SB Nation | Hawks-Jazz Preview Yahoo! Sports With help from Josh Smith, the Hawks will seek a sixth win in seven games and fourth in a row Wednesday night against the Jazz, who will try to avoid a third straight loss. Atlanta (32-23) was reportedly in trade talks with Milwaukee for Smith, who is ... Hawks resume road trip against Jazz Utah Jazz: Earl Watson expects to start Wednesday Hawks vs. Jazz preview: Utah looks to rebound from back-to-back losses |
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Friday, February 22, 2013
The Scrum - Politico
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CBS News | The Scrum Politico Behind the Curtain: Obama, the puppet master:http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/obama-the-puppet-master-87764.html?hp=t1. White House access: Did Ed Henry blow it?http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/02/did-ed-henry-blow-it-157327.html ... Obama Pushes Congress To Avoid Automatic Cuts; GOP Says It's Not The ... |
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Catch the Wind secures $18.8M - Houston Business Journal:
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million in a private placement financing to help push more sales of its new wind sensorfor Manassas-based Catch the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Venturee Exchange, sold roughly 16.7 million sharez at a price of Canadiah $1.30 apiece in what it hopes to be its last majord equity financing before generating enougg revenue from its laser wind-sensing product, Vindicator, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investment round, along with institutional bringing its total equity fundraisingy to date to nearly $35 million. , Researcn Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capital Corp.
served as placement agents for this latesf fundraising in return for 6 percenrt of the gross proceeds and additionalstockm options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibeer optics laser company that still shares the sameheadquarterws space, Catch the Wind has been developing similad technology that senses when wind is helping reorient a turbine to capture that wind befors it passes. Most wind turbineas can realign its blades only after it feels so they’re often too late to actuallt benefit from gusts, company officials said.
“Before, it was the horse-and-buggy approach to measuring wind,” said Phil Rogers, who founded Optical Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife before leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catchhthe Wind. “Think abouyt increasing the gas mileage of your he said. “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you somethin g that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you would save more He estimates the Vindicator can capture 10 percent to 30 percentg more wind for turbines, which in turn helpxs generate more clean electricity and ultimately revenue for thei operators.
Catch the Wind recentlyt sold its first unitto , a Canadian environmenta l monitoring equipment maker, while starting its firs t two-month field test with the Nebraska Public Powerr District on its largest wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’s also talkingt to federal agencies, hopes to use that trial’s results lateer this summer to market to other wind turbined manufacturers and wind farm With six full-time Catch the Wind expects to at least doublw that count by the end of this year. The which had $5.5 million in cash and equivalents on hand as ofMarch 31, is also considering whether to list itselfc on an American exchange later this year.
“We aspire to Rogers said. “I just can’t say
million in a private placement financing to help push more sales of its new wind sensorfor Manassas-based Catch the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Venturee Exchange, sold roughly 16.7 million sharez at a price of Canadiah $1.30 apiece in what it hopes to be its last majord equity financing before generating enougg revenue from its laser wind-sensing product, Vindicator, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investment round, along with institutional bringing its total equity fundraisingy to date to nearly $35 million. , Researcn Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capital Corp.
served as placement agents for this latesf fundraising in return for 6 percenrt of the gross proceeds and additionalstockm options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibeer optics laser company that still shares the sameheadquarterws space, Catch the Wind has been developing similad technology that senses when wind is helping reorient a turbine to capture that wind befors it passes. Most wind turbineas can realign its blades only after it feels so they’re often too late to actuallt benefit from gusts, company officials said.
“Before, it was the horse-and-buggy approach to measuring wind,” said Phil Rogers, who founded Optical Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife before leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catchhthe Wind. “Think abouyt increasing the gas mileage of your he said. “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you somethin g that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you would save more He estimates the Vindicator can capture 10 percent to 30 percentg more wind for turbines, which in turn helpxs generate more clean electricity and ultimately revenue for thei operators.
Catch the Wind recentlyt sold its first unitto , a Canadian environmenta l monitoring equipment maker, while starting its firs t two-month field test with the Nebraska Public Powerr District on its largest wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’s also talkingt to federal agencies, hopes to use that trial’s results lateer this summer to market to other wind turbined manufacturers and wind farm With six full-time Catch the Wind expects to at least doublw that count by the end of this year. The which had $5.5 million in cash and equivalents on hand as ofMarch 31, is also considering whether to list itselfc on an American exchange later this year.
“We aspire to Rogers said. “I just can’t say
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Nationwide Arena sale under discussion - Charlotte Business Journal:
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million for real estate tax purposea – and whether the Nationwide name would remain on the But it seems likelt Nationwide would want to continues to be a partner with the Blue Jacketsa andthe arena. The company is one of the team’a largest corporate sponsors and the facilith is the centerpiece of theArenaw District, where Nationwide and its investors have spenrt $750 million in development projects over the past 10 “Nationwide will be a significant part of the solution,” Priesf said. “They would not just walk away.
” The possibilityg of an increase in the excise tax on beer in Franklih County is a major concernto Anheuser-Busch Companies said Kevin Lee, general manager at the company’s breweryt in Columbus. Such taxes already represent the most expensive cost ofselling beer, he said, with the beveraged taxed 68 percent higher than the averag U.S. consumer product. Lee said higher excise taxes on alcoholp hurt not just brewers but their suppliers, retailers and wholesalers that rely on revenur from beer sales. “We also believe they are highly regressivre taxes that disproportionatelyaffect lower-- and middle-income wage earners,” he said.
Lee said it is too early to say how raising the beer tax wouldaffectg Anheuser-Busch’s operations in Columbus. The companh employs 748 workers at the brewery and 176 staffer s at its metal container plantg inthe city.
million for real estate tax purposea – and whether the Nationwide name would remain on the But it seems likelt Nationwide would want to continues to be a partner with the Blue Jacketsa andthe arena. The company is one of the team’a largest corporate sponsors and the facilith is the centerpiece of theArenaw District, where Nationwide and its investors have spenrt $750 million in development projects over the past 10 “Nationwide will be a significant part of the solution,” Priesf said. “They would not just walk away.
” The possibilityg of an increase in the excise tax on beer in Franklih County is a major concernto Anheuser-Busch Companies said Kevin Lee, general manager at the company’s breweryt in Columbus. Such taxes already represent the most expensive cost ofselling beer, he said, with the beveraged taxed 68 percent higher than the averag U.S. consumer product. Lee said higher excise taxes on alcoholp hurt not just brewers but their suppliers, retailers and wholesalers that rely on revenur from beer sales. “We also believe they are highly regressivre taxes that disproportionatelyaffect lower-- and middle-income wage earners,” he said.
Lee said it is too early to say how raising the beer tax wouldaffectg Anheuser-Busch’s operations in Columbus. The companh employs 748 workers at the brewery and 176 staffer s at its metal container plantg inthe city.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Local former Chrysler, GM dealers look to sell used cars - South Florida Business Journal:
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Tony Wilkerson, executive director of the , said his organization has begu to lend assistance to dealers lost in thebankruptcy shuffle. “Oud national organization has already sent letters to them to let them know abour our organization and I plan to do the same thingg forour state,” Wilkerson “They were in the used car business anyway but if you’re stuck like many of them are, the overhead costw for a used car dealership is nothinbg compared to a franchise.
” However, the expansion of the locao used car market comes as pricees are increasing and the availabilityt of late-model used cars is pinched, he But according to Morgan Murphy, president of the initial increase in prices should be lookede at as merely a short-term hurdle. “At firstf glance, that would strike the communityy as bad but in thelong run, it’ds good for resale values,” Murphy said. When local consumers buy cars, they will be able to demand more when they choose tosell it, he said.
In the higher resale values might actually revive American car dealers inthe “American manufacturing has been similar and just as good as Japaness and Korean manufacturing, but the problem has been re-sale value and initialk prices,” Murphy said. In the meantime, Birmingham dealer s affected can capitalize on the unique landscape of the local market on the usedcar side, he said. Many are family-owned and have been staples in the community formany decades.
They are also encouragesd by the fact that local used car salesz have seen an uptick amid the recessionj as buyers are more inclined to look for a bargaimn as a means tospend “Birmingham has a long and distinguished history of reputabld dealers,” Murphy said. “Don Drennenm has been in businesssince 1908. That’s 101 yearzs of serving our community, so there’s a culture arounfd businesseslike that.” Their long-standing historyu could make local buyers more inclined to buy used cars from he said.
Ward Drennen, president of Don Drennenj Buick Chrysler and said after learning that his dealer agreement had been canceledswith Chrysler, expanding his used car sales seemee like a real possibility. “We are going to expandf our used car departments said Drennen, who was left with more than $2 million in Chryslee parts and merchandise. “We want to offet a great value to peoplewho can’t afford a new Although he hasn’t stopped lookingh into becoming a franchisee for other automotive manufacturers, he is open to the idea of makinfg the switch to stay in business.
“Iyt is possible that we could becomre a usedcar superstore,” said Drennen, who also learned that GM will seek to cancepl the dealership agreement he has for his Buickk dealership. “We’ve been in Birmingham long enougnh that our reputation can keepus afloat.”
Tony Wilkerson, executive director of the , said his organization has begu to lend assistance to dealers lost in thebankruptcy shuffle. “Oud national organization has already sent letters to them to let them know abour our organization and I plan to do the same thingg forour state,” Wilkerson “They were in the used car business anyway but if you’re stuck like many of them are, the overhead costw for a used car dealership is nothinbg compared to a franchise.
” However, the expansion of the locao used car market comes as pricees are increasing and the availabilityt of late-model used cars is pinched, he But according to Morgan Murphy, president of the initial increase in prices should be lookede at as merely a short-term hurdle. “At firstf glance, that would strike the communityy as bad but in thelong run, it’ds good for resale values,” Murphy said. When local consumers buy cars, they will be able to demand more when they choose tosell it, he said.
In the higher resale values might actually revive American car dealers inthe “American manufacturing has been similar and just as good as Japaness and Korean manufacturing, but the problem has been re-sale value and initialk prices,” Murphy said. In the meantime, Birmingham dealer s affected can capitalize on the unique landscape of the local market on the usedcar side, he said. Many are family-owned and have been staples in the community formany decades.
They are also encouragesd by the fact that local used car salesz have seen an uptick amid the recessionj as buyers are more inclined to look for a bargaimn as a means tospend “Birmingham has a long and distinguished history of reputabld dealers,” Murphy said. “Don Drennenm has been in businesssince 1908. That’s 101 yearzs of serving our community, so there’s a culture arounfd businesseslike that.” Their long-standing historyu could make local buyers more inclined to buy used cars from he said.
Ward Drennen, president of Don Drennenj Buick Chrysler and said after learning that his dealer agreement had been canceledswith Chrysler, expanding his used car sales seemee like a real possibility. “We are going to expandf our used car departments said Drennen, who was left with more than $2 million in Chryslee parts and merchandise. “We want to offet a great value to peoplewho can’t afford a new Although he hasn’t stopped lookingh into becoming a franchisee for other automotive manufacturers, he is open to the idea of makinfg the switch to stay in business.
“Iyt is possible that we could becomre a usedcar superstore,” said Drennen, who also learned that GM will seek to cancepl the dealership agreement he has for his Buickk dealership. “We’ve been in Birmingham long enougnh that our reputation can keepus afloat.”
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