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Monday, September 12, 2011
U.S. Chamber economist: Get ready for another recession - Nashville Business Journal:
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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
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
Saturday, September 10, 2011
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.
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.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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
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
Monday, September 5, 2011
R2P = Bush Doctrine w/o the Goal of Democracy? - First Things (blog)
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R2P = Bush Doctrine w/o the Goal of Democracy? First Things (blog) How does it differ or not from the stated (or defacto) Bush Doctrine? All doctrines aside, however, I think the essence of our Libya intervention was the right thing to do. I also like the be-invited-by-European-allies approach. ... |
Saturday, September 3, 2011
L'éducation à l'environnement au programme de la rentrée - 20minutes.fr
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20minutes.fr | L'éducation à l'environnement au programme de la rentrée 20minutes.fr Construire une ville pour 10.000 personnes en respectant l'environnement, trouver comment nourrir 9 milliards de personnes d'ici 2050 ou de gérer durablement les ressources de nos océans: ces thèmes dignes de sommets des Nations unies sont désormais en ... Rentrée des classes: l'environnement au programme |
Thursday, September 1, 2011
For sale: Class A office space - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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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
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
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