Contactmusic.com | Coldplay - Stars Get Arty For Literacy Campaign Contactmusic.com Stars including Coldplay, Dame Helen Mirren and Stephen Fry have designed and decorated envelopes for a UK literacy campaign. Dame Shirley Bassey, Star Trek's Simon Pegg and Dame Judi Dench also tapped into their creative sides to transform everyday ... |
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Coldplay - Stars Get Arty For Literacy Campaign - Contactmusic.com
Monday, February 27, 2012
State Governors Attend White House Dinner - ABC News (blog)
Boston.com | State Governors Attend White House Dinner ABC News (blog) WASHINGTON, DC â" While Hollywood celebrates the Academy Awards, a different kind of celebrity gala event unfolded at the White House this evening: President Obama hosted the nation's state governors for an annual black tie di nner. Still miffed? Jan Brewer will not attend Governor's annual White House dinner |
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Gold Follows Stocks With Unpexected Increase - The Ledger
Gold Follows Stocks With Unpexected Increase The Ledger By Nathaniel Popper & Joel Stonington NEW YORK | While the Dow Jones industrial average has risen toward 13000, another high-profile market has unexpectedly risen alongside it: gold. The price of the precious metal has surged since the beginning of the ... |
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Greg Grainger joins Jones Lang LaSalle - San Antonio Business Journal:
Jones Lang LaSalle said Grainger will be leadingits Dallas-Fort Worth propertyg management business. He also is expected to launch a nationall industrial propertymanagement practice. Grainger is joiningv Jones Lang LaSallefrom , where he headed the property management practice for the D-FW Prior to that, he managed the properth management division for Co. “With more than 20 yeare of experience and a proven track record in the propertymanagemenft arena, Greg will greatly enhance the firm’xs ability to provide expanderd industrial and property managemenf services to our clients,” said Paul Whitman, president of Jonezs Lang LaSalle, DFW.
“We are strengthening our property management business into the industrial sphere in responswe tomarket demand.” Grainger is not the only recentt addition to the team. Terruy Darrow, a 35-year industrial real estate joined the firm last month to lead theindustrialp group, which specializes in advisingh occupiers and investors of industrialp space.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Southland Television Network to Broadcast Bobcats vs. Lions - SportsNOLA.com
Southland Television Network to Broadcast Bobcats vs. Lions SportsNOLA.com FRISCO, Texas â" Southeastern Louisiana will welcome Texas State to the University Center in Hammond, La., Wednesday at 7 pm in the Toyota Game of the Week on the Southland Conference Television Network. Both teams are just one game out of the final ... |
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Report: Long Beach's revenues projected to be down $11M for fiscal year - Contra Costa Times
Report: Long Beach's revenues projected to be down $11M for fiscal year Contra Costa Times By Eric Bradley Staff Writer LONG BEACH - A report will be delivered Tuesday to the City Council showing projected revenues down $11 million, or 2.7 percent, for the current fiscal year. While the city's largest sources of income - property and sales ... |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Portland-area economy weakens Q1 - Portland Business Journal:
percent, an accelerating declin compared tothe 13.5 percent (revised) drop in the fourthn quarter of 2008. Of the nine indicators includedd inthe index, six declined significantly, said Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum and a UO adjunc assistant professor, Labor market trends continue to Help-wanted advertising in The Oregonian fell during the consistent with a decrease in hiring demand. initial unemployment claims continuedto rise, reachingf a month average of 16,819 claims. Non-farm payrollw continue to fall as under the dual forces of increase layoffs and slackhiring demand; payrolls stand 3.9 percent lower than year-agpo levels.
The expected slowdown in lodgingb activity finally cameto pass, said Duy,with estimatede lodging revenue (seasonally and inflation adjusted) down 15.4 percent from the fourth quarter. Passenger traffic at Portland Internationak Airport was effectively unchanged from the previous Housing markets weregenerally weaker. Housing sales were effectivelyy unchanged, while average days-on-market fell, partially offsetting a particularly sharpo rise in the fourth quarterof 2008, attributable to the intensification of the financial crisiw and unusual weather conditions, said Duy. Ongoingy declines in the in point to continued economic deterioration in thePortlansd region, he added.
Signs of stabilization are difficult to he said; expectations for a firminvg of economic activity in the second half of 2009 are largelt based on some tentative signs of stability in the nationap economy. Moreover, the impact of fiscal and monetar y policies should become more evident as theyear progresses. Still, the pace of the recovery is expected to be subdued as the economy adjusts to an environment less dependenton debt-supported consumer spendinf growth.

