viernes, 30 de diciembre de 2011

Martek Biosciences plans appeal of E.U. ruling on infant formula patent - St. Louis Business Journal:

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That was word from the Columbia compant Tuesday in regulatory The patent office inthe Hague, Netherlands upheld a patent that was granted to the biotechh firm in 2007 but was challenged by food manufacturers and Ltd. The patenft office said Martek’s patent appliees to Martek’s nutritional oil in infant formula, but is not coverex when it is blended with certain fish oils used ininfantt formula. Martek (NASDAQ: MATK) expecte the appeal will take one to two yearsz and said it does not believe the rulinbg will impactits revenue.
Derived from the company’s nutritional oils are also used in dietarg supplements andfood products, such as yogurt and The company has been aggressively expanding its infant formulsa business overseas as it has nearlg saturated the U.S. market. Martek warned in its last earnings statement that its infanrt formula sales in the third and fourth quarterx could drop as retailers trim theier inventories ofthe product. The company anticipates demand will pick up infiscak 2010.

miércoles, 28 de diciembre de 2011

NM ad firms snag eight national awards - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The ADDYs are the world’s largest advertising competition. This year, there were 330 national awardx presented outof 1,600 entries. won a Gold ADDY for a seried of posters created for the National Museum of Nuclear Scienc eand History. The agency also earned two Silver ADDY awarde for its posters inthe campaign. McKee Wallworlk Cleveland won a Gold ADDY for a postetr it created for the Sierra Club It also won a Silvef ADDY for a promotional postcard createdd for the Center inSanta Fe. received a Gold ADDY for a salez kit it created for the cityof Roswell’a UFO Festival.
And Vaughn Wedeen Kuhn snaggecd two Silver ADDYs for its television spot created for the New Mexicop Department of Tourism and fora self-promotion piece created for Gutter Magazine. Student Honorees who snaggerd two national ADDYs wereDanielle Martinez, who won a Gold Studenyt ADDY, and Laura Sanchez, who received a Silver Student ADDY.

lunes, 26 de diciembre de 2011

Study: 'Minute clinics' slow to catch on in Mass. - Boston Business Journal:

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But a new study by the consultancy firm Deloitte has founs that people in Boston are statistically less willinvg to use this new alternative healthbcare option. The percentage of patients who were likeluy to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctodr visit was 30percen nationwide, but only 21 percent in Boston. The percentage of patientz that have actually used a retail walk in clinidc in the past year was 13 percent nationwide and only 5 percent in Boston. Even a one week wait for a doctort would not entice very many Bostonians to go to aretaiol clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that woulc make them change their behavior, compared with 28 percentr nationwide.
The newly-released study was conducted in October of andincluded 5,665 subjects nationwide. Chip Phillips, the presidentf of division, said the studhy does ot fully reflect the preferencese of patients in the He saidthe company's clinic in Medway has administered more than 9,60o0 flu shots and handledf nearly 28,000 acute care visitss since opening in September. “Initial acceptance of the retail clinic model in Massachusettz has been higher than the vast majority of our market Phillips said.

sábado, 24 de diciembre de 2011

Aidan Burley Nazi stag photos: French police inquiry - BBC News

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jueves, 22 de diciembre de 2011

Merriam Pointe developers miss deadline for incentives - Kansas City Business Journal:

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million in incentives tied to not payinbabout $25,000 in delinquent Last week, the gave the developers, organized as , an extensiom from Nov. 24 to 15, 2009, to have accessa to the incentives, provided they get current on thei taxes. But the developers — who includs Ross Stiner, chairman of Olathe-based didn’t sign the amended redevelopment agreement by aWednesdahy deadline, so amendments that includde $4.1 million in transportation development districtf incentives are void, city officialws said Monday. A call to Stiner was not immediatelreturned Monday. About $6.75 million in tax increment financing was part of an originapdevelopment agreement.
If the developers don’r pay back taxes by Dec. 10, the city coulxd choose to terminate the original agreemenras well. The city has investeed about $6.5 million on public infrastructure investmentws atthe site. “The majority of the City Councilo were in favor of making extensionzs to allow the project to go City Administrator Phil Lammerssaid Monday. “They did believre that the developers ... were trying to performk and wanted to see the projectbuilt out, but the originalp development agreement had a clause that said they neededd to keep current on their taxes.” Another development group, , was to have takenh over the project by Nov. 24, Lammers said.
The which fronts Interstate 35, was firstt proposed as a $60 millionn power center in late 2004. Block Co. Inc. Realtors Principal David Block and President David Christie said in February that they and asMerriam Investors, would take over the They planned to turn the cleared 22-acrde site into a 239,000-square-foot shopping center and hotelp that would open in An auto dealership, Shawnee Missionn Hyundai, already had opened on the soutnh side of the site. Merriam Investorws had planned to finish buying parcelsd of land at the site Februaryt ofthis year, but have not yet done so, Lammer said.
The Johnson County Appraiser’s Office estimated the entire site’sa 2007 market value at more than $8.2 The original redevelopment agreement remainsin place, requiring that propertu taxes for the area remain current. Developere are scheduled meet with city officials at2 p.m. Lammers said.

lunes, 19 de diciembre de 2011

NHL expects to announce Coyotes ownership bid by Friday - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The NHL says it will tell U.S. Bankruptcgy Court Judge Redfield T. Baum by Friday “whetherf or not there is a localo buyer forthe Coyotes,” according to a filint Monday. “If not, the NHL can undertake an orderly sale of the club to a bidder that would relocate the club forthe 2010-11 the league said. The NHL’s June 22 court filing also says Canadiamn billionaire Jim Balsillie can buy the Coyotesx if he agrees to keep them in Balsillie put forwarda $213 million offerf to buy the Coyotes, but wants to move them to Ontario. The move is opposed by the NHL, but supported by team ownet Jerry Moyes.
Baum shot down the Research inMotionh CEO’s initial bid to buy the Coyotes because of its June 29 Balsillie amended that offer, sayint he would buy the team in Septembetr and move it to Hamilton for the 2010-11 season. The Coyote are in Chapter 11 Bankruptcuy reorganization and the NHL and city of Glendaled are trying to find an owner to buy the team from Phoenicxbusinessman Moyes. The NHL has identified four possible ownership groups to keep the team in Howard Sokolowski andDavid Cynamon, ownersa of the Canadian Football League’ws Toronto Argonauts; Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner Jerrty Reinsdorf; Coyotes minority owner John Breslow; and an unnamer Phoenix-area business executive.
There is speculation among officialx familiar with the Coyotes situation an ownership groul could involve the Maloof which owns the NationalBasketball Association’s Sacramentio Kings. The NHL has stressed its commitment to keeping the Coyoteas in thePhoenix market, but ther is speculation in Canadian media and sportzs circles that even if the league stopd Balsillie from buying the Coyotes another ownershipp group could move the team to another market within several seasons. Toronto, for example, has been tryinfg to recruit a second team to go alonvg with the TorontoMaple Leafs. Medi a reports also have mentioned Las Vegaxs for a possibleCoyotes move.
The Coyotes lost more than $300 millio n since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996from

sábado, 17 de diciembre de 2011

Catch the Wind secures $18.8M - Business First of Buffalo:

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million in a private placement financing to help push more salesd of its new wind sensorfor turbines. Manassas-baseds Catch the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Venture Exchange, sold roughly 16.7 millio shares at a price of Canadiah $1.30 apiece in what it hope to be its last major equituy financing before generating enougn revenue from itslaser wind-sensing product, Vindicator, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investmengt round, along with institutional bringing its total equity fundraising to date to nearly $35 , Research Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capital Corp.
served as placement agentx for this latest fundraising in return for 6 percengt of the gross proceeds and additionalstock options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibe optics laser company that still shares the sameheadquarterxs space, Catch the Wind has been developin g similar technology that senses when wind is imminent, helpingh reorient a turbine to capture that wind before it passes. Most wind turbinews can realign its blades only afterf itfeels wind, so they’re oftenb too late to actually benefitf from gusts, company officials “Before, it was the horse-and-buggy approacb to measuring wind,” said Phil Rogers, who founded Optica l Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife beforew leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catch the “Think about increasing the gas mileage of your car,” he “You’ve already bought your car.
But if I can sell you somethinf that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you woul save more money.” He estimate s the Vindicator can capture 10 percent to 30 percenft more wind for which in turn helps generate more clean electricituy and ultimately revenue for their operators. Catchj the Wind recently sold its first unitto , a Canadianj environmental monitoring equipment while starting its first two-month field test with the Nebrask a Public Power District on its largest wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’s also talking to federal hopes to use that trial’as results later this summer to market to other wind turbind manufacturers and wind farm operators.
With six full-timed employees, Catch the Wind expects to at least double that count by the end of this The company, which had $5.5 million in cash and equivalents on hand as of Marcjh 31, is also considering whether to list itself on an Americabn exchange later this year. “We aspire to that,” Rogers said. “I just can’tr say when.”

jueves, 15 de diciembre de 2011

Appeals Court Affirms Government's Default Termination of Navy Contract for A-12 Stealth Attack Aircraft

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In 1988, the Navy awarded the $4 billionn fixed-price contract for development ofthe A-12, which was to be a carrier-based attack aircraft. The program encountered serioustechnical difficulties, and in after the Department of Defense refused to approvr additional funding for the program, the Navy terminatex the contract because it was substantiall y over budget and behind schedule. The contractors challengexd the termination, resulting in 18 years of On appeal for the third time onJune 2, the court of appeals affirmed the 2007 judgmentg of Court of Federal Claims Judge Robert B. Hodgews Jr.
, holding that the Navy had properly terminatexd the contract for Ina 29-page opinion, the courgt of appeals explained that the termination decision was justifieed under the parties' contracft because the contractors' performance historyt demonstrated that "the government was justifiably insecure about the contract's timely completion" and there was no excuse for the contractors failure to make progress toward completion of the "We are gratified by the appellate court'sa decision upholding the Navy'ws decision to protect the public fisc by terminatinhg the A-12 contract for default," said , Assistang Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Division.
"Today's decisionj also represents a critical step toward bringing this long litigation toan end." Under the the contractors are required to repa y the government more than $1.345 billion in principle funds advanced under the contract, plus interest accruing since for a total sum that currently approaches $2.8 SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

martes, 13 de diciembre de 2011

SBA amends 504 loan program - The Business Review (Albany):

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The permanent change was authorized by the American Recoveryu and Reinvestment Actof 2009. It is the latesy of several SBA program modifications containedd in the stimulus plan totake effect. Other s have included a temporary increase in the guaranteee level onmost 7(a) program loans, reduced fees on both 7(a) and 504 and a doubling of the suretuy bond guarantee level for small businessees competing for construction and service contracts. The 504 prograkm provides financing for small businesses to purchase real estatew and other fixed such as heavy equipmentor machinery, and to expandf an existing development project.
The loans are made partialluy by banks and partially by a CertifiesDevelopment Company, with the borrower putting in 10 In the Albany, N.Y. area, most 504 loan go through Under thereviseds rules, 504 loans now may be used to refinancde existing loans used to buy real estate and othe fixed assets. The refinancing must be tied to a business and the debt refinanced may not exceedr 50 percent of the projected cost of that An “expansion” includes any projecg that involves the acquisition, construction or improvement of land, buildingf or equipment for use by the smal l business.
“This is one more piece of the Recovert Act that is going to have a direct impacrt and put more moneg in the hands of smalpl business owners just when they need it said SBA AdministratorKaren Mills. “Lower interest ratez mean lower payments and less mone going out the door each month indebt repayments. That means more cash on hand to keep theiedoors open, their employees working and to even expan and create more jobs.

domingo, 11 de diciembre de 2011

AT&T to secure Amtrak information technology infrastructure - Washington Business Journal:

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Financial terms of the agreement werenot AT&T will provide services to protect D.C.-basec Amtrak’s telecom network infrastructure, the company’xs Web site and the personal informatiobn of passengers. The company will be responsiblre for implementing andmanaging Amtrak’s wirelesws local area network (WLAN) and its enhancesd virtual private network (EVPN) to help connect more than 400 locations and multiple networks on a single network “We are bringing togethee and providing security service across the newly constructedx Amtrak infrastructure,” said Gene director of product marketing management for security services at AT&T.
Additionally, AT&T will put up firewalls to secured data that flows both in and outof Amtrak’se networks, monitoring for internal threates to and breaches of the company’z security policies. Despite, some contraction in technolog spending due to the Budsock said some areas of IT spending arecreeping “Any time there is heightened awareness of security we get an increase in inquiries,” said Budsock. “As there is more scrutinuy around protecting the customerws and shareholdersof institutions...
that makes companies better be able to spenf security dollars than other IT Underthe contract, Amtrak also will use AT&T voicd services, including long distancwe and audio and Web conferencing services. Amtrak providea intercity passenger rail service across 46 statesand 21,0009 route miles. In the company’s last fiscal its trains carried morethan 28.7 million

viernes, 9 de diciembre de 2011

Bank Plans to Close Accounts With Somali Money Transfer Businesses Over Fear ... - Fox News

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martes, 6 de diciembre de 2011

Council eyes proposed district voting map - Chicago Sun-Times

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Naperville City Council discussed proposals for new district voting maps Tuesday, beginning the process of changing the way Naperville elects its City Council members. City Manager Doug Krieger said ...



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domingo, 4 de diciembre de 2011

CMU faculty to vote on tentative deal in January - BusinessWeek

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Central Michigan University and the union for faculty reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract after a 14-hour negotiating session, marking a possible end to a labor dispute that has dragged on for months. ...


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viernes, 2 de diciembre de 2011

Ferret and frogs help Goodby, Silverstein catch Clio Awards - San Francisco Business Times:

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No surprise that Goodby, Silverstein & Partners won the bellringer nod for the mostawardes ­ nine in all ­ of any local shop. Most of Goodby's including one gold award, went to its radik and television work for Budweiser featuring the talkinvg frogs and the famouslyindecipherable ferret. Goodbyt also won a bronzee award for its Nikeprint work, and a bronze for an E-Tradde television promotion. The Academy of Art College, which won five awards, including two golds, did hilariouss television takes on Brita and thoughtful print work for the City of FlaxArt & Design and Shurtape.
Other local winnersx include: McCann Erickson/A&L, interactive for Computec/Incite; TBWA/Chiat/Day, bronze, television for Young & Rubicam, bronze, televisionn for Lincoln LS; Goldberg, Moser bronze, radio for Ameristar Casinos Inc.; Blazingf Paradigm, silver, radio for Kirkwood Ski Foote, Cone & two silvers, television for Amazon.comk and Sega, and bronze, television for MTV; Cahan & Associates, silvee and gold, design for annual reporte for General Magic andCollateral respectively; Landor Associates, silver and bronze, design for corporatd identity for People PC and Agilent, Turner Duckworth, gold, desig n for corporate identity for Steeo Reserve; marchFIRST, silver, interactive for Williams-Sonoma; and Red Sky gold and bronze, interactivew for Nike.
Studio links print ads, PCs A San Francisco imaging studio will help magazines and PCs talk to one anothedthis month. The To steer humans from the priny advertisements they hold in thei r hands to the company web sites that offedr more product informationand e-commerce options. Pixxon Imaging Studiosx is scheduled June 13 to beginb a nationwide test using technology dreamt up by Digimarc The technology will affect 30 advertisements that will have watermarkecd materials with embedded codes that will be read by a PC The ads will run inWirer Magazine, which is expected to reach abougt 150 million readers, according to Don Tolbert, Pixxon'sw vice president of sales and manufacturing.
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