domingo, 30 de septiembre de 2012

Landlords file objections in Eddie Bauer bankruptcy - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. EBHI) wants a judgse in U.S. bankruptcy court in Delawarre to set a bid deadline of July 14 and a July 16 date to auctionn offthe retailer’s assets. But , headquartererd in Santa Monica, Calif., and three other landlords want more time to evaluatr anyproposed deal. “The landlords did not create debtors’ financial and should not bear the consequences of this bankruptch through loss of theircontractual rights,” Macericgh and the other landlords said in a coury filing Thursday. Eddie Bauer filecd for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionJune 17.
The New York privated equity firm has made an offer to buyEddiew Bauer’s assets for $202 subject to an auction and bankruptcy court approval. CCMP has said it has agreee to keep most ofEddie Bauer’s 371 stored if it were the winning bidder. But the companyh said it would close an undisclosed number ofunderperforming stores. The Macericn Co. leases space to Eddie Bauer at Redmons Town Centerin Redmond, Wash., and Portland’s Washington Also objecting in the bankruptcy case are Eddie Bauee landlords Southgate Mall Associates, The Forbeds Co. and Collectively the four companiesx lease space to 20 Eddie Baue stores in14 states.

sábado, 29 de septiembre de 2012

At Least Someone's Happy About Apple Maps - Businessweek

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At Least Someone's Happy About Apple Maps

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Friday was a good day for Noam Bardin, chief executive officer of Waze. It's not every day, after all, that a relatively unknown startup like his gets endorsed as an alternative to an Apple (AAPL) productâ€"by Apple's CEO. In his apology to iPhone users ...



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jueves, 27 de septiembre de 2012

Conference Board employment index edges up in May - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The organization’s Employment Trend s Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percentg from 89.7 in April and down from 113 in May The Conference Boardsaid Monday. The index number is relativr to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two months is certainly a sign that the decline in job lossesx is real and signals that the worstyis over,” Gad Levanon, The Conference Board’s senior economist, said in a “However, as the economic recovery over the coming monthsd is likely to be very slow, we still expectg the unemployment rate to continue to increase to doublw digits by the end of this year and into 2010.
” Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobws hard to get,” gathered from The Conference Board Consumer Confidences Survey. • Initial claims for unemployment from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positionws not able to fill right now because of inabilithy to findsuitable candidates, from the . • Number of employeezs hired bythe temporary-help from the . Part-time workers for economic reasons, from Bureauu of Labor Statistics. • Job openings, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . • Real manufacturingf and trade sales, from the .
The Conferencse Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofitg organization whose mission is to provide organizations with the practicall knowledge they need to improve their performance and bettetr serve society.

miércoles, 26 de septiembre de 2012

Mercy system to buy Jewish Hospital - San Francisco Business Times:

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The two entities will begin exclusive negotiations to come to a definitivepurchase agreement, accordin to a news release. The process is expected to take four to six and is also subject to variousregulatory approvals. Mercty Health Partners partners operates five in Fairfield, Western Hills, Mount Airy, Anderson Townshilp and Clermont County, along with outpatient and other health care-related facilities. The purchase of Jewish, located in will give the systejm a presence in the northeasternCincinnatij suburbs. "We are always workinvg to provide high-quality care.
One of the missinvg ingredients in covering the Greater Cincinnati area wasthe I-71 corridor," said James May, CEO of Merch Health Partners, in the release. Jewish Hospitap will also join Catholic Healthcare the Cincinnati-based parent of the Merch system. Mercy recently won approval from Green Township trustees to build a new hospitao near North Bend Road andInterstate 74. When the hospital will replace its Mount Airy and WesterhnHills facilities. The , of which Jewishb is a voting member along with Universitu and FortHamilton hospitals, had been considering acquiring the hospital as well. A purchase would have made it a propertyg in thehospital group, like and the .
But in the said it would also considerother partners, while continuing discussions with the Health Alliance.

lunes, 24 de septiembre de 2012

UDR offers apartment-search application for iPhone - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Highlands Ranch-based apartment owner's locatoe app allows users to search apartmentsby price, and number of bedroomzs and bathrooms. It offers amenities lists and floor plans oflisted apartments, and priced are updated daily. The app "knows" where the user is locatex through GPS technology and can offef maps and directions toselecteed apartments. Users can save the apartments they choosr in afavorites folder, and even placer a hold on an apartment until the user can UDR said the application currently offers apartments in California, Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washingtonh state as well as Washington, D.C.
The app is availablwe through Apple's online iStore or for free downloaxdby . The new iPhone service "fitz perfectly into UDR's mobile strategy to attracty and retain apartment renters who are becoming more reliang on a mobile device and less reliant on their personal computers," said Steve Taraborelli, UDR'z VP of sales and in a statement. "Not only are we attracting apartmengt prospects within theUnited States, but from around the worldx now." In addition to the iPhone app, UDR also has WAP- and iPhone-compatiblr websites, at and respectively.
UDR is an apartment-investment trust that owns about 45,000 apartment units and had another 2,000 under development as of Marchb 31.

domingo, 23 de septiembre de 2012

UDR offers apartment-search application for iPhone - Denver Business Journal:

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The Highlands Ranch-based apartment owner'w locator app allows users to search apartmentsby location, price, and number of bedroom s and bathrooms. It offers photos, amenitiex lists and floor plans oflistef apartments, and prices are updated daily. The app where the user is located through GPS technology and can offef maps and directions toselectecd apartments. Users can save the apartments they choose in afavoritexs folder, and even place a hold on an apartment unti l the user can visit. UDR said the application currently offere apartmentsin Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washingtob state as well as Washington, D.C.
The app is availablee through Apple's online iStore or for free downloadby . The new iPhonre service "fits perfectly into UDR's mobilde strategy to attract and retain apartment renters who are becoming more reliant on a mobilre device and less reliant on their personal saidSteve Taraborelli, UDR's VP of sales and marketing, in a "Not only are we attracting apartment prospecte within the United States, but from aroun the world now." In addition to the iPhoner app, UDR also has WAP- and iPhone-compatiblwe websites, at and respectively.
UDR is an apartment-investmenty trust that owns about 45,000 apartment units and had another 2,009 under development as of March 31.

sábado, 22 de septiembre de 2012

Six Flags files Chapter 11 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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New York-based Six Flags (OTC BB:SIXF) said its reorganization plan has unanimouse support ofits lenders’ steering committewe and the administrative agent for the company’xs $1.1 billion senior secured credit The plan would deleverage the company’x balance sheet by $1.8 billion, and cut more than $300 millionb in redeemable preferred stock obligations. The company liste assets of $3.03 billion and debtd of $2.36 billion in its filing. “Th e current management team inheriteda $2.
4 billion debt load that cannotg be sustained, particularly in these challenging financiaol markets,” said Mark Shapiro, president and CEO of Six Flags, in a “As a result, we are cleaning up the past and positioniny the company for future growth... Following a recorc year of performancein 2008, whicjh completed the three-year turnaround of our system-wide park this action to clean up the balance sheetf paves the way for a full revival of the company. ” Six Flagsw has 97.7 million shares of common stockand 1.1 million sharews of preferred stock. Six Flags’ stocko closed June 12 at 26 cents a Six Flags reported aof 2009. It had a in 2008.
Six Flagas operates Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo and Magic Mountain and Hurricans Harbor inLos Angeles.