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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
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