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Monday, September 10, 2012
West Jefferson skill players put Bucs a step ahead of competition - NOLA.com
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
GE Healthcare opens $165M N. G
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The new 230,000-square-foot facility includeas a 60,000-square-foot cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectors that will be made at the plant are used inmammogramm screening, a growing $1 billion market for breast cancef testing. Much like the transition from papet medical records to streamlined electronicrecor keeping, digital X-rays are slowlyg replacing traditional film X-ray In addition to the 100 new jobs scheduled for the 50 people will transfer to the tech park from GE’s researcg center in Niskayuna.
Positions at the new site will includew15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportg staff with an average annual salary of The plant is expected to have an annual payrol of $10 million. GE develope its digital X-ray technology at GE Global Researchin Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’zs first expansion of high tech medical equipmen t manufacturing by its health care operation intoNew ”This a wonderful example of how a long-ter m commitment to technology can spur the growth of our manufacturinf base and create new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark GE senior vice president and director of the researcjh center.
GE Healthcare spent 15 years and morethan $200 milliohn developing its digital flat panel X-ray The flat-panel detector is a critical component of an X-rayt system and plays a role in providingf an improved image.
The new 230,000-square-foot facility includeas a 60,000-square-foot cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectors that will be made at the plant are used inmammogramm screening, a growing $1 billion market for breast cancef testing. Much like the transition from papet medical records to streamlined electronicrecor keeping, digital X-rays are slowlyg replacing traditional film X-ray In addition to the 100 new jobs scheduled for the 50 people will transfer to the tech park from GE’s researcg center in Niskayuna.
Positions at the new site will includew15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportg staff with an average annual salary of The plant is expected to have an annual payrol of $10 million. GE develope its digital X-ray technology at GE Global Researchin Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’zs first expansion of high tech medical equipmen t manufacturing by its health care operation intoNew ”This a wonderful example of how a long-ter m commitment to technology can spur the growth of our manufacturinf base and create new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark GE senior vice president and director of the researcjh center.
GE Healthcare spent 15 years and morethan $200 milliohn developing its digital flat panel X-ray The flat-panel detector is a critical component of an X-rayt system and plays a role in providingf an improved image.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Angel Investment Forum moves south to Jupiter site - South Florida Business Journal:
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The Gunster Yoakley & Stewart associate is the new chairman ofthe three-year-olxd nonprofit Angel Investment Forum of Florida (AIFFL). The groul recently changed its name fromthe . It’s a loose-kniyt but individually powerful group whose 50 regulad members have millions of dollars to lend or investf in startups and business Others in the group offercapitapl raising, marketing, accounting and legal “It’s a dynamic group, but has a low profiled because all the meetings have been held in Robbins said. “We are relocating the meetings to the inJupitert – more central for both South Florida and Treasur Coast participants.
” The new venue is located just off Interstatse 95 in the immediate proximit y of ’s Jupiter campus, plus the and biotechnology researcgh sites. The first meeting there is scheduled for 9at 5:30 p.m. AIFFL Executive Director Marcy Brennan said her groupcomprisesz entrepreneurs, investors and professional service “We expect to double the membership this year – especially the angell investors – with this more central and convenientt meeting location,” she said. “Even for thosew in Stuart, it’s not that far away.
” AIFFL used to have a centrak Florida chapter inthe Villages, a large country club communityu south of Ocala, but it closedx in January. “We expected the Villages’ residents to be a good sourcsof investment, and to draw entrepreneurds from Tallahassee, Gainesville, Tampa and Orlando, but it just didn’gt work out that way on a regular basis,” Brennan There will likely be substantial crossovefr between members of the AIFFLo and the (GCVCA), which meets regularly in Boca “I think it’s good for the communitty that AIFFL is widening its footprint,” said David Bates, GCVC A chairman and a shareholder in Gunster Yoakleyy & Stewart.
He sees the Jupiter move as a shrewdf marketing strategy togrow quickly, citing his group’ss membership, which grew to more than 300 over the last two yearss in southern Palm Beach County. “Thers are more than enough investment angels looking for good dealwsin today’s competitive environment for both organizations,” Bates GCVCA is typically pitched by young companies lookingv for mezzanine investing in the $1 million to $5 milliom range, while AIFFL gets pitched more by startuo companies looking for $50,000 to $1 million.
Brennam said: “We have seen some remarkable ground-floor opportunities in medical devices and great creativity across the board in the technology Web site: E-mail: marcy@aiffl.org
The Gunster Yoakley & Stewart associate is the new chairman ofthe three-year-olxd nonprofit Angel Investment Forum of Florida (AIFFL). The groul recently changed its name fromthe . It’s a loose-kniyt but individually powerful group whose 50 regulad members have millions of dollars to lend or investf in startups and business Others in the group offercapitapl raising, marketing, accounting and legal “It’s a dynamic group, but has a low profiled because all the meetings have been held in Robbins said. “We are relocating the meetings to the inJupitert – more central for both South Florida and Treasur Coast participants.
” The new venue is located just off Interstatse 95 in the immediate proximit y of ’s Jupiter campus, plus the and biotechnology researcgh sites. The first meeting there is scheduled for 9at 5:30 p.m. AIFFL Executive Director Marcy Brennan said her groupcomprisesz entrepreneurs, investors and professional service “We expect to double the membership this year – especially the angell investors – with this more central and convenientt meeting location,” she said. “Even for thosew in Stuart, it’s not that far away.
” AIFFL used to have a centrak Florida chapter inthe Villages, a large country club communityu south of Ocala, but it closedx in January. “We expected the Villages’ residents to be a good sourcsof investment, and to draw entrepreneurds from Tallahassee, Gainesville, Tampa and Orlando, but it just didn’gt work out that way on a regular basis,” Brennan There will likely be substantial crossovefr between members of the AIFFLo and the (GCVCA), which meets regularly in Boca “I think it’s good for the communitty that AIFFL is widening its footprint,” said David Bates, GCVC A chairman and a shareholder in Gunster Yoakleyy & Stewart.
He sees the Jupiter move as a shrewdf marketing strategy togrow quickly, citing his group’ss membership, which grew to more than 300 over the last two yearss in southern Palm Beach County. “Thers are more than enough investment angels looking for good dealwsin today’s competitive environment for both organizations,” Bates GCVCA is typically pitched by young companies lookingv for mezzanine investing in the $1 million to $5 milliom range, while AIFFL gets pitched more by startuo companies looking for $50,000 to $1 million.
Brennam said: “We have seen some remarkable ground-floor opportunities in medical devices and great creativity across the board in the technology Web site: E-mail: marcy@aiffl.org
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Familiar name gets warm reception as W&R's new face - Dallas Business Journal:
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Now comes the tough part -- revivingh the company's sagging sales channel and batterefpublic image. New CEO Henry Herrmann said he will leveragerelationships he's builtg through the course of 34 yeards with Waddell & Reed shareholders, clients and investmenyt advisers to boost the mutual fund company'ws fortunes. "We need to do whatever we can to make sure that our clientss and our advisers are comfortable with our commitment to our business and to the best interest ofour clients," he said. "We will be workingf hard to makesure that's the case and that'xs understood.
" Herrmann, 62, can shoulder that load, formeer Waddell & Reed Chairman Ben Korschot said. Korschot, who retireed from the company in worked closely with Herrmann in the 1970sand '80as and groomed him to become the company's chief investment officer, a titlew Herrmann assumed in 1987. "He's very sound, very good, and he knowes this company backwardsand forwards," Korschot said.
"u think Waddell & Reed is going to be off and Locally, there's a positive vibe about Herrmanmn taking overas CEO, said Robert Smart, president of Fairwayh brokerage Herrmann has been with Waddell & Reed sincr 1971 and is well-known in the "The way I sense the thing is there's a great sigh of relief, and they got a guy in therw who has a great history with Waddell Reed, and he knows what he's doing," Smartr said. Herrmann received a vote of confidencre from Wall Streetas Inc. and Inc. upgraded rating s on Waddell & Reed's stock WDR) after his promotion. The company'sa stock price has increased from a closeof $17.
50 on May 25 -- just beforwe the announcement of Tucker's resignation -- to a closwe of $19.36 on June 1. But in recenty days, analysts warned that turning aroundWaddellp & Reed's sales won't be easy. For the quarter that ended March 31, sales of proprietary investment products by the company's sales channelk decreased $60 million, or 11 percent, from the same perioc a year ago, according to the company's quarterlyu report. Waddell & Reed's overall net income for the quarterf decreased 18 percent from theprevious year.
"It will take some time to get the proprietar y distribution system backon track," wrote Robert Lee, an analysrt for Keefe Bruyette Woods in New York. "Operational challenges coulrd persist for at least the nextseverao quarters." Herrmann said his first priority is improving the performancw of Waddell & Reed's nationa l sales network, which today includes 2,453 advisers. He said he thinksw Waddell & Reed's top producers are energized by the new managemenrt the company introduced earlierthis year. That includesz Chief Marketing OfficerTom Butch, National Salesx Manager Steve Anderson and Associate National Salezs Manager Brad Hofmeister.
He described Anderson and Hofmeisteeras "hands-on guys" who bring to their new jobs yearw of experience in the field as regionak vice presidents. Herrmann said he wants to build on that enthusias with greater emphasis on sales training and recruitingnew advisers. "We've probablyu spent too much time focusing on financial planningb and a little less emphasis helpingg advisers dial in and sharpen thei skills in the areaof sales," he said.
Analysts have argued that Waddell & Reed has spent too much time fighting legal battlews with former parent company and regulatoryg issues raised bythe , whicgh filed a 2004 complaint against the compan y concerning its handling of variable annuities. The compant resolved the bulk of thesew issueswith $32.5 million in settlements announced in late April. But Herrmanj said he knows Waddell & Reed has sufferesd damage to its public In thenext month, he plans to spendr considerable time with shareholders of Waddell & Reed and its mutua funds "so they can get to know me better.
" Lee, the Keefed Bruyette & Woods analyst, said he expects given Herrmann's age, successiomn planning soon will be a focu of Waddell & Reed's board of But the new CEO said he has no plans to slow "There's no mandatory retirement. I'mm physically fit, I love the business, and I love Waddell Reed," Herrmann said. "If I think it's appropriate and I'm still contributing, I may stay on longer than thenormalk 65.
"
Now comes the tough part -- revivingh the company's sagging sales channel and batterefpublic image. New CEO Henry Herrmann said he will leveragerelationships he's builtg through the course of 34 yeards with Waddell & Reed shareholders, clients and investmenyt advisers to boost the mutual fund company'ws fortunes. "We need to do whatever we can to make sure that our clientss and our advisers are comfortable with our commitment to our business and to the best interest ofour clients," he said. "We will be workingf hard to makesure that's the case and that'xs understood.
" Herrmann, 62, can shoulder that load, formeer Waddell & Reed Chairman Ben Korschot said. Korschot, who retireed from the company in worked closely with Herrmann in the 1970sand '80as and groomed him to become the company's chief investment officer, a titlew Herrmann assumed in 1987. "He's very sound, very good, and he knowes this company backwardsand forwards," Korschot said.
"u think Waddell & Reed is going to be off and Locally, there's a positive vibe about Herrmanmn taking overas CEO, said Robert Smart, president of Fairwayh brokerage Herrmann has been with Waddell & Reed sincr 1971 and is well-known in the "The way I sense the thing is there's a great sigh of relief, and they got a guy in therw who has a great history with Waddell Reed, and he knows what he's doing," Smartr said. Herrmann received a vote of confidencre from Wall Streetas Inc. and Inc. upgraded rating s on Waddell & Reed's stock WDR) after his promotion. The company'sa stock price has increased from a closeof $17.
50 on May 25 -- just beforwe the announcement of Tucker's resignation -- to a closwe of $19.36 on June 1. But in recenty days, analysts warned that turning aroundWaddellp & Reed's sales won't be easy. For the quarter that ended March 31, sales of proprietary investment products by the company's sales channelk decreased $60 million, or 11 percent, from the same perioc a year ago, according to the company's quarterlyu report. Waddell & Reed's overall net income for the quarterf decreased 18 percent from theprevious year.
"It will take some time to get the proprietar y distribution system backon track," wrote Robert Lee, an analysrt for Keefe Bruyette Woods in New York. "Operational challenges coulrd persist for at least the nextseverao quarters." Herrmann said his first priority is improving the performancw of Waddell & Reed's nationa l sales network, which today includes 2,453 advisers. He said he thinksw Waddell & Reed's top producers are energized by the new managemenrt the company introduced earlierthis year. That includesz Chief Marketing OfficerTom Butch, National Salesx Manager Steve Anderson and Associate National Salezs Manager Brad Hofmeister.
He described Anderson and Hofmeisteeras "hands-on guys" who bring to their new jobs yearw of experience in the field as regionak vice presidents. Herrmann said he wants to build on that enthusias with greater emphasis on sales training and recruitingnew advisers. "We've probablyu spent too much time focusing on financial planningb and a little less emphasis helpingg advisers dial in and sharpen thei skills in the areaof sales," he said.
Analysts have argued that Waddell & Reed has spent too much time fighting legal battlews with former parent company and regulatoryg issues raised bythe , whicgh filed a 2004 complaint against the compan y concerning its handling of variable annuities. The compant resolved the bulk of thesew issueswith $32.5 million in settlements announced in late April. But Herrmanj said he knows Waddell & Reed has sufferesd damage to its public In thenext month, he plans to spendr considerable time with shareholders of Waddell & Reed and its mutua funds "so they can get to know me better.
" Lee, the Keefed Bruyette & Woods analyst, said he expects given Herrmann's age, successiomn planning soon will be a focu of Waddell & Reed's board of But the new CEO said he has no plans to slow "There's no mandatory retirement. I'mm physically fit, I love the business, and I love Waddell Reed," Herrmann said. "If I think it's appropriate and I'm still contributing, I may stay on longer than thenormalk 65.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Baltimore to sell land to developers for Hyatt-anchored project - Baltimore Business Journal:
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million deal Wednesday to sell a blocm of land in downtown Baltimore to a team of developeres planning to build a pair ofHyatt hotels. A development team led by Mark Benjamin Greenwald and Joseph Haskins plan to construcyta 450,000-square-foot complex anchored by a Hyatt Placde and Hyatt Summerfield Suites with a combined 300 hotelp rooms. Under the terms of the the developers purchased propertiesat 26-36 Calverty St., 110 E. Lombard St. and 117 Watetr St. The redevelopment does not includee the neighboring BrookshireSuites Hotel. The $80 million “Hyatrt at City Center” development also calls for a 300-spacr parking garage and commercial space.
estimates the development will created 450 construction jobs and 140 permanent jobs that shouldxpump $60 million in new taxes to city coffers. “Hyatt at City Cente is another exciting private investment in the city of creating jobs and generating taxes in a key underutilizeddowntown site,” BDC President M.J. “Jay” Brodie said in a statement. BDC begahn acquiring eight properties in the blockl in 2002 in hopes of sparkinhfuture redevelopment. The $4.5 million land sale price is equal to the appraised value of the BDC said.
million deal Wednesday to sell a blocm of land in downtown Baltimore to a team of developeres planning to build a pair ofHyatt hotels. A development team led by Mark Benjamin Greenwald and Joseph Haskins plan to construcyta 450,000-square-foot complex anchored by a Hyatt Placde and Hyatt Summerfield Suites with a combined 300 hotelp rooms. Under the terms of the the developers purchased propertiesat 26-36 Calverty St., 110 E. Lombard St. and 117 Watetr St. The redevelopment does not includee the neighboring BrookshireSuites Hotel. The $80 million “Hyatrt at City Center” development also calls for a 300-spacr parking garage and commercial space.
estimates the development will created 450 construction jobs and 140 permanent jobs that shouldxpump $60 million in new taxes to city coffers. “Hyatt at City Cente is another exciting private investment in the city of creating jobs and generating taxes in a key underutilizeddowntown site,” BDC President M.J. “Jay” Brodie said in a statement. BDC begahn acquiring eight properties in the blockl in 2002 in hopes of sparkinhfuture redevelopment. The $4.5 million land sale price is equal to the appraised value of the BDC said.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Reno's Tucker takes listeners on 9-track ride - Reno Gazette Journal
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Reno's Tucker takes listeners on 9-track ride Reno Gazette Journal A songwriter adept at spinning melodic lines is already halfway to victory in landing the listener. Longtime Reno musician and recording-studio owner Tim Tucker completes the conquest of soft-rock lovers on ìTucker Tooî (available on www.cdbaby.com). |
Saturday, September 1, 2012
F.N.B. appoints Campbell as chairman - Austin Business Journal:
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Campbell formerly served as F.N.B.’s (NYSE:FNB) lead directodr and serves on several committees. He has been a directoe since 1975. “Bill is one of our longest servingv and most dedicated Gurgovits said ina statement. F.N.B. previously said it woul d appoint a new chairman to enablr Gurgovits to focus on his corporate responsibilities and to conformto F.N.B.’s corporate guidelines. Gurgovits, who has worked at for 48 years, had taken the chairmah role in April 2008 when Robertr New was named CEO and presidentg after anearly two-year search. New resignedr 10 months later and Gurgovits steppedr back in on an interim basis He accepted the post fulltime onJune 2.
is based in Hermitage, north of and had assets of $8.5 billiom as of March 31.
Campbell formerly served as F.N.B.’s (NYSE:FNB) lead directodr and serves on several committees. He has been a directoe since 1975. “Bill is one of our longest servingv and most dedicated Gurgovits said ina statement. F.N.B. previously said it woul d appoint a new chairman to enablr Gurgovits to focus on his corporate responsibilities and to conformto F.N.B.’s corporate guidelines. Gurgovits, who has worked at for 48 years, had taken the chairmah role in April 2008 when Robertr New was named CEO and presidentg after anearly two-year search. New resignedr 10 months later and Gurgovits steppedr back in on an interim basis He accepted the post fulltime onJune 2.
is based in Hermitage, north of and had assets of $8.5 billiom as of March 31.
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