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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
ISRAEL: Jonathan Pollard in exchange for settlement freeze extension? - Los Angeles Times (blog)
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Crescent Resources files Chapter 11 - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The Charlotte-based development firm’ws chief executive, Arthur Fields, has retiredc and will work with Crescenft in anadvisory capacity, the company says. Andree Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, has been named CEO. “We have been in activer discussions with our lenders and other stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will brinv our capital structure in line with the currenteconomix environment,” Hede says. Crescent has more than 5,00o0 creditors, according to its filing. Its assetsw are estimated at morethan $1 billion. The local projects listexd in the Chapter 11 filing include Piedmont Row and The Sanctuar atLake Wylie.
Crescent says it intends to operat e its continuing businesses without any significantr interruption during therestructuring process. The company says that’s possiblw because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possession financing facility of $110 million from a group of its existing As part of the Chapter 11 filing, Crescentf says it seeks court approvalk “to make certain payments and to maintain key agreementds with employees, customers, vendors and partners of continuing operations to ensure the company can maintain its commitmenty to delivering a high leveo of amenities and services.
” Crescent says the filin g is necessary to reorganize its reduce its debt level and improve its capital “We intend to reach an agreement on our new capitall structure and emerge from bankruptcy quickly,” Hede says. The Chapter 11 petitionxs were filed inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Western Districyof Texas, Austin division. The company has 120 days from the filinf date to submit areorganization plan. A hot line has been set up as part of the Crescenty restructuringat (877) 204-8611. Attornegy Eric Taube of LLP in Austin, will represent Crescent in the (NYSE:BAC), , Ranger Construction Co., and are amongb Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte.
In the Charlotte Business Journal reported that Crescenty had adopted an aggressive new business strategg driven bya $1.2 billion term loan that must be paid in full by Septembefr 2012 — selling assets at fire-sale prices. In October, Crescen t sold 4,500 acres in Berkeleyu County, S.C., to for $40 million. In the company sold a Florida apartmenty projectfor $11.35 less than half the $27 million it paid for the complez three years earlier. This year, the firm has closecd on the sale ofa 773-acre tract of land in Oconee County, S.C., for just over $10 Locally, Crescent recently sold 18.4 acres in Fort Mill to a warehousinh company for $1.6 million.
The compang — jointly owned by and is best known herefor high-en d real estate communities such as The Peninsulqa and Ballantyne Country Club. Beforwe the Chapter 11 filing, Crescent faced payments of $50 milliomn by the end of this year, $75 milliob in 2010 and $100 millionh in 2011 on its debt.
The Charlotte-based development firm’ws chief executive, Arthur Fields, has retiredc and will work with Crescenft in anadvisory capacity, the company says. Andree Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, has been named CEO. “We have been in activer discussions with our lenders and other stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will brinv our capital structure in line with the currenteconomix environment,” Hede says. Crescent has more than 5,00o0 creditors, according to its filing. Its assetsw are estimated at morethan $1 billion. The local projects listexd in the Chapter 11 filing include Piedmont Row and The Sanctuar atLake Wylie.
Crescent says it intends to operat e its continuing businesses without any significantr interruption during therestructuring process. The company says that’s possiblw because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possession financing facility of $110 million from a group of its existing As part of the Chapter 11 filing, Crescentf says it seeks court approvalk “to make certain payments and to maintain key agreementds with employees, customers, vendors and partners of continuing operations to ensure the company can maintain its commitmenty to delivering a high leveo of amenities and services.
” Crescent says the filin g is necessary to reorganize its reduce its debt level and improve its capital “We intend to reach an agreement on our new capitall structure and emerge from bankruptcy quickly,” Hede says. The Chapter 11 petitionxs were filed inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Western Districyof Texas, Austin division. The company has 120 days from the filinf date to submit areorganization plan. A hot line has been set up as part of the Crescenty restructuringat (877) 204-8611. Attornegy Eric Taube of LLP in Austin, will represent Crescent in the (NYSE:BAC), , Ranger Construction Co., and are amongb Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte.
In the Charlotte Business Journal reported that Crescenty had adopted an aggressive new business strategg driven bya $1.2 billion term loan that must be paid in full by Septembefr 2012 — selling assets at fire-sale prices. In October, Crescen t sold 4,500 acres in Berkeleyu County, S.C., to for $40 million. In the company sold a Florida apartmenty projectfor $11.35 less than half the $27 million it paid for the complez three years earlier. This year, the firm has closecd on the sale ofa 773-acre tract of land in Oconee County, S.C., for just over $10 Locally, Crescent recently sold 18.4 acres in Fort Mill to a warehousinh company for $1.6 million.
The compang — jointly owned by and is best known herefor high-en d real estate communities such as The Peninsulqa and Ballantyne Country Club. Beforwe the Chapter 11 filing, Crescent faced payments of $50 milliomn by the end of this year, $75 milliob in 2010 and $100 millionh in 2011 on its debt.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Click4Care(R) Announces Appointment of Rob Gillette as CEO
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Gillette will focus on guiding the company through the next phasee ofits development, following its explosivew growth in the last two years. In addition to leading Click4Care, Gillette will continue as CEOof Massachusetts-based HealthEdge, as the two organizations together offeer a revolutionary new care management, claim and benefit administration platform that goes far beyond existintg solutions from other companies. Both HealthEdge and Click4Care will continue tooperate independently, with separatwe boards of directors and managementt teams.
"Healthcare organizations will require moderj technology solutions that integrate both care and benefit managementg in order todeliver next-generation, value-basesd healthcare offerings," said Dr. , Chairman of Click4Care and Senior Managingf Member ofPsilos Group. "Click4Care and HealthEdge both have products that will fundamentally changes the healthcare market over the next several We are excited to now have leadingt these two Psilosportfolio companies.
" "The healthcard industry is currently undergoing an unprecedented leve l of change," said , CEO of both Click4Care and "as payor organizations now realizre they must leverage new technologuy in order to providee the innovation, transparency, and efficienciesw that healthcare consumers demand. Click4Care and HealthEdge were both built with thesde 21st century healthcare needsin mind. By positionin the companies undercommon leadership, we will be able to leverags the combined strength of both offerings, and both companies, to create a solution that will be second to none in the market.
" , the visionaryy entrepreneur behind the award-winning Click4Care software would continue to shape the direction of the product in his new position as Vice-Chairman and Executivde Vice-President of Product Strategy. He will also continue to play a key role in helpinbg to expand and growthe company. Click4Carse provides innovative caremanagement software, integrating data from multiplr systems into a solution that automates patient Streamlined workflows and optimized resources drive unprecedented ROI for medical managers, while providinvg life-improving care to patients.
Click4Care is drivingh enterprise-wide changes in the processes and business models of healthcare Some ofthe world's most progressive health insurance providera rely on ThinkHealth for a more consumer-drivemn approach to medical management. HealthEdge provides the only enterprise-class software platform for healthcare Using the patented HealthRulessoftware suite, health plans, health insurance companies and othe payors can finally respond to new business opportunities and markert changes in hours, not months or years, whiler drastically reducing both IT and operational costs.
Leveraging an investmenyt of over $125 million, HealthRules is the most scalableand cost-effective technology in the HealthEdge is the only choice for payors to survivew and thrive in the emerging healthcars economy.
Gillette will focus on guiding the company through the next phasee ofits development, following its explosivew growth in the last two years. In addition to leading Click4Care, Gillette will continue as CEOof Massachusetts-based HealthEdge, as the two organizations together offeer a revolutionary new care management, claim and benefit administration platform that goes far beyond existintg solutions from other companies. Both HealthEdge and Click4Care will continue tooperate independently, with separatwe boards of directors and managementt teams.
"Healthcare organizations will require moderj technology solutions that integrate both care and benefit managementg in order todeliver next-generation, value-basesd healthcare offerings," said Dr. , Chairman of Click4Care and Senior Managingf Member ofPsilos Group. "Click4Care and HealthEdge both have products that will fundamentally changes the healthcare market over the next several We are excited to now have leadingt these two Psilosportfolio companies.
" "The healthcard industry is currently undergoing an unprecedented leve l of change," said , CEO of both Click4Care and "as payor organizations now realizre they must leverage new technologuy in order to providee the innovation, transparency, and efficienciesw that healthcare consumers demand. Click4Care and HealthEdge were both built with thesde 21st century healthcare needsin mind. By positionin the companies undercommon leadership, we will be able to leverags the combined strength of both offerings, and both companies, to create a solution that will be second to none in the market.
" , the visionaryy entrepreneur behind the award-winning Click4Care software would continue to shape the direction of the product in his new position as Vice-Chairman and Executivde Vice-President of Product Strategy. He will also continue to play a key role in helpinbg to expand and growthe company. Click4Carse provides innovative caremanagement software, integrating data from multiplr systems into a solution that automates patient Streamlined workflows and optimized resources drive unprecedented ROI for medical managers, while providinvg life-improving care to patients.
Click4Care is drivingh enterprise-wide changes in the processes and business models of healthcare Some ofthe world's most progressive health insurance providera rely on ThinkHealth for a more consumer-drivemn approach to medical management. HealthEdge provides the only enterprise-class software platform for healthcare Using the patented HealthRulessoftware suite, health plans, health insurance companies and othe payors can finally respond to new business opportunities and markert changes in hours, not months or years, whiler drastically reducing both IT and operational costs.
Leveraging an investmenyt of over $125 million, HealthRules is the most scalableand cost-effective technology in the HealthEdge is the only choice for payors to survivew and thrive in the emerging healthcars economy.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Employers see bigger increase in the cost of providing health care - Houston Business Journal:
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percent jump in the cost of providing health insurance for employeesein 2009, signaling the end to a slower pace of cost increases in recent years. That 7.1 percentr figure compares to a 4.6 percen t increase in the amount of money that locak employers paid toward health insurance for employeewin 2008, 5.6 percenft in 2007, 6.4 percent in 2006 and 12.2 percen t in 2005. Costs increased a whoppinh 17.8 percent in 2002. In 2009, Houstonn employers will pay an averageof $9,050 to coverr health care for each enrolled The findings, released this week, are the resultg of the 14th annual Employee Health Care Costs survey conducted by Houston-based in partnershi with the .
Considering that the countrh is going througha recession, the fact that this year’s increase was higher than those experienced over the last several yearsd is not a surprise to EBS Principal Brett Haugh. “You tend to see costs jump back up as an economifdownturn occurs,” he says. “As companies experiencde economic difficulties, people are nervous on a daily basis about reductionsin force, so they go ahead and push forware their utilization of health care.” And Haugh predicts that health care costse are likely to continue to increase. “2008 was kind of bottok of thevalley ... now they’re beginning to escalate back he says.
Rick Huntington, director of the Houstob Business Groupon Health, says the increas indicates that “employers have done very little to add to management programs in regards to health “They didn’t do enough to head off the impacgt of the cycle, and we certainly expecft it to be a lot highe r next year,” Huntington says. In 2009, employerds subsidized 79 percent of overall medical plan up 2 percent fromlast year’s survey. Haugh says historically, the city’s employers often pick up more healtn care costs than other markets acrossthe nation, where employers on averager subsidize 70 percent to 75 percentf of costs.
Houston employerse say the changes that were madein employer-driven healthj care plans this year were tied to the bottom line of costs. “Costs are not going unfortunately, and as health care cost in generalgo up, we have to pass some of those costs on to employees as well,” says Elainwe Britt, director of benefits for . But Britt says Rice make s an effort to stay competitive with otherelocal businesses. “Depending on where you’rew coming from, we can look great or not as competitive,” she says. “Thise survey gives us a neutrall view acrossthe board.
” The survey reflectedr the responses of 143 Houston employers, including some large companies in the energy industry. The resultd found that only a small number of surveyh participants are considering a reduction in benefit as a way tocontrol costs. Instead, 57 percenf of companies said they are considering requirinb employees to contribute more to cover the cost of theifhealth care. That percentage of employers contemplatin g such a move is smaller than the 74 percent reportedin 2008. In term of insurance plans, preferred provider organizations, or remained by far the most popular.
Of 284 plansw offered, 203 were Consumer-driven health plans, or continue to grow at a very slow Last year, their costs only increased eight-tentha of 1 percent. The prevalence of companies offering a CDHP plan rose to 35 in 2009 from 32 in or about9 percent. Huntington blames this on the lack of transparency offered by providers andhealth “We have not held them accountable for increasingg efficiencies,” he says. “For example, consumers have a lack of transparencyy on what it costs to deliver a baby at one hospitalo comparedto another.
Providers and health planes need to be more open with costs and dataon
percent jump in the cost of providing health insurance for employeesein 2009, signaling the end to a slower pace of cost increases in recent years. That 7.1 percentr figure compares to a 4.6 percen t increase in the amount of money that locak employers paid toward health insurance for employeewin 2008, 5.6 percenft in 2007, 6.4 percent in 2006 and 12.2 percen t in 2005. Costs increased a whoppinh 17.8 percent in 2002. In 2009, Houstonn employers will pay an averageof $9,050 to coverr health care for each enrolled The findings, released this week, are the resultg of the 14th annual Employee Health Care Costs survey conducted by Houston-based in partnershi with the .
Considering that the countrh is going througha recession, the fact that this year’s increase was higher than those experienced over the last several yearsd is not a surprise to EBS Principal Brett Haugh. “You tend to see costs jump back up as an economifdownturn occurs,” he says. “As companies experiencde economic difficulties, people are nervous on a daily basis about reductionsin force, so they go ahead and push forware their utilization of health care.” And Haugh predicts that health care costse are likely to continue to increase. “2008 was kind of bottok of thevalley ... now they’re beginning to escalate back he says.
Rick Huntington, director of the Houstob Business Groupon Health, says the increas indicates that “employers have done very little to add to management programs in regards to health “They didn’t do enough to head off the impacgt of the cycle, and we certainly expecft it to be a lot highe r next year,” Huntington says. In 2009, employerds subsidized 79 percent of overall medical plan up 2 percent fromlast year’s survey. Haugh says historically, the city’s employers often pick up more healtn care costs than other markets acrossthe nation, where employers on averager subsidize 70 percent to 75 percentf of costs.
Houston employerse say the changes that were madein employer-driven healthj care plans this year were tied to the bottom line of costs. “Costs are not going unfortunately, and as health care cost in generalgo up, we have to pass some of those costs on to employees as well,” says Elainwe Britt, director of benefits for . But Britt says Rice make s an effort to stay competitive with otherelocal businesses. “Depending on where you’rew coming from, we can look great or not as competitive,” she says. “Thise survey gives us a neutrall view acrossthe board.
” The survey reflectedr the responses of 143 Houston employers, including some large companies in the energy industry. The resultd found that only a small number of surveyh participants are considering a reduction in benefit as a way tocontrol costs. Instead, 57 percenf of companies said they are considering requirinb employees to contribute more to cover the cost of theifhealth care. That percentage of employers contemplatin g such a move is smaller than the 74 percent reportedin 2008. In term of insurance plans, preferred provider organizations, or remained by far the most popular.
Of 284 plansw offered, 203 were Consumer-driven health plans, or continue to grow at a very slow Last year, their costs only increased eight-tentha of 1 percent. The prevalence of companies offering a CDHP plan rose to 35 in 2009 from 32 in or about9 percent. Huntington blames this on the lack of transparency offered by providers andhealth “We have not held them accountable for increasingg efficiencies,” he says. “For example, consumers have a lack of transparencyy on what it costs to deliver a baby at one hospitalo comparedto another.
Providers and health planes need to be more open with costs and dataon
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Santikos, Larry Ratliff team up on marketing relationship - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The advertising partnership will last until TheLarry Ratliff: Movies & More site will feature a Santikos Theatrr ad with a link to show times at all 100 Santikoe movie houses in San Antonii and Houston. Beginning June 23, Santikos will run a 15-secondx commercial for Larry Ratliff on its movie screens in Texas to promot ethe critic’s site. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the saysLarry Ratliff. “The added exposure in the Santikoe auditoriums will help meconnect – and in some casezs re-connect – with moviw lovers who enjoy and deserv a little more than just bare-bones movie coverage.
” Ratliff launched his site in March after working as a dailg newspaper film critic for the past 13 San Antonio-based Santikos has been a movie theaterr operator since 1924.
The advertising partnership will last until TheLarry Ratliff: Movies & More site will feature a Santikos Theatrr ad with a link to show times at all 100 Santikoe movie houses in San Antonii and Houston. Beginning June 23, Santikos will run a 15-secondx commercial for Larry Ratliff on its movie screens in Texas to promot ethe critic’s site. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the saysLarry Ratliff. “The added exposure in the Santikoe auditoriums will help meconnect – and in some casezs re-connect – with moviw lovers who enjoy and deserv a little more than just bare-bones movie coverage.
” Ratliff launched his site in March after working as a dailg newspaper film critic for the past 13 San Antonio-based Santikos has been a movie theaterr operator since 1924.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Children's Author-in-Chief: Obama to Release New Book - FOXNews (blog)
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Streamline jumps into black for 1Q - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The software company reportecd net incomeof $16,300, or zero centse per share, compared to a net loss of $815,000, or 9 cent s per share, in the year-agok quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 million from $3.6 The one analyst who covers the companu expected a net loss of 2 cents on revenuewsof $3.5 million. Systemsd sales and service, maintenancee and support revenues both rose 12 percent duringthe quarter, while application hosting services revenuex fell 23 percent, the company said in a news “We continue to make progress in moviny this business forward to the point of becoming consistentlgy profitable; that is our main strategifc goal,” said CEO Brian Patsy in the release.
In earlg June, Streamline won a contract valued at morethan $1 milliomn to integrate its document workflow solutions into an electroni medical records system at a Canadian health care region, Patst said. It is the second Canadian contrac t the company has won in thepast year. Despite the bettert news, shares of Streamline STRM), followed most tech stocks down onWednesday morning, losing more than 8 percent, or 26 to $2.89.
Streamline Health Solutions, basee in Cincinnati, is a supplier of workflow and documentgmanagement tools, applications and services to businesses, specifically health-care
The software company reportecd net incomeof $16,300, or zero centse per share, compared to a net loss of $815,000, or 9 cent s per share, in the year-agok quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 million from $3.6 The one analyst who covers the companu expected a net loss of 2 cents on revenuewsof $3.5 million. Systemsd sales and service, maintenancee and support revenues both rose 12 percent duringthe quarter, while application hosting services revenuex fell 23 percent, the company said in a news “We continue to make progress in moviny this business forward to the point of becoming consistentlgy profitable; that is our main strategifc goal,” said CEO Brian Patsy in the release.
In earlg June, Streamline won a contract valued at morethan $1 milliomn to integrate its document workflow solutions into an electroni medical records system at a Canadian health care region, Patst said. It is the second Canadian contrac t the company has won in thepast year. Despite the bettert news, shares of Streamline STRM), followed most tech stocks down onWednesday morning, losing more than 8 percent, or 26 to $2.89.
Streamline Health Solutions, basee in Cincinnati, is a supplier of workflow and documentgmanagement tools, applications and services to businesses, specifically health-care
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