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This year marks the chamber’s 23rd-annual Small Business The Mr. K Award is named for the late Ewingb Kauffman. • , Overland Park; general contractor. , Overland Park; provides physical and occupational therapy, rehabilitatio and sports performance • , Overland Park; Montessori-based child and preschool and elementaryschool • , Kansas City; provides two- and four-colod rapid, high-quality printing.
, Lawrence; Native-American, women-owned engineering firm specializingb in environmental andconstruction • , Olathe; manufactures transformers, inductora and filters used in airborne communication, entertainment equipment, satellites and space • , Kansas City; healthu care services. • , Kansas City; legal services and extende d insurance servicesthrough . , Lenexa; provides audio, video and security systems. , Overland Park; women-owned business that manages clinicapl research studies for biotech and pharmaceutical The chamber will name the 2009 Small Businesss of the Yearand Mr. K award winneer on May 20.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Enrollment Drops Again in Graduate Programs - New York Times
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New York Times | Enrollment Drops Again in Graduate Programs New York Times New enrollment in graduate schools fell last year for the second consecutive year, according to a report from the Council of Graduate Schools. The declines followed surges in enrollment in 2008 and 2009 as many unemployed workers sought a haven during ... The Missing Americans The Audacity of Graduate School Grad schools see drop in new students |
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Overlooked apartment properties in Alamo City get a second look - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The work comes courtesy of , a Calif.-based firm that purchasesd the property at 2503 Jackson Keller this past The cost ofthe renovation: Abouty $1.5 million. And that figure is just for phased one ofthe rehab, accordinf to Caltex partner Eli Russo. "This firstt round, we want to get (the complex) in good make it safe," says Russo, who also stresses preventativse maintenance in thisfirsy go-round of improvements. The work shouldc be completed this December. Earlg on, for example, crews begabn cutting down the jungle of plant growth that once hid The Bluffsz fromthe public's view.
Revealing the properthy that lay behind thefoliages was, for Russo, tantamount to finding the Maya ruins. The property is also getting a new paint job and new carpet in almost all of its318 units, says who is heading up the rehab for "We are doing a full rehabilitation insid e and out," Russo adds. "Ou philosophy: We rehabilitate into a (development) that we woulfd like to live in." Phase two, Russo will involve an upgrade of the interior of thepropertyh -- including the mechanical and electrical That work is slated to begihn in mid-November -- once the complex has reached an occupancy rate of about 65 percent.
At present, the projecty is hovering at a 50 percentoccupanchy rate. Costs for phase two have not been The Bluffs is the latest multifamilty renovationfor Caltex, which was established in 2003. Past rehabs includ three properties on the NorthbCentral Side: Rampart House, Frenchn Chalet and the Cosmopolitan Apartments. Caltesx has since sold all three Asked if Caltex plans to sell The Bluffe once the workis complete, Russ o says that it's up to the market. Caltex is alreadg eying a couple of more multifamily communitiew that it would like to purchase and According to Will Balthropeof Encino, Calif.-based Brokerage Co.
, oldetr apartment properties with an upside -- such as The Bluffs -- have becomd a much more valuable and sought-afte r investment asset in the past three As demand continues to drivs up the price for newer many investors are now seeking what he callss opportunity plays -- buying older complexes at a competitivwe price, and rehabbing and re-tenanting them. As a result, ownersa are able to bump up theie rents and achieve a good return onthei investment.
"Older properties in good locations are starting to become very soughg after by investors because they offerf a greater potential says Balthrope, who is the senioer director of Marcus & Millichap's National Multi Housing Group in Texas. Indeed, The Bluffs' locationh made it a savvy buy for says Balthrope, who represented the seller in the deal -- a foreignj investor called Metra United. At the time of the Balthrope was the director of ApartmenrBrokerage Services.
That is not to say that a good locatioj will cancel out other problems for a new One of the biggest hurdlews is changingthe public's perception of a development that has gone downhillo over the years, Balthrope "An apartment is a lot like a garden. It'sw a living, breathing says Balthrope. "It is management Left unattended, pretty soon it's just a bunch of For his part, Caltex's Russo, who has spent over 20 year in theconstruction industry, is undeterred by the challenge of bringing a property back to "To be able to take a (run-down) apartmengt and make it the talk of the town, it'd like an art work," he says.
Speaking of investmentg activity in themultifamily market, Hendricks Partners recently announced the sale of Huntley Manor, a 141-unit propertyh located at 4550 Lavender Lane on the city's East The buyer was a locally based investment partnership. The selle r was , also of San The deal was negotiated by Chrixs Ross and Scott Weems of the locallHendricks & Partners office. As part of its grand-openingt celebrations, Boston's The Gourmet Pizza recentlyu held a fundraiser to benefit theBoys & Girls Clubxs of San Antonio. The event raised which will be used to help supportthe organization's after-schoolo programs.
"They are a wonderfulk organization that provides both the skillk sets and positive reinforcement that so manyof today'xs children desperately need," says Jamir Price, managing partner for -- the local franchiser for Dallas-based . The inaugural Boston's openedf last month at Legacy -- a retail/office/residential projec t at Loop 1604and U.S. Highwayt 281 North on the city's far North Side.
The work comes courtesy of , a Calif.-based firm that purchasesd the property at 2503 Jackson Keller this past The cost ofthe renovation: Abouty $1.5 million. And that figure is just for phased one ofthe rehab, accordinf to Caltex partner Eli Russo. "This firstt round, we want to get (the complex) in good make it safe," says Russo, who also stresses preventativse maintenance in thisfirsy go-round of improvements. The work shouldc be completed this December. Earlg on, for example, crews begabn cutting down the jungle of plant growth that once hid The Bluffsz fromthe public's view.
Revealing the properthy that lay behind thefoliages was, for Russo, tantamount to finding the Maya ruins. The property is also getting a new paint job and new carpet in almost all of its318 units, says who is heading up the rehab for "We are doing a full rehabilitation insid e and out," Russo adds. "Ou philosophy: We rehabilitate into a (development) that we woulfd like to live in." Phase two, Russo will involve an upgrade of the interior of thepropertyh -- including the mechanical and electrical That work is slated to begihn in mid-November -- once the complex has reached an occupancy rate of about 65 percent.
At present, the projecty is hovering at a 50 percentoccupanchy rate. Costs for phase two have not been The Bluffs is the latest multifamilty renovationfor Caltex, which was established in 2003. Past rehabs includ three properties on the NorthbCentral Side: Rampart House, Frenchn Chalet and the Cosmopolitan Apartments. Caltesx has since sold all three Asked if Caltex plans to sell The Bluffe once the workis complete, Russ o says that it's up to the market. Caltex is alreadg eying a couple of more multifamily communitiew that it would like to purchase and According to Will Balthropeof Encino, Calif.-based Brokerage Co.
, oldetr apartment properties with an upside -- such as The Bluffs -- have becomd a much more valuable and sought-afte r investment asset in the past three As demand continues to drivs up the price for newer many investors are now seeking what he callss opportunity plays -- buying older complexes at a competitivwe price, and rehabbing and re-tenanting them. As a result, ownersa are able to bump up theie rents and achieve a good return onthei investment.
"Older properties in good locations are starting to become very soughg after by investors because they offerf a greater potential says Balthrope, who is the senioer director of Marcus & Millichap's National Multi Housing Group in Texas. Indeed, The Bluffs' locationh made it a savvy buy for says Balthrope, who represented the seller in the deal -- a foreignj investor called Metra United. At the time of the Balthrope was the director of ApartmenrBrokerage Services.
That is not to say that a good locatioj will cancel out other problems for a new One of the biggest hurdlews is changingthe public's perception of a development that has gone downhillo over the years, Balthrope "An apartment is a lot like a garden. It'sw a living, breathing says Balthrope. "It is management Left unattended, pretty soon it's just a bunch of For his part, Caltex's Russo, who has spent over 20 year in theconstruction industry, is undeterred by the challenge of bringing a property back to "To be able to take a (run-down) apartmengt and make it the talk of the town, it'd like an art work," he says.
Speaking of investmentg activity in themultifamily market, Hendricks Partners recently announced the sale of Huntley Manor, a 141-unit propertyh located at 4550 Lavender Lane on the city's East The buyer was a locally based investment partnership. The selle r was , also of San The deal was negotiated by Chrixs Ross and Scott Weems of the locallHendricks & Partners office. As part of its grand-openingt celebrations, Boston's The Gourmet Pizza recentlyu held a fundraiser to benefit theBoys & Girls Clubxs of San Antonio. The event raised which will be used to help supportthe organization's after-schoolo programs.
"They are a wonderfulk organization that provides both the skillk sets and positive reinforcement that so manyof today'xs children desperately need," says Jamir Price, managing partner for -- the local franchiser for Dallas-based . The inaugural Boston's openedf last month at Legacy -- a retail/office/residential projec t at Loop 1604and U.S. Highwayt 281 North on the city's far North Side.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Dublin, Columbus schools get grants for diesel-cutting - Business First of Buffalo:
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million is headed to Dublin and underd a second round of stater grants aimed at cutting dieselengine emissions. The on Mondayt announced recipients of the second and final roun d of Diesel EmissionsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program createxd in 2008. The first round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 including the , operator of the region’s bus In the winners disclosed Monday, Dublihn was cleared for $464,658 whilw the Columbus school system receiveda $918,020 grant.
Officialsz from Dublin and the school district told thestatr they’re using the money to replacs vehicles with lower-emission Dublin plans to replace eight 1999- or 2000-modelo short-haul diesel trucks, whiled the school district is usingb its grant to replace 15 buses producerd in 1990. Projects that received awards are required to put up at leasg 20 percent of the cost in matching The grant program looksx specifically at public and private diese equipment owners in Ohio countiexs that fall short of airquality standards. The largest grany among the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivesw withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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million is headed to Dublin and underd a second round of stater grants aimed at cutting dieselengine emissions. The on Mondayt announced recipients of the second and final roun d of Diesel EmissionsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program createxd in 2008. The first round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 including the , operator of the region’s bus In the winners disclosed Monday, Dublihn was cleared for $464,658 whilw the Columbus school system receiveda $918,020 grant.
Officialsz from Dublin and the school district told thestatr they’re using the money to replacs vehicles with lower-emission Dublin plans to replace eight 1999- or 2000-modelo short-haul diesel trucks, whiled the school district is usingb its grant to replace 15 buses producerd in 1990. Projects that received awards are required to put up at leasg 20 percent of the cost in matching The grant program looksx specifically at public and private diese equipment owners in Ohio countiexs that fall short of airquality standards. The largest grany among the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivesw withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Driving without insurance in Ala. to get tougher - Businessweek
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Live Insurance News | Driving without insurance in Ala. to get tougher Businessweek MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) â€" A driver's chances of being hit by an uninsured motorist in Alabama may go down after Jan. 1. That is when a new system will start cracking down on the 900,000 Alabama vehicles without insurance. The system will verify within a ... Alabama auto insurance law cracks down on uninsured drivers Enforcing our insurance law (Editorial) |
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Business women panel sheds light on opportunities - bizjournals:
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More than 130 women (and some men) attended a discussion on issuesz facing women at the DaytobBusiness Journal’s 2009 Bizwomen’as Connection at the Presidential Banquet Cente in Kettering. Topics of discussiohn included balancing workand family, findinvg inspiration during a recession and breaking througnh personal glass ceilings. Experts on the panel Kathy Hollingsworth, partner at and formed president ofin Dayton; Patricia Lofton president of ; and Veronicas Grabill, president of Centerville-based Marsha Bonhart, anchor at , moderatec the discussion. The panelists described their own experiences, workingh their way up corporate ladders and startinf theirown businesses.
They also told to audiencr members the economic recession was the best time to make choicesd tobe happy, rather than be worriedr about their current positions. “If you are in a period of you might as well be in an area of uncertaintuyyou like,” Hardaway said. Hollingswortbh advised women to take a look at their option s andanalyze what’s keeping them attached to a given If you are not happy and you have the skillzs and desire to break out on your own, use now as an she said. “There’s no better time than now,” Hollingsworthj said. The panelists advised women who want to star t their own companies to gofor it.
Find a passion and do what you and network for new clientszand opportunities, they said. “You want to staryt out and really Grabill said. “So give it your best shot because it couldr be theonly shot.” At the same Hollingsworth suggested not to get caught up in “You do need to give it your best shot,” she “But at the same if it’s stopping you from doing it just do it.
” For those wome who choose to stay at thei r companies and wait out the recession, the panelista advised less worrying and more hard “Give yourself 10, 15, or 30 minutex a day to worry about your company, and anothef 30 to worry about yourselfc at the company,” Hardaway said. “Thatg leaves you with (the rest of the) 24 hours that you can focusa onyour work.” Grabill suggested women stay aheadf of the game and look for red flags to stay “You can be a victim or a victor,” Grabill “Many times the future is different than you anticipate, and oftenn it’s better.
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More than 130 women (and some men) attended a discussion on issuesz facing women at the DaytobBusiness Journal’s 2009 Bizwomen’as Connection at the Presidential Banquet Cente in Kettering. Topics of discussiohn included balancing workand family, findinvg inspiration during a recession and breaking througnh personal glass ceilings. Experts on the panel Kathy Hollingsworth, partner at and formed president ofin Dayton; Patricia Lofton president of ; and Veronicas Grabill, president of Centerville-based Marsha Bonhart, anchor at , moderatec the discussion. The panelists described their own experiences, workingh their way up corporate ladders and startinf theirown businesses.
They also told to audiencr members the economic recession was the best time to make choicesd tobe happy, rather than be worriedr about their current positions. “If you are in a period of you might as well be in an area of uncertaintuyyou like,” Hardaway said. Hollingswortbh advised women to take a look at their option s andanalyze what’s keeping them attached to a given If you are not happy and you have the skillzs and desire to break out on your own, use now as an she said. “There’s no better time than now,” Hollingsworthj said. The panelists advised women who want to star t their own companies to gofor it.
Find a passion and do what you and network for new clientszand opportunities, they said. “You want to staryt out and really Grabill said. “So give it your best shot because it couldr be theonly shot.” At the same Hollingsworth suggested not to get caught up in “You do need to give it your best shot,” she “But at the same if it’s stopping you from doing it just do it.
” For those wome who choose to stay at thei r companies and wait out the recession, the panelista advised less worrying and more hard “Give yourself 10, 15, or 30 minutex a day to worry about your company, and anothef 30 to worry about yourselfc at the company,” Hardaway said. “Thatg leaves you with (the rest of the) 24 hours that you can focusa onyour work.” Grabill suggested women stay aheadf of the game and look for red flags to stay “You can be a victim or a victor,” Grabill “Many times the future is different than you anticipate, and oftenn it’s better.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Thursday's Sports in Brief - Washington Post
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SB Nation | Thursday's Sports in Brief Washington Post ATLANTA â€" Tiger Woods sure didn't look intimidated Thursday in the Tour Championship. Woods kept the b » |
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Guy Timberlake - Washington Business Journal:
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The association almost never startedat all. Timberlakde was helping his wife, Maggie, create a virtuapl assistant services company. Potential clients would read hisbiographt — which mentioned that he had spent 20 yeard in government contracting, including a $70 million contracyt award — and start asking for help with proposals. Casuapl questions became consulting which soon morphed into a new membership Since it started inApril 2004, the group has growbn to more than 600 individual members in 28 states and four To date, ASBC members have won more than $2.5 billionb in direct and subcontract awards.
“We wanted to make a home for anyoner that’s a small business,” Timberlakde said. The group’s matchmaking succes has caught the attention of muchbiggedr companies, such as and
The association almost never startedat all. Timberlakde was helping his wife, Maggie, create a virtuapl assistant services company. Potential clients would read hisbiographt — which mentioned that he had spent 20 yeard in government contracting, including a $70 million contracyt award — and start asking for help with proposals. Casuapl questions became consulting which soon morphed into a new membership Since it started inApril 2004, the group has growbn to more than 600 individual members in 28 states and four To date, ASBC members have won more than $2.5 billionb in direct and subcontract awards.
“We wanted to make a home for anyoner that’s a small business,” Timberlakde said. The group’s matchmaking succes has caught the attention of muchbiggedr companies, such as and
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
U.S. fears potential increase in terrorist movement - Washington Times
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Washington Times | U.S. fears potential increase in terrorist movement Washington Times U.S. fears potential increase in terrorist movement. Comment(s); Size: + / -; Print. By Guy Taylor. -. The Washington Times. Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Associated Press A Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi after the ... |
Monday, September 17, 2012
San Francisco Business Times: Lawyers see Facebook food
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Legal behemoth Morrison & Foerster showed what it means to be proactive toda when it issued a press releaswe warningof "serious trademark questions" raised by Facebook'e decision to start letting users choose usernames for their profilew on a first-come, first-serve Facebook will start registering customized names at 9:01 p.m. Pacificv TIme, with the names becominb part ofURL addresses, which the Palo Alto-basesd social network says will make it easier to searchy for individual pages on Facebook and the Web.
And if your name is Coca-Colwa and you find someone has already staked a clain to your trademarked Morrison & Foerster is ready for your Whether any significant problemzs will arise with cybersquatting of Facebook addresses
Legal behemoth Morrison & Foerster showed what it means to be proactive toda when it issued a press releaswe warningof "serious trademark questions" raised by Facebook'e decision to start letting users choose usernames for their profilew on a first-come, first-serve Facebook will start registering customized names at 9:01 p.m. Pacificv TIme, with the names becominb part ofURL addresses, which the Palo Alto-basesd social network says will make it easier to searchy for individual pages on Facebook and the Web.
And if your name is Coca-Colwa and you find someone has already staked a clain to your trademarked Morrison & Foerster is ready for your Whether any significant problemzs will arise with cybersquatting of Facebook addresses
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - Charlotte Business Journal:
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panelp of education, training and government experts gathered by the South Florids Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billiohn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s education and workforc training sectors. The panel marked the thirdr in theBusiness Journal’s ongoing stimuluz series, aimed at tracking and analyzinh the flow of money from the Americamn Recovery and Reinvestment Act into Souty Florida.
Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationallhy to request a federal waiver that allowe it to take money from education and replace it with stimuluws dollars while other states used stimulus dollarws to augment the The situation concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor Sobel. “We are not starting at the startinh line. The school districft in Broward County and those throughou the state are starting behinds thestarting line,” Sobel “They have had problems for years and they are all Veteran educator Robert Parks, a membed of the Broward County School Board, said, “Manyu of the large urban districtsd in the nation are afraid of one thing, which is basicallyh a bait and switch with thos dollars.
” What’s even more worrisome to some expertx is that the stimulus money will eventually run out. “I’mk really concerned about in three years; what’s goin to happen?” said José president of ’s North Campus. “This is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’ s operating budget was cut $22 million while the stimulus money wasonly $13 Parks said Broward County’ds school system has cut $1.4 billionm from its construction budgetf in addition to furloughinv 700 teachers and 51 “We’ve closed all of our school offices for the We don’t have summeer school anymore,” Parks said.
would have been looking at cutting its budget byabout $30 million without $12 millionb in stimulus funds, said Dorothgy K. Russell, the university’s associatr VP for financial affairs andbudgetf director. The university cut 30 positionsand “had we not had the stimulusw dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billionb in stimulus funds given to the state relievee pressure on the Legislatur to further reduce support for Floridsa Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,000p a year for students and are now The amount is important to who find enrollment caps at statse universities and turn to NSU and other privats institutions.
He also said that universitiesz are working together to appl for federalstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborative proposa with and FAU fora $50 million research buildinyg with wet labs, business incubator space and offices for the U.S. Geological Survey, which is helping oversee Everglades restoration. “We have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governord and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,0000 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competition for thes typesof projects, though, is FAU is getting about $12 million in direct infusion from the federal stimulus package, but the universituy also is seeking money from the for labs and Russell said.
April was the month to submit applicationds and the results are expectedby September. The strongest flow of so far, appears to be for programs that help the joblesw asthe state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
That was the sentiment of an eight-member panelp of education, training and government experts gathered by the South Florids Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billiohn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s education and workforc training sectors. The panel marked the thirdr in theBusiness Journal’s ongoing stimuluz series, aimed at tracking and analyzinh the flow of money from the Americamn Recovery and Reinvestment Act into Souty Florida.
Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationallhy to request a federal waiver that allowe it to take money from education and replace it with stimuluws dollars while other states used stimulus dollarws to augment the The situation concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor Sobel. “We are not starting at the startinh line. The school districft in Broward County and those throughou the state are starting behinds thestarting line,” Sobel “They have had problems for years and they are all Veteran educator Robert Parks, a membed of the Broward County School Board, said, “Manyu of the large urban districtsd in the nation are afraid of one thing, which is basicallyh a bait and switch with thos dollars.
” What’s even more worrisome to some expertx is that the stimulus money will eventually run out. “I’mk really concerned about in three years; what’s goin to happen?” said José president of ’s North Campus. “This is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’ s operating budget was cut $22 million while the stimulus money wasonly $13 Parks said Broward County’ds school system has cut $1.4 billionm from its construction budgetf in addition to furloughinv 700 teachers and 51 “We’ve closed all of our school offices for the We don’t have summeer school anymore,” Parks said.
would have been looking at cutting its budget byabout $30 million without $12 millionb in stimulus funds, said Dorothgy K. Russell, the university’s associatr VP for financial affairs andbudgetf director. The university cut 30 positionsand “had we not had the stimulusw dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billionb in stimulus funds given to the state relievee pressure on the Legislatur to further reduce support for Floridsa Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,000p a year for students and are now The amount is important to who find enrollment caps at statse universities and turn to NSU and other privats institutions.
He also said that universitiesz are working together to appl for federalstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborative proposa with and FAU fora $50 million research buildinyg with wet labs, business incubator space and offices for the U.S. Geological Survey, which is helping oversee Everglades restoration. “We have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governord and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,0000 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competition for thes typesof projects, though, is FAU is getting about $12 million in direct infusion from the federal stimulus package, but the universituy also is seeking money from the for labs and Russell said.
April was the month to submit applicationds and the results are expectedby September. The strongest flow of so far, appears to be for programs that help the joblesw asthe state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
Friday, September 14, 2012
Hot Topic profits up 13 percent in 3Q - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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In the quarter, the company earned $7.4 million, or 17 cents a share, up from earnings of $6.7 million, or 15 centse a share, in the third quarterf a year ago. Analyst estimates placed the earnings per share at16 cents. The current quarter'ds results also include expenses of 1 cent a shard related tothe company's new online music site, In the sales Hot Topic brought in $197.3 milliomn in the quarter, up from $188.5 million a year ago. Througn the first nine months, Hot Topic has earnedd $5.6 million, or 13 cents a share, on salew of $523.1 million. Through the same period a year ago, the companhy earned $4.1 million, or 9 centds a share, on sales of $507.
4 As the end of the quarter, City of Industry-basee Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) operatedd 683 Hot Topic stores and 158Torrif stores, compared to 695 Hot Topif stores and 147 Torrid stores at the end of the thired quarter a year ago.
In the quarter, the company earned $7.4 million, or 17 cents a share, up from earnings of $6.7 million, or 15 centse a share, in the third quarterf a year ago. Analyst estimates placed the earnings per share at16 cents. The current quarter'ds results also include expenses of 1 cent a shard related tothe company's new online music site, In the sales Hot Topic brought in $197.3 milliomn in the quarter, up from $188.5 million a year ago. Througn the first nine months, Hot Topic has earnedd $5.6 million, or 13 cents a share, on salew of $523.1 million. Through the same period a year ago, the companhy earned $4.1 million, or 9 centds a share, on sales of $507.
4 As the end of the quarter, City of Industry-basee Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) operatedd 683 Hot Topic stores and 158Torrif stores, compared to 695 Hot Topif stores and 147 Torrid stores at the end of the thired quarter a year ago.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Bridge loans will help small firms pay their bills - bizjournals:
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Through the program, small businesses that are having trouble making payments onexistint non-SBA loans can borrow up to $35,000, The money can be used to make up to six monthd of payments of principal and interest on small-businessd debt ranging from mortgages to credit cards. Smallk businesses will have one year after the final disbursementr of these bridge loans before they have to starg payingthem back. They then will have five years to repagythe loans.
The economic stimulus bill callecd for the SBA to create the new temporary loan The agency will guarantee 100 percent of the amount ofthese America’s Recovery Capital which will be made through its network of private-sector lenders. SBA Administrator Karen Mills said the agency will provide guidancwe to lenders on the ARC program byJune 8, and will begib accepting loan packages from lenderws June 15. “We expect these loanz to be in high she said.
Tony president and CEO of the Nationapl Association of Government Guaranteed estimates theapproximately $350 million in loans that will be availablwe through the program will be used up “rathet quickly,” perhaps in three months. however, still are awaiting crucial details onthe program, he Only “viable” small businesses will be eligible to receive the loans, for example, and the SBA hasn’t defined viable yet. Plus, the SBA will be subsidizinfg the interest onthe loans, and the agencg has not told lenders what interest rate they can The SBA will provide theser details to lenders June 8, Millw said.
In general, she said, viable small businesse s are firms with a track record of success that are experiencinfgtemporary difficulties, such as declining due to the economic downturn. They also must presenyt a plan demonstrating they will be able to sustaib themselves once they have used up theemergencyu loan, she said. Lenders that currently do not participate inthe SBA’a government-guaranteed loan programs will be given the opportunity to do so.
This will enablw them to help borrowers who are behind on theirloan payments, and turn past-due loans into loans that are The head of the House Small Businesws Committee wants the Obama administration to help smalk businesses in the automobile industry’s suppl y chain as part of its restructuring “Little has been done to help smallo suppliers,” said Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. “That’s a big Cutting entrepreneurs out of the proceses means more setbacks downthe road, especiallyu considering the end goal of thesee measures — job retention.
” More than 600,000 Americans work for auto industr y suppliers, but that number is dropping on an almost daily basis. The auto industry’s restructuring “needws to be deep enough and comprehensive enough to reacbhsmall businesses,” Velazquez said. The Treasury Department has createdra $5 billion program to help direct suppliers of finished products to General Motors and Chrysler by guaranteeing theifr receivables. But second- and third-tier auto industry suppliers, who sell parts, equipmeng and raw materials todirect suppliers, aren’rt eligible for this program.
Many smalll businesses in the auto industry already have been forcedc to lay off workers due to the downturn inautomobiled production, according to executives from small suppliers who testified before Velazquez’ss committee last week. Many now are worried they won’t get paid for productzs they have already delivered dueto Chrysler’s bankruptc filing and the likelihood that General Motors will follow suit. The Smalp Business Administrationis “carefully calibrating a plan” to providre automobile dealers with loans for purchasing vehicles inventory, SBA Administrator Karen Mills said.
Auto dealeres already have benefited fromthe SBA’s decision to make more than 70,00 0 additional businesses eligible for its 7(a) loans. The agencyt temporarily is allowing lenders to consideea company’s net worth and annual incom as an alternative to its usual size standards, whicuh are based on revenuee or number of employees, depending on industry. These 7(a) loanas will provide needed working capital, but auto dealerw say they’re also having trouble getting “floor loans, which are needed to buy vehiclesd from auto manufacturers for sale to the Mills said the SBA will begin allowingits government-guaranteede loans to be used for vehicle inventoryu financing in a few weeks.
The Departmenf of Housing and Urban Development has decided toallow first-time home buyersa to use the $8,000 tax credigt included in the economic stimulus bill as a down paymen on their mortgages. Home builder s and Realtors said the decision should provide a boosf to thehousing market, sincr first-time buyers won’t have to wait until they file their taxess in order to benefit from the “The biggest obstacle for first-time buyers is coming up with a down said Joe Robson, a home buildeer from Tulsa, Okla., who chairsd the National Association of Home Builders.
Robso praised HUD Secretary Shaun Donovannfor “moving swiftly to help first-time home buyers to access the tax credi upfront at the time of closing. The timinf could not have been better as we are in the midst of the cruciaospring home-buying season.”
Through the program, small businesses that are having trouble making payments onexistint non-SBA loans can borrow up to $35,000, The money can be used to make up to six monthd of payments of principal and interest on small-businessd debt ranging from mortgages to credit cards. Smallk businesses will have one year after the final disbursementr of these bridge loans before they have to starg payingthem back. They then will have five years to repagythe loans.
The economic stimulus bill callecd for the SBA to create the new temporary loan The agency will guarantee 100 percent of the amount ofthese America’s Recovery Capital which will be made through its network of private-sector lenders. SBA Administrator Karen Mills said the agency will provide guidancwe to lenders on the ARC program byJune 8, and will begib accepting loan packages from lenderws June 15. “We expect these loanz to be in high she said.
Tony president and CEO of the Nationapl Association of Government Guaranteed estimates theapproximately $350 million in loans that will be availablwe through the program will be used up “rathet quickly,” perhaps in three months. however, still are awaiting crucial details onthe program, he Only “viable” small businesses will be eligible to receive the loans, for example, and the SBA hasn’t defined viable yet. Plus, the SBA will be subsidizinfg the interest onthe loans, and the agencg has not told lenders what interest rate they can The SBA will provide theser details to lenders June 8, Millw said.
In general, she said, viable small businesse s are firms with a track record of success that are experiencinfgtemporary difficulties, such as declining due to the economic downturn. They also must presenyt a plan demonstrating they will be able to sustaib themselves once they have used up theemergencyu loan, she said. Lenders that currently do not participate inthe SBA’a government-guaranteed loan programs will be given the opportunity to do so.
This will enablw them to help borrowers who are behind on theirloan payments, and turn past-due loans into loans that are The head of the House Small Businesws Committee wants the Obama administration to help smalk businesses in the automobile industry’s suppl y chain as part of its restructuring “Little has been done to help smallo suppliers,” said Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. “That’s a big Cutting entrepreneurs out of the proceses means more setbacks downthe road, especiallyu considering the end goal of thesee measures — job retention.
” More than 600,000 Americans work for auto industr y suppliers, but that number is dropping on an almost daily basis. The auto industry’s restructuring “needws to be deep enough and comprehensive enough to reacbhsmall businesses,” Velazquez said. The Treasury Department has createdra $5 billion program to help direct suppliers of finished products to General Motors and Chrysler by guaranteeing theifr receivables. But second- and third-tier auto industry suppliers, who sell parts, equipmeng and raw materials todirect suppliers, aren’rt eligible for this program.
Many smalll businesses in the auto industry already have been forcedc to lay off workers due to the downturn inautomobiled production, according to executives from small suppliers who testified before Velazquez’ss committee last week. Many now are worried they won’t get paid for productzs they have already delivered dueto Chrysler’s bankruptc filing and the likelihood that General Motors will follow suit. The Smalp Business Administrationis “carefully calibrating a plan” to providre automobile dealers with loans for purchasing vehicles inventory, SBA Administrator Karen Mills said.
Auto dealeres already have benefited fromthe SBA’s decision to make more than 70,00 0 additional businesses eligible for its 7(a) loans. The agencyt temporarily is allowing lenders to consideea company’s net worth and annual incom as an alternative to its usual size standards, whicuh are based on revenuee or number of employees, depending on industry. These 7(a) loanas will provide needed working capital, but auto dealerw say they’re also having trouble getting “floor loans, which are needed to buy vehiclesd from auto manufacturers for sale to the Mills said the SBA will begin allowingits government-guaranteede loans to be used for vehicle inventoryu financing in a few weeks.
The Departmenf of Housing and Urban Development has decided toallow first-time home buyersa to use the $8,000 tax credigt included in the economic stimulus bill as a down paymen on their mortgages. Home builder s and Realtors said the decision should provide a boosf to thehousing market, sincr first-time buyers won’t have to wait until they file their taxess in order to benefit from the “The biggest obstacle for first-time buyers is coming up with a down said Joe Robson, a home buildeer from Tulsa, Okla., who chairsd the National Association of Home Builders.
Robso praised HUD Secretary Shaun Donovannfor “moving swiftly to help first-time home buyers to access the tax credi upfront at the time of closing. The timinf could not have been better as we are in the midst of the cruciaospring home-buying season.”
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Wichita Business Journal:
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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-policyg think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the hood” recession-era look at metrozs with more than 500,000o residents as of 2007. The repor t placed the Columbus metropolitan statisticak area 40th among thosew ranked forits strength, based on unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton found slots from 61st to Toledo was rankedthe 10th-weakest majoer metropolitan area nationwide. Leading the pack in the report was San one of four Texas cities amongthe nation’s top five.
Detroig was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla., and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosure Brookings found that the metropolitabn perspectiveon states’ performancr amid the recession “suggestes that recovery may be quite uneve n as well, posing particular challenges for policymakersz seeking to ensure a truly national rising economic Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the repory varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 perceny decline in employment since its peak earlierthis decade. Columbuas found itself at 32nd for itsmodest 0.
4 percenrt gain in inflation-adjusted housing pricews for the first three monthsz of 2008 compared with the same periodd this year. But the city was rankeds near the bottom ofthe list, at for the 4.8 percent decline in its grosw metropolitan product – a measure of the goods and services produced in the area – in the firs t quarter of 2009 comparef with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last threr months of 2008 with the first quarter this year the GMPdropped 1.7 percent, representinv the 14th-worst decline among the cities To download the full click .
A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-policyg think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the hood” recession-era look at metrozs with more than 500,000o residents as of 2007. The repor t placed the Columbus metropolitan statisticak area 40th among thosew ranked forits strength, based on unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton found slots from 61st to Toledo was rankedthe 10th-weakest majoer metropolitan area nationwide. Leading the pack in the report was San one of four Texas cities amongthe nation’s top five.
Detroig was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla., and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosure Brookings found that the metropolitabn perspectiveon states’ performancr amid the recession “suggestes that recovery may be quite uneve n as well, posing particular challenges for policymakersz seeking to ensure a truly national rising economic Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the repory varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 perceny decline in employment since its peak earlierthis decade. Columbuas found itself at 32nd for itsmodest 0.
4 percenrt gain in inflation-adjusted housing pricews for the first three monthsz of 2008 compared with the same periodd this year. But the city was rankeds near the bottom ofthe list, at for the 4.8 percent decline in its grosw metropolitan product – a measure of the goods and services produced in the area – in the firs t quarter of 2009 comparef with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last threr months of 2008 with the first quarter this year the GMPdropped 1.7 percent, representinv the 14th-worst decline among the cities To download the full click .
Monday, September 10, 2012
Final hearing is set for American Italian Pasta settlement - Kansas City Business Journal:
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In a filing Friday with the Securities andExchanger Commission, the Kansas City-based company (Pink Sheets: AITP) said the hearinyg will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 5 before Judge Brianj Wimes of the 16th Judicial Circuit Courft ofJackson County. would settle threr suits and require the company to make governancew changes that include reviewing all boarx charters andgovernance principles, hirinf a compliance officer and additional internal audi staff, and adopting a comprehensive code of The company admitted no wrongdoing as part of the settlement agreemen t and would pay $1.
5 million in lega fees and other Timothy Webster and formetr CFO Warren Schmidgall pleaded guilty to one counr of wire fraud each in relation to misrepresenting the company’a financial performance. Webster and Schmidgall each face as much as five yearsa in prison and as muchas $250,000 in finezs and restitution. In a separate case, AIPC said Aug. 11 that it planned to issue 903,078 shares to resolve federall securities law claims in a consolidated classx action filed inAugust 2005. AIPC’s insurerxs were to pay $11 million, and the compan y was to distribute $14 million worth of its common stock to the The settlement included no admission of wrongdoingg bythe company.
Several shareholderas had filed suits in 2005 againstthe company, alleginv that its executives and directors had “cooked the to create an illusion that the company was doing well even as salesd slumped during the low-carbohydrate diet craze. The suits were consolidated into asingls class-action suit.
In a filing Friday with the Securities andExchanger Commission, the Kansas City-based company (Pink Sheets: AITP) said the hearinyg will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 5 before Judge Brianj Wimes of the 16th Judicial Circuit Courft ofJackson County. would settle threr suits and require the company to make governancew changes that include reviewing all boarx charters andgovernance principles, hirinf a compliance officer and additional internal audi staff, and adopting a comprehensive code of The company admitted no wrongdoing as part of the settlement agreemen t and would pay $1.
5 million in lega fees and other Timothy Webster and formetr CFO Warren Schmidgall pleaded guilty to one counr of wire fraud each in relation to misrepresenting the company’a financial performance. Webster and Schmidgall each face as much as five yearsa in prison and as muchas $250,000 in finezs and restitution. In a separate case, AIPC said Aug. 11 that it planned to issue 903,078 shares to resolve federall securities law claims in a consolidated classx action filed inAugust 2005. AIPC’s insurerxs were to pay $11 million, and the compan y was to distribute $14 million worth of its common stock to the The settlement included no admission of wrongdoingg bythe company.
Several shareholderas had filed suits in 2005 againstthe company, alleginv that its executives and directors had “cooked the to create an illusion that the company was doing well even as salesd slumped during the low-carbohydrate diet craze. The suits were consolidated into asingls class-action suit.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Survey finds gas surcharge not supported - Sacramento Business Journal:
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A super majority of the region’s residents consideer traffic congestion and carbon dioxide and othert air pollution to beregional problems, learned in a yearlyy study. However, only 31 percent would add a carbon surcharge of 10 centz per gallon of gas in their county to fundpublif transit. And 51 percent would oppose such a The survey, conducted by Sacramento State professofr Amy Liu and her students throughj the university’s , found that respondents aren’y as concerned about traffic congestion as they used to be. Only 43 percenft said traffic congestion is a big which is the lowesty since the survey beganin 2002.
The peak came that when 70 percent said it was abig “The number of thosw who think carbon dioxide and other air pollution is a problem has also decliner in the past few a university news release on the surveh findings said. “In 2004 and 2005, 88 percenf of the region felt air qualithy wasa problem. In 2006 that numbee dropped to85 percent, and by 2008 it had declinee to 81 percent.” The survey found that 49 percent of residentws consider public transit a and only 24 percent consider it a big issue.
One-third, or 33 percent, said it is not a While most respondents agree that carbon dioxide and other air pollutiomn and traffic congestion are problems in the only 17 percent rode public transit in the 30 days priord tothe survey. • Residents in the city of Sacramento (55 Democrats (55 percent), independents and third-party voters (55 are the most concerned aboutpublic transit. Democrats are more likely (83 percent) than Republicans (53 percent), and non-whitse residents are more likely (70 percent) than whites (69 percent) to consider air qualitu a problem forthe region.
• Support for an additionap gas surcharge is highest amongDemocrats (46 Yolo County residents (42 percent), and people who who belonyg to the upper and upper-middld classes (40 percent). Transit users (50 are the most likely to vote yes. Support for the gas surcharge is the lowest amongRepublicans (21 percent), El Dorad County residents (26 percent) and people who belong to the workint and lower classes (27 percent).
A super majority of the region’s residents consideer traffic congestion and carbon dioxide and othert air pollution to beregional problems, learned in a yearlyy study. However, only 31 percent would add a carbon surcharge of 10 centz per gallon of gas in their county to fundpublif transit. And 51 percent would oppose such a The survey, conducted by Sacramento State professofr Amy Liu and her students throughj the university’s , found that respondents aren’y as concerned about traffic congestion as they used to be. Only 43 percenft said traffic congestion is a big which is the lowesty since the survey beganin 2002.
The peak came that when 70 percent said it was abig “The number of thosw who think carbon dioxide and other air pollution is a problem has also decliner in the past few a university news release on the surveh findings said. “In 2004 and 2005, 88 percenf of the region felt air qualithy wasa problem. In 2006 that numbee dropped to85 percent, and by 2008 it had declinee to 81 percent.” The survey found that 49 percent of residentws consider public transit a and only 24 percent consider it a big issue.
One-third, or 33 percent, said it is not a While most respondents agree that carbon dioxide and other air pollutiomn and traffic congestion are problems in the only 17 percent rode public transit in the 30 days priord tothe survey. • Residents in the city of Sacramento (55 Democrats (55 percent), independents and third-party voters (55 are the most concerned aboutpublic transit. Democrats are more likely (83 percent) than Republicans (53 percent), and non-whitse residents are more likely (70 percent) than whites (69 percent) to consider air qualitu a problem forthe region.
• Support for an additionap gas surcharge is highest amongDemocrats (46 Yolo County residents (42 percent), and people who who belonyg to the upper and upper-middld classes (40 percent). Transit users (50 are the most likely to vote yes. Support for the gas surcharge is the lowest amongRepublicans (21 percent), El Dorad County residents (26 percent) and people who belong to the workint and lower classes (27 percent).
Friday, September 7, 2012
Del. North signs singular supply deal - Business First of Buffalo:
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The deal means Pro Act will be supplying anestimateds 500,000 or more cases of freshh produce annually to the more than 150 restaurants and concessionsa Delaware North operates in hotels, sports tourist destinations as well as state and national parks. Terms were not disclosed. Pro Act, which is based on Monterrey, has 70 distribution centers. Locally, in is Pro Act’s regional distributor. The deal is expectede to result in added ordersw handledby Tarantino.
“Working with Pro Act will enable Delawarew North to streamline our produce supplychain and, potentially, increase our use of sustainablde and regionally grown produce,” said Michael Delaware North vice president of supply management services. Delaware North has used Pro Act in some of its Its eight Major League Baseball stadiums switched over to Pro Act this The conversion for the othe Delaware North sites will take place durinbgthe summer.
The deal means Pro Act will be supplying anestimateds 500,000 or more cases of freshh produce annually to the more than 150 restaurants and concessionsa Delaware North operates in hotels, sports tourist destinations as well as state and national parks. Terms were not disclosed. Pro Act, which is based on Monterrey, has 70 distribution centers. Locally, in is Pro Act’s regional distributor. The deal is expectede to result in added ordersw handledby Tarantino.
“Working with Pro Act will enable Delawarew North to streamline our produce supplychain and, potentially, increase our use of sustainablde and regionally grown produce,” said Michael Delaware North vice president of supply management services. Delaware North has used Pro Act in some of its Its eight Major League Baseball stadiums switched over to Pro Act this The conversion for the othe Delaware North sites will take place durinbgthe summer.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Tom Gill, longtime Hawaii politician, dies at 87 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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Gill, who died at Leahi Hospitall in Honolulu after years offailinv health, was 87. Gill, a Democrat, served in the U.S. Hous of Representatives from 1963 to 1965 and as lieutenanf governor from 1966to 1970. Born in Honolulu, servedx in the territorial and Hawaii Hous of Representatives from 1958through 1962. an attorney who was a strong and early supporter ofcivik rights, was among the most outspoken and liberal members of Hawaii’s Democratic Party as it came to dominatde state politics in the 1960s.
Among Democrats, Gill was knowm as something ofan outsider, and he was an outspoken critid of what he saw as “machine-style” He ran for governor unsuccessfully including against his boss, incumbent Democrat John Burns in 1970. He also ran againsr George Ariyoshiin 1974. Gill is survivede by his wife, Lois, and brothetr Lorin T. Gill; sons Eric, who heads UNITE-HERE Locak 5, the hotel and restaurant workers’ Gary, a former Honolulu City Councilp member, and Tony, a labord lawyer; and three other 12 grandchildren andthree great-grandchildren.
Gill, who died at Leahi Hospitall in Honolulu after years offailinv health, was 87. Gill, a Democrat, served in the U.S. Hous of Representatives from 1963 to 1965 and as lieutenanf governor from 1966to 1970. Born in Honolulu, servedx in the territorial and Hawaii Hous of Representatives from 1958through 1962. an attorney who was a strong and early supporter ofcivik rights, was among the most outspoken and liberal members of Hawaii’s Democratic Party as it came to dominatde state politics in the 1960s.
Among Democrats, Gill was knowm as something ofan outsider, and he was an outspoken critid of what he saw as “machine-style” He ran for governor unsuccessfully including against his boss, incumbent Democrat John Burns in 1970. He also ran againsr George Ariyoshiin 1974. Gill is survivede by his wife, Lois, and brothetr Lorin T. Gill; sons Eric, who heads UNITE-HERE Locak 5, the hotel and restaurant workers’ Gary, a former Honolulu City Councilp member, and Tony, a labord lawyer; and three other 12 grandchildren andthree great-grandchildren.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
IBM suing former executive over Dell offer - Denver Business Journal:
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The executive, David is being sued by IBM because the new position would violatea non-compete reported. “Mr. Johnson has possessiomn of valuable confidential information and cannot undertake a seniord strategy position at Dell without violating his obligationdsto IBM,” company spokesman Edward Barbini told Dell spokesman David Frinjk confirmed the job offer, but not the naturee of Johnson’s proposed position at Round Rock-based “Yes, we have offered a position to Mr. but the characterizations of his roleare speculative,” Frink said. “Withouty exception, Dell respects the tradew secrets and intellectual propertyof Dell, the No.
2 maker of personal computers in the has already made one acquisitionthis year, and it is positionedf to complete several more as it findds itself flush with cash while tech companyt valuations remain depressed during the global Company officials have indicated they plan to expansd beyond its core business of hardware product to storage and software designeed to make it easier for customerxs to manage data centers. In January 2008, Dell made the largest acquisition inits history, buying New Hampshire-based EqualLogif Inc. for $1.4 billion. which is scheduled to report its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, has nearly $9 billion in cash to completw such deals.
Earlier this month, the New York Times reporte that Dell was interviewing investment bankin and technology industry executives to serve inan M&A position that would report to CFO Briamn Gladden. During its last fiscall year, Dell reported $2.47 billiob in net income on $61.1 billion in revenue.
The executive, David is being sued by IBM because the new position would violatea non-compete reported. “Mr. Johnson has possessiomn of valuable confidential information and cannot undertake a seniord strategy position at Dell without violating his obligationdsto IBM,” company spokesman Edward Barbini told Dell spokesman David Frinjk confirmed the job offer, but not the naturee of Johnson’s proposed position at Round Rock-based “Yes, we have offered a position to Mr. but the characterizations of his roleare speculative,” Frink said. “Withouty exception, Dell respects the tradew secrets and intellectual propertyof Dell, the No.
2 maker of personal computers in the has already made one acquisitionthis year, and it is positionedf to complete several more as it findds itself flush with cash while tech companyt valuations remain depressed during the global Company officials have indicated they plan to expansd beyond its core business of hardware product to storage and software designeed to make it easier for customerxs to manage data centers. In January 2008, Dell made the largest acquisition inits history, buying New Hampshire-based EqualLogif Inc. for $1.4 billion. which is scheduled to report its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, has nearly $9 billion in cash to completw such deals.
Earlier this month, the New York Times reporte that Dell was interviewing investment bankin and technology industry executives to serve inan M&A position that would report to CFO Briamn Gladden. During its last fiscall year, Dell reported $2.47 billiob in net income on $61.1 billion in revenue.
Monday, September 3, 2012
'Transformers' has huge debut, 'Up' passes 'Star Trek' - Phoenix Business Journal:
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"Transformers" brought in an estimated $112,000,000 over the weekend, and an estimaterd $201,246,000 since the movie's debut According to a report onthe site, it was the second-largesy five-day debut in history, trailingt only "The Dark Knight." The movie was showmn on about 10,000 screenxs at 4,234 sites, according to the report. Anothedr new release over the weekend, ' "My Sister's Keeper," came in fiftuh at the box office during the bringing in anestimated $12,030,000. Last week'a number-one movie, Disney's "The Proposal," fell to the second spot, bringing in an estimatefd $18,466,000. Warner Bros.
' "The and "Up" came in third and fourth, bringin g in an estimated $17,215,00p0 and $13,046,000, respectively. In overall box-office revenue for the summer, therew was a shake up at the top, with passing "Star Trek." The top five overall movies for the year to and their estimatedreceipta are: "Up" -- $250,218,000 "Stat Trek" -- $246,225,000 "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" -- $201,246,009 "Monsters vs.
Aliens" -- $195,971,000 "The Hangover" -- $183,247,009 Of the top five, it looks like "The Hangover" has the most bang for the as its budget wasonly $35,000,000, compared with the other four, which had budgets of at leas t $150,000,000.
"Transformers" brought in an estimated $112,000,000 over the weekend, and an estimaterd $201,246,000 since the movie's debut According to a report onthe site, it was the second-largesy five-day debut in history, trailingt only "The Dark Knight." The movie was showmn on about 10,000 screenxs at 4,234 sites, according to the report. Anothedr new release over the weekend, ' "My Sister's Keeper," came in fiftuh at the box office during the bringing in anestimated $12,030,000. Last week'a number-one movie, Disney's "The Proposal," fell to the second spot, bringing in an estimatefd $18,466,000. Warner Bros.
' "The and "Up" came in third and fourth, bringin g in an estimated $17,215,00p0 and $13,046,000, respectively. In overall box-office revenue for the summer, therew was a shake up at the top, with passing "Star Trek." The top five overall movies for the year to and their estimatedreceipta are: "Up" -- $250,218,000 "Stat Trek" -- $246,225,000 "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" -- $201,246,009 "Monsters vs.
Aliens" -- $195,971,000 "The Hangover" -- $183,247,009 Of the top five, it looks like "The Hangover" has the most bang for the as its budget wasonly $35,000,000, compared with the other four, which had budgets of at leas t $150,000,000.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Samsung wins four European Imaging and Sound Association awards across ... - Al-Bawaba
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Al-Bawaba | Samsung wins four European Imaging and Sound Association awards across ... Al-Bawaba This year's winning products are the Samsung UE46ES8000 range of televisions, the Samsung HT-E6750W home theatre system, the Samsung GALAXY S III smartphone and the Samsung NX20 camera, respectively, » |
