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RIM’s consumer smartphone market sharwe increased 15 percent to nearly 50 percent of the smartphon market in the first quarte versus theprior quarter, as Cupertino-basex ’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Sunnyvale-based ’s (NASDAQ:PALM) share both declinec 10 percent each. Port Washington, N.Y.-basedf “Verizon Wireless’s aggressive marketing of the BlackBerrg Storm andits buy-one-get-one BlackBerry promotion to its large customer base contributed to RIM capturingf three of the top five said Ross Rubin, directorf of industry analysis at The NPD Group.
“Thew more familiar, and less expensive, Curvde benefited from these giveaways and was able to leapfrog the due to its broader availability on the fourmajor U.S. nationalo carriers.” Smartphones, which represented just 17 percent of handset salee volume in the first quarter of now make up 23 percentof “Even in this challenging consumers are migrating toward Web-capable handsets and t1eir supportin g data plans to access more information and entertainmeny on the go.” Rubin said.

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Senecas want voice heard on Buffalo casino - Business First of Buffalo:

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Lawyers representing the Seneca Nation haveaskeed U.S. District Court Judge William Skretny to grant them a waiverf ofimmunity — a move that makes the tribe a defendantr in the complex series of legalp actions concerning the downtowhn Buffalo casino. The Seneca Nation, whicgh has never been directly suedby anti-casino supporters, has held amicus or “friene of the court” Paper work asking Skretny to approve the waivert was submitted to the judge He is expected to schedule hearingsz to consider the motion in the coming days. “It’xs time for the Seneca Nation to speak with its own saidCarol Heckman, a former federal judger and partner in the Buffalo law firm of .
Heckman is representin g the Seneca Nation in thecasinpo lawsuit. Heckman noted there are certaimn legal advantages for the Seneca Natiobn in offering its waiver of It provides them with a seat at the defendants table, especially if the lawsuit moves from Skretny’sx court to the Second Circuit Courtr of Appeals, which is likely regardless of any rulingse the federal judge makes. Skretny is reviewin g whether the casino, which has been approved by federal officials includinggthe , was properly greenlighted. The federal commission alloweed the Seneca Nation to open the casino inJuly 2007.
Anti-casin o supporters won a series of rulingslast summer, by the NIGS re-affirmesd the casino as a legal operation on Jan. 20. “Fofr the (Seneca) nation, it is better to be at the tablew and not sitting back in the Heckman said.

U.S. sharply pares trade gap with Canada - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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America’s trade deficit with Canada droppexto $628 million in May, unexpectedly low for a monthluy gap that is typically expresser in billions of dollars. The May defici t was down 48 percentfrom April’s U.S.-Canadianh gap of $1.2 billion. Canada is the leading international trading partner for companies in thePittsburgh area, followef by China and Mexico. Canada typicallh runs up the third- or fourth-largest trade imbalance with the United States in anygivejn month, but it was 15th in May. • $17.48 billion • Mexico, $3.94 billion • Japan, $1.91 billion Ireland, $1.62 billion • Russia, $1.33 billionh • Germany, $1.29 billion • $1.
27 billion • Saudi Arabia, $1.0y billion • Malaysia, $957 million • $928 million • Thailand, $903 milliobn • Taiwan, $858 million • $824 million • South Korea, $707 milliobn • Canada, $628 million American companiewsexported $16.08 billion of goods to Canada in May, roughly the same amouny as in April. But imports of Canadian goods for American consumerss dropped sharplyfrom $17.35 billion in April to $16.71 billioj in May, greatly reducing the overalll deficit.

GuardianLion preps for KidTrak launch - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Less than a year after Wilcock’s retirement from Syniverse, he landed at startupp LLC as COO, working with Joe Troy, former CFO of , and entrepreneurr Jason Sullivan. Late this year, GuardianLionb plans to launch KidTrak, a titanium wristwatch that uses the and cell phones technology to tracka child’s location to withijn a few feet. The watch, also a cell phone, has a pani button and sends an alert if the bandis “It’s fail-safe,” Sullivan said. And kids aren’r likely to complain about wearing it, recenft focus groups show.
“It’ s Dick Tracy, Mission Impossible technology,” Sullivan Sullivan has been developing the devics for more thana decade, travelingt as far as Scandinavia to revie w technology and talk to techies. Troy, who first investec in the startup twoyears ago, joined Sullivajn in December after leaving Walter Industries, now Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT). Wilcock joined full time at about the same after eight monthsof retirement. The team is preparing for a fourth-quarterr launch.
After about a dozen prototypes over eight years, the startup is refinin the device with the help of Siliconh Valley software and hardware engineers, as well as Sarasota’zs RoBrady Designs, designer of the . Investing time, money “Itg was an altruistic endeavor to me atthe beginning,” said whose volunteer work includes time on the boards of and A Kids As CTO at Syniverse, Wilcocko helped develop OnStar and a federal presidentialp warning system, among other technology. GuardianLion is working to establishna 24-hour customer service center in the Uniterd States, and it’s close to finalizingt a contract with one of the three nationa cellular carriers.
“If it’s not flawless it will be a big detriment,” Troy “Customer service will make it or break There are similar devices onthe market, but like a proud father, contends his product is the The waterproof device can be programmed to show if a childc enters an area a parent has labeled as unsafer and send an alert if a chils falls into water, Sullivan said. Marketing will targety parents with children 12or younger. The company plansw to rely heavily onsocial networking, such as to gain customers. Sullivan envisionx theme parks, such as , renting the devices to visitorzs as parents who have ever lost a even briefly, know the feeling of panix that ensues.
KidTrak could also be used for autisticc children and the elderly who suffeffrom Alzheimer’s. “It’s about peace of mind,” Wilcock But success hinges on more than havin thebest product. “The best technology doesn’t always win,” said Travisd Milks, VP at , a ventur e capital firm basedin Tampa. “Wse see great technologies fail allthe It’s about the management team and the strategyt they employ.” Milks was speaking in generalities. He isn’t familia r with GuardianLion. “All technologies will at some poinbe outdated,” Milks said. KidTrak appears to have one critical element: a power team to implement the product.
The business is now “adequatelhy capitalized” without venture capital, Troy said. Both Troy and Wilcocm have made millions through the sale of stocmk in theirformer companies, accordinf to SEC documents. But GuardianLion might eventually need more investmenycapital — one of the challengese the startup faces, along with a continuingb decline in consumer discretionary spending, Troy said.

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In 2007, Brake started a business valuation departmenyfor GHB. Still active in the traditionaol areas of tax compliance and Brake also provides business valuation servicesfor acquisitions, divorce, estate and gift valuations, family limited partnerships and discounts. Braks has been with GHB since 1986. She reducef her hours for about six yeards inthe mid-1990s, working from home while raisinbg two children, but returnee full steam in 2003, taking over the Boulderr office as a newcomer to the community. In five she has established the firm’s presencw and become involved incivif endeavors.
She received her certified valuation analyst certificate from the Nationak Association of Certified Valuation Analystsin 2003. She’ds treasurer of the Colorado State Chapterof Gordon, Hughes & Banks LLP www.ghbcpa.comj When Kim Higgins joine d Gordon, Hughes & Bankds as a governmental and nonprofit partner in the firm had no governmentalk entities department and no name recognition in the In four years, Higgins has changee the governmental and nonprofit practicee from a one-person department with no clienty base and less than $100,000 in revenues to a team of 20 In 2007, governmental and nonprofif revenues amounted to $1.
37 million and constituted one-third of the firm’as audit practice. Before joining GHB, Higginws was a practice partner at anothet public accounting firmin Denver, where she specialized in taxation and with a special emphasis on not-for-profit local government entities, utilities and government contractors. She graduateds magna cum laude witha bachelor’a degree in accounting from Murray State University in Kentucky. She’s a member of the Coloradlo Society of CertifiedPublic Accountants, GASB 44 Statemenyt Implementation Advisory Committee, the and the Coloradoi Nonprofit Association. Gordon, Hughes & Bankzs LLP www.ghbcpa.
com When Peggy Jennings joined Hughes & Banks LLP as an audit partner in the firm was a traditional tax services firm with a smalp audit practice that contributed between 2 percentg and 5 percent of the firm’s revenues. Jenninga was the sole member of theauditg department. Today, the audit department countxs 30 professionalsunder Jennings’ supervision, and audi revenues make up 40 percent of the firm’s tota l revenues. Jennings is director of the firm’d audit services division, and GHB’ lead audit partner for retail, constructiomn and software development niches.
Before joining GHB, Jennings spent 17 years with a large public accounting firmin Denver, wher e she provided audit and small businesx consulting to a variety of industries. She is licensec to practice in Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming, Idaho and Southu Dakota. She has a B.S. degree from Montanaz State University. She is on the peer review boards of the Colorado Society of Certified Publivc Accountants and a member of the Alliancs of Professional Women and the ColoradpNonprofit Association. www.cliftoncpa.com As managing partner for Cliftobn Gunderson’s Rocky Mountain clieng service center, David Laundy draws on more than 20 years of accounting andconsulting experience.
Peoria, Ill.-based Cliftonb Gunderson is the sixth-largest certifiecd public accounting firm in the Denver based on number of Clifton Gundersonacquired Denver-based accounting firm Hughes and Mithuen in 2006, further strengthening its position as a provider of serviceds to mid- to large-size privately owned companies. In 2007, the presidentg of the Community College of Denver was fired after an audit by Clifton Gundersohn found serious financial mismanagement on campus. Laundy is a member of the Coloradop Society of CPAs and American Institute of CertifiedPubli Accountants.
He also serves as a directof ofthe , a member of the executivse committee of the and director of The Presidentsd Leadership Class at the Universitty of Colorado at Boulder. He is a formee director and treasurer ofthe , formert director and treasurer of Boulder County Dental Aid, former director and treasurer of the Foothill s Nature Center, former volunteer public relation committee member of the Foundatio for Boulder Valley Schools and a formert member of the Management of Accountingb Practice Committee at the Colorado Society of Laundy holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from and a bachelor’zs degree in sociology from Southernj Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill.
business adviser Gordon, Hughes & Banks LLP www.ghbcpa.com Richared Kendall joined Gordon, Hughes & Banks LLP in 2005 to start a businesd advisoryservices department. Only two yearx later, Kendall became a principal and has hire d a senior business advisor to help with a growinbgclient base. He has workee with more than twodozen companies, helping them implement growtbh and profit strategies.

AMV Motorcycles to distribute Viper Diamondback Super Cruiser in the UK - Admiral

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Gregoire names 14-member aerospace council - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The governor created the councilin May, in responsse to an upwelling of especially in Snohomish County, that Boeing is likelty to locate a next production line outside Washington, probablg in the Deep South. The 14-member councik is to provide advice to the governor and the Legislatured on how to retain Boeing and associated aerospacee supply companies in the It also is to coordinate educatiojn programs for prospectiveaerospace workers, at community college and research universities. — Larry Brown, legislativwe and political director for International Association of Machinists andAerospace Workers, District Lodgre 751. — Randall general manager of AbsoluteAviationn Services.
— David Schumacher, director of governmentr affairsfor . — Stan Sorscher, legislative directo r for the Society of Professional Engineeringv Employees inAerospace (SPEEA). Michael Zubovic, vice president of Aviation TechnicalkServices Inc. Most of the other members of the council are state legislators or education the latter includingMark Emmert, president of the , and Elson president of . Leaders in the South say that the effor to win a Boeing planf is currently eclipsed by the campaignj tosupport Northrop/EADS in winning the Air Forcew tanker contract over Boeing. The Northrop model is to be assemblexd ina yet-to-be builtf facility in Alabama.
But once that program is and if Boeing does indicate any interest in a new facilit in theDeep South, they’ll be ready. “Wer would welcome Boeing to Mobilwe withopen arms, and would love to have them as part of our said Steve Nodine, president of the Mobilee County Commission, in Mobile, Ala.

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American Airlines' traffic declines - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Both airlines are subsidiaries ofFort Worth-basedr (NYSE: AMR). American Eagle alone saw its May traffi ctumble 14.3 percent compareds to the same period last year, while capacity fell 14.5 percent. The regionalk airline flew 622.9 millionj revenue passenger milesin May, down from 726 million revenue passenger miles in May 2008. American Eaglwe boarded 1.5 million passengers in May; its load factorf — a measure of the percentage of a planew filled with paying customers of 73.3 percent remained consistent with May of last year. American Airlines Inc. saw its traffi c fall 11.7 percent in May, while its capacity droppefd 8.8 percent compared to the previous During the monthof May, 7.
2 millionh passengers boarded American aircraft, and the airlinre flew 10.3 billion revenue passenger miles, down from 11.7 billionb revenue passenger miles a year earlier. American’s load factor fell to 79.2 down from 81.7 percent a year earlier.

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Conti, at the behestr of Gov. Beverly Perdue, is beginningh to implement a plan to make NCDOTr more transparentand accountable. A centerpiece of that plan is to transform the NCDOT board into a watchdog that would set and enforcee newefficiency standards. Providing an example of what he’d like to see, Contu says the department’s professional staff shoulfd developa three-year work plan that shows when majore road contracts will be awarded. At the end of each the board would evaluatethe department’ performance.
For instance, Conti thinks the boare should require the department to deliver on awarding at least 90 percenft of the contracts it has scheduledeach “If that’s not met, thers are repercussions,” says Conti, who adds that people and processes would be changed to meet the goals the followinhg year. Conti believes such an approach woulfdaddress long-standing concerns abouyt the department’s ability to delivert new roads in a timely and cost-effectivde manner. It also gives the board a new role in a transportatiobn process that Perdue and Conti are trying to reform.
One of Perdue’a first acts as governor was to sign an executiv e order that prevents board members from votinvg onindividual projects. The move was designed to head off conflict s of interest and ensure projects are developed and awarded based on theirmerits – not politicaol maneuvering. “This sounds like an excellent plan,” says Stephej Jackson, a transportation public policyg analyst at the North CarolinaJusticde Center.
He applauds the idea of havinfg board members more involved in overall accountability than in worryinf if their individual districts get a certain But will the Perdue and Conti actually make staff changex if new efficiencystandards aren’t met? “Onb the balance, you’d say, ‘Yeah, headzs will roll if things don’t Jackson says. Yet one problem with the impending Jackson says, is that many of the current board memberxs don’t have the professional transportation and management skillz needed for their new oversightr role. The 19 board all of whom are appointed by the serve two-year terms. The terms are staggered so that half of them expir eeach year.
Conti expects Perdue to hold off on appointing any new memberds until at leastthe board’s March which is when he hopes to have his new operatingy system in place. “I think boarde members will still have an opportunith to reflect the needs of the community and the driving public,” says Kenneth Spaulding, a Durham attorney who represent part of the Triangle on the Conti says that the department’s Transportation Improvement Program processes will remain in place.
The TIP is supposed to act as the blueprint for major road construction projects in the But the TIP includes plenty of projectsthat don’ty yet have funding sources, a reality that undercuts its credibility as a master list of what will be built and The document containing a three-year program of work that Conti wants to develoop would be more reliable. “Havinbg a fictional list is just self-defeating,” he says. Pressedd on how effective his plan will be with the old TIP procesd stillin place, Conti says, “I don’t think it is window dressing.
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CEI to add 50 workers for expanded defense contract - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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engineering office. The local company makes the lightweight, durable composite framex and shells ofthe jets, then installes the avionics, or electronic controls, and Component suppliers include , Irvin Aerospace, and The Initially the contractg asked CEI to build two target-practicer jets for test flights, and it included five productionn options. The contract was soon boosted to six aircrafg and addedtest flights. Now, with construction in progresx on thetwelfth jet, 48 jets are on and the company expects to be making 45 a year over a seven-yeat period for the U.S. military. At about $500,000 apiece, they enabled the U.S.
military to test ground-to-ait and air-to-air missile systems against targetes designed to look and fly like enemg aircraft orcruise missiles. More orders are expected from foreignmilitary allies. The jets are 20 feet long with wingspansx just short of 11 The sleek craft can hit speedwabove .95 Mach, do sustained turns at nine timex the force of gravity and fly in an altitude ranginvg from 20 feet to 51,000 They can stay aloft for more than three hours, do barrekl rolls and other They have 7 cubic feet of cargo space, and theirr wings can also carry cargo.
The companhy planned a ceremony Wednesday with military representativexs to highlight the contract and show offthe

St. John Properties takes over Opus East business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground - Denver Business Journal:

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U.S. Army officials worked feverishlh over the past week topull St. John Propertiews into the fold, fearful the project would come to a halt if Opus East filed for bankruptc y protection before an arrangement could be company spokesmanGerard J. Wit said in a telephonw interview Tuesday. “It was a real round-the-clock, week-longy effort to get this done,” Wit said. “We’re going to get in and try to kick-start this right away.” Aberdeen is gearing up for a significanr influx of military jobs underthe Pentagon’s Base Realignment and Closures plan, expected to be completed by Septembetr 2011.
About 8,200 militaryg jobs will be transferred to the in addition to as manyas 18,0009 private contracting jobs from companies that do businesds with the incoming military agencies. The approverd Opus East's selection of St. John Properties to take over the Governmenyt and Technology Enterprise business park because of theBaltimors developer’s ability to move forwarsd with new construction, Bob program director with the Army Corps, said in a As in taking over the including (NYSE: OFC) and Manekin LLC. Opus East was awardef rights to developthe government-ownec land under a lease with the Army in Novembefr 2007 and broke ground on its first building in Decembere of that year.
Since the company became straddled with millions of dollarsw in construction loans it has been unableto refinance, and the companuy has not started any new constructiom at the project for more than a year. The deal was inkecd June 19 betweenOpus St. John Properties, with the backing of the St. John and the Army Corps of Engineersd issued statements Tuesday announcing the Witsaid St. John will pay Opus East an undisclosed amount of monegy for its development rights at In connection withthe St. John has hired Opus East projectg manager Matthew Holbrook to overseee the GATE project as its director of defenses andgovernment business.
“Aberdeen Provinv Ground is excited about moving the project forwarrwith St. John Properties,” Tim McNamara, APG deputy garrison commander, said in a statement. “We considere it a positive step to have their experienced managemengt team spearheadingthe build-out of this project.” As the to help it considerf options including bankruptcy. Its parent company, , has also sought bankruptchy protectionfor it’s Opus South subsidiary and for two more subsidiaries of its Opus West regionaol operation. Opus Corp. spokeswoman Winston Hewett said Opus East is stilp evaluating its options but has not made any decisionxsabout bankruptcy.
The company was forcef to relinquish its rights to the Aberdeenm project because it has been unable to financw morethan $50 million in construction loans it took out to financse its projects. Most pressing among thoss debtsis $35 million the developerf spent to build a new headquarters for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Collegwe Park, for which it has sued the federalo government to collect its wagese on that project, Hewett said. St.
John plans to breai ground in the next two months on at leastt three new buildings at the Harford Countymilitary base, with commitments from defense contractors for up to 300,00p square feet of office, research and development space, Wit Wit did not disclose the namesw of any of those tenants. Those buildings would be in additionj toa 60,000-square-foot building Opus East completed in Decembetr 2008 for defense contractort CACI. “We view this development as the most significang commercial real estate opportunity in the historhy ofour company,” St. John President Edwarxd A. St. John said in a statement.
“Thiw is based on the amount of square footage that can eventuallyh be developed as well as the importantg work that will be completedby end-users that occupyy this space.” St. John Properties is the third-largest propertyg management firm inGreater Baltimore, with nearly 11 millioh square feet of commercial space in the But taking over the Aberdeen project represents a shift for the company, which has soughyt to tap into the demand for governmenty contracting space up until now. Wit said the company has also sought in the past to buy land for its own rather than to lease property from the government such asat Aberdeen.
Opus East preliminarilyu received commitments from firms seekinhg space atits 413-acre Government and Technology Enterprise business park but did not start any additional The developer was unwilling to divide any of its buildingzs into multi-tenanted space, Wit said, preferring instead to construc buildings for a single tenant. That’s createdd a pent-up demand for companies seekingfrom 5,000 square feet to upward of 20,00 square feet, Wit said. “For all the hoopla that BRAC has there’s really only one building that Opus was able to Wit said.
“If you don’yt have the place to park those ifyou don’t have the buildings to put them in, thered was going to be a real logisticakl problem.”

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First analysis of tumor-suppressor interactions with whole genome in normal ... Science Codex UPTON, NY â€" Scientists investigating the interactions, or binding patterns, of a major tumor-suppressor protein known as p53 with the entire genome in normal human cells have turned up key differences from those observed in cancer cells. ...

Missouri issues cease-and-desist order against Universal Casualty - Business First of Buffalo:

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Universal Casualty has more than 13 times the typical number of consumer complaintsx for a companyits size, according to the Department of which has received 63 consumer complaints agains the company in 2009, comparefd to 18 for the previous three The company wrote $5.9 milliobn in premiums in 2008, according to the Department Director John Huff issued the orderd forbidding from writing any new business in Missouri until some allegationsa are resolved, including that the company faileed to respond to or properly investigate claims filed by policyholderes in a timely manner; failed to responxd to inquiries from state regulators; improperly denied and offered “unreasonably low” dollar amounts for state investigators said.
A request for commen from Universal Casualty was notimmediately returned.

Six Flags files Chapter 11 bankruptcy - Orlando Business Journal:

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has initiated Chapter 11 bankruptcuy proceedings, Six Flags announced Saturday. Six Flags’ SIXF) board of directors on June 12 votexd to begin reorganization proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcy Courtg for the District of The company listed assetsof $3.03 billion and debtds of $2.36 billion in its filing. New York-base Six Flags is planning to reorganizsethe company’s financial structure, which managemen t said is feeling the pressure of an inheritecd $2.4 billion debt.
In a letterd to employees, Six Flags CEO and presidentr Mark Shapiro saidthe company’s debt is left over from previouws management and despite the compant making $275 million last year, it has been difficulty for Six Flags to improve its balance sheetr when paying out $175 millionn in interest on debt, Shapiro He added that more than $400 million in debt is due withim the next 12 months, and the company is havinh to spend $100 millionm in park improvements in an atmosphere whers refinancing is difficult. Shapirp assured employees no staff reductions will arise out of the and employees will continu e to be paid andreceive benefits.
Shapiro said the bankruptch plan has the support ofthe company’s lenderse and the agent administering the company’s $1.1 billion senior secured credit facility. Six Flags including Six FlagsGreat America, will continue to operatd as usual under reorganization. Six Flags sold severao properties last year toraise capital. It stilll operates 20 amusement parkxs inNorth America.

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The for Laboratories Research, the research division of the state Departmentof Health, has been in existencse for more than 40 years. But the center, which focuses on biomedicap studies, has begun to pick up steam and recognitionb in the last10 years. Wadsworth has three the 450,000-square-foot headquarters in Corning the David Axelrod Institute for Public Health on New Scotland named for a former healthdepartment chief; and the Griffimn Lab, located on a farm off Route 155 in Guilderland. With more than 1,000 employees at the three sites and about 80 scientistds dedicatedto research, Wadswort h receives $20 million in federal and private fundiny annually.
That amount has double from fiveyears ago, a sign that Wadswortu is becoming better known, said John director of research. Wadsworth conducts research and testinvg in fields such as microscopy and cell infectious diseases, microbiology, pathogenesis and environmental health in supporgt of the state's public health policieds and practices. But the center branches out from providing just apublic service. It also does research in biotechnology, usinf computer chips in biologicall testing, and genomics, the study of all the genesw in aliving organism. The latter fieldd has grabbed the attention recently ofbig medical, drug and computer and the interest of Wall Street.
Wadsworth might have been a littlw slow in realizing the importance of an integratederesearch office. Only last year did it get its firstf directorof research. Before the various fields of researcyhoperated separately, without one person to oversee them. And in the last two or three years, the centerf has made some headway indeveloping joint, high-tech biotechnologuy projects with the research facilities at , the state Universitg at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.
a former Albany Medical College studentf who has done basic research in cancee for more than20 years, said partnerships and collaboratione have become vital to Wadsworth's researchy in the latest biomedical fields. The research of genomicds is only the tip of the From there, Wadsworth studiex bioinformatics, a method of testing and managing all the data collected from the work in That "information management" is used in nanobiotechnologhy and microbiology, in studying infectious diseases and in analyzinh polymorphisms, genetic mutations that mostlyt are inconsequential but can predispose a person to a disease or to an adverse drug Bioinformatics and the implications for drug productionn and biotechnology are making headline these days, as companies begin to realize the impacty on the commercial The commercial market is wher e Wadsworth would like to head as well, Galivanb said.
Indeed, the Centet for Advanced Thin Film Technology is talkinf with Wadsworth about developing a bioelectronic project at the Universithyat Albany's Center for Environmental Sciences and Technologty Management on Fuller Road, said Alaijn Kaloyeros, director of the center. The thin film center developds productsfor commercialization. To get there, Galivan realizes the need for partnerships. "We have complemental with arearesearch facilities, he said. "There'es a lot of fertile ground we're exploring." Wadsworth is discussin g the possibility of a bioinformatics centerwith RPI, said Carmen who researches molecular science at Wadsworth.
Mannella is involved with developing the bioinformaticw projectat RPI. Using genomics and bioinformatics, the time for testiny for various diseases is cut virtuallyto nothing, Mannella said. Bits of DNA that make up genex or fragments of genes are placed on computed chips and inserted into an analytical Then scientists perform many experiments at a fraction of the cost and time requiredf fortraditional tests, he said. The college has computer scientistdsand engineers, and Wadsworth has the molecular studiess for this type of work, Mannellaw said.
"On the experimental [Wadsworth] is strong" and RPI'ds core of computational scientists with some knowledge of biology is exactlu what the bioinformatics center he said.

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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberao public-policy think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itselt asa “beneath the recession-era look at metros with more than 500,00p residents as of 2007. The reporty placed the Columbus metropolitan statistical area 40th among those rankeds forits strength, baseds on employment, unemployment, wage, output, home pricees and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Daytomn found slots from 61stto 80th. Toledp was ranked the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area nationwide. Leadingb the pack in the reporf wasSan Antonio, one of four Texas cities among the nation’xs top five.
Detroit was ranked last, followefd by Cape Coral, Fla., and Calif., two areas devastated by the foreclosurr crisis. Brookings found that the metropolitaj perspectiveon states’ performance amid the recessiomn “suggests that recovery may be quite unevem as well, posing particular challenges for policymakers seeking to ensures a truly national rising economic Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the report The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percenty decline in employment since its peak earlier this decade. Columbue found itself at 32nd for itsmodesgt 0.
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Rains to have little impact on Speedway - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Instead, track executives say the larger concernn is the inconvenience and disappointmentt of the fans who endured rainz that washed out any competition on thetrack Sunday. A day the event stretched across six hours and multiplr rain delays before a winner was declared aftedr341 miles, rather than the full 600 miles. David Reutiman won the race. “ I don’t have any particular numbers around it, but there’s some impact arounde the expenses with having anextra day,” says Marcus Smith, president of the tracki and Speedway Motorsports (NYSE:TRK).
“It’s The real focus we have is trying to make everything great for the fansbecausde it’s a big inconvenience for them.” Speedwayg Motorsports officials immediately offered all race ticke holders a 10 percent discount on their next ticket purchase at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway hostx a NASCAR Sprint Cup date in Octoberf and will stage two races in May the all-star race and the Coca-Colaw 600. With 5,000 to 6,000 workers neededr to stage a NASCAR event at the the biggest hurdle forthis week’s two days of racing was getting as many of those workers as possiblde to return on Monday.
Smith says many did come back, but he doesn’ t have a definite figure on how many worked Media accounts varied in their estimates of how many fans returnerdfor Monday’s race — forced by the Sunday evening rain that preventedx the race from ever starting — but Smity pegs the number at closs to 100,000. As rain delays accumulatef Monday, fans left in droves, frustratedf by two straight days of slogginfg through traffic andsoaked grandstands. “Wee got a great turnout considering the weathe ron Monday,” Smith says. He estimates 160,000o fans came to the track Sunday for the a stronger-than-expected turnout.
This year marked the 50th runningf of the spring NASCAR race as well asthe track’ 50th anniversary. “I just reallyy felt horrible aboutthe weather, the traffic that resultexd from the wet weather and puttingh the event to the next Smith says. “It’s just really disappointing for me and I know it was disappointinb forthe fans. The fans took it a lot bettefr thanI did.” Smith and his staff are in the midst of self-critiques and seeking opinions from fans on their experiences at the track. Discounts and promotions introduced this month toentice budget-conscious race fans will likely be retainedr for the fall race.
Smith citee a 99-cent value menu at concession standse as an example of what the track will do for the next Other additions included a fanwelcome center, where speedwag ambassadors passed out free coffe e and doughnuts just in front of the speedwau gates. The Concord-based company also owns and operatea AtlantaMotor Speedway, Bristol Motof Speedway in Tennessee, Infineon Raceway in Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedwayt near Fort Worth and New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.

Arts, culture transforming lives - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Each year more than 40,000 people rally to supporr these organizations throughthe ’s Annual Fund Drive, which kicked off Jan. 21. Many choose to give through ASC becausd arts and culture have had a personall effect ontheir lives. Others may see how a dances or drama camp is helpinhg their own child develop intoa mature, creativde and well-rounded adult. And still others supporr culture because it improves their qualityof life. No mattetr which category you fall into, we ask that you supporty the cultural community this year by participating in and contributingto ASC’ds campaign and help us reach an $11.12 million goal to shape a vibrantf cultural life for all.
For 50 ASC has been a careful stewarx of public andprivatew resources, using an above-industry-average 86 cents of each dollaer received to directly support cultural education, neighborhood cultural projects and science, history and heritage organizations - organizationsw that need our help now more than Tough economic times have caused many to rethinkk their charitable giving. We all have tightened our beltws while watching the latest economic indicators for a sense of what the future holds and the culturao community has felt the effects of this In timeslike however, it is important to remember that in additioh to providing education and entertainment, arts and culture organization are a vital part of our community’s economiv fabric.
In fact, the nonprofit arts and culturwe industryin Charlotte-Mecklenburg generates nearlty $158 million in localp economic activity that supportsa more than 4,700 full-time equivalent jobs, according to the 2007 “Artw & Economic Prosperity III” study by Americans for the Arts, the leadingh nonprofit organization for advancing arts in ASC cultural partners provids essential education opportunities to students. For example, ASC fiscao year 2008-09 investments support arts education in public andprivatre schools, enabling students to connect with the academic curriculukm with greater depth and meaning.
Younh people who participate in comprehensive arts programs are four timess as likely to be recognized for academic to participate in a math and sciencr fair and to win an award for writing an essahor poem, according to the 1998 studu “Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Repor t on Community-Based Youth Organizations.” During visitxs to local schools, we’ve seen firsthanf the effect of cultural- education programs on our schoolchildren; their enthusiasm and creativit y are boundless and that spills into their core subjectx as they relate their connection to musif back to math or tie history and literature to a connection made through an arts fieled trip.
With your support, the impact of ASC investments can be far reaching and diverse. For example, ASC investments support music therapy for autistix children at Garr Christian Academuy and help the Center for Community Transitionsassist ex-prisoners in thei transition back into the community via a photography and video project. Grants also supporf Voice, Vision and Documentation, a photography projectr telling the stories of theworking poor’xs efforts to obtain affordable To reflect our growing Latim American population, ASC provided funding to the Latin Americajn Coalition to provide a year-lon g program highlighting culture, literary and artisticf traditions.
These activities not only make Charlotte-Mecklenburgv an enriched place to live and raiswea family, but have been showhn to be an asseyt in attracting companies to our In fact, more than 96% of residentsz who participated in the 2008 Cultural Life Survey conducted by UNC Charlottes Urban Institute said that arts, science and histor organizations contribute in a positive way to the qualitt of life here. Making Charlotts a vibrant place to live means helpin arts and culture expand beyon d performances through the funding of projectz that reachdifferent audiences.
The continuer support of Charlotte-Mecklenburg businesses and residentd for theArts & Scienced Council’s Annual Fund Drive, whicyh runs through March 6, will assure that thesr organizations, artists, our children and community will thrivre in the year to come with the richnessa and gifts that culture brings to our Thank you for joining us in this effort to shapde a vibrant cultural community for all.

West Development buys Renner land for new Pick 'n Save - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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million, allowing the developer’xs proposed Pick ’n Save grocery store to begim construction. Three members of the Renner familt ownedthe 5.5-acre parcels that West Development will use for the construction of a 60,000-square-foot building that will be leased by , West Development and Roundy’s executives are negotiatingy a lease for the new Pick ’n Save store. James Renner sold the 1701 N. Mayfair Road parcepl to West Developmentfor $1.8 million and a one-third stake in the 1801 N. Mayfaird Road parcel for $1.3 million. Marjories Hegner and Susan Grinney soldtheir one-third shares in the 1801 N. Mayfair parcel for $1.
3 million West Development has received zoning and conditional use permit approvals from the Wauwatosa Plan Commission andthe city’s Common Council to proceedd with the project. Wauwatoswa community development officials expect thePick ’nb Save to be open by fall 2009. The Rennerd Mitsubishi/Kia dealership closed in June 2007.

Rick Perry makes light of gaffe, vows not to quit - Washington Post (blog)

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Ellen DeGeneres named new global AIDS envoy - USA Today

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Solberg wins promotion to Opus president - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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He gets a bigger titld -- he moves up from vice president in charg e of the Bellevueoffice -- but has to move from Seattle to Minneapolis. That's the headquarters of parent Opus Corp., one of the country'se largest development companies. The cold shouldn't freez Solberg too badly, though; he grew up in North Solberg replacesMark Rauenhorst, who movez up from Opus Northwest president to chief operatingv officer for Opus Corp. Rauenhorst is the oldesg son of Opus founderGerald Rauenhorst. Opus hasn't chosen who will becomew the local vice president in reportingto Solberg.
Solberg started running Opus' Puget Sound-area development activities in 1997 after working for Since then, Opus has become one of the area's most active developers. As of December it had 6 millionm square feetof offices, high-tech space and warehouses under development, including 2 million square feet already under Most of its projects are suburban businese parks, but it also plans three office buildings totalinvg 671,000 square at Uniomn Station on the southern edge of downtown Seattle. San Francisco-based has made its secondf big Seattle-area apartment purchase in thepast month.
This time it pickesd up the 197-unit Bellaire Place Apartments, adjacent to the Microsoftg campusin Redmond, for $23.63 million. That price equalse $120,000 per unit. A price that high was consideredf astronomical a few years ago but has become almostf commonplacethese days, particularly near Bellaire Place is 11 years old. Its addressz is 16539 N.E. 35th Court, on the east edge of Microsoft'sz main campus. SSR invests for various pension funds. It had sold its Seattle-area apartments last year to meet their desirr to capture high prices createrd by the economic Now it has begunbuyinfg again.
Last month it paid $27 million, or $107,00 0 per unit, for the freshly 252-unit Lexington Heights apartmentsdin Renton. Brokers Jed Curtis and Davif Schumacher of Columbia Partners assembled the BellairePlacde deal. The Bellaire Place seller was Rreef another San Franciscopension adviser. Rreef paid $15 or $76,142 per unit, for Bellaire Place in 1993. In an incidentak reversal of roles, Rreef last year bought a large Eastsidwe apartment projectfrom SSR. It paid SSR $23.2 or $115,000 per unit, for the 202-unitg Heronfield Apartments in Kirkland. Selling Seattle-area megabuck mansions was as hot as everythinb elselast year, says Ewing & Clark Inc.
The high-encd Seattle residential agency notched 18 sales of morethan $1 milliom for 1998. It doesn't appear to expect less for this either, touting in a promotional brochure that it has an inventoru of morethan $100 million in "distinctive homes" for A big Medina waterfront estate that has gottem a lot of press lately for listingt at $45 million tops that list, followed by a Huntw Point waterfront estate that listss at $25 million. Next is a Frencb country mansion in the Highlands ata $4.5 million askint price.

Investment funds of Memphis hospital systems, including Baptist and Methodist, get pounded - Memphis Business Journal:

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When asked about returns, loca l hospitals’ chief financial officers said theyare “down,” a description quicklyg followed by “obviously.” Don Pounds, CFO for , says his system’z two major portfolios lost $34 milliomn collectively in calendar year 2008 compared to 2007. Taken that represented a 5% But, he says, the fund based on hospita l earnings saw aroughly 10% decrease. Baptisr has a “very vanilla investing Pound says, consisting of blue-chip stocks, bonds and cash equivalente — no hedge funds, real estatse or similar investment vehicles.
“When the market’s goinhg great, we’re not at the high end of it with our Pounds says. “But when it goes south, we’rse not at the lowesf end of that, either.” , CFO Chris McLean says the system’x portfolio saw a 16% decrease in calendar year 2008 comparedto 2007. The lossez began in September 2008 and continued throughout Januaryh and February 2009 with an uptickin March. Short-term investmentw for construction projects at and heldthe system’s losses at 16%, McLean says, compared to the overall 30% fall of the stockk market. But changes are coming to the system’xs investment strategy.
“We’re looking at moving our risk profilre down a little bit to reduce our equith exposure and increase ourfixeed income,” McLean says. “Wwe have a strong balance sheet sothis doesn’t impacf any of our major plans.” Those planse include the new $325 million Le Bonheur project, the $121 millionb Germantown project and a possibler $151 million hospital in Olive Branch. “So, taking some risk off of our investmentg side seems prudent given thatwe don’t need some unexpected activities to affect our McLean says.
Funds for the system’as hospice facility were raised throughu its foundation and the project willmove forward, he SEC filings for , parent company of and Saint Francis-Bartlett, revealk investment earnings for its 52 hospitals were $1 milliobn for the final three monthes of 2008, compared to $11 millionj for the same quarter in 2007. That shar p decline helped trim year-end earnings from $47 million in 2007 to $22 millio in 2008. A year-end report says the system sold $139 milliomn in investments last year, but sold none in 2007. The sale of marketablee securities, long-term investments and other assetsyielded $706 million for Tenett in 2007 and only $224 millionb last year. St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital brought in $660.q million last year, well abovd the $587.6 million it reported in 2007. However, its net investmeny income fellfrom $254.7 million in 2007 to $32.2 million last according to annual reports furnished by the

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CEO of United Healthcare quits to seek new venture - San Francisco Business Times:

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Loubet, who created a name for United statewid since he took the helmin mid-1996, said he will leavre in late July to head into a earlier-stage company that he can build. "I'm just at a poiny in my career where, in a small venture, I can move fastet and have more influence at anearlier stage," said Loubet, who has spent 13 yearse as an executive in Northern California healty plans, first at HealthNet, then two years as Foundation's While he is still weighing options, includingb online health care and physicians services, he said the time was righrt to leave for both his career and for "We've brought in solid group management," he "The company's well positioned and read to move forward.
" Under Loubet'ds direction, United's network has added 10,000 doctors statewide, grown from 10 counties to 25, and partneredf up with the $30 billionm AIG to serve Hong Kong. It has also landee some key Bay Area account sthis year: IBM, Lucent Pacific Gas & Electridc Co., Gap Inc. and Williams-Sonoma. The Minneapolixs company has tapped Emery Dameron toreplace him. hither and yon • Washington Hospital CEO Nancy Farber, in Fremont, has been named womajn of the year by the Women Healtyh Care Executives of Northern The award citesher 21-year career in healthh care and her dedication to health and wellneszs at the community • Emeryville's Chiron Corp.
has startefd the first gene therapy trials in hemophilia patientxs to correct theirgenetic blood-clottinf disorder. The biotech expects to have trial resultxnext year. Chiron has also named Chief Scientificx OfficerLewis "Rusty" Williams, to its board. • South San Francisco's Shamam Pharmaceuticals has hired 18-year marketing veteran Tom White to head itscommerciap strategy, marketing and sales. A formefr Procter & Gamble executive, Whitr had been a general manager at WeiderNutritio International. He will help launcgh Shaman's first dietary supplements this summer, to treatf diarrhea.
• The Alzheimer's Association is opening a new offic in downtown Santa Rosa to serve theSonomaw area. The nonprofit now reachees 12,000 North Bay families from its offices in San Kristen Bole can be reachedrat kbole@amcity.com, or at (415) 288-4951.

TV station owner will move to KC - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Sandy DiPasquale, CEO of , said abougt 20 people will work for the company inKansaa City. Newport will locate on the Country Club Kansas City's airline service landed Newport, DiPasquale Nonstop flights leave Kansas City International Airportr for nine of Newport's 24 markets. DiPasqualre said he also considered remainingin Wichita, where he has lived since 1989. In he partnered with , a privatew equity firm, to form Newport and buy 56 TV stationse from Clear Channel Television forabouyt $1.2 billion. Newport's move from Kansas will triggerf incentivesfrom Missouri. Greg Steinhoff, director of the , decline to comment on the package, citing confidentialityg agreements.
Newport will locate in the Cordobsa Building, which formerly housed Saks Fifth The company will occupyabout 9,000 square feet at 444 Nicholsw Road. Newport employs about 2,400 With the Clear Channekl stations, the company will become the 14th-largest TV station owner in theUnited States, with annual revenue of about $400 million.

'Magnetic tongue' ready to help produce tastier processed foods - PhysOrg.com

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'Magnetic tongue' ready to help produce tastier processed foods PhysOrg.com It is a "magnetic tongue" -- a method used to "taste" food and identify ingredients that people describe as sweet, bitter, sour, etc. A report on use of the method to taste canned tomatoes appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. ... and more »

Victim's advocate: Stephanie Rochester said, 'I did it. I killed my baby' - Daily Camera

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Victim's advocate: Stephanie Rochester said, 'I did it. I killed my baby' Daily Camera In a clear and matter-of-fact manner, Superior mother Stephanie Rochester confided in a victim's advocate that, "I did it. I killed my baby." That and other statements made to investigators and others in the hours ... Victim's Advocate: Stephanie Rochester Said, 'I Killed My Baby' KMGH Denver  »

Former local football star flounders financially - St. Louis Business Journal:

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million judgment from the latest ofhis troubles. of Weston, and related companies also lost foreclosur e judgments on multifamily propertiezs in the Tampa and face a pending foreclosure lawsuit againsfa third. His Bernie Kosar’s Steakhouse was evictedr from its South Miami spacein November. Many Southg Florida and Cleveland sports fans remember Kosar for his stella success on the He led UM to its first football nationaol championshipin 1984, then played 12 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the . now 45, played his final season with thein 1996. The UM trustees is a minority owner of boththe NHL’s and the , an team that sat out the past seaso along with the rest of the league.
The Plain Dealer reported that the Gladiatorslost $2 million to $2.5 million in the inaugurall 2008 season, during which Kosar was team president and guided the team to the semi-finals. the Panthers have discussedc merging the team with a New York Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal has reported. It appeara Kosar could use some money to pay mounting In April, National City Bank won a $4.2 million judgment againsft Kosar and BJK LLC.
It was basexd on the remaining delinquent amount of a promissoryy note that was increasedto $12 millionm in 2005, with Kosar as a personal The lawsuit does not say what BJK and Kosar used the mone for, but it said he defaulted on the note in June 2008. Kosar’z attorney, David Lister of did not return repeated callsseeking comment. West Palm Beach-baserd attorney Michael T. Kranz, who represents National City also did not returnseveral Kosar’s attempt at running some multifamilyh properties on Florida’s Gulf Coastg did not work out too well, either. Kosar and his Boardwalm LLC on May 11 losta $2.
9 milliojn foreclosure judgment to Florida Bank in Pinellas Countu Circuit Court. The 36-unit building was scheduled for public sale onJune 16. In April, Kosaf and his Oakmont LLC losta $3.3 million foreclosure judgmenr to Florida Bank in Hillsborough County Circuift County over a Tampa apartment building. The bank has another foreclosure lawsuit pending in Pinellaw County against Kosar and hisPCV LLC. Kosat also faces significant tax problems, includingg $59,881 in unpaid propertyy taxes on his Weston home and acombined $93,647 in federal tax lienas against him over his personal income including some years filed jointlyg with ex-wife Babette Kosar.
Kosar did fully pay a separatr $228,806 federal tax lien placed on him inJuly 2008. When The Plainj Dealer questioned Kosar about those previouslg unpaid taxesin August, Kosar said some billxs were lost in the shuffld during his divorce. “Divorce is difficult enough asit is, especially for someone who wasn’tr really looking to do that,” he told the paper. who owes what and all of thatbecomew hard, but whatever I owe, obviously I woulx pay.” Kosar’s home, at 2940 Paddock Road, is currentlyg listed online for sale for $3.5 million. It was purchasefd for almost the same amountin 2006.

Airline woes don't ground PAS Technologies - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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CEO Robert Weiner said the NorthyKansas City-based company recently won a large contract with a big airline’s material managemeng program that will add about 10 perceny to its overall revenue. Weiner said he didn’t have clearance to reveaol the name ofthe airline. “We beat out some original equipmentf manufacturers, and it woke up a lot of our Weiner said. “When you win with a big it also helps you win withotheer airlines.” Privately owned PAS wouldn’t disclosd its revenue, but directotr of communications Marsha Farmer said revenue has doubled sincse the company was founded in 2006 with ’s purchase of the business in North Kansa City.
In Securities and Exchange Commission Praxair listedthe division’s 2005 revenue around $67 Farmer said PAS has 638 employees at sevem facilities. Weiner said that winninv the airlinecontract wouldn’t have been possibl e if PAS hadn’t diversifief from its initial heavy reliancr on engine work by coming up with solutions for the more fuel-efficient engines. “You would think that when fuel pricexs went down there might have been a resurgencew of thoseolder engines, but it’s not the case because the maintenancse costs are too high,” Weiner “The new GE engines can go five yearw before an overhaul, but for (an older engine), it’ s only two years, and the part costs are gettiny higher and higher because they’ve been out there for so Weiner said contracts to work on newee engines are huge because they help offsett the loss of business from older enginex being retired.
Sales on the commercial side areholding steady, he said, but dropping as a percentags of total sales. That’s because PAS is focusinh on further diversification through military PAS recently landed a contract to make partd for ATF3 turbofan engines in which will add 2 percent to 4 percenr toannual revenue. “That type of plane has been flyingt for 30 years and probabluy will be flying for another 30 Weiner said. “It used to take 180 days to repairfthis module, but we’ve been able to do it in 56 We’re trying to get it down to 40 days or Patrick Kraus, CEO of in Kansazs City, Kan.
, said turnaround time is becoming a significanr factor in the parts business because airlines allowed parts inventories to shrin to make their books look healthier. “It’s to the pointy where they are livinvg off this dayto day, and they now have a we-need-it-noe mentality,” Kraus said. He said many componen t maintenance facilities havecut employment, whichh can lenghthen turnaround. Weiner said turnarounfd time has been a focus for PAS sinceday one. He admittefd that the company is closing a facilityhin Tulsa, Okla., and consolidating it with a Hillsboro, plant. But employment at its North Kansaws City plantremains stable, around 300.
In the plant’s workload has increased thanks to contracts from Europe that continuer coming in because of theweak dollar. PAS also is branchingf out by supplying parts for turbofanpower generators, used in the Middle East and India, and refurbishingv high-wear parts for oil drilling Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysix for Fairfax, Va., , said that if he were consultintg for PAS Technologies, he would suggest the same thingds the company is doing. “The easiest thing to do is focus on the militargy market and tread water on thecommercialp side, making sure you focus on newer partsa that will be used and are not for planess that will be he said.
“There are enormous opportunitiez on the military side because the fleet is beinb heavily worn out in Iraqand Afghanistan. The budgeft is also limiting the development ofnew aircraft.” Weiner said that the militaryh side of the business is not growing as fast as he’cd like but that he remains determined to win a $100 multiyear military parts supply He said the company’s biggesg selling point is the value of its It’s the same saleds pitch used to land airline “Say a fan blade costs $10,000 to replacew and you have 40 of them in an Weiner said. “Say 36 of them coule be repairedfor $400 and not scrapped. The value of that savings is huge.
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In a recession, continuing education programsw are often targetedfor cuts. From Rick Osborn’s that’s a mistake. “It doesn’t make sense,” said the president. “In the short those kinds of cuts might work for a But in thelong run, you’rd going to have to restorr the cuts.” It’s in a recessiomn that companies should either implement or step up continuintg education programs — especially if ther are layoffs, Osborn said. With layoffs, the employeese who remain take on new and they’re going to need new skillw for their revised job descriptions.
Continuing education is brokemn into twomain divisions, degree-based programs and non-degree trainin g or workforce development programs. Some fieldzs — think nursing, accounting, real estatre — require more formal re-licensing, eithedr annually or every few years. When choosing continuinh education programs, employers in such fields need to make sure the coursesx meet the standards set bythe profession, said Sara executive director of the and Traininvg (www.iacet.org).
The IACET sets the standards for continuing education providers inseveral fields, from health care to The other kind of continuing education programds involve professional development for employees to improve theire skills, or learn new ones. This more informal traininv may not be a professional but that’s no reason for companies to cut back on it in toug h times, said Osborn. Take a field like IT, which is constantl evolving. Employers in such an industry coul d offer continuing education tostay competitive. A 2007 studyg conducted by the (www.shrm.org) and an onlin section of The Wall Street Journak found that 44 percentof U.S.
companiess offer some kind of professional development. Of those that do, 80 percent provider that training with continuing education The study foundthat there’s a “shortagwe of skills in the availabled labor pool.” What’s entry-level workers are more likely to lack skills, a problemm compounded by the retirement of the baby boom SHRM reported in the “Worker skills must evolve to meet the demands of an increasinglyt globalized, technology-driven workplace,” the studyh concluded. “Skills training and professional development can providse not only the skills needed by the organization now but can also address anticipatedfuture needs.
” Meanwhile, at the Associationb for Continuing Higher Education, Osborn advisex companies looking to provid continuing education to turn to community colleges. In general, he community colleges have been more receptive to listening to whatbusinessesw want, and tailoring programw to those needs. He also said companiee should go withmore engaging, interactive programse and avoid one-size-fits-all training. While that mighr fit for certain businesses, plenty of organizations requirespecialized training.
Whils the cost of continuing education varies widely from fielddto field, the consensus in the industry is that quality professional development doesn’t come Unless it’s a basic program businesses should be prepared to make a sizablre investment.

United Way names heads of fund raising - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Gene Pridgen, administrative partner with K&L Gates, has been namedx regional-campaign cabinet chair. Curt Fochtmann, managing partner with Ernsft & Young, will serve as regional-campaign cabinet vice-chair. “Wew are delighted to have thesre two outstanding individuals lead our effortsxthis year”, says Carlos Evans, chairma n of the United Way board. “Their commitmenf to serve in such critical roles at this time inour organization’zs history is evidence of the passion they have for servinvg our community. We are truly grateful to each of them fortheir leadership.
” Last month, United Way said it woulde take up to $5 million out of its reserve fund to make up for a $15 millionm shortfall in its 2008 campaign. The organization had alreadyy reduced its staff to 70 from98 full-time employees. Those cuts and other expense reductiond are expected to savesome $3 million in United Way has adopted reform proposals created by an independent task forcre to help boost the agency’s image after a public outcry over former United Way’sx Chief Executive Gloria Pace King’s compensation Among those reforms are plans to reducr the number of individuals on United Way’s 60-membef board to 30.
The agency also will develop an evaluatiom process forexecutive compensation. In December, the Unite Way said it would raise a total ofsome $30 down from $45.3 million in 2007. The agency normallyt wraps up its campaign the weekbefore Thanksgiving. But this United Way says, a final total for the campaigmn won’t be announced until the first quarter. United Way dependws on donations to fund nonprofits in theCharlotte region.

Advocates: Maryland stimulus projects score high marks but mass transit shortchanged - Baltimore Business Journal:

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But better roads and more capacitt aren’t the only answer, and Maryland’s state and congressional leaders need to put more emphasiwson — and more money toward — building communities and improvedr transit options going forward, transportation advocates said “Transportation, in and of itself, should not be seen by Otis Rolley, CEO of the , said at a presa conference Monday at what’s been called the “Highway to Nowhere” in West Baltimore.
Maryland has committef $210 million of its share of federal stimulus fundsa for systempreservation — fixing up highways and roadsd that have fallen into disrepair, according to a Smart Growt h America report on the state’s use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act That’s encouraging, transportation advocates said, but statr and federal legislators need to refocus their effortss on transit and community-building as Congresse seeks to reauthorize the federapl transportation bill released in draft form earlierd this month.
It’s that bill that determineds how the state dolezs out its federal dollars fortransportation “If done right, this reauthorizatioj bill could open the door to a transportation procesz that creates transportation local jobs, and a healthier economy,” Rolley Members of the , whichh includes Rolley’s group, want to see much more emphasiss placed on the role transportation optionss like the proposed Red Line in Baltimore City will have in the communitiexs they’re located.
To reinforce its the group held its presd conference onthe so-called “Highway to Nowhere” along Route 40 in West Baltimorr as cars whizzed past, tractor trailerz buzzed by and ambulanced sirens’ wailed. Speakers’ voices were often drownedr out as they reflected on the stub of envisioned decades ago as a way to connect Interstatesd 70 and 83 through downtown The section of concrete and the only portion of the connector route builyin Baltimore, is set to be torn down with $3 milliob in stimulus funding.
In its place, the transportatiohn advocates envision reconnecting the neighborhoods nortyh and south ofRoutee 40, creating more parkinf for the West Baltimore MARC statiomn nearby, and eventually stimulating a much larger transit-orientedf development to replace what some neighbors call a Berlijn Wall in West Baltimore. “We’rew standing here at the site of a tremendoustransportationh injustice,” coalition member Dan Pontious, executive director of the , said at the news “This site showcases how federal transportation fundzs can be used not just to improve our transportatiomn system, but to improve our communities.
” The federaol transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, maps out how the federa l transportation department directs money toward statre transportation projects. That system has been skewed heavilt toward new roads and to the exclusion of new transit saidDru Schmidt-Perkins, executive director of . That’s emphasized in how the federal government has allocated money fromthe $787 billiobn federal stimulus money. To qualify, the projects had to be or far enough along to put out for Noneof Maryland’s transit projects were at that including the Red Line, and were therefor left out of the stimulus.
She encouraged state leaderxs to move those projecte ahead as quickly as possible so they might be eligible for fundinbg if another stimulus bill is She also hopes the reauthorized transportation bill willensured state’s get more money for transit projects than they have in the past and will encouragee Maryland’s leaders to thinko about those options as part of theif larger transportation budgets. “The decisions we make today will determinde the transportation legacy we leaveour Schmidt-Perkins said.

Courier names 'CFO of the Year' finalists - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The finalists will be honored Aug. 20, at the annual C-Suitee Gathering and CFO of the Year The event will take placefrom 5:30-8i p.m. at the Bank of Kentuckt Center on the Northern KentuckyUniversity campus. Winners will be named in five categories: Public Large Private Company ($100 millionn and up), Small Private Company ($99.o9 million and under), Large Nonprofitr ($50 million and up), and Small Nonprofit ($49.9 million and under). • Dawn Bertsche, Multi-Color • J. William Blackham, Al Neyer Inc. Gerald Budde, Neace Lukens Garren Colvin, St.
Elizabeth Healthcaree • Mike Eckstein, Triplefin • Thomas Farrell, Cincinnati USA Regionakl Chamber • Robert Hodgkins, The Dental Care Plus Grouop • Joseph Johnston, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral HealthServices • Raymoncd Martz, Phillips Edison & Co. • Dustin McDulin, Wornicko Co. • Doug Ostholthoff, Goodwill Industries • Julie Atricure Inc. • William Schumacher, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. • Tom Stilgenbauer, Cincinnatik Works Inc. • Anne Mariw Wagner, College of Mount St. Joseph • Michael DunnhumbyUSA • David Williams, Chemed Corp.
Marilon Winther, Lighthouse Youth Services • Davidx Wolfzorn, Council on Aging of Southwesternj Ohio To register forthe Aug. 20 event, click , e-mail Lisa Muhlenkamlp at lmuhlenkamp@bizjournals.com, or call (513) 337-9467.

Hatem pulls out of Raleigh downtown project - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Hatem told the Raleigh City Council Tuesday thathis , is unable to secure financing for the project at this time, given the economic conditions. City council membersd immediately voted to sever tieswith Empire. “We should have done this (pull the plug) last Hatem says. “It was disappointing before, but now I am Empire signed a deal with the city in 2007 aftefr the city decided to sell the landfor $1.454 million (about $70-a-foot) along Salisbury Street, and the developmenft company agreed to specificd benchmark deadlines to finish the project.
The developefr missed a deadlinein 2008, at which time Raleigh City Managetr Russell Allen recommended that the city cut its ties with Empire without any extension. Under terms of the agreement, Haten never actually bought the property. The city now will considet re-issuing a request for proposals forthe project. “Asking the developer to agree to a scheduld that was detached from the realities of the economy was at best Hatem told thecity “ But the nail in the coffin was eliminatiny the possibility of any future Even in a good economic climate, it is virtually impossible to secure the funding knowing that the agreement woulds be canceled at a time certain withouty discussion.
“ The two-phase $50 million project, called , was meanr to be a big piece ofdowntown Raleigh’sw revitalization efforts, with the hotel an importantf piece in helping the new $220 million book events. Hatem has renovate several buildings in downtown Raleigh in recenty years and also owns several restaurants in the area includinbg theDuck & Dumpling, , The Pit and soon-to-opened Hatem told the council that Empirw has created more than 200 jobs in downtown Raleighh and has invested more than $80 millionn in the local economy. In all, Empire companie s pay $2 million annually in property, franchise and other miscellaneous Hatem toldthe council.
“ As I people form across the world and across town throughn the streets of downtown Raleigh thesd pastfew months, one thing was This ambitious project is not possibls at this time,” Hatem told the council. Hatem estimatess he invested $500,000 to do the preliminary work onthe

Pavilions looks to Europe for anchor stores - Denver Business Journal:

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H&M, a Sweden-based retailer that sellsz edgy men’s and women’s apparel in 29 countries, and Zara, anothee high-end clothing store based in Spain, are in Gart’s sightsd as it tries to land a mega Europea retail anchor tothe open-air shopping mall. “[Zara] is the kind of stores that has energyto it, in the way the storre is designed ... in the in the atmosphere,” said Mark president of Gart “These are high-style designs at popular prices. It really makes cutting-edgre fashion accessible.” He hopes one of the stores signas on by the endof 2009.
Pavilions tenantes and shoppers have sought more variety in the mallfor “Some want high-profile eateries, and some want more high-fashion,” said Reed who took over as general manager of the Denvet Pavilions in July. If one of the two high-fashio n companies agrees to open a storr atthe Pavilions, Gart Properties would have to find a largd enough space for the anchor — possibly by knockinyg out walls and combining two vacant stores, or by not renewinhg the lease of a tenanf in a larger space. And it’sx the perfect time to rotate tenants. The Paviliones is 10 years old.
Gart Propertiese bought the mall — located on two city blockx along 16th Street Mall between Weltonh Place and GlenarmStreeg — when 10-year leasee for several tenants were set to expire. The lease turnover allows the company to plantenant placements. Nike Town and anchort the Pavilions, occupying the two largest spaces in the Virgin Records recently signeda new, short-term leases with Gart Properties that has flexible provisionss for both parties. “We have the right on all the leasezs we’ve renewed to move them Sidell said. Gart Properties decider not to offerthe long-term leasews as was done by the prevoius Bill Denton of Entertainment Development Group Inc.
(EDG) in Los Angeles. Two souvenir shops on the firsy level opted not to renew their leases with Gart Best of Denver and MakingHistory They’ll vacate the first week of Another spot is up for grabs when the Democratif National Convention shop that sellzs DNC memorabilia vacates the former Soup Man fast-casua restaurant space after the DNC. Reed Bennett took over as mall manager in July. One of the biggesyt retail requests he’s had from shoppers is high-enc fashion, he said.
Retailers with securs leases would like to see a varietuy of shops fill theempty “Something crafty with kids,” said Jodi Korasick, manager of Bare Escentuals on the firsyt level of the Pavilions. “We always have peoplse come in and ask for somethingfor kids.” Beth owner of Ro Sham Beaux, a card and jewelr y shop next to Bare Escentuals, would like to see locallyh based stores fill vacant spaces.
Whatever Stephens is confident the mall will have agood

Flag waving - St. Louis Business Journal:

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We wanted to write our first salute to Scott Air Force Base around the July 4th holidau because the base symbolizes so much that is right in our regionb and inour nation. As St. Clair Countg Chairman Mark Kern emphasizes, the base is a source of great taleny as well as a hugeeconomic driver. Who knew the St. Louiss Character story this week (page 8) would also featurer Scott? Susan Baginski’s father was one of many who serverd at the base andsettles here.
We certainly could not have predictef the section on Scott and the big sale wouldc coincide with the holiday issue of the yet the importance of one reinforcesthe Again, it’s Mark Kern who articulates the importanced of both: “We value the presence of Scotf and will go the extraz mile to make sure we’re knownb for our friendliness to the

Filene

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An auction was to have begun at9 a.m. a week after the bankrupt discoun retailer was sold to an affiliate of Houston-based Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) in a biddingg war that lasted several hours. Limited and formalo objections tothat $67 million deal have since been filedd in Delaware bankruptcy court, promptinyg a judge to send the chain back for auctioj again. Among those objecting to the sale is Crown the company that was first in line tobuy Filene’sz assets. The company in a filinh this week claimedthe Men’s Wearhouse transaction didn’t follow bidding procedures and described the auctiob itself as “a travesty.
” Crown claimexd that Men’s Wearhouse originally said it had no interesy in buying Filene’s assets through an outright sale, but as part of a Crown said Men’s Wearhouse later swooped in with a bid that was filed after a courgt deadline. A hearing followinh the Friday auction is scheduledfor 12:30 according to court documents. Filene’ds Basement sought protection from creditors in May in Delaware bankruptcy court, months after closing severalp stores. Columbus, Ohio-based Retail Ventures Inc. (NYSE: RVI), whicuh maintains a majority stake in discount shoe retailerDSW Inc. DSW), sold the chain this year to FB IIAcquisitio Corp.
, a new entity owned by liquidatiob and turnaround firm Buxbaum Group.

New figures show Arizona tourism industry

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The Governor’s Conference on Tourismn is being held this week at the Westi Kierland Resort and Spain Scottsdale, attracting industry executives and hoteliers from acros s the state. Numbers released Thursday as part of that event show the impactf of the economic downturn onthe state’s multimillion-dollar hospitality “The lodging industry is clearly in Hotel economies track what is happening in the rest of the said Arizona Tourism Director Sherry Henry. The statr figures show 37.4 million people visitecd Arizona in2008 — a 3 percent declins from 2007. About 26 million leisure travelers spenf timein Arizona, a decline of 3.3 while business travel was down 7.6 to 6.
3 million visitors. Direcy spending by visitors to the state declinerd by a little more than 3 percentin 2008, to $18.5 billion. The numbers also show the impacg of residents staying closer to While nonresident travel to the statw was downabout 4.7 percent, to 22.6 million, abourt 9.8 million Arizonans traveled within the a decline of only 2.9 And even though overseas visitors made up 2.8 percen t of the state’s total visitors, more than half a million Canadians traveled to mostly from Alberta, Ontaripo and British Columbia. Mexican visitors also played significantly in those with morethan 3.
85 million traveling to While the average daily rate of a room in Arizon a last year was a bit higher than the national ADR of $106.5, thosde numbers have not remained Tourism figures released for the first quarterr — typically the high tourist season — show the hospitalitty industry is still challenged by the downturn. ADR was down 13.8 from $132.72 in first-quarter 2008 to $114.47 in first-quarter 2009. In metroi Phoenix, ADR sank 16 percent, from $160.877 in first-quarter 2008 to $135.08 in first-quarterr 2009. Because metro Phoenix boasts manyluxurious upper-tier resorts, dailgy rates in the region are somewhaft higher than statewide figures.
Meanwhile, hoteliers continu to try to fill their Occupancy rates were 74 percent for the first quarter of 2008 in metro Phoenix thanks to hosting aSuperf Bowl, but occupancy was just 63 percent for the first quarter of 2009 a 14.7 percent decline. Revenue per availablre room, a measure of earninge from eachhotel room, dropped 28.3 from $119.15 to $85.37. Henry and othed members of the Tourism Office are trying to build business througyh targeted marketing campaigns andthe “Valuw Arizona” Web site, a one-stop online shop for the state’xs hotels and destinations to tout their valuw packages and programs.
More than 300 trips, packages and destinationsd across the stateare featured. The Tourisk Office also will launcha “Free to marketing campaign in select including Chicago, Los Angeles and Denver, which will focus on how Arizonz properties cater to different travelers’ desires, from outdoorsmen to familie s to the shopping crowd. Those cities are beinhg targeted because research shows those from more faraway destinations stay in Arizonwa longer andspend more, bringing new monegy to the state. In addition, the Tourisjm Office has launched Facebook and Twitter options to interact directlgywith travelers.
The downturn also has affected theTourism Office, which is subject to the stater hiring freeze and is facingb budget cuts of about 4.5 million in this fiscalp year. Henry said that will impact somemarketingv efforts, not dramatically.

System Source buys Hunt Valley HQ for $7M - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The company went to its landlord, Chicago-based FR) earlier this year to ask for a new or to buythe building, Systekm Source CEO Robert Roswell said in an First Industrial agreed to sell. Systek Source, which runs technology traininyg classes, now owns the 72,000 square feet of flex spaceeat 330-338 Clubhouse Lane in the Hunt Valle business district. It lease about 20,000 square feet of the spacew to Chesapeake Manufacturing and is looking for a tenant for avacantf space, Roswell said. System Source is the building’ds fourth owner since the company moved into the spacr sevenyears ago, he said. Its first landlord was Columbia’ws Rouse Co.
, which was later acquiree by now-bankrupt Chicago firm (NYSE: GGP) in 2004. Generalk Growth sold the building to First Industrialoin 2005. Real estate firm LLC, through Vice Presidenf David Paulson, negotiated the transaction. The sale closedd March 31, Roswell said.

Kentucky House passes mega-projects, economic development bills - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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House Bill 4, sponsored by Houser Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation vicechairmah Rep. Don Pasley, D-Winchester, passed by a vote of The bill allows the creation of the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority to oversee the financing and constructionm of transportation projectsof $500 milliohn of more, such as the Ohio River Bridges Project between Louisville and Southerb Indiana, and an Interstate 69 bridge project near Ky. The authority also would oversee mega projectxs withinthe state.
Such projecte might be financed through revenues bonds paid forwith tolls, Pasley said in a news “We have some $12 billion to $13 billion in projects now on the rada r that we have no feasible way to pay Pasley said in the release. He adderd that the creation of the infrastructure authority mightf help Kentucky secure additional federal fundiny for largetransportation projects. The second bill passed by the House HouseBill 3, which was sponsored by Rep. Tommyy Thompson, D-Owensboro. It would provide tax incentivews for existing businesses to helpthem expand.
It also woul d add small business tax credits and tax creditds and refundsfor high-tech businesses, in additioj to expanding the criteria for properties that can qualif for tax increment financinh district programs. The which passed the House bya 97-1 also provides a refundable incomde tax credit for films produce in Kentucky, increases the cap on historivc preservation spending to $5 milliob from $3 million. The bill also provides incentives for some ofKentuckuy Gov.
Steve Beshear’s pet projects, including bringingv a Sprint Cup Series race to Kentucky Speedway andthe Breeder’sd Cup World Championships to the state, and securing fundingb for a proposed $600 million advanced battery factoryu in Hardin County. The billws will go to the Kentucky Senate for House members now will turn their attentio n to a bill that seeks to bring videk lottery terminalsto Kentucky’sw horse racing tracks and another that addressesd the state’s projected $1 billion budget Those bills are expected to come beforee House committees later this week.

Moreover Technologies Partners with DataSift to Provide Twitter, Extend Social ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Moreover Technologies Partners with DataSift to Provide Twitter, Extend Social ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Moreover Technologies, known as the go-to company for single-source media monitoring applications, has announced a licensing partnership with DataSift, which includes access to Twitter and other social media, and further enhances Moreover's already ... and more »

Taser International, Inc. Company Profile | TASR Company Information

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Our mission is to protect life byprovidingt safer, more effective use of force options and technologies. We are a markett leader in the development and manufacture of advancecd electronic controldevices (ECDs) designed for use in law military, corrections, private security and personall defense. We have focused our efforts on the continuouzs development of our technology for both new and existin products as well as industry leading trainingv services while building distribution channels for marketing our products and services to lawenforcement agencies, primarily in North America with increasingg efforts on expanding these programds in international markets.
To date, over 14,000 law enforcemenyt agencies in over 45 countries have made initialp purchases of our TASER brand devices for testing or To date we do not know of any significant sales of any competingvECD products. Our core expertise includess proprietary, patented technology which is capabl of incapacitating highly focusef andaggressive persons. Competing non-lethal weapons rely primarily on pain to dissuade subjects from continuingunwanted behavior. Our proprietary Neuro-Musculatr Incapacitation (NMI) technology uses electrical impulsesa to interfere with apersons neuron-muscular system, causingg substantial incapacitation regardless of whether the person feelz or responds to pain.
Our NMI technology stimulate the motor nerves which controlmuscular