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Then the stock market tanked in September. And agaib in October. And in November. By the time his wife foune the advertisement for the on he had run out of severance moneyy andhealth insurance, and no one was hiring. “j have four kids, so it was a pretty frightening time,” recalled Clark, 44, a Havertown “It’s been a very tough job I had three interviews insix It’s very tough.” The advertisementt was for a new training program that promises to give people with no environmenta l background new careers as self-employed home efficiency consultants — all for less than $1,000 and in undef one month. The academy is an offshoot of GreenandSave.
com, a home remodeliny resource created in 2006 by local green consultantCharliw Szoradi. Szoradi built the site aftert he and his wife transformed their 1950e home in Wayne into a highly efficientrgreen prototype. With what he learnefd from that experience, he created return-on-investmen t tables to share with other Some of them wanted him to personally auditytheir homes, and he soon found himselg in demand. Too much in “It felt like when gas turned to $4 a gallonh the sun rose up overthe horizon,” Szoradii said. “All of a sudden from last summer through October it becamr obvious thatthis wasn’t another greejn lift but a game changer.
” Szoradi realizex he could help the environment, job seekers, real estatee and GreenandSave all at “Every dollar saved [in energy creates a $20 lift in the appreciation of a he told a recengt class in April. “The byproduct of creating a new job and new careefr is higherhome values.” Traininb consists of a two-day layperson’s course and practice home checkups. Student-consultants collect data at homes using a checklist providecby GreenandSave, then plug the data into a softwarer program Szoradi created that provides a return-on-investment formula for each greejn upgrade. The software then spits out a handt report forthe homeowner.
Thinkingh about buying Energy Star appliances? The report showsz you how muchfaster you’ll make your money back by switchintg to compact fluorescent lights instead. GreenandSavd collects leads that it gives to taking a 5percent finder’s fee off the $395 cost of a home checo up. The software is free. Most of the additionap equipment a consultant might need is just a couplwe ofhundred dollars. Consultants can borrow additional, high-ends equipment from GreenandSave. About 100 people have been through the courses since they bega nin January.
The first threew months of training sold out to an eclectic groupp ofall ages, races and walks of life, attractint people from as far away as Ohio. John Krulewski traveled from New York for a recen t classin April. The 52-year-olde former Wall Street trader listed mortgage derivatives for a major investment bank before he was laid off with thousands of otheres latelast year. Now Krulewski is starting a solar panep business in New Jersey and he thinka Eco Academy can give him a leg up in thegreehn field. “This gives me some cash income now, plus I learh something new while I work onothedr businesses,” he said. Renee 32, came to the classs with three classmatesfrom .
All are looking to fast-track into meaningful Todd said the class exceededher “With the economy the way it is and peoplse needing to save moneyh this is important for everyonr to know,” she said. A young motherd who was unhappy with her secretarial job saw this as a way to spenf more time withher children. Szoradi gave her some ideads for generating leads and told her how GreenandSavecould
Friday, March 30, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Dallas home prices fall 5.6% - Dallas Business Journal:
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percent in the first quarter of 2009 when compared to the same period a year according to the latestStandarc & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The evaluates home prices in various U.S. metropolitan areas and develops data sketches by evaluatinb changes within individual cities and within larger portfolioe made up ofvarious cities. The S&P/Case-Shille 10-city composite index shows home pricefalling 18.6 percent in the firstr quarter as compared to the year while the report’s 20-city composite indec shows home prices falling 18.7 percent.
Despite home pricse values dropping in Dallaxsas well, the North Texas area, along with Denver and Boston, continue to fare betteer with their price declines landing at the lower end of the the S&P/Case-Shiller report said. The same cannot be said for the rest of the according to the datareported “Declines in residential real estate continuesd at a steady pace into March,” said David chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor’s. “All 20 metro areasx are still showing negative annual ratex of change in average home prices with nine of the metro area having recordannual declines.
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percent in the first quarter of 2009 when compared to the same period a year according to the latestStandarc & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The evaluates home prices in various U.S. metropolitan areas and develops data sketches by evaluatinb changes within individual cities and within larger portfolioe made up ofvarious cities. The S&P/Case-Shille 10-city composite index shows home pricefalling 18.6 percent in the firstr quarter as compared to the year while the report’s 20-city composite indec shows home prices falling 18.7 percent.
Despite home pricse values dropping in Dallaxsas well, the North Texas area, along with Denver and Boston, continue to fare betteer with their price declines landing at the lower end of the the S&P/Case-Shiller report said. The same cannot be said for the rest of the according to the datareported “Declines in residential real estate continuesd at a steady pace into March,” said David chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor’s. “All 20 metro areasx are still showing negative annual ratex of change in average home prices with nine of the metro area having recordannual declines.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
PSU launches $90M project - Portland Business Journal:
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The 130,000-square-foot building, to be located at Southwesyt Park and Southwest Marke t oppositeLincoln Hall, will supplement the business school's currenf quarters on Southwest Broadway. The business school shoulxd be able to move inby 2013. The project, to be designerd by downtown Portland architecturefirm LLP, will be funded by a combinatio of state bonds and private donations. "Scott has to rais e $30 million," said Lindsay Desrochers, vice president of financde and administrationat PSU, referring to business school dean Scott Dawson plans to announce at a gatherinh for donors and prospective donorw next week that he's already raisesd $5 million for the project.
That includexs a $1 million donation from Tim Boyle, CEO of Doug Fieldhouse, CEO of payments firm , said he's makin g a "significant contribution," but wouldn't name a figure. Dawso n said the business school badlyy needsmore space. The schoolo expects 2,200 students this fall, betweeh its graduate and undergradd programs, and including both full-time and part-time "We have only half of our classesx meeting in our building he said. " 's business schook has three times the square footage per student thatwe do.
" Studentw working on group projects have to meet at , at loca pubs, and even in the hallways of the businessa school building, as there are no meeting roomss or study rooms available. Other business schools have space set asider forgroup work, Dawson Just as important as actuap space is the need to create a building that publiclh signals PSU's ambitions to be a landmark for the city and the "People want a great university here, and that means havinyg a great business school," Dawsonh said. "A lot of it is abou t building a space where peoplse wantto be, building a campus that'ss not just a commuter campus. It's part of the turnaround for Portlaned State.
" Once Dawson raises the $30 PSU will ask the statr to issue $30 milliohn in general obligation bonds. State-issued revenue bonds will raisdanother $30 million. That will be repaid by leasinv retail space in thenew building, and with fees from below-groun d parking included in the project. These requestsz are part of a $532 mlliom bond request for capital projects throughout theentire seven-campus . More than 40 percengt of the total is expected to come from generaolobligation bonds, which the universitiesz repay. Boyle is making his gift to the busines s school because ofthe company's relationship with the Columbia helps its employees with educational expenses, and many atten d PSU.
Boyle and his wife, Mary Boyle, have made a numbet of gifts tolocal campuses, including a recenty $5 million donation to the University of Oregon in Eugene. Other campuses receiving their support includee privateschools , and . Whilre some of those are Boyle said the public campuses have a particularlgstrong need. "Higher education needs a lot of help, since the state has basically abandoneethe (funding) role," Boyle said. Oregon ranks 45th nationally in per capitaw spending forhigher education, despite a 6.5 percentg funding hike for capital construction and operations durinfg the 2007-2009 biennium.
Next year, higher-ed leaders plan to ask for a capital construction budgetof $1.36 a significant hike over the $561 million they received in the 2007-20009 biennium. The university systemj has a $700 millioh backlog of deferred maintenance onits 1,20 0 buildings, which are about half of all state-owned property.
The 130,000-square-foot building, to be located at Southwesyt Park and Southwest Marke t oppositeLincoln Hall, will supplement the business school's currenf quarters on Southwest Broadway. The business school shoulxd be able to move inby 2013. The project, to be designerd by downtown Portland architecturefirm LLP, will be funded by a combinatio of state bonds and private donations. "Scott has to rais e $30 million," said Lindsay Desrochers, vice president of financde and administrationat PSU, referring to business school dean Scott Dawson plans to announce at a gatherinh for donors and prospective donorw next week that he's already raisesd $5 million for the project.
That includexs a $1 million donation from Tim Boyle, CEO of Doug Fieldhouse, CEO of payments firm , said he's makin g a "significant contribution," but wouldn't name a figure. Dawso n said the business school badlyy needsmore space. The schoolo expects 2,200 students this fall, betweeh its graduate and undergradd programs, and including both full-time and part-time "We have only half of our classesx meeting in our building he said. " 's business schook has three times the square footage per student thatwe do.
" Studentw working on group projects have to meet at , at loca pubs, and even in the hallways of the businessa school building, as there are no meeting roomss or study rooms available. Other business schools have space set asider forgroup work, Dawson Just as important as actuap space is the need to create a building that publiclh signals PSU's ambitions to be a landmark for the city and the "People want a great university here, and that means havinyg a great business school," Dawsonh said. "A lot of it is abou t building a space where peoplse wantto be, building a campus that'ss not just a commuter campus. It's part of the turnaround for Portlaned State.
" Once Dawson raises the $30 PSU will ask the statr to issue $30 milliohn in general obligation bonds. State-issued revenue bonds will raisdanother $30 million. That will be repaid by leasinv retail space in thenew building, and with fees from below-groun d parking included in the project. These requestsz are part of a $532 mlliom bond request for capital projects throughout theentire seven-campus . More than 40 percengt of the total is expected to come from generaolobligation bonds, which the universitiesz repay. Boyle is making his gift to the busines s school because ofthe company's relationship with the Columbia helps its employees with educational expenses, and many atten d PSU.
Boyle and his wife, Mary Boyle, have made a numbet of gifts tolocal campuses, including a recenty $5 million donation to the University of Oregon in Eugene. Other campuses receiving their support includee privateschools , and . Whilre some of those are Boyle said the public campuses have a particularlgstrong need. "Higher education needs a lot of help, since the state has basically abandoneethe (funding) role," Boyle said. Oregon ranks 45th nationally in per capitaw spending forhigher education, despite a 6.5 percentg funding hike for capital construction and operations durinfg the 2007-2009 biennium.
Next year, higher-ed leaders plan to ask for a capital construction budgetof $1.36 a significant hike over the $561 million they received in the 2007-20009 biennium. The university systemj has a $700 millioh backlog of deferred maintenance onits 1,20 0 buildings, which are about half of all state-owned property.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Epsilon Imaging® Debuts EchoInsight®, the Industry's First Software Suite ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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Epsilon Imaging® Debuts EchoInsight®, the Industry's First Software Suite ... MarketWatch (press release) Epsilon Imaging, Inc., an advanced visualization and analysis technologies provider for cardiology, today announced the debut of EchoInsight, a suite of applications for practical strain imaging and streamlined workflow in the clinical environment. |
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Ride Waikiki's Hawaii Five-0 wave - Toronto Sun
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Ride Waikiki's Hawaii Five-0 wave Toronto Sun (HO) Fans of the new Hawaii Five-0 will want to check out a package at Honolulu's Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki. Available through August, the Hawaii Five-0 Experience allows guests to soak up the atmosphere of the hip crime drama. |
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Wells Fargo Insurance buys BridgeStreet Consulting - San Francisco Business Times:
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the fast-growing insurance arm of , has acquired Walnugt Creek-based , an employed benefits consulting firm that also has offices in Houstohnand Seattle. Terms of the transaction were not Wells FargoInsurance Services, now linked with aftefr Wells Fargo’s (NYSE: WFC) Dec. 31 acquisition of , is the fifth-largesty insurance brokerage and thelargesty bank-owned insurance brokerage in the United States, Wellsz says. It has more than 200 branchesx in37 states. BridgeStreet is a nationakl employee benefits administration and consulting firm with about adozenn employees. It handles approximately $250 million in insurance premiums annually forits clients, accordinhg to principal Tim Prichard.
Founded by Prichard and co-principa Rob Combi, it specializes in customizef employee benefit services forlarge employers, including absence management, group insurance and speciao risk programs. Its clientsw include Fortune 1000 companies, large health-carw companies and public entities nationwide. About 10 of BridgeStreet’a staffers will remain with the company, according to Wells spokeswomanRichelre Messick.
the fast-growing insurance arm of , has acquired Walnugt Creek-based , an employed benefits consulting firm that also has offices in Houstohnand Seattle. Terms of the transaction were not Wells FargoInsurance Services, now linked with aftefr Wells Fargo’s (NYSE: WFC) Dec. 31 acquisition of , is the fifth-largesty insurance brokerage and thelargesty bank-owned insurance brokerage in the United States, Wellsz says. It has more than 200 branchesx in37 states. BridgeStreet is a nationakl employee benefits administration and consulting firm with about adozenn employees. It handles approximately $250 million in insurance premiums annually forits clients, accordinhg to principal Tim Prichard.
Founded by Prichard and co-principa Rob Combi, it specializes in customizef employee benefit services forlarge employers, including absence management, group insurance and speciao risk programs. Its clientsw include Fortune 1000 companies, large health-carw companies and public entities nationwide. About 10 of BridgeStreet’a staffers will remain with the company, according to Wells spokeswomanRichelre Messick.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Micromet stock jumps on study results - Washington Business Journal:
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Shares of Bethesda-based Micromet (NASDAQ: MITI) rose $1.05 to $5.6 7 at 10:31 a.m., or 22 percent, after increasing as much as 39 percenrto $6.40 a share in Monday trade. Micromey shares have more than doublesd in the last12 months. On Micromet announced that its antibody blinatumomab showed a high responses rate in a phasd 2 clinical study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia patientzs with minimalresidual disease. Blinatumomavb is a therapeutic antibody that activatesa patient's T cellsz to seek out and destro y cancer cells.
Micromet said that the patients in the triaol were in complete hematological remission following intensewchemotherapy regimens, but retained a detectable level of acutw lymphoblastic leukemia cancer cells in their bone That is the condition called minimapl residual disease. Various studies have confirmexd that patients with minimal residual disease following chemotherap have a significantly worse prognosizs than patients without minimalresidual disease.
In this seconcd phase of clinical trials, Micromety reported that, after four cycles, its treatment eliminated the leukemia cancerr cells to undetectable levels in 13 of 16 or 81 percent of its volunteergroupl -- significantly higher than the 22 percent of 21 patients it was originallty tasked to show. The company now said it’s talking with federal regulatoras on designing the next phase ofclinicalp studies.
The data were presented by the German Multicenter Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Study Group at the 14th Congressd of the European Hematology Associationin Berlin, Micromet is developing blinatumomab on its own aftefr MedImmune, which had inked a research and clinical partnership for this compound in 2003, returnefd the North American rights to the drug back to Micromet this past MedImmune, a division of London-bases AstraZeneca PLC, opted to pursu another cancer antibody based on the same but the larger company will stillo be responsible for supplying Micromet with its clinicak trial batches and ultimate commercial-scale manufacturin g of blinatumomab in return for another chance to reacquir e the North American rights to the drug if its wins regulatory
Shares of Bethesda-based Micromet (NASDAQ: MITI) rose $1.05 to $5.6 7 at 10:31 a.m., or 22 percent, after increasing as much as 39 percenrto $6.40 a share in Monday trade. Micromey shares have more than doublesd in the last12 months. On Micromet announced that its antibody blinatumomab showed a high responses rate in a phasd 2 clinical study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia patientzs with minimalresidual disease. Blinatumomavb is a therapeutic antibody that activatesa patient's T cellsz to seek out and destro y cancer cells.
Micromet said that the patients in the triaol were in complete hematological remission following intensewchemotherapy regimens, but retained a detectable level of acutw lymphoblastic leukemia cancer cells in their bone That is the condition called minimapl residual disease. Various studies have confirmexd that patients with minimal residual disease following chemotherap have a significantly worse prognosizs than patients without minimalresidual disease.
In this seconcd phase of clinical trials, Micromety reported that, after four cycles, its treatment eliminated the leukemia cancerr cells to undetectable levels in 13 of 16 or 81 percent of its volunteergroupl -- significantly higher than the 22 percent of 21 patients it was originallty tasked to show. The company now said it’s talking with federal regulatoras on designing the next phase ofclinicalp studies.
The data were presented by the German Multicenter Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Study Group at the 14th Congressd of the European Hematology Associationin Berlin, Micromet is developing blinatumomab on its own aftefr MedImmune, which had inked a research and clinical partnership for this compound in 2003, returnefd the North American rights to the drug back to Micromet this past MedImmune, a division of London-bases AstraZeneca PLC, opted to pursu another cancer antibody based on the same but the larger company will stillo be responsible for supplying Micromet with its clinicak trial batches and ultimate commercial-scale manufacturin g of blinatumomab in return for another chance to reacquir e the North American rights to the drug if its wins regulatory
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Michael Irvin says accusers defamed him - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Irvin denies that any contract existerd between him and the plaintiffs and also filed a counterclaim in the Irvin accuses the plaintiffs of defamationand slander, civil extortiom and duress, tortious interference with current and prospective businesd relations and civil conspiracy, among other causess of action. About a month ago, the originakl plaintiffs Jordan Bealmearof Thermal, Calif., and Shannohn Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Louisville, Ky.
, alleged Michaeo Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and was their idea, but one that had been intercepted by Irvin during negotiations to work together on the The plaintiffs in Irvin’s response also are referrexd to as The Bealmear Group. Irvin’s courr filing accuses The Bealmear Grou p of fraudulently representing themselves as producerw who had the appropriate connectionsand know-how to put such a show Irvin also accuses the groupp of defaming him when he deciderd not to pursue further communications with them. The in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County earlier this year, accused Irvim of fraud, fraud by breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
However, in a responsed to the suit filed late last Irvin says he had the idea to producan "American Idol”-type reality show about football try-outx years before he met the The counterclaim filed by Irvin also contendx that Irvin told his attorney about the idea beforw meeting any of the plaintiffs. In Irvin’s response, he allegeds that a friend of his, Bonnie-Jill Laflin, knew of Irvin’z interest in producing such a show and connectes him with one of the defendants Shannon Clarlk who also had mentioned creatinfg a show with a similar Irvin says without the friendship with the plaintiffs never would have been able to securwe a meetingwith him.
In Irvin said he told Laflin he woul meet withthe group, but already had the idea for the programj and did not make a commitment to them at any His filing also statesz that the meeting wasn't exclusive and that Irvin had meetingd with others, including former Cowboys Coacjh Barry Switzer, about doing a TV show. Irvin also said he learnefd thegroup “had nothing to and the show discussed was not basedc on proprietary information, but rather on a commonb business plan that many in the entertainmengt industry were pursuing aftef the success of American Idol-typde reality shows, according to court documents “After being rejectedd for this project by Irvin, the Bealmear Group, in much the same manne as one would expect of a spurned or a spoiled began and continues to wage a campaigjn to publish false, misleading and/or defamatory remarks about Irvin, his reputatiob and his methods and manner of doing business," allegeds the suit, filed on Irvin's behalf by Dallas attorney Larryg Friedman.
The plaintiffs in the original lawsuit claimexd they developed the concept behindthe show, whichn they were calling “Guts to Glory” and endex up in contact with Irvin and his representative s to invite Irvin to be the show’s host. The plaintiffsx said they offered a deal in which Irvin and his ageny would receive 25 percent of the proceedd and the plaintiffs would receivse75 percent.
They later struck a deal in whicyh Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregate executiverproducing fee, while the plaintiffs would sharer the remaining 25 percent and that adaptione of the show for other sports wouldc involve a 50-50 split, according to the During the negotiation process, the three say Irvi was provided with marketing tools, including a storyt board, to present to Dallas Cowboys executivees and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Joned with the intent of gettint the team involved. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs said they were escortedf out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signintg meeting at the Dallas law offices of Friedman Fiegler LLP in which Larrgy Friedman was present.
Their attorney, Larr Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via aconferences call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvim would have to review the deal memobeford signing. Days later, they learned that Irvin would only agree toa 95-5 percentr split with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days afterd that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark statingf that he had never used the storyboardc in his presentation to according to the lawsuit.
In response, the attorney for the Mark Taylorof Dallas, originally told the Dallas Businese Journal that the issue is not whethe the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegef on the terms of the Taylor was unable to be reachedx for comment on Monday to responc to Irvin’s counterclaims.
Irvin denies that any contract existerd between him and the plaintiffs and also filed a counterclaim in the Irvin accuses the plaintiffs of defamationand slander, civil extortiom and duress, tortious interference with current and prospective businesd relations and civil conspiracy, among other causess of action. About a month ago, the originakl plaintiffs Jordan Bealmearof Thermal, Calif., and Shannohn Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Louisville, Ky.
, alleged Michaeo Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and was their idea, but one that had been intercepted by Irvin during negotiations to work together on the The plaintiffs in Irvin’s response also are referrexd to as The Bealmear Group. Irvin’s courr filing accuses The Bealmear Grou p of fraudulently representing themselves as producerw who had the appropriate connectionsand know-how to put such a show Irvin also accuses the groupp of defaming him when he deciderd not to pursue further communications with them. The in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County earlier this year, accused Irvim of fraud, fraud by breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
However, in a responsed to the suit filed late last Irvin says he had the idea to producan "American Idol”-type reality show about football try-outx years before he met the The counterclaim filed by Irvin also contendx that Irvin told his attorney about the idea beforw meeting any of the plaintiffs. In Irvin’s response, he allegeds that a friend of his, Bonnie-Jill Laflin, knew of Irvin’z interest in producing such a show and connectes him with one of the defendants Shannon Clarlk who also had mentioned creatinfg a show with a similar Irvin says without the friendship with the plaintiffs never would have been able to securwe a meetingwith him.
In Irvin said he told Laflin he woul meet withthe group, but already had the idea for the programj and did not make a commitment to them at any His filing also statesz that the meeting wasn't exclusive and that Irvin had meetingd with others, including former Cowboys Coacjh Barry Switzer, about doing a TV show. Irvin also said he learnefd thegroup “had nothing to and the show discussed was not basedc on proprietary information, but rather on a commonb business plan that many in the entertainmengt industry were pursuing aftef the success of American Idol-typde reality shows, according to court documents “After being rejectedd for this project by Irvin, the Bealmear Group, in much the same manne as one would expect of a spurned or a spoiled began and continues to wage a campaigjn to publish false, misleading and/or defamatory remarks about Irvin, his reputatiob and his methods and manner of doing business," allegeds the suit, filed on Irvin's behalf by Dallas attorney Larryg Friedman.
The plaintiffs in the original lawsuit claimexd they developed the concept behindthe show, whichn they were calling “Guts to Glory” and endex up in contact with Irvin and his representative s to invite Irvin to be the show’s host. The plaintiffsx said they offered a deal in which Irvin and his ageny would receive 25 percent of the proceedd and the plaintiffs would receivse75 percent.
They later struck a deal in whicyh Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregate executiverproducing fee, while the plaintiffs would sharer the remaining 25 percent and that adaptione of the show for other sports wouldc involve a 50-50 split, according to the During the negotiation process, the three say Irvi was provided with marketing tools, including a storyt board, to present to Dallas Cowboys executivees and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Joned with the intent of gettint the team involved. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs said they were escortedf out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signintg meeting at the Dallas law offices of Friedman Fiegler LLP in which Larrgy Friedman was present.
Their attorney, Larr Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via aconferences call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvim would have to review the deal memobeford signing. Days later, they learned that Irvin would only agree toa 95-5 percentr split with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days afterd that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark statingf that he had never used the storyboardc in his presentation to according to the lawsuit.
In response, the attorney for the Mark Taylorof Dallas, originally told the Dallas Businese Journal that the issue is not whethe the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegef on the terms of the Taylor was unable to be reachedx for comment on Monday to responc to Irvin’s counterclaims.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Biocontrol agents make their mark - FarmersWeekly
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Biocontrol agents make their mark FarmersWeekly Biological control agents may not be new, but the fact that all the major agchem companies are now taking a serious interest in them is. Products have been on the market for years, mainly marketed by smaller specialist companies for use in protected ... |
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Coats Urges Senate to Pass Amendment Ensuring States Receive Fair Share of ... - PoliticalNews.me (press release)
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Coats Urges Senate to Pass Amendment Ensuring States Receive Fair Share of ... PoliticalNews.me (press release) WASHINGTON, DC â€" Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) urged the Senate to support his amendment to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill that would ensure states receive a fair share of the total available amount of funds in the Federal-Aid Highway ... |
Friday, March 9, 2012
Texas awarded economic recovery funds for water infrastructure projects - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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EPA officials say this new infusion of moneyg from the American Recoveryg and Reinvestment Act will help stat e and local governments invest in a number of overdus water projects that officials say are essential to protectiny public health andthe environment. The funds shouldf also help boost the economy andcreatee jobs, two of the qualifications for receiving stimulus “Investing in the economy and the environment is a EPA Acting Regional Administrator Lawrence E. Starfield says. “These funds will not only help oureconomic recovery, but they will help provide safe, clean drinking water for communities throughou Texas.
” The funds will be used towar the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program, whichh provides low-interest loans for drinking water systems to financr infrastructure improvements. The program placez an emphasis on small and disadvantaged communities and to programw that encouragepollution prevention. the EPA is furnishing $2 billion to fund drinking water infrastructurw projects across the country in the formof low-interestt loans, principal forgiveness and grants. At least 20 percent of the stimulus funds have been earmarkedfor infrastructure, water and energy efficiency improvements and othe environmentally innovative projects.
EPA officials say this new infusion of moneyg from the American Recoveryg and Reinvestment Act will help stat e and local governments invest in a number of overdus water projects that officials say are essential to protectiny public health andthe environment. The funds shouldf also help boost the economy andcreatee jobs, two of the qualifications for receiving stimulus “Investing in the economy and the environment is a EPA Acting Regional Administrator Lawrence E. Starfield says. “These funds will not only help oureconomic recovery, but they will help provide safe, clean drinking water for communities throughou Texas.
” The funds will be used towar the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program, whichh provides low-interest loans for drinking water systems to financr infrastructure improvements. The program placez an emphasis on small and disadvantaged communities and to programw that encouragepollution prevention. the EPA is furnishing $2 billion to fund drinking water infrastructurw projects across the country in the formof low-interestt loans, principal forgiveness and grants. At least 20 percent of the stimulus funds have been earmarkedfor infrastructure, water and energy efficiency improvements and othe environmentally innovative projects.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Bantam finds strength in low numbers - Austin Business Journal:
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In the next room, a technician assembles a customized network-managemenrt device with the logo onthe box, while his colleague puts together another one that Wi-Fi service provider custom-configured for one of its "We're busting out at the seams here," Mike president and CEO of Bantam Electronics Inc., says as he surveyz the company's manufacturing floor and which has recently doubled in size to 30,000 squarwe feet. The company, which employs about 50 at its plangt on McHale Court off of Burnet expects to continue to grow and is on the hunt for a new placew that will triple its current footprint byOctobef 2008, Chaddock says.
Bantam, foundefd in the late 1960s as , for many years had focused on repairing computers and It also made its own line of personal computer and servers under the XCELON brand name and ran a retaio store sellingcomputer parts. The compangy still manufactures the XCELO gear and has kept the partwsstore going. But its growth of late has come from its newfocux area: providing custom-manufacturing services to technology companies.
The companty has found its nicheproviding so-called "high-mix, low-volume," manufacturinhg services for companies that need a range of differentr products built in small numbers, says Chaddock, who took over Banta about two years ago after headingh Austin-based semiconductor startup and working for many yearx as a manager at This year, Bantam is on pace to ring up roughluy $20 million in sales, up from $15 milliob in 2004, Chaddock says. Bantam's idea customer is one that makes software but not the hardware needed to makeit work, Chaddock says.
It landed just such a customerflast year, when data-storage outfit of Austin shifted its focuse to software development and outsourced its manufacturinhg to Bantam. Increasingly, U.S.-based technology companiexs that outsource production are turning to contract manufacturers in Asia and otherr overseas markets where labor costs are saysSteven Froehlich, an analyst at in That trend is likely to continue. But at the same demand is expected to continue forsmalled U.S. outfits, such as Bantam, that stande ready to turn out smaller runs ofproducts quickly, Froehlicu says.
"There will always be a place for this niche wherew a companycan say, 'I need 1,00o of something, I need it done rightg and I need it in three weeks,'" he "That's how long it takes a boat to sail from The higher level of intimacy that smaller, U.S.-based manufactureras can have with their customers also makezs them appeal to certain typea of technology companies -- particularly those that are based Froehlich says. That's one reason Crossroads selected Bantam, Crossroads CEO Rob Sims "That way, you can influence the manufacturer more effectivel and managechanges quickly," he says.
"Andc if it makes sense to do the work withihour community, then I think that'a the right approach."
In the next room, a technician assembles a customized network-managemenrt device with the logo onthe box, while his colleague puts together another one that Wi-Fi service provider custom-configured for one of its "We're busting out at the seams here," Mike president and CEO of Bantam Electronics Inc., says as he surveyz the company's manufacturing floor and which has recently doubled in size to 30,000 squarwe feet. The company, which employs about 50 at its plangt on McHale Court off of Burnet expects to continue to grow and is on the hunt for a new placew that will triple its current footprint byOctobef 2008, Chaddock says.
Bantam, foundefd in the late 1960s as , for many years had focused on repairing computers and It also made its own line of personal computer and servers under the XCELON brand name and ran a retaio store sellingcomputer parts. The compangy still manufactures the XCELO gear and has kept the partwsstore going. But its growth of late has come from its newfocux area: providing custom-manufacturing services to technology companies.
The companty has found its nicheproviding so-called "high-mix, low-volume," manufacturinhg services for companies that need a range of differentr products built in small numbers, says Chaddock, who took over Banta about two years ago after headingh Austin-based semiconductor startup and working for many yearx as a manager at This year, Bantam is on pace to ring up roughluy $20 million in sales, up from $15 milliob in 2004, Chaddock says. Bantam's idea customer is one that makes software but not the hardware needed to makeit work, Chaddock says.
It landed just such a customerflast year, when data-storage outfit of Austin shifted its focuse to software development and outsourced its manufacturinhg to Bantam. Increasingly, U.S.-based technology companiexs that outsource production are turning to contract manufacturers in Asia and otherr overseas markets where labor costs are saysSteven Froehlich, an analyst at in That trend is likely to continue. But at the same demand is expected to continue forsmalled U.S. outfits, such as Bantam, that stande ready to turn out smaller runs ofproducts quickly, Froehlicu says.
"There will always be a place for this niche wherew a companycan say, 'I need 1,00o of something, I need it done rightg and I need it in three weeks,'" he "That's how long it takes a boat to sail from The higher level of intimacy that smaller, U.S.-based manufactureras can have with their customers also makezs them appeal to certain typea of technology companies -- particularly those that are based Froehlich says. That's one reason Crossroads selected Bantam, Crossroads CEO Rob Sims "That way, you can influence the manufacturer more effectivel and managechanges quickly," he says.
"Andc if it makes sense to do the work withihour community, then I think that'a the right approach."
Monday, March 5, 2012
Chick-fil-A chain makes push into Denver area with more locations - Orlando Business Journal:
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The Georgia-based chain on April 23 began serving food at the first of seven new locations it plana to open in Colorado in the next 12monthzs — its greatest concentration of new storezs in one state. The expansion will createw roughly 400 jobs along theFrong Range, President Dan Cathy said while in town for the Chick-fil-A, which had a 12.2 percent bump in salee nationally in 2008, realized double-digit growtjh in almost every one of its 20 Denver-area restaurants last year, said Doug Jacobsen, owner/operator of two Lone Tree The chain continues to prosper this year despite the with average growth of betweejn 10 percent and 15 percent in each mont of 2009, he said.
the 63-year-old family-owned corporation plans to open64 stand-aloner restaurants in the next year, meaninyg a full 11 percent of its plannedf expansions are happening in just one of the 38 states — Colorado — in whichg it operates. But Cathy said the numbers he’s seen in Colorado make him confidenft in placing so many of his eggs inone “You’ve got a lot of industrial growth. You’vew got a good educatioj system,” he said when asked about the advantages of theCentenniak State. “For every store we open up that’s a store we’re not opening in Atlantsa or Dallas ...
We’re lookinyg for 64 of the best marketz inthe country, and that’s a tremendous credit to the Colorad economy.” The first new area location opened at the River Point at Sheridan shopping center. The next half-dozemn will be located in Aurorwa (two), Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Chick-fil-A, which topped $2.96 billion in sales at 1,43t5 locations nationally in 2008, sits at an awkwardx economic price point at a time of distresx for much of the restaurant Its prices are slightly higher than competitorx suchas McDonald’s, whose saleds of dollar-item menus have risen, but its fast-food imagwe makes it less attractivs to some consumers than fast-casual chain s such as Denver-based Chipotle.
So, Cathyt used his six-day trip to Colorado also to lay the seedsx for a training course that all metrkoDenver Chick-fil-A employees will go through later this year in an attempyt to enhance the company’s Employees will be instructed to work the floore as if they were higher-priced sit-down restaurants, such as Macaronoi Grill or Olive Garden, Cathy said. They will carry orderds to patrons’ tables or out to thei r cars, check on whether dine-in customers need anything and cleart trash from tables while customersare eating.
Sittint in a booth at the Littleton Chick-fil-A with three area Cathy observed the restaurant and repeatedl y pointed out ways the service could be He noted that nobody had checkedf on a nearby couple for 15 and got peeved when he saw a womanm with several children have to get up to throwq out her trash because no employeedid so. “Imagine if someon e did that for her,” he “It’s a value-creating opportunity experience. She woulc never expect that ata fast-foodd restaurant. That’s why it’s so easy. It doesn’t cost us a But it’s ‘cha-ching, in her mind.
” It’s unknown whethert the new service push will revolutionizsthe fast-food industry. But Cathy is betting it’llo lead to continued expansion of his brand in theDenvet area.
The Georgia-based chain on April 23 began serving food at the first of seven new locations it plana to open in Colorado in the next 12monthzs — its greatest concentration of new storezs in one state. The expansion will createw roughly 400 jobs along theFrong Range, President Dan Cathy said while in town for the Chick-fil-A, which had a 12.2 percent bump in salee nationally in 2008, realized double-digit growtjh in almost every one of its 20 Denver-area restaurants last year, said Doug Jacobsen, owner/operator of two Lone Tree The chain continues to prosper this year despite the with average growth of betweejn 10 percent and 15 percent in each mont of 2009, he said.
the 63-year-old family-owned corporation plans to open64 stand-aloner restaurants in the next year, meaninyg a full 11 percent of its plannedf expansions are happening in just one of the 38 states — Colorado — in whichg it operates. But Cathy said the numbers he’s seen in Colorado make him confidenft in placing so many of his eggs inone “You’ve got a lot of industrial growth. You’vew got a good educatioj system,” he said when asked about the advantages of theCentenniak State. “For every store we open up that’s a store we’re not opening in Atlantsa or Dallas ...
We’re lookinyg for 64 of the best marketz inthe country, and that’s a tremendous credit to the Colorad economy.” The first new area location opened at the River Point at Sheridan shopping center. The next half-dozemn will be located in Aurorwa (two), Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Chick-fil-A, which topped $2.96 billion in sales at 1,43t5 locations nationally in 2008, sits at an awkwardx economic price point at a time of distresx for much of the restaurant Its prices are slightly higher than competitorx suchas McDonald’s, whose saleds of dollar-item menus have risen, but its fast-food imagwe makes it less attractivs to some consumers than fast-casual chain s such as Denver-based Chipotle.
So, Cathyt used his six-day trip to Colorado also to lay the seedsx for a training course that all metrkoDenver Chick-fil-A employees will go through later this year in an attempyt to enhance the company’s Employees will be instructed to work the floore as if they were higher-priced sit-down restaurants, such as Macaronoi Grill or Olive Garden, Cathy said. They will carry orderds to patrons’ tables or out to thei r cars, check on whether dine-in customers need anything and cleart trash from tables while customersare eating.
Sittint in a booth at the Littleton Chick-fil-A with three area Cathy observed the restaurant and repeatedl y pointed out ways the service could be He noted that nobody had checkedf on a nearby couple for 15 and got peeved when he saw a womanm with several children have to get up to throwq out her trash because no employeedid so. “Imagine if someon e did that for her,” he “It’s a value-creating opportunity experience. She woulc never expect that ata fast-foodd restaurant. That’s why it’s so easy. It doesn’t cost us a But it’s ‘cha-ching, in her mind.
” It’s unknown whethert the new service push will revolutionizsthe fast-food industry. But Cathy is betting it’llo lead to continued expansion of his brand in theDenvet area.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Boeing sells first Super Hornet to foreign military - The Business Review (Albany):
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The order will generate about $1.3 billion in or about $51 million per plane, for Boeing’s St. Louis-basex division. But software maintenance and training services provided by Boeingg are expected to bring the total price tagto $2 The F/A-18F delivered Wednesday is the first Super Hornet to be sold to a foreignh military. Boeing IDS is competing for orders to suppluysimilar F/A-18s to India, Greece, Brazil and Denmark, whicy combined are in the market for up to 306 fightetr planes.
Wednesday’s ceremony at Boeing’s IDS headquarter s in Berkeley included video presentations and remarkd byBob Gower, vice president of F/A/-189 programs at Boeing; George Roman, vice presidengt of IDS government operations; IDS President and Chiefc Executive Jim Albaugh; St. Louis Mayor Francies Slay; Rear Admiral David Philman, director of air warfares for the ; and Air Marshal Mark Binskin, chief of the Royal AustralianmAir Force. Hundreds of people, including Boeinf employees, suppliers and local economic development officials, were on Boeing IDS is the second-largest employee in the region and the state of with 16,000 workers. It poste d revenue of $32.
1 billion last The F/A-18 program involves 5,000 locap Boeing employees, 304 supplier companies in Missouri and and provides the region with an estimated economifc impact of morethan $1
The order will generate about $1.3 billion in or about $51 million per plane, for Boeing’s St. Louis-basex division. But software maintenance and training services provided by Boeingg are expected to bring the total price tagto $2 The F/A-18F delivered Wednesday is the first Super Hornet to be sold to a foreignh military. Boeing IDS is competing for orders to suppluysimilar F/A-18s to India, Greece, Brazil and Denmark, whicy combined are in the market for up to 306 fightetr planes.
Wednesday’s ceremony at Boeing’s IDS headquarter s in Berkeley included video presentations and remarkd byBob Gower, vice president of F/A/-189 programs at Boeing; George Roman, vice presidengt of IDS government operations; IDS President and Chiefc Executive Jim Albaugh; St. Louis Mayor Francies Slay; Rear Admiral David Philman, director of air warfares for the ; and Air Marshal Mark Binskin, chief of the Royal AustralianmAir Force. Hundreds of people, including Boeinf employees, suppliers and local economic development officials, were on Boeing IDS is the second-largest employee in the region and the state of with 16,000 workers. It poste d revenue of $32.
1 billion last The F/A-18 program involves 5,000 locap Boeing employees, 304 supplier companies in Missouri and and provides the region with an estimated economifc impact of morethan $1
Thursday, March 1, 2012
PBA backs expanded River District renewal area - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Sandra McDonough, the alliance’a president and CEO, told the Portlan d City Council on June 17 that the city needs to do everythingh it can to providemore jobs. The council is reconsiderinv expanding the River District by nearly42 acres, as well as increased the amount of bonds the city can assumde to fund projects within the district. The counciol and the Portland Development Commission had first soughtr the expansion nearly two years ago but were thwarteds bya citizens’ group complaint.
The Friend s of Urban Renewal groupl had charged that the River District expansion which would have alsoredirected $20 million in district-generatecd funds to a new East Portland elementary school, didn’g fit technical urban renewal definitions. The councilo will vote on the measurenext week. McDonougy said urban renewal provides fundinbg for investmentsin infrastructure, housing, social services and public-private partnerships. “We need to creater jobs,” she said. “We have an opportunityh to do just that by adopting thesrerevised findings, which address the issues that have been raised abougt the River District expansion.
We can then move forward with the importanyt projects that depend onthes funds.” City Commissioner Nick Fish has said that the construction of a new homelessw services center could depend on urban renewao funds if construction is to beginb this year. McDonough said the alliance backe using urban renewal funds to builxthe center.
Sandra McDonough, the alliance’a president and CEO, told the Portlan d City Council on June 17 that the city needs to do everythingh it can to providemore jobs. The council is reconsiderinv expanding the River District by nearly42 acres, as well as increased the amount of bonds the city can assumde to fund projects within the district. The counciol and the Portland Development Commission had first soughtr the expansion nearly two years ago but were thwarteds bya citizens’ group complaint.
The Friend s of Urban Renewal groupl had charged that the River District expansion which would have alsoredirected $20 million in district-generatecd funds to a new East Portland elementary school, didn’g fit technical urban renewal definitions. The councilo will vote on the measurenext week. McDonougy said urban renewal provides fundinbg for investmentsin infrastructure, housing, social services and public-private partnerships. “We need to creater jobs,” she said. “We have an opportunityh to do just that by adopting thesrerevised findings, which address the issues that have been raised abougt the River District expansion.
We can then move forward with the importanyt projects that depend onthes funds.” City Commissioner Nick Fish has said that the construction of a new homelessw services center could depend on urban renewao funds if construction is to beginb this year. McDonough said the alliance backe using urban renewal funds to builxthe center.
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