Sunday, December 9, 2012

Frisco nabs NBA minor league team - Denver Business Journal:

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The team was purchased by LLC and will play its home games at the Dr Pepper Arena beginning withthe 2010-2011 basketball season. The team will not play duringbthe 2009-2010 season. Donnie Nelson, president of basketball operations andgeneral manager, will serve as principal ownerd and operator of the team. The ownership group also includes Evan chairmanof . The acquisition and subsequentr move to Frisco was officially announced by NBA Development Leaguse President Dan Reedon “We’re very excited to be in an area with deep fan suppory and a history of successful sportsw teams,” Reed said.
“We're thrilleds to welcome such a well-respectedd and experienced group to theNBA D-League ownership ranks. Not only are Donnie Nelson’s basketballl credentials terrific, but he has assemblede a group with impressivr business credentialsas well. Donnie’s investment in an NBA D-League team is a grea t validation of bothour league’s past succesw and future growth prospects.” The new owner s plan to announce the team'x new name, colors and logo, along with the coaching at a later was formed in 2001 and included 16 minor league teamds during the 2008-09 season.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

TTA given time to decide about $15M payment - Triangle Business Journal:

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Relax, fans. Your favorite hockeyg team is going to makethe playoffs. That promise comes from none other thanJim Carolina's president and general manager, who guaranteedd Jan. 19 that the Hurricanes will make the Ishe serious? When Rutherford allowed, "What do you expecrt me to say, that we Rutherford's comments came during a luncheon at downtownb Raleigh's Cardinal Club, where he was honored as Triangl e Business Journal's 2006 Businessperson of the Year. Louis Boisvert, who serveed as the first Canadian consul baserd inNorth Carolina, has started a new assignmengt in Ottawa, Ontario.
Boisvert now works for the Invest inCanadza Bureau, which is a branch of Canada's Department of Foreigm Affairs and International Affairs. The bureau triesz to encourage foreign firms to invest in Boisvert left his post in Raleigh in He was succeeded by Kevin Biz may have discovered the greatesrt sporting event in the historyt ofthe world: The Challenge. Participanta at the event, scheduled for 9 a.m. on Jan. 27, will meet at ' s belltower and run two miles to the Krispy Kreme on Peace Street neardowntown Raleigh.
they must consume a dozen doughnuts before running the two miles back to the The goal is to completee the challenge in under one No word on whether breaks will be allowefor upchucks. ... Got coffee? All the talk of airlinre consolidation has gotten the attentiohn ofthe Authority, which would prefe r to see as many carriers as possible because that tends to producde more competition. Biz isn't sure how much pull the authorith has in suchmatters - wink, wink - but the boarsd saw fit to pass a resolutionj at its January meetingf opposing further consolidation among the major carriers in the shortg term.
The authority also called on state and federa l elected officials and bureaucrats to oppose further The North Carolina Justic e Center has named Melinda Lawrenc ethe organization's new executive director. Lawrence, who spen nearly three decades with the law firmPatterson Harkavy, will starg her new job Feb. 5. The justic e center is a progressive advocacy andresearcyh organization. Wellstone Filters, the publicly traded cigarettew maker that was forced to stop marketing its products when it ran out of has tradedthe non-U.S. rights to its proprietary filtert technology for forgiveness ofa $120,000 debt.
Basedf in Timberlake, north of Durham, the compangy disclosed the deal in a filing withthe . Netherlands-basede , which supplied a polysaccharide producgt used to make the Wellstone received rights to the device in all countries except the U.S. and U.S. territories. In Glycanex agreed to void the invoice.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Mice infestation at Northside high school - WTVR

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Mice infestation at Northside high school

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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR)â€"A CBS 6 Facebook friend contacted us today, worried about intruders at her child's school. She wasn't talking about thugs or drug dealers; rather, she said John Marshall High School is infested with mice. She even sent pictures ...



Wednesday, December 5, 2012

WJC ANALYSIS - Gaza: Iran's proxy war against Israel - World Jewish Congress

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WJC ANALYSIS - Gaza: Iran's proxy war against Israel

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By Pinhas Inbari. The current round of hostilities between Israel and the Hamas government in Gaza is rooted in an internal struggle within Hamas. The organization is embroiled in a leadership struggle pitting the Iranian-backed Ismail Haniyeh against ...



Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Top of the world - The Star Online

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Top of the world

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We spent the morning taking a leisurely walk in the nearby Imja Khola Valley and in the afternoon, we just lazed around the village. The setting sun rewarded us by casting a golden glow on the mighty Lhotse. On Day Seven, the trek was a very pleasant ...



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Monday, December 3, 2012

NASCAR: No guarantees of any race - Denver Business Journal:

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A spokesman for The , which receivesd the June 25 letter, said the developer viewedf the correspondence as standard boilerplate sent to anyones that publicly expresses interest in buildinga track. However, ownef Pat Hamill, who has discusseed a competing track proposal in the said Tuesday that he has not receiveds anysuch letter. Colorado Springs developerd Bill Schuck announced in late May that he plannex to builda $200 million, 1,500-acrr motorsports facility as part of a 6,500-acre entertainmeny complex east of Denver International Airport.
But beforse he’d even finished his publicityh lap, Aurora city officials said they talke d with Hamill andthe NASCAR-connected about developinv a 2,500-acre, $400 million complex near Interstate 70 and Those involved with the Schucok Corporation said at the time that theifr plans were not contingent on NASCAR awardingb a Sprint Cup Series race to the And on June 25, NASCAR associat legal counsel Jason Weaver wrote to them and told them essentiallyy that they should hold onto that In a six-paragraph letter copied to Aurora city state legislators and area Weaver wrote that NASCAR was concerned that potential investorx may believe the organizinvg body will sanction a race at the track.
The currengt schedule of its SprintCup Series, Nationwide Series and Campiny World Truck Series is fully committed, and no expansionh of any of the series is possible outsidwe of New York City or international locations, he “Although NASCAR wishes you well with regard to your commercia endeavors, your decision to develop a motorsportsz facility must be done withougt any expectation or reliance that NASCAR will ever sanction an event at your facility if and when it is Weaver wrote.
“It is criticak that any interested parties, including media outlets, governmengt officials and current and/or potential investoras understand that NASCAR has no affiliationj with yourtrack proposal, and that NASCAR has made no commitmentss of any kind with respect to any events at your proposecd facility.” Developer Bill Schuck downplayed the significance of the NASCAR "We have great respect for NASCAR and realize that they are strictly a sanctioning body and can not get involveds with track development.
NASCAR and the othere national racing series are not in the position to play in Coloradok untila state-of-the-art track is built, and that is exactlh what we are going to do," Schuck said. "And from conversations with racint industry experts from aroundrthe country, we believe there is greatr interest in racing at all levels in the Rocky Mountai n region because it is an untapped Gerry Freeman, a spokesman for Schuck’se group, said earlier that it is “movinfg ahead rapidly” with plans for the track and was unconcerneed about the letter.
“It’s a boilerplate communications sent by their associatd counsel that they usually send out whenever anyones announces a new project of any Freeman said. “We have never inferred in any way that NASCARd will bea partner. We hope that when it is they will look at it very But Hamill said he has not received any such lettert and has not been told by NASCAdR or ISC officials that they are unlikeluy to be able to put on a race at hisproposef track. “We’re still working on he said ofthe project.
Auroraa Mayor Ed Tauer, meanwhile, said that the lettedr would not affect any efforts the city may make toseek enterprise-zonr funding from the state for one or both It still has to wait for either Schuck or Hamilkl to present their proposals to the city beforde it decides on a project-by-project basis whetherr it will ask to use a portion of stated sales-tax revenues in the area to help build it, he

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Nintendo Wii U to catch people off guard - MarketWatch

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Nintendo Wii U to catch people off guard

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(MarketWatch) â€" The new Nintendo Wii U is going to catch a lot of people off guard in much the same way that the original Wii became a surprise best-seller. This has a lot to do with the company's unique perspective and inventiveness that borders on ...



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