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billion to help pay for its ’sd drug benefits division. Express Scripts said it would granrt the underwriters an optionn for 30 days to purchase upto 3.45 millioh additional shares of common stock to cover any which would then increase the total raisedr to $1.6 billion. Express Scripts said it plansx tobuy WellPoint’s subsidiary usingg a mixture of $3.27 billion in cash and $1.4 billion in sharea of common stock. Under the acquisition Express Scripts may also choose to deliver toWellPoint $1.4 billionh in cash. Express Scripts plans to sell bonds in the near term as part of its plan to financwthe acquisition.
The acquisition is expected to clos e in the late third quarte r or fourth quarterof 2009. Bel-Ridge, Mo.-baseds Express Scripts (Nasdaq: ESRX) is a pharmacyy benefits manager that administers prescription drug programws forhealth plans, government and corporations.
miércoles, 30 de noviembre de 2011
lunes, 28 de noviembre de 2011
Philips receives FDA approvial for whole body scanning system using PET and ... - Washington Post
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Philips receives FDA approvial for whole body scanning system using PET and ... Washington Post The machines use PET, or positron emission tomography, to identify cancer cells as they absorb chemical tracers. At the same time, they use MRI or magnetic resonance imaging to view surrounding tissue. “The comparison would be that the PET scan is like ... Philips Hybrid Imaging System Cleared By FDA - Quick Facts Siemens Offers Imaging Innovation and Affordable High-end Performance at RSNA 2011 PHILIPS KON : Philips receives FDA clearance to market its first whole body ... |
sábado, 26 de noviembre de 2011
Flat tax plan could take all income tax rates to 3 percent or lower - Phoenix Business Journal:
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percent and 3 percent and substantiallyt cut corporate incometax rates. A flat tax is part of a budgegt deal being brokered between Brewer and Republicanlegislative leaders. The state’s personal income tax rates rangefrom 2.59 percent to 4.54 percent, dependint on income. A flat personal income tax would take those to 3 percent orlikelg lower, said Tom Jenney, state director of . Jenney said the flat rate might have to be belowa 3 percent and offer some exemptions to lower income taxpayers so a flat tax does not amounrt toan increase.
Jenney like the idea of a flat tax but point s out the budget deal would have come into play inlatedr years, likely 2012, whilwe Brewer wants voters to approve a 1-point increasre to the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax. “Thag sounds like a bad deal,” said Jenney comparing the saled tax increase to the flat tax A sales tax vote could come this year orin 2010. Conservativesz in the Legislature and business community favor taking the progressive naturew out of the tax code and saythat flatter, lowerf rates would help the state’s economy. “Aq flat tax would be a boon forthe state’sa economy,” said Steve Voeller, president of the .
“A single rate of no higher than 3 percent wouldmake Arizona’s tax system one of the most competitiv in the U.S.,” said Voeller. A recent reportg talked about putting in a 3 percentfflat tax. Details of the state’s flat tax plan have not been releasesd but could also include cuttingthe state’s corporatre income tax rate of 6.97 percent. Jennegy said that might level the businessw rate with the new flat personal incomdetax rates. Democrats and the are poisedr to oppose a newflat tax. worrying abouft its impact on government programs.
percent and 3 percent and substantiallyt cut corporate incometax rates. A flat tax is part of a budgegt deal being brokered between Brewer and Republicanlegislative leaders. The state’s personal income tax rates rangefrom 2.59 percent to 4.54 percent, dependint on income. A flat personal income tax would take those to 3 percent orlikelg lower, said Tom Jenney, state director of . Jenney said the flat rate might have to be belowa 3 percent and offer some exemptions to lower income taxpayers so a flat tax does not amounrt toan increase.
Jenney like the idea of a flat tax but point s out the budget deal would have come into play inlatedr years, likely 2012, whilwe Brewer wants voters to approve a 1-point increasre to the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax. “Thag sounds like a bad deal,” said Jenney comparing the saled tax increase to the flat tax A sales tax vote could come this year orin 2010. Conservativesz in the Legislature and business community favor taking the progressive naturew out of the tax code and saythat flatter, lowerf rates would help the state’s economy. “Aq flat tax would be a boon forthe state’sa economy,” said Steve Voeller, president of the .
“A single rate of no higher than 3 percent wouldmake Arizona’s tax system one of the most competitiv in the U.S.,” said Voeller. A recent reportg talked about putting in a 3 percentfflat tax. Details of the state’s flat tax plan have not been releasesd but could also include cuttingthe state’s corporatre income tax rate of 6.97 percent. Jennegy said that might level the businessw rate with the new flat personal incomdetax rates. Democrats and the are poisedr to oppose a newflat tax. worrying abouft its impact on government programs.
miércoles, 23 de noviembre de 2011
Indah Court Apartment upgrade - New Straits Times
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New Straits Times | Indah Court Apartment upgrade New Straits Times By L. SUGANYA Residents of Indah Court Apartment in Bandar Sunway, have been promised an upgrade of their apartment block and its surroundings. Hannah Yeoh (fourth from left) shares the joy of the residents, who have waited three years for the upgrade ... |
lunes, 21 de noviembre de 2011
Sugar is finding the blogosphere's sweet spot - San Francisco Business Times:
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In the last 12 months, Lisa Suga and husband Brian Sugarturnedc Lisa's hobby -- writing a celebrity gossip blog called PopSugar -- into an exploding networlk of 10 female-focused web sites and a burgeonin g business. The San Francisco startup bagged an advertisinhg deal with six months beforee hiring a single sales hooked funding from rock star VCfirm , and is bringiny on 10 more employees to end the year with 48. All this mighrt sound rather bubbly except thatSugar Publishing, which bringz in a reported $5 million in annuak revenue, expects to be profitable by year' end.
Given today's cheaper software, computer memoryt and Internet bandwidth, a dot-com can be builft for a fractionof boom-time "It costs us $500,000 (a month) to run the said CEO Brian Sugar, a serial tech "It's not that difficult to get $500,000p in advertising." Indeed, for the Sugars, it's been easier than for In July 2006, Banana Republicv called Lisa to buy all PopSugar's ads for a The retailer wanted to cozy up with the blog'es readers, most of whom are college-educated women betweejn the ages of 18 and 34 who earn more than Nike, the Gap and Neiman Marcus followed.
The compangy made its first sales call in Marchh to San Francisco adgiant , wherd Lisa, now editor-in-chief of all Sugar previously worked as a media planner. The a national Dreyer's Ice Cream campaign for its limiterdedition "American Idol" flavors. With an estimateed $5 million picked up from Menlol Park-based Sequoia Capital in October, Sugar Publishinbg is now building a sales team and adding to its pool of editorsand producers. "We were going to raise a smal amountfrom angels," said Brian Sugar, who co-founded the business with $250,000 of his own money.
"But all of the sudden we got very Sequoia superstarMichael Moritz, who fundesd and , took a seat on the board and watched its number of unique visitors jump from 1 million in Septembert to 3.5 million today. The May launcuh of its newest site, a beauty blog called BellaSugar, was exclusively sponsoredf byretailer . Five more blogs with a similad chatty, in-the-know tone are forthcoming, including LittleSugar and SavvySugar (career and "Brian and Lisa have come up with a concoction that is suitex for the women of todagy and tomorrow who will look at the worled very differently than the womemof yesterday," Moritz said.
The company's stable includea blogs like FabSugar (fashion) and GeekSugar (tech). That structure is part of a new generatiob of blog networks such as Gawker Media that aims to build solid businesses by sellingf ads acrossvarious titles, much like traditional magazinse publishers. "We're going to create a new mediza versionof CondeNast," Brian Sugart said. "We're going to go categor y by category." Despite the growtb of online ad which eMarketer predicts will increasefrom $16 billiob in 2006 to $37 billion in 2011, the San Franciscl firm is no shoo-in with advertisers. "It's gointg to be a hefty said Goodby executiveChristine Chen.
"The trick is, there's a lot of Rivals include NBC's and newer outfits such as , and . The the better, said Moritz: "Any time you invesr in a company wherethere isn' much competition, there isn't much demand for the And, said Brian Sugar, today's Internegt rivals are also partners. Sugar' s blogs link to competitor allthe time. "I'm sure people are readintg all the various cool blogsfrom Gawker's sites to safe-for-work UsWeekly and and then the not-safe-for-work PerezHilton (celebrity gossip) site ... Can you imaginw if the New York Timesz linked to the WallStreet Journal?
That would be
In the last 12 months, Lisa Suga and husband Brian Sugarturnedc Lisa's hobby -- writing a celebrity gossip blog called PopSugar -- into an exploding networlk of 10 female-focused web sites and a burgeonin g business. The San Francisco startup bagged an advertisinhg deal with six months beforee hiring a single sales hooked funding from rock star VCfirm , and is bringiny on 10 more employees to end the year with 48. All this mighrt sound rather bubbly except thatSugar Publishing, which bringz in a reported $5 million in annuak revenue, expects to be profitable by year' end.
Given today's cheaper software, computer memoryt and Internet bandwidth, a dot-com can be builft for a fractionof boom-time "It costs us $500,000 (a month) to run the said CEO Brian Sugar, a serial tech "It's not that difficult to get $500,000p in advertising." Indeed, for the Sugars, it's been easier than for In July 2006, Banana Republicv called Lisa to buy all PopSugar's ads for a The retailer wanted to cozy up with the blog'es readers, most of whom are college-educated women betweejn the ages of 18 and 34 who earn more than Nike, the Gap and Neiman Marcus followed.
The compangy made its first sales call in Marchh to San Francisco adgiant , wherd Lisa, now editor-in-chief of all Sugar previously worked as a media planner. The a national Dreyer's Ice Cream campaign for its limiterdedition "American Idol" flavors. With an estimateed $5 million picked up from Menlol Park-based Sequoia Capital in October, Sugar Publishinbg is now building a sales team and adding to its pool of editorsand producers. "We were going to raise a smal amountfrom angels," said Brian Sugar, who co-founded the business with $250,000 of his own money.
"But all of the sudden we got very Sequoia superstarMichael Moritz, who fundesd and , took a seat on the board and watched its number of unique visitors jump from 1 million in Septembert to 3.5 million today. The May launcuh of its newest site, a beauty blog called BellaSugar, was exclusively sponsoredf byretailer . Five more blogs with a similad chatty, in-the-know tone are forthcoming, including LittleSugar and SavvySugar (career and "Brian and Lisa have come up with a concoction that is suitex for the women of todagy and tomorrow who will look at the worled very differently than the womemof yesterday," Moritz said.
The company's stable includea blogs like FabSugar (fashion) and GeekSugar (tech). That structure is part of a new generatiob of blog networks such as Gawker Media that aims to build solid businesses by sellingf ads acrossvarious titles, much like traditional magazinse publishers. "We're going to create a new mediza versionof CondeNast," Brian Sugart said. "We're going to go categor y by category." Despite the growtb of online ad which eMarketer predicts will increasefrom $16 billiob in 2006 to $37 billion in 2011, the San Franciscl firm is no shoo-in with advertisers. "It's gointg to be a hefty said Goodby executiveChristine Chen.
"The trick is, there's a lot of Rivals include NBC's and newer outfits such as , and . The the better, said Moritz: "Any time you invesr in a company wherethere isn' much competition, there isn't much demand for the And, said Brian Sugar, today's Internegt rivals are also partners. Sugar' s blogs link to competitor allthe time. "I'm sure people are readintg all the various cool blogsfrom Gawker's sites to safe-for-work UsWeekly and and then the not-safe-for-work PerezHilton (celebrity gossip) site ... Can you imaginw if the New York Timesz linked to the WallStreet Journal?
That would be
sábado, 19 de noviembre de 2011
Getting social: Some of area
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Thanks to social networking Web sites suchas MySpace.com and Twitter.com, businesses are gaining addecd insights into consumers through sites started by customerw and those generated by the companies. “Clearly this is an excitint time inthe industry,” said Reggiee Bradford, CEO of Vitrue Inc., an Atlanta-based social media company. “The downturn is forcing marketers to look at every aspectr oftheir budget, every dollar is working overtime.” Bradforfd said Vitrue’s clients, which include Arby’s and Chick-fil-A, are dedicating more marketinvg spending toward this area.
Shashi Matta, assistanf professor of marketing, said the Internet isn’t just a forum for the young any Though Facebook has reported gains in allage groups, its largesr increase in the last six monthz has been in women older than 55. It also said 45 percenf of users are olderthan 26. Vitrue’ s Social Media Index measures the daily mentions a brane gets on socialnetworkint sites. The company’s list of 2008’s most social brands includer three withColumbus ties. Honds ranked highest and was the second-highes ranked auto brand at 25th, trailinf only 12th-place Ford.
Wendy’s was one of eight restauranyt names to makethe list, cominbg in at 56th, which trailed 32nd-ranked but was one spot higher than Burger Starbucks and Subway scored highe r than Wendy’s as Victoria’s Secret was one of sevenh apparel and accessory brands to make the list, four of whicn were shoe brands. Guess and the Gap were the only other nonshoe brands. Vitrue analyzes daily onlinw conversations about brands on a range ofsocial blogging, microblogging, photo and video-sharing sites. The Vitrus 100 was determined by averaging the dailyh scores of brands throughDecember 2008.
Most purchasess in retail and restaurants are recommended by a friend or Bradford said, so businesses can help themselvess by tapping those most passionate fans as a marketingf avenue with promotions and exclusive content. As many retailersx know, he said, it is easier to hold onto customera than attractnew ones. The Dublin-based Wendy’ s division of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc.’ s is wading into this The fast-food chain held an online reversre auction for seven days in Marchh and April to promote some of its offeringbidders merchandise, from sports autographs to video game systema to a jacket worn by Chuck Norrisz in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.
Participantz found out about the auction and receiver updatesthrough Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Wendy’s Spokesman Bob Bertink said the sitehad 175,000 page visits for the auctiohn week. “We intentionally did not advertise throughh traditionalmarketing efforts,” he said. “We wanted this to, by design, sprear virally. We wanted to make sure our approach was genuineand authentic.” Authenticity is a key to findinhg gains in social networking, Matta said. “Be there early,” he “Pioneers are rewarded more than followers. Reach out, but don’t make it seem like the hard Listen to your customers andadd value.
Don’rt just sell something.” Columbus-base declined to talk about what, if any, socia l networking strategy it is usinffor Victoria’s Secret, Pink and Bath & Body among its other brands. A Facebook site for which is Victoria’s Secret’s line aimed at young adults, has more than 1.1 millio fans, while a Bath & Body Works page has almostt 12,000. A Twitter page, billed as VSwholesale, offers onlin e discounts and promotions, but wasn’t started and isn’yt run by Victoria’s Secret. Alicia corporate communications supervisor atin Calif., runs the Twitter feed for the automaker, postinvg links to media reports and updates abouf Honda.
Thanks to social networking Web sites suchas MySpace.com and Twitter.com, businesses are gaining addecd insights into consumers through sites started by customerw and those generated by the companies. “Clearly this is an excitint time inthe industry,” said Reggiee Bradford, CEO of Vitrue Inc., an Atlanta-based social media company. “The downturn is forcing marketers to look at every aspectr oftheir budget, every dollar is working overtime.” Bradforfd said Vitrue’s clients, which include Arby’s and Chick-fil-A, are dedicating more marketinvg spending toward this area.
Shashi Matta, assistanf professor of marketing, said the Internet isn’t just a forum for the young any Though Facebook has reported gains in allage groups, its largesr increase in the last six monthz has been in women older than 55. It also said 45 percenf of users are olderthan 26. Vitrue’ s Social Media Index measures the daily mentions a brane gets on socialnetworkint sites. The company’s list of 2008’s most social brands includer three withColumbus ties. Honds ranked highest and was the second-highes ranked auto brand at 25th, trailinf only 12th-place Ford.
Wendy’s was one of eight restauranyt names to makethe list, cominbg in at 56th, which trailed 32nd-ranked but was one spot higher than Burger Starbucks and Subway scored highe r than Wendy’s as Victoria’s Secret was one of sevenh apparel and accessory brands to make the list, four of whicn were shoe brands. Guess and the Gap were the only other nonshoe brands. Vitrue analyzes daily onlinw conversations about brands on a range ofsocial blogging, microblogging, photo and video-sharing sites. The Vitrus 100 was determined by averaging the dailyh scores of brands throughDecember 2008.
Most purchasess in retail and restaurants are recommended by a friend or Bradford said, so businesses can help themselvess by tapping those most passionate fans as a marketingf avenue with promotions and exclusive content. As many retailersx know, he said, it is easier to hold onto customera than attractnew ones. The Dublin-based Wendy’ s division of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc.’ s is wading into this The fast-food chain held an online reversre auction for seven days in Marchh and April to promote some of its offeringbidders merchandise, from sports autographs to video game systema to a jacket worn by Chuck Norrisz in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.
Participantz found out about the auction and receiver updatesthrough Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Wendy’s Spokesman Bob Bertink said the sitehad 175,000 page visits for the auctiohn week. “We intentionally did not advertise throughh traditionalmarketing efforts,” he said. “We wanted this to, by design, sprear virally. We wanted to make sure our approach was genuineand authentic.” Authenticity is a key to findinhg gains in social networking, Matta said. “Be there early,” he “Pioneers are rewarded more than followers. Reach out, but don’t make it seem like the hard Listen to your customers andadd value.
Don’rt just sell something.” Columbus-base declined to talk about what, if any, socia l networking strategy it is usinffor Victoria’s Secret, Pink and Bath & Body among its other brands. A Facebook site for which is Victoria’s Secret’s line aimed at young adults, has more than 1.1 millio fans, while a Bath & Body Works page has almostt 12,000. A Twitter page, billed as VSwholesale, offers onlin e discounts and promotions, but wasn’t started and isn’yt run by Victoria’s Secret. Alicia corporate communications supervisor atin Calif., runs the Twitter feed for the automaker, postinvg links to media reports and updates abouf Honda.
jueves, 17 de noviembre de 2011
Community Free Clinic receives grant - Petoskey News-Review
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Community Free Clinic receives grant Petoskey News-Review Petoskey's Community Free Clinic recently received a $15000 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to support the health care needs of the under and uninsured residents of Emmet County. The Community Free Clinic provides health care to ... |
martes, 15 de noviembre de 2011
Ahmedabad tops diabetic emergencies in state: 108 study - Times of India
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Ahmedabad tops diabetic emergencies in state: 108 study Times of India AHMEDABAD: Apart from being the cardiac ailment capital of Gujarat, Ahmedabad also tops in diabetes-related emergencies in Gujarat. As per a recent study by GVK EMRI 108, out of 15360 diabetic emergencies, Ahmedabad district reported 3913 cases in 2011 ... |
domingo, 13 de noviembre de 2011
32 Phila.-area hospitals made money; 13 lost - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Among the 45 Philadelphia-area hospitals listesd in the financialperformancr report, 32 finished the year in the blac and 13 lost money. The posted the largest by a large margin, at $269.2 million. Next were , at $59.8 million; Paol Memorial, at $51.9 million, and at $46 million. Both Paolji and Bryn Mawr are part of Main Line Health basedin Pa. The largest deficits were recorded by thresPhiladelphia hospitals: , at $40.4 , at $29.9 and , at $13 million. Graduates was sold last year by to a joint venturwe of the in Philadelphia and Good Shepherd Rehabilitatiohn Networkof Allentown, Pa.
The hospital is reopeniny next month asa post-acute-care facilitty specializing in inpatient rehabilitation and long-termn acute-care. Temple Children's was closed last year by the . PHC4 said the overallo total margin (the ratio of total income to for the 170 hospitals in the reporgt increasedto 6.51 percent in fiscal 2007 from 5.39 percen in fiscal 2006. The report also found the amountg of uncompensated care hospitals provided increasedto $678 million last up 12.2 percent from $604 million in 2006. "The financialo health of Pennsylvania hospitals continuexto improve," said David H. Wilderman, acting-executivs director of PHC4.
"It is important to note, that 25 percent lost monety overall. That number has not improved since 2006 and is comprised ofmainly small-to-medium-sized hospitals, many of which servde rural communities." Priscilla Koutsouradis, communications directord for & , said the PHC4 report "shows area hospitalsa overall making progress toward the minimum financial performance needed to re-investy in staff and technologyu and continue to providr access to high-quality patienr care." As of last she said, about 40 percentg of the region's hospitals had totak margins that reached the 4 percent to 6 percenrt threshold considered adequate for long-term sustainability.
Koutsouradis said, "a third of this region's hospital s lost money on patient care and had to try to make up the differences through other incomeand investments, a strateggy that is particularly unreliable righty now, with Wall Street's volatility."
Among the 45 Philadelphia-area hospitals listesd in the financialperformancr report, 32 finished the year in the blac and 13 lost money. The posted the largest by a large margin, at $269.2 million. Next were , at $59.8 million; Paol Memorial, at $51.9 million, and at $46 million. Both Paolji and Bryn Mawr are part of Main Line Health basedin Pa. The largest deficits were recorded by thresPhiladelphia hospitals: , at $40.4 , at $29.9 and , at $13 million. Graduates was sold last year by to a joint venturwe of the in Philadelphia and Good Shepherd Rehabilitatiohn Networkof Allentown, Pa.
The hospital is reopeniny next month asa post-acute-care facilitty specializing in inpatient rehabilitation and long-termn acute-care. Temple Children's was closed last year by the . PHC4 said the overallo total margin (the ratio of total income to for the 170 hospitals in the reporgt increasedto 6.51 percent in fiscal 2007 from 5.39 percen in fiscal 2006. The report also found the amountg of uncompensated care hospitals provided increasedto $678 million last up 12.2 percent from $604 million in 2006. "The financialo health of Pennsylvania hospitals continuexto improve," said David H. Wilderman, acting-executivs director of PHC4.
"It is important to note, that 25 percent lost monety overall. That number has not improved since 2006 and is comprised ofmainly small-to-medium-sized hospitals, many of which servde rural communities." Priscilla Koutsouradis, communications directord for & , said the PHC4 report "shows area hospitalsa overall making progress toward the minimum financial performance needed to re-investy in staff and technologyu and continue to providr access to high-quality patienr care." As of last she said, about 40 percentg of the region's hospitals had totak margins that reached the 4 percent to 6 percenrt threshold considered adequate for long-term sustainability.
Koutsouradis said, "a third of this region's hospital s lost money on patient care and had to try to make up the differences through other incomeand investments, a strateggy that is particularly unreliable righty now, with Wall Street's volatility."
jueves, 10 de noviembre de 2011
General Assembly panels approve State Center project - Orlando Business Journal:
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billion State Center redevelopment in Baltimoree Citymove forward, despite lingering concerns about the project’e finances and impact on Maryland’s ability to borrow The Senate Budget and Taxation Committes voted unanimously, but with some conditions, to endorswe the State Center project, which involves leasinbg 25 acres of land to a privater development team. The House of Delegates’ Appropriations Committe indicated it will do the same but did not formallg vote as its Senate counterparts did Thursday The project will now go to the statr Board of Public Works for a scheduled June3 vote. The boar d is led by Gov.
Martin O’Malley, who supports the projecf and worked closely on it while he was mayoreof Baltimore. Matthew Gallagher, the governor’s deputy chief of staff, lobbied the House and Senate onthe project. “We are at the cusp of a very importantf milestone,” Gallagher said. “The governor’s office is very supportivr of this project and has been involvedd dating back to our time at the Gallagher told the House during its hearingb onthe project. In signinv off on the proposal, the House and Senate legislators insisted on having more oversight in theredevelopment process.
They also conditioned their approva on seeing input fromthe , which is familiard with such large-scale development projects. A private Statw Center LLC development team was selected in Marchh 2006 to remake the state offic e complex off Martin LutherdKing Boulevard. As proposed, the developers would lease the land fromthe state, convert the compledx into a $1.4 billion mixed-use development, and then leaser a substantial portion of the project’s planned 2 millionj square feet of office space back to the state for use by its variousz agencies. For the project to move the Board of Public Workxs must approve a master development agreement setting the termds for StateCenter LLC.
Once that the developers will then design the first phase of the project and come back to the statr with specific costs andleas terms. That process would continue through each ofthe development’es four phases, expected to take between 10 and 12 yearse to complete. The first phase would focuss onthe project’s office space. When fully developed, the project is slated to include 1,200 residential rental and for-salr units, 2 million square feet of officer space, 250,000 square feet of retail spacrand 7,000 parking spaces. Groundbreakinv for the project’s first phased could begin in June 2010.
Theirt efforts failed, but the legislature’s budget committees passer a requirement the projecf be reviewed by state TreasurerNancyg Kopp. The legislature asked Kopp to look specifically at an accountin provision of the project to determine ifthe state’s leasing of officee space from the developers should be consideredc an operating lease or a capital If it were deemed a capital that would mean the state would need to list it on its budgett as an asset and a liability, and those coste would be added to the state’s overall debt affordability limigt — its ability to borrow moneyt to finance other capital In a May 15 Those terms won’t be determine until after the master development agreement is But Kopp felt it should be considered a capitap lease, and those costs could causew the state to exceed its debt service limits by 2018.
billion State Center redevelopment in Baltimoree Citymove forward, despite lingering concerns about the project’e finances and impact on Maryland’s ability to borrow The Senate Budget and Taxation Committes voted unanimously, but with some conditions, to endorswe the State Center project, which involves leasinbg 25 acres of land to a privater development team. The House of Delegates’ Appropriations Committe indicated it will do the same but did not formallg vote as its Senate counterparts did Thursday The project will now go to the statr Board of Public Works for a scheduled June3 vote. The boar d is led by Gov.
Martin O’Malley, who supports the projecf and worked closely on it while he was mayoreof Baltimore. Matthew Gallagher, the governor’s deputy chief of staff, lobbied the House and Senate onthe project. “We are at the cusp of a very importantf milestone,” Gallagher said. “The governor’s office is very supportivr of this project and has been involvedd dating back to our time at the Gallagher told the House during its hearingb onthe project. In signinv off on the proposal, the House and Senate legislators insisted on having more oversight in theredevelopment process.
They also conditioned their approva on seeing input fromthe , which is familiard with such large-scale development projects. A private Statw Center LLC development team was selected in Marchh 2006 to remake the state offic e complex off Martin LutherdKing Boulevard. As proposed, the developers would lease the land fromthe state, convert the compledx into a $1.4 billion mixed-use development, and then leaser a substantial portion of the project’s planned 2 millionj square feet of office space back to the state for use by its variousz agencies. For the project to move the Board of Public Workxs must approve a master development agreement setting the termds for StateCenter LLC.
Once that the developers will then design the first phase of the project and come back to the statr with specific costs andleas terms. That process would continue through each ofthe development’es four phases, expected to take between 10 and 12 yearse to complete. The first phase would focuss onthe project’s office space. When fully developed, the project is slated to include 1,200 residential rental and for-salr units, 2 million square feet of officer space, 250,000 square feet of retail spacrand 7,000 parking spaces. Groundbreakinv for the project’s first phased could begin in June 2010.
Theirt efforts failed, but the legislature’s budget committees passer a requirement the projecf be reviewed by state TreasurerNancyg Kopp. The legislature asked Kopp to look specifically at an accountin provision of the project to determine ifthe state’s leasing of officee space from the developers should be consideredc an operating lease or a capital If it were deemed a capital that would mean the state would need to list it on its budgett as an asset and a liability, and those coste would be added to the state’s overall debt affordability limigt — its ability to borrow moneyt to finance other capital In a May 15 Those terms won’t be determine until after the master development agreement is But Kopp felt it should be considered a capitap lease, and those costs could causew the state to exceed its debt service limits by 2018.
martes, 8 de noviembre de 2011
Help wanted: Apply online - Dallas Business Journal:
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She got five responses. Hopinhg for a bigger and better pool of applicants tochoose from, Relfe, the company's special projects director, turned to the next generation of job the Internet. Within two months of postinb an openingon , Relfer had 172 applications to sift through. The response to one postinv wasso overwhelming, she had to close the ad befores the term ended. "If was a good problem to have," Relfe said. "Withu the sheer volume of what (applications) you get if your ad is presentedxcorrectly - it's amazing.
" With today's robust economyg and low unemployment rate, competition is fierce among businesseds to attract "star" candidates, said Brianm Pitts, co-owner of , a local job-placemenft firm that uses the Internet oftenh to find applicants to fill jobs at variousw area companies. To get the candidate, companies have to move fast - and waitingy for resumes to come via snailmail won'yt cut it, Pitts Most good applicants are looking for jobs on the Interne these days, not the newspaper, so getting the company'es name - and opening - on the Internegt is a must, he said.
posting a job online can be pricey and especially for small businessesthat don't have large bank accountw or human resources departments, Pitts That's the case for Relfe, whose company has about 70 employeess and no one handling human resources. She took time away from her usuak responsibilities to look at the 15 or so resumez emailed by Monstereach morning. But she said it was wortnh the timeand money. Southeastern Property, a 30-year-olrd Birmingham business that owns 148 multifamil properties in11 states, paid $400 to post each job openingv for two months, compared with less than $100 for a newspaperf ad.
It cost more, but they were very pleased" with their hires, she Since her company needede only about 12new employees, the price remained reasonable, she Southeastern Property also managefd the cost by narrowing the search to include candidates who already live in the so they wouldn't have to pay to brinfg someone in town for an interview, and to the candidates who woulfd be willing to move on theie own dime. Larger companies, such as , which has 2,80p employees in Birmingham and 4,000 working for subsidiaries, set asids thousands more to advertise openings and dedicat e dozens of staff hours to search theincomintg resumes. On top of paying per month to post a jobon Monster.
com and receive resumes, O'Neal Steel pays a fee to conduct a reverse search of resumes posted by job seekers. According to a resume-search costs $1,500 for one month, human resources supervisor Donna Cornwellsaid O'Neal has a packagee deal that allows a postingy of 100 jobs a year and eighf resume searches, but she wouldn'y disclose the cost. Using Internet job search enginex hasits drawbacks, Cornwell said. First, the volum can be overwhelming. And some job seekerse apply for job openings evenwhen they're not qualified.
Relfer recalled getting an application for a controller position from a schoopl bus driver in New Online job sites offed ways to weed outunqualified O'Neal Steel requires hopefuls to fill out a questionnairw when applying and if they don't the resume is rejected.
She got five responses. Hopinhg for a bigger and better pool of applicants tochoose from, Relfe, the company's special projects director, turned to the next generation of job the Internet. Within two months of postinb an openingon , Relfer had 172 applications to sift through. The response to one postinv wasso overwhelming, she had to close the ad befores the term ended. "If was a good problem to have," Relfe said. "Withu the sheer volume of what (applications) you get if your ad is presentedxcorrectly - it's amazing.
" With today's robust economyg and low unemployment rate, competition is fierce among businesseds to attract "star" candidates, said Brianm Pitts, co-owner of , a local job-placemenft firm that uses the Internet oftenh to find applicants to fill jobs at variousw area companies. To get the candidate, companies have to move fast - and waitingy for resumes to come via snailmail won'yt cut it, Pitts Most good applicants are looking for jobs on the Interne these days, not the newspaper, so getting the company'es name - and opening - on the Internegt is a must, he said.
posting a job online can be pricey and especially for small businessesthat don't have large bank accountw or human resources departments, Pitts That's the case for Relfe, whose company has about 70 employeess and no one handling human resources. She took time away from her usuak responsibilities to look at the 15 or so resumez emailed by Monstereach morning. But she said it was wortnh the timeand money. Southeastern Property, a 30-year-olrd Birmingham business that owns 148 multifamil properties in11 states, paid $400 to post each job openingv for two months, compared with less than $100 for a newspaperf ad.
It cost more, but they were very pleased" with their hires, she Since her company needede only about 12new employees, the price remained reasonable, she Southeastern Property also managefd the cost by narrowing the search to include candidates who already live in the so they wouldn't have to pay to brinfg someone in town for an interview, and to the candidates who woulfd be willing to move on theie own dime. Larger companies, such as , which has 2,80p employees in Birmingham and 4,000 working for subsidiaries, set asids thousands more to advertise openings and dedicat e dozens of staff hours to search theincomintg resumes. On top of paying per month to post a jobon Monster.
com and receive resumes, O'Neal Steel pays a fee to conduct a reverse search of resumes posted by job seekers. According to a resume-search costs $1,500 for one month, human resources supervisor Donna Cornwellsaid O'Neal has a packagee deal that allows a postingy of 100 jobs a year and eighf resume searches, but she wouldn'y disclose the cost. Using Internet job search enginex hasits drawbacks, Cornwell said. First, the volum can be overwhelming. And some job seekerse apply for job openings evenwhen they're not qualified.
Relfer recalled getting an application for a controller position from a schoopl bus driver in New Online job sites offed ways to weed outunqualified O'Neal Steel requires hopefuls to fill out a questionnairw when applying and if they don't the resume is rejected.
domingo, 6 de noviembre de 2011
Georgia enticed NCR with $60M package - Dayton Business Journal:
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NCR (NYSE: NCR) and roughly 1,300 workers from Dayton to Ga. The move is sending reverberations acrosd theDayton area. As speculatioj grew in recent days that a move was Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland steppede in and offered NCRa $31 million incentive package to But Alison Tyrer, a spokesperson with the , said total incentives for NCR will exceeds $60 million dollars. NCR’s total investment in the state willbe $30 plus an annual payroll in excesds of $150 million, enabling the ATM makerf to take advantage of the Mega Job Tax according to Georgia officials. The Mega Job Tax credit is worth $56.8 million dollars, Tyrer said.
She even with the incentives, Georgia will stilk make $49 million in “tax profit,” so-to-speak. Tyrer would not confirm or deny if Georgiaa is currently working toattract — an NCR spin-off, headquartered near Dayton, but with a stronb presence in Georgia. Miami Township-based Teradata TDC) employs about 6,400 employeezs globally employees and 400 in theDayton area. But Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fished said Tuesday afternoon that he spoke with Teradata COOBruce Langos, who assurexd him the company has no intentionsd or plans to exit the Daytonb area.
NCR (NYSE: NCR) and roughly 1,300 workers from Dayton to Ga. The move is sending reverberations acrosd theDayton area. As speculatioj grew in recent days that a move was Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland steppede in and offered NCRa $31 million incentive package to But Alison Tyrer, a spokesperson with the , said total incentives for NCR will exceeds $60 million dollars. NCR’s total investment in the state willbe $30 plus an annual payroll in excesds of $150 million, enabling the ATM makerf to take advantage of the Mega Job Tax according to Georgia officials. The Mega Job Tax credit is worth $56.8 million dollars, Tyrer said.
She even with the incentives, Georgia will stilk make $49 million in “tax profit,” so-to-speak. Tyrer would not confirm or deny if Georgiaa is currently working toattract — an NCR spin-off, headquartered near Dayton, but with a stronb presence in Georgia. Miami Township-based Teradata TDC) employs about 6,400 employeezs globally employees and 400 in theDayton area. But Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fished said Tuesday afternoon that he spoke with Teradata COOBruce Langos, who assurexd him the company has no intentionsd or plans to exit the Daytonb area.
viernes, 4 de noviembre de 2011
Maryland vs. Virginia: Terps' seniors to play final home game of roller ... - Washington Post
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Deseret News | Maryland vs. Virginia: Terps' seniors to play final home game of roller ... Washington Post Hampton, a defensive lineman, and the 14 other seniors who will play their final home game Saturday against Virginia have endured erratic, resurgent and demoralizing seasons. They have seen a head coach-in-waiting depart less than two years after bein g ... Virginia-Maryland: Rivalry with plenty at stake Virginia Vs. Maryland Preview: Five Questions With A Cavaliers Expert Virginia vs. Maryland Preview: Five Questions with SB Nation DC |
miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2011
Greif 2Q income down 35% - Business First of Columbus:
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The industrial packaging maker said late Wednesdah itearned $18.6 million, down 35.1 percent from $28.8 million a year earlier. Clasx A share earnings for the second quarter ended Aprip 30 fell to32 cents, from 49 cents and Clase B share profit fell to 48 from 75 cents in the same period a year ago. The companyy attributed the profit slidesto $31.9 million in charges incurred duringh the latest quarter. Sales jumped 31.4 percentg to $815 million, from $620.1 million a year ago.
"Thw impressive (sales) results were partially offset by the high cost of old corrugateds containers compared to a year ago and accelerationn into the second quarter from the third quarter of major annualo maintenance at one of our container board mills in the Packaging & Services segment," Grei CEO and President Michael J. Gasser said in a Greif (NYSE:GEF and GEF.B), which also produces plastic bulk containers andwater bottles, employsd 10,200, including 200 in Central Ohio.
The industrial packaging maker said late Wednesdah itearned $18.6 million, down 35.1 percent from $28.8 million a year earlier. Clasx A share earnings for the second quarter ended Aprip 30 fell to32 cents, from 49 cents and Clase B share profit fell to 48 from 75 cents in the same period a year ago. The companyy attributed the profit slidesto $31.9 million in charges incurred duringh the latest quarter. Sales jumped 31.4 percentg to $815 million, from $620.1 million a year ago.
"Thw impressive (sales) results were partially offset by the high cost of old corrugateds containers compared to a year ago and accelerationn into the second quarter from the third quarter of major annualo maintenance at one of our container board mills in the Packaging & Services segment," Grei CEO and President Michael J. Gasser said in a Greif (NYSE:GEF and GEF.B), which also produces plastic bulk containers andwater bottles, employsd 10,200, including 200 in Central Ohio.
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