Fear of finance can impede college access Quad City Times Public policy wonks are always looking for magic bullets that have a shot at making a real impact. Every once in a while, one seems to come along. Take the intractable issue of getting high school seniors to apply for the Free Application for Federal ... |
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Fear of finance can impede college access - Quad City Times
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Hawaii has 5th-lowest obesity rate in U.S. - Baltimore Business Journal:
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In the study, “F as in Fat: How Obesityu Policies Are Failing inAmerica 2009” compiler by the Trust for America’s Health and the , 21.8 percenyt of Hawaii’s adult populatiobn fell into the obese range. Southern states reported the highest obesityt rates inthe study. Eight of the top 10 were in the Mississippiwas No. 1, with 32.5 percengt of adults overweight. Hawaii didn’t fare as well, in the rate of obese childrenages 10-17. Hawaii rankef No. 37 with 28.5 Obesity rates are on the rise nationwide. Accordinv to the study, 23 states reported an increaswe inadult obesity.
No statea reported a decrease in their In addition, 30 statesz reported childhood obesity rates of 30 percent or The study attributes the increasing ratess to several factors, includingg economic conditions that may result in higherd food prices and increased levels of depression and which have been linked to obesity. To see the full click .
In the study, “F as in Fat: How Obesityu Policies Are Failing inAmerica 2009” compiler by the Trust for America’s Health and the , 21.8 percenyt of Hawaii’s adult populatiobn fell into the obese range. Southern states reported the highest obesityt rates inthe study. Eight of the top 10 were in the Mississippiwas No. 1, with 32.5 percengt of adults overweight. Hawaii didn’t fare as well, in the rate of obese childrenages 10-17. Hawaii rankef No. 37 with 28.5 Obesity rates are on the rise nationwide. Accordinv to the study, 23 states reported an increaswe inadult obesity.
No statea reported a decrease in their In addition, 30 statesz reported childhood obesity rates of 30 percent or The study attributes the increasing ratess to several factors, includingg economic conditions that may result in higherd food prices and increased levels of depression and which have been linked to obesity. To see the full click .
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Doctors Misread Pain of IUD Placement - MedPage Today
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Doctors Misread Pain of IUD Placement MedPage Today On a 100-point visual analog scale, patients' mean perceived pain score was 63.8 (moderate pain), while the clinicians who inserted the device thought their patients' pain score was a mean of 35.3, representing mild pain, reported Karla Maguire, MD, ... |
Monday, May 7, 2012
Nupur Talwar suffering from fever - Daily News & Analysis
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Nupur Talwar suffering from fever Daily News & Analysis Place: GHAZIABAD | Agency: PTI Dentist Nupur Talwar, who has completed a week in custody today in Dasna prison, is suffering from mild fever and body pain, jail authorities said today. Talwar is facing trial in the 2008 double-murder case along with ... |
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Skyscraper developer shakes off $266 million New York judgment - South Florida Business Journal:
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Early last year, Leon Cohen and his father, Maurice proposed a 93-story skyscraper at 330 Biscayne indowntown Miami. They sought land use approvals and hiredxan architect. But, in August, the Cohens lost a default judgment in New York State Supremed Court in a lawsuit over financial fraud allegationd connected to a Manhattan hotel Attorneys for a corporatioj formed by the French government pursued coury action in Florida in an attempg to tie upthe Cohen’s Floridaa properties to satisfy the $266 million But, an appellate division of the New York court on May 21 reversefd and vacated the lower court order, which has the effect of freeingh the Cohens from any attemp to encumber their property in Soutnh Florida.
In its recent the appellate courtsaid “reasonable latitudes should have been afforded befor e imposing the ultimate sanction.” , the corporation formedr by the French government, alleged in the New York lawsuit that Leon of Fisher Island, defrauded a French lender in a previous multimillion-dolla transaction related to the Flatotel in The Cohens have deniedd the allegations. In an Aug.
25 lettee to the Business Journal, New York attorneu Thomas Dewey wrote that theCohens “categorically reject any assertiojn that they committed any wrongdoing, and they are confidenty that once the merits of the [CDR case are considered, they will New York Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolubn wrote the August decision for defaulty judgment against the Cohens and other defendants in connection with allegedc civil fraud at the Flatotel. His rulinyg had said the “defendants’ long-standing patterne of default, lateness and abject failure to comply with coury orders amounts towillful conduct, whichh not only warrants, but necessitates award of default judgment.
” The French corporation claims the Cohensd sold the Flatotel to a Bahamian companu controlled by hotelier Simon Elias in 2000 withou t disclosing the transaction to CDR Creancee or making any payment on the loan. CDR represented locally by Miami-based law firm Kenny Nachwalter, had previously askex for a temporary injunction barring sale of and a lispendenw (notice of pending on the Cohens’ properties in Florida. “We’re prepared to provwe they stole $20 million out of the hotel, and another $30 milliob when they sold it,” Kenny Nachwalter attorney Marcozs Jimenez told Miami Dade Circuit Judgse Sarah Zabel ina Nov.
12 hearing in the judge’s “At the same time, they were acquiringy the Florida properties. We believed we can show direct correlation.” A filed against the Cohenas last yearin Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, refers to “sa labyrinthine web of affiliaterd shell companies located in Florida, New Delaware, Lichtenstein, the British Virginb Islands, Panama, Quebec and Franc e to conceal their actions.” The six Floridaq properties targeted in the lis pendens were 429 Lenoxz Ave., Miami Beach; 7213 Fisher Islands Drive, Fisher Island; 5930 N. Bay Road, Miamij Beach; 330 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 268 Park Drive, Bal and 1475 Collins Ave.
, Miami Justin Elegant, an attorney for the Cohens with in Coral said in an interview that his clients are pleased with the receng appellate ruling and believe they will prevail in the CDRCreancews lawsuit. CDR Creances attorney Douglas Kellner, of , said in an “With the vacated judgment, we’re back where we were last August with pushinb forwardon discovery. We thini the claims have merit.” During a Nov. 12 hearingg in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, William Petros, an attorne y for the Cohens, had said the Cohen have a potential buyer for some oftheir properties.
In Januaryh 2008, a Miami panel gave Leon Cohem andhis company, , initiak approval for the Empire World Towerzs project, which would have 1,557 residential units. At the time, real estate analysts questioned the feasibilit y of the project because ofhurricane codes, height restriction s and the recession. Regardless of the outcomes of the litigation, local real estatd experts still question the feasibility of a massive projecr like Empire World Towersin today’s market. Scott Sime, of Holly Sime Real said: “Unless there’s a specialized user in to build a spec office building at this time would be a veryriskyh proposition.
” Chris Lee, of , “There’s absolutely no market support for it righrt now.”
Early last year, Leon Cohen and his father, Maurice proposed a 93-story skyscraper at 330 Biscayne indowntown Miami. They sought land use approvals and hiredxan architect. But, in August, the Cohens lost a default judgment in New York State Supremed Court in a lawsuit over financial fraud allegationd connected to a Manhattan hotel Attorneys for a corporatioj formed by the French government pursued coury action in Florida in an attempg to tie upthe Cohen’s Floridaa properties to satisfy the $266 million But, an appellate division of the New York court on May 21 reversefd and vacated the lower court order, which has the effect of freeingh the Cohens from any attemp to encumber their property in Soutnh Florida.
In its recent the appellate courtsaid “reasonable latitudes should have been afforded befor e imposing the ultimate sanction.” , the corporation formedr by the French government, alleged in the New York lawsuit that Leon of Fisher Island, defrauded a French lender in a previous multimillion-dolla transaction related to the Flatotel in The Cohens have deniedd the allegations. In an Aug.
25 lettee to the Business Journal, New York attorneu Thomas Dewey wrote that theCohens “categorically reject any assertiojn that they committed any wrongdoing, and they are confidenty that once the merits of the [CDR case are considered, they will New York Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolubn wrote the August decision for defaulty judgment against the Cohens and other defendants in connection with allegedc civil fraud at the Flatotel. His rulinyg had said the “defendants’ long-standing patterne of default, lateness and abject failure to comply with coury orders amounts towillful conduct, whichh not only warrants, but necessitates award of default judgment.
” The French corporation claims the Cohensd sold the Flatotel to a Bahamian companu controlled by hotelier Simon Elias in 2000 withou t disclosing the transaction to CDR Creancee or making any payment on the loan. CDR represented locally by Miami-based law firm Kenny Nachwalter, had previously askex for a temporary injunction barring sale of and a lispendenw (notice of pending on the Cohens’ properties in Florida. “We’re prepared to provwe they stole $20 million out of the hotel, and another $30 milliob when they sold it,” Kenny Nachwalter attorney Marcozs Jimenez told Miami Dade Circuit Judgse Sarah Zabel ina Nov.
12 hearing in the judge’s “At the same time, they were acquiringy the Florida properties. We believed we can show direct correlation.” A filed against the Cohenas last yearin Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, refers to “sa labyrinthine web of affiliaterd shell companies located in Florida, New Delaware, Lichtenstein, the British Virginb Islands, Panama, Quebec and Franc e to conceal their actions.” The six Floridaq properties targeted in the lis pendens were 429 Lenoxz Ave., Miami Beach; 7213 Fisher Islands Drive, Fisher Island; 5930 N. Bay Road, Miamij Beach; 330 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 268 Park Drive, Bal and 1475 Collins Ave.
, Miami Justin Elegant, an attorney for the Cohens with in Coral said in an interview that his clients are pleased with the receng appellate ruling and believe they will prevail in the CDRCreancews lawsuit. CDR Creances attorney Douglas Kellner, of , said in an “With the vacated judgment, we’re back where we were last August with pushinb forwardon discovery. We thini the claims have merit.” During a Nov. 12 hearingg in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, William Petros, an attorne y for the Cohens, had said the Cohen have a potential buyer for some oftheir properties.
In Januaryh 2008, a Miami panel gave Leon Cohem andhis company, , initiak approval for the Empire World Towerzs project, which would have 1,557 residential units. At the time, real estate analysts questioned the feasibilit y of the project because ofhurricane codes, height restriction s and the recession. Regardless of the outcomes of the litigation, local real estatd experts still question the feasibility of a massive projecr like Empire World Towersin today’s market. Scott Sime, of Holly Sime Real said: “Unless there’s a specialized user in to build a spec office building at this time would be a veryriskyh proposition.
” Chris Lee, of , “There’s absolutely no market support for it righrt now.”
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Target CEO Steinhafel takes on chairman role - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The appointment, which takes effect at the endof Target’z fiscal year on Feb. 1, has been anticipated sinc last year when Steinhafel succeeded Bob Ulrich as CEO ofthe Minneapolis-basec retail giant. Ulrich, who has held the titld of chairman since 1994 and has been with the retailer for 41 will retire from the In recognition of his many contributions tothe Target’s board gave Ulrich an honoraryy title of chairman emeritus. “During Bob’s tenure, Target has achieve outstanding financial results and become one of the most recognize d and valuable brands in the saidJim Johnson, vice chairman of the Executive Committer of Target’s board of directors.
“As we look to the we are completely confidentin Gregg’s leadershi and his ability to build on Bob Ulrich’e legacy.” Steinhafel, 53, joined Target TGT) in 1979 and served in a variety of He became a member of the board of directorss in 2007 and succeeded Ulrich as CEO in May 2008.
The appointment, which takes effect at the endof Target’z fiscal year on Feb. 1, has been anticipated sinc last year when Steinhafel succeeded Bob Ulrich as CEO ofthe Minneapolis-basec retail giant. Ulrich, who has held the titld of chairman since 1994 and has been with the retailer for 41 will retire from the In recognition of his many contributions tothe Target’s board gave Ulrich an honoraryy title of chairman emeritus. “During Bob’s tenure, Target has achieve outstanding financial results and become one of the most recognize d and valuable brands in the saidJim Johnson, vice chairman of the Executive Committer of Target’s board of directors.
“As we look to the we are completely confidentin Gregg’s leadershi and his ability to build on Bob Ulrich’e legacy.” Steinhafel, 53, joined Target TGT) in 1979 and served in a variety of He became a member of the board of directorss in 2007 and succeeded Ulrich as CEO in May 2008.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Index: Kansas economy weakens - St. Louis Business Journal:
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in November, down from 50.5 in Octobe r and 49.4 in November 2007, said An index number highee than 50 indicates an expanding economy in the next three to six The index is based on a surveyt of supply managers inthe states. Kansad has lost only 0.5 percent of its manufacturingy jobs in the past year due to strongt growth in production of transportatiomn equipmentand parts, said Creighton Universit y Economics Professor Ernie Goss, in the release. “However, with Boeing’ds announced layoffs and a pullback in growth amonvthe state’s trading partners, I expecg the pace of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing job losses to quickem in the months ahead,” Goss said.
“ I expect the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate totop 5.2 perceng by February 2009.” The Mid-America Businessx Conditions Index hit a second-straight record low in at 37.8, down from 39.9 in Octobef and 49.2 in November 2007. The regiob lost jobs for the 10th time in the past 11 export orders fell to arecord low, and the economicx outlook dropped to the lowestr level ever, the releases said. “These readings are much lower than those recorde before and during the 2001 Goss said. “The regional economy is now in a and I expect it to rival the recessiomof 1981-82 in terms of joblessnesz and job losses.
” has conducted the monthlg survey of supply managers in nine statews since 1994 to produce leadinhg economic indicators of the Mid-America economy. Statezs in the survey are Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Southj Dakota.
in November, down from 50.5 in Octobe r and 49.4 in November 2007, said An index number highee than 50 indicates an expanding economy in the next three to six The index is based on a surveyt of supply managers inthe states. Kansad has lost only 0.5 percent of its manufacturingy jobs in the past year due to strongt growth in production of transportatiomn equipmentand parts, said Creighton Universit y Economics Professor Ernie Goss, in the release. “However, with Boeing’ds announced layoffs and a pullback in growth amonvthe state’s trading partners, I expecg the pace of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing job losses to quickem in the months ahead,” Goss said.
“ I expect the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate totop 5.2 perceng by February 2009.” The Mid-America Businessx Conditions Index hit a second-straight record low in at 37.8, down from 39.9 in Octobef and 49.2 in November 2007. The regiob lost jobs for the 10th time in the past 11 export orders fell to arecord low, and the economicx outlook dropped to the lowestr level ever, the releases said. “These readings are much lower than those recorde before and during the 2001 Goss said. “The regional economy is now in a and I expect it to rival the recessiomof 1981-82 in terms of joblessnesz and job losses.
” has conducted the monthlg survey of supply managers in nine statews since 1994 to produce leadinhg economic indicators of the Mid-America economy. Statezs in the survey are Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Southj Dakota.
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