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One new requirement means all travelers must be able to presenyt an official passport book or another travelo document approved bythe . Forms of identification that were previouslty accepted at land crossings such as voter registrationj cards and birth will no longer be acceptablr to gain entryor re-entry to the United States, the release said. Beginning June 1, citizens returning home from Canada, the Caribbean or Bermuda by land or sea will be requiredd to have avalid passport, passporyt card or other travel documents approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pertaining to specific populations and For cruiseship passengers, U.S.
citizends on closed-loop cruises (cruises that begin and end at thesame U.S. will be able to entere or depart the country with a birth certificatedand government-issued photo ID. Travelers may still be requiredr to present a passportt to enter the countriews the cruise shipis “A U.S. passport is, withouyt exception, the best form of identification for travel anywheres inthe world,” said Jim Sweat, managing AAA Travel Agency Services in the release. “We stronglyh recommend that anyone considering travel outside ofthe U.S. secures a new passport if they do nothave one; or, rene the one they if need be, for their own peace of mind.
” It’sa a buyer’s market for summer traveol but the new rules couldx hamper plans, AAA said.
martes, 30 de octubre de 2012
lunes, 29 de octubre de 2012
China's fleets continue routine patrols around Diaoyu Islands - Xinhua
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China's fleets continue routine patrols around Diaoyu Islands Xinhua BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- China's marine surveillance vessels continued routine patrols and law enforcement activities on Sunday in territorial waters around the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. 4 China Marine Surveillance ships spotted ... |
sábado, 27 de octubre de 2012
Alder Foods CEO offers free housing for GI families - Boston Business Journal:
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Still, the wartime growth of this Walpole-based companyh is not what’s most remarkable. It’s the passion of CEO Michellse Keating to completea 20-suits home in West Roxbury that will provide free housing for militaruy families whose loved ones are injured in combat and flown back to the United States for extensiv medical care at the nearby Veterans Affairs hospital. Keatinhg is leading the charge toraise $3 millionm for the completion of which broke ground last fall with a total expectec price tag of $6 million. Aldef Foods is what Keating does, but this projecyt is what she loves. “I have takeb it seriously to find ways to give Keating said.
For those who arguew that military contractors have a duty to support charities that help troopdand veterans, Keating readily agrees. “It’s their way of sayinbg they support the men and women who are fightinv forour freedom.” Founded 45 years ago by her Paul M. Keating Sr., Alder Foods buys provisiones directly from majorlabels — such as Stonyfields Farms, Organic Valley and Lactaide — and sells them to the military. Sincr 2000, the company has been awarded $175.3 million in contracts by the Defense Commissary Agency and its botto m line has grownfrom $16 million to $45 million a “small but profitable company,” Keating calls it.
Keatingf has made philanthropy a corporate priority and Alder Foods has donater closeto $500,000 over the past nine yearsx to a variety of military-relates charitable causes, Keating said. She directs her philanthropic energyh these days toward FisherHouse Boston, workingf with a local board of directors. They have raisefd $700,000 for the building, with one of the most substantialo donations beinga $100,000 commitment from The remaindee of the money came through a December which raised $200,000, and a series of smallert donations, Keating said. Located on the VA medical center properthy inWest Roxbury, Fisher House will be the firstg of its kind in New England.
Completiob is slated for A national nonprofit organization basedin Baltimore, Fishe House has built 43 multisuitd homes nationwide and, as part of its looks to the localp community to raise money for half of its construction Before Fisher House breaks ground on new it reaches an agreement with a brancyh of the military — Army, Navy, Air Forcde or the — that will assume ongoing fundintg and manage the site’s operation. In the case of Fisher House Veterans Affairs willtake responsibility. If Fishef House Boston is unable toraise $3 milliohn for the West Roxbury project, the national Fisher House organization would provide the rest, said Jim Fisher House spokesman.
Public service announcements and fundraisers are planned for thecomingh months, and Fisher House Bostoh has sent donation requests to hundreds of “I’ve gone to Fisher houses and they’rer amazing places,” Keating said. “There have been thousands and thousands of men and womej who comeback injured. They’rs not in the hospital for a week. They’re in for a long
Still, the wartime growth of this Walpole-based companyh is not what’s most remarkable. It’s the passion of CEO Michellse Keating to completea 20-suits home in West Roxbury that will provide free housing for militaruy families whose loved ones are injured in combat and flown back to the United States for extensiv medical care at the nearby Veterans Affairs hospital. Keatinhg is leading the charge toraise $3 millionm for the completion of which broke ground last fall with a total expectec price tag of $6 million. Aldef Foods is what Keating does, but this projecyt is what she loves. “I have takeb it seriously to find ways to give Keating said.
For those who arguew that military contractors have a duty to support charities that help troopdand veterans, Keating readily agrees. “It’s their way of sayinbg they support the men and women who are fightinv forour freedom.” Founded 45 years ago by her Paul M. Keating Sr., Alder Foods buys provisiones directly from majorlabels — such as Stonyfields Farms, Organic Valley and Lactaide — and sells them to the military. Sincr 2000, the company has been awarded $175.3 million in contracts by the Defense Commissary Agency and its botto m line has grownfrom $16 million to $45 million a “small but profitable company,” Keating calls it.
Keatingf has made philanthropy a corporate priority and Alder Foods has donater closeto $500,000 over the past nine yearsx to a variety of military-relates charitable causes, Keating said. She directs her philanthropic energyh these days toward FisherHouse Boston, workingf with a local board of directors. They have raisefd $700,000 for the building, with one of the most substantialo donations beinga $100,000 commitment from The remaindee of the money came through a December which raised $200,000, and a series of smallert donations, Keating said. Located on the VA medical center properthy inWest Roxbury, Fisher House will be the firstg of its kind in New England.
Completiob is slated for A national nonprofit organization basedin Baltimore, Fishe House has built 43 multisuitd homes nationwide and, as part of its looks to the localp community to raise money for half of its construction Before Fisher House breaks ground on new it reaches an agreement with a brancyh of the military — Army, Navy, Air Forcde or the — that will assume ongoing fundintg and manage the site’s operation. In the case of Fisher House Veterans Affairs willtake responsibility. If Fishef House Boston is unable toraise $3 milliohn for the West Roxbury project, the national Fisher House organization would provide the rest, said Jim Fisher House spokesman.
Public service announcements and fundraisers are planned for thecomingh months, and Fisher House Bostoh has sent donation requests to hundreds of “I’ve gone to Fisher houses and they’rer amazing places,” Keating said. “There have been thousands and thousands of men and womej who comeback injured. They’rs not in the hospital for a week. They’re in for a long
viernes, 26 de octubre de 2012
Neil Young's 'Waging Heavy Peace' - New York Times
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Globe and Mail | Neil Young's 'Waging Heavy Peace' New York Times Neil Young is the kind of cantankerous, multitasking rocker Preston Sturges would have dreamed up, if Sturges had lived to see hippies descend on the Sunset Strip. There's Young the sloppy musical perfectionist, the ebullient fatalist, the inscrutable ... Review of Neil Young's 'Psychedelic Pill' Music Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill Neil Young's rambling-man act yields mixed results Add to ... |
jueves, 25 de octubre de 2012
martes, 23 de octubre de 2012
Stark founders buying Deephaven hedge fund - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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have agreed to buy the hedge fund businessa from Knight Capital Group for upto $44.5 million. Brian Starik and Mike Roth, who lead Stark Investments, will pay an initia $7.3 million for assets in Minn.-based Deephaven’s Global Multi-Strategy Funds. The payment coul reach up to $37.2 millio n more depending on the amount of investors in Deephave who decide to roll assets into fundsw managed by Stark and how those assets performm over the next two Stark Investments hasabout $10 billion in assets undee management. Deephaven suspended withdrawals fromits $1.6 billion Deephaven Global Multi-Strategy fund Oct. 30, after investors sought to redeem some 30 percent of assetsunder management.
The fund at one time manage nearly $3 billion, but sustained heavy withdrawals in 2008 after recordinvg losses of about32 (NASDAQ: NITE) of Jersey City, owns 51 percent of Deephaven. Knight has expressed disappointmeny overthe fund’s performance, and last year. Knighft said in a statement that the assetes are being soldoff "with the goal of protectinh the interests of Deephaven investorw in the current Completion of the transaction is subject to approvalo of investors representing at least a majority of the assetes under management in the Global Multi-Strategy Fund.
have agreed to buy the hedge fund businessa from Knight Capital Group for upto $44.5 million. Brian Starik and Mike Roth, who lead Stark Investments, will pay an initia $7.3 million for assets in Minn.-based Deephaven’s Global Multi-Strategy Funds. The payment coul reach up to $37.2 millio n more depending on the amount of investors in Deephave who decide to roll assets into fundsw managed by Stark and how those assets performm over the next two Stark Investments hasabout $10 billion in assets undee management. Deephaven suspended withdrawals fromits $1.6 billion Deephaven Global Multi-Strategy fund Oct. 30, after investors sought to redeem some 30 percent of assetsunder management.
The fund at one time manage nearly $3 billion, but sustained heavy withdrawals in 2008 after recordinvg losses of about32 (NASDAQ: NITE) of Jersey City, owns 51 percent of Deephaven. Knight has expressed disappointmeny overthe fund’s performance, and last year. Knighft said in a statement that the assetes are being soldoff "with the goal of protectinh the interests of Deephaven investorw in the current Completion of the transaction is subject to approvalo of investors representing at least a majority of the assetes under management in the Global Multi-Strategy Fund.
lunes, 22 de octubre de 2012
Liquidity party restarts in Hong Kong - MarketWatch
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Liquidity party restarts in Hong Kong MarketWatch The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) spent $603 million selling Hong Kong dollars to keep the currency within its permitted band â€" its first intervention since 2009. Renewed risk appetite after signs of stabilization in the euro zone and better ... |
domingo, 21 de octubre de 2012
MMAC: Milwaukee-area economy still sluggish - South Florida Business Journal:
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Only three of 20 April indicatorsd registered improvementfrom year-ago levels, matchingv the number of upward-pointing indicatorss recorded in March, the MMAC said in its Economic Trendes report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorate with deepeningg job declines and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic research director for the "But metro area existing homes sales rose for only the secon d time in nearly three years giving some hope for near-term improvement in a stagnant local housing and real estate Nonfarm employment in the metro area fell 4.8 percent in Aprikl to 812,300, down from March’s 4.
3 percent Employment levels have now declined compared with year-ag levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline being the steepest registered in this period, the MMAC Only two of 10 major industry sectorx registered April job gains compared with one year ago, whilee eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metro area both measuref more than twicetheir year-earlietr levels. The number of unemployed in metro Milwaukeserose 117.6% against year-ago levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,300 in April 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensationb claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in April to this indicator’s third consecutive year-over-yearf increase of 100 percent or greater. On the positivr side, existing homes sales for the metrpo arearose 5.6 percent in April, the first year-over-yeart increase in this indicator in seven months and only the secondx such gain in nearly three years.
Only three of 20 April indicatorsd registered improvementfrom year-ago levels, matchingv the number of upward-pointing indicatorss recorded in March, the MMAC said in its Economic Trendes report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorate with deepeningg job declines and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic research director for the "But metro area existing homes sales rose for only the secon d time in nearly three years giving some hope for near-term improvement in a stagnant local housing and real estate Nonfarm employment in the metro area fell 4.8 percent in Aprikl to 812,300, down from March’s 4.
3 percent Employment levels have now declined compared with year-ag levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline being the steepest registered in this period, the MMAC Only two of 10 major industry sectorx registered April job gains compared with one year ago, whilee eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metro area both measuref more than twicetheir year-earlietr levels. The number of unemployed in metro Milwaukeserose 117.6% against year-ago levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,300 in April 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensationb claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in April to this indicator’s third consecutive year-over-yearf increase of 100 percent or greater. On the positivr side, existing homes sales for the metrpo arearose 5.6 percent in April, the first year-over-yeart increase in this indicator in seven months and only the secondx such gain in nearly three years.
viernes, 19 de octubre de 2012
FKI wins $46 million in contracts in past month - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The contract is one of thred airport jobs that the city of Atlanta has awardeeFKI Logistex. The St. Louis-bases company also won a $24 million contrac in September to installa mail-sorting and distributionh system at the John F. Kennedy International Airporr inNew York. FKI Logistex is the Nort h American arm ofFKI PLC, a $2.5 billion-in-revenue publiclh traded British engineering conglomerate. FKI Logistex has annual salesz ofabout $450 The latest FKI Logistex contracts come afted FKI PLC reorganized the division in May, movecd its headquarters to St. Louis from Kentucky, and namedd Stephen Ackerman asits president.
Ackerman, an engineer, was presidenyt of FKI's Alvey Systems unit prio to the promotion. As part of the FKI combined its eight subsidiaries in the United including Alvey, Buschman Mathews Conveyor and Crisplant Inc., to create one North Americanj division. The British company begam its operationin St. Louisd in 1999, when it acquireds Pinnacle Automation Inc., then Alvey's parent company, for about $22.5 million. Ackermanj said FKI Logistex is seeing increasing work as airports around the nation installl new screening systems designerd to detect explosives in luggage and packagesw before they are loadesdinto airplanes.
The contracts are good news as FKI, like other capitalk equipment manufacturing firms acrossthe nation, workse to recover from the economic downturn that put a dampe r on spending, Ackerman said. The assignments will help keep staffinyg stableat FKI, which employs about 600 peoplr in St. Louis and an additional 1,3009 in other North Americanh cities, Ackerman said. FKI Logistex'e business is organized in threemain divisions: warehouse and manufacturing systems operations; and airport, post and parce l operations. The manufacturing operation is basedin St. Louisz and makes a wide range of including conveyors and palletizers used to move goode in warehouses andmanufacturing plants.
While FKI Logistex continue to grow, it faces stiff competition from globao players in thelogistics industry, including HK Systems Inc., headquartered in New Wis.; Siemens AG based in Germany; and Osaka, Japan-based Daifukhu Co. Ltd. HK, for launched a radio frequencyidentificatiom (RFID) system that major retailers, such as Wal-Mart, and the U.S Department of Defense have begun using. RFID which FKI Logistex also is developing, enables companiesz and other organizations to track the movemenft of merchandise and supplies on computers that receivw data from electronic chips embedded in speciak labels that are stuck on packagesor pallets.
The electronic chipsd in RFID labels emit radio signals that contaim informationabout goods, similar to bar codes. However, unliks bar code systems, an RFID readert does not require a direct line of sight to collecr data because it uses radio signalds rather thanlaser light.
The contract is one of thred airport jobs that the city of Atlanta has awardeeFKI Logistex. The St. Louis-bases company also won a $24 million contrac in September to installa mail-sorting and distributionh system at the John F. Kennedy International Airporr inNew York. FKI Logistex is the Nort h American arm ofFKI PLC, a $2.5 billion-in-revenue publiclh traded British engineering conglomerate. FKI Logistex has annual salesz ofabout $450 The latest FKI Logistex contracts come afted FKI PLC reorganized the division in May, movecd its headquarters to St. Louis from Kentucky, and namedd Stephen Ackerman asits president.
Ackerman, an engineer, was presidenyt of FKI's Alvey Systems unit prio to the promotion. As part of the FKI combined its eight subsidiaries in the United including Alvey, Buschman Mathews Conveyor and Crisplant Inc., to create one North Americanj division. The British company begam its operationin St. Louisd in 1999, when it acquireds Pinnacle Automation Inc., then Alvey's parent company, for about $22.5 million. Ackermanj said FKI Logistex is seeing increasing work as airports around the nation installl new screening systems designerd to detect explosives in luggage and packagesw before they are loadesdinto airplanes.
The contracts are good news as FKI, like other capitalk equipment manufacturing firms acrossthe nation, workse to recover from the economic downturn that put a dampe r on spending, Ackerman said. The assignments will help keep staffinyg stableat FKI, which employs about 600 peoplr in St. Louis and an additional 1,3009 in other North Americanh cities, Ackerman said. FKI Logistex'e business is organized in threemain divisions: warehouse and manufacturing systems operations; and airport, post and parce l operations. The manufacturing operation is basedin St. Louisz and makes a wide range of including conveyors and palletizers used to move goode in warehouses andmanufacturing plants.
While FKI Logistex continue to grow, it faces stiff competition from globao players in thelogistics industry, including HK Systems Inc., headquartered in New Wis.; Siemens AG based in Germany; and Osaka, Japan-based Daifukhu Co. Ltd. HK, for launched a radio frequencyidentificatiom (RFID) system that major retailers, such as Wal-Mart, and the U.S Department of Defense have begun using. RFID which FKI Logistex also is developing, enables companiesz and other organizations to track the movemenft of merchandise and supplies on computers that receivw data from electronic chips embedded in speciak labels that are stuck on packagesor pallets.
The electronic chipsd in RFID labels emit radio signals that contaim informationabout goods, similar to bar codes. However, unliks bar code systems, an RFID readert does not require a direct line of sight to collecr data because it uses radio signalds rather thanlaser light.
jueves, 18 de octubre de 2012
FOREX-Euro falls vs dollar; US jobless claims data weak - Reuters
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FOREX-Euro falls vs dollar; US jobless claims data weak Reuters Solid Spain bond auction lifts euro to 5-mth high versus yen. * Euro falls against dollar but still close to 1-month peak. * China growth, other data in line with or above forecasts. * Dollar reaches 2-month high versus yen. NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters ... |
martes, 16 de octubre de 2012
Clear Channel International gains new CEO - Dallas Business Journal:
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William Eccleshare will lead CleadrChannel International, effective September 2009. In this role, Ecclesharew will be responsible for all ofthe company’d businesses outside of the He will report to Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Mark Clear Channel has ownership of five Dallasz stations — KDGE-FM KDMX-FM (102.9); KEGL-FM (97.1); KHKS-FM (106.1); and KZPS-FMM (93.5). Eccleshare is coming to Cleafr Channel fromBBDO Europe, where he was chairmam and CEO of one of the world’s leading marketinvg communications agencies. At BBDO Europe, he had oversight of all BBDO’e advertising, direct marketing, digital and public relations agenciew in44 countries.
“William brings a wealtyh of experience and an unparalleled traci record of successfully creating valuse in a number ofentrepreneuriakl roles, and we are exceptionallu pleased to welcome him to the Mays says. “As we continuwe efforts to expand ourpresence internationally, we are confideng that William’s extensive expertise and leadership will help us reac our goals,” he adds. Clear Channelo Communications (OTCBB: CCMO) is a global media and entertainmenf company based inSan Antonio.
William Eccleshare will lead CleadrChannel International, effective September 2009. In this role, Ecclesharew will be responsible for all ofthe company’d businesses outside of the He will report to Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Mark Clear Channel has ownership of five Dallasz stations — KDGE-FM KDMX-FM (102.9); KEGL-FM (97.1); KHKS-FM (106.1); and KZPS-FMM (93.5). Eccleshare is coming to Cleafr Channel fromBBDO Europe, where he was chairmam and CEO of one of the world’s leading marketinvg communications agencies. At BBDO Europe, he had oversight of all BBDO’e advertising, direct marketing, digital and public relations agenciew in44 countries.
“William brings a wealtyh of experience and an unparalleled traci record of successfully creating valuse in a number ofentrepreneuriakl roles, and we are exceptionallu pleased to welcome him to the Mays says. “As we continuwe efforts to expand ourpresence internationally, we are confideng that William’s extensive expertise and leadership will help us reac our goals,” he adds. Clear Channelo Communications (OTCBB: CCMO) is a global media and entertainmenf company based inSan Antonio.
lunes, 15 de octubre de 2012
Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse stops work on Baltimore projects - Charlotte Business Journal:
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It’s part of the prolifid and nationallyknown builder’s decisioh to ride out the recession as a for-fee consultant and contractoe and extends to most of its projects from New Englanf to North Carolina, company CEO C. William “Bill” Struevedr said. Struever, who pioneered the idea of Baltimore’s waterfronyt as a “Digital Harbor” and home for high-tech businesses, said he was forced into the positiobn by mounting debts and the inabilityg to borrow money tofinance projects. Those he said, developed more quickly than he expected due to the economic downturn and nationwidecredit crunch. Baltimore-based Struever Bros.
has significantl reduced its work force in response tothe shift, and now employx fewer than 100 people. “I’m a joyful, optimistic guy; that’s why I’ m in trouble,” Struever said. “I nevere would have guessed how hard it was going to be to get financingh forthose projects.” The companyt has amassed more than $10 million in debtsx and loan defaults, according to court and like competitors in the downturn, it is havin g trouble raising money to fuel its developments.
Acrossd Baltimore, developers have put the brakes on project s for a lack of financing andmarket demand, includingv two planned skyscrapers alongf the Inner Harbor and several residential For Struever Bros., those problemxs date back to its inability to raise funds for a condominium project called the Olmsted in Baltimore’sz Charles Village neighborhood. From there, the company developed a plan to raiser money by bringing on equity partners and sellingoff assets. But as the economyu worsened, Struever Bros. found it was unabler to attractnew partners.
And as the creditt markets seized up, it found it couldn’t find buyerse for its properties or lendersd to borrow money or refinanceits debts. Those factord contributed to Struever Bros.’ decision last month to step down as an equityh partner inState Center, the $1.4 billiobn planned redevelopment of a midtown Baltimore state officee complex. It also has reduced its stake ina $1.5 billio n Southwest Washington, D.C., waterfront redevelopment and is renegotiating with H&S Properties Developmentt Corp. its role in Harbor Point. Harboer Point is a forme chrome plant on which Struever workedwith H&S Propertiesw for nearly a decade to remake into a 1.
8 million-square-footg mixed-use development. The two firms spenty more than $3 million preparing the site for developmentr and anestimated $22.8 million to build the first structure, a 240,000-square-foogt office building to be partially occupied by financial firm Morganh Stanley. That building is slatedd for completion in the firstquarte 2010. Christopher H. Janian, H&w Properties’ assistant development manager, confirmed Strueve r Bros. is seeking a change from its role as equity partner in the He referred questions about those talksto H&S Properties President Michaeo S. Beatty, who could not be reached for comment.
Janianb said H&S Properties stil l plans to develop other partz ofHarbor Point, but the project’s next two structures, a 350-unity apartment building and a four-star Westin hotel, are on hold for at least two more years until the economy Many of Struever Bros.’ projects involved bringint new businesses and jobs into the communities wherew they were focused. Those include keeping Legg Mason in Baltimorw in a new headquarters atHarbor East, creatin g more office space at Harbor Point for Morga Stanley, and luring Humanim from Howard County to the American Brewery building in East “They’ve done some wonderful projectds that I don’t know anybodhy else would have done; certainly Clipper Mill comes to mind,” said Baltimore Development Corp.
President M.J. “Jay” who has known Struever since the 1970s when Struever was a budding contracting firm and Brodiewas Baltimore’s housing commissioner. “Io know they’ve been struggling. I don’tf know what the end result will be. It’s my hope that they survivde this very difficult economic situation because I thinjk they can still do somegood things.” The move from developmentg to fee-based work hasn’t been without its heartbreak for Struever, regardede by former employees, colleagues and city officials as a visionaruy and leader of urban redevelopment projects.
He relished his role takingt on these projects such asState Center, which featured many of the common elements at otherd Struever projects like green building, transit-oriented urban redevelopment and job retention. Strueverd said he expects to complete work on all itsexisting projects, including the conversion of a formetr Overflo storage warehouse in Locust Poin t into new office, retail and showroom space for its marquede Tide Point tenant, Under Armour Inc. But it does not expecgt to take on any new as either an equity partner or lead and Struever is instead focusin g on working with its creditors and paying downits “I’m getting projects finished and people paid.
Nighft and day, that’s my No. 1 priority,” Struevedr said. “I feel in my heart the obligation to getpeoples paid.” It’s not the firstt recession Struever said he has been through. But he said it is the deepesg he’s seen, and he’s hoping his firm can once agai survive the recession by stepping out of the development businese and focusingon fee-based work consulting and contractiny for developers in better financial standing. In that Struever Bros. will serve as a consultant to the new State Centeredevelopment team. It is also serving as a contractotr to the National Aquarium in Baltimore for its Middlwe Branchexpansion project.
Struever said he hopes to avoixd bankruptcy by running aleaner company. “It’ss tough times, and there’s no he said. Through layoffs or resignations, the ranks of Struever employees has dwindled from more than 350 employees fewerdthan 100. It’s lost several key memberx of itsdevelopment team, including Fran who oversaw the company’s sustainability and preservatiojn initiatives, and Tim a development director overseeingb Struever Bros.’ now-tabled planws to expand Tide Point. Dominic Wikeer left Struever Bros.
in November 2007, afterf five years handling developmenyt projects including Charles Centefr andthe ill-fated former Olmsted condominium projecf in Charles Village. Struever Bros. halted the Olmstecd project whenthe city’s condominium market slumped, and the companyg sold the property to Johns Hopkinsx University for $12.5 million May 7. Wiker now work for Pikesville developer Mark Sappersteihn on the redevelopment of McHenry Row inLocustg Point. He has kept an eye on the company since he and said he hopes Struever is able to recover from itsfinancia challenges. “It was a tremendously exciting it’s just a great learning environment,” Wiker said.
“Bill undertooik some very challenging projects. They were challenginy even in the bestof times.”
It’s part of the prolifid and nationallyknown builder’s decisioh to ride out the recession as a for-fee consultant and contractoe and extends to most of its projects from New Englanf to North Carolina, company CEO C. William “Bill” Struevedr said. Struever, who pioneered the idea of Baltimore’s waterfronyt as a “Digital Harbor” and home for high-tech businesses, said he was forced into the positiobn by mounting debts and the inabilityg to borrow money tofinance projects. Those he said, developed more quickly than he expected due to the economic downturn and nationwidecredit crunch. Baltimore-based Struever Bros.
has significantl reduced its work force in response tothe shift, and now employx fewer than 100 people. “I’m a joyful, optimistic guy; that’s why I’ m in trouble,” Struever said. “I nevere would have guessed how hard it was going to be to get financingh forthose projects.” The companyt has amassed more than $10 million in debtsx and loan defaults, according to court and like competitors in the downturn, it is havin g trouble raising money to fuel its developments.
Acrossd Baltimore, developers have put the brakes on project s for a lack of financing andmarket demand, includingv two planned skyscrapers alongf the Inner Harbor and several residential For Struever Bros., those problemxs date back to its inability to raise funds for a condominium project called the Olmsted in Baltimore’sz Charles Village neighborhood. From there, the company developed a plan to raiser money by bringing on equity partners and sellingoff assets. But as the economyu worsened, Struever Bros. found it was unabler to attractnew partners.
And as the creditt markets seized up, it found it couldn’t find buyerse for its properties or lendersd to borrow money or refinanceits debts. Those factord contributed to Struever Bros.’ decision last month to step down as an equityh partner inState Center, the $1.4 billiobn planned redevelopment of a midtown Baltimore state officee complex. It also has reduced its stake ina $1.5 billio n Southwest Washington, D.C., waterfront redevelopment and is renegotiating with H&S Properties Developmentt Corp. its role in Harbor Point. Harboer Point is a forme chrome plant on which Struever workedwith H&S Propertiesw for nearly a decade to remake into a 1.
8 million-square-footg mixed-use development. The two firms spenty more than $3 million preparing the site for developmentr and anestimated $22.8 million to build the first structure, a 240,000-square-foogt office building to be partially occupied by financial firm Morganh Stanley. That building is slatedd for completion in the firstquarte 2010. Christopher H. Janian, H&w Properties’ assistant development manager, confirmed Strueve r Bros. is seeking a change from its role as equity partner in the He referred questions about those talksto H&S Properties President Michaeo S. Beatty, who could not be reached for comment.
Janianb said H&S Properties stil l plans to develop other partz ofHarbor Point, but the project’s next two structures, a 350-unity apartment building and a four-star Westin hotel, are on hold for at least two more years until the economy Many of Struever Bros.’ projects involved bringint new businesses and jobs into the communities wherew they were focused. Those include keeping Legg Mason in Baltimorw in a new headquarters atHarbor East, creatin g more office space at Harbor Point for Morga Stanley, and luring Humanim from Howard County to the American Brewery building in East “They’ve done some wonderful projectds that I don’t know anybodhy else would have done; certainly Clipper Mill comes to mind,” said Baltimore Development Corp.
President M.J. “Jay” who has known Struever since the 1970s when Struever was a budding contracting firm and Brodiewas Baltimore’s housing commissioner. “Io know they’ve been struggling. I don’tf know what the end result will be. It’s my hope that they survivde this very difficult economic situation because I thinjk they can still do somegood things.” The move from developmentg to fee-based work hasn’t been without its heartbreak for Struever, regardede by former employees, colleagues and city officials as a visionaruy and leader of urban redevelopment projects.
He relished his role takingt on these projects such asState Center, which featured many of the common elements at otherd Struever projects like green building, transit-oriented urban redevelopment and job retention. Strueverd said he expects to complete work on all itsexisting projects, including the conversion of a formetr Overflo storage warehouse in Locust Poin t into new office, retail and showroom space for its marquede Tide Point tenant, Under Armour Inc. But it does not expecgt to take on any new as either an equity partner or lead and Struever is instead focusin g on working with its creditors and paying downits “I’m getting projects finished and people paid.
Nighft and day, that’s my No. 1 priority,” Struevedr said. “I feel in my heart the obligation to getpeoples paid.” It’s not the firstt recession Struever said he has been through. But he said it is the deepesg he’s seen, and he’s hoping his firm can once agai survive the recession by stepping out of the development businese and focusingon fee-based work consulting and contractiny for developers in better financial standing. In that Struever Bros. will serve as a consultant to the new State Centeredevelopment team. It is also serving as a contractotr to the National Aquarium in Baltimore for its Middlwe Branchexpansion project.
Struever said he hopes to avoixd bankruptcy by running aleaner company. “It’ss tough times, and there’s no he said. Through layoffs or resignations, the ranks of Struever employees has dwindled from more than 350 employees fewerdthan 100. It’s lost several key memberx of itsdevelopment team, including Fran who oversaw the company’s sustainability and preservatiojn initiatives, and Tim a development director overseeingb Struever Bros.’ now-tabled planws to expand Tide Point. Dominic Wikeer left Struever Bros.
in November 2007, afterf five years handling developmenyt projects including Charles Centefr andthe ill-fated former Olmsted condominium projecf in Charles Village. Struever Bros. halted the Olmstecd project whenthe city’s condominium market slumped, and the companyg sold the property to Johns Hopkinsx University for $12.5 million May 7. Wiker now work for Pikesville developer Mark Sappersteihn on the redevelopment of McHenry Row inLocustg Point. He has kept an eye on the company since he and said he hopes Struever is able to recover from itsfinancia challenges. “It was a tremendously exciting it’s just a great learning environment,” Wiker said.
“Bill undertooik some very challenging projects. They were challenginy even in the bestof times.”
domingo, 14 de octubre de 2012
Emeryville office complex sets new sale-price record - San Francisco Business Times:
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TMG is based in San Francisco and owned Bay Centerfwith , also of San Francisco. Harvest, of Emeryville, boughf Bay Center in partnership with Principap Real Estate Investors ofDes Iowa. The three-building, 328,000-square-foot Bay Centefr was best known as the home to database firm beforwe the company moved to Dublib fiveyears ago. It is now home to Novartis, Mobitv, and . The deal is worthg upwards of $365 per square eclipsing the $340-per-square foot sale of Emeryville'x Watergate Office Towers to last Seller was believed to have set a city record with both the totaoland per-square-foot value of the $394 million TMG confirmed the Bay Center but declined to give pricing, which was supplied by a source with knowledge of the deal.
Brian a partner at TMG, said the center is now 85 percent leased following improvements and a decision to chop up some spacs into smaller suites rangingfrom 1,100 to 5,009 square feet, a size appropriate to startups drawh by Emeryville's strong ecosystem of biotech and digital entertainment companies. "That really helped us, particularlty in the slower times, get it leased Fleming said. A team led by Bob Gilley handlerd the listingand sale.
TMG is based in San Francisco and owned Bay Centerfwith , also of San Francisco. Harvest, of Emeryville, boughf Bay Center in partnership with Principap Real Estate Investors ofDes Iowa. The three-building, 328,000-square-foot Bay Centefr was best known as the home to database firm beforwe the company moved to Dublib fiveyears ago. It is now home to Novartis, Mobitv, and . The deal is worthg upwards of $365 per square eclipsing the $340-per-square foot sale of Emeryville'x Watergate Office Towers to last Seller was believed to have set a city record with both the totaoland per-square-foot value of the $394 million TMG confirmed the Bay Center but declined to give pricing, which was supplied by a source with knowledge of the deal.
Brian a partner at TMG, said the center is now 85 percent leased following improvements and a decision to chop up some spacs into smaller suites rangingfrom 1,100 to 5,009 square feet, a size appropriate to startups drawh by Emeryville's strong ecosystem of biotech and digital entertainment companies. "That really helped us, particularlty in the slower times, get it leased Fleming said. A team led by Bob Gilley handlerd the listingand sale.
viernes, 12 de octubre de 2012
Carolina makes most of modest pass game - ESPN (blog)
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Carolina makes most of modest pass game ESPN (blog) Carolina makes most of modest pass game. October, 12, 2012. Oct 12. 4:54. PM ET. By ESPN Stats & Information | ESPN.com. Recommend0 · Tweet0 · Comments0 · Email · Print. Getty Images Les Miles (left) looks to help his Tigers continue the nation's ... |
jueves, 11 de octubre de 2012
Inmark moves to Avondale from Pinson - Dallas Business Journal:
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Real estate firm said the plasticv containers and packaging compantyleased 23,625 square feet of office and warehouse spacwe at the park in Avondale. The company has been in its currenyt location in Pinson Valley for more than20 years. Jack Key of Grahamj represented Inmark and Brad Moffat of representecdthe landlord. Graham said broker Walter Brownb has the listing on morethan 410,000 square feet of sublease spacs at the Colonnade in AT&T’sd vacant South Tower building. Radiology Associates reneweed its 4,669-square-foot lease at Vestavia Centre. Brown represented the landlord in the renewed its lease in Calera and Decoma Modular Systems renewed its leasdein McCalla.
Combined, the two companies occupyt morethan 270,000 square feet of space in Grahamn & Co. developments. The renewals were handled by Graham brokers Sonny Culp and Ogden Deaton.
Real estate firm said the plasticv containers and packaging compantyleased 23,625 square feet of office and warehouse spacwe at the park in Avondale. The company has been in its currenyt location in Pinson Valley for more than20 years. Jack Key of Grahamj represented Inmark and Brad Moffat of representecdthe landlord. Graham said broker Walter Brownb has the listing on morethan 410,000 square feet of sublease spacs at the Colonnade in AT&T’sd vacant South Tower building. Radiology Associates reneweed its 4,669-square-foot lease at Vestavia Centre. Brown represented the landlord in the renewed its lease in Calera and Decoma Modular Systems renewed its leasdein McCalla.
Combined, the two companies occupyt morethan 270,000 square feet of space in Grahamn & Co. developments. The renewals were handled by Graham brokers Sonny Culp and Ogden Deaton.
miércoles, 10 de octubre de 2012
Shippers: What recession? - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Ltd.’s unveiling of a remotely automatec portin Busan, South Korea, and its plan to build threre new terminals, including a $208 million terminap at Dames Point, reflect the company’ws aggressive mentality in spite of the recession, said Roy Schleicher, senioe director of trade development and global marketingh for the . That and Mitsuji O.S.K. Lines Ltd.’s own plans for expansion show confidence inthe industry’sx upturn and cements their currentf and future operations in Jacksonville.
Hanjin’s “attitude is, ‘We’ds be foolish not to push things forwardd and getthings done,’ ” Schleicher “We thought they might want to slow thing down, but instead they want to push forward Hanjin’s revenue has fared better than ’s, with nearlgy 30 percent growth to about $8 billiom in fiscal year 2008, compared with the same perioc a year ago.
Despite a drop in cargo volume, the sixth-largest shipping company’ws profits grew by more than 60 percen t toabout $198 million within the same But the international slump caught up with the companty in the first quarter of 2009, when it reported a $191 million net loss, accordingb to the Journal of Commerce. In the company pushed back some of its ordersfor Mitsui, which is the 15th-largest international shipping posted a $1.3 billion profit in fiscalp 2008, down nearly 32 percent. It blamecd the decline in profits on the international trade high fuel prices and astronb yen. The company’s revenue declineds by about 4.1 percent to $18.
6 Hanjin is opening a terminal in Spaibn in 2010 and another in Vietnam with Mitsuiin 2011. With the openinb of its terminal in Jacksonvillein 2012, Hanjih will have five terminals in Soutnh Korea and eight abroad. Hanjin plans to expand its vesselk capacity fromabout 375,000 twenty-foott equivalent units, or TEUs, to about 575,000 TEUs withijn the next few years, said William managing director of the company’s American Similarly, Mitsui, the parent companty of the Dames Point terminal operator , is looking to spends millions of dollars to buy an overseaxs bulk shipping line. The slumpo has lowered the valuation ofpotential acquisitions.
The Japanese company plans to increased its fleet of bulk tankers and car carriersby 6.5 percent to 740 ship s by the end of this fiscakl year. Mitsui plans also to open a new terminalin Rotterdam, in late 2013. In Jacksonville, the company has added thred services, bringing two weekly services that open Jacksonvill to new Asian markets and strengtheninh Europeancontainer service. Mitsui’s service calls on Busan and there will likely be an increase in tradre between Jacksonville and South Korea when Hanjinbegins service, Schleicher said. Sout h Korea is a large exporter of consumere electronics and a strong importer of consumer lumberand citrus.
Schleicher said he was impressedxwith Hanjin’s technological capability aftee attending the opening of its Busan terminal May 21 with Rick the authority’s executive The terminal gives a glimpses of how the remotelyu automated terminal planned in Jacksonville will “I’ve never seen a terminap business as sophisticated as this one,” Schleichedr said. The Busan terminal can handle up to 2 millio nTEUs annually, compared with the plannecd Jacksonville terminal that can handle about 800,000 TEUs The Jacksonville terminal will be similar in that it will also use rail-mounteds gantry cranes to transporrt containers between the yard and the Rooney said.
The crane travelsw on rails and is controlled remotely by an The terminal at Dames Point will have 12 to15 rail-mounted gantry One operator can handlr about three cranes at a Rooney said that the containers will be kept in a yard with sensorse that will shut it down if they detect human He said the company hadn’t decided the exact productivitg rate Hanjin expects from the Jacksonville but it aimed for world-clasz productivity levels, which is about 40 container moves per hour per crane, Roonety said.
Hanjin is expected to meet withthe ’sz Local 1593 and 1408 in June or Jess Babich, president of ILA Clerkz & Checkers Local 1593, said his unio and ILA Local 1408 are negotiating with the compangy on positions that Hanjin wants its employeed to handle but the union says it can handle instead. The union’s two gange averaged about 33 moves per hour per crane when they unloadedc a ship at the TraPac terminalMay 23. That is one move away from the company’zs goal, which needs to be met befor e TraPac will allow the union to expand its Babich said. TraPac was not availabl e to confirm the rateof moves.
The agreemenft between TraPac and the union comes after the termina l operator threatened to leave ifproductivity didn’t
Ltd.’s unveiling of a remotely automatec portin Busan, South Korea, and its plan to build threre new terminals, including a $208 million terminap at Dames Point, reflect the company’ws aggressive mentality in spite of the recession, said Roy Schleicher, senioe director of trade development and global marketingh for the . That and Mitsuji O.S.K. Lines Ltd.’s own plans for expansion show confidence inthe industry’sx upturn and cements their currentf and future operations in Jacksonville.
Hanjin’s “attitude is, ‘We’ds be foolish not to push things forwardd and getthings done,’ ” Schleicher “We thought they might want to slow thing down, but instead they want to push forward Hanjin’s revenue has fared better than ’s, with nearlgy 30 percent growth to about $8 billiom in fiscal year 2008, compared with the same perioc a year ago.
Despite a drop in cargo volume, the sixth-largest shipping company’ws profits grew by more than 60 percen t toabout $198 million within the same But the international slump caught up with the companty in the first quarter of 2009, when it reported a $191 million net loss, accordingb to the Journal of Commerce. In the company pushed back some of its ordersfor Mitsui, which is the 15th-largest international shipping posted a $1.3 billion profit in fiscalp 2008, down nearly 32 percent. It blamecd the decline in profits on the international trade high fuel prices and astronb yen. The company’s revenue declineds by about 4.1 percent to $18.
6 Hanjin is opening a terminal in Spaibn in 2010 and another in Vietnam with Mitsuiin 2011. With the openinb of its terminal in Jacksonvillein 2012, Hanjih will have five terminals in Soutnh Korea and eight abroad. Hanjin plans to expand its vesselk capacity fromabout 375,000 twenty-foott equivalent units, or TEUs, to about 575,000 TEUs withijn the next few years, said William managing director of the company’s American Similarly, Mitsui, the parent companty of the Dames Point terminal operator , is looking to spends millions of dollars to buy an overseaxs bulk shipping line. The slumpo has lowered the valuation ofpotential acquisitions.
The Japanese company plans to increased its fleet of bulk tankers and car carriersby 6.5 percent to 740 ship s by the end of this fiscakl year. Mitsui plans also to open a new terminalin Rotterdam, in late 2013. In Jacksonville, the company has added thred services, bringing two weekly services that open Jacksonvill to new Asian markets and strengtheninh Europeancontainer service. Mitsui’s service calls on Busan and there will likely be an increase in tradre between Jacksonville and South Korea when Hanjinbegins service, Schleicher said. Sout h Korea is a large exporter of consumere electronics and a strong importer of consumer lumberand citrus.
Schleicher said he was impressedxwith Hanjin’s technological capability aftee attending the opening of its Busan terminal May 21 with Rick the authority’s executive The terminal gives a glimpses of how the remotelyu automated terminal planned in Jacksonville will “I’ve never seen a terminap business as sophisticated as this one,” Schleichedr said. The Busan terminal can handle up to 2 millio nTEUs annually, compared with the plannecd Jacksonville terminal that can handle about 800,000 TEUs The Jacksonville terminal will be similar in that it will also use rail-mounteds gantry cranes to transporrt containers between the yard and the Rooney said.
The crane travelsw on rails and is controlled remotely by an The terminal at Dames Point will have 12 to15 rail-mounted gantry One operator can handlr about three cranes at a Rooney said that the containers will be kept in a yard with sensorse that will shut it down if they detect human He said the company hadn’t decided the exact productivitg rate Hanjin expects from the Jacksonville but it aimed for world-clasz productivity levels, which is about 40 container moves per hour per crane, Roonety said.
Hanjin is expected to meet withthe ’sz Local 1593 and 1408 in June or Jess Babich, president of ILA Clerkz & Checkers Local 1593, said his unio and ILA Local 1408 are negotiating with the compangy on positions that Hanjin wants its employeed to handle but the union says it can handle instead. The union’s two gange averaged about 33 moves per hour per crane when they unloadedc a ship at the TraPac terminalMay 23. That is one move away from the company’zs goal, which needs to be met befor e TraPac will allow the union to expand its Babich said. TraPac was not availabl e to confirm the rateof moves.
The agreemenft between TraPac and the union comes after the termina l operator threatened to leave ifproductivity didn’t
lunes, 8 de octubre de 2012
Jerry Sandusky and his victims plan to speak at sentencing hearing - Examiner.com
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Examiner.com | Jerry Sandusky and his victims plan to speak at sentencing hearing Examiner.com Monday, Jerry Sandusky's attorney said that Sandusky plans to speak during his sentencing hearing on Tuesday; Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child abuse in June and his sentencing hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in Pennsylvania. Over the ... Jerry Sandusky plans to speak at sentencing hearing Potential penalties Jerry Sandusky faces at his sentencing hearing Tuesday Jerry Sandusky's victims have chance to address him at sentencing hearing |
domingo, 7 de octubre de 2012
Wilson Greatbatch buys Minnesota company - Business First of Buffalo:
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a manufacturer of high-precision titanium cases for implantablemedical devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators. Wilson Greatbatch acquired all of the outstanding stoc k of Globe from Charter Oak Partnersof Westport, for about $48 million in cash and the assumption of approximatelyh $9 million of Globe generated revenues of abouft $20 million for the first half of the year. "Globe'zs implantable grade, high-precision product line complements our core competenciesx in materials scienceand high-precision manufacturing.
Qualitu is a central strategic focus at WilsonnGreatbatch and, as Globe joinsw our family, it bring with it a well-deserved reputation for quality and custome r focus," said Edward Voboril, president and CEO of Wilso n Greatbatch. In conjunction with the acquisition, Wilso Greatbatch amended its existing $100 millionm credit facility with a consortium of banks by increasingt the total sizeto $120 million. The amended facility consists ofa $100 million term loan and a $20 milliom revolving line of credit. Wilson Greatbatcj has headquarters in Clarencr and operationsin Maryland, Massachusettws and Nevada.
It is a developerd and manufacturer of power sources and components used in pacemakersx and other implantable medical devices and specialty batteriesfor non-medicalk applications.
a manufacturer of high-precision titanium cases for implantablemedical devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators. Wilson Greatbatch acquired all of the outstanding stoc k of Globe from Charter Oak Partnersof Westport, for about $48 million in cash and the assumption of approximatelyh $9 million of Globe generated revenues of abouft $20 million for the first half of the year. "Globe'zs implantable grade, high-precision product line complements our core competenciesx in materials scienceand high-precision manufacturing.
Qualitu is a central strategic focus at WilsonnGreatbatch and, as Globe joinsw our family, it bring with it a well-deserved reputation for quality and custome r focus," said Edward Voboril, president and CEO of Wilso n Greatbatch. In conjunction with the acquisition, Wilso Greatbatch amended its existing $100 millionm credit facility with a consortium of banks by increasingt the total sizeto $120 million. The amended facility consists ofa $100 million term loan and a $20 milliom revolving line of credit. Wilson Greatbatcj has headquarters in Clarencr and operationsin Maryland, Massachusettws and Nevada.
It is a developerd and manufacturer of power sources and components used in pacemakersx and other implantable medical devices and specialty batteriesfor non-medicalk applications.
viernes, 5 de octubre de 2012
bizjournals: Hot job markets in a cooling economy -- bizjournals
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The nation has seen 394,000o private-sector jobs slip away sincer mid-2007, equaling a loss of 7,570 jobs each The unemployment rate has shot up a full point duringg the samespan -- from 4.7 percent at the halfwau point of 2007 to 5.7 percent this But a few section of the country have managed to dodges this economic carnage. The most prominent exceptiom is Texas, which is home to America'd three hottest labor markets, according to a new bizjournales study. Houston, Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth are 1-2-3 in the latesf .
The three Texas markets have added a totalof 107,20p0 private-sector jobs since mid-2007, while keepin their unemployment rates below 5 Texas' impressive performance, ironically enough, is partiallh the result of higher energyy costs, the same factor that has bedevilecd much of the rest of the "The state's natural resources and mining industry, helped by highee oil prices, posted an annuall employment growth rate of 6.
4 percent from June 2007 to June 2008 and rankexd first among Texas industries in employment-growth rate," said a midyeat report from the Texa s also has been able to avoid the mortgagew bubble that burst with devastating impact in other high-growt h states such as California and A identified Houston as one of the nation'sa 10 most-affordable housing markets, with Dallas-Fortf Worth and Austin close behind in 15th and 22nd respectively.
Bizjournals used a to analyze employmengt trends inthe nation
The nation has seen 394,000o private-sector jobs slip away sincer mid-2007, equaling a loss of 7,570 jobs each The unemployment rate has shot up a full point duringg the samespan -- from 4.7 percent at the halfwau point of 2007 to 5.7 percent this But a few section of the country have managed to dodges this economic carnage. The most prominent exceptiom is Texas, which is home to America'd three hottest labor markets, according to a new bizjournales study. Houston, Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth are 1-2-3 in the latesf .
The three Texas markets have added a totalof 107,20p0 private-sector jobs since mid-2007, while keepin their unemployment rates below 5 Texas' impressive performance, ironically enough, is partiallh the result of higher energyy costs, the same factor that has bedevilecd much of the rest of the "The state's natural resources and mining industry, helped by highee oil prices, posted an annuall employment growth rate of 6.
4 percent from June 2007 to June 2008 and rankexd first among Texas industries in employment-growth rate," said a midyeat report from the Texa s also has been able to avoid the mortgagew bubble that burst with devastating impact in other high-growt h states such as California and A identified Houston as one of the nation'sa 10 most-affordable housing markets, with Dallas-Fortf Worth and Austin close behind in 15th and 22nd respectively.
Bizjournals used a to analyze employmengt trends inthe nation
jueves, 4 de octubre de 2012
Metropolitan Police to assess Jimmy Savile abuse claims - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk | Metropolitan Police to assess Jimmy Savile abuse claims Telegraph.co.uk The Metropolitan Police announced it would take the “national lead†in assessing the » |
miércoles, 3 de octubre de 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Company Profile | Company Information
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and around the globe. Our core mission is to fight for businesss and free enterprisebefore Congress, the White regulatory agencies, the the court of public and governments around the world. From its headquarters near theWhites House, the Chamber maintains a professionak staff of more than 300 of the nation'sd top policy experts, lobbyists, lawyers, and communicators. The Washington staff is supportedx by seven regional offices aroundthe country; an office in an on-the-ground presence in China; and a network of grassroots business activists. Our members includr businesses of all sizesand sectors?
from larged Fortune 500 companies to home-based, one-person In fact, 96% of our membership encompassew businesses with fewer than 100
and around the globe. Our core mission is to fight for businesss and free enterprisebefore Congress, the White regulatory agencies, the the court of public and governments around the world. From its headquarters near theWhites House, the Chamber maintains a professionak staff of more than 300 of the nation'sd top policy experts, lobbyists, lawyers, and communicators. The Washington staff is supportedx by seven regional offices aroundthe country; an office in an on-the-ground presence in China; and a network of grassroots business activists. Our members includr businesses of all sizesand sectors?
from larged Fortune 500 companies to home-based, one-person In fact, 96% of our membership encompassew businesses with fewer than 100
lunes, 1 de octubre de 2012
The Eulogies: Thank You, Mr. Sulzberger - New York Times
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The Eulogies: Thank You, Mr. Sulzberger New York Times The Sunday issue alone changed my life, with its devotion to the arts, the Book Review and the Week in Review. It showed me that the world was a big, fascinating, complex place filled with possibility. Thank you to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger and his entire ... |
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