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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Japanese stocks rise following tankan result - MarketWatch
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Armed cops accompany SRA officials - Times of Swaziland
Armed cops accompany SRA officials Times of Swaziland By ZWELAKHE MOAHLOLI on March 30,2011 MANZINI รข" Armed police officers accompanied the Swaziland Revenue Authourity officials as they seized vehicle keys from car dealers, yesterday. The officials were armed with a letter that was signed by Isheulnesu ... |
Monday, March 28, 2011
Adobe
San Jose-based Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) posted net incoms of $245.9 million, or 46 cente per diluted share, compared with net income of $222.32 million, or 38 centws per share, in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue for the quartedr ending Nov. 28 came in at $915.w3 million, compared with $911.2 million a year ago. For the full fiscal year, Adobe had net income of $871.8 million, or $1.59 per diluteed share, compared with net income of $723.i8 million the previous year. Full-year revenue came in at $3.6 billion, comparedf with $3.2 billion the previouse year. For its fiscap first quarter 2009, Adobr reaffirmed its forecastgiven Dec.
3 of revenue betweehn $800 million to $850 million, with earnings betweenj 30 cents and 35 centsper share. Adobd on the same day announced it expected to cut 600 employeees fromits 7,000-member work forcs and lowered its fourth-quartefr guidance to revenue of $912 millioj to $915 million and earnings of 45 centsa to 46 cents a share.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Andre Miller: Miller posts 21-6-8 line including big assist - Rotoworld.com
Kansas City Star | Andre Miller: Miller posts 21-6-8 line including big assist Rotoworld.com Andre Miller scored 21 points on 10-of-16 shooting with six rebounds, eight assists, and four steals in Friday's win over the Spurs. He also threw the game-winning inbounds pass with 0.9 seconds left to Nicolas Batum, which he later c » |
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Analysis: NCR received nearly $100M to move - Phoenix Business Journal:
The Atlanta newspaper said unnamedNCR (NYSE:NCR) and state officialds confirmed its $96 million estimate. The estimatd does not include a state grant that Georgia officials have refusecd to place avalue on, accordinv to the paper. When reacheed Monday, neither an NCR spokesperson nor a Georgia Department of Economic Development would confirmthe report. They both said they woul d have to gathermore information. A spokesperson at the Georgiqa governor’s office was not available.
The Daytohn Business Journal to move from Dayton in a storyJune 2, the day NCR said it is relocatinfg all but 50 of its 1,3000 Dayton workforce to At the time, Georgia Department of Economic Developmen senior communications manager said it was accurate to reporrt that NCR received “more than $60 million,” but woulsd not provide a specific dollar amount. Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandd at the 11th hour in an attempt to convincse the company to remainin Dayton. NCR Chiefc Executive Officer Bill Nuti has said NCR did not relocate baseson incentives, but after a careful analysi s of various factors.
Despite NCR only investing $30 million, plus creatingf an annual payroll in excesdof $150 million, Georgia will still make $49 million in “tad profit,” a spokesperson According to economic development officials, the deal had been cookint since late 2007. The newspaper also is reportintg Georgia state officials actually came to Daytoj to courtcompany executives, possibl y during the very same time Dayton-area officialsa were trying to get NCR to return phone Ohio and Dayton-area officials have placerd the blame for NCR dumping Dayton squarely on the shouldersa of Nuti. Politicians on all levels said they did all the coule to retainthe company.
NCR said its officialas met regularly with state of Ohio and Dayton officialas to discuss the business environmentand NCR’s
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Forecast for hotel sector slips further - Charlotte Business Journal:
The company’s latest forecasg paints a fairly bleak picture for the rest of 2009 predictinfg occupancy rates across the country will bedown 8.4 percentf this summer compared to last and down 8.4 percent by the end of 2009. The Tenn.-based company predicts the average dailyt room rate will bedown 10.4 percenyt this summer and 9.7 percent by the end of 2009. Revenur per available room is expected to bedown 18.7 percentf this summer and 17.1 percent by the end of 2009. Accordiny to the firm, a rebound of group travel will be key tothe industry’s recovery.
Group business will have to return to aboutg 90 to 95 percent of its levels priort tothe downturn, whicb will in turn generate transient demand, beforre hotels once again gain any pricing leverage. “On an inflation-adjusted basis, it’s probably going to be longe r than six years before the rate s get back to2007 levels,” said Mark president of Smith Travel Last week Arizona released its tourism numbers from 2008, showing significant weakness from the year While the average dail y rate of a room in Arizon a last year was $107.76, a bit higherd than the national ADR of $106.
50, touris m figures released for the firsg quarter — typically the high tourist seasohn — show the hospitality industry is still challenged by the Statewide, ADR was down 13.8 from $132.72 in first-quartefr 2008 to $114.47 in first-quarter 2009. In metro Phoenix, ADR sank 16 from $160.87 in first-quarter 2008 to $135.08 in first-quarterf 2009. Because metro Phoenix boast s manyluxurious upper-tier resorts, daily rates in the region are somewhart higher than statewide figures. For more on the state’se tourism sector, .
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Lee now dealing with sore left foot; More on pitching; Orioles' lineup - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Lee now dealing with sore left foot; More on pitching; Orioles' lineup Baltimore Sun (blog) First baseman Derrek Lee, who made his Orioles' debut yesterday and was supposed to play again today, is no longer in the lineup because of a sore left foot. Lee fouled a ball off his left foot during his first at-bat against Philadelphia Phillies ... |