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Those two sectors employ more than 90 percentf ofthe nation’s private-sector workers. The Alexandria-basede association’s report is based on a monthly survey of humamn resource professionals at more than 500 manufacturing and 500 services Employment expectations for June aredown 37.1 percenr in manufacturing and down 8.2 percenr in the services segment. In the manufacturing sector, 24.5 percenrt plan to hire in which is the highest percentage of such companies that said they will add jobs sincseNovember 2008. In addition, 25.9 percent said they will trim In theservices sector, a net totak of 24.8 percent of corporations will create jobs in with 41.
4 percent saying they will hire and 16.6 percent saying they will cut jobs. That 41.4 percentf represents the highest such tally since September 2008 in that A combination of unemployed people seeking work and less jobs to go arounf means recruiting difficulty in both sectorse in May was way down compared with ayear ago. In the manufacturinb sector, a net of 23.8 percent of companies had less difficult y with recruitinglast month, and in the servicew sector, a net of 35.8 percen of companies said the same.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon proposes green college campus downtown, looks for stimulus aid - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The Phoenix mayor would like to see the sustainability campusa located near 7th Avenue and Van Buren Streetr just west of thedowntowb core. He said and would be the centerpieces of the new Downtown Phoenix already is home to a growing ASU campus and a biomedicakl center that features programs from ASU and the Universitygof Arizona. Those existing higher education assets are locatedin downtown’s core and to it easterh edges. The city of Phoenix has been lobbyinhg federalagencies — including the U.S. Departments of Energy and Housing and UrbanbDevelopment — to help fund the greenn campus via the American Recoveruy & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The $787 billion federal stimulus offers education and research grants for solar and alternativre energy and in othersustainability niches. Gordoj will be in Washington next week talking to Obamzaadministration officials, including Vice President Joseph Bide n about the stimulus. That will includr meetings withthe U.S. Department of Labor about the sustainabilityu effort as well as work force development funding via There is a Rio Salado College adult education center off of 7th Avenuer nearFilmore Street.
Gordon said Rio Salado owns some other land and there are vacant parcelse that could be used fora sustainability/green The campus would be geared towarrd environmental and sustainable engineering and workforce development. Gordon said more specifi plans and details of the west downtown campus are beinh worked and could be unveiled this ASU has been upping its green and sustainable programsz at its Tempe andother Gordon, ASU President Michael Crow and the Greatee Phoenix Economic Council also want to bolstet the Valley’s solar energy production and make the regionm a center for alternative energy That includes Gordon wanting the city to becomr the Silicon Valley for solar energy and reducse the Valley’s urban heat island by paintinvg rooftops white.
The Phoenix mayor would like to see the sustainability campusa located near 7th Avenue and Van Buren Streetr just west of thedowntowb core. He said and would be the centerpieces of the new Downtown Phoenix already is home to a growing ASU campus and a biomedicakl center that features programs from ASU and the Universitygof Arizona. Those existing higher education assets are locatedin downtown’s core and to it easterh edges. The city of Phoenix has been lobbyinhg federalagencies — including the U.S. Departments of Energy and Housing and UrbanbDevelopment — to help fund the greenn campus via the American Recoveruy & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The $787 billion federal stimulus offers education and research grants for solar and alternativre energy and in othersustainability niches. Gordoj will be in Washington next week talking to Obamzaadministration officials, including Vice President Joseph Bide n about the stimulus. That will includr meetings withthe U.S. Department of Labor about the sustainabilityu effort as well as work force development funding via There is a Rio Salado College adult education center off of 7th Avenuer nearFilmore Street.
Gordon said Rio Salado owns some other land and there are vacant parcelse that could be used fora sustainability/green The campus would be geared towarrd environmental and sustainable engineering and workforce development. Gordon said more specifi plans and details of the west downtown campus are beinh worked and could be unveiled this ASU has been upping its green and sustainable programsz at its Tempe andother Gordon, ASU President Michael Crow and the Greatee Phoenix Economic Council also want to bolstet the Valley’s solar energy production and make the regionm a center for alternative energy That includes Gordon wanting the city to becomr the Silicon Valley for solar energy and reducse the Valley’s urban heat island by paintinvg rooftops white.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Euro up after ECB officials keep alive rate rise talk - Reuters
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - Charlotte Business Journal:
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U.S. retail sales of imported rosé wined leapt 42 percent in the 52 week perior endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in tota l sales of table wines during the same period, accordin g to data cited by the . The Frenchb wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Monda the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier studyy by International Wine & Spirit Recorx predicting that consumption of the popular pinkish winea worldwide will jump from 565 million bottles to 620 millioj by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expects the growing thirst forimportex rosé wines in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The French producs 28 percent ofworldwide rosé wines by volume, making it the leadee in the category, according to the wine which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’se rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figuresd revealed that2008 U.S. salesd of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottlre or more jumped 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by despite a weakening economy.
U.S. retail sales of imported rosé wined leapt 42 percent in the 52 week perior endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in tota l sales of table wines during the same period, accordin g to data cited by the . The Frenchb wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Monda the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier studyy by International Wine & Spirit Recorx predicting that consumption of the popular pinkish winea worldwide will jump from 565 million bottles to 620 millioj by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expects the growing thirst forimportex rosé wines in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The French producs 28 percent ofworldwide rosé wines by volume, making it the leadee in the category, according to the wine which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’se rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figuresd revealed that2008 U.S. salesd of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottlre or more jumped 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by despite a weakening economy.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Reunion Arena demolition plans announced - Dallas Business Journal:
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A&R Demolition of Del Valle, Texas, has been awardes the contract to carry out the demolitiohn of the sports landmark that was home to numerous eventxs and to the for 20 The city said Friday the demolitioh will be carried out in a seriesof phases. More than 75 percenft of the materials, concrete and steel remainingy willbe recycled, along with any carpeting that is pulled from the building. When the demolitiohn is complete, the Reunion Arena site will remaijn an emptygreen field.
The city says its Storj and Water and Environment Management divisionn will oversee all of the environmental aspects of the The building will inevitably face some implosion with Dykom Explosive Demolitionof Tulsa, Okla., handling the removal of the upper concrete seating which will be wired to fall into the envelopse of the arena. “Although it takes time and labor to salvagrthe materials, A&R Demolition feels it is important to recycle as much as possible to preserve our past and said Stephen Reveile, A&R operations Below is a listing of demolition-related events: May 31: Concrete crushing on-site for fill material Sept. Roof demolished by mechanicalmeans Oct.
5: Grassyg field should be completed
A&R Demolition of Del Valle, Texas, has been awardes the contract to carry out the demolitiohn of the sports landmark that was home to numerous eventxs and to the for 20 The city said Friday the demolitioh will be carried out in a seriesof phases. More than 75 percenft of the materials, concrete and steel remainingy willbe recycled, along with any carpeting that is pulled from the building. When the demolitiohn is complete, the Reunion Arena site will remaijn an emptygreen field.
The city says its Storj and Water and Environment Management divisionn will oversee all of the environmental aspects of the The building will inevitably face some implosion with Dykom Explosive Demolitionof Tulsa, Okla., handling the removal of the upper concrete seating which will be wired to fall into the envelopse of the arena. “Although it takes time and labor to salvagrthe materials, A&R Demolition feels it is important to recycle as much as possible to preserve our past and said Stephen Reveile, A&R operations Below is a listing of demolition-related events: May 31: Concrete crushing on-site for fill material Sept. Roof demolished by mechanicalmeans Oct.
5: Grassyg field should be completed
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
K&L Gates opens Dubai office - Boston Business Journal:
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Dubai is the firm’s 33rd office and its firsyt in theMiddle East. K&Lp Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter Kalids said the officewas “in the works for aboutr a year” and that the firm’s entry was “well-timedc compared with a year ago because the costs are reduced and therde is much more legal talent at more reasonable compensatioh levels available on the market.” K&pL Gates expects to grow the Dubai officed principally through hires in that region. “u could see additional offices in the Middle said Kalis, who first visitec Dubai six months ago in preparing the firm’z entry there.
“Because of the concentratio n of financial and professional services in theDubai it’s a very attractive and efficient point of entry into the Gulf But certainly it’s not the only market for legal servicee that matters. A logical next step would be Abu Dhabi, but ther e is nothing scheduled for thatto K&L Gates is also “always” open to continuecd expansion opportunities internationally and in the continental United Kalis said, but did not identifu specific cities or countries.
Neal Brendel, one of the firm’d senior dispute resolution partners, is relocating from the Pittsburghy office to serveas co-founder of the Dubai Joining Brendel is Paul de who most recently worked with Ashurst, establishintg and managing that firm’s Dubai office and helpin g to open a second office in the United Arab He is a corporate and projectes lawyer with more than 20 yearsz experience. Associate Richard Dollimore also is joining theDubaiu office. He most recently worked in the K&L Gate office in London.
Dubai is the firm’s 33rd office and its firsyt in theMiddle East. K&Lp Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter Kalids said the officewas “in the works for aboutr a year” and that the firm’s entry was “well-timedc compared with a year ago because the costs are reduced and therde is much more legal talent at more reasonable compensatioh levels available on the market.” K&pL Gates expects to grow the Dubai officed principally through hires in that region. “u could see additional offices in the Middle said Kalis, who first visitec Dubai six months ago in preparing the firm’z entry there.
“Because of the concentratio n of financial and professional services in theDubai it’s a very attractive and efficient point of entry into the Gulf But certainly it’s not the only market for legal servicee that matters. A logical next step would be Abu Dhabi, but ther e is nothing scheduled for thatto K&L Gates is also “always” open to continuecd expansion opportunities internationally and in the continental United Kalis said, but did not identifu specific cities or countries.
Neal Brendel, one of the firm’d senior dispute resolution partners, is relocating from the Pittsburghy office to serveas co-founder of the Dubai Joining Brendel is Paul de who most recently worked with Ashurst, establishintg and managing that firm’s Dubai office and helpin g to open a second office in the United Arab He is a corporate and projectes lawyer with more than 20 yearsz experience. Associate Richard Dollimore also is joining theDubaiu office. He most recently worked in the K&L Gate office in London.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Greif 1Q profit plunges on restructuring costs - Business First of Columbus:
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The Delaware-based company told investors afteer the markets closed Wednesday that itearnes $1.3 million, or 3 cents a in the first quarter ended Jan. 31. That’s down drastically from profitof $60.67 million, or $1.03 a share, in the same quartere a year ago. First-quarter results, the company said, include $29 million in pre-tax charges associatecd with a company-wide initiative to cut costsd asdemand slows. That charge includes $16 millionm in severance costs as Greifcut 1,375 jobs company-wide and closed 10 Greif’s cost-cutting program, dubbed the Greif Business System, was launcherd in 2003 but picke d up speed last year as economivc conditions weakened.
Those conditions continued to make their markon Greif’s which fell 21 percent last quarter to $666.3 million from $846.3 millionj a year ago. our first quarter performance is adversely affected byseasonao factors,” CEO Michael Gasser said in a “This was further compounded in 2009 by the globalp economic downturn that began to impac our company in the fourth quarter of 2008.” The companty said it continues to look at additionaol ways to cut costs and expects to save abourt $50 million this fiscap year. Previous measures include hiring and salary freezea and the closure of 15 plantsin 2008.
Greif (NYSE:GEF) employs more than 8,600 The company last fiscal yearearned $234.3 million on $3.78 billion in
The Delaware-based company told investors afteer the markets closed Wednesday that itearnes $1.3 million, or 3 cents a in the first quarter ended Jan. 31. That’s down drastically from profitof $60.67 million, or $1.03 a share, in the same quartere a year ago. First-quarter results, the company said, include $29 million in pre-tax charges associatecd with a company-wide initiative to cut costsd asdemand slows. That charge includes $16 millionm in severance costs as Greifcut 1,375 jobs company-wide and closed 10 Greif’s cost-cutting program, dubbed the Greif Business System, was launcherd in 2003 but picke d up speed last year as economivc conditions weakened.
Those conditions continued to make their markon Greif’s which fell 21 percent last quarter to $666.3 million from $846.3 millionj a year ago. our first quarter performance is adversely affected byseasonao factors,” CEO Michael Gasser said in a “This was further compounded in 2009 by the globalp economic downturn that began to impac our company in the fourth quarter of 2008.” The companty said it continues to look at additionaol ways to cut costs and expects to save abourt $50 million this fiscap year. Previous measures include hiring and salary freezea and the closure of 15 plantsin 2008.
Greif (NYSE:GEF) employs more than 8,600 The company last fiscal yearearned $234.3 million on $3.78 billion in
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tenth Colorado bank borrows through TARP - Denver Business Journal:
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The Granby-based bank holding company, parent of Grane Mountain Bank, is the 10th Colorado company to participatre in the CapitalPurchasd Program, which began last fall. Part of the federak Troubled Asset ReliefProgram (TARP), it’s a voluntarh program under which healthy banks sell preferred equity shares to the government. Hundreds of banks around the country currently participate in the including the followingin Colorado: COBZ), based in Denver, parent of Coloradl Business Bank, which received $64.5 Bankers’ Bank of the West Denver, parent of Banker’s Bank of the West, $12.66 million. First Western Financial Inc., parent of First Western Bankand Trust, $8.
6 ColoEast Bankshares, Lamar, parent of Coloradoi East Bank & $10 million. Columbine Capital Corp., Buena Vista, parent of Collegiate Peaks Bank, $2.3 million. First Southwest Alamosa, parent of , $5.5 Alpine Banks of Colorado, Glenwood Springs, $70 Millennium Bancorp, Edwards, parent of Millennium Bank, $7.26 million. Omega Capital Corp., Lakewood, parenft of Front Range Bank, $2.8 million. Meanwhile, Aurorw Loan Services LLC of Littleton hasreceivex $798 million so far througg another U.S. Treasury program that provides incentives for lendersz to modify home mortgage loans held bystrugglingy borrowers.
The Granby-based bank holding company, parent of Grane Mountain Bank, is the 10th Colorado company to participatre in the CapitalPurchasd Program, which began last fall. Part of the federak Troubled Asset ReliefProgram (TARP), it’s a voluntarh program under which healthy banks sell preferred equity shares to the government. Hundreds of banks around the country currently participate in the including the followingin Colorado: COBZ), based in Denver, parent of Coloradl Business Bank, which received $64.5 Bankers’ Bank of the West Denver, parent of Banker’s Bank of the West, $12.66 million. First Western Financial Inc., parent of First Western Bankand Trust, $8.
6 ColoEast Bankshares, Lamar, parent of Coloradoi East Bank & $10 million. Columbine Capital Corp., Buena Vista, parent of Collegiate Peaks Bank, $2.3 million. First Southwest Alamosa, parent of , $5.5 Alpine Banks of Colorado, Glenwood Springs, $70 Millennium Bancorp, Edwards, parent of Millennium Bank, $7.26 million. Omega Capital Corp., Lakewood, parenft of Front Range Bank, $2.8 million. Meanwhile, Aurorw Loan Services LLC of Littleton hasreceivex $798 million so far througg another U.S. Treasury program that provides incentives for lendersz to modify home mortgage loans held bystrugglingy borrowers.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Collegiate appoints board members - San Francisco Business Times:
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• Nelea Absher, vice president and associate generalk counsel, • Anne-Marie Brown, founder, • Suzanne founder, • Tuffy Wood, managingt director, Morgan Keegan & Co. • Cindy director of the • Bashar Masri, directotr and senior engineerof . Four trustees were reappointed tothe school’s board. They are: • Marine managemenr consultant Barker Price, who will serves as board president forthe 2009-10p school year; • Merrell Wall general manager of the Monogram line for , and 1974 who will serve as vice • Former Brown-Forman vice chairwomanb and CFO Phoebe Wood, who will serve as and • Former management consultant Leslie who will serve as secretary.
Corrire Nichols, president of the Louisville Collegiates SchoolParents Association, will serve as parent representative on the board. Former Brown-Formanm president Bill Street, whose term on the board was named adirector emeritus.
• Nelea Absher, vice president and associate generalk counsel, • Anne-Marie Brown, founder, • Suzanne founder, • Tuffy Wood, managingt director, Morgan Keegan & Co. • Cindy director of the • Bashar Masri, directotr and senior engineerof . Four trustees were reappointed tothe school’s board. They are: • Marine managemenr consultant Barker Price, who will serves as board president forthe 2009-10p school year; • Merrell Wall general manager of the Monogram line for , and 1974 who will serve as vice • Former Brown-Forman vice chairwomanb and CFO Phoebe Wood, who will serve as and • Former management consultant Leslie who will serve as secretary.
Corrire Nichols, president of the Louisville Collegiates SchoolParents Association, will serve as parent representative on the board. Former Brown-Formanm president Bill Street, whose term on the board was named adirector emeritus.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Homebuilders want wood stork protections downgraded - South Florida Business Journal:
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“The continued listing of the wood stork under the Endangerexd Species Act has blocked development and mining projectds that could have provider jobsfor thousands,” said Steven Geoffre Gieseler, managing attorney with the ’sz Atlantic Center office in which is representing the association. Ken a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the wood stor population has shown signs ofstabilizing recently, at 8,000 nesting pairs or 16,000 breeding He said even if the wood stork is downgradef to “threatened” status, that won’ necessarily mean any greater freedom to build on its habitat.
“Whenh you talk about the EndangeredSpecies Act, and threatened versud endangered, it’s a dubious It still means the species is not doing well and it is protectecd under the act," Warren said. "It doesn’ weaken existing protections, nor does it make it easier or harder to builfd in woodstork habitat.” A recent five-year revie of the wood stork’s numbers suggesteds it is doing better and could theoreticallty be downgraded, but it was only a recommendation, he added. The wood prevalent in Central andSouth Florida, was listex as "endangered" in 1984.
The petitionm cites a 2007 federak review that found the reclassification is warranted because the wood stork numbers are increasing in thesoutheastern U.S.
“The continued listing of the wood stork under the Endangerexd Species Act has blocked development and mining projectds that could have provider jobsfor thousands,” said Steven Geoffre Gieseler, managing attorney with the ’sz Atlantic Center office in which is representing the association. Ken a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the wood stor population has shown signs ofstabilizing recently, at 8,000 nesting pairs or 16,000 breeding He said even if the wood stork is downgradef to “threatened” status, that won’ necessarily mean any greater freedom to build on its habitat.
“Whenh you talk about the EndangeredSpecies Act, and threatened versud endangered, it’s a dubious It still means the species is not doing well and it is protectecd under the act," Warren said. "It doesn’ weaken existing protections, nor does it make it easier or harder to builfd in woodstork habitat.” A recent five-year revie of the wood stork’s numbers suggesteds it is doing better and could theoreticallty be downgraded, but it was only a recommendation, he added. The wood prevalent in Central andSouth Florida, was listex as "endangered" in 1984.
The petitionm cites a 2007 federak review that found the reclassification is warranted because the wood stork numbers are increasing in thesoutheastern U.S.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Texas Grid situation improves, conservation still needed - ERCOT - Reuters
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Reuters | Texas Grid situation improves, conservation still needed - ERCOT Reuters Feb 2 (Reuters) - ERCOT, the power grid operator for most of Texas, said the grid situation in the state is improving and that immediate concerns for the ... Regulators Continue to C » |
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