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It's a win-win for the Philadelphia-based companh with local offices in Greater Boston sincre the donation ties in withits "triple play" promotionh for its services. Comcast is also producint a public service announcementworth $300,000 featuring the 2007 Red Sox scholarws -- 25 students. Meg Vaillancourt, the executive directo of the RedSox Foundation, said this is the firsty time the charitable arm of the sporte franchise is seeking above and beyond its normapl ask of $125,000 for the Red Sox Scholares program -- in which each scholar receivedx $5,000 for college.
Scholarships are now $10,000o per child, and the program has expandede to include morefield trips, job shadows (kids get to find out about jobs in various and more attention overall to the children's development. The scholarship program, started in chooses fifth-graders who have demonstrated talentand character, and are in need of financiakl assistance in getting to When the kids, selected from Bostohn Public Schools, reach sixth grade, the prograkm starts with field trips and mentoring from front-officwe Red Sox staff. Prior to this year, the foundation worked strictly with Building Educated Leaderz forLife (BELL) in Dorchester.
Now it's opened the vetting procesd to all Boston PublicSchoolsa -- hence a 600 percent increase in application s this year. And because the progra demands moremoney ($250,000 for the scholarshipes plus $50,000 to cover activity costs) Vaillancourtf made the pitch to Comcast. in Bostom is the presenting sponsor for the RedSox Scholars; the hospitak offers medical mentoring and support to the scholara program. Martinis, music and money After his delicate performancew of Chopin at theState Room, Robert B. Frasef stood and addressed the crowd dressed inbusinessz casual, some with artistic flair.
"Businesds has been reluctant to get in bed with the said Fraser, to those of us nibblingy on cheese and sippinfg cocktails. Fraser is the founding chairman of the boars of theArts & Business Councik of Greater Boston, a nonprofit that works to bringt business professionals together with arts organizations to grow the arts economt in Boston. The evening was the organization's second-annualo Martinis & Masterpieces fund-raiser. Though Fraser may be the tide maybe turning. This year'w event, held June 13, yielded $100,000o raised with 300 people attendingthe evening, which includeed good eats by Jules Catering, a silent auction of art -- photographs, sculptures -- and services.
Last year about 280 people attendedthe event, which raisee $50,000. "I don't thin they're reluctant," said Celeste Wilson, the Arts Business Council's executive director. "It's usually done on an individuap basis." , , and Hale and and the Bostonm Business Journal were among the companiesx supportingthe evening. Threse years ago, Charlotte Clark got turned onto cooking, attendingb the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston fund-raiser at Radius in Boston with her Big Sister, Colleebn Kenney, an investment banker in Boston.
This year she returned to help the illustriousw line of local chefs crank outa six-course meal for the $500-ticket holders to the same annual event. The June 3 event, whichg like last year's was held at raised $100,000 for the associatio that, since 1951, has been providing mentoringt relationships for girls ages 7 to 15 who come fromdisadvantages homes. Clark, a sophomore at Johnson Wales Universityin Providence, has been in the Big Sister program sincse 1999.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Downtown Kansas City hotel proposal isn
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Councilwoman Cindy Circo is, too, and said afted the consultants’ presentation that she was pleasantlyu surprised none of her colleagues had expressex reservations aboutthe $300 million hotel, whicbh would require substantial public financing. “Let’xs get at it and get off the said Circo, who joined her peers in advancingt a proposal tospend $150,000 on the selectioj of a site, development team and financing team. Aftetr the proceedings, however, sources outside City Hall suggestesd the exuberance might be abit “I just think we need to study it said Kevin Pistilli, presidentr of the , which operates the 983-roo . “This thing seems to be moving awfully quick.
” Proponents, led by officials with the , ramped up theirf lobbying last year, after said it was relocating a Januaryt meeting that had attracted as many as 8,00 managers a year to Kansas City since 1997. Pistilliu said Wal-Mart cited several reasons for the moveto Fla., including that city’sw superior winter weather and airline Proponents of the new convention hotel seized on Wal-Mart’s contention that Kansas City doesn’t have enouguh hotel rooms near its convention center.
Duringh the May 21 hotel discussion, City Manager Waynwe Cauthen cited a 2007 consultant study showingv that Kansas City needs to use seveb hotels to accommodate a downtowh conventionrequiring 2,000 rooms. An insufficient hotel package has cost thecity $4 billion in business, according to a reportt presented by Rick Hughes, CEO of the Kansas City CVA. He said Kansads City is the only U.S. convention player that has not developede a large convention hotelsince 1985, when the Marriott Downtownn opened. “It’s been like an arms race,” Tom executive director of the , said of the nationwide rush to builfdhotel space. With area hotel occupancy averaging 47.
1 percent through April down 6.3 percentage points from the same period in 2008 the city might be better off tryingf to attractmore small-- to medium-sized conventions, or “selling what we he said. Holden cited a 2005 “Space Available,” which found that U.S. convention attendance has been flat or in decline sincethe mid-1990s and that cities, ignoring that have created a glut of convention space. “Thd report is dated,” he “But there’s still a lot of trutu to it. I mean, we used to have one of the top 10conventioj centers, spacewise, in the country.
Now, all of the majord and second-tier cities are trying to get a piecs of that convention and tourism buck. And it’s not 10 or 12 cities going aftedit anymore. It’s probablyu 200 to 300 cities.” Mayor Mark Funkhouser said during the May 21 hotel discussion that hewould “get on board” with the proposal only if a rigoroues third-party study shows that the project wouldc create net new economic benefit for the city. Jeffreyu Marvel of Kansas City-based , which performs various typew of hotel-project analyses, agreed with the mayor’s position.
Marvekl said the city’s hotel-financing consultantsw — John Kaatz of Minneapolis-basecd and Mark Tobin of Denver-based — appeared to have done an adequatse job of laying out the primaryfinancing alternatives: privatr ownership with public subsidies and publiv ownership with tax-exempt bond “They get into some case studies involving differenft cities, the structures they used (to financr new hotels) and the unique characteristics of each city’s financiap deal,” Marvel said. “But the one thingg I found missingwas results.
There’s nothintg about how these projects have turned Funkhouser said that two hotep projects cited in thereport “arde not making debt service.” Not cited in the report is a conventionj hotel on the other side of the state the 1,081-room in St. Louis. The hotel opened in 2003 but was foreclosedd on in February after it failed to meet revenue projections and itspreviousw owner, , defaulted on its bond The hotel was put up for auction, and its bondholderxs took ownership after their trustee, , offered the sole bid of $98 milliojn — the amount of debt on the Holden of the Kansas City hotek and lodging association said the bondholders got a good considering that more than $120 million in state and federal aid had gone into the Renaissance whiles its private investors chipped in about 10 percent of its “We should have boughrt it, floated it up the river on a barge and moved it right into Downtown (Kansasw City),” Holden said.
To prevent such a debacle, Marvel Kansas City needs to analyzw local market supplyand demand. Such a study, he would address the fact that convention business represents only abour 40 percent ofdowntown hotels’ overall The other 60 percentt comes from leisure and business travel — markets that woule be diluted by the introduction of a largd downtown competitor, Marvel said. “I don’ty know what I feel about a 1,000-room hotel yet,” Pistilli “But I’m concerned about a rush to builxda 1,000-room hotel without doing the other thingz that need to be done to increase leisurwe and business occupancy.
If we don’t do thoser things, as well as the thingds we need to do to increasegroupo occupancy, we could have a big challengw on our hands.”
Councilwoman Cindy Circo is, too, and said afted the consultants’ presentation that she was pleasantlyu surprised none of her colleagues had expressex reservations aboutthe $300 million hotel, whicbh would require substantial public financing. “Let’xs get at it and get off the said Circo, who joined her peers in advancingt a proposal tospend $150,000 on the selectioj of a site, development team and financing team. Aftetr the proceedings, however, sources outside City Hall suggestesd the exuberance might be abit “I just think we need to study it said Kevin Pistilli, presidentr of the , which operates the 983-roo . “This thing seems to be moving awfully quick.
” Proponents, led by officials with the , ramped up theirf lobbying last year, after said it was relocating a Januaryt meeting that had attracted as many as 8,00 managers a year to Kansas City since 1997. Pistilliu said Wal-Mart cited several reasons for the moveto Fla., including that city’sw superior winter weather and airline Proponents of the new convention hotel seized on Wal-Mart’s contention that Kansas City doesn’t have enouguh hotel rooms near its convention center.
Duringh the May 21 hotel discussion, City Manager Waynwe Cauthen cited a 2007 consultant study showingv that Kansas City needs to use seveb hotels to accommodate a downtowh conventionrequiring 2,000 rooms. An insufficient hotel package has cost thecity $4 billion in business, according to a reportt presented by Rick Hughes, CEO of the Kansas City CVA. He said Kansads City is the only U.S. convention player that has not developede a large convention hotelsince 1985, when the Marriott Downtownn opened. “It’s been like an arms race,” Tom executive director of the , said of the nationwide rush to builfdhotel space. With area hotel occupancy averaging 47.
1 percent through April down 6.3 percentage points from the same period in 2008 the city might be better off tryingf to attractmore small-- to medium-sized conventions, or “selling what we he said. Holden cited a 2005 “Space Available,” which found that U.S. convention attendance has been flat or in decline sincethe mid-1990s and that cities, ignoring that have created a glut of convention space. “Thd report is dated,” he “But there’s still a lot of trutu to it. I mean, we used to have one of the top 10conventioj centers, spacewise, in the country.
Now, all of the majord and second-tier cities are trying to get a piecs of that convention and tourism buck. And it’s not 10 or 12 cities going aftedit anymore. It’s probablyu 200 to 300 cities.” Mayor Mark Funkhouser said during the May 21 hotel discussion that hewould “get on board” with the proposal only if a rigoroues third-party study shows that the project wouldc create net new economic benefit for the city. Jeffreyu Marvel of Kansas City-based , which performs various typew of hotel-project analyses, agreed with the mayor’s position.
Marvekl said the city’s hotel-financing consultantsw — John Kaatz of Minneapolis-basecd and Mark Tobin of Denver-based — appeared to have done an adequatse job of laying out the primaryfinancing alternatives: privatr ownership with public subsidies and publiv ownership with tax-exempt bond “They get into some case studies involving differenft cities, the structures they used (to financr new hotels) and the unique characteristics of each city’s financiap deal,” Marvel said. “But the one thingg I found missingwas results.
There’s nothintg about how these projects have turned Funkhouser said that two hotep projects cited in thereport “arde not making debt service.” Not cited in the report is a conventionj hotel on the other side of the state the 1,081-room in St. Louis. The hotel opened in 2003 but was foreclosedd on in February after it failed to meet revenue projections and itspreviousw owner, , defaulted on its bond The hotel was put up for auction, and its bondholderxs took ownership after their trustee, , offered the sole bid of $98 milliojn — the amount of debt on the Holden of the Kansas City hotek and lodging association said the bondholders got a good considering that more than $120 million in state and federal aid had gone into the Renaissance whiles its private investors chipped in about 10 percent of its “We should have boughrt it, floated it up the river on a barge and moved it right into Downtown (Kansasw City),” Holden said.
To prevent such a debacle, Marvel Kansas City needs to analyzw local market supplyand demand. Such a study, he would address the fact that convention business represents only abour 40 percent ofdowntown hotels’ overall The other 60 percentt comes from leisure and business travel — markets that woule be diluted by the introduction of a largd downtown competitor, Marvel said. “I don’ty know what I feel about a 1,000-room hotel yet,” Pistilli “But I’m concerned about a rush to builxda 1,000-room hotel without doing the other thingz that need to be done to increase leisurwe and business occupancy.
If we don’t do thoser things, as well as the thingds we need to do to increasegroupo occupancy, we could have a big challengw on our hands.”
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Neuralstem wins patent for neurogenesis - Washington Business Journal:
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Rockville-based Neuralstem (AMEX: CUR) announcedx Thursday that it had been granted a patent on four new chemicalo entities that boost the generation of new The company’s patent application, titled “Use of Fused Nicotinamides to Promote Neurogenesis,” claimz four chemical entities and any pharmaceutical composition includiny them. “The ability to promote neurogenesis — the birth of new neuronz in the adultbrain — has recentlyh been a focus of intensd research by scientists and pharmaceutical companies worldwide, said Neuralstemk CEO Richard Garr.
“These four compounds, with potent demonstratecd neurogenic activity were discoveredentirely in-house and are owned by the These are the only drugz we are aware of with the demonstrate ability to stimulate neurogenesis of normal adult brain cells." Neuralstenm expects to be in a Phase I safety trials for treatmeng of major depression with the lead compounr from the four-chemical group by early next year. The company also expectsw to be testing compoundsfor stroke, traumatic brain injury and other major indications.
Rockville-based Neuralstem (AMEX: CUR) announcedx Thursday that it had been granted a patent on four new chemicalo entities that boost the generation of new The company’s patent application, titled “Use of Fused Nicotinamides to Promote Neurogenesis,” claimz four chemical entities and any pharmaceutical composition includiny them. “The ability to promote neurogenesis — the birth of new neuronz in the adultbrain — has recentlyh been a focus of intensd research by scientists and pharmaceutical companies worldwide, said Neuralstemk CEO Richard Garr.
“These four compounds, with potent demonstratecd neurogenic activity were discoveredentirely in-house and are owned by the These are the only drugz we are aware of with the demonstrate ability to stimulate neurogenesis of normal adult brain cells." Neuralstenm expects to be in a Phase I safety trials for treatmeng of major depression with the lead compounr from the four-chemical group by early next year. The company also expectsw to be testing compoundsfor stroke, traumatic brain injury and other major indications.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
New rules may protect appraisers, but drive up buyers
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Federal regulations aimed at putting more distance between mortgagwe brokers and home appraisers require lenderse touse “appraisal management companies” to ordet appraisals. The idea is to preveng brokers from pressuring appraisers to hitcertaib values. However, some say the new rules also are pushingb up the price and length of time for The new rules went into effect May 1 as part ofthe “Homd Valuation Code of Conduct” which keeps mortgage brokera from hand picking appraisers. In fact, the two are not allowedc to communicateat all. Only bankd that show they select appraisers through a strict rotation system can contactappraisers directly.
Nashville’sx uses a Web-based appraisal management company and can only communicate with an assigned appraiser by posting a question onthe Web, says Ross senior vice president of mortgage Kinney says the additional steps have pushed up the cost of appraisalss by 6 percent to 10 percent for the compan they use. Others are even “It’s a substantial difference in the way mortgagesare originated. I’m sure that will bringf more independence, which is a good thing,” Kinneuy says. “But I’m not sure how it is goin to affecthome buyers.
If they are non-experienced or out-of-markey appraisers, it will be interestint to see how that plays Appraiser Danny Wylie of in Nashville sayshe won’t deal with most appraisal management companies because they take a high percentagde of his fee. He charges $400 to $450 as an experiencex appraiser, but management firms oftenh want to hire himfor $275 or less. Wylies says he’s considered settin g up his own management but he says he would have to hire less experienceed appraisers to make it work Despitethe challenges, Wylie thinks the changes are better for He says he lost business because he wouldn’g lie on an appraisal. That bank nevefr called him again.
“One of the problems has been that unscrupulouss brokers could pick unscrupulous appraisers who would pick whatevet valuewas needed,” he The new regulations also set up a whistleblower hotlinse for those suspecting such activity. Under the new appraisals take longer because the market is more complex and the rule s requiremore data, Wylie Lenders want information on absorption rates, supply and economi conditions, he says. One locapl company, , has seen a surger of business fromthe regulations. The family-ownec business in Franklin is primarily a mortgagecompliancee business, which means it checks loans for fraud.
A few years ago, the company developed a databaseson appraisers, with information such as how many appraisals they’ve done and if they’vwe ever been involved in a high-risk loan. With the new the appraisal management side ofQuality Mortgage’s businessd has ballooned — up 500 percentg since last year, says executive vice president Tomm y Duncan. Duncan’s phone started ringing in March and April with lenders lookingv for appraisalmanagement services. He’s hired three people in the past three months and is lookinf to expand to alargee space.
He’s already had to turn down two lenders on the West Coastr becausehe couldn’t handle the volume of work they had. Duncan says he chargesd about 25 percent to 35 percenf of the appraisal fee for themanagement services, adding that some managementg firms charge as much as half. Appraisal prices depened on the city and can rangefrom $350 to Duncan supports the conduct code. He, too, has been cut off in the past by a lenderwho didn’t like one of his “My job is to rotate appraisalxs among credentialed appraisers without any discriminatioh or favoritism,” he says.
The conduct code “is probablyy a positive step to mend some of the problems that are alreadout there, but I’m not saying its a cure Part of the new regulations is that anyons who makes money off a real estatse deal can’t speak to the appraiser. Dianne Payne, regionaol production manager for the mortgage divisionof Memphis-basede , says her bank has been usinhg a rotation system to select appraisers for a year and instead of an appraisal management firm. It eliminatesd any favoritism, as agents can no longer requestspecifidc appraisers, she says. “It’s a more level playint field,” she says.
Federal regulations aimed at putting more distance between mortgagwe brokers and home appraisers require lenderse touse “appraisal management companies” to ordet appraisals. The idea is to preveng brokers from pressuring appraisers to hitcertaib values. However, some say the new rules also are pushingb up the price and length of time for The new rules went into effect May 1 as part ofthe “Homd Valuation Code of Conduct” which keeps mortgage brokera from hand picking appraisers. In fact, the two are not allowedc to communicateat all. Only bankd that show they select appraisers through a strict rotation system can contactappraisers directly.
Nashville’sx uses a Web-based appraisal management company and can only communicate with an assigned appraiser by posting a question onthe Web, says Ross senior vice president of mortgage Kinney says the additional steps have pushed up the cost of appraisalss by 6 percent to 10 percent for the compan they use. Others are even “It’s a substantial difference in the way mortgagesare originated. I’m sure that will bringf more independence, which is a good thing,” Kinneuy says. “But I’m not sure how it is goin to affecthome buyers.
If they are non-experienced or out-of-markey appraisers, it will be interestint to see how that plays Appraiser Danny Wylie of in Nashville sayshe won’t deal with most appraisal management companies because they take a high percentagde of his fee. He charges $400 to $450 as an experiencex appraiser, but management firms oftenh want to hire himfor $275 or less. Wylies says he’s considered settin g up his own management but he says he would have to hire less experienceed appraisers to make it work Despitethe challenges, Wylie thinks the changes are better for He says he lost business because he wouldn’g lie on an appraisal. That bank nevefr called him again.
“One of the problems has been that unscrupulouss brokers could pick unscrupulous appraisers who would pick whatevet valuewas needed,” he The new regulations also set up a whistleblower hotlinse for those suspecting such activity. Under the new appraisals take longer because the market is more complex and the rule s requiremore data, Wylie Lenders want information on absorption rates, supply and economi conditions, he says. One locapl company, , has seen a surger of business fromthe regulations. The family-ownec business in Franklin is primarily a mortgagecompliancee business, which means it checks loans for fraud.
A few years ago, the company developed a databaseson appraisers, with information such as how many appraisals they’ve done and if they’vwe ever been involved in a high-risk loan. With the new the appraisal management side ofQuality Mortgage’s businessd has ballooned — up 500 percentg since last year, says executive vice president Tomm y Duncan. Duncan’s phone started ringing in March and April with lenders lookingv for appraisalmanagement services. He’s hired three people in the past three months and is lookinf to expand to alargee space.
He’s already had to turn down two lenders on the West Coastr becausehe couldn’t handle the volume of work they had. Duncan says he chargesd about 25 percent to 35 percenf of the appraisal fee for themanagement services, adding that some managementg firms charge as much as half. Appraisal prices depened on the city and can rangefrom $350 to Duncan supports the conduct code. He, too, has been cut off in the past by a lenderwho didn’t like one of his “My job is to rotate appraisalxs among credentialed appraisers without any discriminatioh or favoritism,” he says.
The conduct code “is probablyy a positive step to mend some of the problems that are alreadout there, but I’m not saying its a cure Part of the new regulations is that anyons who makes money off a real estatse deal can’t speak to the appraiser. Dianne Payne, regionaol production manager for the mortgage divisionof Memphis-basede , says her bank has been usinhg a rotation system to select appraisers for a year and instead of an appraisal management firm. It eliminatesd any favoritism, as agents can no longer requestspecifidc appraisers, she says. “It’s a more level playint field,” she says.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Congress approves funding for 8 Boeing C-17s - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The bill appropriates $2.2 billion to buy eighr additionaleight C-17 planews in the 2009 fiscal year, which ends 30. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, and Sen. Dianne D-California, They had pushed for 15 more "This eight is good news," said George Roman, Boeing's vice president of governmenft relations andregional executive. "Igt validates the importance of this product and the role and missioh it supplies our soldiers and Romansaid Chicago-based Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) will seek fundingg for an additional15 C-17s in the 2010 fiscal year supplementapl appropriations bill. "We believed there continues to be a need for this product forthe U.S.
militaryt and as a humanitarian role," he said. The C-17 progranm when Defense Secretary Robertt Gates proposed to end production ofthe C-17 this year afterf a remaining handful already orderecd are built. The C-17 program employs 900 people atits Hazelwood, Mo., facility, according to Boeing.
The bill appropriates $2.2 billion to buy eighr additionaleight C-17 planews in the 2009 fiscal year, which ends 30. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, and Sen. Dianne D-California, They had pushed for 15 more "This eight is good news," said George Roman, Boeing's vice president of governmenft relations andregional executive. "Igt validates the importance of this product and the role and missioh it supplies our soldiers and Romansaid Chicago-based Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) will seek fundingg for an additional15 C-17s in the 2010 fiscal year supplementapl appropriations bill. "We believed there continues to be a need for this product forthe U.S.
militaryt and as a humanitarian role," he said. The C-17 progranm when Defense Secretary Robertt Gates proposed to end production ofthe C-17 this year afterf a remaining handful already orderecd are built. The C-17 program employs 900 people atits Hazelwood, Mo., facility, according to Boeing.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
'Unstoppable' a tense action tale told masterfully - Tulsa World
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'Unstoppable' a tense action tale told masterfully Tulsa World Denzel Washington and Chris Pine race the clock to prevent disaster in a highly populated area. ROBERT ZUCKERMAN/Twentieth Century Fox Film By MICHAEL SMITH ... |
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Planned layoffs fall 16% in May - Orlando Business Journal:
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In its latest report on monthlyjob cuts, noted that the May job cuts were 7.4 percenf more than the 103,522 announced in the same month a year ago. This year has not been kind to The report found that so far in 2009 employers haveannounced 822,282 job cuts, more than doublre the 394,193 announced through May last year. But whiled job cuts remained well abovelast year's pace, May markes the fourth consecutive monthn with a decline in job-cu t announcements. Since reaching a peak of 241,7490 in January, job-cut totals have fallen by an averageof 17.5 percenft per month. CEO John Challenger remains cautious about the jobmarketzs prospects.
“This decline in job cuts could be Challenger said. “The second quarter is typically the lowesyt quarter of the year when it comes to job Corporate downsizing may continue to remain slow during thesummerf months, but if the past is any indication, we could see the pace acceleratr again in the latter half of the thir d quarter through the end of the year."
In its latest report on monthlyjob cuts, noted that the May job cuts were 7.4 percenf more than the 103,522 announced in the same month a year ago. This year has not been kind to The report found that so far in 2009 employers haveannounced 822,282 job cuts, more than doublre the 394,193 announced through May last year. But whiled job cuts remained well abovelast year's pace, May markes the fourth consecutive monthn with a decline in job-cu t announcements. Since reaching a peak of 241,7490 in January, job-cut totals have fallen by an averageof 17.5 percenft per month. CEO John Challenger remains cautious about the jobmarketzs prospects.
“This decline in job cuts could be Challenger said. “The second quarter is typically the lowesyt quarter of the year when it comes to job Corporate downsizing may continue to remain slow during thesummerf months, but if the past is any indication, we could see the pace acceleratr again in the latter half of the thir d quarter through the end of the year."
Evergreen
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The Marlborough solar company (Nasdaq: ESLR) announced last montbh it would contractwith Ltd. to manufacturw up to 100 megawatts of its string ribbon solar panels. Evergreen Solar would make its proprietary photovoltaic wafere in leased space in China and Jaiwei would proces those wafers into Evergreen panels fora fee. Whiles the move to expand into lower-cost production areas like China was expected by many in thesolar industry, it may foreshadoq a change in focus for Evergreen’s Devens operation s away from the wafer-to-panel manufacturin g currently performed by hundreds of employeez today.
Evergreen Solar CEO Richared Feldt alluded inthe company’s last quarterly earnings call to an alternativ e future, one that could make the company’xs Devens facility purely a solar wafer-producing factory ratherr than a full-scale manufacturing He said in the conferencee that while long-term therde is “a home for Evergreen is looking for ways to reducee costs, but if the company is unable to trim fast enough, it coulde move equipment from Devens. “We’ll make Devens some more of a wafer-onlyg facility, because our wafer costs are such that they are much less dependen on or influenced by labor and at the Devens could become a wafer he said.
Evergreen Solar broke grouncd on its Devens facility with much andfinancial support, in September 2007. The company received $23 millioh in grants from the state, up to $17.5 million in low-interes t loans and a low-cost 30-year lease of state-owned propertuy at the former army along with a broader commitment from statw leaders to promote solar installation to keep Evergreenj Solar inthe state.
Once fully operational later this the 450,000-square-foot facility was expectefd to create 700 new technical and manufacturing jobs and bring the company’s Massachusetts employment to more than Company spokesman Chris Lawson called Feldt’s comment “speculative” and said Evergreenb is fully committed to ramping up Devenz to capacity. But analysts say they woule not be surprised if Evergreen dedicated Devenes to supplying its unique string ribbon waferz and left the panel making tocheaperf countries.
“One of the constraints the company is findinf isthat it’s very capital intensive to fund the entire system,” said Rick analyst at “What’s really uniquse about Evergreen Solar is their string ribbon technology. What’s not necessarilhy unique about Devens is the labor Wafer production is far less labof intensive because of the use of robot and automated with workers operatingthe machinery. Yet even as the Devends facility operates at peak capacity and Evergreen Solar will still see significant cost saving by manufacturingin China. In the call, Feldt said it wouls cost $1.40 to $1.
50 centws per watt to build panelsin China, but coulr be less than $1 per watt by 2012. Deven s is expected to lower its production costto $2 per watt by the end of the year from arouncd $3 per watt at the beginnin of the year because of efficiency improvementws and larger production volume. Bringing down operatinfg expenses is criticalfor Evergreen, which has been burniny through cash as it ramps up Devens. Before it announcedr plans earlier this month toraiswe $60 million in a stoco offering, the company had $60 milliob in cash on hand, but spent $47.67 million in the first quarter.
The company’s capitak needs for 2009 include $40 milliohn to pay for completion of theDevens plant, $10 millio for a materials processing plant in Midland, and $7 million for debt Evergreen solar posted a $64.3 millioj net loss in the firstf quarter and a $44.2 million net loss in the fourthu quarter of 2008 The proceedx of the stock offering will cover most of those needs, as well as fund the $15 millionj to $20 million in start up costs for the Chinaa plant. But there are reasonx Evergreen Solar executives may hesitatw to change courseat Devens. They have already invested time and moneuy in the panel making equipmentrand staff, which would be difficuly to move overseas.
Some of the statde incentives are tiedto job-growth numberas and an official who spoke on condition of anonymit said the company is in Hanna, of Morningstar, said expectx Devens to continue to do some pane l manufacturing in the near term, “although whethedr or not they continue to expand it, there’s a lot of Feldt said there are no immediate plans to expansd Devens further.
The Marlborough solar company (Nasdaq: ESLR) announced last montbh it would contractwith Ltd. to manufacturw up to 100 megawatts of its string ribbon solar panels. Evergreen Solar would make its proprietary photovoltaic wafere in leased space in China and Jaiwei would proces those wafers into Evergreen panels fora fee. Whiles the move to expand into lower-cost production areas like China was expected by many in thesolar industry, it may foreshadoq a change in focus for Evergreen’s Devens operation s away from the wafer-to-panel manufacturin g currently performed by hundreds of employeez today.
Evergreen Solar CEO Richared Feldt alluded inthe company’s last quarterly earnings call to an alternativ e future, one that could make the company’xs Devens facility purely a solar wafer-producing factory ratherr than a full-scale manufacturing He said in the conferencee that while long-term therde is “a home for Evergreen is looking for ways to reducee costs, but if the company is unable to trim fast enough, it coulde move equipment from Devens. “We’ll make Devens some more of a wafer-onlyg facility, because our wafer costs are such that they are much less dependen on or influenced by labor and at the Devens could become a wafer he said.
Evergreen Solar broke grouncd on its Devens facility with much andfinancial support, in September 2007. The company received $23 millioh in grants from the state, up to $17.5 million in low-interes t loans and a low-cost 30-year lease of state-owned propertuy at the former army along with a broader commitment from statw leaders to promote solar installation to keep Evergreenj Solar inthe state.
Once fully operational later this the 450,000-square-foot facility was expectefd to create 700 new technical and manufacturing jobs and bring the company’s Massachusetts employment to more than Company spokesman Chris Lawson called Feldt’s comment “speculative” and said Evergreenb is fully committed to ramping up Devenz to capacity. But analysts say they woule not be surprised if Evergreen dedicated Devenes to supplying its unique string ribbon waferz and left the panel making tocheaperf countries.
“One of the constraints the company is findinf isthat it’s very capital intensive to fund the entire system,” said Rick analyst at “What’s really uniquse about Evergreen Solar is their string ribbon technology. What’s not necessarilhy unique about Devens is the labor Wafer production is far less labof intensive because of the use of robot and automated with workers operatingthe machinery. Yet even as the Devends facility operates at peak capacity and Evergreen Solar will still see significant cost saving by manufacturingin China. In the call, Feldt said it wouls cost $1.40 to $1.
50 centws per watt to build panelsin China, but coulr be less than $1 per watt by 2012. Deven s is expected to lower its production costto $2 per watt by the end of the year from arouncd $3 per watt at the beginnin of the year because of efficiency improvementws and larger production volume. Bringing down operatinfg expenses is criticalfor Evergreen, which has been burniny through cash as it ramps up Devens. Before it announcedr plans earlier this month toraiswe $60 million in a stoco offering, the company had $60 milliob in cash on hand, but spent $47.67 million in the first quarter.
The company’s capitak needs for 2009 include $40 milliohn to pay for completion of theDevens plant, $10 millio for a materials processing plant in Midland, and $7 million for debt Evergreen solar posted a $64.3 millioj net loss in the firstf quarter and a $44.2 million net loss in the fourthu quarter of 2008 The proceedx of the stock offering will cover most of those needs, as well as fund the $15 millionj to $20 million in start up costs for the Chinaa plant. But there are reasonx Evergreen Solar executives may hesitatw to change courseat Devens. They have already invested time and moneuy in the panel making equipmentrand staff, which would be difficuly to move overseas.
Some of the statde incentives are tiedto job-growth numberas and an official who spoke on condition of anonymit said the company is in Hanna, of Morningstar, said expectx Devens to continue to do some pane l manufacturing in the near term, “although whethedr or not they continue to expand it, there’s a lot of Feldt said there are no immediate plans to expansd Devens further.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Motivation is key - Hannibal.net (blog)
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
La Madeleine chooses new HQ site in Dallas - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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La Madeleine said it will relocate into 17,000 square feet at 12201 Meri t Drive in Dallas. The building that will houser the restaurant chain is a Clasxs A building that just recentlyunderwentf renovation. Le Madeleine signed a 10-year lease with Parmentetr Two Forest LP for the La Madeleine said it was attracted to the space becausre the facility provides the company with the room neededr to grow withthe company. Dallas-basedr architectural firm Benson and Hlavaty will design theinteriof space. The facility is scheduled to be ready for its new tenants in mid-July. La Madeleine's current headquarters is at 6688 N. Centrap Exwy, Ste.
700 in La Madeleine was represented by Josh senior vice presidentwith ; and Sharron Morrison, principal with The landlord was represented by Matt Schendle, vice presidenr with .
La Madeleine said it will relocate into 17,000 square feet at 12201 Meri t Drive in Dallas. The building that will houser the restaurant chain is a Clasxs A building that just recentlyunderwentf renovation. Le Madeleine signed a 10-year lease with Parmentetr Two Forest LP for the La Madeleine said it was attracted to the space becausre the facility provides the company with the room neededr to grow withthe company. Dallas-basedr architectural firm Benson and Hlavaty will design theinteriof space. The facility is scheduled to be ready for its new tenants in mid-July. La Madeleine's current headquarters is at 6688 N. Centrap Exwy, Ste.
700 in La Madeleine was represented by Josh senior vice presidentwith ; and Sharron Morrison, principal with The landlord was represented by Matt Schendle, vice presidenr with .
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Kauai home prices rise, condos fall - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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However, the median price for both categoriess was based on much lower sales volumee compared to the same month ayear ago, accordingg to statistics from . The median priced of a single-family home on Kauai last month was which was 19 percent over May 2007 when it was The year-to-date median price was $655,000, no changr from 2007. The median price of a condo was down more than 10 percent from the May 2007 mediann priceof $700,000. The median pricd for the first five month of the yearwas $579,500, more than 10 percent above the same periord in 2007, when it was $525,000.
Theree were just 20 single-family homes sold in May on the Garden down 51 percent from May 2007 when therd were 41homes sold. Year-to-date, there were 119 houses sold during the first five months ofthe year, down 40 percentt from the same period in 2007, when theree were 199 sales. Condo salexs numbered 18 last month, down 28 percent from 25 unitsd sold inMay 2007. Sales for the first five monthse of the year were also 40 percentr downfor condos, with just 88 sales recorded, comparee to 146 sold during the same period last
However, the median price for both categoriess was based on much lower sales volumee compared to the same month ayear ago, accordingg to statistics from . The median priced of a single-family home on Kauai last month was which was 19 percent over May 2007 when it was The year-to-date median price was $655,000, no changr from 2007. The median price of a condo was down more than 10 percent from the May 2007 mediann priceof $700,000. The median pricd for the first five month of the yearwas $579,500, more than 10 percent above the same periord in 2007, when it was $525,000.
Theree were just 20 single-family homes sold in May on the Garden down 51 percent from May 2007 when therd were 41homes sold. Year-to-date, there were 119 houses sold during the first five months ofthe year, down 40 percentt from the same period in 2007, when theree were 199 sales. Condo salexs numbered 18 last month, down 28 percent from 25 unitsd sold inMay 2007. Sales for the first five monthse of the year were also 40 percentr downfor condos, with just 88 sales recorded, comparee to 146 sold during the same period last
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Vedante's growing sales
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Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’sw super-reflective Pop Bands (armbands and legbands), pet collarzs and leashes made by her company, Vedantde Corp. “When everybody was saying holiday salexwere down, ours just exploded,” said a veteran fashion designer who started Boulder-based Vedante nearly three years ago. The success of Vedante’e Pop Bands and pet products prompted gianrt onlineretailer Amazon.
com to buy most of her inventorh for resale, and triggereed inquiries from large pet-store chains about licensing the products or buying her Kantor focused more on onliner sales for the holidayzs than traditional brick-and-mortar sales of Vedante That was because as the recession deepened, retail sales slowe more than online shopping. The emphasis paid off, but it presentedx Kantor with the problem of managinhgunexpected demand. . “It wasn’ even in my game plan to have a break-evehn month for another year,” she said. Vedante products for pedestrians and cyclists can reflect brightly from 500to 1,500 depending on their color.
Kantor formed the business with the missiom of improvingnighttime safety. Cars injurs or kill a pedestrian every seven minuteas in theUnited States, accordingy to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationh (NHTSA). That amounts to nearly 75,00 people annually, with about 50,000 of the accidents occurringbat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantor takes walksa at dusk and, having survivedx a car crash with a drunm driveryears ago, she always wondered abouy her safety crossing streets at night. Then she saw a Bouldedr pedestrian hit in a crosswalk inbroad daylight, and she decidesd to make a product to improve pedestria n visibility.
She drew on her experience in textilezs anddesigning women’s apparel in Los She chose 3M’s reflective materials for Vedante’ products, and it co-brands the Pop Bandz with 3M. She uses the 3M fabrif in collars and leashesfor pets. McGuckibn Hardware Store in Bouldefr carries both the Pop Bandasand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bands , costingt between $12.98 and $13.98 depending on size, sell comparabl y to the battery-powered safety lights McGucki sells foroutdoor recreation, said Rik the store’s sporting goods manager and buyer. “They do very he said. “What appeals is theird ease of use, and the novelty of them poppinf onand off.
” Vedante’s pet collara range between $13.98 and and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98. Kantor’sd biggest challenge is managing a surge in retailerd interest without taking on debt that couldrcrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxed out Vedante’s existing linex of credit from banks after her salezstarted growing, and she put that money in the bank. She fearedr her banks would reduce her credit lineswithout warning, thus starving the company of mone at a crucial time.
Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’sw super-reflective Pop Bands (armbands and legbands), pet collarzs and leashes made by her company, Vedantde Corp. “When everybody was saying holiday salexwere down, ours just exploded,” said a veteran fashion designer who started Boulder-based Vedante nearly three years ago. The success of Vedante’e Pop Bands and pet products prompted gianrt onlineretailer Amazon.
com to buy most of her inventorh for resale, and triggereed inquiries from large pet-store chains about licensing the products or buying her Kantor focused more on onliner sales for the holidayzs than traditional brick-and-mortar sales of Vedante That was because as the recession deepened, retail sales slowe more than online shopping. The emphasis paid off, but it presentedx Kantor with the problem of managinhgunexpected demand. . “It wasn’ even in my game plan to have a break-evehn month for another year,” she said. Vedante products for pedestrians and cyclists can reflect brightly from 500to 1,500 depending on their color.
Kantor formed the business with the missiom of improvingnighttime safety. Cars injurs or kill a pedestrian every seven minuteas in theUnited States, accordingy to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationh (NHTSA). That amounts to nearly 75,00 people annually, with about 50,000 of the accidents occurringbat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantor takes walksa at dusk and, having survivedx a car crash with a drunm driveryears ago, she always wondered abouy her safety crossing streets at night. Then she saw a Bouldedr pedestrian hit in a crosswalk inbroad daylight, and she decidesd to make a product to improve pedestria n visibility.
She drew on her experience in textilezs anddesigning women’s apparel in Los She chose 3M’s reflective materials for Vedante’ products, and it co-brands the Pop Bandz with 3M. She uses the 3M fabrif in collars and leashesfor pets. McGuckibn Hardware Store in Bouldefr carries both the Pop Bandasand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bands , costingt between $12.98 and $13.98 depending on size, sell comparabl y to the battery-powered safety lights McGucki sells foroutdoor recreation, said Rik the store’s sporting goods manager and buyer. “They do very he said. “What appeals is theird ease of use, and the novelty of them poppinf onand off.
” Vedante’s pet collara range between $13.98 and and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98. Kantor’sd biggest challenge is managing a surge in retailerd interest without taking on debt that couldrcrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxed out Vedante’s existing linex of credit from banks after her salezstarted growing, and she put that money in the bank. She fearedr her banks would reduce her credit lineswithout warning, thus starving the company of mone at a crucial time.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Emeritus 5M-share offering priced at $18.25 each - BusinessWeek
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Emeritus 5M-share offering priced at $18.25 each BusinessWeek Emeritus Corp. said Tuesday an underwritten public offering of 5 million of its shares was priced at $18.25 each. The company plans to sell 4 million shares ... Today's Big Losers: QTM, UEC, ESC, BEAT Emeritus announces public offering of 4 million common shares Emeritus plans stock offering |
Monday, November 8, 2010
9/11 workers to decide dust deal - BBC News
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Daily Mail | 9/11 workers to decide dust deal BBC News Thousands of workers exposed to toxic dust after the 2001 terror attacks in New York must decide on Monday whether to accept a $712m (£441m) legal ... Deadline Looms For Ground Zero Workers to Sign... Deadline near for 9/11 responders-NYC settlement agreement 9/11 Workers Reach Settlement Deadline |
Sunday, November 7, 2010
American Electric Power Company, Inc. Company Profile | AEP Company Information
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American Electric Power is one of the largest electricx utilities in theUnitedd States, delivering electricity to more than 5 milliob customers in 11 states. AEP ranksa among the nation's largest generator of electricity, owning nearlyg 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity inthe U.S. AEP also owns the nation'xs largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includex more 765kilovolt extra-high voltage transmissiob lines than all other U.S. transmission systemsd combined.
AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly servew about 10 percent of the electricity demand in theEastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission syste that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and easter Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in the transmission system that coveres muchof Texas. AEP's utilith units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachianm Power (in Virginia, West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Poweer (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Public Service Companyof Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electrixc Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP'x headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.
For additionaol general information, see the 'Facts at a 'AEP leadership', and 'History' For information about the company's business see the sections on 'Energy marketing', 'Power plantsw and other assets', 'Regulated utility operations', and our list of 'AEP Web Sites.' ...
American Electric Power is one of the largest electricx utilities in theUnitedd States, delivering electricity to more than 5 milliob customers in 11 states. AEP ranksa among the nation's largest generator of electricity, owning nearlyg 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity inthe U.S. AEP also owns the nation'xs largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includex more 765kilovolt extra-high voltage transmissiob lines than all other U.S. transmission systemsd combined.
AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly servew about 10 percent of the electricity demand in theEastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission syste that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and easter Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in the transmission system that coveres muchof Texas. AEP's utilith units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachianm Power (in Virginia, West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Poweer (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Public Service Companyof Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electrixc Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP'x headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.
For additionaol general information, see the 'Facts at a 'AEP leadership', and 'History' For information about the company's business see the sections on 'Energy marketing', 'Power plantsw and other assets', 'Regulated utility operations', and our list of 'AEP Web Sites.' ...
Friday, November 5, 2010
For Cincinnati nonprofits, great funding news - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The will mark its formal public debut witha Feb. 12 receptionb at the in Covington. Local nonprofits have been speculatinvg for months about the size and scop e ofthe foundation, which spent the last two yearsa quietly developing a strategic plan and settling the estatre of Ralph Haile, a Northern Kentuckyy banker who died in two years after his wife’s Those who attend the reception will hear what they long have The Haile fortune was huge. CEO Timothyg Maloney said it holds morethan $200 million in assets and sportse an annual grant-making capacityy in excess of $10 million.
“We’ll be an organization with a significanft impact in the community and withan understated, humble approac h like its grantors,” Maloney said. During an interviesw in the foundation’s new headquarters, on the 11th floor of the U.S. Bank towe downtown, Maloney said the five-employee foundation will not take applicationws formost grants. Its awardws will be strategic, focusing on education, communityy development, arts and culturaol organizationsand human-service It will use its donations to leveraged additional grants when possible. And it will collaborat with other grant makers to invest in initiativews that could have a transformational impacr onthe region.
Examples include the ’s Northern Kentucky’s Vision 2015 movement and theArts & Culturew Partnership, a initiative for shared fundraisingy and administrative efficiencies among local museums and performing arts groups. “We consciously decided we will not do health and Maloney said. “We are not a pot that doesn’t have a The foundation listed assetsof $245 milliohn at the end of 2007, tax recordds show, making it twice as large as familg foundations started by Robert and John whose family founded Corp., and Chairmann Richard Farmer.
Most local family foundations have assets of lessthan $50 Maloney said additional assets were transferred to the Haile foundation in 2008. Stoco market losses have claimed some of but Maloney said total assets remaibbetween $200 million and $300 Annual grants will be 5 percen t of a three-year rolling averags for total assets. In the foundation awarded $6.1 millio n to more than 80 local In 2008, Maloney said grants topped more than $8 and the figure will exceed $10 milliobn this year. That ranks it among Cincinnati’s largest grant-makintg groups, said Ellen Gilligan, vice president for community investmentg atthe .
“Thety have been very thoughtful in terms of their approacu to launchingthe foundation,” Gilligan said. “They spen t a lot of time planning and learningg and listening and figuring out what their niche could and should be to add value to the The downtown-based community foundation will provide grant-makingy services to Haile, screening applications for human-services grants. Malonet estimates Haile will award $550,000 to human-service agencies this year. Beyonde human services, the foundation will rely on prograjm managersfor guidance. Leslie Maloney, Tim’x wife, is in charge of educatio gifts.
Eric Avner, a former associate directod ofthe , leads Haile’s community development And Christine Bochenek, Maloney’es former colleague at U.S. runs the U.S. Bank Legacy with gifts that “celebrat e the gratitude Carol and Ralph hadfor U.S. Bank,” Maloney U.S. Bank’s predecessor, Cincinnati’s First National, acquirerd Peoples-Liberty Bank in 1988. The bank was founded by CarolkAnn Haile’s family.
She and her husbandx built it into one ofNorthern Kentucky’as largest thrifts by the time it was Along the way, they befriended the spending vacations and holidays with the East Walnutg Hills couple, hiding crumpled dollar bills for Maloney’s “Carol and Ralph were like parents to Tim Maloney said. “Lesliew wore Carol’s wedding dress.” Tim and Leslier Maloney remembered fondly theid relationship withthe Hailes, trotting out a box of photods – several with heads clipped out for Christmas ornaments.
The photos, the memories, the smell of new carpef and freshly painted madethe foundation’s subleased space feel like “Our biggest regret is we didn’t talk aboutr this enough,” said Maloney. “It’s important for us to honorr what theirpassions were.”
The will mark its formal public debut witha Feb. 12 receptionb at the in Covington. Local nonprofits have been speculatinvg for months about the size and scop e ofthe foundation, which spent the last two yearsa quietly developing a strategic plan and settling the estatre of Ralph Haile, a Northern Kentuckyy banker who died in two years after his wife’s Those who attend the reception will hear what they long have The Haile fortune was huge. CEO Timothyg Maloney said it holds morethan $200 million in assets and sportse an annual grant-making capacityy in excess of $10 million.
“We’ll be an organization with a significanft impact in the community and withan understated, humble approac h like its grantors,” Maloney said. During an interviesw in the foundation’s new headquarters, on the 11th floor of the U.S. Bank towe downtown, Maloney said the five-employee foundation will not take applicationws formost grants. Its awardws will be strategic, focusing on education, communityy development, arts and culturaol organizationsand human-service It will use its donations to leveraged additional grants when possible. And it will collaborat with other grant makers to invest in initiativews that could have a transformational impacr onthe region.
Examples include the ’s Northern Kentucky’s Vision 2015 movement and theArts & Culturew Partnership, a initiative for shared fundraisingy and administrative efficiencies among local museums and performing arts groups. “We consciously decided we will not do health and Maloney said. “We are not a pot that doesn’t have a The foundation listed assetsof $245 milliohn at the end of 2007, tax recordds show, making it twice as large as familg foundations started by Robert and John whose family founded Corp., and Chairmann Richard Farmer.
Most local family foundations have assets of lessthan $50 Maloney said additional assets were transferred to the Haile foundation in 2008. Stoco market losses have claimed some of but Maloney said total assets remaibbetween $200 million and $300 Annual grants will be 5 percen t of a three-year rolling averags for total assets. In the foundation awarded $6.1 millio n to more than 80 local In 2008, Maloney said grants topped more than $8 and the figure will exceed $10 milliobn this year. That ranks it among Cincinnati’s largest grant-makintg groups, said Ellen Gilligan, vice president for community investmentg atthe .
“Thety have been very thoughtful in terms of their approacu to launchingthe foundation,” Gilligan said. “They spen t a lot of time planning and learningg and listening and figuring out what their niche could and should be to add value to the The downtown-based community foundation will provide grant-makingy services to Haile, screening applications for human-services grants. Malonet estimates Haile will award $550,000 to human-service agencies this year. Beyonde human services, the foundation will rely on prograjm managersfor guidance. Leslie Maloney, Tim’x wife, is in charge of educatio gifts.
Eric Avner, a former associate directod ofthe , leads Haile’s community development And Christine Bochenek, Maloney’es former colleague at U.S. runs the U.S. Bank Legacy with gifts that “celebrat e the gratitude Carol and Ralph hadfor U.S. Bank,” Maloney U.S. Bank’s predecessor, Cincinnati’s First National, acquirerd Peoples-Liberty Bank in 1988. The bank was founded by CarolkAnn Haile’s family.
She and her husbandx built it into one ofNorthern Kentucky’as largest thrifts by the time it was Along the way, they befriended the spending vacations and holidays with the East Walnutg Hills couple, hiding crumpled dollar bills for Maloney’s “Carol and Ralph were like parents to Tim Maloney said. “Lesliew wore Carol’s wedding dress.” Tim and Leslier Maloney remembered fondly theid relationship withthe Hailes, trotting out a box of photods – several with heads clipped out for Christmas ornaments.
The photos, the memories, the smell of new carpef and freshly painted madethe foundation’s subleased space feel like “Our biggest regret is we didn’t talk aboutr this enough,” said Maloney. “It’s important for us to honorr what theirpassions were.”
Thursday, November 4, 2010
BBC World Service is at risk of becoming a postcolonial legacy - The Guardian
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The Guardian | BBC World Service is at risk of becoming a postcolonial legacy The Guardian ... some of the finest minds in the world grew up, and which gave voice to people around the world, will no longer be anything but a postcolonial legacy. ... |
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
GDOT awards first stimulus contracts - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The DOT signed off on 36 projectsa valued atabout $50 million, including four resurfacin g jobs in metro Atlanta worth more than $2.6 The local work will be done on Georgiw highways 92 and 139 in Fulton U.S. 19 in Clayton County and Georgia Highwat 20 inRockdale County. Three of the four contractsd wentto , while the fourtb was awarded to In selectintg projects to fund with federal stimulus money, the DOT looker for highway improvements that could be started as quicklyu as possible. Such projects tend to be thosethat don’t involvs new construction, which requires extensive environmental impact studies.
“This is all abouft creating jobs … especially (in) thosre areas considered economically depressed,” said Statde Transportation Board member Dana Lemonof McDonough, who represents Georgia’w 13th Congressional District, whicuh received one of the project awards on Friday. The DOT is responsible for 70 percent ofthe $932 million in highway system stimulus funds allocated to with the rest going to the state’s 15 metropolitan planning organizations, including the .
The DOT signed off on 36 projectsa valued atabout $50 million, including four resurfacin g jobs in metro Atlanta worth more than $2.6 The local work will be done on Georgiw highways 92 and 139 in Fulton U.S. 19 in Clayton County and Georgia Highwat 20 inRockdale County. Three of the four contractsd wentto , while the fourtb was awarded to In selectintg projects to fund with federal stimulus money, the DOT looker for highway improvements that could be started as quicklyu as possible. Such projects tend to be thosethat don’t involvs new construction, which requires extensive environmental impact studies.
“This is all abouft creating jobs … especially (in) thosre areas considered economically depressed,” said Statde Transportation Board member Dana Lemonof McDonough, who represents Georgia’w 13th Congressional District, whicuh received one of the project awards on Friday. The DOT is responsible for 70 percent ofthe $932 million in highway system stimulus funds allocated to with the rest going to the state’s 15 metropolitan planning organizations, including the .
Monday, November 1, 2010
Help shelter dogs even if you can't adopt - ABC NEWS 4
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Help shelter dogs even if you can't adopt ABC NEWS 4 The resulting memorable photographs are later featured on websites, newspapers and other places advertising dogs up for adoption. ... |
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