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The Kansas City Area Toyota Dealerse plan to signa three-yeaer contract this month, completing an agreement made Aug. 28. "It'sa an advertising venue for us of but along withthat it'ss a public service," said Ray principal of , which includes Adams "It's a responsible citizen thinf to do, to be part of the rebirth of downtown Kansad City, really." Becoming a sponsor of the $276 millionm arena required a "substantial investment," Adams though he wouldn't disclose the contract'es cost.
Shani Tate Ross, a spokeswomabn for the arena andoperator , said AEG woulfd not disclose any partners beyond those already announced: naming partner Sprint Nextel, , , The and , whose brands include Olevia televisions. The arena will have as many as a dozejncorporate partners, with additional ones to be announceds leading up to the Oct. 13 opening date, Ross "Corporate support is very important to not only the but also to the arenaq andAEG operations," she said. Each deal differ based on the needs of the partner and she said.
As providers of Sprint Center'ds official vehicle, the Toyota dealers' package includes signage on a scoreboard and arounxthe arena, a place for a large interactivew display, a banner at the main entrance and a Adams said. "Toyota will have the unique opportunituy to create brand affinity through direct association with a wide variety of sporting events and live Yvette Stark, management director of the dealership group's advertising agency, Saatchi Saatchi-Kansas City, said in an e-mail. More than 30 events are booke d at Sprint Centerthrough 2007, Ross said. Partnerds The Kansas City Area Toyota Dealers have agreed to be a foundingg partner of SprintCenterf arena.
The eight dealers are: • Adams Lee's Summit • Crown Toyota, Lawrences • Jay Wolfe Kansas City • Molle Toyota, Kansas City Olathe Toyota, Olathe • Roger Smithj & Sons Toyota, Kansas City, Kan. • Superior Merriam • Town & Countru Motors, Sedalia
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
J. Jill to close one Jacksonville store - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Nine of the 75 stores to be closed are in including the one in TheAvenues mall. A second Jacksonvill e J. Jill location at the St. Johne Town Center will remain In a statement announcingthe sale, Talbota President and CEO Trudy Sullivan said it “enables us to focusa our time, resources and attention exclusively on rejuvenatinb our core Talbots branf and return to profitable growth.” The transaction includes the transferr of certain assets and liabilities to the including a distribution center in New Hampshire, the subleaswe of a portion of the Mass., headquarters and substantially all of the brand’s intellectualp property and inventories.
The remaining 204 store will continue to operate underthe J. Jill The headquarters for the company will remain in The J. Jill sale is expected to be completed in the second quarter and is subject to postclosingv adjustments. San Francisco based-Golden Gate Capitalk acquired Jacksonville-based Venus in 2006. The acquisition was Golden Gate’sa 11th in two years. Last month Venus announcede that all 290 employees were in jeopardy of losingf their jobs when the swimwear and ladies apparel company lost its With its latest catalog recentlybeing released, Venus employeee are still working, at least for now, and company executives are looking for a new buyedr to acquire the
Nine of the 75 stores to be closed are in including the one in TheAvenues mall. A second Jacksonvill e J. Jill location at the St. Johne Town Center will remain In a statement announcingthe sale, Talbota President and CEO Trudy Sullivan said it “enables us to focusa our time, resources and attention exclusively on rejuvenatinb our core Talbots branf and return to profitable growth.” The transaction includes the transferr of certain assets and liabilities to the including a distribution center in New Hampshire, the subleaswe of a portion of the Mass., headquarters and substantially all of the brand’s intellectualp property and inventories.
The remaining 204 store will continue to operate underthe J. Jill The headquarters for the company will remain in The J. Jill sale is expected to be completed in the second quarter and is subject to postclosingv adjustments. San Francisco based-Golden Gate Capitalk acquired Jacksonville-based Venus in 2006. The acquisition was Golden Gate’sa 11th in two years. Last month Venus announcede that all 290 employees were in jeopardy of losingf their jobs when the swimwear and ladies apparel company lost its With its latest catalog recentlybeing released, Venus employeee are still working, at least for now, and company executives are looking for a new buyedr to acquire the
Friday, December 24, 2010
Globe woman facing embezzlement charges - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The Globe resident was charged with 25 felonyh counts of embezzlement in the which alleges that she accessed thecredigt union’s computer system and createed approximately 141 fictitious loans, then fraudulently issuesd loan proceed checks to friends and Pena was hired by the creditg union in 1994 and became manager in 2000. Although the indictment allegex she developed the schemein Jan. the charges are based on actions alleged to have occurredx between July 2004 andJuly 2006.
“Wheb an individual holds a position of trusr and violates that trust by engaging in a frausd scheme forpersonal gain, it lessens the public’s confidenc in financial institutions,” said FBI Special Agent in Chargee Nathan Gray, of the agency’s Phoenix division. A conviction for each of theser offenses is punishable by up to 30 yearxs in federal prison and a fine of upto $1 Frank T. Galati, assistant U.S. Attorney for the Distric t of Arizona, is prosecuting the case.
The Globe resident was charged with 25 felonyh counts of embezzlement in the which alleges that she accessed thecredigt union’s computer system and createed approximately 141 fictitious loans, then fraudulently issuesd loan proceed checks to friends and Pena was hired by the creditg union in 1994 and became manager in 2000. Although the indictment allegex she developed the schemein Jan. the charges are based on actions alleged to have occurredx between July 2004 andJuly 2006.
“Wheb an individual holds a position of trusr and violates that trust by engaging in a frausd scheme forpersonal gain, it lessens the public’s confidenc in financial institutions,” said FBI Special Agent in Chargee Nathan Gray, of the agency’s Phoenix division. A conviction for each of theser offenses is punishable by up to 30 yearxs in federal prison and a fine of upto $1 Frank T. Galati, assistant U.S. Attorney for the Distric t of Arizona, is prosecuting the case.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
LifeLock name to grace Phoenix Mercury jerseys - Boston Business Journal:
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The Mercury name, pictured front and centert onthe uniform, will be replaced with the LifeLoc insignia. A small Mercury patch will be stitched on the upper left portion of the across from an Adidas symbol onthe right. A Monday press conference announcingthe seven-figure, three-year deal is schedules for 1 p.m. in New York and will be attended by LifeLock CEOTodd Davis, Mercuryy President and CEO Jay Parry, Phoeni Suns CEO Rick Women’s National Basketball Association Commissioner Donn a Orender, NBA Commissioner David Sternb and Mercury stars Diana Taurasi and Cappie Mercury executives insist the landmark agreement is not a sign of the but it’s no secret that nearlyt every professional sports franchise is dealinf with revenue shortfalls as discretionary dollars dry up in the “It doesn’t have anything to do with currentt economic situation and the WNBA didn’t have to go Welts said.
However, the franchise likeluy did, as it struggleas to gain profitability. Welts said the Mercury turned a profitf during its first few years inthe league, but hasn’t been profitable for a “long period. This deal certainlu gets us closer tothat goal,” he said. The Suns own the Phoenicx Mercury. WNBA Commissioner Donna Orender refused to commentf on whether the leagueis profitable, only sayingb “the league is very stable.” She said some of the 13 WNBA franchisew improved attendance and landed more sponsorships in while others did not.
Averagse attendance at Mercury gamees wasaround 8,000 last year about 2,000 short of its goal to sell out the lower bowl of US Airways Center, which accommodatews 10,000. Nevertheless, the team has experienced solid year-over-year growth, and “thix type of partnership allows us to acceleratethat growth,” Parry said. The Mercury’ fan base is primarily composed of wome very loyal to the team and its a dynamic LifeLock executivesfound irresistible, not to mentiojn an opportunity “to do something no one has ever said LifeLock CEO Todd Davis. “I love the idea of showinf our supportfor women’s sportes and our home town he said.
“I don’ think you could pull this off in any othefpro sport.” For years, major leagur soccer players have donned sponsorse on their jerseys, and fans haven’t repelledd the image of the New York Red or the Herbalife logo on L.A. Galaxy jerseys or “Volkswagen” plastered across the chest of DC United Invasive marketing also is common in where pro players are walking advertisementswfrom head-to-two, and in NASCAR, wherre commercialization revs up well before the startingy gate –– or the entrance for that “This is breaking a lot of new ground,” Weltx said.
“It will inevitably generate some controversy,” he added, but “that’se not going to come from fans and playera ofthe WNBA.” Time will tell if the move is endorsefd by fans, and if jersey sales plummetf with a company name as the drawingh point, not the franchise. “jI think the jury is out in theshortt term,” Welts. Last week, Taurasi held the second highesty selling jersey inthe league, with sales up 25 percentf from last year.
The Mercury name, pictured front and centert onthe uniform, will be replaced with the LifeLoc insignia. A small Mercury patch will be stitched on the upper left portion of the across from an Adidas symbol onthe right. A Monday press conference announcingthe seven-figure, three-year deal is schedules for 1 p.m. in New York and will be attended by LifeLock CEOTodd Davis, Mercuryy President and CEO Jay Parry, Phoeni Suns CEO Rick Women’s National Basketball Association Commissioner Donn a Orender, NBA Commissioner David Sternb and Mercury stars Diana Taurasi and Cappie Mercury executives insist the landmark agreement is not a sign of the but it’s no secret that nearlyt every professional sports franchise is dealinf with revenue shortfalls as discretionary dollars dry up in the “It doesn’t have anything to do with currentt economic situation and the WNBA didn’t have to go Welts said.
However, the franchise likeluy did, as it struggleas to gain profitability. Welts said the Mercury turned a profitf during its first few years inthe league, but hasn’t been profitable for a “long period. This deal certainlu gets us closer tothat goal,” he said. The Suns own the Phoenicx Mercury. WNBA Commissioner Donna Orender refused to commentf on whether the leagueis profitable, only sayingb “the league is very stable.” She said some of the 13 WNBA franchisew improved attendance and landed more sponsorships in while others did not.
Averagse attendance at Mercury gamees wasaround 8,000 last year about 2,000 short of its goal to sell out the lower bowl of US Airways Center, which accommodatews 10,000. Nevertheless, the team has experienced solid year-over-year growth, and “thix type of partnership allows us to acceleratethat growth,” Parry said. The Mercury’ fan base is primarily composed of wome very loyal to the team and its a dynamic LifeLock executivesfound irresistible, not to mentiojn an opportunity “to do something no one has ever said LifeLock CEO Todd Davis. “I love the idea of showinf our supportfor women’s sportes and our home town he said.
“I don’ think you could pull this off in any othefpro sport.” For years, major leagur soccer players have donned sponsorse on their jerseys, and fans haven’t repelledd the image of the New York Red or the Herbalife logo on L.A. Galaxy jerseys or “Volkswagen” plastered across the chest of DC United Invasive marketing also is common in where pro players are walking advertisementswfrom head-to-two, and in NASCAR, wherre commercialization revs up well before the startingy gate –– or the entrance for that “This is breaking a lot of new ground,” Weltx said.
“It will inevitably generate some controversy,” he added, but “that’se not going to come from fans and playera ofthe WNBA.” Time will tell if the move is endorsefd by fans, and if jersey sales plummetf with a company name as the drawingh point, not the franchise. “jI think the jury is out in theshortt term,” Welts. Last week, Taurasi held the second highesty selling jersey inthe league, with sales up 25 percentf from last year.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
BlueHarbor Bank will grow with new branch in Huntersville - Charlotte Business Journal:
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And the company hopes to break grounf on its permanent headquarterxs earlynext year. BlueHarbor opened in Januarhy after raising morethan $20 millionj in startup capital. The headed by Chief ExecutiveJim Marshall, is targeting small-business and retailk customers in the Lake Norman Marshall hopes to open the bank's second location in a branch building formerlgy occupied by "We think it'a a great opportunity for us," says who previously was CEO of and speng 15 years with First Citizens Bancshares.
"We'rse pleased with where we are in our young life BlueHarbor plans to build its permanenrt headquarters on the same lot where its temporarh building is located in the MorrisonPlantatiom development. At the end of the firsg quarter, BlueHarbor had $26 million in assets and reportedr a lossof $1.3 million. Startup banks typically don' turn a profit in their first two yearw of business as they build up loans to generateinterestg income. Marshall says the bank is makingg a fair number of loans tosmalo businesses, but it's doing relatively few constructio n and development deals due to the real estatew slowdown.
The bank has hired a branchy manager for its newlocation -- a former employee of the former , which was recentlyh acquired by Cincinnati-based . Marshall says a few First Charter customers have visitexd BlueHarbor expressing interest in moving their which he says is standard when a localp bank disappears becauseof merger. "Fifth Thirdc can do everything right, but there's just a certaimn amount of people that want to remain with alocal bank," he says. Much of BlueHarbor's business modek is based on the approachof Ore.-based .
The company favors stylish "stores" that offe r free wireless Internet accesz andthe bank's own brand of BlueHarbor is already offering its own coffee, a Costa Ricann blend made for the bank by Dilworth Coffee. "Wre recognize we're in the marketing businesws -- we're just marketing bank products and services and givingh them a retail spin that mostbanks don't Marshall says. When Fifth Third Bancorp's acquisition of Charlotte-based Firsyt Charter Corp. closed this month, the majority of the company's more than 35 million shares were exchangef for FifthThird stock.
As part of its Fifth Third agreed to pay cash for upto 30% of Firs t Charter's total shares. Aftefr last week, some of those new Fifth Third shareholders may be wishintg they had been part ofthat 30% Last Friday, shares of Fifth Third dropped more than 10% as an analystt at projected the $111 billion-asset bank will have to cut its dividens and raise new capital due to anticipatedx loan losses in its mortgage portfolio. Abougt a third of the bank's loan portfolio is in Floridaqand Michigan, two states hit hard by the housing downturn.
The stock price dropped an additional 14% Wednesda y morning, after Fifth Third said it would slasuits second-quarter dividend to 15 centsd per share from the 44 cent it paid in the first quarter. Also, the company confirmed it is launching a stock offering in an effort to shore up itscapitalp position. In addition, the Cincinnati-based bank plans to sell severapnoncore businesses. It didn't identift which businesses itwill sell. By noon Fifth Third shares had droppedto $10.89 from Tuesday'se closing price of $12.73. Fiftyh Third paid $31 for each share of Firsr Charter, or about $1.1 billion for the $4.
8 billion-asset The deal has given it 57 branches in North Carolina and two insuburbajn Atlanta. The bank converted First Charter'sx computer systems and branches on June 9 and unveilex new signs thesame day. Bob James, formerly chief executiv of First Charter, is president of Fift h Third's North Carolina affiliate.
And the company hopes to break grounf on its permanent headquarterxs earlynext year. BlueHarbor opened in Januarhy after raising morethan $20 millionj in startup capital. The headed by Chief ExecutiveJim Marshall, is targeting small-business and retailk customers in the Lake Norman Marshall hopes to open the bank's second location in a branch building formerlgy occupied by "We think it'a a great opportunity for us," says who previously was CEO of and speng 15 years with First Citizens Bancshares.
"We'rse pleased with where we are in our young life BlueHarbor plans to build its permanenrt headquarters on the same lot where its temporarh building is located in the MorrisonPlantatiom development. At the end of the firsg quarter, BlueHarbor had $26 million in assets and reportedr a lossof $1.3 million. Startup banks typically don' turn a profit in their first two yearw of business as they build up loans to generateinterestg income. Marshall says the bank is makingg a fair number of loans tosmalo businesses, but it's doing relatively few constructio n and development deals due to the real estatew slowdown.
The bank has hired a branchy manager for its newlocation -- a former employee of the former , which was recentlyh acquired by Cincinnati-based . Marshall says a few First Charter customers have visitexd BlueHarbor expressing interest in moving their which he says is standard when a localp bank disappears becauseof merger. "Fifth Thirdc can do everything right, but there's just a certaimn amount of people that want to remain with alocal bank," he says. Much of BlueHarbor's business modek is based on the approachof Ore.-based .
The company favors stylish "stores" that offe r free wireless Internet accesz andthe bank's own brand of BlueHarbor is already offering its own coffee, a Costa Ricann blend made for the bank by Dilworth Coffee. "Wre recognize we're in the marketing businesws -- we're just marketing bank products and services and givingh them a retail spin that mostbanks don't Marshall says. When Fifth Third Bancorp's acquisition of Charlotte-based Firsyt Charter Corp. closed this month, the majority of the company's more than 35 million shares were exchangef for FifthThird stock.
As part of its Fifth Third agreed to pay cash for upto 30% of Firs t Charter's total shares. Aftefr last week, some of those new Fifth Third shareholders may be wishintg they had been part ofthat 30% Last Friday, shares of Fifth Third dropped more than 10% as an analystt at projected the $111 billion-asset bank will have to cut its dividens and raise new capital due to anticipatedx loan losses in its mortgage portfolio. Abougt a third of the bank's loan portfolio is in Floridaqand Michigan, two states hit hard by the housing downturn.
The stock price dropped an additional 14% Wednesda y morning, after Fifth Third said it would slasuits second-quarter dividend to 15 centsd per share from the 44 cent it paid in the first quarter. Also, the company confirmed it is launching a stock offering in an effort to shore up itscapitalp position. In addition, the Cincinnati-based bank plans to sell severapnoncore businesses. It didn't identift which businesses itwill sell. By noon Fifth Third shares had droppedto $10.89 from Tuesday'se closing price of $12.73. Fiftyh Third paid $31 for each share of Firsr Charter, or about $1.1 billion for the $4.
8 billion-asset The deal has given it 57 branches in North Carolina and two insuburbajn Atlanta. The bank converted First Charter'sx computer systems and branches on June 9 and unveilex new signs thesame day. Bob James, formerly chief executiv of First Charter, is president of Fift h Third's North Carolina affiliate.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Suspect charged in Randolph County killing - Anniston Star
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Suspect charged in Randolph County killing Anniston Star Alan Truman Higgins, 49, of Omaha has been charged with capital murder in a Randolph County murder case. Investigators said he turned himself ... Suspect questioned in Randolph County shooting death Suspect charged with murder; suspected accomplice sought Man found dead near Potash community |
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Report: MediaNews Group, Verve Wireless to partner on mobile news - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnershipe with MediaNews as well as othernewspaper companies: The Hearstg Corp., a minority owner of the Post and most other MediaNews newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobile sites for Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitzer Prizes in 1986 as a reported for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articlesw on the Internal Revenue Service. Verve alreadyu is working with the Associated Press news service as well asMcClatchgy Co., New York Times Regional Group and Mediw General, Mediaweek said. Another mobile-news company, Crispo Wireless, is working with Gannetf Co. Inc.
, America's largest newspaper chain, as well as the Washington The Denver Post currently offer a that features a list ofrecen headlines. But newspapers nationwide are looking for ways to generate more revenu e from their mobile news feedss through such means as targete dlocal advertising. Mediaweek quoter a forecast from the Kelsey Group that local mobil ad revenue willtop $3.1 billion by 2013, up from $160 millionn in 2008. The New York Timez Co. has said recently it may start chargingt readers for news delivererd tomobile devices, Mediaweek said. Last month, MediaNews executiveas said they and will develop ways to charged readers for some of itsweb content.
"We cannogt continue to give all of our content awayfor free," MediaNews CEO Williakm Dean Singleton and President Joseph "Jody" Lodovic .
Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnershipe with MediaNews as well as othernewspaper companies: The Hearstg Corp., a minority owner of the Post and most other MediaNews newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobile sites for Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitzer Prizes in 1986 as a reported for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articlesw on the Internal Revenue Service. Verve alreadyu is working with the Associated Press news service as well asMcClatchgy Co., New York Times Regional Group and Mediw General, Mediaweek said. Another mobile-news company, Crispo Wireless, is working with Gannetf Co. Inc.
, America's largest newspaper chain, as well as the Washington The Denver Post currently offer a that features a list ofrecen headlines. But newspapers nationwide are looking for ways to generate more revenu e from their mobile news feedss through such means as targete dlocal advertising. Mediaweek quoter a forecast from the Kelsey Group that local mobil ad revenue willtop $3.1 billion by 2013, up from $160 millionn in 2008. The New York Timez Co. has said recently it may start chargingt readers for news delivererd tomobile devices, Mediaweek said. Last month, MediaNews executiveas said they and will develop ways to charged readers for some of itsweb content.
"We cannogt continue to give all of our content awayfor free," MediaNews CEO Williakm Dean Singleton and President Joseph "Jody" Lodovic .
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Genmar Holdings revisits boat partnership with Sam's Club - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Sam's Club, which is ownedr by Bentonville, Ark.-based , is the latesy non-traditional sales outlet that Genmar has begu as a way to lure new customere in a slow market formotord boats. Selling boats in parking lots isnothing new, but it has never been this Genmar CEO Irwin Jacobs said. In 1995, Genmarf started a program to sell boatain Sam's Club parking lots. The program lasted only two years because of hassles with municipakl zoning and inconsistent boat inventoriesand "We weren't organized for them or for Jacobs admitted.
Jacobs has had a long relationshiopwith Wal-Mart, including a co-branded professionao bass fishing tournament A partnership also exists between Wal-Mart and anotheer Irwin Jacobs-owned company, Jacobs Trading Co., which resells merchandise that has been returnedf to Wal-Mart stores. Jacobs said the difference this time from the 1995 efforg is the amountof preparation. For example, Genmar has creates an entire department to plan and execute parkinhglot sales. Also, this time around, boats will be sold only to Sam'w Club members and only with no-haggle pricing.
Whicn models of boats are sold on the lots will stilkl depend on thelocal dealer, but the options are greatly expanded becaused of the addition of a new joingt Web site, . A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart did not return calls seeking comment. A parking lot sale is " non-threatening environment," said George senior vice president of marketing at And unlike a traditional boat show that can cost a familyg offour $100 to attend, it is free to browsse at Sam's Club lot sales. Genmar also has started marketing its boats in General Motorsautomobilre dealerships.
This month, it hosted its first "Genmar-only" free-admissionh boat show at Canterbury Park Racetracik and Card Club in Louisa Rudeen, editor of MotorBoatinv Magazine, South Norwalk, Conn., praised Genmar's new marketing programs because they appeal to families. Rudeenm cautioned there could be a backlashgif first-time buyers don'tg enjoy their experience, based on other examplees where companies have marketed to It will be important for Genmar to followw through with good service after a Sam's Club customer buys a she said, adding that the makert has a good reputation for after-sal e service.
Charlie Hunter, a service manageer at Rilar Marinein Rosemount, said the progra at Sam's Club will benefitf from the popularity of the fishing tournament. Hunter, who also participated in pro fishing tournaments, predicted that the less expensivs $5,000 to $7,000 boats -- Crestliner and Lund -- are likely to sell well at Sam'x Club.
Sam's Club, which is ownedr by Bentonville, Ark.-based , is the latesy non-traditional sales outlet that Genmar has begu as a way to lure new customere in a slow market formotord boats. Selling boats in parking lots isnothing new, but it has never been this Genmar CEO Irwin Jacobs said. In 1995, Genmarf started a program to sell boatain Sam's Club parking lots. The program lasted only two years because of hassles with municipakl zoning and inconsistent boat inventoriesand "We weren't organized for them or for Jacobs admitted.
Jacobs has had a long relationshiopwith Wal-Mart, including a co-branded professionao bass fishing tournament A partnership also exists between Wal-Mart and anotheer Irwin Jacobs-owned company, Jacobs Trading Co., which resells merchandise that has been returnedf to Wal-Mart stores. Jacobs said the difference this time from the 1995 efforg is the amountof preparation. For example, Genmar has creates an entire department to plan and execute parkinhglot sales. Also, this time around, boats will be sold only to Sam'w Club members and only with no-haggle pricing.
Whicn models of boats are sold on the lots will stilkl depend on thelocal dealer, but the options are greatly expanded becaused of the addition of a new joingt Web site, . A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart did not return calls seeking comment. A parking lot sale is " non-threatening environment," said George senior vice president of marketing at And unlike a traditional boat show that can cost a familyg offour $100 to attend, it is free to browsse at Sam's Club lot sales. Genmar also has started marketing its boats in General Motorsautomobilre dealerships.
This month, it hosted its first "Genmar-only" free-admissionh boat show at Canterbury Park Racetracik and Card Club in Louisa Rudeen, editor of MotorBoatinv Magazine, South Norwalk, Conn., praised Genmar's new marketing programs because they appeal to families. Rudeenm cautioned there could be a backlashgif first-time buyers don'tg enjoy their experience, based on other examplees where companies have marketed to It will be important for Genmar to followw through with good service after a Sam's Club customer buys a she said, adding that the makert has a good reputation for after-sal e service.
Charlie Hunter, a service manageer at Rilar Marinein Rosemount, said the progra at Sam's Club will benefitf from the popularity of the fishing tournament. Hunter, who also participated in pro fishing tournaments, predicted that the less expensivs $5,000 to $7,000 boats -- Crestliner and Lund -- are likely to sell well at Sam'x Club.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Russia accuses Georgia of provoking Moscow - Reuters
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The Guardian | Russia accuses Georgia of provoking Moscow Reuters MOSCOW Dec 9 (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday said Georgia was provoking Moscow by making espionage accusations and linking a series of explosions to a ... Russia Accuses Georgia Of Provocations |
Monday, December 6, 2010
Why now is a great time to start up - bizjournals:
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But for those who studg entrepreneurship — and those who’ve started businessed during a recession a downturn providesgreat opportunities. It however, common sense and a great idea that has a chanceof “During a boom time, when there’s plent y of money available for good ideas and projects can be competed into said Bob Hendershott, an associate professor at Santa Clarza University’s Leavey School of Busines and a specialist in entrepreneuriao finance.
But in a Hendershott said the positives in startinf a business can outweigh the in part because the opportunity to move up in a positio or find a new jobis “Spend time getting stuff out there that a potentia l user can try,” he said. “Focus on whether you will have the resourcesx to do what you set out to do and provthe concept. It doesn’t make sense to try to sell Sun an idea if ittakees $3 million unless you have access to thoses resources.” Tom Gallatin and his co-founders at startedf their Milpitas-based network monitoring company for far less than that in 2002.
The six partnerxs — all technology industrg veterans — chipped in about $10,00 0 each and joined what Gallatincalls “the working wives because the men relied on theitr spouses’ salaries to survive. To meet their space they worked out of the corne of a contract manufacturing business that needed help payinv itsutility bills. The venture capitak community wanted nothing to dowith them. “Wew tried about 35 VCs up and down Sand Hill and we were rejected by all of them becauses of the choice of markets we were going said Gallatin, who started his career at Hewlett-Packard Co. in the 1970sx and went on to do stints atInteo Corp. and Tandem Computers.
“We had a wonderfuol business plan, and everyone said we were going to make a ton of but wejust didn’t fit the model.” Gigamo n shipped its first product in 2005. Now, Gigamon’w data access systems are deployed atthe country’s larges t telecom companies, including AT&f Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp.; cables companies such as Comcast Corp. and Cox Communicationsx Inc.; and hundreds of manufacturing, financial, industrial, medical, utilituy and government networks in more than40 countries. The business is cash-positive and needs new officse space. It plans to expanfd its current head count of32 employees.
“We stayede cheap, we didn’t try to do anythingg fancy, and we leveraged our Rolodex Gallatin said. “In a down economy, people are out therd with time on their and we found highly skilled people at the end of the layoff cycle who were readty to come in and take a chancer because theyknew us.” In San President Jeff Kerr launchee his business placing ATMs in hotels and airports in but decided to spin it into a franchise business in 2002. Even aftetr the dot-com bust and the terrorist attacksof 11, 2001, the business wasn’t hit hard becauswe Kerr ran it lean.
Rents decreased as a resul of the economy, and that helped Kerr find Class A office space in downtown San Low interest rates allowed him to buy andfinance equipment, while the unemployment rate enabled him to hire a talented marketin department. ACFN has since sold 128 ATM franchisesx inthe U.S. and Canada, and it became one of the fastest-growinbg companies in the country, listed in Inc. “The biggest advice I give peopled is tostay lean,” he said. “Be financially responsible and watcyour commitments, use controlled growth and make sure what you do makeas sense in the long term.
” Ann managing director of Hummer Winblacd Venture Partners, started her first company in when “we had 11 perceng unemployment, people were waitinh in line to get gas, the president had resignesd and the Vikings lost the Super she said. She launched , an accounting software company, for and she sold it six years later for morethan $15 Winblad co-founded the venture firm that bears her name in 1989. She said a downturnj gives entrepreneurs acompetitivd advantage, especially if they can find investors or get fundinf because “the pond is cleaner.
“In reality, any time is the righ t time to start a good independent ofthe economy,” Winblad “It does take time to builed and march into the but you have to have a value
But for those who studg entrepreneurship — and those who’ve started businessed during a recession a downturn providesgreat opportunities. It however, common sense and a great idea that has a chanceof “During a boom time, when there’s plent y of money available for good ideas and projects can be competed into said Bob Hendershott, an associate professor at Santa Clarza University’s Leavey School of Busines and a specialist in entrepreneuriao finance.
But in a Hendershott said the positives in startinf a business can outweigh the in part because the opportunity to move up in a positio or find a new jobis “Spend time getting stuff out there that a potentia l user can try,” he said. “Focus on whether you will have the resourcesx to do what you set out to do and provthe concept. It doesn’t make sense to try to sell Sun an idea if ittakees $3 million unless you have access to thoses resources.” Tom Gallatin and his co-founders at startedf their Milpitas-based network monitoring company for far less than that in 2002.
The six partnerxs — all technology industrg veterans — chipped in about $10,00 0 each and joined what Gallatincalls “the working wives because the men relied on theitr spouses’ salaries to survive. To meet their space they worked out of the corne of a contract manufacturing business that needed help payinv itsutility bills. The venture capitak community wanted nothing to dowith them. “Wew tried about 35 VCs up and down Sand Hill and we were rejected by all of them becauses of the choice of markets we were going said Gallatin, who started his career at Hewlett-Packard Co. in the 1970sx and went on to do stints atInteo Corp. and Tandem Computers.
“We had a wonderfuol business plan, and everyone said we were going to make a ton of but wejust didn’t fit the model.” Gigamo n shipped its first product in 2005. Now, Gigamon’w data access systems are deployed atthe country’s larges t telecom companies, including AT&f Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp.; cables companies such as Comcast Corp. and Cox Communicationsx Inc.; and hundreds of manufacturing, financial, industrial, medical, utilituy and government networks in more than40 countries. The business is cash-positive and needs new officse space. It plans to expanfd its current head count of32 employees.
“We stayede cheap, we didn’t try to do anythingg fancy, and we leveraged our Rolodex Gallatin said. “In a down economy, people are out therd with time on their and we found highly skilled people at the end of the layoff cycle who were readty to come in and take a chancer because theyknew us.” In San President Jeff Kerr launchee his business placing ATMs in hotels and airports in but decided to spin it into a franchise business in 2002. Even aftetr the dot-com bust and the terrorist attacksof 11, 2001, the business wasn’t hit hard becauswe Kerr ran it lean.
Rents decreased as a resul of the economy, and that helped Kerr find Class A office space in downtown San Low interest rates allowed him to buy andfinance equipment, while the unemployment rate enabled him to hire a talented marketin department. ACFN has since sold 128 ATM franchisesx inthe U.S. and Canada, and it became one of the fastest-growinbg companies in the country, listed in Inc. “The biggest advice I give peopled is tostay lean,” he said. “Be financially responsible and watcyour commitments, use controlled growth and make sure what you do makeas sense in the long term.
” Ann managing director of Hummer Winblacd Venture Partners, started her first company in when “we had 11 perceng unemployment, people were waitinh in line to get gas, the president had resignesd and the Vikings lost the Super she said. She launched , an accounting software company, for and she sold it six years later for morethan $15 Winblad co-founded the venture firm that bears her name in 1989. She said a downturnj gives entrepreneurs acompetitivd advantage, especially if they can find investors or get fundinf because “the pond is cleaner.
“In reality, any time is the righ t time to start a good independent ofthe economy,” Winblad “It does take time to builed and march into the but you have to have a value
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Newmark Homes Houston buying local TOUSA assets - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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TOUSA plans to complete and sell all homes currentlyunder construction. Moody said the new companh will beprivately held, locally owned and “Our management team has over 70 combined experience,” he The new company plans to builds 60 homes ranging in price from $160,000 to more than $600,00o0 in the first 60 days of which will officially begibn June 15. Moody said 55 employees of TOUSAz will remain with the new compangy after TOUSA winds down its localbusiness operations. TOUSA’s predecessor company was founded in Houston in 1983 as and completerd an initial public offering inMarcj 1998. In December 1999, TOUSA Inc. acquired 80 percen of Newmark’s stock.
TOUSA Inc. also acquiredr 100 percent of then-public in Novemberr 2000. On June 25, 2002, Engle merged with Newmark, and the mergesd company changed its name toTOUSA Inc. In Hollywood, Fla.-based TOUSA (Pink Sheets: told the it plannerd to lay off 156 people in the Houston area from its Newmarkm Homes brand beginning May 22 due to the downturn in thehousintg market.
TOUSA plans to complete and sell all homes currentlyunder construction. Moody said the new companh will beprivately held, locally owned and “Our management team has over 70 combined experience,” he The new company plans to builds 60 homes ranging in price from $160,000 to more than $600,00o0 in the first 60 days of which will officially begibn June 15. Moody said 55 employees of TOUSAz will remain with the new compangy after TOUSA winds down its localbusiness operations. TOUSA’s predecessor company was founded in Houston in 1983 as and completerd an initial public offering inMarcj 1998. In December 1999, TOUSA Inc. acquired 80 percen of Newmark’s stock.
TOUSA Inc. also acquiredr 100 percent of then-public in Novemberr 2000. On June 25, 2002, Engle merged with Newmark, and the mergesd company changed its name toTOUSA Inc. In Hollywood, Fla.-based TOUSA (Pink Sheets: told the it plannerd to lay off 156 people in the Houston area from its Newmarkm Homes brand beginning May 22 due to the downturn in thehousintg market.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Phoenix Business Journal honors Most Admired CEOs - Nashville Business Journal:
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Post, along with 25 CEOs of Arizonaw public andprivate companies, are being recognized at a dinner Tuesday night and in a speciapl supplement to Friday’s print edition of the Journal. Editor Ilanaa Lowery called the local leaders “the epitome of achievement.” “Their companiesw are successful; they’ve helped to builde Valley business; and they’v contributed their time and expertise in the community on numerouss levels,” she said. Post, for started his career with Pinnacle West subsidiary Arizonaq PublicService Co.
as a draftsman in 1971, movinb up the ranks to serves as president and CEO of the parent company for 13 But he also has been a communityu leader serving as chairman of Greater PhoenixEconomif Council, where he helpes create a group to studg issues key to the region’s economicf growth. J. Doug Pruitt, Sundt Construction Inc. Doug Parker, US Airwaysx Group Inc. Jerry Bisgrove, Stardust Cos. Stevre Betts, SunCor Development Co. Rick Metro light rail Sharon ThePlaza Cos. Donalde Smith Jr.
, SCF Arizonz Robert Meyer, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Kimberlyt McWaters, Universal Technical Institute Richard Blue Cross Blue Shield of ArizonaSusa Frank, Desert Schools Federal Credit Unionb Jonah Shacknai, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Jim Tuton, Americanh Traffic Solutions Inc. Derrick Arizona Diamondbacks Roy Avnet Inc. Todd LifeLock Inc. Richard Silverman, Salt River Project Philio Francis, PetSmart Inc. Davis McIntyre Jr., TriWest Healthcare Alliance Mike FirstSolar Inc. Neil Irwin, Bryam Cave LLP Rhonda Forsyth, John C. Lincoln Healtnh Network Brad Casper, Henkel Consumer Goodss Inc. Dave Dexter, Sonora Quest Laboratories Linda St.
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center “Itr wasn’t easy narrowing down the Valley’s Most Admires CEOs to just 25,” Lowery said. “Buft as we shine the spotlight onthis year’s winners, keep in mind that a stronbg business community is key to developinbg future leaders.” Selections were made based on feedback solicitefd from the Journal’s newsroom, peers and others in the businese community. To subscribe or order a copy of the June 12 issuse that includes thespecial jbertolino@bizjournals.com.
Post, along with 25 CEOs of Arizonaw public andprivate companies, are being recognized at a dinner Tuesday night and in a speciapl supplement to Friday’s print edition of the Journal. Editor Ilanaa Lowery called the local leaders “the epitome of achievement.” “Their companiesw are successful; they’ve helped to builde Valley business; and they’v contributed their time and expertise in the community on numerouss levels,” she said. Post, for started his career with Pinnacle West subsidiary Arizonaq PublicService Co.
as a draftsman in 1971, movinb up the ranks to serves as president and CEO of the parent company for 13 But he also has been a communityu leader serving as chairman of Greater PhoenixEconomif Council, where he helpes create a group to studg issues key to the region’s economicf growth. J. Doug Pruitt, Sundt Construction Inc. Doug Parker, US Airwaysx Group Inc. Jerry Bisgrove, Stardust Cos. Stevre Betts, SunCor Development Co. Rick Metro light rail Sharon ThePlaza Cos. Donalde Smith Jr.
, SCF Arizonz Robert Meyer, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Kimberlyt McWaters, Universal Technical Institute Richard Blue Cross Blue Shield of ArizonaSusa Frank, Desert Schools Federal Credit Unionb Jonah Shacknai, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Jim Tuton, Americanh Traffic Solutions Inc. Derrick Arizona Diamondbacks Roy Avnet Inc. Todd LifeLock Inc. Richard Silverman, Salt River Project Philio Francis, PetSmart Inc. Davis McIntyre Jr., TriWest Healthcare Alliance Mike FirstSolar Inc. Neil Irwin, Bryam Cave LLP Rhonda Forsyth, John C. Lincoln Healtnh Network Brad Casper, Henkel Consumer Goodss Inc. Dave Dexter, Sonora Quest Laboratories Linda St.
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center “Itr wasn’t easy narrowing down the Valley’s Most Admires CEOs to just 25,” Lowery said. “Buft as we shine the spotlight onthis year’s winners, keep in mind that a stronbg business community is key to developinbg future leaders.” Selections were made based on feedback solicitefd from the Journal’s newsroom, peers and others in the businese community. To subscribe or order a copy of the June 12 issuse that includes thespecial jbertolino@bizjournals.com.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Rumor: Evil Ryu and More Evil Akuma Coming to Super Street Fighter IV - Escapist Magazine
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Gaming Union | Rumor: Evil Ryu and More Evil Akuma Coming to Super Street Fighter IV Escapist Magazine Leaked screenshots hint that a level of martial arts villainy as yet unseen on a modern console may be on its way to Super Street Fighter IV. ... Super Street Fighter IV Achievement Icons Show Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma Rumoured SSFIV Achievements Show New Characters Leaked achievements reveal Super Street Fighter IV additions? |
Friday, November 26, 2010
Schwarzenegger says day of reckoning is here - San Francisco Business Times:
http://www.peacon.net/article/The-Different-Kinds-of-Belgian-Chocolate-Bars.html
“California’s day of reckoning is here,” he said. With no the state could run out of cash in 14 Three months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger has already proposee massive cutsto education, health care and prisons. Now he’sw looking for structural reform to make government more efficienf and stretchtaxpayer dollars. He’s asked the State Boar of Education, for to make textbooks available in digitaformats — a move that coulfd save millions. In 2004, the governor talked about blowing up boxed andconsolidating agencies, but the initiatived never gained traction.
They’re Schwarzenegger is proposing once again to eliminate and consolidatew more than a dozenstate departments, boards and commissions. This includes the Waste Management Board, the Court Reporterx Board, the Department of Boating and Waterways and the Inspection and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlier this the state began consolidating information technology Now Schwarzenegger wants to consolidate departments that oversese financial institutions and merge tax collection In July, state leaders will receive recommendation on how to modernize the tax code.
“Thisz will be a tremendous opportunithy to make our revenues more reliable and less volatilr and help the state avoid the boom and bust budgets that have broughtf ushere today,” Schwarzenegger told lawmakers. It’ws not going to happen in 14 days, he said. But it could happen before the Legislature adjourns for summed recess onJuly 17.
“California’s day of reckoning is here,” he said. With no the state could run out of cash in 14 Three months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger has already proposee massive cutsto education, health care and prisons. Now he’sw looking for structural reform to make government more efficienf and stretchtaxpayer dollars. He’s asked the State Boar of Education, for to make textbooks available in digitaformats — a move that coulfd save millions. In 2004, the governor talked about blowing up boxed andconsolidating agencies, but the initiatived never gained traction.
They’re Schwarzenegger is proposing once again to eliminate and consolidatew more than a dozenstate departments, boards and commissions. This includes the Waste Management Board, the Court Reporterx Board, the Department of Boating and Waterways and the Inspection and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlier this the state began consolidating information technology Now Schwarzenegger wants to consolidate departments that oversese financial institutions and merge tax collection In July, state leaders will receive recommendation on how to modernize the tax code.
“Thisz will be a tremendous opportunithy to make our revenues more reliable and less volatilr and help the state avoid the boom and bust budgets that have broughtf ushere today,” Schwarzenegger told lawmakers. It’ws not going to happen in 14 days, he said. But it could happen before the Legislature adjourns for summed recess onJuly 17.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Barmy Army again gets the chance to blow its own horn - Sydney Morning Herald
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Cumberland Courier Newspapers | Barmy Army again gets the chance to blow its own horn Sydney Morning Herald Cooper's treatment is in stark contrast to the 2006-07 series opener when he lasted less than a session after another army member smuggled the trumpet in ... Barmy Army trumpeter receives warm Ashes welcome Blowing hot and cold |
Monday, November 22, 2010
BoltTech moving to Allegheny County - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The new property will becomer the company’s new headquarters, combinin 18,000 square feet of office spacrand 53,000 square feet of warehouse as BoltTechh moves into Allegheny County. BoltTech supplies bolting technologies forpowee generation, steel and naturaol gas transmission companies. The move comes afterf BoltTech's January acquisition of Mannings USA, a Dover, N.J. company that provideds heat treating services for the powergeneratioh industry.
The property at 501 Mosside includesz a building with heavyelectrical service, thre dock doors and threer drive-in doors on a site of more than ten BoltTech is sub-leasing the propert y from Precise Technology, according to Kim a senior vice president in the Pittsburgh offics of CB Richard Ellis Company. The property is ownerd by Rexam ConsumerPlastics Inc.
The new property will becomer the company’s new headquarters, combinin 18,000 square feet of office spacrand 53,000 square feet of warehouse as BoltTechh moves into Allegheny County. BoltTech supplies bolting technologies forpowee generation, steel and naturaol gas transmission companies. The move comes afterf BoltTech's January acquisition of Mannings USA, a Dover, N.J. company that provideds heat treating services for the powergeneratioh industry.
The property at 501 Mosside includesz a building with heavyelectrical service, thre dock doors and threer drive-in doors on a site of more than ten BoltTech is sub-leasing the propert y from Precise Technology, according to Kim a senior vice president in the Pittsburgh offics of CB Richard Ellis Company. The property is ownerd by Rexam ConsumerPlastics Inc.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Samsung, LG hit with Android patent infringement suit - ZDNet UK (blog)
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Samsung, LG hit with Android patent infringement suit ZDNet UK (blog) Administrative software and internet technology company Vertical Computer Systems has filed a legal complaint » |
Friday, November 19, 2010
ATS Services is now Talagy, with new owner - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founder Delores Kesler, acquirecd the company and will serveas chair. Kesler will retain the title ofchairman emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assums the role of presidentand CEO. Terme of the acquisition were not “This is an exciting time in the growth and evolutionbof ATS, and I’m pleased to allow the next generatiohn of leadership to take the helm,” said Kesler. Keslerf created Jacksonville-based ATS Servicees in 1977, eventually forming a paren company that merged with three othefrstaffing firms, including .
The businesx split into two ventures: , which became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the directodr of information technology at ATS Services before creatinhg his own company, , a global providet of on-demand talent management software, in 1996. Keslet provided a loan that helpexd startthe company. Vurv Technology was acquired by (NASDAQ: in 2008 for $128.8 million. Talagy, which has 11 offices around the country and 80 will continue to offer the same productasand services, but instead of operating underr multiple brands and business units the compant will consolidate into a single brand.
Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founder Delores Kesler, acquirecd the company and will serveas chair. Kesler will retain the title ofchairman emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assums the role of presidentand CEO. Terme of the acquisition were not “This is an exciting time in the growth and evolutionbof ATS, and I’m pleased to allow the next generatiohn of leadership to take the helm,” said Kesler. Keslerf created Jacksonville-based ATS Servicees in 1977, eventually forming a paren company that merged with three othefrstaffing firms, including .
The businesx split into two ventures: , which became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the directodr of information technology at ATS Services before creatinhg his own company, , a global providet of on-demand talent management software, in 1996. Keslet provided a loan that helpexd startthe company. Vurv Technology was acquired by (NASDAQ: in 2008 for $128.8 million. Talagy, which has 11 offices around the country and 80 will continue to offer the same productasand services, but instead of operating underr multiple brands and business units the compant will consolidate into a single brand.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Analysis: What's in store for Obama-Boehner relationship? - Reuters
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Reuters | Analysis: What's in store for Obama-Boehner relationship? Reuters The bipartisan relationship got off to an uncertain start when a White House meeting scheduled for Thursday between Obama and congressional leaders, ... |
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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A report from D.C.-based liberal public-policy think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor billxs itself asa “beneath the hood” recession-erw look at metros with more than 500,000 residents as of 2007. The reportg placed the Columbus metropolitan statistical area 40th amonb those ranked forits strength, based on employment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton found slots from 61st to Toledo was rankedthe 10th-weakest major metropolitabn area nationwide. Leading the pack in the reporft wasSan Antonio, one of four Texasa cities among the nation’s top five. Detroitt was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla.
, and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosuree crisis. Brookings found that the metropolitan perspectiv eon states’ performance amid the recessioj “suggests that recovery may be quite uneven as posing particular challenges for policymakers seekingb to ensure a truly national rising economic tide.” Columbus’ strengthws and weaknesses in the report The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percen decline in employment since its peak earliee this decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodesty 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjusted housing prices for the first threre months of 2008 comparede with the same periosd this year.
But the city was ranked near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percent decline in its grosas metropolitan product – a measure of the goods and serviced produced in the area in the first quarter of 2009 compared with its pre-recessiomn peak. Comparing the last three month of 2008 with the first quarter thisyear alone, the GMP dropped 1.7 representing the 14th-worst decline among the cities measured. To download the full click .
A report from D.C.-based liberal public-policy think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor billxs itself asa “beneath the hood” recession-erw look at metros with more than 500,000 residents as of 2007. The reportg placed the Columbus metropolitan statistical area 40th amonb those ranked forits strength, based on employment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton found slots from 61st to Toledo was rankedthe 10th-weakest major metropolitabn area nationwide. Leading the pack in the reporft wasSan Antonio, one of four Texasa cities among the nation’s top five. Detroitt was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla.
, and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosuree crisis. Brookings found that the metropolitan perspectiv eon states’ performance amid the recessioj “suggests that recovery may be quite uneven as posing particular challenges for policymakers seekingb to ensure a truly national rising economic tide.” Columbus’ strengthws and weaknesses in the report The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percen decline in employment since its peak earliee this decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodesty 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjusted housing prices for the first threre months of 2008 comparede with the same periosd this year.
But the city was ranked near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percent decline in its grosas metropolitan product – a measure of the goods and serviced produced in the area in the first quarter of 2009 compared with its pre-recessiomn peak. Comparing the last three month of 2008 with the first quarter thisyear alone, the GMP dropped 1.7 representing the 14th-worst decline among the cities measured. To download the full click .
Monday, November 15, 2010
Dr. Lisa Pickett, Durham Regional Hospital - Triangle Business Journal:
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Pickett has been CMO at for a littlde more thana week, thouggh she has been referring patientws to the hospital since she completesd a fellowship at in 2001. Picketft says her main responsibilities as CMO are to brinfg a clinical knowledge and background to the executived team and to provide a voice forthe patient-care team to the administration. She reports to hospitaol Chief Executive OfficerKerry Watson. Facilitatintg interaction between the hospital and its physicians is anothed area of focusfor Currently, Durham Regional has 629 made up of those employed by the private-care doctors and Duke faculty members.
Pickett also continues to work as agenerall surgeon, mainly focused on complicated herni a repair. She’s co-medical director of Durham Regional’zs Intensivist Service and is a graduate education medical directorfor surgery. Durham Regionaol Hospital has 369total beds, including a 22-bed criticak care unit, a 23-bec psychiatric unit and an 18-bed level II speciao care nursery. The hospital recorded 15,56q2 admissions and 124,633 outpatient visites in fiscalyear 2008. It also saw 17,588 surgeries in the same Durham Regional employs565 nurses. Foundex in 1976, Durham Regional employs a totalof 1,872 It has been managed by Duke Universitu Health System since July 1998.
Pickett was born and raise in California and attended the University of California at where she receiveda bachelor’s She continued her education at Harvard Medical where she received her M.D. Picketgt followed up with her residency in surgery and fellowship in critica l care at Duke before joining the Duke faculty as a professor of surgery and medicinew at Duke UniversityMedical Center. Pickett then joined Durhanm Regional Hospital, where she was instrumental in growinbg the intensive care program and ensuring 24-hour critical care in the hospital.
Durhamm Regional’s critical care program is staffecd by14 physicians, one of whom is The unit now has an average censue of 15 to 16 patients, Picketrt says. Associate’s degree from Ventura College; bachelor’s degree in biologt from the University of Californiaat Irvine; M.D. from Harvarxd Medical School. Pickett and her husband, Walt, have threew children, John, Matthew and Grace. “I want to help grow the physicia staff and to continue to improve our relationshipo with the Duke health Pickett says. “Management Lessons from Mayo Inside One ofthe World’s Most Admired Service Organizations” by Leonard Berryt and Kent Seltman.
Pickett has been CMO at for a littlde more thana week, thouggh she has been referring patientws to the hospital since she completesd a fellowship at in 2001. Picketft says her main responsibilities as CMO are to brinfg a clinical knowledge and background to the executived team and to provide a voice forthe patient-care team to the administration. She reports to hospitaol Chief Executive OfficerKerry Watson. Facilitatintg interaction between the hospital and its physicians is anothed area of focusfor Currently, Durham Regional has 629 made up of those employed by the private-care doctors and Duke faculty members.
Pickett also continues to work as agenerall surgeon, mainly focused on complicated herni a repair. She’s co-medical director of Durham Regional’zs Intensivist Service and is a graduate education medical directorfor surgery. Durham Regionaol Hospital has 369total beds, including a 22-bed criticak care unit, a 23-bec psychiatric unit and an 18-bed level II speciao care nursery. The hospital recorded 15,56q2 admissions and 124,633 outpatient visites in fiscalyear 2008. It also saw 17,588 surgeries in the same Durham Regional employs565 nurses. Foundex in 1976, Durham Regional employs a totalof 1,872 It has been managed by Duke Universitu Health System since July 1998.
Pickett was born and raise in California and attended the University of California at where she receiveda bachelor’s She continued her education at Harvard Medical where she received her M.D. Picketgt followed up with her residency in surgery and fellowship in critica l care at Duke before joining the Duke faculty as a professor of surgery and medicinew at Duke UniversityMedical Center. Pickett then joined Durhanm Regional Hospital, where she was instrumental in growinbg the intensive care program and ensuring 24-hour critical care in the hospital.
Durhamm Regional’s critical care program is staffecd by14 physicians, one of whom is The unit now has an average censue of 15 to 16 patients, Picketrt says. Associate’s degree from Ventura College; bachelor’s degree in biologt from the University of Californiaat Irvine; M.D. from Harvarxd Medical School. Pickett and her husband, Walt, have threew children, John, Matthew and Grace. “I want to help grow the physicia staff and to continue to improve our relationshipo with the Duke health Pickett says. “Management Lessons from Mayo Inside One ofthe World’s Most Admired Service Organizations” by Leonard Berryt and Kent Seltman.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiob in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Locao 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Mondagy that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plantf starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plan t also is scheduled for a summer breamk during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriex trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,7587 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,97 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighy increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancelo the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15o0 truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacft at the Kansas City Assemblyt Plant. “This is partially due to depleterd funds forthe state’ Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an option,” the Locaol 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addefd that sales projections continue to be less than the five shift at the two truck plants can producwe if they work full time through the 2010productioj year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomp and threein Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is considerinvg once again moving a shify fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assemblyu Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determine d so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford moverd about 800 workers from a second shifgt onthe F-150 side of the Kansasz City plant to a third shiftt on the SUV side. The employeeas were moved back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reache 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in Aprik but down 7.2 percent from 17,6678 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assemblgy Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercurg Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercuryg Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales recorsd of 3,420 hybrid vehiclezs was set in April 2006.
As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomk hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.
The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiob in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Locao 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Mondagy that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plantf starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plan t also is scheduled for a summer breamk during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriex trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,7587 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,97 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighy increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancelo the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15o0 truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacft at the Kansas City Assemblyt Plant. “This is partially due to depleterd funds forthe state’ Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an option,” the Locaol 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addefd that sales projections continue to be less than the five shift at the two truck plants can producwe if they work full time through the 2010productioj year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomp and threein Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is considerinvg once again moving a shify fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assemblyu Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determine d so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford moverd about 800 workers from a second shifgt onthe F-150 side of the Kansasz City plant to a third shiftt on the SUV side. The employeeas were moved back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reache 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in Aprik but down 7.2 percent from 17,6678 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assemblgy Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercurg Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercuryg Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales recorsd of 3,420 hybrid vehiclezs was set in April 2006.
As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomk hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.
Friday, November 12, 2010
High-end home sales in Charlotte on hold - Charlotte Business Journal:
http://www.provopride.com/story/2006/12/17/175528/63
million mansion in Myers With its marble floors andwine cellar, the 5,700-square-fooy spec home on Queena Road West was builf long before the financial crisis reshapede Charlotte’s economic landscape. It might get two showings a but so far no offers close to theasking price. For Realtoras such as Mitchener and the sellersthey represent, this is the new reality for high-end homes. It’s a segmeng of the real estate market that has been painfullgslow — and whicn experts say is holding back a broade r housing recovery. The number of home sales abovr $750,000, or those considered high-end by the , has plummeted. And for multimillion-dollarf homes, things are even slower.
“You barely even get a showinh onthose properties,” says Mitchener, a co-owner of real estate firm . Whild Realtors say they are starting to see a thaw for homexs at the lower end of the luxury the numbers for the Charlotte area have been According to data fromthe , only 75 homez priced above $750,000 sold in the first quarter in the 10-county service area for That’sd down 54% from the 162 properties sold in the firsyt quarter of 2008. And it’s down 69% from the 245 sold in the first quarterof 2007.
That’sa a more dramatic slowdownj than the real estatemarket overall, which saw a 38% drop in closings in the first quarter from a year according to the association. And the highee the price, the worse it gets. Charlottes real estate consultant Chuck Grahamm notes thatin 2008, a total of 490 homees priced above $875,000 sold in Mecklenburg and sevejn surrounding counties. In this year’w first quarter, that number was 39, putting the marke t on pace for just over 150 such closingethis year. That’s a 70% plunge. The high-end real estate Graham says, is “really in more difficult shap e than theoverall market. And the higher you go up in the more distressedthe market.
” He believes the slowdown stems in large part from the downturn in the financial-services industry and the impact it has had on would-bse buyers of luxury homes. “Alk the highest-paying jobs in the market are the most distressed at the Marilyn Hartley, whose firm specializes in neighborhoods such as Myerxs Park, Eastover and Foxcroft, says activitg has started to pick up. Still, the near collaps and sale of Wachovia Corp. has had an outsizer impact on high-end sales, she “It really crushed us,” Hartley says. “Wachovia going down realluy hurt Charlotte as far asthe high-end markeft goes.
They just let so many people go, and there’zs so many houses on the You would think it would bea buyer’s but the sellers need that so they’re holding out for it. It’ws tough.” Hartley says deals have closed recently on some homes inthe $1.4 million to $1.5 millionj range, “but none of the great big ones have According to the National Associatiomn of Realtors, the nationwide supply of homes priced above $750,000 has risebn to 41.1 months from 18.7 months in and sales are only half of what they were.
The trade association contends the rates on jumbo or thoseabove $417,000, are part of the problemn because they remain higher than the rates on conforming loans, or those beneath that threshold. “Lenders are keepint credit standards overly stringent for borrowerse at the higher end of the market and are increasingly reluctantt to makejumbo loans,” NAR chief economistt Lawrence Yun said last
million mansion in Myers With its marble floors andwine cellar, the 5,700-square-fooy spec home on Queena Road West was builf long before the financial crisis reshapede Charlotte’s economic landscape. It might get two showings a but so far no offers close to theasking price. For Realtoras such as Mitchener and the sellersthey represent, this is the new reality for high-end homes. It’s a segmeng of the real estate market that has been painfullgslow — and whicn experts say is holding back a broade r housing recovery. The number of home sales abovr $750,000, or those considered high-end by the , has plummeted. And for multimillion-dollarf homes, things are even slower.
“You barely even get a showinh onthose properties,” says Mitchener, a co-owner of real estate firm . Whild Realtors say they are starting to see a thaw for homexs at the lower end of the luxury the numbers for the Charlotte area have been According to data fromthe , only 75 homez priced above $750,000 sold in the first quarter in the 10-county service area for That’sd down 54% from the 162 properties sold in the firsyt quarter of 2008. And it’s down 69% from the 245 sold in the first quarterof 2007.
That’sa a more dramatic slowdownj than the real estatemarket overall, which saw a 38% drop in closings in the first quarter from a year according to the association. And the highee the price, the worse it gets. Charlottes real estate consultant Chuck Grahamm notes thatin 2008, a total of 490 homees priced above $875,000 sold in Mecklenburg and sevejn surrounding counties. In this year’w first quarter, that number was 39, putting the marke t on pace for just over 150 such closingethis year. That’s a 70% plunge. The high-end real estate Graham says, is “really in more difficult shap e than theoverall market. And the higher you go up in the more distressedthe market.
” He believes the slowdown stems in large part from the downturn in the financial-services industry and the impact it has had on would-bse buyers of luxury homes. “Alk the highest-paying jobs in the market are the most distressed at the Marilyn Hartley, whose firm specializes in neighborhoods such as Myerxs Park, Eastover and Foxcroft, says activitg has started to pick up. Still, the near collaps and sale of Wachovia Corp. has had an outsizer impact on high-end sales, she “It really crushed us,” Hartley says. “Wachovia going down realluy hurt Charlotte as far asthe high-end markeft goes.
They just let so many people go, and there’zs so many houses on the You would think it would bea buyer’s but the sellers need that so they’re holding out for it. It’ws tough.” Hartley says deals have closed recently on some homes inthe $1.4 million to $1.5 millionj range, “but none of the great big ones have According to the National Associatiomn of Realtors, the nationwide supply of homes priced above $750,000 has risebn to 41.1 months from 18.7 months in and sales are only half of what they were.
The trade association contends the rates on jumbo or thoseabove $417,000, are part of the problemn because they remain higher than the rates on conforming loans, or those beneath that threshold. “Lenders are keepint credit standards overly stringent for borrowerse at the higher end of the market and are increasingly reluctantt to makejumbo loans,” NAR chief economistt Lawrence Yun said last
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Transition in New York's Schools - New York Times
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Triple Crown Affair - Rapid - The Whitewater Magazine
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Monday, November 8, 2010
American Airlines to cut 18 flights from Lambert - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The flight reductions will reducer American’s daily, nonstop departures from Lambert to 83 from 101 and take place in two one this summer and onethis fall. Fort Worth, Texas-based paren (NYSE: AMR) will cut regional carrier flights asof Aug. 25 from St. Louids to Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, N.C.; Philadelphia; Springfield, Mo.; and Tulsa, said Mary Frances Fagan, an airline Then on Nov. 19, Americabn Airlines will cancel flights to Las Vegaes andSan Diego, limit flights to Fort Fla., to weekend service and cut a flighty each to Boston, Dallas, Chicagko and Los Angeles, she said. Service to Tampsa is also being cutthis winter.
“We have had to take steps to deal with this very difficulf financial environment thatwe face,” Fagaj said. Last week, American companywide. Fagan said she couldn’g provide a number for how many employees at Lamber t willbe affected. By number of American still edgesout No. 2 for top carrier at said Jeff Lea, an airport spokesman. But Americah flies both big and smaller and Southwest flies larger jets meaning that Southwest could become top carrier in terms of passengers this Lea said. “The flighta cut by American were not aboutemptyh seats,” he said. “They were filled jets. Southwesr may step up and offeservice (where American pulls back).
Other airlines may be able to take , which last week as the airport prepares to sell bondds tofinance renovations, said Thursday it would monitot the effect of American’s cuts in St. Airport management told Fitchg that it plans to raise parking freeze hiringfor non-essential positions and cut back on non-essentia purchases to offset the impact of the flightg cuts on its financial
The flight reductions will reducer American’s daily, nonstop departures from Lambert to 83 from 101 and take place in two one this summer and onethis fall. Fort Worth, Texas-based paren (NYSE: AMR) will cut regional carrier flights asof Aug. 25 from St. Louids to Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, N.C.; Philadelphia; Springfield, Mo.; and Tulsa, said Mary Frances Fagan, an airline Then on Nov. 19, Americabn Airlines will cancel flights to Las Vegaes andSan Diego, limit flights to Fort Fla., to weekend service and cut a flighty each to Boston, Dallas, Chicagko and Los Angeles, she said. Service to Tampsa is also being cutthis winter.
“We have had to take steps to deal with this very difficulf financial environment thatwe face,” Fagaj said. Last week, American companywide. Fagan said she couldn’g provide a number for how many employees at Lamber t willbe affected. By number of American still edgesout No. 2 for top carrier at said Jeff Lea, an airport spokesman. But Americah flies both big and smaller and Southwest flies larger jets meaning that Southwest could become top carrier in terms of passengers this Lea said. “The flighta cut by American were not aboutemptyh seats,” he said. “They were filled jets. Southwesr may step up and offeservice (where American pulls back).
Other airlines may be able to take , which last week as the airport prepares to sell bondds tofinance renovations, said Thursday it would monitot the effect of American’s cuts in St. Airport management told Fitchg that it plans to raise parking freeze hiringfor non-essential positions and cut back on non-essentia purchases to offset the impact of the flightg cuts on its financial
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Preliminary playoff brackets - Burlington Times News
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Preliminary playoff brackets Burlington Times News These may be subject to change. Finalized brackets should be available later today or check in Sunday's print edition of the Times-News. ... |
Friday, November 5, 2010
Companies look to legal departments for belt tightening - Washington Business Journal:
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While this axiom sometimeds wields thepersonnel ax, it also forcese businesses to rethink weak strategies and questioj long-standing norms across the As chief financial officers scan their operating budgets lookingf for places to save, one departmenrt often stands out: legal. Most medium and large businesseshave in-house lawyers. One of thei key jobs is hiring and managinvg all the outside legal work done on behalf of the which can bepainfullt expensive. Companies might shel out $200 to as much as $800 per hour to elitw law firms for matters that can take hundredxs ofbillable hours.
Amid the budget corporate counsels are looking for lessexpensive alternatives, whichy is driving significant changes in the way legal work is done and how lawyersa get paid for it. Corporated counsels are often a company’s analyzing all transactions and business practices through the lens of legal risk. “In-house lawyers are able to wed an in-deptj knowledge of a particular business with the nuancessof law,” said Manik Rath, president of the and genera l counsel of McLean-based . “An outsid lawyer will only give you generallegal expertise, not great knowledge of your business.
” In-house counsels are often generalistws hired to do the nuts-and-bolts legakl work at company. For example, a real estate businessd mighthave in-house lawyers handling property transactions and building licensing. This can save companiee a bundle inlegal fees. “When you hire an in-house you’re paying for an open bar. With outsidse counsel, you’re buying by the drink,” Rath explained.
When somethingy more specializedand time-consuming comes up, such as a major acquisition or an employment law matter, corporate counselsd will typically farm it out to a law “These things require a lot of bandwidth,” Rath “You don’t want your in-house lawyers to get tied down in the minutiqa of litigation when they should be focused on your Some industries, such as governmentg contracting, have not been dramaticallhy affected by the recession. But other such as financial services, have been pummeler by the downturn and are clampingg downon spending. For example, at Reston-basefd student loan provider , fourth-quarter total operatinyg expenses weredown 41.
3 percent over a year as a percentage of McLean-based mortgage giant , which has not yet released fourth-quartere earnings, reported that third-quarter administrative expenses dropped 13.1 percent over a year as a percentage of assets. ’s fourth-quarter operatingf expenses fell 15.5 percent, as a percentag e of assets. While legal departments are almost certainly a part of thisbudgetary squeeze, it is hard to say just how they are affectedr because none of those companies woulx agree to be interviewec for this story.
McLean-based Capitalo One did, however, furnish an e-mailed statemenft from Steve Gannon, deputu general counsel, about the company’s reduction in expensexs for outsidelegal counsel. The company has, among other things, “recentlh begun utilizing alternative billing arrangements such as flat fees insteaxd ofhourly rates, and limited bidding processes for certaijn work,” he said. This strategy is becoming more common, and it is drivinyg some long-awaited changes in the way lawfirmsw operate, said William Brennan, a law firm consultant with in Newtobn Square, Pa.
“For the first time in 20 years, there’sw actually an implementation of new billing methodd other than the very much maligneddhourly method,” he said. It is becoming more commomn for law firms to get paid withfixer fees, retainers and success fees based on the value rendere by the law firm, Brennan
While this axiom sometimeds wields thepersonnel ax, it also forcese businesses to rethink weak strategies and questioj long-standing norms across the As chief financial officers scan their operating budgets lookingf for places to save, one departmenrt often stands out: legal. Most medium and large businesseshave in-house lawyers. One of thei key jobs is hiring and managinvg all the outside legal work done on behalf of the which can bepainfullt expensive. Companies might shel out $200 to as much as $800 per hour to elitw law firms for matters that can take hundredxs ofbillable hours.
Amid the budget corporate counsels are looking for lessexpensive alternatives, whichy is driving significant changes in the way legal work is done and how lawyersa get paid for it. Corporated counsels are often a company’s analyzing all transactions and business practices through the lens of legal risk. “In-house lawyers are able to wed an in-deptj knowledge of a particular business with the nuancessof law,” said Manik Rath, president of the and genera l counsel of McLean-based . “An outsid lawyer will only give you generallegal expertise, not great knowledge of your business.
” In-house counsels are often generalistws hired to do the nuts-and-bolts legakl work at company. For example, a real estate businessd mighthave in-house lawyers handling property transactions and building licensing. This can save companiee a bundle inlegal fees. “When you hire an in-house you’re paying for an open bar. With outsidse counsel, you’re buying by the drink,” Rath explained.
When somethingy more specializedand time-consuming comes up, such as a major acquisition or an employment law matter, corporate counselsd will typically farm it out to a law “These things require a lot of bandwidth,” Rath “You don’t want your in-house lawyers to get tied down in the minutiqa of litigation when they should be focused on your Some industries, such as governmentg contracting, have not been dramaticallhy affected by the recession. But other such as financial services, have been pummeler by the downturn and are clampingg downon spending. For example, at Reston-basefd student loan provider , fourth-quarter total operatinyg expenses weredown 41.
3 percent over a year as a percentage of McLean-based mortgage giant , which has not yet released fourth-quartere earnings, reported that third-quarter administrative expenses dropped 13.1 percent over a year as a percentage of assets. ’s fourth-quarter operatingf expenses fell 15.5 percent, as a percentag e of assets. While legal departments are almost certainly a part of thisbudgetary squeeze, it is hard to say just how they are affectedr because none of those companies woulx agree to be interviewec for this story.
McLean-based Capitalo One did, however, furnish an e-mailed statemenft from Steve Gannon, deputu general counsel, about the company’s reduction in expensexs for outsidelegal counsel. The company has, among other things, “recentlh begun utilizing alternative billing arrangements such as flat fees insteaxd ofhourly rates, and limited bidding processes for certaijn work,” he said. This strategy is becoming more common, and it is drivinyg some long-awaited changes in the way lawfirmsw operate, said William Brennan, a law firm consultant with in Newtobn Square, Pa.
“For the first time in 20 years, there’sw actually an implementation of new billing methodd other than the very much maligneddhourly method,” he said. It is becoming more commomn for law firms to get paid withfixer fees, retainers and success fees based on the value rendere by the law firm, Brennan
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Toby Keith
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The restaurant — named for country singer Toby Keituh and his 2003hit “I Love This — has signed a leasw for 15,000 square feet at The Shoppes at West End, a lifestyler center scheduled to open later this year at the intersectiob of Highway 100 and Interstate 394 in St. Louixs Park. I Love This Bar & Grill will feature family an 85-foot bar shaped like a guitar, a mechanica bull and a stage that will host live entertainmenrt several nightsa week, including a performance by Keithn at the restaurant’s grand opening. The restaurant’zs menu will feature Southern-style fare, such as chicken-frie steak and meatloaf.
Some of the more uniqu offerings will include fried bolognw sandwichesand deep-fried Twinkies. It will featur traditional sports-bar decor with a country flair. There will be lots of wood and plus more than 50 plasma I Love ThisBar & Grilpl will host live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night when it first then ramp up to six nightd a week over time. Ther will be seating for more than 1,000 people. The venue also will have a retaipl store selling TobyKeithu merchandise, barbecue sauce and spices.
The restauranyt will be owned by Arizonaz businessmanFrank Capri, who recently opened an I Love This Bar Grill franchise in Mesa, The chain also has locations in Las Oklahoma City and Kansas City, Mo., and planws to open a location in Auburn Hills, Mich., latefr this year. I Love This Bar & Grill shoulx be a major entertainment attraction forWest End, helping set it apart from other local malls, said Mark Fallon, vice presidentg of real estate at Cincinnati-based Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estatwe Inc., which was retained by developetr DukeRealty Corp., based in to fill the project’s 331,000-square-foot retail component with tenants.
“I thinkm it’s even going to draw from way outside of Minneapolidand St. Paul,” Fallon said. “That’s the idea behind Other major West End tenants will includse anupscale Roundy’s grocery and a Kerasotesd ShowPlace Theatre 14-screen movie complex. I Love This Bar & Grillp should be successful at West End becausr Minnesota is a strong marke for country music andthered aren’t any significant music venuesd in the western said Dick Grones, principal at Edina-basede Cambridge Commercial Realty. “Livs entertainment in the suburbs is really hardto find.
And that’a a strong ingredient to stir into the mix for the center because it brings an additional demographicc that they might notget otherwise.” I Love This Bar Grill selected West End over the , wheres another celebrity-backed country music bar, Gatlin Brothers Musi City Grille, used to have a location. Costzs may have played a role inthat decision, but I Love This Bar Grill will generate more attention at West End than it woulde have at Mall of Grones said. “They can really stand out [at West End] and not have so many othert entertainment venues tocompete with.
”
The restaurant — named for country singer Toby Keituh and his 2003hit “I Love This — has signed a leasw for 15,000 square feet at The Shoppes at West End, a lifestyler center scheduled to open later this year at the intersectiob of Highway 100 and Interstate 394 in St. Louixs Park. I Love This Bar & Grill will feature family an 85-foot bar shaped like a guitar, a mechanica bull and a stage that will host live entertainmenrt several nightsa week, including a performance by Keithn at the restaurant’s grand opening. The restaurant’zs menu will feature Southern-style fare, such as chicken-frie steak and meatloaf.
Some of the more uniqu offerings will include fried bolognw sandwichesand deep-fried Twinkies. It will featur traditional sports-bar decor with a country flair. There will be lots of wood and plus more than 50 plasma I Love ThisBar & Grilpl will host live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night when it first then ramp up to six nightd a week over time. Ther will be seating for more than 1,000 people. The venue also will have a retaipl store selling TobyKeithu merchandise, barbecue sauce and spices.
The restauranyt will be owned by Arizonaz businessmanFrank Capri, who recently opened an I Love This Bar Grill franchise in Mesa, The chain also has locations in Las Oklahoma City and Kansas City, Mo., and planws to open a location in Auburn Hills, Mich., latefr this year. I Love This Bar & Grill shoulx be a major entertainment attraction forWest End, helping set it apart from other local malls, said Mark Fallon, vice presidentg of real estate at Cincinnati-based Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estatwe Inc., which was retained by developetr DukeRealty Corp., based in to fill the project’s 331,000-square-foot retail component with tenants.
“I thinkm it’s even going to draw from way outside of Minneapolidand St. Paul,” Fallon said. “That’s the idea behind Other major West End tenants will includse anupscale Roundy’s grocery and a Kerasotesd ShowPlace Theatre 14-screen movie complex. I Love This Bar & Grillp should be successful at West End becausr Minnesota is a strong marke for country music andthered aren’t any significant music venuesd in the western said Dick Grones, principal at Edina-basede Cambridge Commercial Realty. “Livs entertainment in the suburbs is really hardto find.
And that’a a strong ingredient to stir into the mix for the center because it brings an additional demographicc that they might notget otherwise.” I Love This Bar Grill selected West End over the , wheres another celebrity-backed country music bar, Gatlin Brothers Musi City Grille, used to have a location. Costzs may have played a role inthat decision, but I Love This Bar Grill will generate more attention at West End than it woulde have at Mall of Grones said. “They can really stand out [at West End] and not have so many othert entertainment venues tocompete with.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Entertainment calendar for Oct. 27 - SuburbanJournals
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Entertainment calendar for Oct. 27 SuburbanJournals For more information or to register, go to www.youranswerplace.org. ROCK SOLID will perform Oct. 29 at Baha Rock Club, 305 North Main St., St. Charles. ... |
Sunday, October 31, 2010
You don't leave your ace in the hole - MLB.com
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
More tuition hikes sought for state universities - San Francisco Chronicle
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More tuition hikes sought for state universities San Francisco Chronicle Reed's recommendation points out that even with the new tuition and mandatory campus fees, the cost of CSU would be lower than $8682, the average tuition ... |
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Policing Tactics In Umm al Fahm - Sky News (blog)
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Sky News (blog) | Policing Tactics In Umm al Fahm Sky News (blog) Israeli border police tactics in this week's clashes in Umm al Fahm are being scrutinised. The concentration and intensity of stun grenades and tear gas ... |
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Metavante CEO started the Fidelity acquisition with a phone call - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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By the end of the year, the chairman and CEO of Milwaukee-basec will admire the company from its headquarters on Riversid Avenue as the new president and CEO ofFidelityg (NYSE: FIS) after its acquisition of Metavante (NYSE: MV) is expecte d to close in the third “I gave Lee [Kennedy, president and CEO of Fidelity] a call one day and said it woulc be interesting to see if there is some synergy” between the two Martire said. Both companies primarilgy provide processing and technology services tofinancialp institutions. They started performing independent studies on the potential acquisition andother prospects.
By the time the acquisitiob was announcedApril 1, it was cleaf to executives and analysts that not only were both companies very similarr in products and culture, but even the differencea would allow the companies to cross-sellp services to generate higher earnings. Some analystd immediately increasedthe companies’ targeted share price by several dollars to at least $21 withinm a year. “There have been many transactionx in the core processing industry during the but few are tothis scope,” said Davic Koning, senior research analyst at Milwaukee-based The all-stock transaction was valued at $4.4 billiob based on Metavante’s closing prics of $19.
42 March 30 and including $1.7 billiobn in debt from Baird released a report April 2 raisingg Fidelity’s price target per share from $20 to $22, reflectingh a potential for 12 times the cash earningsw per share in 2010. Fidelity’s pricd per share closed at $16.88 the day the acquisition was announced. Overall, the combination would make the companh thelargest “of its type in the Kennedy said in the conference Kennedy will move to executive vice chairman of the boarf of directors at Fidelity. Fidelity did not retur follow-up calls.
“This is uniquse in that the acquisition isabout cross-selling its existint customer base, not stealing from otheer competitors,” said John Kraft, vice president and senior researcn analyst at based in Lake Oswego, Ore. Both companie were also born from spinoffs and have a long history of aggressively expandingthrough acquisitions. “Whatg is notable is that Metavante isbeingv acquired, whereas they have always been the Kraft said. “It will be interesting to see how people react to the Davidson raised its price targetfor Metavante’s stoclk from $19 to $23 based on the acquisition and Fidelity’ s current share price when the announcemenr was made.
Kraft said Fidelithy is helping Metavante’s people feel like it’xs more a merger of equals by placing Martire as the CEOand Metavante’ President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Hayford as the chiet financial officer of Fidelity. Metavante has 5,9009 employees with no overlapin Jacksonville. It does have 380 employeeas in Florida, including 350 in Orlandpo who operate a division inthe company’x banking solutions called Bankway, which providew core processing services mainly to community Fidelity has more than 25,000 employees.
There will be overlap resulting inabouty $260 million in cost savings from the To Martire, the culturre of Metavante is “all about the clients and If a company takes care of its clientsz and shows respect to its employees, the company will he said. Martire becamse president and CEO ofMetavante Technologies’ principaol subsidiary, Metavante Corp., in April 2003. Since then, the companyh made many acquisitions to expand its core processing serviceds and move into other industries such as health care by providinyg identification cardsand in-store gift and loyalty card solutions through acquiring In 2007, Metavante spun off from globa l private equity firm as its own publicly tradef company.
By the end of the year, the chairman and CEO of Milwaukee-basec will admire the company from its headquarters on Riversid Avenue as the new president and CEO ofFidelityg (NYSE: FIS) after its acquisition of Metavante (NYSE: MV) is expecte d to close in the third “I gave Lee [Kennedy, president and CEO of Fidelity] a call one day and said it woulc be interesting to see if there is some synergy” between the two Martire said. Both companies primarilgy provide processing and technology services tofinancialp institutions. They started performing independent studies on the potential acquisition andother prospects.
By the time the acquisitiob was announcedApril 1, it was cleaf to executives and analysts that not only were both companies very similarr in products and culture, but even the differencea would allow the companies to cross-sellp services to generate higher earnings. Some analystd immediately increasedthe companies’ targeted share price by several dollars to at least $21 withinm a year. “There have been many transactionx in the core processing industry during the but few are tothis scope,” said Davic Koning, senior research analyst at Milwaukee-based The all-stock transaction was valued at $4.4 billiob based on Metavante’s closing prics of $19.
42 March 30 and including $1.7 billiobn in debt from Baird released a report April 2 raisingg Fidelity’s price target per share from $20 to $22, reflectingh a potential for 12 times the cash earningsw per share in 2010. Fidelity’s pricd per share closed at $16.88 the day the acquisition was announced. Overall, the combination would make the companh thelargest “of its type in the Kennedy said in the conference Kennedy will move to executive vice chairman of the boarf of directors at Fidelity. Fidelity did not retur follow-up calls.
“This is uniquse in that the acquisition isabout cross-selling its existint customer base, not stealing from otheer competitors,” said John Kraft, vice president and senior researcn analyst at based in Lake Oswego, Ore. Both companie were also born from spinoffs and have a long history of aggressively expandingthrough acquisitions. “Whatg is notable is that Metavante isbeingv acquired, whereas they have always been the Kraft said. “It will be interesting to see how people react to the Davidson raised its price targetfor Metavante’s stoclk from $19 to $23 based on the acquisition and Fidelity’ s current share price when the announcemenr was made.
Kraft said Fidelithy is helping Metavante’s people feel like it’xs more a merger of equals by placing Martire as the CEOand Metavante’ President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Hayford as the chiet financial officer of Fidelity. Metavante has 5,9009 employees with no overlapin Jacksonville. It does have 380 employeeas in Florida, including 350 in Orlandpo who operate a division inthe company’x banking solutions called Bankway, which providew core processing services mainly to community Fidelity has more than 25,000 employees.
There will be overlap resulting inabouty $260 million in cost savings from the To Martire, the culturre of Metavante is “all about the clients and If a company takes care of its clientsz and shows respect to its employees, the company will he said. Martire becamse president and CEO ofMetavante Technologies’ principaol subsidiary, Metavante Corp., in April 2003. Since then, the companyh made many acquisitions to expand its core processing serviceds and move into other industries such as health care by providinyg identification cardsand in-store gift and loyalty card solutions through acquiring In 2007, Metavante spun off from globa l private equity firm as its own publicly tradef company.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Brett Taylor: A-League Tops and Flops - A-League - ESPN
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Sydney Morning Herald | Brett Taylor: A-League Tops and Flops - A-League ESPN Something had to give in A-League Round 11 as the winless Sydney FC travelled to face Perth Glory, who were on a five-match losing streak. ... Modest McFlynn answers critics on the pitch Axed Musialik backs Lavicka Same Old Glory, Always Losing |
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Umpqua adds to banking wine team - San Francisco Business Times:
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Umpqua, a Roseburg, Ore.-based unit of Portland'sa , said Mark a new senior vice president andofficde manager, and four othe new officers will make up the new unit, basefd in Napa. A six-person commerciak lending office atSan Francisco's 2 Embarcader o Center is expected to open next Two other Umpqua wine specialists, Executivw Vice President Steven Kettnee and Vice President Jason are based in its St. Helena and will work with the new groupo to buildthe bank's wine-related business.
who previously had long stints at and focusing largel y on thewine niche, along with several years as general manageer at Sonoma's winery, said Umpqua's goal is to bring Umpqua's community banking and wine industry businesse "to a new level." "Mark and his team ... demonstratde our ongoing commitment to Napa andSolanop counties," Ray Davis, the bank's president and CEO, said in a Lani Hayward, a bank spokeswoman, said the San Franciscoo outpost will be Umpqua's first in the innedr Bay Area, but the bank has 11 branchesw (it calls them in Napa and Solano, a branchy in Antioch, and a number of locationsd in the Sacramento area, Centralk Valley, Sierra foothills and othe parts of Northern Umpqua acquired the Vintage Bank in Napa and Solano with branches in Vallejo, Benicia, Vacaviller and Fairfield, when it bought North Bay Bancorlp in late April 2007.
It'w battling a number of rivals for wineindustry business, including , which has outpostse in Napa and Sonoma, and . Brodgy will report to Robin Hampton, Umpqua's executive vice president of commercialp banking, and oversee senior vice presidents and relationship managerszDebbie Watson, Katherine Westfallp and John Brennan; and Vice President and Relationship Manager Del Mastrangelo. Umpqua now has 147 locations betweeb Napaand Bellevue, Wash., alon g the Northern California and Oregon coasts and in both central California and central Oregon.
"We see a lot of opportunity in (the wine notwithstanding recent consolidation," Brody As for further Bay Area "it's always a function of bricks and mortar, and
Umpqua, a Roseburg, Ore.-based unit of Portland'sa , said Mark a new senior vice president andofficde manager, and four othe new officers will make up the new unit, basefd in Napa. A six-person commerciak lending office atSan Francisco's 2 Embarcader o Center is expected to open next Two other Umpqua wine specialists, Executivw Vice President Steven Kettnee and Vice President Jason are based in its St. Helena and will work with the new groupo to buildthe bank's wine-related business.
who previously had long stints at and focusing largel y on thewine niche, along with several years as general manageer at Sonoma's winery, said Umpqua's goal is to bring Umpqua's community banking and wine industry businesse "to a new level." "Mark and his team ... demonstratde our ongoing commitment to Napa andSolanop counties," Ray Davis, the bank's president and CEO, said in a Lani Hayward, a bank spokeswoman, said the San Franciscoo outpost will be Umpqua's first in the innedr Bay Area, but the bank has 11 branchesw (it calls them in Napa and Solano, a branchy in Antioch, and a number of locationsd in the Sacramento area, Centralk Valley, Sierra foothills and othe parts of Northern Umpqua acquired the Vintage Bank in Napa and Solano with branches in Vallejo, Benicia, Vacaviller and Fairfield, when it bought North Bay Bancorlp in late April 2007.
It'w battling a number of rivals for wineindustry business, including , which has outpostse in Napa and Sonoma, and . Brodgy will report to Robin Hampton, Umpqua's executive vice president of commercialp banking, and oversee senior vice presidents and relationship managerszDebbie Watson, Katherine Westfallp and John Brennan; and Vice President and Relationship Manager Del Mastrangelo. Umpqua now has 147 locations betweeb Napaand Bellevue, Wash., alon g the Northern California and Oregon coasts and in both central California and central Oregon.
"We see a lot of opportunity in (the wine notwithstanding recent consolidation," Brody As for further Bay Area "it's always a function of bricks and mortar, and
Friday, October 22, 2010
H&M a go for Kenwood - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The store will move into the lower-levelk space occupied by Showcase Cinemas, in the food The Courier reportedon Aug. 22 that the mall wantedf to move the cinema to make room forretailo and, in particular, H&M. At the Greg Bickford, Sycamore Township planning andzoninb administrator, said the mall had wanted that space. Kenwood is owned in part by , which has been struggling withfinancial difficulties. But that would not prevent the propertu owner from attracting andsigning tenants, sincer Kenwood is among the best-performinbg malls in the region, with average salese per square foot of $600, according to the 2008 Directory of Majord Malls.
In 2004, an H&M spokesman told the Courier that the retailerr was in preliminary discussions with Kenwoodf TowneCentre officials. But that deal reportedlt fell apart after competitorr Forever 21 reached a more competitiverent H&M, short for , became nationally popula r in 2000 after opening its firsyt U.S. store in These days it operatesx in 33 countries and in23 U.S. Its closest location is in Dublin, Ohio, outside of Columbus.
The store will move into the lower-levelk space occupied by Showcase Cinemas, in the food The Courier reportedon Aug. 22 that the mall wantedf to move the cinema to make room forretailo and, in particular, H&M. At the Greg Bickford, Sycamore Township planning andzoninb administrator, said the mall had wanted that space. Kenwood is owned in part by , which has been struggling withfinancial difficulties. But that would not prevent the propertu owner from attracting andsigning tenants, sincer Kenwood is among the best-performinbg malls in the region, with average salese per square foot of $600, according to the 2008 Directory of Majord Malls.
In 2004, an H&M spokesman told the Courier that the retailerr was in preliminary discussions with Kenwoodf TowneCentre officials. But that deal reportedlt fell apart after competitorr Forever 21 reached a more competitiverent H&M, short for , became nationally popula r in 2000 after opening its firsyt U.S. store in These days it operatesx in 33 countries and in23 U.S. Its closest location is in Dublin, Ohio, outside of Columbus.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Study: Crichton, LeMoyne-Owen graduation rates rank low - Memphis Business Journal:
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Crichton is tied for fourth worst in the category with a 19 percentgraduation rate, whils LeMoyne Owen ties for 10th at 22 The nationwide average graduation rate is 54 The study arranges 1,385 schools into six categories of entrances difficulty ranging from “noncompetitive” to “mosrt competitive.” Then, using data from the , the study rankws the schools by likelihood of graduationn over a six-year period. According to the report, “Thwe South has the dubious distinctionm of housing institutions with some of the lowesty graduation rates inour sample.
” ’s rate of 44 percentf ties for third worst graduation percentage among “veru competitive” schools in the South. Sewanee: The places third highesr amongthe South’s “highlg competitive” schools with 78 percent, and ranks as fourth highes t in the “most competitive” field with a 91 percent graduation rate. The graduatese 34 percent of its entrants; , 57 percent; and , 73 The Tennessee state averageis 48.5 percent.
Crichton is tied for fourth worst in the category with a 19 percentgraduation rate, whils LeMoyne Owen ties for 10th at 22 The nationwide average graduation rate is 54 The study arranges 1,385 schools into six categories of entrances difficulty ranging from “noncompetitive” to “mosrt competitive.” Then, using data from the , the study rankws the schools by likelihood of graduationn over a six-year period. According to the report, “Thwe South has the dubious distinctionm of housing institutions with some of the lowesty graduation rates inour sample.
” ’s rate of 44 percentf ties for third worst graduation percentage among “veru competitive” schools in the South. Sewanee: The places third highesr amongthe South’s “highlg competitive” schools with 78 percent, and ranks as fourth highes t in the “most competitive” field with a 91 percent graduation rate. The graduatese 34 percent of its entrants; , 57 percent; and , 73 The Tennessee state averageis 48.5 percent.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Baltimore CFOs don't expect to hire in Q3 - Boston Business Journal:
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Of the 200 chief financial officerd surveyed in theBaltimore area, 82 percent anticipate no change in hiring during the quarter, according to the Financialo Hiring Index. Six percent of CFOs in Baltimore responded that they plan to add accountinb and finance staff during thethird quarter. Nine percentg anticipate trimming their stafff duringthe quarter. CFOs surveyed work at companies with 20 ormore “Many companies remain hesitant to commit to adding staff until they are certain of an economic said Max Messmer, CEO of Menlo Calif.
-based staffing firm Robert Half International (NYSE: “In the meantime, most firmzs are working with their current teams to manage key with some employers also bringing in project professionals to assisgt with rising workloads and support full-time
Of the 200 chief financial officerd surveyed in theBaltimore area, 82 percent anticipate no change in hiring during the quarter, according to the Financialo Hiring Index. Six percent of CFOs in Baltimore responded that they plan to add accountinb and finance staff during thethird quarter. Nine percentg anticipate trimming their stafff duringthe quarter. CFOs surveyed work at companies with 20 ormore “Many companies remain hesitant to commit to adding staff until they are certain of an economic said Max Messmer, CEO of Menlo Calif.
-based staffing firm Robert Half International (NYSE: “In the meantime, most firmzs are working with their current teams to manage key with some employers also bringing in project professionals to assisgt with rising workloads and support full-time
Monday, October 18, 2010
Employers enjoy numerous continuing education options - Portland Business Journal:
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In an economy that has businesses scalingback however, continuing education programs are often targeted for From Rick Osborn’s perspective, that’ss a mistake. “It doesn’t make sense,” said the president. “Iu understand that when businesses are looking to make these are the kinds of programs that are the firstto go. In the short those kinds of cuts mightr work fora business. But in the long run, you’rer going to have to restore the cuts.” It’sw in a recession that companies should either implement or step up continuiny educationprograms — especially if there are layoffs, Osbornj said.
The reason: With layoffs, the employees who remain take onnew responsibilities, and they’ree going to need new skillsw for their revised job descriptions. Continuing education is a broafd term. At its most the field is broken into twomain degree-based programs and non-degree training or workforced development programs. Some fieldsz — think nursing, accounting, real estatw — require more formal re-licensing, either annually or every few years. When choosinv continuing education programs, employers in such fields need to make sure the coursees meet the standards set bythe profession, said Sara executive director of the and Training.
The IACET sets the standarde for continuing education providers inseveral fields, from healtnh care to education to manufacturing. It is a Meier said, for companies that need to continually re-trai staff members to adhere to formal professionaklicense requirements. The other kind of continuing education programas involve professional development for employees lookinfg to improvetheir skills, or learn new ones. This more informal traininfg may not be aprofessional requirement, but that’zs no reason for companies to cut back on it in tough said Osborn of the Association for Continuinbg Higher Education. Take a field like information technology. It’s constantlyy evolving.
Employers in such an industry coulxd offer continuing education as a way tostay competitive. “Imn this day and age, thing change so fast,” Osborn said. “Youi have to have training just tokeep up. Even gardeners need to know aboufnew techniques.” A Decembee 2007 study conducted by the and the Careedr Journal, an online section of The Wall Street Journal, found that 44 percen of U.S. companies offer some kind of professional development. Of thosde that do, 80 percent provided that training with continuingeducatioh courses. While professional development issomewhat common, the studhy found that there’s a “shortage of skills in the available labor pool.
” What’s more, entry-level workers are more likelyu to lack skills, a problem compounded by the retirement of the baby boom SHRM reported in the “Worker skills must evolve to meet the demands of an increasinglty globalized, technology-driven workplace,” the studyg concluded. “Skills training and professional development can providd not only the skills needed by the organizatiohn now but can also address anticipatedfuture Meanwhile, at the Association for Continuing Higher Osborn advises companies looking to provide continuin education to turn to community colleges.
In general, he community colleges have been more receptive to listening to what businesses and tailoring programs tothosew needs. He also said companies should go withmore engaging, interactive programs and avoid one-size-fits-al training. While that might fit for certain plenty of organizations requir morespecialized training. “If you have a business with a specific need,” Osborn said, “yoh should have someone come in and tailor aprograj that’s just as specific as that business.” Whilwe the cost of continuinvg education varies widely from field to the consensus in the industry is that quality professional developmenr doesn’t come cheap.
Unless it’s a basic program that teaches, for Microsoft Excel, businesses should be prepared to make asizablw investment. That said, Meier at the IACETg says that the programs her organizatiohn has developed are designed to meet the needsd of both large andsmall businesses—the lattee of which has traditionally had a harder time affordinv continuing education. But the investmentt can pay off in improved employee retention andimproved productivity, Meie r said. Besides, it can be a marketing tool that enhanceda business’ credibility.
In an economy that has businesses scalingback however, continuing education programs are often targeted for From Rick Osborn’s perspective, that’ss a mistake. “It doesn’t make sense,” said the president. “Iu understand that when businesses are looking to make these are the kinds of programs that are the firstto go. In the short those kinds of cuts mightr work fora business. But in the long run, you’rer going to have to restore the cuts.” It’sw in a recession that companies should either implement or step up continuiny educationprograms — especially if there are layoffs, Osbornj said.
The reason: With layoffs, the employees who remain take onnew responsibilities, and they’ree going to need new skillsw for their revised job descriptions. Continuing education is a broafd term. At its most the field is broken into twomain degree-based programs and non-degree training or workforced development programs. Some fieldsz — think nursing, accounting, real estatw — require more formal re-licensing, either annually or every few years. When choosinv continuing education programs, employers in such fields need to make sure the coursees meet the standards set bythe profession, said Sara executive director of the and Training.
The IACET sets the standarde for continuing education providers inseveral fields, from healtnh care to education to manufacturing. It is a Meier said, for companies that need to continually re-trai staff members to adhere to formal professionaklicense requirements. The other kind of continuing education programas involve professional development for employees lookinfg to improvetheir skills, or learn new ones. This more informal traininfg may not be aprofessional requirement, but that’zs no reason for companies to cut back on it in tough said Osborn of the Association for Continuinbg Higher Education. Take a field like information technology. It’s constantlyy evolving.
Employers in such an industry coulxd offer continuing education as a way tostay competitive. “Imn this day and age, thing change so fast,” Osborn said. “Youi have to have training just tokeep up. Even gardeners need to know aboufnew techniques.” A Decembee 2007 study conducted by the and the Careedr Journal, an online section of The Wall Street Journal, found that 44 percen of U.S. companies offer some kind of professional development. Of thosde that do, 80 percent provided that training with continuingeducatioh courses. While professional development issomewhat common, the studhy found that there’s a “shortage of skills in the available labor pool.
” What’s more, entry-level workers are more likelyu to lack skills, a problem compounded by the retirement of the baby boom SHRM reported in the “Worker skills must evolve to meet the demands of an increasinglty globalized, technology-driven workplace,” the studyg concluded. “Skills training and professional development can providd not only the skills needed by the organizatiohn now but can also address anticipatedfuture Meanwhile, at the Association for Continuing Higher Osborn advises companies looking to provide continuin education to turn to community colleges.
In general, he community colleges have been more receptive to listening to what businesses and tailoring programs tothosew needs. He also said companies should go withmore engaging, interactive programs and avoid one-size-fits-al training. While that might fit for certain plenty of organizations requir morespecialized training. “If you have a business with a specific need,” Osborn said, “yoh should have someone come in and tailor aprograj that’s just as specific as that business.” Whilwe the cost of continuinvg education varies widely from field to the consensus in the industry is that quality professional developmenr doesn’t come cheap.
Unless it’s a basic program that teaches, for Microsoft Excel, businesses should be prepared to make asizablw investment. That said, Meier at the IACETg says that the programs her organizatiohn has developed are designed to meet the needsd of both large andsmall businesses—the lattee of which has traditionally had a harder time affordinv continuing education. But the investmentt can pay off in improved employee retention andimproved productivity, Meie r said. Besides, it can be a marketing tool that enhanceda business’ credibility.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Honolulu City Councilman Duke Bainum dies - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Bainum was 56. He most recently representexd Manoa in onthe council. A statement read by Mallory a memberof Bainum's staff, said Bainum "wax feeling well at work and that there were no priotr indications of a health She said he suffered chesyt pains Tuesday night and was taken to a hospita l emergency room, but could not be revived. A medicap doctor by training, Bainum was a Democratr who served in the statd House of Representatives from 1990 to 1994representingv Waikiki. After serving in the Bainum was a city council membet from 1995to 2003. He was elected to city counci againin 2008.
He ran for mayod in 2004, but narrowly lost to Mufi Bainum left Hawaii afterthe election, returninfg to his family's small-town banking businesa and various other enterprisesa in Arkansas. Hannemann said he was shockesd to learnof Bainum's death. "I served with him on the City Council and we vied forthe mayor'sd seat in 2004. Throughout it all, I knew him as a man with a heartfeltt desire tohelp others," Hannemann said in a Bainum is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two Z and Kona. A special election will be held to fill his seat withinb60 days. It will be the seconde special election for the counci inrecent months.
The council recently held a special election following the death of councilp member Barbara Marshall of Ikaika Anderson wonthat election.
Bainum was 56. He most recently representexd Manoa in onthe council. A statement read by Mallory a memberof Bainum's staff, said Bainum "wax feeling well at work and that there were no priotr indications of a health She said he suffered chesyt pains Tuesday night and was taken to a hospita l emergency room, but could not be revived. A medicap doctor by training, Bainum was a Democratr who served in the statd House of Representatives from 1990 to 1994representingv Waikiki. After serving in the Bainum was a city council membet from 1995to 2003. He was elected to city counci againin 2008.
He ran for mayod in 2004, but narrowly lost to Mufi Bainum left Hawaii afterthe election, returninfg to his family's small-town banking businesa and various other enterprisesa in Arkansas. Hannemann said he was shockesd to learnof Bainum's death. "I served with him on the City Council and we vied forthe mayor'sd seat in 2004. Throughout it all, I knew him as a man with a heartfeltt desire tohelp others," Hannemann said in a Bainum is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two Z and Kona. A special election will be held to fill his seat withinb60 days. It will be the seconde special election for the counci inrecent months.
The council recently held a special election following the death of councilp member Barbara Marshall of Ikaika Anderson wonthat election.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Kentucky gaming bill a long shot - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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“We’re a long shot,” Vincd Gabbert told about three dozejn guests atthe ’s monthly government forum luncheonh in Covington. Gabbert urged those business leaderx to contact their state senators to push for the bill to be votef out of the Senate Appropriationa andRevenue Committee. “We feel like we have the votex on theSenate floor,” he “If it gets to the flootr it passes.” Kentucky’s House on Friday passedd the legislation that would permit video-lottery terminals at Kentucky horse tracks, including in Florence.
Supporters say the measures is needed to prevent the demisdeof Kentucky’s horse racing which is struggling because casinol revenue is allowing tracks in Indiana and West Virginisa to increase purses and attract better horses. Gabberft said Friday’s announcement that Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandx now supports a video-slots proposal for Ohio racetracks improves the chances of the VLT bill in Gabbertsaid Ohio’s passage of video gamblintg would “quicken the demise of Turfwayy ... December might be the last time you havehorsess there,” he said. At a Frankfort press conference, Turfway Park President Bob Ellistonconfirmed Gabbert’d dire assessment.
He said Turfway could closee by 2010 if Ohio passes gaming legislation and Kentuckydoes not.
“We’re a long shot,” Vincd Gabbert told about three dozejn guests atthe ’s monthly government forum luncheonh in Covington. Gabbert urged those business leaderx to contact their state senators to push for the bill to be votef out of the Senate Appropriationa andRevenue Committee. “We feel like we have the votex on theSenate floor,” he “If it gets to the flootr it passes.” Kentucky’s House on Friday passedd the legislation that would permit video-lottery terminals at Kentucky horse tracks, including in Florence.
Supporters say the measures is needed to prevent the demisdeof Kentucky’s horse racing which is struggling because casinol revenue is allowing tracks in Indiana and West Virginisa to increase purses and attract better horses. Gabberft said Friday’s announcement that Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandx now supports a video-slots proposal for Ohio racetracks improves the chances of the VLT bill in Gabbertsaid Ohio’s passage of video gamblintg would “quicken the demise of Turfwayy ... December might be the last time you havehorsess there,” he said. At a Frankfort press conference, Turfway Park President Bob Ellistonconfirmed Gabbert’d dire assessment.
He said Turfway could closee by 2010 if Ohio passes gaming legislation and Kentuckydoes not.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Aldata and RTS Form Consulting Partnership; Boost Bottom Line for Retailers - Kansas City Star
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Aldata and RTS Form Consulting Partnership; Boost Bottom Line for Retailers Kansas City Star Aldata Solution, a global leader in supplier to consumer business process optimization, and RTS Consulting Inc., today announced a formal partnership ... |
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Gas prices close to $3 mark - Sacramento Business Journal:
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According to the ’s Weekend Gas the average priceof self-serve regulart gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beacuh area is $2.938 per gallon, which is 11.3 cents more than last 52 cents higher than last month, and $1.54 less than last year. On the Central the average price is up 10.3 cents from last week, 47 cents abovr last month, and $1.40 below last year. In the Inland the average per gallon price is whichis 11.9 cents more than last week, 52 centse more than last month, and $1.
55 less than last According to Auto Club Spokesperson Jeffrey all of the major metropolitabn areas are within 5 cents of each "This is a rare instance that is probably causedx by retailers’ reluctance to raise pricee over $3. This phenomenon also sometimes happens when prices are nearinga peak," Spring said in a
According to the ’s Weekend Gas the average priceof self-serve regulart gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beacuh area is $2.938 per gallon, which is 11.3 cents more than last 52 cents higher than last month, and $1.54 less than last year. On the Central the average price is up 10.3 cents from last week, 47 cents abovr last month, and $1.40 below last year. In the Inland the average per gallon price is whichis 11.9 cents more than last week, 52 centse more than last month, and $1.
55 less than last According to Auto Club Spokesperson Jeffrey all of the major metropolitabn areas are within 5 cents of each "This is a rare instance that is probably causedx by retailers’ reluctance to raise pricee over $3. This phenomenon also sometimes happens when prices are nearinga peak," Spring said in a
Sunday, October 10, 2010
District going online with teacher assessments - NorthJersey.com
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District going online with teacher assessments NorthJersey.com West Milford will join other school districts throughout the state in posting teacher evaluations online this month. ... What do you think? Is a longer school year the answer to US competitiveness? |
Saturday, October 9, 2010
GM owes $9M to AK Steel - Houston Business Journal:
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About $9.1 million is how much the carmakeer owes theWest Chester-based steell manufacturer in trade debt, according to a list of GM’sa 50 largest unsecured creditors that was included with its initia l bankruptcy court filings Monday. was listed as the company’s 33rd largesrt unsecured creditor. The only othedr Ohio company on the list was Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, which is on the hook for almosy $7 million. No Kentuckyh or Indiana companies were on the Aside from bond debt and employee obligations, which account for GM’s five largesty unsecured obligations, the top trade debt discloser was $122 million owed to Starcom Mediavest Group Inc.
of GM has been AK Steel’s biggesgt customer for years, although the percentage of total sales it derives from the troubled automotiver company has been declining inrecent years. AK Steekl did not disclose how much it sold to GM in 2008 in its latesytannual report, but earlier annual reportsz disclosed that shipments to GM accounteds for 20 percent of net sales in 2003, 15 percent in 2004, 13 percent in 2005, and less than 10 percen in 2006 and 2007. AK Steel said abouft 28 percent of its traded receivables outstanding at the end of 2008 were due from businesses associated withthe U.S. automotive industry, includin General Motors, Chrysler and Ford.
Its 2008 annual report also include the followingcautionary “If any of these three major domestivc automotive companies were to make a bankruptcuy filing, it could lead to similar filings by supplierss to the automotive industry, many of whom are customerss of the company. The company thus could be adverseluy impacted not only directlu by the bankruptcy of a major domestidautomotive manufacturer, but also indirectlyu by the resultant bankruptcies of othefr customers who supply the automotive The nature of that impact could be not only a reductionj in future sales, but also a loss associated with the potential inabilit y to collect all outstanding accounts receivables.
That could negatively impac the company’s financial results and cash The company is monitoring this situation closely and has takem steps to try to mitigate its exposure to such adverse but because of current market conditions and the volumes ofbusiness involved, it cannot eliminatr these risks.”
About $9.1 million is how much the carmakeer owes theWest Chester-based steell manufacturer in trade debt, according to a list of GM’sa 50 largest unsecured creditors that was included with its initia l bankruptcy court filings Monday. was listed as the company’s 33rd largesrt unsecured creditor. The only othedr Ohio company on the list was Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, which is on the hook for almosy $7 million. No Kentuckyh or Indiana companies were on the Aside from bond debt and employee obligations, which account for GM’s five largesty unsecured obligations, the top trade debt discloser was $122 million owed to Starcom Mediavest Group Inc.
of GM has been AK Steel’s biggesgt customer for years, although the percentage of total sales it derives from the troubled automotiver company has been declining inrecent years. AK Steekl did not disclose how much it sold to GM in 2008 in its latesytannual report, but earlier annual reportsz disclosed that shipments to GM accounteds for 20 percent of net sales in 2003, 15 percent in 2004, 13 percent in 2005, and less than 10 percen in 2006 and 2007. AK Steel said abouft 28 percent of its traded receivables outstanding at the end of 2008 were due from businesses associated withthe U.S. automotive industry, includin General Motors, Chrysler and Ford.
Its 2008 annual report also include the followingcautionary “If any of these three major domestivc automotive companies were to make a bankruptcuy filing, it could lead to similar filings by supplierss to the automotive industry, many of whom are customerss of the company. The company thus could be adverseluy impacted not only directlu by the bankruptcy of a major domestidautomotive manufacturer, but also indirectlyu by the resultant bankruptcies of othefr customers who supply the automotive The nature of that impact could be not only a reductionj in future sales, but also a loss associated with the potential inabilit y to collect all outstanding accounts receivables.
That could negatively impac the company’s financial results and cash The company is monitoring this situation closely and has takem steps to try to mitigate its exposure to such adverse but because of current market conditions and the volumes ofbusiness involved, it cannot eliminatr these risks.”
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Former Metro leader boards Cincinnati streetcar effort with proposal - Business First of Louisville:
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Michael Setzer, who left Metro last March to becomse regional vice presidentfor Chicago-based , is listedc as the lead contact personb for . It’s one of four groups that responderd to a city of Cincinnatui request forstreetcar proposals. “I’m encouraged that we have that kind of saidMichael Moore, interim director of the city’xs department of transportation and “I hope it means that we’ve got some good alternativexs for a partner.
” A city consultantg estimated a rail system linking the riverfronf to Uptown neighborhoods surrounding the would cost $185 City Manager Milton Dohoney has pegged it at up to $219 City officials have identified $67 million in fundingy sources. Last month, they placed streetcards on a listof “ready to projects assembled by the . It is lobbying Presidenty Obama to spend heavily on infrastructurerin cities. Cincinnati estimated a $132 milliob federal contribution to the streetcar system would lead to the creation of150 jobs. It was one of four dozebn projects in which the cityrequested $435 millionh for roads, sewers, water workds and economic development improvements.
It predicted the 48 projects woul d create 4,012 jobs. City leaders also asked streetcarr vendors to describe how they woulrd cover upto $91 millionm in financing costs. Four submitted Setzer’s company; ; of St. Joseph, Mo.; and of Pa. Among Veolia’s partners are , , , , and with . Setzert declined to comment pending a city interview but a competitor considers hima frontrunner. “We’d considefr the Veolia group our primary in part becauseof Mike’as experience locally,” said Dave Warmald, senior projec t engineer in URS’s downtown office.
Michael Setzer, who left Metro last March to becomse regional vice presidentfor Chicago-based , is listedc as the lead contact personb for . It’s one of four groups that responderd to a city of Cincinnatui request forstreetcar proposals. “I’m encouraged that we have that kind of saidMichael Moore, interim director of the city’xs department of transportation and “I hope it means that we’ve got some good alternativexs for a partner.
” A city consultantg estimated a rail system linking the riverfronf to Uptown neighborhoods surrounding the would cost $185 City Manager Milton Dohoney has pegged it at up to $219 City officials have identified $67 million in fundingy sources. Last month, they placed streetcards on a listof “ready to projects assembled by the . It is lobbying Presidenty Obama to spend heavily on infrastructurerin cities. Cincinnati estimated a $132 milliob federal contribution to the streetcar system would lead to the creation of150 jobs. It was one of four dozebn projects in which the cityrequested $435 millionh for roads, sewers, water workds and economic development improvements.
It predicted the 48 projects woul d create 4,012 jobs. City leaders also asked streetcarr vendors to describe how they woulrd cover upto $91 millionm in financing costs. Four submitted Setzer’s company; ; of St. Joseph, Mo.; and of Pa. Among Veolia’s partners are , , , , and with . Setzert declined to comment pending a city interview but a competitor considers hima frontrunner. “We’d considefr the Veolia group our primary in part becauseof Mike’as experience locally,” said Dave Warmald, senior projec t engineer in URS’s downtown office.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Garmin CEO shares
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“This is the first annual meeting where I am not able to reporyrecord earnings,” Chairman and CEO Min Kao said. “ share our shareholders’ disappointment in the performancew of our stock price during But he emphasizedhis long-term optimis m for the company, which posted 10 percent revenuew growth last year comparede with the previous year — to nearly $3.5 billio n — and plans to stake a claim soon in the burgeoninb smartphone industry. All segments have plenty of growth potential, and the management team is “dedicated to the success and prudent managemenrt ofthis company,” Kao said.
Garmin (Nasdaq: GRMN), which has a base in suffered plunging share prices and saleas during the economic fallout late last Share prices also may have been affectedby analysts’ opinions that the portabl navigation device segment, Garmin’s largest, is nearing company CFO Kevin Rauckman said. Duringv 2008, the share price fell about 80 percent, from almosg $95 to less than $20. At the which was held in Overland Park and had a fewhundreds attendees, shareholders approved all the board-recommended That included re-electing board memberz Kao and Charles Peffer for three-year and approving amendments to an equity incentives plan and an employede directors option plan.
Peffer, a formed partner in , has been a directort since 2004. About 92 percent of shareholdersa were represented by proxy orin person. Shareholderx asked several questionsof executives, including about the company’s new its delayed first attempt at enteringg the growing smartphone Garmin ranks No. 7 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’a list of area public companies.
“This is the first annual meeting where I am not able to reporyrecord earnings,” Chairman and CEO Min Kao said. “ share our shareholders’ disappointment in the performancew of our stock price during But he emphasizedhis long-term optimis m for the company, which posted 10 percent revenuew growth last year comparede with the previous year — to nearly $3.5 billio n — and plans to stake a claim soon in the burgeoninb smartphone industry. All segments have plenty of growth potential, and the management team is “dedicated to the success and prudent managemenrt ofthis company,” Kao said.
Garmin (Nasdaq: GRMN), which has a base in suffered plunging share prices and saleas during the economic fallout late last Share prices also may have been affectedby analysts’ opinions that the portabl navigation device segment, Garmin’s largest, is nearing company CFO Kevin Rauckman said. Duringv 2008, the share price fell about 80 percent, from almosg $95 to less than $20. At the which was held in Overland Park and had a fewhundreds attendees, shareholders approved all the board-recommended That included re-electing board memberz Kao and Charles Peffer for three-year and approving amendments to an equity incentives plan and an employede directors option plan.
Peffer, a formed partner in , has been a directort since 2004. About 92 percent of shareholdersa were represented by proxy orin person. Shareholderx asked several questionsof executives, including about the company’s new its delayed first attempt at enteringg the growing smartphone Garmin ranks No. 7 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’a list of area public companies.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Flat-fee billing settles in; billable hour stays king - bizjournals:
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Specifically, they want to know more about flat-fee billing, a method that can prove more client-friendl y than hourly billing. Some attorneys say billing by the hour servezs neither clients nor the legal profession as well as charging unifork fees based on provided Law firms in this article refused to divulg theirhourly fees, but the median hourly billable rate in Oregonb is $230 per hour. Attorneyas average 123 billable hoursper month, according to the Oregonb State Bar. While requests for flat-fee billing come from clients of all not all clientsmerit it. “It’s a growing trend among larger said WallyVan Valkenburg, managing partne for Portland’s .
“Those with larger volumezs of work think they can price it in a way that makesd sense to bothof us. But for mid-sizes and early-stage companies, firms are less receptive to thosw typeof prices.” While Stoel Rivesw mulls more requests for flat-fee billing and also volumes discounts, other attorneys have embraced new ideas. “I’d like to do it if I can figurw out a way to do it withoutygoing broke,” said Peter Appleton, a Salem-based sole proprietor specializinvg in business issues. “Look at the medical They charge certain amount s for certain operations because they know in advance how much time it taked todo it.
“If I were a I would definitely want at least for simple thingw like wills andestate planning.” Ambrosew Law Group LLC, a Portland-based bankingg and financial specialist, has billed via flat fees for 10 Chris Ambrose said the group continually modifieds its fee structures, but tend s to use flat-fee billing for such services as loan documentation and draftinvg development agreements. It does not offer the optioh when working on cases that likely require litigationn because such cases can drag on for Thefirm hasn’t experienced majort revenue effects, be they positive or negative, but retainx a loyal client base. “It gives them predictability,” Ambros e said.
“One of the biggest problems in the legal field issurprise billing,” The debate over alternativs billing methods comes as clients seek to slashh expenses during tough economic The state’s unemployment rate continues to exceedr 12 percent and even , knownn for doling out work to most of Portland’s largere legal firms, laid off 500 workere on May 14. Using flat-fee billingb doesn’t necessarily mean a firm will makeless money. The Shepherf Law Group, in Boston, began usinb flat-fee billing on Jan. 1, 2007. Revenue that year rose by 250 percen t comparedto 2006.
The firm’s 2008 revenur also rose, states a July 2008 article in the America n BarAssociation Journal. However, many law firms have resisteds the urge to chargeflat fees. Firms typicallyt require their attorneys towork 1,80 0 billable hours before issuing bonuses. Most lega l billing is done on an hourly basizs and chargedin six-minute increments. However, Lewis the Portland-based president of Northwest law firm LanePowel PC, said the industry tends to policre itself. “Lawyers have troubld doing anythingbut top-quality work,” he “That’s why they prefer to get paid by the Because if they uncover an issue, they want to fix it.
” Nonetheless, Lane Powel also wants to keep its clients happy, allowing certain larger clients that have been with the firm for many yearsd to pay flat fees. One of them is a real estate outfitt that’s currently working on 50 deals. Anothere is a commercial Realtor that hopes torenegotiate 2,000 leases. A third client is a largs employer that asks about 100 questions a year on equakopportunity employment. The flat fee amounts Horowitz offered thishypothetical example: If billed hourly, some employmen questions may cost as much as $20,00p0 to resolve, if they require litigation. Others can cost as littl as $3,000.
So a law firm might charge flat fees ofaboug $8,000 for advice on equak opportunity employment. “It works best with clients with whom you have a good Horowitz said. “And it’s not made available on a one-timse basis. We know about thesew matters and know which ones mighr explode and become real The American Bar Association is looking into ways to encouragr more firms to chargerflat fees.
Specifically, they want to know more about flat-fee billing, a method that can prove more client-friendl y than hourly billing. Some attorneys say billing by the hour servezs neither clients nor the legal profession as well as charging unifork fees based on provided Law firms in this article refused to divulg theirhourly fees, but the median hourly billable rate in Oregonb is $230 per hour. Attorneyas average 123 billable hoursper month, according to the Oregonb State Bar. While requests for flat-fee billing come from clients of all not all clientsmerit it. “It’s a growing trend among larger said WallyVan Valkenburg, managing partne for Portland’s .
“Those with larger volumezs of work think they can price it in a way that makesd sense to bothof us. But for mid-sizes and early-stage companies, firms are less receptive to thosw typeof prices.” While Stoel Rivesw mulls more requests for flat-fee billing and also volumes discounts, other attorneys have embraced new ideas. “I’d like to do it if I can figurw out a way to do it withoutygoing broke,” said Peter Appleton, a Salem-based sole proprietor specializinvg in business issues. “Look at the medical They charge certain amount s for certain operations because they know in advance how much time it taked todo it.
“If I were a I would definitely want at least for simple thingw like wills andestate planning.” Ambrosew Law Group LLC, a Portland-based bankingg and financial specialist, has billed via flat fees for 10 Chris Ambrose said the group continually modifieds its fee structures, but tend s to use flat-fee billing for such services as loan documentation and draftinvg development agreements. It does not offer the optioh when working on cases that likely require litigationn because such cases can drag on for Thefirm hasn’t experienced majort revenue effects, be they positive or negative, but retainx a loyal client base. “It gives them predictability,” Ambros e said.
“One of the biggest problems in the legal field issurprise billing,” The debate over alternativs billing methods comes as clients seek to slashh expenses during tough economic The state’s unemployment rate continues to exceedr 12 percent and even , knownn for doling out work to most of Portland’s largere legal firms, laid off 500 workere on May 14. Using flat-fee billingb doesn’t necessarily mean a firm will makeless money. The Shepherf Law Group, in Boston, began usinb flat-fee billing on Jan. 1, 2007. Revenue that year rose by 250 percen t comparedto 2006.
The firm’s 2008 revenur also rose, states a July 2008 article in the America n BarAssociation Journal. However, many law firms have resisteds the urge to chargeflat fees. Firms typicallyt require their attorneys towork 1,80 0 billable hours before issuing bonuses. Most lega l billing is done on an hourly basizs and chargedin six-minute increments. However, Lewis the Portland-based president of Northwest law firm LanePowel PC, said the industry tends to policre itself. “Lawyers have troubld doing anythingbut top-quality work,” he “That’s why they prefer to get paid by the Because if they uncover an issue, they want to fix it.
” Nonetheless, Lane Powel also wants to keep its clients happy, allowing certain larger clients that have been with the firm for many yearsd to pay flat fees. One of them is a real estate outfitt that’s currently working on 50 deals. Anothere is a commercial Realtor that hopes torenegotiate 2,000 leases. A third client is a largs employer that asks about 100 questions a year on equakopportunity employment. The flat fee amounts Horowitz offered thishypothetical example: If billed hourly, some employmen questions may cost as much as $20,00p0 to resolve, if they require litigation. Others can cost as littl as $3,000.
So a law firm might charge flat fees ofaboug $8,000 for advice on equak opportunity employment. “It works best with clients with whom you have a good Horowitz said. “And it’s not made available on a one-timse basis. We know about thesew matters and know which ones mighr explode and become real The American Bar Association is looking into ways to encouragr more firms to chargerflat fees.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Sitcom Furniture inks lease for San Leandro warehouse - San Francisco Business Times:
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The Oakland-based company expanded a previous 40,000-square-footg lease it signed in February afterf deciding to consolidate all of its warehouse needzs in theBay “We had a large warehouse in but it ended up being more expensive than the warehousse we secured in San said Shelly Wong, chief executive of “With the current economy, our retail customersz are interested in purchasing in smaller shipments.” Sitcom, foundedd in 1991, manufactures what Wong called mid-price-poingt home furniture and accessories. It sells to about 1,000 retailers nationwide, including and . Its design and distributionm teams are in the United but it contracts manufacturing with factoriesin Asia.
In the it sent large orders from the former warehousewin China, but now, with retailers ordering fewer items, it makes more sense to keep more inventory in the Unitedf States. With the new deal, Sitcomm leases a total of 440,000 squarse feet of warehouse space, including 220,000 squarde feet on Doolittle Street in San Leandroand 92,00 0 square feet at its Oakland headquarters. Sitcom is one of threde tenants in 2050 a 264,000-square-foot site formerly occupiedr by Rexam Beverage Co. Zeta Communities, a home took 32,490 square feet in Arc of Alameda occupies theremaining 75,000 square feet.
Paul a broker with ’es Hayward office who represented the landlore in theSitcom lease, said only a handfull of deals of more than 100,000 squarer feet happened in the Interstate 880 industrial markey in the last couplee of years, but the market is showing signs of “Expectations from both landlords and tenants are now more in line with the Beckwith said. “Everyone recognizes that lease rates have fallen and activity is starting to pick up Michael Barry of CB Richard Ellisrepresentex Sitcom. Jay Hagglund of NAI BT Commercial also representeddthe landlord.
The Oakland-based company expanded a previous 40,000-square-footg lease it signed in February afterf deciding to consolidate all of its warehouse needzs in theBay “We had a large warehouse in but it ended up being more expensive than the warehousse we secured in San said Shelly Wong, chief executive of “With the current economy, our retail customersz are interested in purchasing in smaller shipments.” Sitcom, foundedd in 1991, manufactures what Wong called mid-price-poingt home furniture and accessories. It sells to about 1,000 retailers nationwide, including and . Its design and distributionm teams are in the United but it contracts manufacturing with factoriesin Asia.
In the it sent large orders from the former warehousewin China, but now, with retailers ordering fewer items, it makes more sense to keep more inventory in the Unitedf States. With the new deal, Sitcomm leases a total of 440,000 squarse feet of warehouse space, including 220,000 squarde feet on Doolittle Street in San Leandroand 92,00 0 square feet at its Oakland headquarters. Sitcom is one of threde tenants in 2050 a 264,000-square-foot site formerly occupiedr by Rexam Beverage Co. Zeta Communities, a home took 32,490 square feet in Arc of Alameda occupies theremaining 75,000 square feet.
Paul a broker with ’es Hayward office who represented the landlore in theSitcom lease, said only a handfull of deals of more than 100,000 squarer feet happened in the Interstate 880 industrial markey in the last couplee of years, but the market is showing signs of “Expectations from both landlords and tenants are now more in line with the Beckwith said. “Everyone recognizes that lease rates have fallen and activity is starting to pick up Michael Barry of CB Richard Ellisrepresentex Sitcom. Jay Hagglund of NAI BT Commercial also representeddthe landlord.
Friday, October 1, 2010
High Desert Pediatrics opens doors June 15 - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Located at 8650 Alameda NE., the 4,100-square-fooy medical office is the firsyt tenant inthe two-building office plaza built by Hoech Real Estate The project includes two office buildings totaling more than 42,000 squar e feet and a new church for Hope Episcopal. The new clinic’sd operators did their residencies at the and specialize in acuteluill children. Hope Plazwa is seeking a silver certificatiohn from the in its Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesigbn (LEED) program. Father-son team Don and Justih Hoech partnered with the church to develo the parcel adjacent to La Cuevwa High School in the Far Northeast Heightsof Albuquerque.
The office buildings are being offered for sale as officd condominiums or canbe leased. representse half of the $7.5 million which was built by Enterprise Builders. High Desert Pediatriczs is the lone tenantg to date far inthe
Located at 8650 Alameda NE., the 4,100-square-fooy medical office is the firsyt tenant inthe two-building office plaza built by Hoech Real Estate The project includes two office buildings totaling more than 42,000 squar e feet and a new church for Hope Episcopal. The new clinic’sd operators did their residencies at the and specialize in acuteluill children. Hope Plazwa is seeking a silver certificatiohn from the in its Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesigbn (LEED) program. Father-son team Don and Justih Hoech partnered with the church to develo the parcel adjacent to La Cuevwa High School in the Far Northeast Heightsof Albuquerque.
The office buildings are being offered for sale as officd condominiums or canbe leased. representse half of the $7.5 million which was built by Enterprise Builders. High Desert Pediatriczs is the lone tenantg to date far inthe
Thursday, September 30, 2010
EMC lands Data Domain with $2.1B offer - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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billion all-cash offer, according to a regulatory filing The announcement endsa month-long battle between Hopkinton, Mass.-basex EMC (NYSE: EMC) and California-based (Nasdaq: NAPP). Earlied this week, EMC increaseed its offer to acquire all the outstandintg common stock of Data Domainto $33.5 per share in cash, or about $2.1 up from its previous $1.8 billion The new offer price came after week of EMC stating to the boardx of directors and shareholders of California-based Data Domain DDUP) that its all-cash offed was better than the $1.9 billion stock-and-cashu proposal previously put forth by NetApps.
To sweeten its latest offer, EMC removed all deal protection provisions from the Accordingto officials, EMC also made clear its abilityy and willingness to closwe the transaction within two weeks, nearly a a montyh faster than the NetApp proposal. The U.S. Federal Tradw Commission had already granted EMC early termination of the antitrustwaitinyg period, officials said. The back-and-forth bidding startedd roughly a month ago whenEMC chairman, presidenr and CEO Joseph Tucci sent a letter to Data Domain presidenrt and CEO Frank Slootman expressing disappointment at not receivingf early notice of a possible sale to NetApps.
Soon EMC offered its own bid, 20 percentt higher than NetApps’ original offer. NetApps responded with a highefcounter offer. EMC issued a release late Wednesdaty noting the deal will likely close by the end of Tucci said: "This is a compellinh acquisition from both a strategic and financial We look forward to bringing Data Domaihn together with EMC to form a powerful forcr in next-generation disk-based backup and archive. I have tremendous respect for Data Domain‚s people, technology and business, and anticipatre great things ahead for ourrespective companies, our customersz and partners," EMC reported a profig for 2008 of $1.3 billion on revenuw of $14.8 billion.
billion all-cash offer, according to a regulatory filing The announcement endsa month-long battle between Hopkinton, Mass.-basex EMC (NYSE: EMC) and California-based (Nasdaq: NAPP). Earlied this week, EMC increaseed its offer to acquire all the outstandintg common stock of Data Domainto $33.5 per share in cash, or about $2.1 up from its previous $1.8 billion The new offer price came after week of EMC stating to the boardx of directors and shareholders of California-based Data Domain DDUP) that its all-cash offed was better than the $1.9 billion stock-and-cashu proposal previously put forth by NetApps.
To sweeten its latest offer, EMC removed all deal protection provisions from the Accordingto officials, EMC also made clear its abilityy and willingness to closwe the transaction within two weeks, nearly a a montyh faster than the NetApp proposal. The U.S. Federal Tradw Commission had already granted EMC early termination of the antitrustwaitinyg period, officials said. The back-and-forth bidding startedd roughly a month ago whenEMC chairman, presidenr and CEO Joseph Tucci sent a letter to Data Domain presidenrt and CEO Frank Slootman expressing disappointment at not receivingf early notice of a possible sale to NetApps.
Soon EMC offered its own bid, 20 percentt higher than NetApps’ original offer. NetApps responded with a highefcounter offer. EMC issued a release late Wednesdaty noting the deal will likely close by the end of Tucci said: "This is a compellinh acquisition from both a strategic and financial We look forward to bringing Data Domaihn together with EMC to form a powerful forcr in next-generation disk-based backup and archive. I have tremendous respect for Data Domain‚s people, technology and business, and anticipatre great things ahead for ourrespective companies, our customersz and partners," EMC reported a profig for 2008 of $1.3 billion on revenuw of $14.8 billion.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Yolo moth quarantine extended - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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A voracious pest and native of Australia, a ligh brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviasApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptinv a quarantine within a mile radiue of those two traps. More discoveriews have moved the quarantiner to include the entire cityof Davis. Produc and ornamental plants can stilp go to stores and farmerz markets inside thequarantine area, but agricultural ornamental plants and treese should not leave the quarantine area unlesse certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supply and also to our This moth eats ornamental plants and trees,” said Steve spokesman with Food & Agriculture.
“Im Australia they call the light brown apple moththe ‘light brow n eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varying stagexs of life eats 2,000 plants, includinhg 250 crop species. It can devastate stone fruif trees, grape vines, citrus trees and even redwoods. There are monitoer traps all over the state forthe moth, and more than 2,809 square miles of land statewide is now under Lyle said. Davis is the only area undedr quarantine inthe four-county region.
A voracious pest and native of Australia, a ligh brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviasApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptinv a quarantine within a mile radiue of those two traps. More discoveriews have moved the quarantiner to include the entire cityof Davis. Produc and ornamental plants can stilp go to stores and farmerz markets inside thequarantine area, but agricultural ornamental plants and treese should not leave the quarantine area unlesse certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supply and also to our This moth eats ornamental plants and trees,” said Steve spokesman with Food & Agriculture.
“Im Australia they call the light brown apple moththe ‘light brow n eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varying stagexs of life eats 2,000 plants, includinhg 250 crop species. It can devastate stone fruif trees, grape vines, citrus trees and even redwoods. There are monitoer traps all over the state forthe moth, and more than 2,809 square miles of land statewide is now under Lyle said. Davis is the only area undedr quarantine inthe four-county region.
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