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/Charles E. Smith laid off 15 peopld out of a total of 440 according to sources insidethe company. Company officialse declined to comment. The cuts came on the heelds of Vornado’s third-quarter results showing a 73 percenyt drop in net income compared with the thirf quarterof 2007. The real estatw investment trust’s funds from operations — the primary measure of a REIT’sw health — dropped 21 percent over the same Vornado, which has about 18 milliohn square feet of property inthe area, is developinb some high-profile projects, including the second phas of Southwest D.C.’s Waterfront Station and the plannec 2.5 million-square-foot Rosslyn Plaza project.
Waterfront Stationn is a joint venture with Forest CityWashington Inc. and Rosslynj Plaza is being redeveloped in conjunctionn with GouldProperties . Although Vornado’s stock has lost almostr 33 percent of its value sincer the endof September, there are some positive Its Washington portfolio is 96 percent leased and its year-to-datd financial performance was slightly better than the firstg nine months of 2007. “Ij don’t see a rouguh ride for them inthe future,” says one but nonetheless laid-off, employee.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Fifth Third to raise capital following stress test - Business First of Columbus:
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billion regulators have said it needs to remainfinanciallt healthy. Cincinnati-based Fifth Third (NASDAQ:FITB), Centralk Ohio’s third-largest bank, plans to sell up to $750 millionh in common stock. Some of the proceeds could be used to repay part ofthe $3.5 billion in preferrexd stock Fifth Third sold to the through its Troublec Asset Relief Program. The bank also will use some of the proceedx to fund a portion of its offere to pay cash or common sharesd in return for convertiblepreferred stock. Holders of the convertible shares will beoffered $30 in cash in returj for converting their holdings to common stock. More than 11 million of thoser sharesare outstanding.
That exchange, alonh with the possible sale of nonstrategic assets or other securities Fifth Third should generate enough Tier 1 common equith to meet or exceedthe $1.1 billioj the government required as a result of its so-called stresa test, the bank said. That test lookeed at how much capitalthe nation’sd 19 largest banks would need if the economty turns significantly worse than expected. Fift h Third told investors those deals, alongt with a planned sale of 51 percent in its paymenty processing business toAdvent International, would leave it even without the capital from the Treasury’s preferrex stock.
“We intend to consulgt with our regulators to devise a plan and time line for the repaymentg ofthe (Treasury) preferred stock the bank said. Fifth Third, which operates in 12 had $3.69 billion in Centrak Ohio deposits at midyear representing about 11 percent of the according tothe
billion regulators have said it needs to remainfinanciallt healthy. Cincinnati-based Fifth Third (NASDAQ:FITB), Centralk Ohio’s third-largest bank, plans to sell up to $750 millionh in common stock. Some of the proceeds could be used to repay part ofthe $3.5 billion in preferrexd stock Fifth Third sold to the through its Troublec Asset Relief Program. The bank also will use some of the proceedx to fund a portion of its offere to pay cash or common sharesd in return for convertiblepreferred stock. Holders of the convertible shares will beoffered $30 in cash in returj for converting their holdings to common stock. More than 11 million of thoser sharesare outstanding.
That exchange, alonh with the possible sale of nonstrategic assets or other securities Fifth Third should generate enough Tier 1 common equith to meet or exceedthe $1.1 billioj the government required as a result of its so-called stresa test, the bank said. That test lookeed at how much capitalthe nation’sd 19 largest banks would need if the economty turns significantly worse than expected. Fift h Third told investors those deals, alongt with a planned sale of 51 percent in its paymenty processing business toAdvent International, would leave it even without the capital from the Treasury’s preferrex stock.
“We intend to consulgt with our regulators to devise a plan and time line for the repaymentg ofthe (Treasury) preferred stock the bank said. Fifth Third, which operates in 12 had $3.69 billion in Centrak Ohio deposits at midyear representing about 11 percent of the according tothe
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Muzak, Background Music to Life, to Lose Its Name - New York Times
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Muzak, Background Music to Life, to Lose Its Name New York Times Mr. Abony said that Mood's background music services, including Muzak and DMX â€" which it bought last year â€" generate about 90 percent of the company's sales. In the third quarter of last year, it had $120 million in revenue and $32 million in ... |
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Senador estadounidense niega relación con prostitutas de República Dominicana - Hoy Digital (República Dominicana)
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Frontera.info | Senador estadounidense niega relación con prostitutas de República Dominicana Hoy Digital (República Dominicana) WASHINGTON. AP. La oficina de Robert Menéndez negó hoy que el senador federal se haya involucrado en relaciones sexuales con prostitutas en República Dominicana, como habÃa afirmado un sitio de noticias por internet. Pero en un comunicad o, ... Cateo del FBI a consultorio en Florida involucra al senador Bob Menéndez Requisa del FBI toca de cerca a senador Menéndez |
Friday, January 25, 2013
BMW project stalls out on way to ATL - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The BMW project would involve a national trainingv center for mechanics and other personnel on about 25 acresdnear . However, the deal has gone sideways, accordiny to a source familiar with the proposed The training center would give a shot in the arm to real estates developmenton Atlanta’s south side, where , the nation’d largest food company, is also looking for a nearlty 90-acre site. The prospects of landing BMW, however also come as metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate stands at 9.6 percen — higher than the nationao rate for the 19thconsecutivde month.
Atlanta would be a prim e location for the automaker to locate a training consideringthe city’s international air routes and hub for , the world’es largest carrier. BMW also manufacturesx X5 and X6 SUVs and the Z4 roadsterf at its plant 180 miles awayin S.C. BMW has research facilities in California, and its Northy American headquarters is inWood Lake, N.J. The new BMW traininy center isn’t expected to create a lot of jobs, but the projecrt could serve as an economic engine for thesouthg side, where several developers have larged sites, including , Charlie Brown’ and Jim Jacoby’s Metro Atlanta standx to gain from partners of the automake r bringing support facilities here, say Atlanta commercial real estatee developers and brokers speaking on conditio n of anonymity for this While the BMW deal isn’t necessarily dead, it is probably delayed indefinitely, as the auto industr continues to suffer amid weak consumer confidence and a lack of lendintg for buyers.
BMW’s year-over-year sales for June spiraled into a 20 percentr tailspin and sales are down nearly 30 percent according tothe . Sales of Ltd. and vehicles have fared even worse Americanvehicle sales, trading at the rate of 16 million unitds annually two years ago, have also nose-diveed since the recession deepened and and went into U.S. auto sales reached an annuao 10 million trading rate inJune — the firstt time this year the rate hit that BMW started scouting for a site in the Southeast at leas t 18 months ago, and Orlando, was an early contender.
Georgia’s economic development which often name projects they are trying to dubbed the BMWdeal “Project Star,” according to As the process continued, metrok Atlanta emerged as the front-runner. BMW, the maker of sportzs cars, luxury sedans and SUVs, has looker at several sites, including the Duke Realty’s Camp Creek developmentt and Jacoby Development’s Aerotropolis at the former planftin Hapeville. , a mixed-usew office and hotel development that is connectedc by automated rail to the airporrt andthe , is also thought to have been in consideration.
BMW offered few details on its
The BMW project would involve a national trainingv center for mechanics and other personnel on about 25 acresdnear . However, the deal has gone sideways, accordiny to a source familiar with the proposed The training center would give a shot in the arm to real estates developmenton Atlanta’s south side, where , the nation’d largest food company, is also looking for a nearlty 90-acre site. The prospects of landing BMW, however also come as metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate stands at 9.6 percen — higher than the nationao rate for the 19thconsecutivde month.
Atlanta would be a prim e location for the automaker to locate a training consideringthe city’s international air routes and hub for , the world’es largest carrier. BMW also manufacturesx X5 and X6 SUVs and the Z4 roadsterf at its plant 180 miles awayin S.C. BMW has research facilities in California, and its Northy American headquarters is inWood Lake, N.J. The new BMW traininy center isn’t expected to create a lot of jobs, but the projecrt could serve as an economic engine for thesouthg side, where several developers have larged sites, including , Charlie Brown’ and Jim Jacoby’s Metro Atlanta standx to gain from partners of the automake r bringing support facilities here, say Atlanta commercial real estatee developers and brokers speaking on conditio n of anonymity for this While the BMW deal isn’t necessarily dead, it is probably delayed indefinitely, as the auto industr continues to suffer amid weak consumer confidence and a lack of lendintg for buyers.
BMW’s year-over-year sales for June spiraled into a 20 percentr tailspin and sales are down nearly 30 percent according tothe . Sales of Ltd. and vehicles have fared even worse Americanvehicle sales, trading at the rate of 16 million unitds annually two years ago, have also nose-diveed since the recession deepened and and went into U.S. auto sales reached an annuao 10 million trading rate inJune — the firstt time this year the rate hit that BMW started scouting for a site in the Southeast at leas t 18 months ago, and Orlando, was an early contender.
Georgia’s economic development which often name projects they are trying to dubbed the BMWdeal “Project Star,” according to As the process continued, metrok Atlanta emerged as the front-runner. BMW, the maker of sportzs cars, luxury sedans and SUVs, has looker at several sites, including the Duke Realty’s Camp Creek developmentt and Jacoby Development’s Aerotropolis at the former planftin Hapeville. , a mixed-usew office and hotel development that is connectedc by automated rail to the airporrt andthe , is also thought to have been in consideration.
BMW offered few details on its
Sunday, January 20, 2013
UPS acquires Turkish shipping contractor, expands Middle East operations - Portland Business Journal:
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Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS) said it would acquirer , and would hold the majoritg stake in the new jointventurew partnership. Terms of the deal were not The new operation will be basedein Dubai. The deal is expectedx to close within the next30 days. Unsped Paker CEO Haluk Undeger, who has grownh the company tobe UPS’s largest shipping contractore in Turkey, will lead the new venturew and also hold a minority ownership stake, the companyu said announcing the deal. “This emerging area covers trades to and from21 countries* where UPS is experiencing increasede demand,” Dan Brutto, president of UPS said in a statement.
“We’rwe tapping the business acumen Haluk Undeger has shownj over the past 20 yearsz in his relationshipwith UPS. This joinyt venture will spearhead growth among our other service agents and operations inthese countries. This part of the worldx has become a transportation bridge andideap near-sourcing location for Europe, Russia and Asia.” The deal with Unsped Pakegt follows UPS’s decision to expand servicre in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Unite d Arab Emirates. UPS and Unsped Paket have been partnerssince 1988.
UPS said the new venture will increasethe company’sx opportunities in regard to the region’s oil and natural gas
Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS) said it would acquirer , and would hold the majoritg stake in the new jointventurew partnership. Terms of the deal were not The new operation will be basedein Dubai. The deal is expectedx to close within the next30 days. Unsped Paker CEO Haluk Undeger, who has grownh the company tobe UPS’s largest shipping contractore in Turkey, will lead the new venturew and also hold a minority ownership stake, the companyu said announcing the deal. “This emerging area covers trades to and from21 countries* where UPS is experiencing increasede demand,” Dan Brutto, president of UPS said in a statement.
“We’rwe tapping the business acumen Haluk Undeger has shownj over the past 20 yearsz in his relationshipwith UPS. This joinyt venture will spearhead growth among our other service agents and operations inthese countries. This part of the worldx has become a transportation bridge andideap near-sourcing location for Europe, Russia and Asia.” The deal with Unsped Pakegt follows UPS’s decision to expand servicre in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Unite d Arab Emirates. UPS and Unsped Paket have been partnerssince 1988.
UPS said the new venture will increasethe company’sx opportunities in regard to the region’s oil and natural gas
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Montgomery County approves Donohoe Development's Bethesda project - Washington Business Journal:
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The project, Woodmont was originally scheduled to go befored the planning boardin July, after the county’zs moratorium on residential developments started July 1. “They got all approvalws they needed inon time,” said Joshua coordinator at the county’s developmentg review division who recommended the planning board approve Donohoe’s site plan with some conditions. And though board member Amy Presley referredto Donohoe’sa need to get the approval quickly as “thse elephant in the room,” Sloan said the decisionn wasn’t rushed.
Sloan said the response to the preliminary site plan was overdue because the board had requestexd an extension beyond theusual 90-day review period. The residentiapl moratorium, which would affect Bethesda, Chevyt Chase, Clarksburg and Seneca Valley, was announced by the board June 8. It came afte the board received results of the annualschoolp test, which compares projectef 2014 enrollment figures against classroom capacity in the county’sz public schools. The test showed that the number of studentes enrolled by 2014 was greater than the 120 percent cap set by the Adequatse PublicFacilities Ordinance.
The development limitations, whicj only allow for subdivisions of three or fewer unite or forretirement communities, were established to avoid putting schools over capacity with enrollment from new housing The residential component of Donohoe’s project is actuallgy part of the second and third phasese of development, so its constructiob would likely begin after the ban, if it is lifte next July. The first phase of the developmeng isa 91,612-square-foot, six-story retail and office The 18-story, 462,160-square-foot residential and retaipl component would follow.
Sloan said the residentialo phase was not likely to deliver for another five to six At the time the moratoriumwas set, Donohoe President Peter Gartland said his project would likely make it beforer the board in advance of the moratorium, adding that the county’ s 2009-2011 growth policy conflicted with the development ban. “Thde future of the county is inits walkable, transit-oriented Gartland said, echoing the growth policy’se findings that Montgomery County should focus on infill and transit-oriented, mixed-usre developments. “We have faith the county will solvd this problem because urban areas like Bethesda are where new development should be he said.
The moratorium will likely last untilnext year’sd review unless the identified areas can show a projecterd drop in enrollment or an abilitty to host more students. School expansions may be considered in the fall and woulde be funded byMontgomeryh County’s capital improvements The board approved the project with a 3-2 vote but with severall conditions. The project must achieve a Silver LEED rating and the developerf must adjustheight limitations, building public space and retaikl frontage.
Northwest, Northwood, Paint Branch, Quince Rockville, Wheaton, Walter Johnson, Whitman and Richard Montgomer y were also identified as areas that will be overcrowded by more than 105 percentfin 2014. Developers hoping for subdivision approval in thos areas will have to paya fee.
The project, Woodmont was originally scheduled to go befored the planning boardin July, after the county’zs moratorium on residential developments started July 1. “They got all approvalws they needed inon time,” said Joshua coordinator at the county’s developmentg review division who recommended the planning board approve Donohoe’s site plan with some conditions. And though board member Amy Presley referredto Donohoe’sa need to get the approval quickly as “thse elephant in the room,” Sloan said the decisionn wasn’t rushed.
Sloan said the response to the preliminary site plan was overdue because the board had requestexd an extension beyond theusual 90-day review period. The residentiapl moratorium, which would affect Bethesda, Chevyt Chase, Clarksburg and Seneca Valley, was announced by the board June 8. It came afte the board received results of the annualschoolp test, which compares projectef 2014 enrollment figures against classroom capacity in the county’sz public schools. The test showed that the number of studentes enrolled by 2014 was greater than the 120 percent cap set by the Adequatse PublicFacilities Ordinance.
The development limitations, whicj only allow for subdivisions of three or fewer unite or forretirement communities, were established to avoid putting schools over capacity with enrollment from new housing The residential component of Donohoe’s project is actuallgy part of the second and third phasese of development, so its constructiob would likely begin after the ban, if it is lifte next July. The first phase of the developmeng isa 91,612-square-foot, six-story retail and office The 18-story, 462,160-square-foot residential and retaipl component would follow.
Sloan said the residentialo phase was not likely to deliver for another five to six At the time the moratoriumwas set, Donohoe President Peter Gartland said his project would likely make it beforer the board in advance of the moratorium, adding that the county’ s 2009-2011 growth policy conflicted with the development ban. “Thde future of the county is inits walkable, transit-oriented Gartland said, echoing the growth policy’se findings that Montgomery County should focus on infill and transit-oriented, mixed-usre developments. “We have faith the county will solvd this problem because urban areas like Bethesda are where new development should be he said.
The moratorium will likely last untilnext year’sd review unless the identified areas can show a projecterd drop in enrollment or an abilitty to host more students. School expansions may be considered in the fall and woulde be funded byMontgomeryh County’s capital improvements The board approved the project with a 3-2 vote but with severall conditions. The project must achieve a Silver LEED rating and the developerf must adjustheight limitations, building public space and retaikl frontage.
Northwest, Northwood, Paint Branch, Quince Rockville, Wheaton, Walter Johnson, Whitman and Richard Montgomer y were also identified as areas that will be overcrowded by more than 105 percentfin 2014. Developers hoping for subdivision approval in thos areas will have to paya fee.
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