Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Buying a car? Just use Ebay's mobile phone app - Toronto Star

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Monday, December 27, 2010

Kansas City Business Journal: Frequently Asked Questions

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Friday, December 24, 2010

Dallas stocks: Who

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The NASDAQ also was down 40.97 hitting 1,400.26, while the S&Pl 500 fell 23.84 points to While many Dallas-based companies felt the pinch of fallinbstock prices, a few companies reported stock gaines early Monday afternoon. Among them was (NYSE: THC), whichb saw its stock priced rise 7.14 percent on hitting $1.05 per share, up from 98 cents at closd theday prior. Tenet’w earnings are expected this Earlierthis month, the hospital operator announcedx it had inked a deal to sell and USC Kennetn Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital for $275 millionh — with proceeds used to cover general corporate expenses, according to the (NASDAQ: FFEX) also rose 4.58 percenr to $3.88 per share.
Airline stockes including Fort Worth-based (NYSE: AMR), the parent company of , recorded a stock price of $4.4u per share, up 4.43 percent in the late Dallas-based Airlines (NYSE: LUV) was up slightly by .15 percengt to $6.53 per share. On the many Dallas-Fort Worth area stockxs remained inthe red. Below is a list of severak major players with falling stock price asof 2:30 p.m. CST: Commerciak Metals Co. (NYSE: CMC), down 8.41 percenty to $10.13 per share; (NYSE: XTO), down 5.75 percentf to $30.15 per (NYSE: XTEX), down 6.25 percent to $3.15 per (NYSE: TMK), down 6.21 percentt to $20.70 per share; (PXD), down 7.43 percentt to $13.96 per share; Idearc IDAR), down 17.
65 percent to 7 cents per

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Times Sues City Police, Saying Information Has Been Illegally Withheld - New York Times

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Friday, December 17, 2010

Memphis Business Journal:

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Orthomemphis PC — Steven Chipman and Sara Siler have joinedr asphysical therapists. Lifesigns — Monica Walker has been hiresd as vice president ofcenter operations. Oden — Lisa Christense has joined aswriting director. Spenceer King has joined as design director. Kati Goetscjh has joined as associatewaccount manager. Katie Russell has joined as senior CadenceBank — Aubrey Oliver has been hireds as senior credit officer. Workplace Essentials — Jim Brasfield has been hireds as thebusiness manager. Butler, Snow, Stevens & Cannada PLLC Kari Sutherland has joinedthe firm.
Crittenden Regionalp Hospital — Terry Chambers has been promoted to director ofhuman resoures. Linda Tant has been promotesd to manager, compensation and benefits. Ronald McDonald Housew Charities ofMemphis — Caron Byrd has been hirecd as executive director. Sheila Campbell has been hired as director of financseand administration. Sherri Maxeyt has been hired as director ofhouses operations. Sarah Wilson has been hires asvolunteer coordinator.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwelkl & Berkowitz PC — Susan Fentress has joined the MagnaBank — Amy Linthicuj has been promoted to vice

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

MillerCoors opens $21.8M Chicago headquarters - Dallas Business Journal:

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million. The new headquarters, at 250 S. Wackef Drive, for the joint venturre that combines Milwaukee's and Colorado's will bring 325 jobs to according to a Dalegpress release. “The decision of MillerCoors to locate its headquarters here strengthenss our reputation as an important global centert from which to conducgt business and confirms that Chicago is seen as a desirabld placeto live, work and raise a family,” Dale said at a news conference held at the company’z offices. MillerCoors was created in June 2008 and plc of Londonj and of Denver combinecdthe U.S.
and Puerto Rico operation s of theirrespective subsidiaries, Miller and into the joint The brewer announced in July 2008 that it woulrd locate the headquarters in the neutrak city of Chicago in fairness to the citie s of Milwaukee and Golden, Colo. The headquarters will include the majority of MillerCoorsssenior executives, as well as marketing, humanm resources, legal, finance, information technologh and communications divisions. MillerCoors’ total projects costsa are currently estimated tobe $21.u8 million and include substantial tenant build-out as well as improvements to a river walk just west of the building.
The city of Chicago agreed to provide $6 million in tax incremental financing funds for redevelopmenty ofthe property. In addition, the statw of Illinois pledged an economic package ofroughlhy $18 million to lure MillerCoors to Chicago over Dallas. MillerCoors has applied for silvet level certification under the Leadershi p in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) Green Buildingy Rating System of the U.S. Greeb Building Council.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Nypro chairman

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Nypro is Clinton’s biggest employer by far, with 900 But when Gordon Lankton arrived therse as CEOand co-owne in 1962, there were only 20 employees. Everyone pitched in and Lankton often found himselcf on thefactory floor, working alongside his employees. He said earlh on, he thought to himself, “I like thesr people. They should share in the wealtjh ofthe company.” At a time when the excessexs of officials at companies like AIG test the public’s Lankton stands as a stari reminder that good corporate citizens — thosse who value their employees and their communities above their own pursuit of wealth or fame — do But before he could becomw a benefactor, Lankton had to build his company’s wealth.
When the company was founde d in 1955, it made useful plastic items, like combs. Today, the company makews more complexcombination devices, such as a computerizecd insulin pen for diabetics it produces in collaborationb with one of its . Nypro has three different divisions consumer electronics, packaging and health care. The healthy care division, headquartered in Clinton, molds and assemblee about 3 million asthma inhalerszeach year. It also producesw 33 million insulin injection devices and about 80 million check valvesw to be used to controp blood flow inIV sets. Lankton’s straight posturr and deft movements belie his77 years.
The only hint that age has foundc him isthe tiny, clear tube snakingb out his ear, indicating a hearing aid. There is a big box on his desk that is full of cell phone covers and other discardedf plastic remnants ofcommon products. Lankton is particularly prou of oneitem — a clear plasti mold with 12 divets in it. It is the symbo l of one of Nypro’s early successes, a long term deal with to produc the molds for its Vistaconcontact lenses. “Thag deal kept the factory going for three shiftsa day, all for 15 years,” Lanktomn said. But the company also facedr someserious challenges.
In 1980, Lankton said, “We were only the CFO didn’t tell me we were While that may be a slight it is true there were some weeks when the companhy struggled tomake payroll. Nyproi was overextended. The company had borrowed heavily to buildeplants overseas, starting in Taiwan in 1973. Interest ratews went through the roof, landing at 20 In addition, a company that prided itself on providingh customized service now had a client base that had ballooned to 400 Lankton came up with a plan calleddthe $1 million club: identify potential customerws who would buy $1 million dollars of goodz per year. Nypro would focus only on industryt leaders, the big fish.
The firm shrunk its customedr list to 40 and returnedto profitability. And that craz idea to build plants in placeas like Indiaand China? “We beat our competitors theres by 20 years,” Lankton said with an impish The idea for those overseas plants was born in 1956 when Lanktonj was 25. Newly released from the army in he hopped on a motorcycle and spenr nine months on a windintg path through23 countries. His stops included some of the current-day most dangerous places on earth Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan. But ther e was one place Lankton couldx notvisit — the Soviet Union.
He had spen t the past two years, he said, spyinvg on Russians in East Germany, and he wanted a glimpsse of the culture. So when the Iron Curtain liftedin 1989, he went there righf away to open a plastics factory. One day, he was walkinf around a flea market when he noticedf a small painting onthe ground, coverec in dirt. He was told it was a Russiamn religious icon, most often seen in Orthodoxs churches. He bought it for $25. Some 350 icones later, at a value of tens of millionsof Lankton’s collection of Russian religious art has becomse one of the most respected in the This despite the fact, he said, that “I flunked out of Biblre school when I was 8.
” Lankton trie to donate the collection to museums such as the but they told him the collectionn would spend most of its time in the archives, and Lanktojn couldn’t bear that. So he builtf his own baby Guggenheim, replete with winding glasas andmetal staircase, and lighting any curator would die for. On one it is an 1850s building that has been used as both a post officde and ageneral store. On the othefr side, a gleaming metal additionn juts outonto Clinton’s main street, with simple lettering that reads .
Word of moutyh in the Russian-American community, aided by gian ads in major daily newspapers, has quickly built an audienc for the only museum of its kind in theUniteds States. The curator was overwhelmed on a recent when 400 peopleshowed up. Anothedr of Lankton’s legacies is benefitting Nypro employeeesmore directly. In 1993, at the age of 62, Lankton decided the companuy belonged to the people whoworkede there. He turned Nypro into one of the largest private, employee-owned firms headquartered in the Unitefd States. To date, the company has created 60 One employee retired earlier this monthwith $9 million dollard in company stock.
Lankton says as for him, he’s But not because gave away the or lost his shirt in thestock market. He said it’zs because he has spent $1 to $2 milliojn over the past year on Russian The value of those hasrisen steadily, but he plan s to give them all away to his museum.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Workers at two MillerCoors plants ratify new deals - South Florida Business Journal:

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and Fort Worth, have ratified new, three-year contracts. The agreementsx cover more than 900 employees at the two breweriesz and provide wage and pension increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified thesd contracts at MillerCoors because they provide stabilityu for their families,” said Jack Cipriani, directodr of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drinmk Workers Conference, which represents workers at the “For the next three years, our members at MillerCoors know that their wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lot in today’s economy.
” The contracts call for no healthb care cost increases for workers in the first year of the contracyt and only minor increases for the secon d and third years, according to the The new deal also guaranteed that employees who have retired or who will retird during the course of the three-yeard contracts won’t be required to pay healthj care premiums. “We value all generationsd of our members, so we made sure that therr were improvements for both active members at MillerCoorsa and the retirees who had paved the way before with theire long yearsof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamster s union represents 1,200 MillerCoors workers nationwide.
The unio n also represents workers at the MillerCoors brewerytin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contracyt covering employees at the plant areundee way. MillerCoors is a joint venture betweenh MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewingv Co., Golden, Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoord operates a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’x west side. Workers at the Milwaukee breweryh are represented by Brewery Workerxs Local 9 of the United AutoWorkers union.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Demonstrators in Ireland Protest Austerity Plan - New York Times

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Net income takes dive at BlueCross - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Alabama’s largest health insurer blamed slumpint investment returns forthe decline. BlueCross also reported risingt pension obligations and fallingpensiobn assets. Wall Street’s downturn, couplerd with increasing unemployment rates, contributed to the state’s largesr health insurer’s profit drop, experts said. BlueCrosas had more than $1 billion investee in stocks and bondsin 2008, according to The Birmingham-based firm said its income statement was impacted by the BlueCross reported net income of $28.6 million in 2008, down from $71.t million in 2007. It also saw $82.33 million in unrealized capital lossesin 2008. In it posted unrealized capital lossesof $14.
1 million. BlueCrosd holds 96 percent of the state’s small businesa health insurance policies. Its 2008 net premium incomse vaulted 14 percentto $4 billion up from $3.5 billion in mostly from increased enrollment in products in whicnh it partners with the federakl government. While its premium revenues soared, BlueCross’ pensiohn plan assets tumbled by $82 million betweenm 2007 and 2008 while its pensionh obligationsrose $31 million. public policy professor Davi d Bradford said insurers are just as susceptible to the recessiobn as anyother industry.
He said insurers typically invest significant amounts of their reserves and consumersa could see premium increases as BlueCross trie to recoup some ofits losses. Increaseed premium revenues are a good sign inturbulenft times, but it isn’t the only factor impacting a firm’s bottom line, Bradfords said. “That doesn’t mean their profits go up as they absorbb some of theincreasin costs, which they could do instead of passing it on to policyt holders,” Bradford said. “Going forward, greater pressure could be put on premiu m increases to support the obligations has to pay in BlueCross said, in an e-mailed response, 11.7 percentt of its 14.
2 percent premium revenure increase in 2008 came from growty in its fully insured , Medicare Part D and Federakl Employees Program Plan. The remaininbg 2.5 premium increase came from its individual, Medicare supplemental and dental products. Unrealizecd capital losses resulted in BlueCross decreasing its unassigneds reserve fundsby $88.1 million. That is significantr because it reducedthe firm’s reservew to $656.3 million as of Dec. 31, 2008. Despitew the drop, BlueCross exceeded the state mandate of atleast $480.1 million. The Alabamw Department of Insurance mandates BlueCross keep money in reservr to ensure it can payits claims.
If it fell belosw the state requirement, it woulfd have to erase the shortfall with acapita contribution, according to Alabama Deputy Insurance Commissioner Davied Parsons. Parsons said the BlueCross nationa association has higher reserve fund requirementsw than the state with the threar of revoking its affiliation if its reserve threshold isnot met. BlueCross of Alabama said it has $638 million in unassigned funds througn the first quarter of 2009 andits long-termn financial footing is strong. “Oud projections show that we will continud to remain well above the statwe mandated minimum level ofunassigned BlueCross’ statement said.
“BlueCross has adequate reserves to meet its obligationa in 2009and beyond.” While BCBS’s pensiomn obligations grew in 2008, its federal tax expendituresw continued to trend downward. It’s 2008 federal tax bill was $9.6 down from $19.2 million in 2007 and $45.9 million in 2006, financial records show. Federap law caps BlueCross BlueShield affiliates’ tax rate at 20 percentr while its competitor paid 36 percent in the firsty quarterof 2009.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Chicanos Por La Causa, MariSol credit unions merge - San Francisco Business Times:

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As part of the merger, which finalized June 1, CPLC’sw one location will become a MariSol’s branch at 701 S. Centralo Ave., bringing its total number of metr o Phoenix locations to The Chicanos Por La Causs staff will remain at the central branch and CPLC accountx will be transferredto MariSol. Membera shouldn’t expect any changes. “We are committed to makingh this transition as seamless as possible and to maintaining our shared values and commitment to ourHispanicc neighbors,” said MariSol CEO Robin L.
“MariSol will continue to focus on making a difference in the community we serve and to educating each of our new memberds on ways they can maintain theifr ownfinancial stability.” Both organizations serve the region’d vast Latino demographic and have seen losses mount in the financiak crisis, similar to many other credit uniond here. Many of their customeres have lost their jobs and are struggling to meet loan CPLClost $52,000 in the first and boosted its loan loss allowance to $315,000. In the credit union lost $585,000. As of Marcgh 31, it had 77,462 delinquent loanz on the books.
MariSol lost $214,006 in the first quarter and reportedthat 210,818 borrowers were delinquengt on loans. In MariSol lost $317,000. The nonprofit has more than $26 million in assetas and 6,700 members. CPLC was foundec in 1988 and grewto $4 milliohn in assets and 1,7009 members.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Global turmoil boosts Smith & Wesson sales - Denver Business Journal:

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The Springfield, Massachusetts gun makerr (Nasdaq: SWHC) recently secured a rare order from the Indiaa Police Force after terrorists stormedMumbai hotels. With supporg from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhki and the , Smith & Wesson securede an export license and began shippingt weaponsin June. In its fiscal fourth quarter, the companyg secured orders from several law enforcement agenciesin Mexico, whose drug-related violence is on the rise. The company on Monday said net sales for the fourth quarter that endedc April 30 surged 20 percentto $99.5 million compared with the year-ago Net income during the quarter was $7.4 compared with $3.3 million in the year-earlier period.
Smithn & Wesson President and CEO Michaeol F. Golden said in a statement the resultzs reflect a number of records forthe company, including for cash level and unfilled customer orders for

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Lockheed-Starwood solar plant construction will create many jobs - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Last week’s announcement that and Global LLC were collaboratinfg ona 290-megawatt facility abouyt 75 miles west of Phoenix means Arizona contractors will get some of the said Chris Myers, Lockheed Martin’s vice presidentf for energy programs. The companies still are evaluating subcontractord for theproposed $1.5 billion power plant, dubbex Starwood Solar I. Some such as creating the mirrored trough that will focusthe sun’s energy, typically is done by specializedr companies, Myers said, but there will be plentyt more. “We’re going to do a lot of the work here in he said.
Steel manufacturing and othe industries could benefit from an increasedr Arizona focus on solar Starwood and Lockheed Martinestimatwe 1,000 jobs will be created as a resul t of the construction, and an additionalp 6,000 could result from supplier relationships. The companies plan to hold recruitmentr events this summer to inform local companies aboutthe opportunities, Myers said. In the the company is using a newly launchedWeb site, www.starwoodsolar.com, to distributwe information and tell businesses how they can get involveds with the project. The construction also will requirr infrastructure upgrades at transmission facilities to tie inwith Starwood’s facility.
Included in those upgrades will be work at Arizon PublicService Co.’s Delaney substation, whic h Starwood will fund up APS, which has agreed to purchase power from the soladr plant, has funds earmarked in its 2012 budgeyt for expanding the Delaneh substation. “To bring in somethingy that large, there are going to have to be saidStephen Zaminski, Starwood’s executive vice president and managingv director. Starwood operates about 40 other power plantas and owns all or part of severa l transmission routes through five It began its partnership with Lockheed about 18 monthse ago as both lookefd for a site fora utility-scale plant.
Starwood runs its solare operations via subsidiary NautilusSolar LLC, whichn has done several large commercial-scalr projects, but nothing as big as what the two are attemptingh in the Harquahala Valley. The two companiesz believe their combined relationships with financial institutionsa will help them overcomse the financing hurdles that have stalled severao othersolar projects. Some major project announcements of the past few years have been delayed because companiess that signeddeals couldn’t take the next step towarcd developing a commercial product, said Madison Grose, vice chairmajn and senior managing director for “The folks who take it to commercializatiojn have to realize there’s a differentf skill set needed to take it to the next he said.
Another hurdle is gettingh financial institutions and utilities comfortable enough with the solarf concept that they view it the same way as traditionalppower plants, Grose said. The companies are planningy to spend the summer conductinfg public meetings on the project with submissions to the ArizonaCorporatiobn Commission, which must approve the power purchase deal by this fall, said Brad CEO and managing director of Starwood. The company hopes to get its building permits and ACC approvalsd settledby mid-2010, get its financing in placer and move forward with construction by the lattef half of that year, Nordholmm said.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

The taciturn technician - The Olympian

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Saturday, November 20, 2010

JeffSTAT's medical rescue team now includes helicopter - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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, the university's ground medical transportation, recently added a medicallyy equipped helicopter and transport making the air servics available to allarea hospitals. The an EC 135, is owned by Air a publicly traded companuy basedin Englewood, Colo. Air Methods providess air medical transportation services to more than 60 hospitala acrossthe country. Its partnership with Jefferson, which includes Air Methodsx managing the aviation aspects of the marksthe company's first fora into the Philadelphia Jefferson annually transports about 400 patiente by air. In the past, it relieed on outside helicopter services.
"The addition of a helicopter to JeffSTAT's fleet of vehiclews will reduce our dependence on othet helicopter services that were not always availablr when weneeded them," said Brian Sweeney, director of Jefferson has added 10 full-time paramedics and nurse for the helicopter service. The Health Systemk announced three changes to itsmanagementt team, including naming John Buckley as the medicakl center's new executive director and CEO. Buckley most recently serverd as president and CEOof , the parenft company of . He replaces Robert who had been with the hospital for four Tom Bielecki has assumed the position of chiegfinancial officer.
He recently came to Temple from ChestnutgHill Healthcare, where he held a number of senior level positionz over the past 25 years, including executive vice president and CFO. Bielecki replaces Ray Lefton, who had been with the hospital foreight years. Kay Graham of the Templ health system human resourcesd department has assumed the positiob of associate hospital director of human resourceas on aninterim basis. Grahamn replaces Dave Williamson, who had been with the hospital for four Temple officials declined further comment on what it describedas "personnelp moves.
" King of Prussia-based RecoverCare raise d $5 million in a private stock which the company will use to expandx its business. The company providesa low air-loss mattress and overlays, preventive foam and gel and specialty hospital beds and patientt transfer systemsto acute-care hospitals, nursingt homes, and other providers of wound-care The financing, completed earlierr this month, was provided by NewSprinhg Ventures and Commerce Health which are also based in King of Related to the financing, Brian G.
Murphy of NewSprinfg Ventures joined RecoverCare's board of "This financing will provide RecoverCar e with the resources to continure to invest in sales and as well asselected acquisitions," said Jon the company's CEO. The is presentinh a program on stem cell research that will feature bioethicisgtArthur Caplan; U.S. Rep. James Greenwood, who is takin over as president of the Biotechnology Industry Associatiojnnext year; and scientist Kenneth Zaret. The free public "Stem Cells in Medicine: A Dialogue On the Ethical, Biologicapl and Policy Issues," will take place Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m. on the colleges campus at 19 S. 22nd St.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

James Kelly II Showcases Professional Brand through Cambridge Who's Who - 24-7PressRelease.com (press release)

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Toby Keith

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The restaurant — named for countrty singer Toby Keith and his 2003hit “I Love This Bar” has signed a lease for 15,000 square feet at The Shoppes at West End, a lifestyle center schedulefd to open later this year at the intersection of Highwat 100 and Interstate 394 in St. Louiss Park. I Love This Bar Grill will featurefamily dining, an 85-foot bar shaperd like a guitar, a mechanicakl bull and a stage that will host live entertainmenft several nights a including a performance by Keith at the restaurant’ss grand opening.
The restaurant’s menu will feature Southern-style fare, such as chicken-fried steak and Some of the more unique offerings will includee fried bologna sandwichesand deep-fried Twinkies. It will featurre traditional sports-bar decor with a countrty flair. There will be lots of wood and plus more than 50plasma televisions. I Love This Bar Grill will host live entertainmenteveryu Thursday, Friday and Saturday night when it firsft opens, then ramp up to six nightsx a week over time. There will be seating for morethan 1,00 0 people. The venue also will have a retailp store selling TobyKeith merchandise, barbecue saucse and spices.
The restaurant will be owne by Arizona businessman Frank who recently opened an I Love This Bar Grill franchisein Mesa, Ariz. The chain also has locationsz inLas Vegas, Oklahoma City and Kansas City, Mo., and plansx to open a locatiobn in Auburn Hills, later this year. I Love This Bar Grill should be a majof entertainment attraction forWest End, helping set it apartg from other local malls, said Mark Fallon, vice president of real estatde at Cincinnati-based Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estatwe Inc., which was retainexd by developer DukeRealty Corp., based in to fill the project’s 331,000-square-foo retail component with tenants.
“I thinlk it’s even going to draw from way outside of Minneapolizsand St. Paul,” Fallon said. “That’s the idea behinc it.” Other major West End tenants will includes anupscale Roundy’s grocery and a Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatre 14-screen movie I Love This Bar & Grill should be successfulp at West End because Minnesota is a strong market for country music and there aren’t any significant musi c venues in the western said Dick Grones, principal at Edina-baser Cambridge Commercial Realty.
“Live entertainment in the suburbs is really hard to And that’s a strong ingredient to stir into the mix for the center because it brings an additional demographic that they might not get I Love This Bar & Grilpl selected West End over the , where anothed celebrity-backed country music bar, Gatlin Brothersa Music City Grille, used to have a Costs may have played a role in that decision, but I Love This Bar Grill will generate more attention at West End than it woulr have at Mall of America, Gronezs said. “They can really stanx out [at West End] and not have so many other entertainmenr venues tocompete with.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Condo 'neighborhood' sketched for E. Gay St. - Business First of Columbus:

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will propose to build 250 condominiumsz at East Long and East Gay streets in a layoutr designed toevoke Chicago's Lincoln Park or New York'ws Murray Hill venerable enclaves. The compan expects to deliver its conceptualplans Nov. 21 to the city'as Downtown Commission. "It's a much differentf product than what's been builtr in the downtown byanybody else," said company President Jeff Edwards. Indeed, the proposal calls for garden- and townhouse-styles condos to be densely developedr along severalcity blocks. "Everyone kind of jumpsd up and down andthinks it's wonderful that (projects are) going Edwards said.
"I frankly think we should be going out because there's so much vacant land downtown." , an affiliat of the developer. has spent nearly $7.8 million sincd March acquiring about 60 percent of the project It paid anadditional $350,000 in Septembeer for a property along the northern edge of Long Streef that will serve as a constructionb staging area. The company still needa to get about 10 percent of the or less thanan acre, under contract before its and Multicobn Construction divisions can start workingg on the development, Edwards said. The developer plans to builx the condos over four tosix years, with the firsft buildings scheduled to open next fall.
"Wes have the luxury to react to the marketplacs basedon what's Edwards said. "We laid out the whole project butthat doesn't mean we can't vary on it." If approved, the projecty would mark the largest condo projec t undertaken downtown since the city launched its urbaj housing development initiative in 2002. Real estate consultant Ken Danter said he expectsx the project will attract a different buyer from thoss drawn tothe office-to-condo conversiohn projects that have dominated the downtownn housing market.
"It broadens the market considerably to wherew more people in the suburbs will feel comfortabl e moving into that kindof environment," said the president of creates that village-like feel you get in German Village or the Shorgt North." Edwards plans to begin selling one-bedroom garden condos in the $120,000o range. A three-bedroom townhouse of 2,600 squarwe feet would head intothe $450,000s. Danter said those prices, at or beloq $200 a square foot, widens the downtown market, where some recent housinfg has crept intothe $250-a-square-foot pricew range. "We've been encouraging people for a long time to come in at a broadedprice point," Danter said.
The project'se eastern edge would sit inside theDiscovery District, whicyh has landed a few housing projects in recent including 88 apartments planned for the former Senecqa hotel building at South Grant Avenue and East Broaf Street and the 44-unir Terraces on Grant south of Town Street. The lack of developmentf in that section of downtowm surprises the president of the Discoverhy DistrictDevelopment Corp. because of the nearbg cultural andeducational institutions. "I would think those developing any sort of downtown housing would see that asa plus," said Chuci Wickert, a senior vice president.
Wickery said Columbus State Communit College and the have begun expanding westwards toward North Fourth Street to fill in some of the expans e of parking lots near where Edwards plansto "Eventually, it's all goinfg to get connected," he Edwards looked at two other sitea before choosing East Gay Street. "I figures if we were going to work on a projec tlike this, we needed it to be of a size to creatse a neighborhood," he said. "There aren'g all that many locations whers you can tie up this amountof ground.
" Edwards called Gay Street an attractive residential corridor because of developmenyt between North High and Fourth streets and the city'ss plans to return the street to two-wayg traffic. "Gay Street has the best start on beinga big-cit downtown street," he The developer said the collection of townhouses will make it differenrt from office-conversion projects, where residents often share staircases and elevators. East Gay residents will share two-car garages. "Everybody has their own everybody has their own outside space and everybody has a garagwbehind them," Edwards said. The project is designede by of Columbus.
Edwards said the townhoused will sport variedarchitectural styles. He said not naming the projectt is aimed at avoiding the perceptionof "I keep resisting that because I think if we name it, it beginw to feel like a project and we haven'g done the area justice," he said. Edwards Cos. Business: Family-ownex real estate holding company with operating divisions that develop land andcommerciall properties, and build single- and multifamilgy housing projects in 30 Based: Columbus Employees: 4,000 Web sites: duffyhomes.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Summit Development Group seeks new plan as MacKenzie moves on - St. Louis Business Journal:

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LLC had planned to team with locak firm to developa high-end senior residential communityt on 12 acres at 3200 Lacledde Station Road, the site of the . The known as MacKenzie Place atDeer Creek, was slatee to include a 77-bed assisted-living facility and more than 200 independeng living units as well as retail space. However, financinf issues have caused MacKenzied Houseto re-evaluate the project, according to a filingg with the Missouri Certificate of Need program. MacKenzier now has set its sights on a much smalleeproject — a $17 million communit to be built on the campus of the existin g Stonebridge Communities at Brookview in Maryland Heights.
campus includes the Brookview Nursinh Home, a 223-bed skilled nursing facility at 2963Doddridge Ave. The facilityy is operated by St. Charles-based , which operates nine senior-care facilities across The Stonebridge campus in Maryland Heights includes a larger piece of land that is not yetfullty developed, according to Rick an attorney with who is workinvg with MacKenzie on the project. ElderCare already was workintg on plans to add independent livinand assisted-living facilities to the Watters said. “Then when the MacKenzie Placde at Deer Creekproject wasn’t able to go they saw it as an opportunity to bring those beds to the he said.
“Now this project is going to be much smaller and easierto finance.” The proposed facilitt will include 77 assisted-living beds and 29 independentt living units. Future plans include an additional 10 stand-alone duplex independenft living units. Upon completion, ElderCare would manage the proposede facility. Summit Development still owns the Deer Creek Shoppingb Center and is working through various redevelopment options sinced the MacKenzie House project failefd tomove forward. These options include redeveloping the western portion of the shoppingt center into a senior livingb facility asoriginally proposed, according to John Ross Jr., presideng of Summit.
The company is currentlyh in discussions with a few operatorsand developers, and expect “to finalize a direction” in the next two to thres months, Ross said. MacKenzie Place at Deer Creekm is not the onlylocal senior-livingy project to be stalled by the credif crunch. In addition to the MacKenzie Placw project, the Missouri CON agenda for its June 1 meetingh also includes the forfeituree of a CON toestablish Grant’s Farm a 12-bed assisted- living facility and 24-be d skilled nursing facility planned for Last month, Baltimore-based , the developed for the project, closede the marketing and sales center for Grant’s Farm citing an inability to secure financing for the CEO Rick Grindrod said in a statemengt at the time that the company was returning deposits made by prospective residents upon request but was not ruling out buildint the project when the economy rebounds.

Monday, November 8, 2010

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

TBC to buy Sears unit for $260 million - Memphis Business Journal:

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The total price includes $35 millioj for assets TBC will acquire inthe transaction, whicjh is expected to close in the fourthh quarter. Memphis-based TBC is one of the nation's largest marketers of automotivereplacemenf tires. The company's retailk operations include company-owned Tire Kingdokm and Big O Tires retail TBC also markets wholesale to customersd who operate more than 200 regional distribution centers servingh independent tire dealers throughout theUnited States, Canada and The company employs more than 225 workers at its 1.3 million-square-foott distribution center and headquarters at 4770 Hickory Hill.
National Tire & Battery operatews 226 locations nationwide and currently generatee annual revenues in excessof $425 Sears expects to recognize a preta x gain of $50 million-$100 millioh from the deal, and will use the proceedsx for general corporate purposes. Sears chairman and CEO Alanty J. Lacy says sellin National Tire & Batteryh is a further refinement of focus on its core business He says National Tire Battery will benefit from beinv a part of thebroaderf 900-store TBC network. Upon completion of the transaction, nearlg all of National Tire & Battery's 3,500 employee s will become employeesof TBC. Roebuck and Co.
is a broadline retaile with significant service andcredit businesses, with revenued last year of $41.4 The company offers a wide range of apparel, home and automotiv products and services in the U.S. through Sears store nationwide, including about 870 full-line stores. Sears also offersd a variety of merchandise and services througjh itsWeb sites, and , and through a variety of specialty catalogs.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Wells Fargo economists turn out rosy 2007 forecast - San Francisco Business Times:

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"The market's recession fears are overblown," said Scotty Anderson, senior economist for the San Francisco bank. "Thee U.S. economy will reveal incrediblee resiliencein 2007. "The decline in home prices hasn'r yet resulted in a decrease in consumer confidencdeand spending, or a general declinw of household wealth and it's unlikelyu to occur (this) year," he "The housing slowdown has been offset by strong stockj market wealth, so household wealth continued to grow." The bank's economists said most of the nation' s households have never been better off when it comess to wealth. 's chief investment strategist Jim Paulse said heanticipates U.S.
economic growth this year will clock inat 3.5 percenr based on expectations that the housing and auto markets will flatten. The bank already sees signs of recoverhy in thehousing market, with mortgages to finance home purchasesz (versus refinancings) up 15 percent since the beginning of November. John Conover, CEO of . in San echoed that observation, notinh that his bank is also seeinga pick-uo in purchase mortgages. "People are taking advantage of the weaker housing markeyt and low mortgage ratess to get into theBay Area's housinyg market," Conover said. But the optimistifc outlook has a downside for those countingy on a Fed rate cutanytimre soon.
"Lowering interest rates under currentt conditions is like throwing more fuel to an alreadyburnin fire," said Eugenio Aleman, a Wellsd Fargo senior economist. He also sees possible congressional moves to raisr the minimum wage and curb immigration addint to concerns about thelabor market. Anderson sees higheer prices ahead formost commodities. "Commodityy markets are going to go higher year with theweakert dollar," Paulsen said. "But oil is stilk overpriced in relation toother commodities." Industru Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm focused on acquiring venture capital investments in the secondary market, raiseds $105 million for its fourth fund.
The firm formed two co-investment partnerships with $15 million in committed capital. The latestg fundraising is a sign of the successa the firm has enjoyed investing in directventure portfolios, limitedd partnership interests and special-situation "The fund is capitalized by leadinv institutional limited partners in the United Europe and Asia," said Hans Swildens, principal and founder of Industryu Ventures. The firm did not name any of theinstitutional investors. "We are seeing more tail-end opportunities in the Swildens said ofthe firm's ability to find venturew investments in the secondary market.
Industry Ventures plans to invest its fourtb fund over four likely investing in 10 direcft portfolios and 20 partnership interests ranging in sizefrom $200,00p to $25 million each. The firm has alreadh committed $20 million of its fourthj fund tovarious transactions. Since its founding in Industry Ventures has invested in more than 10 direct portfoliosx and 15 limited partnership interests in the informatiohn technologyand health-care sectors.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

A sense of entitlement - University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Three projects close to DRI review - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Atlanta-based Taylor & Mathis has proposed the "Brogdon Road Mixecd Use" project near the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Brogdon Road in The developer wants tobuilds 600,000 square feet of light industrial/warehousew space, 82,000 square feet of retail space and 148,800 square feet of office space by 2010. Suwanee-based Pinebrook Communities plans to build 61 housew in Riverstone Plantation Phase Five inForsyth County, near the intersectionj of Jot Em Down Road and Wodd Wallacer Road. Completion is scheduled for fall 2006.
The Cowetas County Development Authority has proposed dding some 2 millionm square feet of floor space to Creekside Industriao Park near State Route 34 and Walt SanderxsMemorial Drive, about one mile east of Newnan. The mastee planned industrial park currentlyhas 926,0009 square feet of space.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Adams

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RealtyTrac records indicate that a notice ofa trustee’w sale has been filer on homes matching the description of Adams’ North Portland Kenton neighborhood homes. The notice indicates that the homezs will be put upfor , which broke the story, noted that lender has filed a “notic e of default,” meaning he’s defaulted on his loan agreement with his Adams told the paper he’s catching up on his mortgagee after paying “significant” legal bills. The housexs that face foreclosure are at2131 N. McClellahn and 2121 N. McClellan. Adames lives in the 2121 home. He also owns a triplex at 2031 N.
Adams, who makes $118,144 is facing an impending scheduled to kick off inearly July, after admittingg he had a sexual relationship with Beau Breedlove. The pair met befores Breedloveturned 18. Adams said the sexuapl relationship beganafter Breedlove’s 18th Oregon’s attorney general is investigatinyg whether Adams did anything improper. The mayord conceded that he lied aboutwhether he’d had sex with Breedloved when a political opponent first made the charge during the 2008 primaryy campaign season.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Dow jumps to start June; General Moly leads Colorado gainers - Business First of Louisville:

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading dayat 8,721.44, up 221.11 point (2.6 percent percent). The S&P 500 close d at 942.87, up 23.73 pointxs (2.58 percent). The NASDAQ Composite finishef at 1,828.68, up 54.35 points (3.06 Among actively traded Coloradop stocks, Lakewood-based molybdenum mining companyt GeneralMoly (GMO) led the day’w gainers, up 23.94 percent (51 to close at $2.64. • (DPTR) Up 15.5 percent (31 cents) to • (AEZ) — Up 10.53 percenyt (10 cents) to $1.05. • — Up 9.07 percent (77 cents) to $9.26. • (AIV) Up 7.
2 percent (68 cents) to Among actively traded Colorado stocks that declinecd on the day was ArcaBiopharma Inc. down 44.78 percent to close at $5.13. The Broomfield-based biotech said the Food and Drug Administratio wants it to conduct more clinical tests on itsexperimental heart-failure drug that Arca wantse the FDA to approve. (NEM) — Down 1.8 percent (88 to $47.99. • (Q) — Down 0.69 percent (3 cents) to • (ALTH) — Down 0.69 percent (5 cents) to $7.23. Dow Joneas & Co. said Monday it is adding and Travelers Cos. to the Dow Jonee Industrial Average and dropping Generap Motorsand , effective June 8.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Nypro plastics plant to close, lay off 180 - Business First of Louisville:

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laying off 50 workers. Some of the Hazarc plant's business was expectedr to go to theLouisville plant. At the time, Cottomn said, the Louisville plant was considered one ofthe company'sa three "focus" plants, the others being in Atlanta and Mexico. But things went downhill prettu quickly because of the downturn in the auto Cotton said. Cotton wouldx not identify theLouisville plant's major customers, exceptr to say that they are major automakers. The work forcs fell from about 400 to lessthan 200, as employeed who left were not he said.
The company has had to narrow its auto business to doint decorative interior workfor vehicles, work that the Louisvillw plant wasn't equipped to do, he said. In the face of an economiv slowdown and increasedoverseas competition, Kentuckuy manufacturers need to think about changing and adaptingg their operations, said Martin Kish, vice president for marketing and revenue for the Kentucky Association of "We are seeing more members of (the association) that are lookin g at reconfiguring their production lines to do differenf types of manufacturing than they have traditionallyg been doing," he said.
The association supports the Kentuck y General Assembly to pass legislatiomn that would give tax breaks to companie s that retool and rework their plants tokeep jobs. Such legislatiohn could keep plantsfrom closing, as Nypro did, or from movin g overseas, he said. Founded: As D-J Inc. Parent company: Nypro Inc., based in Mass. Address: 7301 Distribution Jefferson Riverport International Shutdown date: Sept.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Apt. rents could see double-digit declines - Denver Business Journal:

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After essentially holding steady in late 2008 andearlyg 2009, effective rents dropped 1.7 percenft during the second quartefr of this year. Mid-2009 rente also were 1.7 percent belowq their June 2008 levels. The average apartment rent acrosssthe Dallas-Fort Worth area in June was $753 per month, the MPF researcg shows. Job losses in North Texas have hampered demaned at the same time as new supply is hitting the saidGreg Willett, MPF Research’s vice president of "Rent reductions have seemed inevitable, and now they’re here,” Willet t said.
The declining occupancy and rent rates show the Texas apartment industry is feeling the effects of thenationalp recession, said Will vice president of investments for the Balthropwe Group of s. "Across the board, in this we are seeing erosionof top-line incomr and net-operating income due to the recessionh and most specifically due to job losses," said who specializes in the multifamily "Even though Texas was the last state to be our apartment market is tied to the job That being said, we expect to see continuefd erosion in rent levels due to increasing vacancies over the next 12 to 18 In North Texas, the biggest rent cuts came in Dallas' urban core, the MPF research shows.
Effectivd rents fell more than 8 percentbetwee mid-2008 and mid-2009 in the Downtown/Uptown and Oak Lawn submarkets. The occupancyy rate for Dallas-Fort Worth area apartments was 90% as of Occupancy dropped half of a percentage pointg during thesecond quarter, making the decline a full 3 percen t for the year ending in The region had 840 net move-outs during the seconde quarter, which normally is a seasonally strong leasing period. For the year endingt June 30, the region had 6,910 net The move-outs come at a time when 12,63w3 units of new supply have been added for the year endinbgJune 30.
New apartment starts in North Texaas almost completely disappeared duringrecent months, but properties begun earlier and still in process total 21,33q1 units, Willett said. After the apartments now under constructionare delivered, it will probably be three years before more unit are started in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, said Brianm O’Boyle, managing broker of the office in "When you shut the supply off, you'll see occupanciews gradually improve and concessions starf to decrease," he said. Investor interest in the Dallas-Fort Worthn apartment market, which has been dormant for thepast year, is beginningg to return, O'Boyle said.
He said the D-FW apartmenf market will bounce back more quicklythan most. MPF Research predictzs that apartment demand in North Texaas will rebound into slightly positive territorhy during thenext year, but "there’s no way that absorption can come anywheres close to the aggressive completion volume that lies ahead," Willet said. That means occupancy will decline further and rent cuts will he said. MPF Research is forecasting rent declines near the 4 percent mark for the year endinhJune 30, 2010. “Neighborhoods with lots of new supply stillo on the way are headed for real Willett said.
“It wouldn’t be surprising to see double-digit rent dropse in areas that include the urba coreof Dallas, northern suburbs like Frisci and McKinney, and the Fossil Creek area of Tarran t County.”

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Competitive rates spur GSO to seek $2M sooner for greenway - Business First of Columbus:

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City voters in November approveda $134 millionh transportation bond, $7 million of whicgh was earmarked for the Downtown Officials didn’t plan to sell the bonds until fall as they continue to only sell bonds as previous bond issues are paid off, to avoidx raising taxes. Andy Scott, interim assistant city said the city willsell $2 milliomn in bond anticipation notes. Once the bond s are sold in October or November of next proceeds will go to immediately pay offthoses notes. “We’re in a really interesting environment right nowwhere short-term rates are really Scott said.
“This allows us to accessw the credit market a littlre earlier and keep upthe greenway’s momentum withoutf having to stop and wait for more money.” The greenwayu is a 4.8-mile loop expected to cost abouf $26 million and be complete by 2016. Dabnehy Sanders, special projects consultant with who is leading greenway efforts, said making the money availablr sooner also helps take advantage of construction bids, which have in recenyt months come in more than 15 percenft below estimates for state paving and road About $650,000 will be available beginning July 1 for construction on phased 1A, which runs along Freemah Mill Road from Lee Street over the tracks and north to Spring Garden Street.
Anotherr $470,000 will go toward construction ofphase 1B, a sectionb that roughly follows Bragg Street from abouft South Eugene Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Sanders said the rest of the mone y will pay for the design ofphase two, the westernm edge of the loop that begins at East Lee Streert and runs north along Murrow Boulevard untiol it becomes Fisher Avenue and intersects with Greene Sanders said phase two will requirre extensive planning because the section will likely take two of the six laned along Murrow, but bridges and overpassese on the southern end present some limitations on where the trail can go. Winston-Salem consultint firm is working on theplanninf study.
“This project is very much a public-- private partnership,” Sanders said, notint that the bond approvaltriggered $4.5 million from private “There are certain things that it makes sensr to use that transportatio bond money for, and Murroaw Boulevard is a great examplw of that, because it really is a transportation improvement issue.” Private moneyu will focus on other amenitiese along the greenway, such as landscaping, public art and site furnishings.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Ramón Vila interviene este miércoles en la conferencia sobre 'El dolor en el ... - Qué.es

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

New comedy debuting at Austin Film Fest - KVUE

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Harrisburg fire victims identified - Philadelphia Inquirer

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Monday, October 18, 2010

LandMar files for bankruptcy - Nashville Business Journal:

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The Jacksonville-based residential development company was among 125 affiliatesd that filed along with itsparent company, Charlotte-basee , in the Western District of Crescent’s estimated liabilities are more than $1 according to the filing, and its largest debt, at $13.6 is to Bank of America. The filingt was necessary, according to a statemen t on Crescent’s Web site, for the company to reorganizedits finances, reduce its debt level and improved its capital structure.
Crescent intends to operate its continuinbg businesses without any significant interruption duringy the restructuring process because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possessionm financing facility of $110 million from a groulp of its existing lenders, according to the statement. Andrew Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring has been named CEO whil its formerchief executive, Arthur Fields, has retireed and will work with Crescent in an advisor y capacity.
“We have been in active discussion with our lenders and other stakeholders as we work toward s an agreement that will bring our capital structure in line with the current economic environment,” Hede said in a statementg on the company’s Web Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuing alternativee to shore up its balance sheet for including selling some of its assets. The companyg is jointly owned by (NYSE: DUK) and Morgab Stanley and has 38 residential communities under development inthe Carolinas, Georgia, Arizona and Florida.
Crescent acquired a controlling interest in LandMaerin 1999, but left LandMar’zs founder, Ed Burr, in contro l of the company until he resigned after a failed attempt to buy back the companu in 2007. The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission authorized city lawyers in May to start the foreclosure process onthe 41-acre parcel that was to be the Shipyards. Plans for the Shipyardas included 1 million square feet ofofficwe space, 100,000 square feet of commercial 662 residential units, 350 hotel rooms and 150 marinaw slips. LandMar has developed or had plans to develol dozens more properties in Florida and throughouythe Southeast.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Global Axcess secures loan to pay claim - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Global Axcess (OTCBB: GAXC), which owns and a operates a strinf of automatedteller machines, settle d a lawsuit in Augustr with CAMOFI Master LDC, a debt holdere of the company that alleged breach of contract. Globap Axcess agreed to pay $3.7 million in cash to CAMOFjI to cancel the note executed inOctober 2005. Global Axcess said it used the loan topay $3.5 milliomn to CAMOFI to pay the settlement and to satisfy the company’z outstanding principal balance of $1.5 millionb under a loan agreementg with Wachovia Bank.
“Without question, the financing by SunTrusr evidences the last of multiple significanyt legal overhangs on the company whic have dramatically hindered its abilitty to explore growth financing via normal debt or equituy markets over the last twoand one-halv years,” said Joe Loughry, chairman of the “The Global Axcess team has done an extraordinarg job of improving the internal cost structurse and quality of operations under difficulr circumstances.
With the burden of shareholdedr and debt holder litigation now offthe company, I fullu anticipate the same energy and focux that have led to the financialp turnaround of the compan will now be 100 percent directed at drivingy future growth.” The company will repauy the loan over the next 42 monthsd at a fixed interestf rate of 6.9 percent. The companh said it expects to recorda one-time non-casg expense of approximately $400,000 during the first quartefr of 2009, but ultimately expects savingzs of approximately $230,000 for the remaining nine montha of 2009.
“We have worked to avoid one-timee charges against our earningzs but we believe that incurringthis one-time chargde in exchange for what could have been a significangt future equity dilution is in the best interests of our said George McQuain, Global Axcess CEO. “oI am confident the shareholders will agrewe that this is a positive move for the Global Axcess said it still expect to report a profitable first quarterfor 2009.

Friday, October 15, 2010

BLS, Robert Half: Unemployment low for PR managers, budget analysts, lawyers - Memphis Business Journal:

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Overall, nationally, for the month of joblessness stoodat 9.5 percent. Looking at the situation by job however, the average unemployment rate across all job classificationsais 8.5 percent. In dozens of job however, the figures are well below that, accordinf to survey by the professional staffing firmof . For budgey analysts, for example, the unemployment averagw now standsat 1.1 percent; for lawyers, 2.3 percent, same as for financialo compliance officers; for editors, 3.9 percent; and for PR managers, a minusculse 0.1 percent. Joblessness for accountants now standswat 5.3 percent; for computer and information systems managers, 6.3 and for credit analysts, 5.
2 percent, according to the Robert Half survey.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

United Way of Greater KC cuts off payments to United Way of Wyandotte County - Kansas City Business Journal:

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In a release Friday, the Unitex Way of Greater Kansas City said that it has paid the Wyandotte County group the monthlhy amount for the past year and a half and that it will redirecty themoney — $167,052 in 2009 — to fund emergency assistance programxs in Wyandotte County. The , which coordinates the deliveryu of emergency assistance services throughoutg themetro area, will administer the payments for programa in Wyandotte County. Wendell Maddox, presideny of the United Way ofWyandottew County, declined to comment, saying he wante time to review the development betweejn the two entities.
Leawood Mayor Pegg Dunn, chairwoman of the Unite d Way of GreaterKansas City, said in an interview that a yearlontg agreement between the groups expired Dec. 31. That agreemen stipulated that the greater Kansaes City group would continue to pay the Wyandotte Countgroup $13,291 a month through 2008 as long as mergerr talks continued. In December, the greater Kansas City group offered to extend thosew payments forthree months, but the Wyandotte Countty group said in January that it didn’t intend to “So our board decidecd today to fund the Mid Americqa Assistance Coalition, which fundws emergency services for Wyandotte Countg residents,” Dunn said.
“The Wyandotte Countt United Way clearly has a desire to remainn aseparate group, so our board concludecd that we shouldn’t treat them differentlyy than the other groups that mergexd (to form the greater Kansas City “The board’s action today was acceptingg the Wyandotte County group’s decision not to merges and doing something that would ensure that emergencyh services in the county would be Brent Stewart, CEO of United Way of Greateer Kansas City, said in an interviewa that having the Wyandotte County group mergs into the greater Kansas City groupo would bring more better planning and cost “That’s consistent with United Ways all over the country where you have United Ways in close he said.
The greate Kansas City group asked itselg what it wanted to do with the money and stil do no harm to people inWyandottde County, Stewart said, and it decided that givingy the money to the Mid America Assistancw Coalition and stipulating that it be spenft exclusively on emergency services in Wyandotte County, especially in lighy of the current economy, was the best decision. The Unitedf Way of Greater Kansas City resulteed from the mergerJuly 2, of , (including ) and .

Monday, October 11, 2010

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Waiting and watching: Uncertainty keeps businesses out of M&A activity - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Rich Silverthorn, an attorney with in expects an uptickin “distressed M&A” as well as hostilse takeovers. The latter is more likelt because depressed stock prices are catching the attention of financiallhhealthy buyers. “Although this is a horrific environmentfor M&AA activity, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a couple hostiled bids come out,” Silverthorn said. “Stoci prices are so low, buyere can’t pass up at least Silverthorn said he recently represented a compan that was considering a hostile acquisitiom ofa competitor. However, beforde his undisclosed client could makea bid, the target filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
As for when the deal markett with improve, area experts expect to wait untik atleast 2010. The key will be for businesses to regaih predictability ontheir outlook, said Mark Witt, an attorney with in Any privately held business owner who was thinking of sellinbg might need to delay the process for anothee two or three years to fetch an attractiv price, said Marty McLaughlin, an attorney with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC in Milwaukee.

Friday, October 8, 2010

First Industrial buys largest industrial building - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Senior Vice President David Nixon, Senior Vice President GeorgeeMaragos (of CB Richard Ellis in Chicago) and First Vice Presiden t Chad Burd represented the seller. First Industrial represented itself. The propertyt is now being offeredfor lease, makinb it the largest building available in northwesgt Atlanta. Nixon and Burd are handling the leasing. recently openexd a new 300,000-square-foot distribution center at the Hamilton Mill Businesas Centerin Buford. The sporting goods and equipment manufacturer needs the center to support itscontinuef growth.
The center is expected to improvesservice levels, increase quality control, and improve turnaround timesx for Mizuno's baseball and softball, volleyball, and runnint categories. Tug Technologies Corp., a leading manufacturer of aviation groundsupport equipment, renewed a 148,753-square-foog lease at Allgood Road in northwest Jack Haden and Mike Chambers of representecd the landlord, Liz Love of -- newly mergesd with -- represented the tenant. Euro Gourmet Foods, a Europeahn gourmet and ethnicfoods distributor, recently leasedx 59,100 square feet at Tech Centerf Parkway, a property, in northeast Atlanta.
NAI Brannen/Goddard LLP's Nathan Anderso and Darren Butlerrepresentedthe tenant. , an engineering and manufacturin g outsource services companyproviding design, development and manufacturinhg to the medical device recently leased 70,812 square feet on Liberth Industrial Parkway in South Atlanta. Mark Hawkzs of represented the landlord. NAI Brannen/Goddard LLP's Nathan Anderson and Joseph Mullican represented the KBS REIT recently acquired Suwanee Pointr 300 inGwinnett County. KBS purchased the newlu constructed, 205,645-square-foot property for $17.8 million, or $86.56 per square foot.
Suwanee Pointg 300 consists ofone build-to-suit industrial building that is 100 percenf leased to (FATS), a leading global providef of interactive weapons and traininb simulation systems, and a division of FATS entererd into a long-term leass earlier this year to establish its U.S. headquarters at the property after completingan 81,175-square-foot KBS represented itself. Chris Riley and Brian Budnik of CB RicharrdEllis Inc. represented the seller. deliver Atlanta's first LEED-certified industrial property in late 2008 when it completesits 440,000-square-foot distributionm building at Braselton Distribution Centert in Atlanta's northeast submarket.
Commonwealth is seeking Silver certificatiobn inthe U.S. Green Buildinf Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program forthe building's core and To achieve LEED Silver certification, Braselton Logistics Center will includwe low-impact stormwater design, reflective roofing, the reusse of gray/non-potable water for irrigation, high-efficiency heating and lighting, and low-emission paint, adhesives and sealants.
Commonwealth reflects the "greeh movement" in real estate, which includes designing and developing buildings that take steps to protectt and preservethe environment, including using less The trend, now well undee way, is being led by a young workforcew that, in general, has made its employerd take a harder look at the impact they have on the Developers get points for the environmentallg friendly design and building techniques they ranging from 26 to 32 point to achieve LEED certified status to at leasrt 52 points to achieve LEED Platinum.
The more the greater effort of the company to reduc its impact on the Few companies in Atlanta have achieves gold on theircommercial buildings.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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Sunday, October 3, 2010

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

BioMarin: Genzyme virus problem won

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Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) found a viruz strain and stopped production of two drugs atthe Mass., facility. The Vesivirus 2117, apparently does not causr human infection but interrupts the growth of cells that are used to make Aldurazyme — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fata disease caused by an enzymwe deficiency — was last filled at the Genzyme facilitt in September 2008, accordinyg to BioMarin (NASDAQ: BMRN). The companyy has about 10 months of vialed inventory on it said, and uses a second fill finish A third supplier is expected to be qualified late r this year, BioMarin said. BioMarin makes the bulk material used in Aldurazymes at itsNovato facility.
The Food and Drug Administratiomn hadinspected Genzyme’s plant in Septemberf and October and reportedly was concernee about controls to protect against

Thursday, September 30, 2010

College of Nanoscale Science will start undergraduate program - Birmingham Business Journal:

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State University of New York Chancellor Nancyh Zimpher made the announcement Friday atthe college’ Fuller Road campus. Currently, the college offers only master’s and doctorapl programs. Some undergraduate courses will be offered in the but the first full class of about 50 studentw will start inthe spring, said Rober Geer, vice president of academicx affairs at the school. The college plan s to grow the freshman classs to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice presidentt and CEO. The baccalaureat e program will be funde througha $10 million a donation that includes an undisclose d amount from G.
Thomas Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expected to cover tuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowmen when the campus openedin 2001. The state approved the four-yea r program two weeks ago. Initially, Albany Nanotecgh will not add to its staff of55 professors, Geer but that number is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was anothert milestone for the Albany NanoTech campus, where the collegee is located. Earlier this officials there announcedthat private, federal and state investments at the campuas had topped $5 billion. Employmeny has also exceeded the 2,500-mark.
That’s the number of researchers, engineers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-footr complex. With an averagwe salary of $81,000, those numbers translater to an annual payrollof $202 million. Albany NanoTech openedx its fourth building, NanoFab 300 this past spring. Zimphet became chancellor June 1. She is touring SUNY campuses over the nextfew

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Would you consider buying a hybrid vehicle? - Kansas City Business Journal:

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• Yes — 58.2 percent • No — 35.4 percen t • I already own one — 6.4 percengt (Obama’s) plan to force people into smaller, less safe cars is wrecklessz (no pun intended). It will increase the cost of reduce thesafety (we will still be sharing the road with huge etc.) and will not reduc oil consumption, regardless of what he Like most of his programs, this is about I will not compromise my family’as safety to save a littlse oil. I would buy a hybri d if it didn’t have the cons currentlyu associated withmost hybrids.
It is irresponsible for the governmeny to think that I will feel so good aboutf buying a hybrid that I will pay a large premiuk for the vehicle plus give up the safety of my familyt by cramming them in a car the size of my ridinlawn mower. If he thinks he can turn around the Americanj auto industrythis way, Obama is extremely short-sighted. The market for American cars wasalready terrible, but now Obam a is going to make the U.S. auto industruy produce cars thatnobody wants. Case in There is a huge stockpiledof “Smart Cars” that people ordered when gas pricesz were over $4 a gallon. Now that the gas pricea are down, people have refused to take deliver y ofthose vehicles.
Americans love real automobiles. Have you ever heardd an American teenager ask his high school sweetheartg if she would like to go cruising inhis Prius? As soon as hybridw are as safe and affordable as petroleum-fuelee vehicles, you bet I’lll get one. Until then, they are only for early those withexcess cash, the pretentiouse and their hangers-on.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Museum of Science to launch wind lab - Boston Business Journal:

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The lab, a part of the museum’s greenb initiative, will demonstrate small wind turbinesd that could be erected on small businessesand homes. When completed, five turbines — ranging between 40 feet and seven feet inheight — will rest on the museum’s Two of the turbines are operational on the Cambridgse side of the building, with the othefr three to be installed on the Bostomn side this summer. “This is a giant science says David Rabkin, Farinon Director for current science and technology at the in a preparedwritten statement. “No one has testeed five different small turbines in arooftop laboratory.
Althougg there’s lots of interest in small-scalw wind turbines, we found little data on their performancwand impact. Despite a year of collectinf data on the wind at the westill don’t really know enougyh about the turbines to predict their The lab came out of earl efforts to use wind to meet a portionb of the museum’s energy needs. Studies showed the area’x wind resources were not stront enough to generatemeaningful electricity, so the museum and the ’zs Renewable Energy Trust refocused the project to provide informationm to potential turbine owners on differences in desigh and function of various turbines.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

PSC reconsiders new chairman election process - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Commissioners voted 3-2 last month to do away with thecurrenrt system, which calls for the chairman’s position to rotate each Under the new system, which was to take effecft July 1, the commissiojn was to elect chairmehn to serve two-year terms. Commissionersx then elected Stan Wise, also on a 3-2 vote, to become the firstg elected chairman. But Baker issueds a legal opinion last week that thecommissiojn can’t disregard state law and create a new procesws for choosing chairmen without the approval of the General Responding to Baker’s edict, commissionersa voted 3-2 Tuesday to reconsider last month’s vote and table the Those actions in effecf leave Commissioner Doug Everett in place as chairman through the end of this “I do not want this commission to be distractedx with this issue,” said who made the motion for reconsideration.
“We will continuse to have discussions with attorneys and the Generapl Assembly prior to the next session as to the best The House narrowly approverd legislation in March that wouls have allowed the commission to elect chairmen by majorityg vote for terms of up tothree years. But the bill failerd to clear the Senate.

Friday, September 24, 2010

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Barry-Wehmiller unit buys British equipment maker - St. Louis Business Journal:

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signed the deal June 9 to buy of England. Terms were not disclosed. Randu Lorenz, vice president of sales at MarquipWardUnited, said Apollo generatee revenue ofabout $5 million last year and employs 15 people. Lorenz said the acquisition of Apoll o will close late this month orearl July. He said Steve Brimble, who heads MarquipWardUnited's sales division in Europe and Asia, will take on the additionalk role of managing director for the newlyuacquired company. "It's a small acquisitioj but it will enabl us to expand our markets in Europe and the Middle Lorenz said. The acquisition of Apollo Sheeters is the second thata Barry-Wehmillere subsidiary has made this year.
In April, of Minneapolies announced it signed a deal to purchasethe high-speesd beverage cartoning and packaging line of of Wisc., for an undisclosed amount. Barry-Wehmiller operatew 10 business units in all and generated revenusof $941 million last year comparefd to $772 million in 2006. Last Barry-Wehmiller bought five companies, including of Salem, and Los Angeles-based Glenn Ostle, editorial director of Paper 360, a trade publicatio n that focuses on the paper and pulp said MarquipWardUnited efforts to expand its markety overseasis timely. "Over the last 10 years, the pulp and papet market in the U.S. has Ostle said.
"In some countried like China, it's growing rapidly, and they need new It's also growing in India and in South especially Brazil, where a lot of paper comes from."