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Synovis reported fourth-quarter net incomd from continuing operationsof $1.9 million, or 15 centws per diluted share, up from net incomer of $1.1 million, or 8 cents per diluted share, in the year-earlief period. Fiscal 2008 net earningzs from continuing operations roseto $6.2 or 48 cents per diluted share, up 85 perceny from $3.3 million, or 26 cents per diluted in fiscal 2007. Analystw polled by Thomson Reuters predictec fourth quarter net income of 12 to 15 centxsper share, and annual profit of 45 to 48 centsa per share. “We saw strong revenue contributions from everyproducy line,” said Richard Kramp, Synovis Life president and chief executive officer.
Kramp credited the company’s 43 U.S. salespeopls with driving up revenue and said the companyh plans to expand its sales staff by as many as 15 with up to seven beinfg hired in thefirst quarter. Synovies reported its fourth-quarter revenue rose to $12.7 a 24 percent increase over $10.e3 million in the year-ago period. For the it rose to $49.8 million, up 32 percen from $37.7 million in fiscal 2007. The companyu believes revenue will grow in the range of 20 percent to 25 percent infiscal 2009. Synovis stockk was up $1.17 per share, or 8.8 to $14.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
DiNome abandons quest to lead Reed Smith - Business First of Columbus:
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Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburgh Business Times that Jordan and DiNome issued a joint announcement tothe Pittsburgh-basecd firm Tuesday morning that DiNome has withdrawn his “They sat down and talked and discovered they had a lot of commob ground,” Egan said. “Many of the things John was concerneds about, Greg was working on. They agreed that the best thinf for the firm was to focus on business instead of reported last week that DiNome waschallenging Jordan, who was seekinv his fourth three-year term as managing partnerr of the law firm.
DiNome sent out a 10-page statement of candidacyu to all Reed Smith partners in whicb he questionedthe firm’s business the compensation and transparency of senior management, and called for a more independent executive The memo was obtained by the Business DiNome and Jordan had said they agreed to not speak publicly about the contested race to lead the 1,600-lawyerf firm, which has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia. The firm partnership will votein September; the winner, who will now certainlyh be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed since he first soughtt the job in 2000, when he beat Philadelphia litigatot John Smith.
Jordan’s tenure has been viewed as extremely successful. He has grownb the firm through a series of significanyt mergers from 500 lawyer in nine officesto 1,600 lawyer s in 23 offices, including new ones in Europe, Asia and Focusing on a core group of practicesw with high billing rates, Jordan also drasticallhy increased the firm’s profitability. But with the economuy sagging, Reed Smith’s transactional practices have suffered. The firm has laid off 215 including26 lawyers, since December. The firm also cut 50 legap secretaries last summer and salaries forall U.S.
associatee by 10 percent last DiNome, a labor lawyer, joined as part of a group from Montgomery McCrackenWalker & Rhoads led by Karl Fritton in 1996. A graduatde of West Point, he spentr seven years in active duty as a fiel d artillery officer before attendintg Rutgers University Schoolof
Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburgh Business Times that Jordan and DiNome issued a joint announcement tothe Pittsburgh-basecd firm Tuesday morning that DiNome has withdrawn his “They sat down and talked and discovered they had a lot of commob ground,” Egan said. “Many of the things John was concerneds about, Greg was working on. They agreed that the best thinf for the firm was to focus on business instead of reported last week that DiNome waschallenging Jordan, who was seekinv his fourth three-year term as managing partnerr of the law firm.
DiNome sent out a 10-page statement of candidacyu to all Reed Smith partners in whicb he questionedthe firm’s business the compensation and transparency of senior management, and called for a more independent executive The memo was obtained by the Business DiNome and Jordan had said they agreed to not speak publicly about the contested race to lead the 1,600-lawyerf firm, which has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia. The firm partnership will votein September; the winner, who will now certainlyh be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed since he first soughtt the job in 2000, when he beat Philadelphia litigatot John Smith.
Jordan’s tenure has been viewed as extremely successful. He has grownb the firm through a series of significanyt mergers from 500 lawyer in nine officesto 1,600 lawyer s in 23 offices, including new ones in Europe, Asia and Focusing on a core group of practicesw with high billing rates, Jordan also drasticallhy increased the firm’s profitability. But with the economuy sagging, Reed Smith’s transactional practices have suffered. The firm has laid off 215 including26 lawyers, since December. The firm also cut 50 legap secretaries last summer and salaries forall U.S.
associatee by 10 percent last DiNome, a labor lawyer, joined as part of a group from Montgomery McCrackenWalker & Rhoads led by Karl Fritton in 1996. A graduatde of West Point, he spentr seven years in active duty as a fiel d artillery officer before attendintg Rutgers University Schoolof
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Divorce forms a step closer to reality - Austin News
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Business Insider | Divorce forms a step closer to reality Austin News On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a letter to State Bar president Bob Black , which now kicks the forms review to the Supreme Court Advisory Committee. In April 2010, TAJC held a symposium where more than 120 professionals attended. Texas High Court Moves Forward to Create Divorce Forms UPDATED: Supreme Court Declines to Suspend Task Force's Work on Pro Se Divorce ... More Women "Like" Online Divorce Forms Website |
Monday, January 23, 2012
Yahoo! confirms WNY site - Orlando Business Journal:
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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-footf center that could employ, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a majorf victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakened economyu where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Counthyto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagara County to 9.3 percenty from 6.6 percent. “Thisz is a big win for the community,” said Tom president and chiefexecutive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by several statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“Whej a high tech company like Yahoo! picks a communitty like WesternNew York, it’s like a said Sen. Charles Schumer, New York’s senior senator, who playedf a key role in Lockport landing the data The region crafted its own aggressivew incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-costf hydropower that could save Yahoo! an estimated $100 million over a 15-year period. also offered job training grants andother incentives. High levelp pitches also came from Gov. Davicd Paterson and Schumer. Schumer made personalo calls to Yahoo!
CEO Carolp Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helped that the regionj offereda half-dozen sites and not just a singula r location. It also helped that a friendship quicklgy developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selectioj team and the local economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helped make this Kucharski said. “They were impressed that every timethey called, we coulfd assemble our team on a very short notice and give them the answers they wanted.” Construction on the data center will begimn in August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May.
Kucharski said therer is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’xs decision. The BNE will use it in its outreach to othef companies itis courting, he said. “It confirms our abilitty to attract high tech and highprofile companies,” Kucharskk said. “To get a name company like Yahoo says a lot to the rest of the industrieaout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithere opened or expanded back office operations in the region in recen t years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othedcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressive Kucharski said.
Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-footf center that could employ, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a majorf victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakened economyu where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Counthyto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagara County to 9.3 percenty from 6.6 percent. “Thisz is a big win for the community,” said Tom president and chiefexecutive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by several statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“Whej a high tech company like Yahoo! picks a communitty like WesternNew York, it’s like a said Sen. Charles Schumer, New York’s senior senator, who playedf a key role in Lockport landing the data The region crafted its own aggressivew incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-costf hydropower that could save Yahoo! an estimated $100 million over a 15-year period. also offered job training grants andother incentives. High levelp pitches also came from Gov. Davicd Paterson and Schumer. Schumer made personalo calls to Yahoo!
CEO Carolp Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helped that the regionj offereda half-dozen sites and not just a singula r location. It also helped that a friendship quicklgy developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selectioj team and the local economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helped make this Kucharski said. “They were impressed that every timethey called, we coulfd assemble our team on a very short notice and give them the answers they wanted.” Construction on the data center will begimn in August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May.
Kucharski said therer is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’xs decision. The BNE will use it in its outreach to othef companies itis courting, he said. “It confirms our abilitty to attract high tech and highprofile companies,” Kucharskk said. “To get a name company like Yahoo says a lot to the rest of the industrieaout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithere opened or expanded back office operations in the region in recen t years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othedcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressive Kucharski said.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Primavera Coffee in Cahaba Heights merges with Atlanta-based Octane Coffee - The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
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The Birmingham News - al.com (blog) | Primavera Coffee in Cahaba Heights merges with Atlanta-based Octane Coffee The Birmingham News - al.com (blog) Burton's 6-year-old company -- Primavera Coffee in Cahaba Heights -- recently merged with Octane Coffee, a coffee shop company in Atlanta that was named by Bon Appetit magazine as one of nation's the top 10 coffee shops. A three-way merger, ... |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
D.C. Mayor taps Valerie Santos as deputy mayor - Washington Business Journal:
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Santos, as chief operating officer undeer Albert, has been closely involved in decision-making on many of the real estatwe dealsAlbert managed, including major city projects such as Poplafr Point. Albert began his new job as city administratodon Monday, replacing Dan Tangherlini, who is takingt a job in the Obama "In Ms. Santos, we not only have a steady hand who knowxsthe job, we have someone who is a consummates professional who will bring private-sector talentsw to get the job done,” Fentyt said. Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estate services firm and a managetrwith 's real estate group.
She holds both an MBA and master'ds of public policy from the Kenneduy School of Governmentat . Santosz has displayed a no-nonsense approach appearing as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Councilp meetings and in public forum s representing the city when he was She is already getting her feet wet in dealin g with the political aspects ofthe job. On Tuesday, when the D.C. Counci l was busy squaring away final details of budgetimplementatiob legislation, Santos and Albert’s other top Director of Development David Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Buildingv seeking changes from council Santos apparently was not Fenty’s initial choice to be deputy mayor.
Greg Washington Convention Center Authorit CEO and a former staff membet of thedeputy mayor’s office, had been consideref a top candidate to replace Albert, but a sources close to O'Dell says he was offered the job and turnedc it down. O’Dell wouldx not confirm that, but indicated he would remain in hiscurreny post, where he is now taskede with seeking public financing for all of a $550 milliobn convention center hotel. “The board and the mayort have every expectation of me completinvg all the tasks Ihave here,” he Fenty would not say whethefr he had offered the job to O’Dell or anyonr else before Santos.
He announced the pick outside the Walker Jones Elementary which is being rebuilt as part of a new Northwest One and said shewas “the first person who has risen to the deputy mayor’s position from within the “I think it’s a grea t sign for the D.C. government that not only does Valeriw Santos have amazing experience in the private sectof butthat she’s been hard at work servin g the people of the District of Columbia for the last two the mayor said.
He said Santos shared the visionb that he and Albert had for how economicf development in the city shouldbe run, not by owninyg or overly managing projects but by allowing the privatre sector to bring ideas to the city. “Wew should try to just facilitate We’ve got the greatest business communith in the world herein D.C. We don’yt need to try to replicate what they’r e doing. We don’t need an emphasis on owning or building inthe D.C. We need to facilitate. And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightesytand we’ve done that.
” Santos, 36, who lives in Columbia was working for Jones Lang LaSalle as a consultantr to the city when Albert -- whom she calleed a mentor -- recruited her to work for him. She is believedd to be the first woman to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will manag e 65 employees and as well as oversee the Officeof Planning, Department of Housing and Community Development, the Offices of Property Management and the Washingtoh D.C. Economic Partnership, a contractor. “In the cominhg weeks my goal is to ensure a smooth which I expect will be relatively because I am very fortunater to manage a very talented and skilled team,” she said.
She said she wouled continue to move projects all over the with a particular focus on those east of theAnacostia River, such as the planned redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C. “We will continue to focu s on implementingMayor Fenty’s vision for economic development. In the contexf of the current economic climate, we will focus on businesx attraction andretention efforts, and in continuing to providew tools to allow our local business and not-for-profitsx to grow,” she said. A member of the D.C.
Council who regularly butts headsswith Albert, Councilman Kwame Brown, D-at large and chair of the economic development committee, issued a press release during the announcementr saying he was disappointed he was not invitedc but saying Santos “has the experience and the operational for the job and that her appointment was “an opportunity to forge a new relationship betweem the Council and the executive to create jobs for District new opportunities for local businesses, more affordable housinhg and to efficiently move projectzs to completion.
”
Santos, as chief operating officer undeer Albert, has been closely involved in decision-making on many of the real estatwe dealsAlbert managed, including major city projects such as Poplafr Point. Albert began his new job as city administratodon Monday, replacing Dan Tangherlini, who is takingt a job in the Obama "In Ms. Santos, we not only have a steady hand who knowxsthe job, we have someone who is a consummates professional who will bring private-sector talentsw to get the job done,” Fentyt said. Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estate services firm and a managetrwith 's real estate group.
She holds both an MBA and master'ds of public policy from the Kenneduy School of Governmentat . Santosz has displayed a no-nonsense approach appearing as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Councilp meetings and in public forum s representing the city when he was She is already getting her feet wet in dealin g with the political aspects ofthe job. On Tuesday, when the D.C. Counci l was busy squaring away final details of budgetimplementatiob legislation, Santos and Albert’s other top Director of Development David Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Buildingv seeking changes from council Santos apparently was not Fenty’s initial choice to be deputy mayor.
Greg Washington Convention Center Authorit CEO and a former staff membet of thedeputy mayor’s office, had been consideref a top candidate to replace Albert, but a sources close to O'Dell says he was offered the job and turnedc it down. O’Dell wouldx not confirm that, but indicated he would remain in hiscurreny post, where he is now taskede with seeking public financing for all of a $550 milliobn convention center hotel. “The board and the mayort have every expectation of me completinvg all the tasks Ihave here,” he Fenty would not say whethefr he had offered the job to O’Dell or anyonr else before Santos.
He announced the pick outside the Walker Jones Elementary which is being rebuilt as part of a new Northwest One and said shewas “the first person who has risen to the deputy mayor’s position from within the “I think it’s a grea t sign for the D.C. government that not only does Valeriw Santos have amazing experience in the private sectof butthat she’s been hard at work servin g the people of the District of Columbia for the last two the mayor said.
He said Santos shared the visionb that he and Albert had for how economicf development in the city shouldbe run, not by owninyg or overly managing projects but by allowing the privatre sector to bring ideas to the city. “Wew should try to just facilitate We’ve got the greatest business communith in the world herein D.C. We don’yt need to try to replicate what they’r e doing. We don’t need an emphasis on owning or building inthe D.C. We need to facilitate. And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightesytand we’ve done that.
” Santos, 36, who lives in Columbia was working for Jones Lang LaSalle as a consultantr to the city when Albert -- whom she calleed a mentor -- recruited her to work for him. She is believedd to be the first woman to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will manag e 65 employees and as well as oversee the Officeof Planning, Department of Housing and Community Development, the Offices of Property Management and the Washingtoh D.C. Economic Partnership, a contractor. “In the cominhg weeks my goal is to ensure a smooth which I expect will be relatively because I am very fortunater to manage a very talented and skilled team,” she said.
She said she wouled continue to move projects all over the with a particular focus on those east of theAnacostia River, such as the planned redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C. “We will continue to focu s on implementingMayor Fenty’s vision for economic development. In the contexf of the current economic climate, we will focus on businesx attraction andretention efforts, and in continuing to providew tools to allow our local business and not-for-profitsx to grow,” she said. A member of the D.C.
Council who regularly butts headsswith Albert, Councilman Kwame Brown, D-at large and chair of the economic development committee, issued a press release during the announcementr saying he was disappointed he was not invitedc but saying Santos “has the experience and the operational for the job and that her appointment was “an opportunity to forge a new relationship betweem the Council and the executive to create jobs for District new opportunities for local businesses, more affordable housinhg and to efficiently move projectzs to completion.
”
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
ACLU of Illinois Calls on Chicago City Council to Reject Ordinances Adding ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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ACLU of Illinois Calls on Chicago City Council to Reject Ordinances Adding ... MarketWatch (press release) 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today called on members of the Chicago City Council to reject a series of proposed changes to ordinances that add unnecessary burdens to individuals and organizations ... |
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