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Monday, July 30, 2012
Army Jury Acquits Sergeant of Driving Private to Suicide in Afghanistan - New York Times
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
A different path - Nashville Business Journal:
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Eddie Stewart, president of , spentr most of his early career learning this side of himselr while working forthe . “I was never really good at workint forsomeone else, and that was the signao for me,” Stewart says. “... Getting from Poin t A to Point B in a corporatee setting when corporate wants it done their way and I thini another wayis well, it causes all sortse of complications.” While working with the Stewart was heavily involvedc in advertising and publicf relations for a campaign called “Folloaw me to Tennessee.
” “After doing some event planning early on in my Stewart says, “I begah to notice a huge vacuumm between event planners and bus I found that event planners hated dealing with the bus and that’s when I had the idea to start my own company to bring these two parties In addition to finding of this Stewart felt that the inefficiencez of communication and decision making that he experiencec while working for a large company were stifling.
Andy Bailegy is president of a company that provides wireless solutionssto businesses, and echoes Stewart’s “Corporate structure tends to slow down a process and can drive an entreprenuial spirit crazy,” Bailey says. “Having to file chase submissions and report to multi levels of supposed decisiohn makers to get something completed can often feel Stewart formed Stewart Transportation Solutionsin 1990. He decidef that not only would the compan y work with large event planningand transportation, but also in simpled airport transfers of executives. This not only increasec the cash flow for the company but also gave the compangy publicity via wordof mouth.
Some of the keys to Stewart’sx success has to do with his skill set and being able torecognizw opportunities. Michael Giles, who owns a consulting groul called , recognizes that while it is exciting for one to stargt theirown business, it is certainly not for the faint of heart. “Changing roles from employee to entrepreneur requires discipline and the ability to take calculatedc risks and togenerate revenue,” Giles says. “Fear and worryh cannot be a partof one’z guidance system to be Determination, sacrifice and focus are imperative.
If a person has these traits, as well as a good a great team and a marketto serve, they can be much more successfukl than they ever were at theier 9-5 job.” The success that Stewargt Transportations has attained has drawn such clients as , T-Mobile and . Outside investorsz have approached Stewart about buyingfthe company, but Stewart’s answe has been a consistent “If I let someone buy us out, that would put me reportiny to a board of he says. “Why would I do why would I go backward?
“The autonomy of being able to walk out the door and get my hair cut withoug having totell anybody, I know it sounds simpler and trite, but it’s a wonderfupl freedom that you have.”
Eddie Stewart, president of , spentr most of his early career learning this side of himselr while working forthe . “I was never really good at workint forsomeone else, and that was the signao for me,” Stewart says. “... Getting from Poin t A to Point B in a corporatee setting when corporate wants it done their way and I thini another wayis well, it causes all sortse of complications.” While working with the Stewart was heavily involvedc in advertising and publicf relations for a campaign called “Folloaw me to Tennessee.
” “After doing some event planning early on in my Stewart says, “I begah to notice a huge vacuumm between event planners and bus I found that event planners hated dealing with the bus and that’s when I had the idea to start my own company to bring these two parties In addition to finding of this Stewart felt that the inefficiencez of communication and decision making that he experiencec while working for a large company were stifling.
Andy Bailegy is president of a company that provides wireless solutionssto businesses, and echoes Stewart’s “Corporate structure tends to slow down a process and can drive an entreprenuial spirit crazy,” Bailey says. “Having to file chase submissions and report to multi levels of supposed decisiohn makers to get something completed can often feel Stewart formed Stewart Transportation Solutionsin 1990. He decidef that not only would the compan y work with large event planningand transportation, but also in simpled airport transfers of executives. This not only increasec the cash flow for the company but also gave the compangy publicity via wordof mouth.
Some of the keys to Stewart’sx success has to do with his skill set and being able torecognizw opportunities. Michael Giles, who owns a consulting groul called , recognizes that while it is exciting for one to stargt theirown business, it is certainly not for the faint of heart. “Changing roles from employee to entrepreneur requires discipline and the ability to take calculatedc risks and togenerate revenue,” Giles says. “Fear and worryh cannot be a partof one’z guidance system to be Determination, sacrifice and focus are imperative.
If a person has these traits, as well as a good a great team and a marketto serve, they can be much more successfukl than they ever were at theier 9-5 job.” The success that Stewargt Transportations has attained has drawn such clients as , T-Mobile and . Outside investorsz have approached Stewart about buyingfthe company, but Stewart’s answe has been a consistent “If I let someone buy us out, that would put me reportiny to a board of he says. “Why would I do why would I go backward?
“The autonomy of being able to walk out the door and get my hair cut withoug having totell anybody, I know it sounds simpler and trite, but it’s a wonderfupl freedom that you have.”
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Boomers show entrepreneurial spirit - Business First of Buffalo:
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Job trends may increase entrepreneurialp activity amongolder Americans. “Whilw people under age 30 have historicallyg jumped from jobto job, the most striking developmeng today has been the deep drop in the incidencew of ‘lifetime’ jobs among men over age 50,” writes Dane senior analyst at the foundatioh and author of the The past year’s economic upheavalzs also may produce more entrepreneurs among all age groups. “The very idea of institutions has beenpermanently damaged,” Stangler writes. “Recen economic trends – away from lifetims jobs and toward more newcompanies – will thus gain even greatef cultural traction.
New and stronger regulationds aiming to prevent the rise of such gian organizations also may help create amore market-oriented See www.kauffman.org.
Job trends may increase entrepreneurialp activity amongolder Americans. “Whilw people under age 30 have historicallyg jumped from jobto job, the most striking developmeng today has been the deep drop in the incidencew of ‘lifetime’ jobs among men over age 50,” writes Dane senior analyst at the foundatioh and author of the The past year’s economic upheavalzs also may produce more entrepreneurs among all age groups. “The very idea of institutions has beenpermanently damaged,” Stangler writes. “Recen economic trends – away from lifetims jobs and toward more newcompanies – will thus gain even greatef cultural traction.
New and stronger regulationds aiming to prevent the rise of such gian organizations also may help create amore market-oriented See www.kauffman.org.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Brewer puts state budget hole at $4B, unveils tax increase, budget plans - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Brewer has talked about a five-point budget plan for months, but has not officiallhy laid outher details. The Republican governoer sent a budget outlind to the Legislatureon Monday. It includea asking voters to approvea 36-month, 1-cent increase to the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax. She does not want to extened the sales tax to currently exempted servicesand items. A Democratic plan unleashed last week woulrd lower the salestax rate, but extend it to variousx services not already taxed. The governor’s budget plan puts the fiscal 2010 deficitat $4 billion, up from previouz estimates of $3 billion.
Brewer’ s budget also calls for a three-year phase-out of the $250 milliomn state equalization rateproperty tax. That tax has been on hiatus, but will come back at the end of the year withougtfurther action. Business and real estate groupw favor a full repeal of theequalizatiomn tax. “While the governor’s budget regarding state equalization repealo is astep forward, our organizatioj cannot accept multiple historixc tax increases without requisite spending cuts that approach what the privatde sector has already endured,” said Tim Lawless, Arizonwa president of the National Association of Industrial and Officr Properties real estate group.
“Now is especiall not the time to raise propertgy taxes withthe Prop. 13 movement We are open, to a ballot referral that lets the people decid whether they want the sales tax rates increasee along with a future ballof measure to adjust automatic spending Lawless warned that bringin back a property tax that hits both homeowner s and businesses could help spur 2010 ballot measures that imposre CaliforniaProposition 13-style restrictions on property Brewer said the sales tax increase would be and she would like to see some reductions down the road to corporatee and business taxes to help attractr investments to the state.
Antitax advocates and conservatives lawmakers oppose the sales tax increase and want to try to solvse the fiscal 2010 budget withoutraising taxes. Brewe r has promised to veto budgetds that rely too much on federaol stimulus money and program cuts to balancethe budget. The governor’s budget also looks to protect university and publix health funding via federalstimulus money, and wantsa voters in 2010 to undo current restriction s that keep the Legislature from cutting voter-mandated Teachers unions and Democrats oppose that idea.
Brewer has talked about a five-point budget plan for months, but has not officiallhy laid outher details. The Republican governoer sent a budget outlind to the Legislatureon Monday. It includea asking voters to approvea 36-month, 1-cent increase to the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax. She does not want to extened the sales tax to currently exempted servicesand items. A Democratic plan unleashed last week woulrd lower the salestax rate, but extend it to variousx services not already taxed. The governor’s budget plan puts the fiscal 2010 deficitat $4 billion, up from previouz estimates of $3 billion.
Brewer’ s budget also calls for a three-year phase-out of the $250 milliomn state equalization rateproperty tax. That tax has been on hiatus, but will come back at the end of the year withougtfurther action. Business and real estate groupw favor a full repeal of theequalizatiomn tax. “While the governor’s budget regarding state equalization repealo is astep forward, our organizatioj cannot accept multiple historixc tax increases without requisite spending cuts that approach what the privatde sector has already endured,” said Tim Lawless, Arizonwa president of the National Association of Industrial and Officr Properties real estate group.
“Now is especiall not the time to raise propertgy taxes withthe Prop. 13 movement We are open, to a ballot referral that lets the people decid whether they want the sales tax rates increasee along with a future ballof measure to adjust automatic spending Lawless warned that bringin back a property tax that hits both homeowner s and businesses could help spur 2010 ballot measures that imposre CaliforniaProposition 13-style restrictions on property Brewer said the sales tax increase would be and she would like to see some reductions down the road to corporatee and business taxes to help attractr investments to the state.
Antitax advocates and conservatives lawmakers oppose the sales tax increase and want to try to solvse the fiscal 2010 budget withoutraising taxes. Brewe r has promised to veto budgetds that rely too much on federaol stimulus money and program cuts to balancethe budget. The governor’s budget also looks to protect university and publix health funding via federalstimulus money, and wantsa voters in 2010 to undo current restriction s that keep the Legislature from cutting voter-mandated Teachers unions and Democrats oppose that idea.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Hummer to be sold to China's Sichuan Tengzhong - Houston Business Journal:
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And the buyer, the reports, is a machineryt company in western China, The , based in The Times cited an anonymous sourcde after GM kept details of the deal very much hush The Chinese company will buy a brand that starte asthe military’s Humvewe and morphed into a civilian dream But GM is that the sale could save more than 3,0090 U.S. jobs in manufacturing, engineerinbg and at Hummer dealerships around the And it says the deal is expected to close by the end of thethirs quarter. GM claims in its release that the buyerwill “aggressivelh fund future Hummer product GM will also keep buildingh Hummers for the Chinese company, on a contrac t basis.
That means that GM’s assembly plant in Shreveport, La., will continue to contract assemble H3 and H3T througu atleast 2010. Mike Levine report s that, “The buyer has a proven track record in international knows the Hummer brand can performbetter globally, has a long-term developmenyt plan and is willing to invest in future products.” The Times reports that Sichuan Tengzhong is a privatel y owned company known in China for makingb road equipment from highway construction to maintenancse machinery and that it had been moving into manufacturiny heavy-duty trucks. If the deal is completed, it woulc mark the first large-scale U.S. automotive acquisition by a Chinese company.
Levine reportsd that no Hummer dealership s willbe closed, and that U.S. domestic productio n of Hummers will actually be boosted because the company will be movin g production from aPort Elizabeth, Soutjh Africa, plant to Shreveport. “Hummert is a strong brand,” said Troy President of GM North America. "I’m confiden that Hummer will thrivwe globally under itsnew ownership. And for GM, this sale continuese to accelerate the reinvention of GM into a more focused, and more cost-competitive automaker.” For one Hummert dealer, it didn’t matter exactly who was buying the brand. What mattered to Jacques Moore Jr. of Moore Hummer in Richmond, Va.
, was that the bran would continue, and that it would be a stront brand. “It doesn’t really he told bizjournals, “as long as they continuer to builda world-class product that’s like nothingb else.” Moore said that, given Hummer’s strengtg in overseas markets, a Chinese buyer woulf not come as a surprise. "Given the strength of the brandr in the overseas market it would not surprise Thedeal doesn’t include Hummer’sd military vehicles or of Indiana runs that end of the AM General sold the rights to make civilian Hummers to GM in the 1999.
The deal’ announcement comes a day afterd GM filed for bankruptcy protection and outlinecd plans to offload nameplates so that the companyh could focus on more profitabls brandslike Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Among GM brands left for sale now that there’sw an apparent Hummer deal are Saab and GM wants to sell those brandsa by the end of 2009. The companty plans to shut down its Pontiacnameplatr altogether. The New York Times’ blog reports that even as the Hummerd salegoes forward, GM CEO Fritzx Henderson said on Swedish radio that there were thre e potential buyers for Saab.
citing local media, said that Swedish luxury carmaker Koenigseggy and American financierIra Rennert’s Renco were in the runnin g for Saab. GM says it has been approachedx by 16 potential buyers interested in theSaturnb brand. That group includes financial investors and some companie s interested in distributingSaturn vehicles. By variouz accounts, GM has been looking for someone to buy Hummer for a year as gas pricesx shot to record levels and the publicv started to think in shadesof green. When GM lookedd into selling Hummerlast summer, the companh thought it could get as much as $500 million for the the New York Times reports.
But that pricre has likely fallen as auto sales have plummeted. Hummer sales are down 67 percent in the firstr four months ofthis year.
And the buyer, the reports, is a machineryt company in western China, The , based in The Times cited an anonymous sourcde after GM kept details of the deal very much hush The Chinese company will buy a brand that starte asthe military’s Humvewe and morphed into a civilian dream But GM is that the sale could save more than 3,0090 U.S. jobs in manufacturing, engineerinbg and at Hummer dealerships around the And it says the deal is expected to close by the end of thethirs quarter. GM claims in its release that the buyerwill “aggressivelh fund future Hummer product GM will also keep buildingh Hummers for the Chinese company, on a contrac t basis.
That means that GM’s assembly plant in Shreveport, La., will continue to contract assemble H3 and H3T througu atleast 2010. Mike Levine report s that, “The buyer has a proven track record in international knows the Hummer brand can performbetter globally, has a long-term developmenyt plan and is willing to invest in future products.” The Times reports that Sichuan Tengzhong is a privatel y owned company known in China for makingb road equipment from highway construction to maintenancse machinery and that it had been moving into manufacturiny heavy-duty trucks. If the deal is completed, it woulc mark the first large-scale U.S. automotive acquisition by a Chinese company.
Levine reportsd that no Hummer dealership s willbe closed, and that U.S. domestic productio n of Hummers will actually be boosted because the company will be movin g production from aPort Elizabeth, Soutjh Africa, plant to Shreveport. “Hummert is a strong brand,” said Troy President of GM North America. "I’m confiden that Hummer will thrivwe globally under itsnew ownership. And for GM, this sale continuese to accelerate the reinvention of GM into a more focused, and more cost-competitive automaker.” For one Hummert dealer, it didn’t matter exactly who was buying the brand. What mattered to Jacques Moore Jr. of Moore Hummer in Richmond, Va.
, was that the bran would continue, and that it would be a stront brand. “It doesn’t really he told bizjournals, “as long as they continuer to builda world-class product that’s like nothingb else.” Moore said that, given Hummer’s strengtg in overseas markets, a Chinese buyer woulf not come as a surprise. "Given the strength of the brandr in the overseas market it would not surprise Thedeal doesn’t include Hummer’sd military vehicles or of Indiana runs that end of the AM General sold the rights to make civilian Hummers to GM in the 1999.
The deal’ announcement comes a day afterd GM filed for bankruptcy protection and outlinecd plans to offload nameplates so that the companyh could focus on more profitabls brandslike Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Among GM brands left for sale now that there’sw an apparent Hummer deal are Saab and GM wants to sell those brandsa by the end of 2009. The companty plans to shut down its Pontiacnameplatr altogether. The New York Times’ blog reports that even as the Hummerd salegoes forward, GM CEO Fritzx Henderson said on Swedish radio that there were thre e potential buyers for Saab.
citing local media, said that Swedish luxury carmaker Koenigseggy and American financierIra Rennert’s Renco were in the runnin g for Saab. GM says it has been approachedx by 16 potential buyers interested in theSaturnb brand. That group includes financial investors and some companie s interested in distributingSaturn vehicles. By variouz accounts, GM has been looking for someone to buy Hummer for a year as gas pricesx shot to record levels and the publicv started to think in shadesof green. When GM lookedd into selling Hummerlast summer, the companh thought it could get as much as $500 million for the the New York Times reports.
But that pricre has likely fallen as auto sales have plummeted. Hummer sales are down 67 percent in the firstr four months ofthis year.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
More workers delaying retirement - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The Virginia-based human-resources consultant says 34 percent of workers surveyec have pushed back their retirement plans in the last Among workers 50 and 44 percent are delaying retirement longerthan expected. “The economic crisis has affecteddmany workers’ retirement planx and nest eggs, but those nearestf to retirement have been especiallyt hard hit,” says Watson Wyatt senior retirement consultant David Speier. “Older workers do not have the time to offsettdeclining retirement-account values, either by recoupingv their investment losses or significantly increasing theit savings rate.
” Declines in the values of 401(k) accounts ranked as the top reasoj for delaying retirement. However, investment losses aren’y the only reason. The survey says 63 percenty of respondents cited the high cost of health care; 62 percent cited higher prices for basicc necessities. The Watson Wyatt survey was conductec in February and included responses from morethan 2,200 full-timre workers.
The Virginia-based human-resources consultant says 34 percent of workers surveyec have pushed back their retirement plans in the last Among workers 50 and 44 percent are delaying retirement longerthan expected. “The economic crisis has affecteddmany workers’ retirement planx and nest eggs, but those nearestf to retirement have been especiallyt hard hit,” says Watson Wyatt senior retirement consultant David Speier. “Older workers do not have the time to offsettdeclining retirement-account values, either by recoupingv their investment losses or significantly increasing theit savings rate.
” Declines in the values of 401(k) accounts ranked as the top reasoj for delaying retirement. However, investment losses aren’y the only reason. The survey says 63 percenty of respondents cited the high cost of health care; 62 percent cited higher prices for basicc necessities. The Watson Wyatt survey was conductec in February and included responses from morethan 2,200 full-timre workers.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Garces server threatened with a gun, confused by police - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Garces server threatened with a gun, confused by police Philadelphia Inquirer Reimer, a server at Garces Trading Co., 11th and Locust streets, headed home about 10:45 p.m. Friday, July 6, and was talking on a cellphone as he walked south on tiny Quince Street, dark as a bat's wing. He noticed two youths in their late teens ... |
Thursday, July 19, 2012
By Design - Wichita Business Journal:
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Of course, Jajo isn’t an It’s a company name , the advertising, marketing and public relations firm Randa founded fiveyearxs ago. But Randa, in a roundabout way, describeds Jajo as being creative, different and smart. Randa holds the same “I was one of those kids that I knew what I wantesd to be myentire life,” Randa He was aware of his creativitg early in life, drawing and doodlinyg through his youth. Years later he told his fatherr his plans to go to college and make monehybeing creative. His father didn’gt discourage him, but didn’t exactly see the plan panninv out.
Randa graduated from Wichita States and accepted a graphic design positiojat , now the city’s ninth largesyt advertising firm, according to the ’s 2007 Book of His creativity was serving him well, but he showed brightestr in 2003 when he was laid off, which has been a blessingt in disguise. Randa took a chance and leapes into businessfor himself. With the small list of contactshe had, Rand a founded Jajo in his “I knew what I wante d to do,” he says. “I’ve never been one that’es needed a lot of self-exploration. I felt I had enougjh experience that it was worth trying onmy own.
I didn’t enjoy the thought of starting over at another Maybe that was youngand naive.” But the gamblee paid off. The business grew faster than he couldekeep up. He moved out of the basement and into an hired two employees and then talkedShawn Stuckey, a co-workef and friend at Craghead, into joinin him in the new endeavor. “Even when we were (at he and I kind of bounced ideas off each says Stuckey, Jajo’s other managing partner. “Ij think when he was on his own, we kind of missex that. It’s nice to know our philosophies, as far as work ethidc and design, are real similar.” Jajo continuedr to blossom.
Today, with approximatelyg 20 clients and23 employees, Randa and Stucke y have built Jajo into a highly respected firm in Wichita, a town that boasts its share of nationally known advertising agencies. “Anytimre we’ve been asked to step up and do more than we have inthe it’s always been welcomed,” he says. “o think people see that we’re genuind and enjoy what we’r e doing.” In no way is “different” a negative connotation, in Randa’a mind. In fact, he enjoyss it when a new employee comezs into his office and tells him how differentf the workenvironment is.
Or when clients phone him to say Jajo’xs services are different thanany they’vs received before. Recently, Randa, a native of Derby who went through the schoolsystem there, put the finishiny touches on a new logo for . The logo featuree a silver ring circling a green arroww pointing up and tothe “I really like it,” says Devon the Derby school district’s director of public “When we explain it to people, it’as reaching up and forward, and that’s the main ...
Everybody is really enjoying Randa is too humble tosay he’s though he looks the part with a smoothly shavecd head, a three-day beard and sharp Oakley It’s not so much smartas that got him to this point, he hints, but the company’ss ability to be creative, whild providing something different from the competition. He took a chance on an advertising business in a market hecalls saturated. When he takes a minute to look back at what has been accomplished — how quickly Jajo has grown in the last five years, he stil can’t believe it. “It has been the shortest, but yet feelsw like the longest amount of because it has gone by so he says.
“It’s been hard. It’s been great. It’s been It’s almost kind of surreal.”
Of course, Jajo isn’t an It’s a company name , the advertising, marketing and public relations firm Randa founded fiveyearxs ago. But Randa, in a roundabout way, describeds Jajo as being creative, different and smart. Randa holds the same “I was one of those kids that I knew what I wantesd to be myentire life,” Randa He was aware of his creativitg early in life, drawing and doodlinyg through his youth. Years later he told his fatherr his plans to go to college and make monehybeing creative. His father didn’gt discourage him, but didn’t exactly see the plan panninv out.
Randa graduated from Wichita States and accepted a graphic design positiojat , now the city’s ninth largesyt advertising firm, according to the ’s 2007 Book of His creativity was serving him well, but he showed brightestr in 2003 when he was laid off, which has been a blessingt in disguise. Randa took a chance and leapes into businessfor himself. With the small list of contactshe had, Rand a founded Jajo in his “I knew what I wante d to do,” he says. “I’ve never been one that’es needed a lot of self-exploration. I felt I had enougjh experience that it was worth trying onmy own.
I didn’t enjoy the thought of starting over at another Maybe that was youngand naive.” But the gamblee paid off. The business grew faster than he couldekeep up. He moved out of the basement and into an hired two employees and then talkedShawn Stuckey, a co-workef and friend at Craghead, into joinin him in the new endeavor. “Even when we were (at he and I kind of bounced ideas off each says Stuckey, Jajo’s other managing partner. “Ij think when he was on his own, we kind of missex that. It’s nice to know our philosophies, as far as work ethidc and design, are real similar.” Jajo continuedr to blossom.
Today, with approximatelyg 20 clients and23 employees, Randa and Stucke y have built Jajo into a highly respected firm in Wichita, a town that boasts its share of nationally known advertising agencies. “Anytimre we’ve been asked to step up and do more than we have inthe it’s always been welcomed,” he says. “o think people see that we’re genuind and enjoy what we’r e doing.” In no way is “different” a negative connotation, in Randa’a mind. In fact, he enjoyss it when a new employee comezs into his office and tells him how differentf the workenvironment is.
Or when clients phone him to say Jajo’xs services are different thanany they’vs received before. Recently, Randa, a native of Derby who went through the schoolsystem there, put the finishiny touches on a new logo for . The logo featuree a silver ring circling a green arroww pointing up and tothe “I really like it,” says Devon the Derby school district’s director of public “When we explain it to people, it’as reaching up and forward, and that’s the main ...
Everybody is really enjoying Randa is too humble tosay he’s though he looks the part with a smoothly shavecd head, a three-day beard and sharp Oakley It’s not so much smartas that got him to this point, he hints, but the company’ss ability to be creative, whild providing something different from the competition. He took a chance on an advertising business in a market hecalls saturated. When he takes a minute to look back at what has been accomplished — how quickly Jajo has grown in the last five years, he stil can’t believe it. “It has been the shortest, but yet feelsw like the longest amount of because it has gone by so he says.
“It’s been hard. It’s been great. It’s been It’s almost kind of surreal.”
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Brywood Centre construction will start later in the summer - Houston Business Journal:
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The approved Tri-Land’s plan to redevelo p the at 63rd Street and Blue Ridge Cutoflast month. The approved $5.6 milliojn in TIF reimbursements forthe $30.7u million project in June 2008. Tri-Land is based in Westchester, Ill. “Wre are very excited to be movingb forward with thisredevelopment project,” Tri-Land Executives Vice President Hugh Robinson said in a release. “We have had a grear relationship with the city and the two districftcouncil members, Terry Riley and Cindy throughout this process. We look forwars to delivering a high-quality project to this great community.
” Redevelopment of the 183,000-square-foot centerf will include a new facade, updated signaged and lighting, landscaping upgrades, expansiom of a Price Chopper supermarket that anchorsa the center andincreased pad-site availability alon 63rd Street. Tri-Land also hopex to announce a new anchor tenant soon forthe 37-year-oldx center. Tri-Land owns and manages more than 2.8 milliojn square feet of retail spaced inthe Midwest, Mid-Atlanticv and Southeast regions of the country. It specializes in acquiring and revitalizinh distressed and undervalued community centers rangingfrom 100,000o square feet to 750,000 squar feet.
The approved Tri-Land’s plan to redevelo p the at 63rd Street and Blue Ridge Cutoflast month. The approved $5.6 milliojn in TIF reimbursements forthe $30.7u million project in June 2008. Tri-Land is based in Westchester, Ill. “Wre are very excited to be movingb forward with thisredevelopment project,” Tri-Land Executives Vice President Hugh Robinson said in a release. “We have had a grear relationship with the city and the two districftcouncil members, Terry Riley and Cindy throughout this process. We look forwars to delivering a high-quality project to this great community.
” Redevelopment of the 183,000-square-foot centerf will include a new facade, updated signaged and lighting, landscaping upgrades, expansiom of a Price Chopper supermarket that anchorsa the center andincreased pad-site availability alon 63rd Street. Tri-Land also hopex to announce a new anchor tenant soon forthe 37-year-oldx center. Tri-Land owns and manages more than 2.8 milliojn square feet of retail spaced inthe Midwest, Mid-Atlanticv and Southeast regions of the country. It specializes in acquiring and revitalizinh distressed and undervalued community centers rangingfrom 100,000o square feet to 750,000 squar feet.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Funeral industry gears up for boomers
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The projects the annual numbert of deaths in the United States will risefrom 2.6 million next year to 3 milliojn in 2024 — and 4 millionj in 2043. “We hear the tidal wave is saidChris Meyer, owner of in Carmichael. “We’ve know n the (baby boomer trend) has been coming for some time, so the industrg has been gearing up for that to saidBob Rosson, a Mississippi funeral home operator and an executivee board member of the . “We’ll be able to handles it.” But the industrg first has to survives the current death The number of deaths in the Unitesd States declinedby 0.9 percent from 2005 to 2006, in part because of a mild flu season, according to the .
Healthj care advances have ledto record-highg life expectancies and lower annual death rates for a rangre of diseases, including stroke, hearft disease and diabetes. “We have actually felt a lighterecase load,” Meyer said. “k think some of the biggert funeral homes have felt a precipitouzsdrop off.” Baby boomers might live longer than theier parents, but sooner or later they’vee got to go. Those who want traditionakl burials should prepare for rising The median cost of a funeralk in the United Stateswas $6,196 in 2006, according to a Nationa l Funeral Directors Association survey released last year.
That price, which includes a $2,255 metal casket, was 11 percent higher than inthe association’sz survey in 2004. With the inclusionb of a concrete vault, whichg many cemeteries require, the price rises to “That’s the funeral that is going out of saidJoshua Slocum, executive director of nonprofit . He predicts that the funeralk industry will respond to the rising death rate by offerinfg cheaper servicesto compete. “This is not goinhg to cause a runon embalmers,” he said. “Ifc anybody’s going to jump into the embalming businesxsthinking it’s recession-proof, they’re misguided.
Baby boomeras are not interested intheir grandma’ds funeral.” Cremation rates in the Unitefd States increased from 26 percent in 2000 to 35 percent in 2007, according to the . The association projectsa a rate of 39 percent next year and 59 percentby 2025. “I some places of California, like Marin you’re looking at a 90 percenf cremation rate,” Slocum said. Cost is a big but there are also demographic changesat work. “Theyt say the ‘greatest generation’ were more more religious people,” Meyer said.
more educated people, more liberal thinkers (who are) less religious in many tend to think, ‘It’s all about economics for ” Meyer, whose mortuary offers both cremation andembalming services, said a traditional buriaol costs $6,000 to $10,000, depending on the Cremation costs about $1,000 to $2,000. In the Sacramentko area, Meyer said, “there’s been an explosion of storefronfcremation places.” Bodies come in and get shipped to off-sites crematoriums. The ashes are returned in an urn. “Theh don’t have the facilities to embalm,” Meyert said. “They don’t have a chapel. It’s wildlyu cheaper.
It’s sort of the Wal-Martification of the funeral “Green” or “natural” burials are also growing in People are buried in a casketr made of abiodegradable material, such as pine or or they can skip the casket and just be buriedf in a shroud. Only one cemetery in California, in Mill offers green burials. It startede offering the servicein 2004.
The projects the annual numbert of deaths in the United States will risefrom 2.6 million next year to 3 milliojn in 2024 — and 4 millionj in 2043. “We hear the tidal wave is saidChris Meyer, owner of in Carmichael. “We’ve know n the (baby boomer trend) has been coming for some time, so the industrg has been gearing up for that to saidBob Rosson, a Mississippi funeral home operator and an executivee board member of the . “We’ll be able to handles it.” But the industrg first has to survives the current death The number of deaths in the Unitesd States declinedby 0.9 percent from 2005 to 2006, in part because of a mild flu season, according to the .
Healthj care advances have ledto record-highg life expectancies and lower annual death rates for a rangre of diseases, including stroke, hearft disease and diabetes. “We have actually felt a lighterecase load,” Meyer said. “k think some of the biggert funeral homes have felt a precipitouzsdrop off.” Baby boomers might live longer than theier parents, but sooner or later they’vee got to go. Those who want traditionakl burials should prepare for rising The median cost of a funeralk in the United Stateswas $6,196 in 2006, according to a Nationa l Funeral Directors Association survey released last year.
That price, which includes a $2,255 metal casket, was 11 percent higher than inthe association’sz survey in 2004. With the inclusionb of a concrete vault, whichg many cemeteries require, the price rises to “That’s the funeral that is going out of saidJoshua Slocum, executive director of nonprofit . He predicts that the funeralk industry will respond to the rising death rate by offerinfg cheaper servicesto compete. “This is not goinhg to cause a runon embalmers,” he said. “Ifc anybody’s going to jump into the embalming businesxsthinking it’s recession-proof, they’re misguided.
Baby boomeras are not interested intheir grandma’ds funeral.” Cremation rates in the Unitefd States increased from 26 percent in 2000 to 35 percent in 2007, according to the . The association projectsa a rate of 39 percent next year and 59 percentby 2025. “I some places of California, like Marin you’re looking at a 90 percenf cremation rate,” Slocum said. Cost is a big but there are also demographic changesat work. “Theyt say the ‘greatest generation’ were more more religious people,” Meyer said.
more educated people, more liberal thinkers (who are) less religious in many tend to think, ‘It’s all about economics for ” Meyer, whose mortuary offers both cremation andembalming services, said a traditional buriaol costs $6,000 to $10,000, depending on the Cremation costs about $1,000 to $2,000. In the Sacramentko area, Meyer said, “there’s been an explosion of storefronfcremation places.” Bodies come in and get shipped to off-sites crematoriums. The ashes are returned in an urn. “Theh don’t have the facilities to embalm,” Meyert said. “They don’t have a chapel. It’s wildlyu cheaper.
It’s sort of the Wal-Martification of the funeral “Green” or “natural” burials are also growing in People are buried in a casketr made of abiodegradable material, such as pine or or they can skip the casket and just be buriedf in a shroud. Only one cemetery in California, in Mill offers green burials. It startede offering the servicein 2004.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Report: California to shed 1M jobs during recession - The Business Review (Albany):
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The pace of private-sector job losses will slow over the next few but state and local governmentr layoffsare beginning, the Business Forecastingy Center at the said in its latest Californiaq and Metro Forecast releases Wednesday. The forecast said California’s unemployment will peak at 12.3 percent earlyh next year, and will remain in double-digitss until the end of 2011. The centeer produces quarterly economic forecastz of theUnited States, California and nine metro areas, from Sacramentoi to Fresno and the San Francisco Bay In the Sacramento area, unemploymen t will rise from 11.1 percent this year to peak at 11.4 percent next year, before dipping to 10.
2 perceny in 2011, the report said. Unemployment is expectecd to reach 9.2 percent in 2012. The Sacramentoo area is forecast to rebound in the third quarterr ofnext year, when job growth will improve to 0.8 A “strong rebound is expected to take place in professionaol and business, and educationapl and health services sectors,” the report said of “Job growth is expected to have its first positive full year at 2.0 percent in Sacramento’s real personal income, meanwhile, will grow at a slow rate of 1.5 percen t next year.
San Jose and San Franciscok will be the first metro areaxs in Northern California to returj totheir pre-recession employment levels, in the seconds and third quarters of 2012, respectively, the study said. Sacramento and Merced will be among the last nortu state metro areas to regainpeak employment, in fourth-quartetr 2013. Vallejo is last, with a return expectes in the second quarteeof 2014. The Central Valleu will be hard hit by the combinatiojn of recent state tax increases and massive expectedbudgetg cuts, the Business Forecastinb Center said.
“The state budget crisis is a dangerousd aftershock to a region still reelinfg from theforeclosure earthquake,” Jeff director of the Business Forecasting Center, said in a news release. The Centrall Valley is an economic disaster area, but most of its “economic shocks are cyclical in nature rathedr than permanent changes such as closesd military bases,” the news release said. • Construction continueas to lead job losses in percentage declining another 15 percenytto 110,000 in 2009. Manufacturing will lead the decline in losing 135,000 jobs this year. • Retail salea will not return to their 2007 leveluntil 2011.
• New car and truck sales will fall below 1.06 million in 2009, after exceeding 2 million for most of the decade. Sales will graduall increase as theeconomhy recovers, reaching 1.46 millioj next year, and 1.73 million in 2011. Housing starts hit bottom in 2009at 36,00p units, more than 80 percent below the levelas seen in 2004 and 2005. Housing start s will be back to 100,000 units in and exceed 150,000 by 2013. • Health care is the only secto r that will not shrinkothis year. The gain of 13,000 health care or 0.9 percent, is the slowest growth this • Personal income declines 0.8 percent in 2009.
• Nonfarm payrolls will declineby 1,020,000 jobs statewided during the two-year recession. The California economy will finally hit bottok in the fourth quarter ofthis year, and will begimn a slow, multi-year It will be 2013 beforde many key economic indicators such as unemployment returnm to healthy levels. The state’s recession should end in the last quartere ofthis year, but the job market will remain weak through most of next year.
The pace of private-sector job losses will slow over the next few but state and local governmentr layoffsare beginning, the Business Forecastingy Center at the said in its latest Californiaq and Metro Forecast releases Wednesday. The forecast said California’s unemployment will peak at 12.3 percent earlyh next year, and will remain in double-digitss until the end of 2011. The centeer produces quarterly economic forecastz of theUnited States, California and nine metro areas, from Sacramentoi to Fresno and the San Francisco Bay In the Sacramento area, unemploymen t will rise from 11.1 percent this year to peak at 11.4 percent next year, before dipping to 10.
2 perceny in 2011, the report said. Unemployment is expectecd to reach 9.2 percent in 2012. The Sacramentoo area is forecast to rebound in the third quarterr ofnext year, when job growth will improve to 0.8 A “strong rebound is expected to take place in professionaol and business, and educationapl and health services sectors,” the report said of “Job growth is expected to have its first positive full year at 2.0 percent in Sacramento’s real personal income, meanwhile, will grow at a slow rate of 1.5 percen t next year.
San Jose and San Franciscok will be the first metro areaxs in Northern California to returj totheir pre-recession employment levels, in the seconds and third quarters of 2012, respectively, the study said. Sacramento and Merced will be among the last nortu state metro areas to regainpeak employment, in fourth-quartetr 2013. Vallejo is last, with a return expectes in the second quarteeof 2014. The Central Valleu will be hard hit by the combinatiojn of recent state tax increases and massive expectedbudgetg cuts, the Business Forecastinb Center said.
“The state budget crisis is a dangerousd aftershock to a region still reelinfg from theforeclosure earthquake,” Jeff director of the Business Forecasting Center, said in a news release. The Centrall Valley is an economic disaster area, but most of its “economic shocks are cyclical in nature rathedr than permanent changes such as closesd military bases,” the news release said. • Construction continueas to lead job losses in percentage declining another 15 percenytto 110,000 in 2009. Manufacturing will lead the decline in losing 135,000 jobs this year. • Retail salea will not return to their 2007 leveluntil 2011.
• New car and truck sales will fall below 1.06 million in 2009, after exceeding 2 million for most of the decade. Sales will graduall increase as theeconomhy recovers, reaching 1.46 millioj next year, and 1.73 million in 2011. Housing starts hit bottom in 2009at 36,00p units, more than 80 percent below the levelas seen in 2004 and 2005. Housing start s will be back to 100,000 units in and exceed 150,000 by 2013. • Health care is the only secto r that will not shrinkothis year. The gain of 13,000 health care or 0.9 percent, is the slowest growth this • Personal income declines 0.8 percent in 2009.
• Nonfarm payrolls will declineby 1,020,000 jobs statewided during the two-year recession. The California economy will finally hit bottok in the fourth quarter ofthis year, and will begimn a slow, multi-year It will be 2013 beforde many key economic indicators such as unemployment returnm to healthy levels. The state’s recession should end in the last quartere ofthis year, but the job market will remain weak through most of next year.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Condoleezza Rice Still Not Interested In VP Slot - ABC News (blog)
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ABC News (blog) | Condoleezza Rice Still Not Interested In VP Slot ABC News (blog) Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Despite the Drudge Report's article Thursday night reporting that Condoleezza Rice is the new frontrunner to be Mitt Romney's running mate, a spokesperson for the former secretary of state tells ABC News she is still not ... Aide says Condoleezza Rice aide still not interested in being vice president |
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Sara Lee sells foodservice direct-store delivery business to Farmer Bros. - Houston Business Journal:
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The deal will make Torrence, Calif.-basedx Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ: FARM) the nation’sa largest direct-store delivery business for coffee andallied products, and give the institutionaol coffee roaster a substantial Houston according to Jim Lucas, a spokesman for Farmer Bros. In addition to the Houstohn plant, Farmer Bros. will acquire 20,000 Sara Lee customers; more than 60 facilities; a fleet of vehicles; a distributioh and spice facility inOklahoma City, Okla.; and 10 brands of coffeee including Superior Coffee. Superior Coffere is roasted in Houston and two othefr SaraLee plants. Farmer Bros. will licenses the brands back toDownerds Grove, Ill.
-based Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) for a transitioh period, according to Sara Lee. The agreement also callds for both companies to havea "reciproca co-pack arrangement" for the supply of certai n coffee and tea products for the next thre years. Lucas said the Houston plant, which employs 200 is an important part of the acquisitiomn forFarmer Bros. not only becauses of its size, but for economic such as to cuttransportation “Right now, the company is roasting coffed in Torrence and driving it to N.C.,” he added. The companies expect to closs the agreement inearlh 2009.
The deal will make Torrence, Calif.-basedx Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ: FARM) the nation’sa largest direct-store delivery business for coffee andallied products, and give the institutionaol coffee roaster a substantial Houston according to Jim Lucas, a spokesman for Farmer Bros. In addition to the Houstohn plant, Farmer Bros. will acquire 20,000 Sara Lee customers; more than 60 facilities; a fleet of vehicles; a distributioh and spice facility inOklahoma City, Okla.; and 10 brands of coffeee including Superior Coffee. Superior Coffere is roasted in Houston and two othefr SaraLee plants. Farmer Bros. will licenses the brands back toDownerds Grove, Ill.
-based Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) for a transitioh period, according to Sara Lee. The agreement also callds for both companies to havea "reciproca co-pack arrangement" for the supply of certai n coffee and tea products for the next thre years. Lucas said the Houston plant, which employs 200 is an important part of the acquisitiomn forFarmer Bros. not only becauses of its size, but for economic such as to cuttransportation “Right now, the company is roasting coffed in Torrence and driving it to N.C.,” he added. The companies expect to closs the agreement inearlh 2009.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Arsenic-Life Discovery Debunked—But "Alien" Organism Still Odd - National Geographic
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National Geographic | Arsenic-Life Discovery Debunkedâ€"But "Alien" Organism Still Odd National Geographic An organism that appeared to have rewritten the laws of life has been brought down to Earth by two new studies. NASA criticized for 'alien organism' report Two studies show 'weird life' microbe can't live on arsenic Arsenic claim refuted, but bacteria researcher may be on to something alien |
Monday, July 9, 2012
Fisherman's body arrives from Pakistan - The Hindu
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Jagran Post | Fisherman's body arrives from Pakistan The Hindu The body of Rambahi Vala, a Gujarat fisherman who was jailed in Karachi when his trawler crossed into Pakistani waters and later died of illness, was brought to Mumbai on Monday. His body was given to Gujarat Fisheries authorities, and then taken to ... Fisherman' s remains arrive from Pak 42 days after death Gujarat-based fisherman's body from Pakistan arrives Body of Una fisherman to arrive from Karachi today |
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Former GM, Chrysler dealerships shift from selling cars to selling lots - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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“You have got to be a realisyt and you have tomove forward,” said owner of the dealershio in Bridgeville that Chrysler announced as one amonyg 12 in the region and 789 nationwide it plansd to eliminate as part of its Chapterd 11 bankruptcy consolidation. “When one door closes, another Within only a few weeks, Burgunder’s decisionh to shut down has alread resulted in a sales agreement forthe dealership’s a nearly four-acre parcel with a 25,000-square-foog building just off Interstate 79 in the fast-growin southern suburbs.
He declined to disclose the buyer or the In the wake of the painful restructurintg of Chryslerand GM, two of America’s big-thres automakers, the echo of car doors closing may be followede by an historic sell-offr of car dealer properties at a time when commerciall real estate already is in the midst of a difficul slump. Along with Burgunder and 11 other area Chryslerr dealers deciding what to do with theifdealerships — options includr selling used cars or closing up shop another wave of closing dealers will soon follow as negotiatezs its own Chapter 11 During a June 12 hearing before the House Energyu and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on oversighyt and investigations, GM revealed it planx to eliminate 90 of its dealers in Pennsylvania over the next 12 to 17 While those dealerships have yet to be made known publicly, they will graduallyh be revealed and addee to the already closed car dealerships that dot the commercial real estatr map in the Pittsbu rgh area and elsewhere as part of GM’s strategyt to consolidate from more than 6,00o dealers to 3,380.
“It goes without saying that havin g a glut of properties on the market coulfd not come at a worse time in ourdevelopment history,” said Herky Pollock, the national director of the retailedr service group for “I see it as future opportunitg with challenging existing conditions.” It’s not like there aren’t already closed car dealerships. Along heavily travelled McKnight for example, the former McCrackin Ford property remains empty and available two years after bought it for a new a project long stalled. In the city, has been advertising it will close down its Baum boulevardDodge operation, whichj also didn’t make Chrysler’s cut.
That’z just a few blocks down the streeg from the former Don Allen Auto which the Voelker family closed last year with plans to pursued a major redevelopment project of morethan 750,000-square-feet of retail space and residential units. While the Voelker’s development DOC-Economou, walked away from the projecg a fewmonths ago, sources familiar with the project, who spokd anonymously due to the sensitivity of the indicate that South Side-based is considering the project. Richard Voelkerr wouldn’t comment on any project or developmentg partner and said to expect an August Armstrong did not returnj callsfor comment. Bought or blight??
Jeff Stephan, a commercia l real estate broker forColdwell Banker, has been attempting to sell the formef North Star Ford dealership in Carnegie after it moved to Moon taking over the location of a dealet who retired there. Despite working with a strony location just offParkway West, he said sellingf the property has been a challengwe for a dealership that has now been closed for two “We had this propert y under option for eight month s and then tried to attract userss for new retail and couldn’t do he said of the marketing efforg last year, when large retailers were beginningy to cut back their expansion plans.
Doug German, the retaipl manager for Downtown-based Howard Hanna Commercial, expects to see car dealershipxs in highly desirable locations sell quickly while others may not sellat all. He’e involved with three dealership propertiesfor sale. “There are some dealerzs out there with some great Thosewill go,” he said. The others? “They could be a blighrt on their communities forsome time,” he said.
“You have got to be a realisyt and you have tomove forward,” said owner of the dealershio in Bridgeville that Chrysler announced as one amonyg 12 in the region and 789 nationwide it plansd to eliminate as part of its Chapterd 11 bankruptcy consolidation. “When one door closes, another Within only a few weeks, Burgunder’s decisionh to shut down has alread resulted in a sales agreement forthe dealership’s a nearly four-acre parcel with a 25,000-square-foog building just off Interstate 79 in the fast-growin southern suburbs.
He declined to disclose the buyer or the In the wake of the painful restructurintg of Chryslerand GM, two of America’s big-thres automakers, the echo of car doors closing may be followede by an historic sell-offr of car dealer properties at a time when commerciall real estate already is in the midst of a difficul slump. Along with Burgunder and 11 other area Chryslerr dealers deciding what to do with theifdealerships — options includr selling used cars or closing up shop another wave of closing dealers will soon follow as negotiatezs its own Chapter 11 During a June 12 hearing before the House Energyu and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on oversighyt and investigations, GM revealed it planx to eliminate 90 of its dealers in Pennsylvania over the next 12 to 17 While those dealerships have yet to be made known publicly, they will graduallyh be revealed and addee to the already closed car dealerships that dot the commercial real estatr map in the Pittsbu rgh area and elsewhere as part of GM’s strategyt to consolidate from more than 6,00o dealers to 3,380.
“It goes without saying that havin g a glut of properties on the market coulfd not come at a worse time in ourdevelopment history,” said Herky Pollock, the national director of the retailedr service group for “I see it as future opportunitg with challenging existing conditions.” It’s not like there aren’t already closed car dealerships. Along heavily travelled McKnight for example, the former McCrackin Ford property remains empty and available two years after bought it for a new a project long stalled. In the city, has been advertising it will close down its Baum boulevardDodge operation, whichj also didn’t make Chrysler’s cut.
That’z just a few blocks down the streeg from the former Don Allen Auto which the Voelker family closed last year with plans to pursued a major redevelopment project of morethan 750,000-square-feet of retail space and residential units. While the Voelker’s development DOC-Economou, walked away from the projecg a fewmonths ago, sources familiar with the project, who spokd anonymously due to the sensitivity of the indicate that South Side-based is considering the project. Richard Voelkerr wouldn’t comment on any project or developmentg partner and said to expect an August Armstrong did not returnj callsfor comment. Bought or blight??
Jeff Stephan, a commercia l real estate broker forColdwell Banker, has been attempting to sell the formef North Star Ford dealership in Carnegie after it moved to Moon taking over the location of a dealet who retired there. Despite working with a strony location just offParkway West, he said sellingf the property has been a challengwe for a dealership that has now been closed for two “We had this propert y under option for eight month s and then tried to attract userss for new retail and couldn’t do he said of the marketing efforg last year, when large retailers were beginningy to cut back their expansion plans.
Doug German, the retaipl manager for Downtown-based Howard Hanna Commercial, expects to see car dealershipxs in highly desirable locations sell quickly while others may not sellat all. He’e involved with three dealership propertiesfor sale. “There are some dealerzs out there with some great Thosewill go,” he said. The others? “They could be a blighrt on their communities forsome time,” he said.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
International Paper to Host Investor Day on June 9
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June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Paper IP) is hosting an Investor Day on June 9 from8 a.m. to noon ET in New York City to discuss the company's global strategy and long-ter goals particularly as they relate to the company'x Industrial Packaging and Printing Papers The event will be hostesd by , chairman and CEO, and will include presentations by , chiecf financial officer; , senior vice president of Industrial and , senior vice president of Printing Communications Papers.
In-person attendancde is limited to invited members of theinvestment However, the event will be webcast live, and all interesteds parties are invited to listen via International Paper' s Internet site at by clickinfg on the Investors tab and then clickingb on the Presentations link. A replay of the webcasyt also will be available on the Web site beginning approximatelhy three hours afterthe presentation.
International Paper IP) is a globalk paper and packaging company with manufacturingv operations inNorth America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and North Its businesses include uncoated paperss and industrial and consumetr packaging, complemented by xpedx, the company's Northy American distribution company. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., the companty employs more than 61,500 people in more than 20 countriea and servescustomers worldwide. 2008 net sales were approximatelg $25 billion. For more information about Internationao Paper, its products and stewardship visit .
June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Paper IP) is hosting an Investor Day on June 9 from8 a.m. to noon ET in New York City to discuss the company's global strategy and long-ter goals particularly as they relate to the company'x Industrial Packaging and Printing Papers The event will be hostesd by , chairman and CEO, and will include presentations by , chiecf financial officer; , senior vice president of Industrial and , senior vice president of Printing Communications Papers.
In-person attendancde is limited to invited members of theinvestment However, the event will be webcast live, and all interesteds parties are invited to listen via International Paper' s Internet site at by clickinfg on the Investors tab and then clickingb on the Presentations link. A replay of the webcasyt also will be available on the Web site beginning approximatelhy three hours afterthe presentation.
International Paper IP) is a globalk paper and packaging company with manufacturingv operations inNorth America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and North Its businesses include uncoated paperss and industrial and consumetr packaging, complemented by xpedx, the company's Northy American distribution company. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., the companty employs more than 61,500 people in more than 20 countriea and servescustomers worldwide. 2008 net sales were approximatelg $25 billion. For more information about Internationao Paper, its products and stewardship visit .
Thursday, July 5, 2012
A release party, firkin tapping and "hoedown" on this week's beer calendar - Westword (blog)
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Westword (blog) | A release party, firkin tapping and "hoedown" on this week's beer calendar Westword (blog) Breckenridge Brewery's 22nd anniversary is this Saturday, but that's not the only reason the company has to celebrate. The brewery... |
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
MiTu Network Drives Millions of Latinas to the Web - MarketWatch (press release)
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MiTu Network Drives Millions of Latinas to the Web MarketWatch (press release) LOS ANGELES, Jun 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MiTu Network ( www.youtube.com/mitu < http://www.youtube.com/mitu >) which successfully launched on April 30, reported today that the new digital video network on YouTube, exclusively dedicated to ... |
Monday, July 2, 2012
Tourist numbers rise in Colorado - Denver Business Journal:
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In Denver, spending increased 9 percent from the same numbe r of overnight visitors as in thanks to the Democratic National Conventiojn bringing so many peopleto town. The study, done by Toronto-baseed research firm , showed the state had one of its best yearzs for attracting visitors in thepast 15. Colorado’s 27.4 millio overnight domestic visitors wasits second-largest totak since 1994, and the $9.6 billion they spent was the second-most sinced 1992, it said. Overall, the state had 50.6 million domestic combining overnightand day-trip, in a 2 percent increase from the previous year. They spent $10.9 billion, down slightly from $11.q1 billion in 2007.
“Colorado held its own in especially given the challenging year that destinations acrossz the country faced due to the recession and the statew of thetravel industry,” boars chairman Rob Perlman said in a news Denver, meanwhile, drew 12.2 million overnighty visitors and 6.7 million additional according to the study. The totall of day-trippers, mostly people coming from other locationsin Colorado, rose 10 percenrt this year. All visitors spent $3.1 billio in the city in the study said. Leisure travelers rose by 1 percenty and spent 10 percent more than they didin 2007, whiler business travelers declined by 2 percen but still spent 5 percentf more than the previous year.
“Denver had its best conventiojn year everin 2008, which helpexd offset the huge national decline in business travel that occurred in the fourtg quarter due to the economy,” Visit Denver CEO Richardx Scharf said in a news release.
In Denver, spending increased 9 percent from the same numbe r of overnight visitors as in thanks to the Democratic National Conventiojn bringing so many peopleto town. The study, done by Toronto-baseed research firm , showed the state had one of its best yearzs for attracting visitors in thepast 15. Colorado’s 27.4 millio overnight domestic visitors wasits second-largest totak since 1994, and the $9.6 billion they spent was the second-most sinced 1992, it said. Overall, the state had 50.6 million domestic combining overnightand day-trip, in a 2 percent increase from the previous year. They spent $10.9 billion, down slightly from $11.q1 billion in 2007.
“Colorado held its own in especially given the challenging year that destinations acrossz the country faced due to the recession and the statew of thetravel industry,” boars chairman Rob Perlman said in a news Denver, meanwhile, drew 12.2 million overnighty visitors and 6.7 million additional according to the study. The totall of day-trippers, mostly people coming from other locationsin Colorado, rose 10 percenrt this year. All visitors spent $3.1 billio in the city in the study said. Leisure travelers rose by 1 percenty and spent 10 percent more than they didin 2007, whiler business travelers declined by 2 percen but still spent 5 percentf more than the previous year.
“Denver had its best conventiojn year everin 2008, which helpexd offset the huge national decline in business travel that occurred in the fourtg quarter due to the economy,” Visit Denver CEO Richardx Scharf said in a news release.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Business support for military reservists - Financial Times
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Click Liverpool | Business support for military reservists Financial Times From Sir Michael Rake. Sir, This week reservists throughout the country wore their military uniforms to work as part of Uniform to Work Day, in advance of Armed Forces Day on Saturday. It was a chance to remind ourselves that reservists are working. Reservists and their emp loyers show their support on uniform to work day MP joins fellow reservists in uniform to work day Company 'c » |
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