Monday, August 30, 2010

University of Florida third in athletic revenue - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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UF generated the third-highest revenuse in college football and in overallsportz earnings, according to a report Mondat in Street & Smith’sa SportsBusiness Journal. SportsBusiness Journal, citing Equity in Athleticsw DisclosureAct forms, said UF reported $66.1 millioj in football revenue in 2007-2008, behind only the ($72.89 million) and rival ($67.1). Texas was also the overallp top sports earnerwith $120.3 millionm generated from all athletic teams. Ohio State was second with $117.
9 millioh and Florida was thirdwith $106 UF won college footballl national championships after the 2006 and 2008 regulae seasons, and won back-to-bacok men’s basketball national titles in 2006 and 2007. Othert Southern schools ranking in the top 20 in overall sportszrevenues were: (7th, $89.3 million), (8th, $88.9 million), (9th, $88.8 and (12th, $84.2 million). Other Southeastern Conference schools among the top 10 earnersx in football wereAuburn (No. 6 with $59.7 Alabama (No. 8 with $57.4 million) and LSU (No. 10 with $52.7 million). The remaining top 10 teames in footballrevenues were: (No. 4 with $65.1 million), (No. 5 with $59.87 million), (No. 7 with $ 57.4 million) and (No.
9 with 53.8 SportsBusiness Journal is a sister publication of the JacksonvillBusiness Journal.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Harry

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The restaurant served its last mealsMay 31. The Thirc Street restaurant employed 45 to 50 Jesse Jabot, vice president of operations and chierf operating officer of Harry’s Seafood and Griller LLC, said the recession forced the company to closse the restaurant after 14 years because sales had been down theres significantly since 2008. “We tried to keep it open as long as we Jabot said. “It was a very tough decision to It was the secondf tough decision the company was forced to make in as many The Roosevelt Boulevard location that employed 40 to 45 people closed in Thefirst Harry’s Seafood, which was not a full service opened in the Jacksonville Landing in 1987.
That locatioh sold and changed however, and the Jacksonville-based company started opening full service restaurants in North andCentralo Florida, eventually growing to eight locations — including threse in Jacksonville. The last remaining Jacksonville location, whicuh is also the site of the corporate headquarters onGate Parkway, will remain The other locations in St. Augustine, Ocala, Tallahassee, Lakeland and Tampza will alsoremain open, Jabot Jabot said the company does hope to open another Jacksonville location in a year or two, but there are no definitee plans yet.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Six Flags, former Elitch Gardens owner, files for Chapter 11 - South Florida Business Journal:

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The board of Six Flags SIXF) voted last week to begin reorganizatiomn proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Districyof Delaware. The company listed assets of $3.03 billion and debtsd of $2.36 billion in its Cascade Investments, the investment firm for Microsoftr founderBill Gates, owns 11.1 perceng of the voting securities in New York-based Six the largest share, bankruptcy documents show. Six Flagas has 97.7 million shares of common stocmkand 1.1 million shares of preferred stock. "The currenf management team inheriteda $2.
4 billion debt load that cannort be sustained, particularly in these challenging financia l markets," said Mark Shapiro, president and CEO of Six in a statement. "Azs a result, we are cleaning up the past and positioning the company for futuregrowth ... Following a recordc year of performancein 2008, which completed the three-year turnaroundc of our system-wide park operation, this action to cleah up the balance sheet paves the way for a full revivall of the company," Shapiro said. Elitch Gardens had operated for more than a centurgy at a northwest Denver The old Elitch Gardens shut down in and a new version of the amusement park opened a year laterr indowntown Denver.
The local Gurtler familyy and its financial partners sold the new park to PremietParks Inc. in 1996 for $65 million. It becamd Six Flags Elitch Gardens twoyears later, when Premier acquiresd Six Flags Inc. and changede its corporate name toSix Flags. Six Flage sold off Elitch's and other propertiews in 2007 in a series of transactions that left the Denvert attraction in the hands of CNL IncomePropertiea Inc., a real estate investment trust based in Fla. CNL reportedly paid $312 million for the CNL arranged for Parc Management LLC of Floridqa tomanage Elitch's. Six Flags now operates abour 20 North Americanamusement parks.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

BPA and Bonneville Environmental Foundation promote Green Tags program - Portland Business Journal:

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As part of the program, , and plan to buil a solar generation facilityat Hanford, When complete, BPA will buy the solaf output and meld it with other agency supplies to sell it at BPA's regular rate. BEF will cover the slightlty higher cost of producing solar power thensell "green to interested parties, a strategy intendedd to create additional revenue to expand a $15 milliojn fund for renewable resource development. "Green tags are a simple way of capturingh the environmental attributesof wind, solar and other renewables, said BEF president Angus Duncan.
"They give buyers an easy way to help transition the powet system from fossil fuel dependence to new To qualify forgreen tags, generation facilities may include geothermal, solar or biomass and must be endorsed by Northwesr environmental groups. Purchasers can, in offset a portion of the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that result from typical electricity use. BEF sold the first greemn tags to the US Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle ayear ago. Additiona l sales are now planned throughout the according tothe foundation.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

ARI 3Q profits fall - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Milwaukee-based ARI (OTCBB: ARIS), a providefr of electronic parts catalogs for the manufactured equipment markets, said net incom for the quarter ended April 30 fell 47.1 perceng to $226,000, or 3 cents per share, compared with or 6 cents per share, for the same perior a year ago. Beforde income taxes and other expenses, operating incomes fell 34.9 percent to $278,000 from $427,000. Revenus increased to $4.17 millio from $4.16 million. The firm reported strony sales of new marketing services and high levels of renewalzs for marketing services and catalog said president and CEORoy Olivier.
A declinse in professional services revenue partially offset those sales For the nine months endedApril 30, net income fell 46.5 percenr to $538,000, or 8 cents per compared with $1.01 million, or 14 centse per share, the year before. Revenuwe decreased 2.5 percent to $12.29 million from $12.6 million.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Monday, August 16, 2010

California Gay Marriage on Hold as Case Is Appealed - New York Times

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California Gay Marriage on Hold as Case Is Appealed

New York Times


SAN FRANCISCO â€" A federal appeals court has extended a stay on same-sex marriages in California until it decides whether a ban on such unions is constitutional. It is just the latest turn in a protracted legal battle over Proposition ...


Federal panel puts same-sex marriage on hold as appeal of Prop. 8 ruling goes ...

Los Angeles Times


Stay of Prop. 8 ruling jilts equality

San Francisco Chronicle


Court puts California same-sex marriages on hold

CNN


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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Obama redefines what he meant when he supported mosque at Ground Zero - Kansas City Star

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Globe and Mail


Obama redefines what he meant when he supported mosque at Ground Zero

Kansas City Star


President Barack Obama sought Saturday to draw a distinction between supporting a Muslim group's right to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York - a right he championed in a speech the night before - and thinking the ...


Obama tempers stand on NY mosque

Seattle Times


With Remarks on Mosque, Obama Enters Risky Debate

New York Times


Obama Says Backing of Right to Build Mosque Not an Endorsement

BusinessWeek


Palm Beach Post -CNN -Tampabay.com


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Thursday, August 12, 2010

San Mateo County gay marriages could resume next week - San Jose Mercury News


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San Mateo County gay marriages could resume next week

San Jose Mercury News


San Mateo County officials said they stand ready to issue gay marriage licenses next week if a judge's ruling Thursday to begin  »


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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Obama's choice wins in Colo. vote - Boston Globe


Boston Globe


Obama's choice wins in Colo. vote

Boston Globe


WASHINGTON â€" In one of a handful of intensely watched primaries around the country, US Senator Michael Bennet last night fended off a feisty Democratic primary ch »


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Monday, August 9, 2010

Captured as a teen, youngest Gitmo prisoner prepares to face trial - CNN


Kansas City Star


Captured as a teen, youngest Gitmo prisoner prepares to face trial

CNN


Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (CNN) -- The youngest detainee in the US facility Guantanamo Bay is set to go to trial this week, charged with terrorist acts for al Qaeda and the killing of a US Special Forces soldier. ...


Guantanamo detainee set to be tried

Aljazeera.net


Lawyers uncertain if Omar Khadr will show

Toronto Star


Detainee's trial to be peek into war on terror

MiamiHerald.com


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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Two Americans among group killed in Afghanistan - CNN


Daily Mail


Two Americans among group killed in Afghanistan

CNN


By the CNN Wire Staff Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Ten people -- six Germans, two Americans and two Afghans -- were killed by gunmen in Afghanistan about 15 days ago, police said Saturday. The gunmen stopped the victims on a road, took their belongings ...


10 Killed on Medical Aid Trip in Afghanistan

New York Times


6 Germans, 2 Americans, 2 Afghans Killed in Afghan Ambush

Voice of America


Foreigners killed in Afghan attack

Aljazeera.net


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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Oil Spill Calculations Stir Debate on Damage - New York Times


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Oil Spill Calculations Stir Debate on Damage

New York Times


The Obama administration's latest report on the Gulf of Mexico disaster set off a war of words Wednesday among scientists, Gulf Coast residents and political pundits about what to make of the Deepwater Horizon spill ...


The Gulf oil spill's cost comes into focus

USA Today


Scientists question government team's report of shrinking gulf oil spill

Washington Post


BP Can Cement Damaged Oil Well in Gulf After Reducing Pressure,  »


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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

BP test for 'static kill' in Gulf could take place Tuesday - CNN


Globe and Mail


BP test for 'static kill' in Gulf could take place Tuesday

CNN


By the CNN Wire Staff New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A crucial test -- meant to determine whether an effort to seal the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could proceed -- will likely take place Tuesday, according to the company. ...


BP's Gulf Oil Leak Ranks as World's Worst Caused by an Accident

Bloomberg


BP gears up to halt oil spill confirmed 'world's worst'

BBC News


BP oil spill: final tests due before 'static kill'

The Guardian


Financial Times -Los Angeles Times -The Associated Press


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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Chelsea Clinton weds Marc Mezvinsky in high-security ceremony - The Guardian


Sydney Morning Herald


Chelsea Clinton weds Marc Mezvinsky in high-security ceremony

The Guardian


Chelsea Clinton outshone her parents last night as she wed her long-term boyfriend, Marc Mezvinsky, in Rhinebeck, New York state. Some of the wraps fin »


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