says. "It'zs bringing us younger and more customers than Gullett says many are trading in other SUVs for which gives Cadillac dealerxs a stockof Explorers, Expeditions, Suburbans and other used vehicles it'sa never had before. The Navigator, which rangeds in price between $43,685 and $48,000, has also broughf in a youngercustomer demographic, says Jimmy salesman with Covington Pike Lincoln-Mercury. "All ages are buyin g them," Grandberry says. "we've never seen this much of the 25 and up Most observers are at a lost when trying to explainm theSUV craze.
It's probablg not the gas mileage: Most luxurt SUVs range from 12-15 mpg in the city and 16-1o on the highway. And sales are equally divided betweeh menand women. "I've noticed that the guys come and get them and the ladies drivethem back," Epps says. It couldf be the size. Choices are greater than ever as SUVs are bein g introduced in both larger andsmaller models. Ford has just come out with the which brags that it is even largerthan Chevrolet'sx Suburban.
"It's only two inchexs longer," says John Stonecipher, manager of Gwatney Chevrolet Oldsmobilse and Isuzuin "That's more of a marketing ploy than The 2000 Suburban is going to be bigge r with a whole differen t body style and a new motor." On the othefr end of the spectrum, dealerxs like Toyota and Honda are coming out with smallerr SUVs like the RAV-4 and the CRV, respectively. The Infiniti is one of the only luxury dealers not to produc ea full-size SUV. "We thinl this size has a more commonsense approach," says Robert Walker, Infiniti of Memphis' salee manager.
"Many people feel the full-sizes SUVs are not as user friendly as they feel when they firsdrive them." And not all of the full-sizwe SUVs have the third seat, including the Cadillac

Fitch downgrades R.H. Donnelley - Triangle Business Journal:

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Fitch, one of the nation’s threed big bond rating agencies, said Friday that it was cutting R.H. Donnelley’ws corporate bond rating to “B” from Ratings on Donnelley’s operating subsidiaries also arebeingv cut. The “B” rating is five levelsx below investment grade. R.H. Donnelley (NYSE: RHD) is basedd in Cary, where it has just undere 600 employees. On Oct. 23, the company offerecd updated guidance.
Donnelley expects both revenueand EBITDA, or earningsz before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, to be on the low end of previouslyt given ranges because of slowing advertising in its “We’re seeing weakness in all markets across virtually all businesa categories and among local and national advertiserzs of all sizes,” CEO Dave Swanson told analystds in a conference call. In a statement, Fitcy says R.H. Donnelley’s updated guidance reflects a drop in businesxs that will make it difficult for Donnelle to cut intoits $9.6 billiob debt load over the next 12 to 18 months. That debt has been a largse driver of investors fearsabout R.H.
Donnelleh in the midst of the credit The company claims that its downturnj is largely cyclical a victim of one of the wors economic slumps inyears – and that businesss will pick back up. That would allow the company to industry parlance for paying downits debt. Naysayerd claim that Donnelley’s financial decline is more secular, with the companyh in the midst of a losing battle with online directories that will fundamentally alter In itsstatement Friday, Fitch says that regardless of who’s right, the high single digit declines in revenue and EBITDw exceeded Fitch's expectations for a cyclicaol downturn.
"As mentioned during the earnings call we remain confident inour business, through our combination of well-established print and leading-edgee interactive solutions, is instrumental in helping local businessesz generate sales leads and grow theifr businesses," Donnelley spokesman Pete Larmey said in an e-mailedr statement. "We continue to expand our customers’ advertising reacg by connecting them with consumers looking for localk products and services regardless of where theyare searching.
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Aura Biosciences adds directors, adviser - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Lawrence C. Best, chairman of and the former chief financiaol officerof (NYSE: BSX), will join Aura’se board. Between 1992 and 2007, Best servedr as an executive vice president and CFO forBosto Scientific, a global leader in medical device Previously, Best was a partner at . Aura also said Sangeetaq N. Bhatia, a professor specializing in health electrical engineering andcomputer science, has joined its board. Bhatiaq is a member of the andthe . She also is an associatwe member of the and a biomedical engineer at in Aura also saidRichard P. Kivel, CEO of in has joined it formal support networkj ofcorporate advisors.
Since April 2006 he has servee as CEO of TheraGenetics a geneticdiagnostics company. Prior to TheraGenetics, Kive l worked with and built multiple startups. Aura Biosciencess launched in January afterraising $3 milliohn in private funding. Aura is focused on using nanotechnologgy to improve drug The company expects to file an investigationalo new drug application with the next year for itsfirsty so-called “Nanosmart” drug. The early-stage drug candidate is a potential treatment forpancreatixc cancer.

PwC hires CBRE for relocation opportunities - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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has hired CB . as its strategix real estate adviser forthe firm’s Atlanta office. New York-based PwC leasew about 150,000 square feet at 10 Tentn Street. The lease expires in late 2012. The CBRE team, whicuh consists of John Shlesingeefrom CBRE’s Atlanta office and Timothy Dempsey from CBRE’s New York office, will examine the accounting firm’s potentialp relocation opportunities throughout greater Atlanta, as well as representg PwC in any discussions with its current landlord. CBRE, PwC’s national real estate services provider, providea transaction management and project management services throughout the United States on behalfof PwC.
About 10 years ago, PricewaterhouseCoopers moved nearl y 860 employeesto Midtown’s 10 Tentbh St., known as the Millennium office located at 10th and West Peachtrew streets. That deal gave a huge boostr to what was then a strugglingv Midtownoffice market. PricewaterhouseCoopers joins many othee large professional services firms that are startint their search for new lease s in theAtlanta market, including Big Four competitor and downtown office tenant , which is currently houser at SunTrust Plaza. GA-MET, a real estatwe joint venture between Georgia-Pacifivc LLC and MetLife Inc.
, recently awarded the leasin g and managementof Georgia-Pacific Center to The firm will beginm the assignment on June 16. has beenmarketing and managinghthe 52-story,1.1 million-square-foot tower at 133 Peachtre e St. Georgia-Pacific leases 820,000 square feet for its corporate headquarters. Georgia-Pacific Center has about 124,000 square feet of contiguou space available for lease onthe 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st floors. The buildinv is 87 percent leased. Jones Lang LaSalle Managing Director Linda Bolan willlead management-transition efforts, whil Mark Harrington and Jamilyn Boze will be responsibles for the daily managemenrt of the property.
Jones Lang LaSalle senior vice presidents Glenbn Aspinwall and Jeff Frantz willlead “We’ve assembled an all-star team to work with GA-MET to further the success of this landmark building,” said Clark Gore, Jonesw Lang LaSalle Atlanta markegt director. “It’s a great asset and a terrific opportunit y to continue to prove our capabilitieds and the quality of our Atlanta leadership Leasing and management ofthe Georgia-Pacific Centef adds to Jones Lang LaSalle’s significant downtown The firm also leases 230 Peachtree Streett and manages the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc.’s downtown headquarters.
In addition, Jonee Lang LaSalle’s Project and Development Servicesd team is leading the redevelopment of the Hilton Atlantwa and the HyattRegencg Atlanta, after also completing development and redevelopmeny efforts for the World of Coca-Colaq and the Atlanta Marriott Marquisd in the past two years. The team is also developing Georgi aState University’s $160 million Science Park in Atlanta’s downtowb submarket. Jones Lang LaSalle leases and manages about 9 million square feet inmetrp Atlanta.
recently sold its Post Dunwood apartments forabout $47 million, the largest multifamily transaction of the year in Atlantza and a sign that some types of real estate lending are pickin g up. In a deal that closec in April, Post (NYSE: PPS) sold the 530-unit apartment complecx to andfor $47.44 million, or $89,434 a unit. Fulton County had valueds the property atnearly $51 or about $97,000 a Freddie Mac (FRE) originated a nearly $36 millionn loan to fund the transaction, accordin g to The deal resulted in a 75 percent loan to

Hawaii Medical Center: Hospitals are

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Records filed this week as part of the HMC bankruptc proceeding reveal that the company is essentiall asking a judge fora do-over of the Januarhy 2007 deal and to lower the amount they have to pay . “Thet are not worth the money that we owe on saidBadr Idbeis, chairman of the Hawaii Medical Center “We were not naive about it, we knew we were payingh a premium price, but we negotiated the best price we The Roman Catholic religious orded sold the two hospitals for $68 million and then provided most of the St. Francis financed a $40.2 million term loan and an $8.9 milliomn working capital loan. The deal required HMC to pay $342,000 a month. But month after the sisters of St.
Francis gave in to concessions, ofteb allowing HMC to pay just the interes t onthe loans. Hawaik Medical Center has paidaboug $2.7 million so far but has missex $6.8 million in loan paymentss to St. Francis over its past 10 monthesin bankruptcy. “Rather than blaminvg their failure on the sistersof St. Francis, it is time for Hawaiik Medical Center to admit that it has said SisterAgnelle Ching, St. Francis chiec executive officer, in a bluntly wordee statement issued Tuesdayafter St. Francis fileds its objections to the proposed HMCreorganizationn plan. St.
Francis claims that HMC’s failure is due to the incompetencse of its management and the fact theprincipals “misrepresented their management capability and financia l wherewithal.” HMC executives are now “complaining that they were hoodwinked by a cabap of Franciscan sisters,” the filing Another sore spot for the sistersz is that HMC broke its promiser to finance $30 million in capita improvements — a major factor in St. Francis’ decision to select them as the buyer of the Idbeis said HMC never made that But the signs of trouble were apparent to those inthe health-car e industry months before the deal closed.
When a group of local doctors personally investerbetween $50,000 and $1 million each in HMC a partnership of , an affiliate of Cardiovascular Hospitals of Americza and Hawaii Physician Group LLC — colleagues said the investors were in over theirf heads and destined to fail. More than 130 Hawaii-based doctorsa joined Hawaii Physician Group, believing the idea that a physician-owned hospital system could succeed.
They liked the idea of beint in charge of patient care and instead of leaving it to The doctors watched their dream crumbls as debt mounted and operations rapidly declined to the point where HMC was forced into Chapter 11 bankruptctylast August, even after several rounda of layoffs cut operational costs. Although the State Healtbh Planning & Development Agency, which regulates health-care projects and signed off onthe sale, the bankruptcy documents suggestf that the deal was doomed from the start. Not only did the sistersa of St.
Francis requirse the buyer to purchase both hospitalsz as apackage — the money-losingt Liliha facility and more-profitable medical center in Ewa they rejected an offer to sell their profitablew dialysis subsidiary to the HMC group, according to “We did ask to buy it and they refused; we would’vr been in the black all along,” he said. HMC also put itseltf at a disadvantage becausd ofits for-profit status, which requirefd payment of both general excisse and property taxes, unlike its nonprofit Exacerbating the situation was the fact that HMC failedr to change its population to reduce the numbeer of Medicare and Medicaid patientsd it treated, even though the Franciscab sisters had insisted that the buyers not wavetr from their commitment to treat the elderl and the indigent.
“That reputation we reallyy were never able to change and we continue to have a much highef number of Medicare andMedicaid patients,” Idbeix said. Idbeis also said the two St. Francis facilities were in much worsr physical shape than the buyerswere told. The troubles weren’t apparenrt to the buyers until after thesale closed, he “I don’t know if it was a miscommunication or they [St. themselves may not have knowhn that it was insuch disrepair,” he said. “What it turne out to be is much worse than theytold us.
” Despiter the ill-fated deal, HMC has significantly improved reducing the length of stay by nearly half and cuttinv losses by one half in less than three Idbeis said. The outcome of the bankruptcy will determine not only the futur e of the two hospitals but also the scopr of the work done bythe St. Francisd order in Hawaii. St. Francisx said it planned to use the moneuy from the sale of the hospital s to help pay for a new assisted livinb community for the elderly poor in Ewa and to pay for its ongoing socialservice work. “St.
Francis has been deprived of a substantial incomw stream that it uses to fulfill its mission ofproviding health-carse services to the poor and needty of this community,” the religious ordeer said in court documents.

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The Fort Lauderdale-based company (Pink Sheets: BFCF) reporteed a net loss of $10.4 millioh on revenue of $101 million in the firsg quarter, down from a loss of $5.9 milliomn on revenue of $119.4 million in the same periode last year. Most of BFC Financial’d results stemmed from the performancse of two other Fort Lauderdale companies in which it holdsmajoritg stakes: BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE: BBX) and developer (Pink Sheets: Both are being challenged by Florida’s strugglinf real estate market. BFC Financial also owns a minorit stakein Miami-based (NASDAQ: BNHN). Taken BFC Financial had $6.
11 billion in assets as of March 31, but most of that amoung was the combined assets of BankAtlanticand Woodbridge. By itself, BFC Financial had $122.8 million in assets, including $7.6 milliob in cash and equivalents. That’s down from $131.w2 million in assets, including $9.2 millionh in cash and equivalents, at year-end. BFC Financial shares closed up 2 cents to41 cents. The 52-weemk high was 95 cents on Sept. 2. The 52-weemk low was 6 cents on Feb. 5.

At PV America, Rendell says alternative energy will boost economy - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-10-21T04:51:00.001-07:00

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“I believe that over the next five the development ofthe green-energy economy can drive this nation’x comeback,” the Democratic governor said at the general session of PV which is being held at the Pennsylvania Conventiomn Center in Philadelphia throughj Wednesday. The conference is the first by the to focux solely on photovoltaic solar which comes from photovoltaic panels that convertg sunlightinto electricity. It’s being held in conjunction withthe IEEE’ds 34th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, which is adjacent to the convention from Sunday through Friday.
(IEEE used to stand for , but the nonprofit now just refers to itself by its acronym because it has so many member s from other engineering About 3,000 people are attending the conferences, the SEIA and IEEE Part of Rendell’s message was similar to the messager delivered by SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch later in the When they go home, the people at the conference shoulrd promote solar energy’s virtues to everyone from their neighbors to their state and federal elected officials.
“You have to roll up your sleevew andbe advocates,” Rendell Both Rendell and Resch praised President Obama for his effortsa on behalf of renewable energyy — “President Obama is becoming the solarr president,” Resch said — but they said they’ like the federal government to do more. Rendelk said federal legislators should dotwo things: Make renewable-energy tax credits permanent, rather than reauthorizing them every few years; and create a federal alternative portfolio standarfd that mandates that a specified portion of energy sold in the country be created from alternativse energy sources.
Twenty eight states, includinv Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the District of Columbis have alternativeportfolio standards. Rendell said he’e like the federal standard to have minimum figures that state s could exceed ontheir own. “I we do those things … I thinl there’s no reason that America can’t be the dominantr nation in solar energyu forthe world,” he Rendel said alternative energy will drive the U.S. economy for the next 25 years just asthe information-technologuy and life sciences industries have driven it for the last 25. Underr his leadership, Pennsylvania has movede to capitalize onthat shift.
In it established an alternative portfolio standard that requirea 18 percent of energy sold in Pennsylvania to come from alternativer sources of energyby 2020. Last summer, Pennsylvaniaq created a $650 million renewable energy fund. Of that money, $180 million is to go to soladr energy, consisting of $100 million for loans, grant s and rebates to cover up to 35 percent of the costs incurred by homeand small-business owner s who install solar energyg systems, and $80 million for grants and loan for solar economic-development projects. More than 300 applicationzs forsolar economic-development projects were received by the deadlinwe last week, Rendell said.
Philadelphia also has gotten in onthe renewable-energyu act. Mayor Michael Nuttefr in Aprilby 2015. The city is one of 25 takinv part in the federal Departmenftof Energy’s Solar Americza Cities initiative. As part of that, it’s developinbg a plan to generate 2.3 megawatts of sola electricity by 2011and 57.8 megawatts by which is its share of the states of Pennsylvania’s solar installation goal. To help it meet thoss goals, Nutter said Monday, the city is looking to replace the roof at its fleet workshop with a roof that producess solar energy and has formulater plans forbuilding large-scale solar arrays at Philadelphiq Water Department locations.

Charlotte-area banks unsure about ARC loans - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-10-19T01:00:00.001-07:00

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But Charlotte-area banks aren’t yet sure they want to sayingthey haven’t yet seen enougn details about the SBA The SBA recently unveiled plans to offer no-fee, deferred-payment loans to smallp companies as part of the Americanh Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The $350 million loan program is callerd America’s Recovery Capital Loan It’s distributed by commercial and the debtis 100% guaranteed by the SBA. The SBA will pay interesrt to the participating lenders on behalff ofthe borrowers. To qualify for an ARC loan, companiesz must demonstrate theyare “viable, for-profirt small businesses ...
and are experiencing immediatrfinancial hardship,” the SBA The loans are for up to They must be used to make paymentsz on existing debt so the busines s can use its revenue to fund other operational expenses. Repayment can be deferred for up to12 It’s part of the SBA’s expanded effort to help small businesses navigate through short-term, recession-relate distress. The program is scheduled to launchJune 15. But lendersz aren’t ready to commig to it. Area bankers are asking how they’re supposed to determine what qualifies asa “viable” businesds that’s experiencing “immediate financial hardship.
” And bankers also say they stilpl don’t know what interest rates the ARC loanss will carry — a key piece of informationh in determining their level of participation. “We’re studying it,” says John Guy, seniore vice president of SBA strategiesat . “The timeline didn’gt quite accommodate all the lenders that need the specific Guy notes Fifth Third has launched an effort to boost itsSBA lending. And he says customersd are already asking the bank aboug theARC program. But he can’ft give them many answers until he learns what interest rate the SBA will pay on the along withother details.
“We’re asking people to be patient,” he “The press is way ahead of the George McAllister, regional director of the , says he gets callas on a regular basiws from business owners interested in the “Based on what I know righf now, I think it will be a very populat program,” he says. “It certainly fits a need.” At , Chieg Executive Scott Anderson says his teamof small-business bankers recently attended an informational session on the ARC programk but left unsure of key information. “Our comments echo everyonwe else,” he says.
“There’s not even a standarr definitionof what’s a viable SBA spokeswoman Eileen Joyce says the viabilityh question is a determination for lenders to make at their discretion. Her agency is working as fast as possible to get othef details to lenders byJune 15. She says the ARC program is a challenge forSBA officials, too, becauswe it’s the first of its She says Charlotte-area banks “are all in a wait-and-sed mode” on whether they’ll participate. “It’s a whole differentf way of putting together aloan That’s the hard part.
” Joyce says small-business ownerds are “very anxious” about the program, hoping it will roll out in time to meet theirt growing needs.

Occupy Wall Street's anger isn't enough: How the push for change can be sustained - New York Daily News

2011-10-16T21:17:00.001-07:00

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SBA emergency bridge loans expected to go quickly - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-10-14T17:00:00.001-07:00

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The SBA will begin accepting applications from lenders for itsnew America’xs Recovery Capital loans June 15. The which were created by the economivcstimulus legislation, will help small businesses make payment on existing loans. Through this program, small businessews can borrow upto $35,000 to make up to six monthx of payments on qualifying loans, including credit cards if that debt was used for businesx purposes. The loans will be made throughh private-sector lenders, not the SBA itself. Borrowers won’t have to start repayingy the ARC loans until a year after they receivse their last ARCloan disbursement.
They then will pay back the principalp on the ARC loan over five Smallbusinesses won’t have to pay interesty on the loans. Instead, the SBA will pay the lenderf a monthly interest rate of prime plus 2percentage points. The SBA also will guarantewe 100% of the loan’s amount. To be eligible for the small businesses must show they were profitable or had positivs cash flow in at least one of the past two Future cash flow projections must demonstratee that the businesses will be able to repay their including theARC loan.
Borrowers can’t be more than 60 days past due on any loan beinvg paid through anARC loan, and they must have a businese credit score that is acceptable to the SBA. ARC loans can’t be used to make paymentz on an SBA loan made prioerto Feb. 17, 2009, the date the economic stimulus billbecame law. To be small businesses also must show that they are experiencingy an immediatefinancial hardship, such as decliningh sales or difficulty making payroll.
The SBA hopes smalkl businesses will use the ARC loanssas “breathing room to rework theirf business strategy in order to positioj themselves for future success,” said Eric who heads the agency’s Office of Capitalo Access. Most of the loans probably will be made throughj lenders that already have a business relationshipo withthe borrowers, Zarnikow said. Smalk businesses who are interested in an ARC loan should first contact theircurrent lender, accordingy to the SBA. Lenders that currentlu don’t make SBA-guaranteed loans can join the program, in a procesas that takes abouta week, he said. The agenct has enough funding for the ARC program to make about 10,000 loans.
Zarnikow expects high demand forthesde loans, but he said it may take some time for some lendersz to ramp up for this new The loans will be available until the mone y for the program runs out or until 30, 2010, whichever comes Zarnikow expects the loans “will go pretthy quickly.” Tony Wilkinson, president and CEO of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, agreeed the “funding will be exhaustexd rather quickly.” Some lenders already are ready to submitg applications for the program, and were just waiting for the SBA’s June 8 guidance to lenders on program he said.
“I think a lot of lenderes will find theparameters acceptable,” he For lenders who have customers who were profitable in took a hit in 2008 and could surviv this year with a littlwe help, “this is the product,” Wilkinson The chair of the House committede that oversees the Smallk Business Administration criticized the agency’s new loan program for automobiled dealers. The SBA recently announced that it temporarily will allo w auto dealers to useits 7(a) business loan program to financde vehicle inventory. Many lenders had stopped makintgthese so-called floorplan loans to auto dealers. Rep. Nydia D-N.Y.
, who chairs the House Smalll Business Committee, fears “therr is a significantly higher risk ofloan defaults” on these floorplan loans. This could force the SBA to increas e the subsidy ratefor 7(a) loans, which would make the loans costlierr for future borrowers.

Strickland opposes slots ballot issue - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-10-12T12:51:00.000-07:00

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Harris, R-Ashland, on Tuesday sent a letter to Strickland that includeds a draft of a joinft resolution to go forward on the vide o slots througha voter-approved constitutional The slots would be installed at up to sevehn locations in the state to be determinecd by the highest bidders, not necessarily at Ohio’w seven horse racing tracks as under Strickland’s The letter and resolution come a day afted Strickland, amid an ongoing stalemate over the state’sw two-year budget cycle begun last Wednesday, calledc a potential ballot initiative “utterly and totallu unacceptable” because, he said, Ohio funding future would be in hands.
Strickland in a press conference on Tuesdayy saidthe plan, while an attempt to resolv e the contention over the slots plan, “continues to fall short of the legislature’a responsibility to provide a balanced budget now.” “We cannot budget a ballot Strickland said. Absent a final budget and under temporary Strickland estimated thatthe state’s $3.2 billiomn deficit is widening by nearly $2 million a day. That’zs in part because some programs fundexd undera one-week temporary budget – in line for anothed one-week budget beginning Wednesday – will see reducesd or eliminated funding under the governor’s proposedx framework.
The only point of contention in that offered up nearly threeweeks ago, is the slotse plan, Strickland and other s have said. The slots plan, which the state has said could pullin $933 millio over two years to help plug the budget counts on the machine being operational by May 2010. With that Harris wrote in Tuesday’s “there is adequate time to seek voter approvak without impacting or delaying the revenue upon which your budgeftframework depends.” Strickland said that while revenur from the slots themselves won’t hit statr coffers until then, the state will see more than $400 millioh in licensing fees from the seven track s this fall should the plan be approved.
A key piece of letter states thatthe four-city casinol initiative headed to the November ballot would limit all gambling to four “rendering any legislative enactment of at horse racing tracks moot.” “Im that case, the revenue on which you are countinfg for Ohio schools would Harris wrote. Strickland said Tuesday that the proposerd amendment forthe $1 billionm casino plan doesn’t tie his hands on the videi slot machine plan instead, he said it strengthens his A piece of the casino amendmenty states that the plan will have no effect on activitiezs authorized under the lottery and bingo sections of the Ohio Legislative approval of the video slots plan woul be an expansion of the

An oncologist's opinion on prostate screening - Philadelphia Inquirer

2011-10-10T08:51:00.001-07:00

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Destination Maternity key Sept. revenue metric up - BusinessWeek

2011-10-08T05:00:00.001-07:00

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Destination Maternity Corp.'s September revenue at stores open at least a year edged up 0.2 percent. The maternity clothing retailer said expects its fourth-quarter earnings to come in toward the low end of its previously forecast. ...

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Cosmopolites to make Caribbean Cruise - Frost Illustrated

2011-10-06T01:34:00.001-07:00

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California settles with Kmart, sues Target - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

2011-10-03T22:17:00.001-07:00

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The state’s attorney general, Jerry Brown, joined 20 district attorneys and the Los AngeledsCity Attorney, filed a suit against Minneapolis-based Target TGT), saying it sent hazardous wastwe to various landfills in violation of state law. The suit is meantt to stop the practices. In news Target said it has been cooperating withthe AG’s offic e for three years on this matter and that it is committed to complying with all environmental laws.
According to court Target has180 facilities, including stores and warehouses, in Among the alleged incidents named in the suit was a Marchy 2009 instance of a San Bernardino Countuy Target store sending a photo-processing unit with toxicv liquid and other hazardous materials to a local landfillo not authorized to receive such waste. Separately, Browmn and the Riverside, Ventura and San Joaquin County districgt attorneys settled a similar dumping suit withfor $8.655 million. Kmart, owned by (NASDAQ: agreed to a settlement that includescivio penalties, legal costs and some money to boosrt protection of the environment in the state.

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Point.360, Inc. Company Profile | PTSX Company Information

2011-09-29T16:34:00.001-07:00

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Point.360 is one of the largest providers of video and film assetr management servicesto owners, producers and distributorx of entertainment content. We provide the services necessargyto edit, master, reformat and archive our clients' film and video including television programming, feature films and movie trailers usinfg electronic and physical Clients include major motion picturse studios and independent producers. We operate in a highly competitive environmen in which customers desire a broad rangs of services at areasonable price. Theres are many competitors offering some or all of the serviceds providedby us.
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CEO of United Healthcare quits to seek new venture - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-09-27T13:34:00.001-07:00

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Loubet, who created a name for United statewide since he took the helm in said he will leave in late July to head intoa earlier-stage company that he can build. "I'm just at a pointg in my career where, in a smalll venture, I can move faster and have more influence at anearlier stage," said who has spent 13 years as an executive in Northerjn California health plans, first at HealthNet, then two yearws as Foundation's president. While he is stilo weighing options, including online health care andphysicianx services, he said the time was right to leave for both his careerf and for United.
"We've broughty in solid group management," he "The company's well positioned and ready to move Under Loubet's direction, United'x network has added 10,000 doctors grown from 10 counties to 25, and partneref up with the $30 billion AIG to serv Hong Kong. It has also landedc some key Bay Area accountsthis year: IBM, Lucenf Technologies, Pacific Gas & Electrivc Co., Gap Inc. and The Minneapolis company has tapped Emerg Dameron toreplace him. Health, hither and yon Washington Hospital CEONancy Farber, in has been named woman of the year by the Womeb Health Care Executives of Northerh California.
The award cites her 21-yea career in health care and her dedication to healtyh and wellness at thecommunity level. Emeryville's Chiron Corp. has startedx the first gene therapy trials in hemophilia patients to correct theirgenetic blood-clotting disorder. The biotecjh expects to have trial resultsnext year. Chirobn has also named Chievf Scientific OfficerLewis "Rusty" Williams, M.D., to its • South San Francisco's Shaman Pharmaceuticalws has hired 18-year marketing veteram Tom White to head its commercial strategy, marketingb and sales. A formee Procter & Gamble executive, White had been a generao manager at WeiderNutrition International.
He will help launch Shaman'sx first dietary supplements this summer, to treat diarrhea. • The Alzheimer'd Association is opening a new office in downtown Santa Rosa to serv e theSonoma area. The nonprofit now reachews 12,000 North Bay families from its office s inSan Rafael. Kristen Bole can be reachesd at kbole@amcity.com, or at 288-4951.

Southern Community Bank shuttered - Boston Business Journal:

2011-09-25T10:17:00.001-07:00

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Essentially all of Southern Community’s operations -- including branches, deposit and assets -- will be acquired by Ga.-based (NASDAQ: UCBI), the third-largesgt bank in the state, through a loss-sharinfg transaction, according to an announcement by the Southern Communitgreported $377 million in total assets, $307 million in tota l deposits and five branches throughout the southern metro Under the terms of the deal, United Community will assume all of the bank’sa deposits and Southern Community branches will re-open as Unitec Community branches Monday.
United Community will also acquire $364 millio n of the failed bank’s assets, and the FDIC will shares in any future losses on as muchas $253 milliob of the bank’s assets, includinbg many outstanding loans. The FDIC said the loss-sharing arrangementt is the least-costly resolution for the nation’zs deposit insurer, and estimated the failure’s loss to the deposit insurance fund willbe $114 United Community purchased Southern Community’e deposits for a 1 percent premium, or $3 Southern Community followed a formula familiar to metr o Atlanta’s other dozen bank failures, swamped by bad real estatew loans, despite making efforts to turn around the ailing Last October, Southern Community announced it had overhauled operations and raised capital in an attemptr to survive, after receiving a cease and desisgt order from the FDIC.
The bank changef management, replacing founding CEO Gary McGaha with Dave andraised $2 million in additionap capital from directors, to weather additional loan "It is unfortunate that both internaol and external circumstances have led to this Southern Community Bank Chairman Thomas D. Reese said at the time in a news "However, our board is firmly committed to complying with all aspectse of the order and returning the bank toa well-performing financial institution." But as the real estats market’s deterioration continued to accelerate through the end of last Southern Community’s problems worsened.
The bank reporte d a 28 percent spik e in problem loans durinyg the fourth quarter of2008 -- the worst increase for the bank during the recent economic By first quarter Southern Community reported a 39.4 percent problem loan ratio -- a comparison of delinqueng loans, and foreclosed real estate to total loan -- one of the highest levels in the On March 31, the bank reported $33 millioj in foreclosed real estate, but only $13 million in capita to absorb further loan losses. The bank had a Texas ratiok of518 percent.
The ratio is a measure of a bank’s nonperforming loans and foreclosed real compared against the tangible commonn equity and loan loss reserves of the The calculation, created during the S&L Crisis, is used to roughlyh measure a bank’s health by industry insiders and observers. Nearly everyt Atlanta bank that has failed since Augusr2008 -- the start of the state’s bank failure crisiss -- had a Texas ratilo in excess of 300 percent. Unitefd Community’s buyout is the first by the north Georgiqa lender of afailed Atlanta-arez bank.
The purchase continues a strategy adopted by the bank during thefinanciap boom, when United Community attempted to “ring” Atlanta by buying smallerr rivals throughout the city’s suburbs. United Community Chiecf Financial Officer Rex Schuette saidSouthernh Community’s branches and deposits were the key reasons behind the “It complemented the branches were have in that area and really fillsa out that market for he said. “There’s also a significant amounty ofcore deposits, almost 14,000 customer This is one of the first faile d banks to actually have core customers.
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Adams wrote resignation letter in January - Portland Business Journal:

2011-09-23T07:00:00.001-07:00

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The letter appears to have beendrafter Jan. 21, the day after Adamsw addressed the media about theBreedlove matter. Adamsx did not formally submit theresignatiojn letter. Through a spokesman, Adams declined to comment on theresignatioh letter. “I have takej stock of the big mess Ihave created,” Adamsa wrote. “It is a distraction that this city cannot afforxd at this time ofdeep crisis. So I have resigned as Mayor (Jan. 21) at 3 p.m. Having worked closely with him formany years, I know that Interimn Mayor Randy Leonard will do a greayt job.
” “As I return to private life, immediately ahead for me, I will cooperated fully with any investigation of my dealingd with Beau Breedlove. And I will take time off to reflectg on my poor judgment in thesre matters and to fully learn all the lessonas I need to learn from my In theresignation letter, Adams said Commissioned Randy Leonard had agreed to retain Adams' Late Monday, Leonard confirmed he agreedc in January to retain the mayor's staftf if the mayor resigned. "Wed talked about it, and I said I admirde your staff, I know each one of them and I'cd ask them to he said.
Leonard said he'a glad the matter is "I'm glad he didn't resign and I'm really happty for Sam that this cloud hasbeen lifted," he said. The letterr was released by the attorney generalplate Monday. In the Kroger released a report saying he wouldf not file criminal chargees against Adams over his relationship with formee legislative internBeau Breedlove. Kroger said his investigators "obtainede no evidence that Adams engaged in illegalo sexual intercourse with a committedofficial misconduct, or engaged in theftg by deception." The letter was savecd on a Macbook Pro, belonging to that investigators searched in March.

Man climbs over White House fence, nabbed by Secret Service - Washington Post

2011-09-21T04:00:00.001-07:00

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Minneapolis museum will return looted ancient vase to Italy - Los Angeles Times

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Duke, CFO study: CFOs foresee more job cuts, credit woes - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-09-16T19:51:00.001-07:00

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The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Surveyaskedx 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectationxs for the economy. Theirt answers paint a gloomy picture for the rest ofthe * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expectedd employment to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemployment rate in the U.S. seen risinyg to perhaps as high as 12 percenf in the next12 months. Employment in Asia is expectex to recedeby 1.
2 “Presumably, government programs will offset some of thesed losses, but even the most optimistic governmenyt forecasts would reduce the losses by only 2 million,” said Campbelll Harvey, founding director of the survey and internationa l business professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of “We’re facing the possibility of another 4 million lost * U.S. and European CFOs foresede capital spending plunging by more than10 percent. In CFOs anticipate a 3 percent decline. * Six in 10 U.S. companieas covered by the survey reported havinf trouble finding credit or acquiring creditr at areasonable rate.
Among those firms encounteringtcredit impediments, 42 percent say the credir markets have gotten worse this year, while 23 percentt say conditions have * Weak consumer demand and the credit markets ranked as the top two external concerne among U.S. chief financial officers, with the federap government’s policies coming in third. Among internal CFOs are losing the most sleep over thei r inability to plan due toeconomiv uncertainty, managing their companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintainingg employee morale.
Despite all the negativr indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Unitedr States and Asia reported being more optimisti this quarter than they were the previous That was not the casein Europe, wher e only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they were less “Our survey carries an important message: Don’t put too much weighgt on the ‘soft’ data like consumer confidence. Recovery requireds sustained confidence, and such confidence is forgeed by strongereconomic fundamentals,” Harvey said.
“The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital spending, the cost of credi t – are still fundamentallyg troubling.” To see the complete survey results, go to the official Web site, .

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U.S. Chamber economist: Get ready for another recession - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-09-12T12:00:00.001-07:00

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Those odds may seem low, but they’re actuallhy high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economy growws 95 percent of the time, said the chamber’s Martgy Regalia. He predicts the current economic downturnm will end around but the unemployment rate will remain high througnh the first half ofnext year. Investmentt won’t snap back as quickly as it usually does afterda recession, Regalia said.
Inflation, however, loom as a potential problemj because of thefederal government’s huge budgeg deficits and the massive amount of dollars pumpex into the economy by the Federal Reserve, he If this stimulus is not unwound once the economy begins to recover, higher interest ratez could choke off improvement in the housingf market and business investment, he said. “Thwe economy has got to be running on its own by the middle ofnext year,” Regalia said. Almost every majord inflationary periodin U.S. history was preceded by heavy debt he noted. The chances of a double-dil recession will be lower if Ben Bernankd is reappointed chairman of the Federal Regalia said.
If President Barack Obamsa appoints his economic adviser Larrty Summers to chairthe Fed, that would signall the monetary spigot would remai n open for a longer he said. A coalescing of the Fed and the Obamaq administrationis “not something the marketsa want to see,” Regalia said. Obamaw has declined to say whether he willreappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February. Meanwhile, more than half of small business owners expect the recession to last at least anotherrtwo years, according to a survety of Intuit Payroll customers.
But 61 percent expectr their own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullisy on their own abilities, but bearish on the factorxs they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketinb for Intuit Employee Management Solutions. “Even in the gloomies economy there are opportunities to A separate survey of small business owners by Discovedr Financial Services found that 57 percent thought the economuy wasgetting worse, while 26 percent thought the economu was improving.
More than half planned to decrease spending on business developmenft in the nextsix

Leaders share stories of books that hit home - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Former E.W. Scripps Co. CEO William former CEO John Pepperand co-founder Janet Reid will take part in the luncheonj series, called By the Reid will go firstt April 9, with "The Phoenix Principles," whichu she co-wrote with V. Randolph Brown. The book' s message is that diversity is abusinesd imperative. On April 26, Pepper, now the CEO of the , will discussd "Crossing to Safety" by Wallace Stegner or "Self Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society" by John Gardner. In an e-mailo exchange, Pepper said he hasn't picked one yet.
"Crossin g to Safety" is a story about two youngb couples who meet during the Depression and form alifelonv friendship. "Self Renewal" discusses the need to innovate in orderto thrive. "'Crossing to Safety' is probablu my favorite novel for the insights Stegner bring s tothe importance, challenge and beauty of human Pepper said in the Gardner is one of Pepper'as favorite writers on the subject of leadershil and personal growth. "He has written many wonderfulo books, but 'Self Renewal' would be my favorite," he said.
On May 22, Burleigg will discuss Aristotle's "Rhetoric," which places the discipline of publid speaking in the context of otherintellectual pursuits. Mercantile Library Executive Director Albert Pyle said the seriea aims to serve members whoare businesspeople. "This is a literart center," he said. "But literary coverds a big, wide field." Each talk runs from noon to 1 p.m. Cost is $10 for membersx or $15 for others. Lunchu is included. Reservations at (513) 621-0717 or www.mercantileinfo@mercantilelibrary.com.

Boatmaker Genmar files Chapter 11 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The petition to reorganize its debts was filer Monday afternoonin U.S. Bankruptcy Courtf in Minneapolis along with more than 20relatef subsidiaries. Genmar has between 100 and 199 creditors. It listes its assets in the rageof $10 million to $50 millio n and its liabilities between $100 million and $500 million, accordinfg to court documents. The largest unsecurerd creditorsare Maslon, Edelman, Borman, a Minneapolis-based law firm whichu is owed $186,700. , a law firm in Minneapolis, is owed Law firm in Minneapolis, is representing Genmaer in thebankruptcy case. The only securerd creditors areand , according to a story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune .
Genmat said it has receivedc commitment fora debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing proposalk from both banks. In a Genmar Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder Irwinn Jacobs said sales ofthe company’s fishing luxury yachts and other products started to declinse in 2008, but worsened in recent months. The company’s sales in fiscal 2009, which ends in are likely to beabout $460 million, off by more than 50 percen from fiscal 2008. “If someone would have said to me as recentlgy as even one month ago that Genmar woulcd someday be filing forChapter 11, I woulrd have said it was not even a remots possibility,” Jacobs said.
Genmar had been makiny some strategy changes inreceny months, . A spinoff company, Pa.-based , and other Jacobs-related companies aren’ft included in the filing. VEC for energy-generating

R2P = Bush Doctrine w/o the Goal of Democracy? - First Things (blog)

2011-09-05T22:00:00.001-07:00

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For sale: Class A office space - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-09-01T12:17:00.001-07:00

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The building at 7216 Cherryu Farms Road, formerly Goodlett Farmd Parkway, sits on an enclosed 27-acrd site in Cordova with 600 parkingy spaces. Harrah’s also is sellinvg 28 acres of undeveloped land acrossthe street. , originallty developed the building as its corporate but never occupied it after mergingwith Denver-based in 2003. Harrah’s boughft the building for $29 million in May 2006.
“Whart drew us to the building was the data center whicbh had been planned by the former saysWalt Phelan, director of administrativwe services at Harrah’s Memphis corporate “We searched across the country for a data centert which had built-in redundancies like we have here and we couldn’t find This was clearly the highest-end data center we coul find.” The building currently houses Harrah’s corporates financing, accounting, information technology, risk management and treasury departments. The company will be moving out between now andSeptemberf 2009.
The building has a Tier 4 data which is the highestclassificationh available, with multiple power supplies and on-site among other features. Harrah’s used the data centef to monitor itspropertiess nationwide. “It has a unique data centee which will hopefully attract a new userto Memphis. It’ws the best thing that could happento us, says Mark Halperin, executive vice president with “Anhy company that comes and fills that building in its entiretyu is going to have a lot of great which is what we need.” The buildinf also has 40,000 square feet of warehousing/flex 22,000 square feet of whic h has second-story office space.
Harrah’s is also lookinfg to sublease its original Memphis office space at 1023 Cherrt Road inEast Memphis. When the compangy purchased its Goodlett Farms it placed itsoriginal 114,000 square feet on the subleased market. The property consists of two a 60,000-square-foot building which has a leased expiring March 2017 anda 54,000-square-foot buildinb which has a lease expiring in March 2012.
Anthony principal broker at LLC, says the Goodletf Farms property will probably attract a buyer that wantsd tooccupy it, as opposed to an “I’m not sure an investor would want to take the risk of buyinhg a 285,000-square-foot, fully vacanyt single-tenant building,” he Also, investment sales in office properties have been down Memphis recorded $94 million in office investment sales during the past 12 months, according to ’s thircd quarter market report, down 63.8% from $260 million in sales in the same year-agoo period. Nationally, there was $77.4 billion in officee investment sales during the past12 months, down 66.8% comparedr to similar sales of $233.
4 billion in the same year-ago

Survey: Retail losses are up - Wichita Business Journal:

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billion in 2007 to $36.45 billion in 2008, according to a survey by and the Universithyof Florida. Retail shrinkage averaged 1.52 percent of retaik sales in 2008, up from 1.44 percent a year “The increase in shrink levels signifies that criminals have founed a way to manipulatee and corrupt theretail industry,” said Richar d Hollinger, lead author of the report and professorf of criminology at the University of Florida.
“Manyy retailers are being forced to decrease theie current expenditures because of the state of the economy and the cut back inconsumert spending, which leaves new opportunities for thieves to take advantage of Most 2008 retail shrinkage was because of employew theft, which totaled $15.o9 billion, or almost half of losses (44 Shoplifting accounted for $12.7 billion (35 of losses. Other losses includede administrativeerror ($5.4 billion and 15 percenr of shrinkage) and vendor fraufd ($1.4 billion and 4 percent of shrinkage).

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Some turnaround specialists are concernedthe government-guidexd bankruptcy reorganizations of and GM couls make it harder for companies to obtainb capital in the future. In thesw cases, the companies’ labor union, the United Auto Workers, receivede more favorable treatment thanthe companies’ securef creditors. This violates well-establishedr bankruptcy law principles, said Peter Kaufman, presideny of LLC’s restructuring practice in New York. The United States is the most welcoming place in the worldfor capital, particularly for he said, because “everyone knows what theidr downside is.” “Now that has all been stood on its Kaufman said.
“At a time when the country needs capital providers morethan you’re going to find institutions with theitr hands in their pockets, or they’re goinb to be charging a lot he said. Half of the turnaround expertx surveyed by the thoughrtthe government’s decision to elevate unsecured creditors over securesd creditors in the Chrysler bankruptcyt will make secured loans more expensive. More than one-thircd thought it would make lenders less inclineed to makethese loans. An online surveyt conducted by the found that 76 percenr ofrespondents “disagreed strongly” with the Obama administration’sx engineering of the Chrysler bankruptcy.
Kaufman contends capital providers will be especially leery of situations where there are uniond and a conceivable governmentpolicy That’s “going to be a systemi c issue on a going-forward basis,” he said. But otherd bankruptcy experts contend thatthe government’s decisioj to intervene in the cases won’t serve as a precedent for futur corporate bankruptcies. In the current economic environment, no politician was goingg to let Chrysler andGM fail, said Stephen Lubben, a law professodr at who specializes in corporate debt and financial distress.
The casesw might make lenders “gun shy” in the shorf run, he said, but “eventually peoplw will come around tothe realization” that thesre were special cases like that of Penn whose 1970 bankruptcy led to the creatiobn of Amtrak. Mark a partner with LLP in New York, said the federao government “used its power to broker a settlement for the greatefr good ofthe economy.
if the bankruptcy process is goinbg to continue to be the basis for corporate restructurings and it must be perceived as fair and Tom Donohue, president and CEO of the , said he will watcb closely to see whether government officials and the UAW interven in business decisions made by Chrysler and GM. “We will expose and fight any counterproductive influenc eby government, unions or politicians over decisions that shoulf be left to Donohue said in a statement issued after President Obama announced the U.S. governmeny would own 60 percentof GM. “And we will continuallt insist that government reduce and eliminates its ownership stake as soonas possible,” Donohue said.
Obamq said his goal “is to get GM back on its feet, take a hands-offt approach and get out quickly.” “Thde federal government will refrain from exercising its rightsx as a shareholder in all but the most fundamentalcorporats decisions,” Obama said. “When a difficult decision has to be made on matters like wher to open a new plant or what type of new car to thenew GM, not the United Statesd government, will make that decision.
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2011-08-25T20:51:00.001-07:00

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LCA-Vision might close more surgery centers in '09 - Boston Business Journal:

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The news sent shares of LCA LCAV) down sharply during late-morning But the 10 percent dip, which brought shares to $5.89, was followex by a recovery. Sharese in LCA closed up about1 percent, or 8 to $6.51 Tuesday. “Procedure volume in April and May has declinesd approximately 45 percent from the comparables period last year and we currently anticipate continuecd softnessthroughout 2009,” said LCA-Vision Chairmah Anthony Woods, who was among six directore re-elected to the company’s board at the annual meeting, held at the Queen City Club downtown.
Wood said the company might reduce spendinvg on marketing this year andclose “underperforming vision Complaints about cost-cutting gave rise to takeove r attempt by LCA-Vision founder Dr. Stephen whose investment group acquired an 11 percengt stake in the company and floatede its own slateof directors. The Joffe group terminatee its reform effort in March and Joffe has since sold more than half of his In additionto re-electing six shareholders rejected a rights plan that makes hostil takeovers more difficult.

NTS buys Plainview Apartments - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Financing for the purchase, which was made through an NTS , was provided by the , according to a news The purchase price wasnot disclosed. The previous ownee was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investmenyt partnership, according to online records from the Jefferson Counth Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretaru of State. Its assessed value for tax purposesis $9.7 according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchase was about 94 the release said. NTS plans to enhance and renovater the property but no details were disclosecd inthe release.
The apartment comples was developed as part of the Plainviewplanneds community, which includes 800 single-family more than 1,000 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shoppinbg centers and nearly 2 million square feet of office space. NTS began constructiomn and development of theplanned community, Louisville’s first, in the early 1970s. With the acquisition, NTS Developmenrt Co. and its affiliates now own four apartment communitiewin Louisville. Its other holdings in the area are HurstbourneGrand Apartments, The Overlook at St. Thomas and The Willows of Plainview.
NTS also manages 14 othetr apartment communities and 31 commercial properties with more than 5 millionj feetof office, retail and warehoused space in the Southeast.

Fred Weber wins $4M Mississippi River Bridge contract - St. Louis Business Journal:

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awarded Fred Weber a $4.44r million contract Wednesday to remove and replace the Madison Streeand St. Louis Avenue bridges over Interstate 70 indowntowhn St. Louis. The majority of work on this project will starg afterHighway 40/Interstate 64 reopens between Kingshighwat and Interstate 170. Crews will remove the St. Louis Avenud bridge first and then remove and replace the MadisonbStreet bridge. During work to remove the MadisonjStreet bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparation for replacing that bridge later in 2010. This work is part of preliminart work on a new Mississippi river which is expected to reduce congestion on the PoplarStree Bridge.
Maryland Heights, Mo.-bases Fred Weber is one of the largest privately held companiesin St. Louis with $353.3 million in revenu e in 2008. The commercial construction firm is also workingg onthe $245 million reconstruction of AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’z Shut-Ins state park and is part of Gatewayt Constructors, the consortium of contractors performing $535 millionn worth of improvements on Highway 40/Interstatew 64.

AutoZone board approves $500M stock repurchase - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The company’s board of directorsa approved the repurchase June 17 as part ofthe company’z ongoing share repurchase program, the company announced afte r the close of markets Wednesday. The last repurchase authorization was in Decembert and was asimilar $500 There were three $500 million authorizations in 2008 and a totakl of $7.9 billion since 1998. "Wew remain committed to utilizing share repurchasez within the bounds of a disciplined capital structure to enhance stockholder returns while maintainingf adequate liquidity to executeour plans,” said CFO Bill Memphis-based AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is the leading retailef and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the U.
S. The company sells auto and lighttruck parts, chemicalzs and accessories through 4,172 AutoZone stores in 48 the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in the U.S. and 168 storeas in Mexico. Shares of AutoZone closed Wednesday at up 2.37 percent.

J. Jill to close one Jacksonville store - Dallas Business Journal:

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Nine of the 75 stores to be closed are in including the one in TheAvenuesw mall. A second Jacksonville J. Jill location at the St. Johns Town Cente will remain open. In a statement announcinyg the sale, Talbots President and CEO Trudy Sullivan saidit “enables us to focus our time, resources and attention exclusively on rejuvenating our core Talbots branf and return to profitable growth.” The transactionm includes the transfer of certain asset and liabilities to the buyer, includiny a distribution center in New Hampshire, the subleas e of a portion of the Quincy, headquarters and substantially all of the brand’ws intellectual property and inventories.
The remainin g 204 stores will continue to operate undertthe J. Jill brand. The headquarters for the company will remain in Quincy. The J. Jill sale is expecteds to be completed in the second quarter and is subjecrt to post closing SanFrancisco based-Golden Gate Capital acquired Jacksonville-based Venu s in 2006. The acquisition was Golde n Gate’s 11th in two years. Last montgh Venus announced that all 290 employees were in jeopardu of losing their jobs when the swimwearf and ladies apparel company lostits financing.
With its latesyt catalog recentlybeing released, Venus employees are still working, at least for now, and company executivee are looking for a new buyer to acquirew the company.

UTMB receives cardiology training endowment - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-08-12T13:00:00.001-07:00

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Dr. John C. Price createds the Melvin L. Price M.D. and Charlez A. Price D.D.S. Endowment for Cardiology Fellowship Training to supportyoung doctors’ educatiohn as they learn the nuances of treating heart the leading cause of death in the Unitedd States. Price’s brothers both died of cardiovascular Price said he wanted to establish the endowmenty to ensure that UTMB can train more cardiologists who will be skilles at helping patients with heart problemsz makefull recoveries. The value of the endowment wasnot disclosed.
“Thwe twin goals are to provide more effective therapy for thoses with heart disease and to encouragw early identification of individuals at risk for subsequent intervention to modifyt and ultimately prevent the morbidity of cardia andvascular disease,” said Price, a head and neck In addition to his recent Price has contributed to cardiology research at the universityu to aid the development of new treatments and procedures that reduce functional impairment and death from cardiovascula disease.

Amerijet acquires interest in Nations Express - Business First of Columbus:

2011-08-10T07:34:00.001-07:00

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Amerijet recently announced its acquisition of SRX a Florida-based company specializing in grounde handling operations throughout Central Asia, and owner of , an Uzbekistahn certificated airline. Florida-based Amerijet serves destinationss throughoutthe America’s, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and the Middle Its primary hub is at , with 210,000-square-foof export and 100,000-square-foot imports air cargk handling facilities and a 50,000-square-foot ocean cargo facility.

Giant Eagle gets pulled into legal fight over probiotic yogurt - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Last week, a class action lawsuit was filed againsttthe O’Hara-based grocery chain in the United States Districr Court of Northern Ohio, alleging claimsw of deceptive trade practices, amon others. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Cleveland woman who says she boughrGiant Eagle’s Probiotic Lowfat Yogurt with the expectation that it would improved her immune system only to be defrauded by a higher-priced produc whose health benefits remain highly speculative. The suit seeke unspecified damages that include restitution for the saleas of the productsin question, as well as punitivew damages, corrective advertising and attorneys’ fees and costs. Lawye Frank Piscitelli Jr.
filed the suit May 6, arguing that Gianft Eagle’s product claim that its yogurtis “clinicallhy proven to help strengthen the body’se immune system” is neithet proven nor substantiated. The class actio n claim was made on behalf of anyone who bough tGiant Eagle’s probiotic yogurt, a numbert the suit expects would includs thousands of customers. “It all boils down to whethere they have substantiation behindtheier claims,” Piscitelli said. “If you’re going to say something is clinically proven, then it better be.
” The lawsui against Giant Eagle is the latest legal actio taken against the burgeoning industry ofprobiotic yogurt, what one naturapl food products trade publication callefd the “uncontested star” among functional foods, growinhg from a $6.8 billion market in 2003 to $13.7 billion in salezs last year. A company spokesman for Giantt Eagle declined comment on an active for which the company has yet tolegally respond. The companyt pulled its probiotic yogurt from store shelvesa prior to the suit becauss of a lack of customer In January, a simila class action suit was filed against industry leader Dannon, whose Activiaw probiotic yogurt is perhaps the best known.
In a lawsuit was filled againstt GeneralMills Inc., alleging the company’s claimzs for its Yo-Plus probiotic yogurf also were largely unproven. Both casezs are still in General Mills quicklydefended itself, arguing the named plaintiffr was not representative of a clase and lacked standing to pursue a class action, among many other The class action lawsuit against Giant Eagle argues the grocer y store chain uses “clinically as a marketing term in a food categoryt that has yet to see serious scientific The lawsuit cites an American Academy of Microbiology symposium that concludes that probiotic bacteria used in food need random, controllex clinical trials to verify their health benefits.
Tim Blood, a San Diego-based lawyer who is part of the legal team in the Giant Eagle case as well as the ones againstt Dannon and GeneralMills , said yogurt, in is healthy. But, he said, probiotic yogurtes don’t live up their claims, can disrupr the digestive balance of some consumers and delay some from seekintg medical attention fordigestive problems. “The food in general, is selling hundreds of million of dollars ofthis product, probablt into the billions,” he describing it as the next food “The problem with a lot of the probiotic products out there on the market is there is no evidenced they do anything at all.
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Moog 3Q earnings jump 18% - Business First of Buffalo:

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Net earnings were $25.6 or 59 cents per compared to $21.2 million, or 50 cents per in the 2006 third quarter. Sales improveds to $404 million, up 21 percent from $333 million last Analysts had forecast EPS of 59 cents on saleof $376 million for the East Aurora-base manufacturer (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B). "This was anothedr great quarter," said a statement from R. T. Brady, chairma and CEO. "Business is strong in all of our majofrmarket areas." Aircraft segment sales were up 15 percent to $150 Space and Defense revenues climbed 32 percenf to $48 million , and the Componentsw segment, gained 19 percent to $73 million. Full-yeaer sales are expected to reach $1.
54 billiob and net earnings $100.6 EPS is estimated at $2.33, an 18 percenr increase over 2006. Moog also said 2008 salesz are expected to rangefrom $1.712 billion to $1.73 billion, net earnings in the range of $115 millioh to $118 million, and earnings per share between $2.63 and

Tech workers can look on bright side - Washington Business Journal:

2011-07-27T23:00:00.001-07:00

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He also wanted to tap into the deep poolof Austin-areza microprocessor industry workers who have been laid off duringy the last couple of years. Such workers possesa the skills that translate well to the sola renergy industry, Van Dell said. And as the numbee of local microprocessor industry workers reacheda three-year low in April, the timingf of solar companies migrating to Central Texas couldn’ft be better for area workers — nor the businessez that need them. “ A solar cell is a semiconductor that generates electricity when you shins lighton it,” Van Dell said. “Fortunately, I was quitd well aware of the strong mix of companies and the skil basein Austin.
That was definitely on my mind when I moved thecompany here.” SolarBridge’s move is a scenari o that local officials want to repeat multiple times with the hope that soladr panel manufacturing fills the void left by the contractioj in the microprocessor industry. But the lack of financia incentives from the state is creating a dampening effectg on attracting solar companies to theAustin area, observerxs say.
Proposed state legislation to createa $1 billion so-called “Sunngy Day Fund” for Texads to obtain federal grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would have been used to attracyt such businesses, especially foreign solar companiezs that want to establish theif North American headquarters in the Austin area, expertsx say. But the legislation, which receivedx a public hearing in died in the state HouseAppropriations Committee. To date, which was founded in 2004 as SmartSpark EnergtSystems Inc., and HelioVolgt Inc. are the two most prominent solar energy businesses operating in theAustin area.
which is backed with at least $118 million in venture is wrapping up a planty that will eventually crank out a thin film that acts as asolaer panel. “After June, I think theree are going to be some projects rollingin here,” said Raj managing partner of the Mercom Capital Group LLC, an Austin-based technolog y research firm. “It is more, ‘Who is going to give me the best incentive packagedright now?’” The semiconductor industry is and jobs that are leaving Texasd are not expected to return. Central Texas has lost 500 microprocessof industry jobs justthis year.
Local chip companiee now employ 15,700 workers — the lowesrt level of such local jobs sinceApril 2006, according to the U.S. Bureay of Labor Statistics. During the firsy quarter, worldwide sales of semiconductorsreachede $44 billion versus $62.8 billion durinv the same period last a nearly 30 percenf decline, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported. On the the demand for solar technology isgrowingh fast. Randall Baker, the principal of Austin-base PuraVida Ventures LLC, said other state s are throwing big money at prospective solar companies to woo them into establishingf manufacturing plants intheir states.
Many state officials believde Texas doesn’t need to do that, so it isn’t. But it also has the formeer chip workers to offer such and those workers can be retrained for solat in eight weeks to16 weeks, Baker But the clock is In March, Bret Raymis, who worked for 30 years in the semiconductod industry, joined Austin-based Apache-Solar Corp., where he is now the vice presiden of business development. The company is developing a systejm with photovoltaic cells combined with architecturakglass panels, and plans to begin production within 12 months. He said solarr is still early in its developmenf compared with the progress that semiconductors made inrecenf decades.
Investors and companies need to ramp up soladr technology in the United Statex before the technology gains a footholdin “They’re sitting on the fencw with their money,” Raymis said, “and they’re goinv to wake up and all that [solar] businessx will go to China.”

EUR 750m in financing secured for new integrated PVC hub / State-of-the-art ... - Plasteurope

2011-07-25T17:17:00.001-07:00

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Smuggler of Cuban migrants gets 15 years - KeysNet

2011-07-23T11:00:00.001-07:00

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In addition to the 15 years, US District Court Judge Jose Martinez sentenced Hector Pena, 45, to three years of supervised release following his prison term. Pena pleaded guilty on April 25 to »

White Says His $666 Price Target for Apple `Reasonable' - Washington Post

2011-07-21T04:51:00.001-07:00

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July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Brian White, an analyst at Ticonderoga Securities LLC, talks about Apple Inc.'s third-quarter profit and his $666 price target for the company's shares. Apple, the maker of Mac computers, iPod, iPhone mobile devices and iPad ...

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The Overnight Report: Europe Stressed - Ninemsn

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40 Under 40: Steve Newmark - Charlotte Business Journal:

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1996 Career history: U.S. District Court for the Eastern Districttof N.C., judicial law clerk for U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt, Fourth Circuit Federal Courtof Appeals, judiciapl law clerk, U.S. Appellate Judge Dickson Phillips, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, 1998-present Family: Wife, Laura; Scott, 7, Andrew, 3 Neighborhood: Greatest businesx accomplishments of thepast year: Greatest civixc accomplishments of the past year: Completed term as president of the board of the Carolinaz Raptor Center and served as vice chairmanm of the board of when both organizations expanded their educational offerings Civic/volunteer activities: Carolina Raptor board member; ArtsTeach, board member; Arts & Science Councip Cultural Education in Schools program, grants panelist; Victory Junction Gang Camp, volunteer; McColl Graduate School of leadership mentor; youth basketball coach What you like best aboutt living in the Charlotte region: Charlotted has a great sense of community and presents opportunities to be engagedd in its growth and development.
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Crescent files Chapter 11, replaces CEO - Austin Business Journal:

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The moves are part of an effort to cutthe company’z debt and rework its capital the Charlotte, N.C.-based developer says. and some of its subsidiariesd have filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the in the Westerbn Districtof Texas, Austibn Division. Crescent also announced today that Arthur the company’s chief executive officer, has retired, effective He will continue to work in an advisor capacity. Crescent had been struggling to refinancea $1.2 billiobn loan, with payment due in full by September 2012. The companu amended the loan in June 2008 because it was in violationm of theoriginal terms.
Before the Chapterr 11 filing, Crescent faced paymentz of $50 million by the end of this year, $75 milliom in 2010 and $100 million in 2011 on its The company, which has developedx more than 1 million squarwe feet of office space in Cool Springs since the has been facinglocal too. Pat Emery, Crescent’s long-time vice presideng and regional managerin Tennessee, left the company last And the developer’s Crescent’s Greenwayh One, a $33 million, 168,000-square-footr building near completion on Carothers Parkway, has been boardedf up for months as contractors filed millionsz of dollars in liens against it.
Another similarlyt sized Crescent project next to it is about 90 percent vacant a year afterrbeing built. The companhy says it plans to continue businesse without any significant interruptionduring restructuring. Crescent has obtained a debtor-in-possession financing facility of $110 million from a grouo of its existing which will provide funds so it can continue Andrew Hede will replace Fielde as CEO and will be charged with leadingthe restructuring. a managing director with LLC, has more than 15 yeare of financial restructuring andbusinese experience.
“We have been in active discussione with our lenders and othedr stakeholders as we work toward an agreemen that will bring our capital structure in line with the currentgeconomic environment,” Hede says in a “Those discussions are continuing, and we are pleased with the ongoinvg support we have received from our lenders. We intenfd to reach an agreement on our new capital structure and emerg e frombankruptcy quickly.
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Capital One, others downgraded by S&P - Washington Business Journal:

2011-07-12T02:00:00.001-07:00

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“We believe the banking industry is undergointg a structural transformation that may includew radical changes withpermanent repercussions,” said S&P credi t analyst Rodrigo Quintanilla. “Financial institutions are nowshedding balance-sheet risk and alterintg funding profiles and strategies for the marketplace’ds new reality.” Capital One’s counterpartg credit rating was cut to BBB from BBB+ with its outlookj “negative.” In addition to Capital One, S&oP cut its ratings on , , and 14 other banks.
Standard & Poor’s says it believes loan losseas will continueto increase, although recengt capital rebuilding should help banks defray thosed losses. It notes the high number of banksawith “negative” outlooks, which suggests ratings could decline further. Capital One was not one of the banks orderer to raise additional capital after the completionb ofthe government’s stress The McLean-based company says it will repau $3.6 billion in TARP money it received last Capital One stock (NYSE: COF) was down 83 cent to $22.32 per share in afternoonm trading. Its shares have lost 30 percentt of their valuethis year.

Chase commits to Central Ohio expansion - Portland Business Journal:

2011-07-09T18:51:00.001-07:00

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The New York company, Central Ohio’s second-largest bank and third-largest employer, said it plans to add several hundresd jobs atits 8,000-employee McCoy Centedr operation at Polaris while several hundred jobs will be adde to a lending facility near Easto Town Center. About 150 jobs will be addee atthe company’s Cleveland Avenue operationw in Westerville. Chase (NYSE:JPM) said it’s boostinf employment in the region to handle additional support functions needed after buying Washingtom Mutuallast September.
The move comesz after state and local officials extended a roun d of incentive packages valued atabout $20 That includes a more than $6 million package from Columbuz and a 15-year, 75 percen t tax credit valued at about $14 million from the Gov. Ted Strickland in a statemen called Chase’s announcement “a tremendouws boost to our economy and very welcome newsfor Ohio.”

Protect IP Act more restrictive than Chinese law, say profs - TG Daily

2011-07-07T11:00:00.001-07:00

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Jazz breaking news: Write In For The Write Stuff - Jazzwise magazine

2011-07-05T03:34:00.001-07:00

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Retailers, landlords offer more for less - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-07-02T20:51:00.001-07:00

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That’s how Whiskey Joe’s on Rocky Poingt is filling its dining room most said CEOHoward adding, “Our biggest problem is our parking lot isn’tt big enough.” Bell contends sales at Whiskey Joe’ss are up 25 percent since the waterfrontr restaurant, formerly known as was renovated and renamed late last year. The original Whiskeyg Joe’s, owned by the Anaheim, Calif.-baser chain, closed years ago after sufferinbghurricane damage. “Despite the economy you can be successfulo inthis market,” said Bell, echoinb the sentiments of CEO Mike Duke.
Some national including Circuit City andLinens ‘n have shut down, while other retaill companies, along with shopping centere landlords, are struggling to survive the recession. Centers acrosa the country are cutting costs and shavingvbusiness hours, including , one of the largesft shopping center owners in the nation. Westfield has three local malls — Westfieled Citrus Park, Westfield Brandoj and Westfield Countryside. Not all retailer are suffering. Discount retailers — including Wal-Mart, , Marshalls and Corp. — are growing market share at the expense of otherdepartment stores.
“Theres are discount store cycles and departmenftstore [full price offerings] cycles in the retaill business,” said broker Jim Roberts. The industry is now in the midsyt of a discount store he said. Grove at Wesley Chapel, an 800,000-square-foo t center opened by in 2007, has mostly discount retailers, includinh a Dollar Tree. Its other discount tenants include TJ Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Dick’sz Sporting Goods, , Babies Us and Toys “R” Us. “T o a number of shoppers, Dollar Tree has a certain entertainmentf value. It has gotten a whole lot more fashionabl over last two or three years as theeconomyg declined,” Roberts said.
“Everyone is tryingh to stretchtheir budget.” Despite those national discount many of the outparcelo buildings remain vacant at Grove, and the there is Landlords squeezed by closings, Rentws Landlords are feeling the pinch as stores close and rents decline. The closingf of big-box stores, such as Circuit illustrates “the challenges facing our industry,” said Davidf Conn, EVP of the retail servicea divisionat . Conn, a longtime Bay area contendsthe region’s retaikl market is among the hardest hit in the country due to the housingy market collapse, high foreclosure rate and growing jobless.
Conn’w assessment is supported by the 2009 retail markeg report released inlate March. The Bay area was ranked No. 35 amonbg 43 markets, according to the report. The area was only ahea of Detroit, Jacksonville, Cleveland, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kansa City, Sacramento, Calif., and Tucson, Ariz. The Tampza region’s retail vacancy rate is expected to see one of the largest increases in the nationin 2009, hitting 10.3 states the report.
Pinellas is expected to fare bette inthe mid-9 percent broker Patrick Berman contends the local retail markef was one of the first in the country to feel the pain of the housingf collapse and it should be one of the first to Berman doesn’t think the region is faring as badl as the Marcus & Millichap report He thinks the area is more in the middlr of the pack. East Pasco County, with its newetr subdivisions and shopping has been among the hardesthit locally, the Marcuds & Millichap report states. The area saw fast growthh as builders put up houses and retai l developments inthe Today, empty new storefronts dot State Road 56 near Interstate 75.
CBRE data shows that east Pasco’se vacancy rate was 10.3 percent at the end of 2008. Urbaj areas with more residents and established subdivisions and shoppinhg centers in Hillsborough County also are but notas much. It’s stilpl unclear what businesses will fill thelocal big-bos locations vacated by Circuit City and Linenz ‘n Things.

Times are tough, but bank credit still flowing - Business First of Louisville:

2011-06-30T14:34:00.001-07:00

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His 142-year-old business is the area's largestf privately owned employer, ranked No. 14 on Businesws First's list of major employees, with about 1,700 employees. It has a stronh net-worth-to-debt ratio, healthy cash flow and a sound balance Simon said. Publishers has a line of credig tied to theprime rate, the ratees at which big bankse lend to their best customers. But Simon does see some weaknessa amonghis customers, such as an increasingt number of slow payers. "A couple of businessexs -- customers I've had for years -- have bouncedc checks that have never bouncedchecksa before," he said.
The question ultimately is: What happensa to economic growth ina worst-case scenario? Most likely, the deeper the the longer the return to normalcy. "Whay you see (during economic crises) is that on bank balances sheets, banks want to carry fewer loans, preferring to hold Mullineux said. "As the economy gets back on its feet, the bankes will sell those securities and use that cash to starttlending again." The current capital crisis started with banks and mortgage brokers making mortgage loans to people, includin real estate speculators, with poor credit questionable income and no money down.
Many of those mortgagexs included adjustable interest rates that rese to double or tripled theintroductory rates, with penalties if borrower s refinanced. If that weren't bad enough, those subprimed loans, through the magic of securitization, got turnecd into highly rated collateral for bond issuesz and other debt instruments such as collateralized debt obligations. So, when those dicey mortgages starteegoing bad, and borrowers started defaulting, the banks and mortgag e lenders started losing their But the pain didn't stop there. Those defaulte set in motion falling dominos as the housing bubble created by the artificially inflated mortgage demandquickly burst.
The mortgagwe defaults also meant that some investors stopped gettin g returns from thosesubprime mortgage-backed bonds as the underlyiny collateral went bad. Those investorzs included some of the biggest names on Wall including Merrill Lynch and the now infamous BearStearne Co. hedge funds. Moreover, problems with residential mortgage-backede securities have cut confidencw incommercial mortgage-backed securities and in the increasingly interconnectef world capital market matrix as a whole. New job creation may suffer as capital groww tighter Although established businesseds so far seem unaffected by the ongoincapital crisis, growth companie s that create new jobs might be hardest hit.
Sincd March 2007, Randall Waldman has built , based in from an idea into a thriving operatiohn with a totalof 240,00o square feet in manufacturing capacity in threew locations.

Taubman seeking OK for 12 stories in Forsyth - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-06-28T08:17:00.001-07:00

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Up next for developer Inc. is a special zonin designation from ForsythCounty commissioners, an important step for the The commission was expected to take up the issued April 3. The 164-acre proposed mixed-use development near Georgiq 400 and McFarland Road will have as its centerpiecea high-en d shopping center that may lure the likes of Neimaj Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale's to the affluent northermn Atlanta suburbs -- a Phippsa Plaza on the north side.
But, Taubman is seeking commissioners' approval to grant an overlay districf forthe mixed-use a designation that essentially gives the developedr the go-ahead to build 12-story offices, more than doublre the height allowed under Forsyth codes. At that height, the buildingas will be in better position to lure top corporate headquarterswto Forsyth, the developer said. Taubman has been in the developmenft business 55 years and has several centers in including International Plaza in Tampa and Watersider Shops at Pelican Bayin But, the Forsyth centee would be its first foray into "I think the spacing of Atlanta'es malls is right to put this next regionall shopping center just north of North Point Mall [in Alpharetta], said Mark Taubman's vice president of development.
"It's the place we thin k makes the best sensefor Atlanta's next higher-end shopping center. It woulfd be the only one in that categoru inthe region, other than Lenox and The $1 billion project would also includee 900,000 square feet of office space, 875 residences and 500 hotek rooms. Two economic studies on the development predict that it couldd createnearly 8,000 jobs and tens of millions in annuapl tax revenue for Forsyth County and its schools. Forsyth, whicyh gets a majority of its taxes from the residential stands to see upto $13 millioj in commercial tax revenuer annually as a result of the project.
"It's going to have a tremendousx impact on ourtax digest, and a tremendous impacr on commercial and retail development," said Bria n Dill, vice president of economic developmengt for the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce. "They'v always compared this to Lenozx andPhipps Plaza. That's their measuring stick." Taubman is negotiating with fashionanchor stores, and neede commitments by this summer to stay on track for a 2011 openin g of the project's first phase.
Taubman and Forsytu will also have to agred on whether the county will shoulder the costsw ofinfrastructure improvements, including extending Ronaled Reagan Boulevard from McFarland to Unionn Hill, a project that would providd greater access to the mixed-use development. Stil growing. Foltz Martin LLC is close to renewing its leased at PiedmontCenter 5, giving it room to continud expanding, according to sources close to the deal. Fueling growtjh for the law firm in recenf years is morecomplex litigation, including representation of ownersa and general contractors in commercial construction.
Foltx Martin's new lease at Piedmon t Center would giveit 17,000 square feet with rights to expand by anothere 8,000 square feet over the next six The firm's ability to grow up to 25,0009 square feet is playing a role in its possiblr renewal at Piedmont of Georgia Inc.'s John O'Neill and Ken Ashlegy are representing Foltz Jeff Keppen and Chris Port of CB Richar d Ellis Inc. are representing the landlord, KBS PAne in the Glass. The Westin Peachtree Plazw is one ofthe world's tallest hotels, a 725-fooy tower known for its distinctive reflectiv glass. Lately, it's all that glass that's becomingh a pain.

Legal battle over gay-marriage reignites - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-06-26T00:17:00.001-07:00

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Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the historic election case, and David who represented then-Vice President Al Gore, filee a preliminary injunction in federal courty Wednesday morning that calls for an injunction restorinf marriage rights for gays in Californis until the legal battlseover Prop. 8 is concluded. The broader suit, filef Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northerbn Districtof California, argues that Prop. 8 createse a class of “second-class citizens” and thereby violates the U.S. according to the plaintiffs.
“Thixs unequal treatment of gays and lesbiana denies them the basic liberties and equak protection under the law that are guaranteedx by theFourteenth Amendment,” the suit states. Olson and Boies are suing on behalf oftwo same-sex couples who were deniefd marriage licenses due to Prop. 8. By filingt in U.S. District Court, observers say, they hope to ultimatelyu force the issue beforethe U.S. Supreme which has been deeply divided onthe issue. The two attorneysd are servingas co-counsels on the case, a project of the . On the California Supreme Court upheldxthe proposition, the state’s bitterly contested voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, by a 6-to-1 vote.
But the Californi a court also ruledthat same-sex marriagees performed during an interim period last year beforr the measure was enforced are The court’s move means the issue will likely appear again on the state’s Other states like Iowa, Connecticut, Mainw and Vermont have legalized same-sex marriages. New New York and New Jersey have similar moves under The CaliforniaSupreme Court, in its rulinh Tuesday, considered only the constitutionality of the measure, which appearefd on the November ballot followingh a ruling a year ago in May that allowexd same-sex marriages in the Some 18,000 couples were married durin the period between May and November.
The judgesw unanimously upheld the validity ofthose marriages.

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This award recognizes the top law schoolp in Texas that has distinguished itself by activelg educating its students about access tojustice issues. The St. Mary’s Center for Legal and Social Justice providess free legal services to the which has beendeemed “truly exceptional” by the St. Mary’s Law School Dean Charlesz E. Cantu agrees. “The Center for Legal and SocialkJustice faculty, staff and students are trulyt deserving of this accolade as their servicer and commitment to providing legakl services to the poor and disenfranchise d of San Antonio and South Texas is trul y outstanding,” he says.
Through this program, law students workingv under the supervision of a faculty member server as the attorney of record for indigent clientd in the areasof civil, immigration and human rights cases.

Former Giants standout Barber suffered yearlong depression - Las Vegas Review - Journal

2011-06-21T10:51:00.001-07:00

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Washington State University cutting 360 jobs - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

GE Healthcare opens $165M N. G

Gary Oldman Earns His First Oscar Nomination For 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' - Geeks of Doom

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Consumer confidence retreats - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills - Fox News

Subaru still weathering the recession well with June sales up 3% - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Mortgage applications fall, rates rise - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Census Bureau: Cary, Raleigh among top 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities; Durham in top 20 - Portland Business Journal:

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Monaco sale completed - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Auto supplier Visteon files Chapter 11 - Business First of Louisville:

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Washington and Rhode Island Governors Want DEA to Reclassify Marijuana - Fox News

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Churchill Downs shareholders elect directors - Business First of Louisville:

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Lamb's 26 points lead to Kentucky win - Statesman Journal

University System of Md. to break up biotechnology institute - Business First of Louisville:

Cooper proposes domicile move to Ireland - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Kansas Health Policy Authority will cut 14 jobs - Baltimore Business Journal:

Roy Rogers' Son Shares Late Father's Story on 100th Birthday - Taste of Country

SUVs reborn to deliver luxury with an attitude - Dayton Business Journal:

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At PV America, Rendell says alternative energy will boost economy - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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CEO of United Healthcare quits to seek new venture - San Francisco Business Times:

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NTS buys Plainview Apartments - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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