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million grant from the that will be used to increasd the number of minorities and othef disadvantaged individuals pursuingbiomedical careers. The program will recruit colleg e undergraduatesand first-year medical students from populations that are under-represented nationallh in health-related sciences. The students will undertake a 10-week period of hands-on laboratory experience duringh the summer at theMedical College.
Unded the guidance of Medical Collegew faculty, the students will develop investigative knowledgdeand skills, particularly in the arease of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic or sleep The experience is intendedd to build valuable skills, self-confidence and interest in the health and aid the successfuk entry into graduate school or medical school. Dr. Kennethb Simons, senior associate dean of academic affairs and professoer of ophthalmologyand pathology, and Jeannette associate professor of biophysics, will lead the called the Summer Research Education Program to Increasee Diversity in Health Related “The goal is to work one-on-one with each student to help them map out a plan for advanciny to the next step on their academic path and providingy them with the tools they need to get Simons said.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Chrysler, Fiat finalize deal after Supreme Court steps aside - Business First of Columbus:
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The move comes a day after the decidecd not to hear a court action from a groul of pension funds in Indiana that had temporarily halteds the dealon Monday. The deal come five days ahead of a deadlinwe imposed by Fiat to complete the mergefr and is expected to open the door for more government loans to struggling automanufacturer Chrysler. Attorneys for the pension fundds argued that they would receive just pennies on the dollar fora $42 million loan given to Chrysler. However, U.S.
Solicitort General Elena Kagan said the imminent collapse of which already was losing upwardof $100 million daily, was of greater concern to government officials than the loan When Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionn last month, it spelled out how it woulr merge with Fiat and what the new Chryslefr company would entail. It also said it wouldf reject 789 dealershipagreements nationwide, includinyg .
The move comes a day after the decidecd not to hear a court action from a groul of pension funds in Indiana that had temporarily halteds the dealon Monday. The deal come five days ahead of a deadlinwe imposed by Fiat to complete the mergefr and is expected to open the door for more government loans to struggling automanufacturer Chrysler. Attorneys for the pension fundds argued that they would receive just pennies on the dollar fora $42 million loan given to Chrysler. However, U.S.
Solicitort General Elena Kagan said the imminent collapse of which already was losing upwardof $100 million daily, was of greater concern to government officials than the loan When Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionn last month, it spelled out how it woulr merge with Fiat and what the new Chryslefr company would entail. It also said it wouldf reject 789 dealershipagreements nationwide, includinyg .
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Scientists tackle artefact smells - The Press Association
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Bright idea: Marvin Dufner makes millions recycling bulbs - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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After building his fluorescent light bulbrecycling H.T.R. Inc., into a national played with customers thatinclude , Walgreens, and Lowe’s, Dufner sold the businesw in March to Houston-based an estimated $12 million. H.T.R.’d revenue reached $6 million last year, 17 timese more than the $350,000 the company made when Dufne bought it inDecember 1999. A decade ago, the business recycled abouft 30,000 fluorescent bulbs a month to keep hazardousw mercury out of landfills andwater supplies.
That number reachedx about 18 million bulbs a year by the time of the Dufner and Raymond his minority partner and chiefoperating officer, decidec they needed to either invest a largre amount of capital to open additional recyclin g facilities or find a strategic partner or buyedr for their business. Dufner turned to lifelongy friend James Stuart ofin Clayton. Stuart reacheds out to contacts atWaste Management, and afterr about a year of talks, he helpefd broker H.T.R.’s sale. Dufner estimated fluorescent bulb recyclintg isa $100 million to $150 million industry.
Analyst Michael Hoffman of in Baltimore note that garbage disposal isa $52 billion industrhy and medical waste disposal accounts for anotherd $3 billion to $4 billion. Add-on services such as recyclintg can help a company win additionalmarket share. “One of Wastd Management’s core goals is to grow its medica l waste business toabout $300 millioj in revenue in the next 24 Hoffman said. “Now they can walk into health-care facilitie and hospitals and offer to disposr of theirmedical waste, regular trash and also their fluorescent which for a hospital is no small Waste Management, North America’s largesty waste disposal company, posted net income of $1.
09 billion on revenuer of $13.4 billion last year and employs aboutt 46,000. Dufner, 54, grew up in Granited City and St. Louis, attending and at Carbondale. In he bought one of the first franchises ofEarth City-basedf Dent Wizard, a company that provides paintless dent removal for automobiles. Dufnerd moved to Atlanta to run his territory of Georgi aand Alabama. But in 1998, Atlanta-based acquired Dent Wizarde and proceeded to buy outits franchisees. Dufned sold his business for aboug $5 million, and at age 45 found himself lookingv for anew venture.
In 1999, while at the Lake of the Dufner struck up a conversation with an employee of a three-year-old company then base d in the small town of Golden City in southwest Missouri. A new federalk law regulating the management of wast containing hazardous materials such as mercury had just gone into but H.T.R.’s 14 investorw were short on funds to take advantage of potentiap growth. Dufner bought them out “for a very low and took over the businessas president. Dufner recruited Kohout, a friend who owned a gun storein St.
Loui and was familiar with dealing with government regulators, to help run the business and expand its service area They invested in some tractor-trailersa and started picking up burned-out fluorescent bulbs from all over the countrh and hauling them back to Missourk for processing. Over the next few they relocated the plantf to its current locationin Kaiser, Mo., near Lake As Dufner improved customer service and the speed of waste pickup using third-party freight business boomed. Beginning in 2003, H.T.R. secured contracts with Wal-Marty to pick up and recycle used bulbs.
Othet large retailers, several colleges and universities, and states such as Iowa and Missourij also signed up with All of the material in thebulbds H.T.R. picked up — mercury, metak and glass — was recycled. None went to But with the boom, Dufner and Kohouy also found themselves facintga decision: Expand to keep up with increasing volume, or find someons who could do so for them. “Th right way to do it would be to builds two morerecycling plants, one on the West Coastr and one on the East to cut transportation distances and freight Dufner said.
“Ray and I can’t be in three places at one It was going to requirer a lot more capital to open two new facilitiexs and managethem properly.” So Dufner, who has children ages 3 and 5 with his Renee, decided to look for a buyer last year and eventuallgy struck the deal with Wastw Management. “We thought H.T.R. would make a good fit for saidRick Cochrane, senior business director for Waste Management’s WM Lamptracker division.
“Over 70 percent of fluoresceng lighting in the countrystill isn’t recycled properly, and that’es where we think the upside The and many states are targeting a fluorescent recyclingv goal of about 75 percent, Kohout said. Some 800 million fluorescent lamps burn out each and now millions of residential light socketds are also switching from incandescent to compactg fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs). Although Missouri does not requires residential recyclingof CFLs, many states do, he said. “Thed timing was perfect,” said Kohout, who continues to run the formee H.T.R. operations within WM Lamptracker.
“Wes are now the largest lamp recycler in the and Waste Management is really pushingg the sustainability andrecycling front. We’ves had nine years of double-digit and we’ve just gotten started.” As for he is building a home in Ladue and has notdecidedc what, if anything, he will do next. “Am I lookinvg for something? Possibly, but not Dufner said. “That’s how happened. I wasn’t really lookint and then it fell inmy lap.
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After building his fluorescent light bulbrecycling H.T.R. Inc., into a national played with customers thatinclude , Walgreens, and Lowe’s, Dufner sold the businesw in March to Houston-based an estimated $12 million. H.T.R.’d revenue reached $6 million last year, 17 timese more than the $350,000 the company made when Dufne bought it inDecember 1999. A decade ago, the business recycled abouft 30,000 fluorescent bulbs a month to keep hazardousw mercury out of landfills andwater supplies.
That number reachedx about 18 million bulbs a year by the time of the Dufner and Raymond his minority partner and chiefoperating officer, decidec they needed to either invest a largre amount of capital to open additional recyclin g facilities or find a strategic partner or buyedr for their business. Dufner turned to lifelongy friend James Stuart ofin Clayton. Stuart reacheds out to contacts atWaste Management, and afterr about a year of talks, he helpefd broker H.T.R.’s sale. Dufner estimated fluorescent bulb recyclintg isa $100 million to $150 million industry.
Analyst Michael Hoffman of in Baltimore note that garbage disposal isa $52 billion industrhy and medical waste disposal accounts for anotherd $3 billion to $4 billion. Add-on services such as recyclintg can help a company win additionalmarket share. “One of Wastd Management’s core goals is to grow its medica l waste business toabout $300 millioj in revenue in the next 24 Hoffman said. “Now they can walk into health-care facilitie and hospitals and offer to disposr of theirmedical waste, regular trash and also their fluorescent which for a hospital is no small Waste Management, North America’s largesty waste disposal company, posted net income of $1.
09 billion on revenuer of $13.4 billion last year and employs aboutt 46,000. Dufner, 54, grew up in Granited City and St. Louis, attending and at Carbondale. In he bought one of the first franchises ofEarth City-basedf Dent Wizard, a company that provides paintless dent removal for automobiles. Dufnerd moved to Atlanta to run his territory of Georgi aand Alabama. But in 1998, Atlanta-based acquired Dent Wizarde and proceeded to buy outits franchisees. Dufned sold his business for aboug $5 million, and at age 45 found himself lookingv for anew venture.
In 1999, while at the Lake of the Dufner struck up a conversation with an employee of a three-year-old company then base d in the small town of Golden City in southwest Missouri. A new federalk law regulating the management of wast containing hazardous materials such as mercury had just gone into but H.T.R.’s 14 investorw were short on funds to take advantage of potentiap growth. Dufner bought them out “for a very low and took over the businessas president. Dufner recruited Kohout, a friend who owned a gun storein St.
Loui and was familiar with dealing with government regulators, to help run the business and expand its service area They invested in some tractor-trailersa and started picking up burned-out fluorescent bulbs from all over the countrh and hauling them back to Missourk for processing. Over the next few they relocated the plantf to its current locationin Kaiser, Mo., near Lake As Dufner improved customer service and the speed of waste pickup using third-party freight business boomed. Beginning in 2003, H.T.R. secured contracts with Wal-Marty to pick up and recycle used bulbs.
Othet large retailers, several colleges and universities, and states such as Iowa and Missourij also signed up with All of the material in thebulbds H.T.R. picked up — mercury, metak and glass — was recycled. None went to But with the boom, Dufner and Kohouy also found themselves facintga decision: Expand to keep up with increasing volume, or find someons who could do so for them. “Th right way to do it would be to builds two morerecycling plants, one on the West Coastr and one on the East to cut transportation distances and freight Dufner said.
“Ray and I can’t be in three places at one It was going to requirer a lot more capital to open two new facilitiexs and managethem properly.” So Dufner, who has children ages 3 and 5 with his Renee, decided to look for a buyer last year and eventuallgy struck the deal with Wastw Management. “We thought H.T.R. would make a good fit for saidRick Cochrane, senior business director for Waste Management’s WM Lamptracker division.
“Over 70 percent of fluoresceng lighting in the countrystill isn’t recycled properly, and that’es where we think the upside The and many states are targeting a fluorescent recyclingv goal of about 75 percent, Kohout said. Some 800 million fluorescent lamps burn out each and now millions of residential light socketds are also switching from incandescent to compactg fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs). Although Missouri does not requires residential recyclingof CFLs, many states do, he said. “Thed timing was perfect,” said Kohout, who continues to run the formee H.T.R. operations within WM Lamptracker.
“Wes are now the largest lamp recycler in the and Waste Management is really pushingg the sustainability andrecycling front. We’ves had nine years of double-digit and we’ve just gotten started.” As for he is building a home in Ladue and has notdecidedc what, if anything, he will do next. “Am I lookinvg for something? Possibly, but not Dufner said. “That’s how happened. I wasn’t really lookint and then it fell inmy lap.
”
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Stein Mart sued for copyright infringement - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Los Angeles-based Kay Celines claims in a suit filec in federal courtthat Jacksonville-based Steinn Mart has been knowingly reproducing and selling clothes that feature a Kay Celinre design since at least March. Another California-based , is also named as a defendant in the According tothe suit, filed in May, a Stein Mart buye r named Barbara visited the Kay Celine sample showroom in New York in December and requested to buy some Kay Celine garmentsw bearing the design.
The buyer’s requestr was declined, the suit because Kay Celine had already sold garments bearing that particular design tomajor high-end retailers and specialtuy stores, and therefore could not sell the same desighn to Stein Mart, a discount retailer. Kay Celiner executives discovered in March that Stein Mart wascopying and/or pirating the design, the suit says. Steijn Mart did not return callsseeking
Los Angeles-based Kay Celines claims in a suit filec in federal courtthat Jacksonville-based Steinn Mart has been knowingly reproducing and selling clothes that feature a Kay Celinre design since at least March. Another California-based , is also named as a defendant in the According tothe suit, filed in May, a Stein Mart buye r named Barbara visited the Kay Celine sample showroom in New York in December and requested to buy some Kay Celine garmentsw bearing the design.
The buyer’s requestr was declined, the suit because Kay Celine had already sold garments bearing that particular design tomajor high-end retailers and specialtuy stores, and therefore could not sell the same desighn to Stein Mart, a discount retailer. Kay Celiner executives discovered in March that Stein Mart wascopying and/or pirating the design, the suit says. Steijn Mart did not return callsseeking
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Shotgun-wielding men rob Antioch bread store - San Jose Mercury News
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
BofA raises almost all of $33.9B buffer - St. Louis Business Journal:
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billion. Last month, BofA sold $13.5 billion in commonj stock. The bank issuec 1.25 billion shares at an averagde priceof $10.77 per share. BofA also sold a 5.7 perceng stake in to Asian investors for a gainof $4.5 In addition, BofA agreed to exchanger $9.5 billion in preferred sharee for 704 million sharesx of common stock. BofA expectss to garner $1.3 billion from reduced dividends on thepreferred shares. The exchange doesn’t apply to preferrefd shares held by the federal So far, BofA has boosted its Tier 1 common capita by $2.1 billion by reducing a deferred tax-assetf deduction.
And the bank says it has gainec anadditional $2 billion from the disposition of As part of the company’s capitalo plan, it could issu e up to an additionalo 296 million common shares. “Wde are pleased to have nearly reached our goal this saidJoe Price, chief financial officer. The government said BofA had toraiser $33.9 billion after conducting “stress on the country’s 19 largest banks. The teste were designed to assesxsthe banks’ ability to survive if economic conditions worseh more than expected durin g the next two years.
BofA has receivedf a total of $45 billionn in taxpayer aid under thefederal government’ws Troubled Asset Relief Program, which is designed to thaw the credit markets and boost the economy. In separate developments, Charlotte, N.C.-baseds BofA (NYSE: BAC) sold $3 billio in five-year notes on May 8 and $2.5 billion in 10-yea notes on May 28 withoutt guarantees.
billion. Last month, BofA sold $13.5 billion in commonj stock. The bank issuec 1.25 billion shares at an averagde priceof $10.77 per share. BofA also sold a 5.7 perceng stake in to Asian investors for a gainof $4.5 In addition, BofA agreed to exchanger $9.5 billion in preferred sharee for 704 million sharesx of common stock. BofA expectss to garner $1.3 billion from reduced dividends on thepreferred shares. The exchange doesn’t apply to preferrefd shares held by the federal So far, BofA has boosted its Tier 1 common capita by $2.1 billion by reducing a deferred tax-assetf deduction.
And the bank says it has gainec anadditional $2 billion from the disposition of As part of the company’s capitalo plan, it could issu e up to an additionalo 296 million common shares. “Wde are pleased to have nearly reached our goal this saidJoe Price, chief financial officer. The government said BofA had toraiser $33.9 billion after conducting “stress on the country’s 19 largest banks. The teste were designed to assesxsthe banks’ ability to survive if economic conditions worseh more than expected durin g the next two years.
BofA has receivedf a total of $45 billionn in taxpayer aid under thefederal government’ws Troubled Asset Relief Program, which is designed to thaw the credit markets and boost the economy. In separate developments, Charlotte, N.C.-baseds BofA (NYSE: BAC) sold $3 billio in five-year notes on May 8 and $2.5 billion in 10-yea notes on May 28 withoutt guarantees.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Report: Zell might lose reins of Tribune - Business First of Buffalo:
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According to the report, the company might fall into the hands of a group of banks and investors thatholds $8.6 billion in senior The report says that "the plan centers on a debt-for-equithy swap that probably would give the seniort lenders a large majorit ownership stake in the reorganized The plan would also likely wipe out a $90 milliohn warrant that Zell holds that would give him the righf to buy 40 percengt of Tribune for about $500 The report says that Zell'zs future in the company would likely be determineed by the group, as it is unclear if the group woul want to bring in a new management, or if Zell himsel f would want to remain with the company.
The reporyt says that "sources close to both the creditors and the company said it is too earl y to make such decisions and Tribune management continues to control the procesd because it currently has the exclusive righyt to propose whatever reorganization plan it Tribune through a buyout led by The deal left the company withnearly $12 billion in debt. Tribune has sold off assete and cut jobs since the close of the deal to help with the debt Thecompany .
According to the report, the company might fall into the hands of a group of banks and investors thatholds $8.6 billion in senior The report says that "the plan centers on a debt-for-equithy swap that probably would give the seniort lenders a large majorit ownership stake in the reorganized The plan would also likely wipe out a $90 milliohn warrant that Zell holds that would give him the righf to buy 40 percengt of Tribune for about $500 The report says that Zell'zs future in the company would likely be determineed by the group, as it is unclear if the group woul want to bring in a new management, or if Zell himsel f would want to remain with the company.
The reporyt says that "sources close to both the creditors and the company said it is too earl y to make such decisions and Tribune management continues to control the procesd because it currently has the exclusive righyt to propose whatever reorganization plan it Tribune through a buyout led by The deal left the company withnearly $12 billion in debt. Tribune has sold off assete and cut jobs since the close of the deal to help with the debt Thecompany .
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Delta joins in $30 one-day air fare war - Dayton Business Journal:
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announced a ticket sale Tuesdayg that allows customers tobuy one-way tickets for as low as $30. Severap of Southwest’s competitors – AMR), (NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: (NYSE: LCC) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) – then matchee the Southwest offer, Bloomberg reported The special fares, which also include $60 and $90 are available through 11:59 p.m. Wednesdayt for selected flights Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. The pricr customers pay will be based on how far they are For example, Southwest’s discounted tickete include $90 each way between Chicago and Houston; $60 from Calif., to St.
Louis; and $30 for Baltimore to New The other carriers are offerinf matching fares on routes that competw directly withSouthwest service. Delta is the largest airline flying out ofthe . United and US Airways also servethe
announced a ticket sale Tuesdayg that allows customers tobuy one-way tickets for as low as $30. Severap of Southwest’s competitors – AMR), (NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: (NYSE: LCC) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) – then matchee the Southwest offer, Bloomberg reported The special fares, which also include $60 and $90 are available through 11:59 p.m. Wednesdayt for selected flights Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. The pricr customers pay will be based on how far they are For example, Southwest’s discounted tickete include $90 each way between Chicago and Houston; $60 from Calif., to St.
Louis; and $30 for Baltimore to New The other carriers are offerinf matching fares on routes that competw directly withSouthwest service. Delta is the largest airline flying out ofthe . United and US Airways also servethe
Saturday, March 12, 2011
John Niyo Draymond Green answers emergency call for MSU - The Detroit News
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John Niyo Draymond Green answers emergency call for MSU The Detroit News Or maybe it was just a smoke signal, as Michigan State's coach was left searching for answers to rescue his team and its teetering NCAA Tournament hopes. But whatever it was, it worked just well enough for Michigan State to escape with a 66-61 victory ... |
Thursday, March 10, 2011
A no-sweat invitation from Barack to Vern - Kansas City Business Journal:
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U.S. Rep. Vern R-Longboat Key, got the chance Feb. 24 on the Senatse floor before President Barack Obama addressed a joint sessionmof Congress. As Obama made his way through a slow crawll of handshakesand well-wishers, Buchanan definitel y had something in mind as he positioned himseld along the center aislre gauntlet. That put him in the right spot toshake Obama’s and television cameras caught the pair as they sharexd a quick conversation. What did they talk about? The statr of the Sarasota area economy? The president’s wardrobe? It was about working out.
“Hes used to go to the gym [in where I went, and I used to joke with him when he wouldx play basketball there asa senator,” Buchanab said. “We struck up a little bit of a rapporrtdoing that.” Now some gym bantere could include the economy, a big topicf the two have discussed in the past, and Buchanahn said he was hoping to maybe do that again over some “I asked him when I was goingt to see him again at the gym, and he told me to come on over to his new Buchanan said. “I told him, ‘jI might take you up on that, Mr. President.’” Michael Hinman PASS THE JOKE: Move over Jay heeeere’s Craaaig!
As somber as the industryu news was earlier this month at the 2009 commercial real estat e roundtablein Tampa, Craig executive chairman of , kept folkxs smiling. Knives and fork were removed from the given the dire straits ofthe industry, Sher said He then recalled a couple jokes from the earlyy 1990s, known as the RTC Days, when the federaol sold the assets of failed thrifts and banks. These were jokesd Sher hadn’t expected to dust off and use “I got good news and bad news today,” he “The good news is I’km approved for a $10 million loan. The bad news: I have to come up with $2,000o for an appraisal.” Rim shot, please.
Then there’s the one abou the bird. “What’s the differencs between a pigeon anda developer? “At leasrt a pigeon can make a deposit on a — Janet Leiser OFFICE MAKEOVER: Aftere two years as president of nonprofit wellnesw coalition Healthy Together Inc., Sigrid Tidmore began as director of communicationa and community affairs for Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busanksy earlier this year. Not long into her term, Busanksyh said in a release that the spendingt of her predecessor Buddy Johnson concerneds her asa taxpayer, after an audift revealed he overspent the general fund by “Buddy was then. This is now,” Tidmorw said.
“But we recognize we need to say whatis ‘now.’” For “now” is a time to educate poll workers and potential candidates. Her new goals are similard to the ones she had atHealthy “The reason you get voter apathy is becauses people think they have no power,” she “The reason people didn’t take care of theitr health was because they didn’t think it made a
U.S. Rep. Vern R-Longboat Key, got the chance Feb. 24 on the Senatse floor before President Barack Obama addressed a joint sessionmof Congress. As Obama made his way through a slow crawll of handshakesand well-wishers, Buchanan definitel y had something in mind as he positioned himseld along the center aislre gauntlet. That put him in the right spot toshake Obama’s and television cameras caught the pair as they sharexd a quick conversation. What did they talk about? The statr of the Sarasota area economy? The president’s wardrobe? It was about working out.
“Hes used to go to the gym [in where I went, and I used to joke with him when he wouldx play basketball there asa senator,” Buchanab said. “We struck up a little bit of a rapporrtdoing that.” Now some gym bantere could include the economy, a big topicf the two have discussed in the past, and Buchanahn said he was hoping to maybe do that again over some “I asked him when I was goingt to see him again at the gym, and he told me to come on over to his new Buchanan said. “I told him, ‘jI might take you up on that, Mr. President.’” Michael Hinman PASS THE JOKE: Move over Jay heeeere’s Craaaig!
As somber as the industryu news was earlier this month at the 2009 commercial real estat e roundtablein Tampa, Craig executive chairman of , kept folkxs smiling. Knives and fork were removed from the given the dire straits ofthe industry, Sher said He then recalled a couple jokes from the earlyy 1990s, known as the RTC Days, when the federaol sold the assets of failed thrifts and banks. These were jokesd Sher hadn’t expected to dust off and use “I got good news and bad news today,” he “The good news is I’km approved for a $10 million loan. The bad news: I have to come up with $2,000o for an appraisal.” Rim shot, please.
Then there’s the one abou the bird. “What’s the differencs between a pigeon anda developer? “At leasrt a pigeon can make a deposit on a — Janet Leiser OFFICE MAKEOVER: Aftere two years as president of nonprofit wellnesw coalition Healthy Together Inc., Sigrid Tidmore began as director of communicationa and community affairs for Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busanksy earlier this year. Not long into her term, Busanksyh said in a release that the spendingt of her predecessor Buddy Johnson concerneds her asa taxpayer, after an audift revealed he overspent the general fund by “Buddy was then. This is now,” Tidmorw said.
“But we recognize we need to say whatis ‘now.’” For “now” is a time to educate poll workers and potential candidates. Her new goals are similard to the ones she had atHealthy “The reason you get voter apathy is becauses people think they have no power,” she “The reason people didn’t take care of theitr health was because they didn’t think it made a
Monday, March 7, 2011
Another drop in Colorado sales-tax revenue - Business First of Columbus:
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percent — in May from the same monthh theyear before, girding legislators for what they expectg will be another round of cuts in next year’s fiscap budget. With the statde most of the way throughy a fiscal year that ends onJune 30, no more cuts are likelty for this year, said Joint Budget Committee Vice Chairmanh Jack Pommer, a Democratic representative from Boulder. The Legislatur has designated that any further fundinhg shortfall this year will be filled by money fromthe state’sa undesignated reserve fund and from a one-dayy borrowing of other fundse to be repaid on July 1.
However, the continued fall of revenues below expectations means the six JBC members who setthe state’ss budget must begin lookinhg soon at additional ways to scalr back expenses or servicess in next year’s fiscal plan, several memberd said. “I guess this means we’re not out of the woods yet,” Pommer said. “We’re going to have to prepare for more cuts next year on top ofwhat we’ves already made.” Legislators filled a $1.4 budget shortfalpl over the past six months by raiding the reserve transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from cash-fundedf accounts and cutting abour $300 million in services.
As revenues continue to come inbeloqw forecast, that talk will begin again. State sales-taxx receipts for May were offby $30 million, a 17.9 percent drop from last Individual income taxes fell by $66.3 million or 19.7 percent, and corporate incomed taxes dropped by $2.2 million or 13.2 percent. State reserves have aboutr $148 million that can be used to offsetrevenue shortfalls, noted Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. If the stated must transfer funding temporarily, however, that will only push the problemn of balancing the budget further off until next he said. “The question is: Does revenue in the futures pick upif we’re starting to see or not?” Ferrandino said.
“We’rw starting to see some indications that the economy is startinvto recover, if not level off.”
percent — in May from the same monthh theyear before, girding legislators for what they expectg will be another round of cuts in next year’s fiscap budget. With the statde most of the way throughy a fiscal year that ends onJune 30, no more cuts are likelty for this year, said Joint Budget Committee Vice Chairmanh Jack Pommer, a Democratic representative from Boulder. The Legislatur has designated that any further fundinhg shortfall this year will be filled by money fromthe state’sa undesignated reserve fund and from a one-dayy borrowing of other fundse to be repaid on July 1.
However, the continued fall of revenues below expectations means the six JBC members who setthe state’ss budget must begin lookinhg soon at additional ways to scalr back expenses or servicess in next year’s fiscal plan, several memberd said. “I guess this means we’re not out of the woods yet,” Pommer said. “We’re going to have to prepare for more cuts next year on top ofwhat we’ves already made.” Legislators filled a $1.4 budget shortfalpl over the past six months by raiding the reserve transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from cash-fundedf accounts and cutting abour $300 million in services.
As revenues continue to come inbeloqw forecast, that talk will begin again. State sales-taxx receipts for May were offby $30 million, a 17.9 percent drop from last Individual income taxes fell by $66.3 million or 19.7 percent, and corporate incomed taxes dropped by $2.2 million or 13.2 percent. State reserves have aboutr $148 million that can be used to offsetrevenue shortfalls, noted Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. If the stated must transfer funding temporarily, however, that will only push the problemn of balancing the budget further off until next he said. “The question is: Does revenue in the futures pick upif we’re starting to see or not?” Ferrandino said.
“We’rw starting to see some indications that the economy is startinvto recover, if not level off.”
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Churches face tricky balance of welcoming and protecting - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Churches face tricky balance of welcoming and protecting Fort Worth Star Telegram Last month, a pastor pointed his gun at two burglars at his Beaumont church after one threatened to hit him with a two-by-four, the local newspaper reported. Last year, an elderly woman in Arkansas interrupted a burglary at church and ... |
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
VoIP Inc. hit with involuntary bankruptcy petition - South Florida Business Journal:
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An involuntary petition was filed June 2against , a voicr over Internet provider, in the . The companyg had already said in 2008 that it eliminatedx most of its workforce and suspenderd alltelecommunications operations. It is also facint a lawsuit, filed by the in U.S. Districy Court in Miami, alleging formert executives misled investors about the financiak health ofthe company. Now, some creditore are appealing to a bankruptcy judge to help them recovetr judgmentsagainst VoIP. The petitioning creditors are of Calif.
, with a claim of Garyn Angel, with a claim of and Carrie Angel, with a claim of according tothe “The filing of the involuntary [bankruptcy] is not directly related to the SEC action, although I’m sure they will eventuallyg overlap,” said bankruptcy attorney Craiy Pugatch, of , who represents Noctua Fund, but said he does not represenf the Angels. “A group of creditorws have been attempting tocollect assets. They believe assetd are available.” The SEC complaint, filed in April, allege that, between November 2004 and May 2005, executive s recorded $1.
4 million in fictitious revenue from purportedd sales of computer hardware and for management It further alleges the inflatee revenue raisedthe company’as overall revenue figures by 43 percent for the year endeed Dec. 31, 2004. The SEC also said management knew VoIP wasstrugglinfg financially, that the company’s actual revenues were substantially less than its projectionzs and that an executive sold more than 4 million shares of the company’s stock to realiz e more than $4.4 million in profit withouft properly recording the sale.
The SEC had asked the cour to disgorge all of the profite the former executives made as a result of their pay a civil penalty and permanentlyt bar them from acting as an officetr or director of a publiclyheld “We think the type of inaccurate public information beinyg put out was a pervasive Pugatch said. “We also believe insiderxs and lenders were notactinvg properly.” Attempts to reach VoIP were not The company’s phone number in Fort Lauderdale had been disconnected.
An involuntary petition was filed June 2against , a voicr over Internet provider, in the . The companyg had already said in 2008 that it eliminatedx most of its workforce and suspenderd alltelecommunications operations. It is also facint a lawsuit, filed by the in U.S. Districy Court in Miami, alleging formert executives misled investors about the financiak health ofthe company. Now, some creditore are appealing to a bankruptcy judge to help them recovetr judgmentsagainst VoIP. The petitioning creditors are of Calif.
, with a claim of Garyn Angel, with a claim of and Carrie Angel, with a claim of according tothe “The filing of the involuntary [bankruptcy] is not directly related to the SEC action, although I’m sure they will eventuallyg overlap,” said bankruptcy attorney Craiy Pugatch, of , who represents Noctua Fund, but said he does not represenf the Angels. “A group of creditorws have been attempting tocollect assets. They believe assetd are available.” The SEC complaint, filed in April, allege that, between November 2004 and May 2005, executive s recorded $1.
4 million in fictitious revenue from purportedd sales of computer hardware and for management It further alleges the inflatee revenue raisedthe company’as overall revenue figures by 43 percent for the year endeed Dec. 31, 2004. The SEC also said management knew VoIP wasstrugglinfg financially, that the company’s actual revenues were substantially less than its projectionzs and that an executive sold more than 4 million shares of the company’s stock to realiz e more than $4.4 million in profit withouft properly recording the sale.
The SEC had asked the cour to disgorge all of the profite the former executives made as a result of their pay a civil penalty and permanentlyt bar them from acting as an officetr or director of a publiclyheld “We think the type of inaccurate public information beinyg put out was a pervasive Pugatch said. “We also believe insiderxs and lenders were notactinvg properly.” Attempts to reach VoIP were not The company’s phone number in Fort Lauderdale had been disconnected.
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