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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Amendment 8 a decent fix for class-size limits - News Chief
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Friday, October 29, 2010
FDA Classifies Previous Field Action of Medtronic Surgical Device as Class I ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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FDA Classifies Previous Field Action of Medtronic Surgical Device as Class I ... MarketWatch (press release) ... US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified the company's previous action related to the Octopus(R) Nuvo Tissue Stabilizer as a Class I rec » |
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Q&A: Dale Finke, director, Missouri Department of Insurance - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The department exists to see that the publiv gets what they paidfor -- adequate financially strong insurance companies -- and we're goingh to continue every day to work on those things. We expect an environment of cooperation and mutual How has the environment change for independent insurance agents wanting to opensmalkl offices? It's probably a good opportunity for an office to starr up. The insurance business is traditionallyuin cycles.
The market has definitelyy turnedsoft again, so the insurance companiees are looking for opportunities to distribute their productx through agents, and it's probablt a good time in the environment for independent agencies to How will tort reform legislationh affect the insurance industry? it's difficult to predictf exactly how it's going to be. But when you considerr that claims drive up cost and costw have to be translatedinto premiums, the reforme are going to lower costw and thereby lower premiums. But whethet it happens immediately remains to be What do you think can be done to stop the recenr flow of lawsuits against insurers by physicians andspecialtyu hospitals?
Well, we've seen a couple of two or three. That's hardly a flow of But we regard the allegations in those lawsuitwsvery seriously, and we'rwe going to continue to monitor these as well as othefr complaints in general to determine whers it would be best to concentrate the resources of the Additionally, we're going to continues to do market conducr examinations on a regular basis and, as a part of thosse examinations, audit insurance companyt procedures in paying claims as they We're not taking the allegations lightly. They're very serious. What do you thinkl is the primary cause ofthese allegations?
They aris out of contractual obligations between the insurance carrier and the doctors, and the primary causse is probably because there's a differencer of opinion on how to handle the issues, how to resolve the Whether or not the class action is the right way to handle it or not is not for me to say, but there'sa a dispute on the amount of payments that the doctorx think is owed to them. ... It'ss a financial issue, and it's probablyt an issue of contract between the insurance carrierse andthe doctors. It has to do with capitatio and the rateof reimbursement. It's probablyh going to go on, and we're going to monitor it.
I'm here to see that the insurance companies paywhat they've agree to pay. What do you thin should be done to resolve the disputs over the regulation ofvariable annuities? I don'tf think it's really a dispute. Our office did intervens in theWaddell & Reed (Financial Inc.) The attempt was to provider some clarity to the current law. We didn'tt want the judge in any manner to create a situationb where our department has different standard s of professional conduct thanthe (secretary of Securities Division. We're goin to see increased cooperation and coordination with the MissouriSecuritiezs Division.
The industry must be regulatexd by both the Department of Insurance and the Securities Division having a part in the regulation ofvariabld annuities. I really don't see it as a dispute. We intervene d to bring some clarity tothe situation. What other issues is the insuranceindustry facing? The department mainluy is involved in the regulation of the insurance industry and examiningf the conduct of the insurance industry througnh our market conduct exams, so the issues are really how to do more in the area of marketg conduct investigations and financial structures.
The issue is how the department does more of thesew things for the benefit of the policyholdersx withless resources, less dollars, less
The department exists to see that the publiv gets what they paidfor -- adequate financially strong insurance companies -- and we're goingh to continue every day to work on those things. We expect an environment of cooperation and mutual How has the environment change for independent insurance agents wanting to opensmalkl offices? It's probably a good opportunity for an office to starr up. The insurance business is traditionallyuin cycles.
The market has definitelyy turnedsoft again, so the insurance companiees are looking for opportunities to distribute their productx through agents, and it's probablt a good time in the environment for independent agencies to How will tort reform legislationh affect the insurance industry? it's difficult to predictf exactly how it's going to be. But when you considerr that claims drive up cost and costw have to be translatedinto premiums, the reforme are going to lower costw and thereby lower premiums. But whethet it happens immediately remains to be What do you think can be done to stop the recenr flow of lawsuits against insurers by physicians andspecialtyu hospitals?
Well, we've seen a couple of two or three. That's hardly a flow of But we regard the allegations in those lawsuitwsvery seriously, and we'rwe going to continue to monitor these as well as othefr complaints in general to determine whers it would be best to concentrate the resources of the Additionally, we're going to continues to do market conducr examinations on a regular basis and, as a part of thosse examinations, audit insurance companyt procedures in paying claims as they We're not taking the allegations lightly. They're very serious. What do you thinkl is the primary cause ofthese allegations?
They aris out of contractual obligations between the insurance carrier and the doctors, and the primary causse is probably because there's a differencer of opinion on how to handle the issues, how to resolve the Whether or not the class action is the right way to handle it or not is not for me to say, but there'sa a dispute on the amount of payments that the doctorx think is owed to them. ... It'ss a financial issue, and it's probablyt an issue of contract between the insurance carrierse andthe doctors. It has to do with capitatio and the rateof reimbursement. It's probablyh going to go on, and we're going to monitor it.
I'm here to see that the insurance companies paywhat they've agree to pay. What do you thin should be done to resolve the disputs over the regulation ofvariable annuities? I don'tf think it's really a dispute. Our office did intervens in theWaddell & Reed (Financial Inc.) The attempt was to provider some clarity to the current law. We didn'tt want the judge in any manner to create a situationb where our department has different standard s of professional conduct thanthe (secretary of Securities Division. We're goin to see increased cooperation and coordination with the MissouriSecuritiezs Division.
The industry must be regulatexd by both the Department of Insurance and the Securities Division having a part in the regulation ofvariabld annuities. I really don't see it as a dispute. We intervene d to bring some clarity tothe situation. What other issues is the insuranceindustry facing? The department mainluy is involved in the regulation of the insurance industry and examiningf the conduct of the insurance industry througnh our market conduct exams, so the issues are really how to do more in the area of marketg conduct investigations and financial structures.
The issue is how the department does more of thesew things for the benefit of the policyholdersx withless resources, less dollars, less
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
This Bauer bankruptcy traces back to Spiegel events - The Business Review (Albany):
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In 2003, , which had owned Eddie Bauer since 1988, filesd for bankruptcy protection. And as part of the the company famous forits women’s wear catalotg gave its creditors its stake in Eddie Bauer. So, in Eddie Bauer emerged as a stand-alone compant for the first time in 34 The company also emerged witha $300 million seniot secured term loan agreement with lenders and the task of rebuildiny a brand that had drifted away from the company’ss roots. Under Spiegel, grew rapidly, from 58 to 399 retailk stores and from three to102 outlets. The companuy also added internet sales.
But it also was a time when the Eddiew Bauer brand lostits focus, as the companyu shifted from its heritage as an outdoor outfitter to a seller of casualo clothes targeted primarily at Company executives have said the debt term from the Spiegel bankruptcyg case have continued to hamper efforts to turn thingse around at Eddie Despite efforts to recapture some of the old Eddie Bauer has not been able to establis a sustainable run of profitable The company racked up nine consecutivew quarters of loses, and has seen losses of nearlh a half-billion dollars in the past three The struggle became a financial crisis as the recessioj has worsened and consumerx have slowed spending.
In 2003, , which had owned Eddie Bauer since 1988, filesd for bankruptcy protection. And as part of the the company famous forits women’s wear catalotg gave its creditors its stake in Eddie Bauer. So, in Eddie Bauer emerged as a stand-alone compant for the first time in 34 The company also emerged witha $300 million seniot secured term loan agreement with lenders and the task of rebuildiny a brand that had drifted away from the company’ss roots. Under Spiegel, grew rapidly, from 58 to 399 retailk stores and from three to102 outlets. The companuy also added internet sales.
But it also was a time when the Eddiew Bauer brand lostits focus, as the companyu shifted from its heritage as an outdoor outfitter to a seller of casualo clothes targeted primarily at Company executives have said the debt term from the Spiegel bankruptcyg case have continued to hamper efforts to turn thingse around at Eddie Despite efforts to recapture some of the old Eddie Bauer has not been able to establis a sustainable run of profitable The company racked up nine consecutivew quarters of loses, and has seen losses of nearlh a half-billion dollars in the past three The struggle became a financial crisis as the recessioj has worsened and consumerx have slowed spending.
Monday, October 25, 2010
ThermoGenesis names Engle CEO - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Matthew Plavan, who has served as the Rancho Cordova company’s (Nasdaq: KOOL) interim CEO sincr December, has become the chief operatinv officer. He will retain his titles of executive vice presideng and chief financial officer ofthe company, whicyh makes devices for storing and processing stem cell and blood products. “Mel has served as presidenr and CEO of three healtbcare companies, as well as having extensive management experience in operations, sales and international markeyt development with both large and smalkl device and pharmaceutical organizations,” said Patrick McEnany, director and chairma of the company’s governance and nominating in a news release.
“After conducting an extensive searchu and interviewing a number ofexcellenf candidates, it was clear to the boarc that Mel’s wide-ranging health care industry experience made him a grea fit for ThermoGenesis.” Engle’s last job was CEO of , a lase technology company. Before that he spent six years as presidengt and CEOof , a $600 milliom specialty pharmaceutical company affiliated with Merck KGaA. Prio to that he was chairman, president and CEO of , a publicly traded medical device company.
Engle’sx has also worked as regional directort in North America for and held senior management position s with He is a member of the boar d of directorsof (OTCBB: OXBO), formerlhy known as , which is developing oxygen-deliver y therapies. He has a bachelor’s degree in accountinv from the University of Colorado anda master’se degree in business administration with a specialtyu in finance from the University of Southern “I am excited to be joininvg ThermoGenesis, particularly at a time of heightenesd interest in and growing awareness of the therapeutic value of stem Engle said in the news release.
“ThermoGenesiss possesses a strong technology base with a dedicate d and knowledgeable groupof employees. It is well positioned to capitalizre on the growing stemcell market. ThermoGenesia has a track record of producrt innovation and is on the cusp of realizing an increaseed market presence with its current andnew “I appreciate the support of our board and employeexs over the past several months and look forward to workinv with Mel on a further implementatiohn of our turnaround strategy,” Plavan said in the news release.
Matthew Plavan, who has served as the Rancho Cordova company’s (Nasdaq: KOOL) interim CEO sincr December, has become the chief operatinv officer. He will retain his titles of executive vice presideng and chief financial officer ofthe company, whicyh makes devices for storing and processing stem cell and blood products. “Mel has served as presidenr and CEO of three healtbcare companies, as well as having extensive management experience in operations, sales and international markeyt development with both large and smalkl device and pharmaceutical organizations,” said Patrick McEnany, director and chairma of the company’s governance and nominating in a news release.
“After conducting an extensive searchu and interviewing a number ofexcellenf candidates, it was clear to the boarc that Mel’s wide-ranging health care industry experience made him a grea fit for ThermoGenesis.” Engle’s last job was CEO of , a lase technology company. Before that he spent six years as presidengt and CEOof , a $600 milliom specialty pharmaceutical company affiliated with Merck KGaA. Prio to that he was chairman, president and CEO of , a publicly traded medical device company.
Engle’sx has also worked as regional directort in North America for and held senior management position s with He is a member of the boar d of directorsof (OTCBB: OXBO), formerlhy known as , which is developing oxygen-deliver y therapies. He has a bachelor’s degree in accountinv from the University of Colorado anda master’se degree in business administration with a specialtyu in finance from the University of Southern “I am excited to be joininvg ThermoGenesis, particularly at a time of heightenesd interest in and growing awareness of the therapeutic value of stem Engle said in the news release.
“ThermoGenesiss possesses a strong technology base with a dedicate d and knowledgeable groupof employees. It is well positioned to capitalizre on the growing stemcell market. ThermoGenesia has a track record of producrt innovation and is on the cusp of realizing an increaseed market presence with its current andnew “I appreciate the support of our board and employeexs over the past several months and look forward to workinv with Mel on a further implementatiohn of our turnaround strategy,” Plavan said in the news release.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
LexisNexis data breach linked to New York mob family - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The New York-based company which has 3,000 employees in the Dayton area hassent 13,000 letters to forme customers whose personal data may be at the company said in a The breach involved a former customer for a company called , which LexisNexis bought in 2004, and was announce d by the U.S. Attorney for the Southerhn District of Floridain May, according to a LexisNexis spokesperson. “(The) customere involved in this matter should have provided notice to potentiallgaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a statement. “However, because the customet is no longer in business we providecthe notice.
” According to the which includes CIO magazine and PC World the New Hampshire Departmen of Justice posted a documenf Friday on its Web site to inform consumers about the breach. By Monday evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connectionse to the Bonanno crime with accessing LexisNexis New Hampshire officials could not be reached. In May, LexisNexis announcecd it is part of a separated investigation into alleged credit card perpetrated by former customers ofthe company, according to a company That fraud occurred from June 2004 to Octobeer 2007. The U.S.
Postal Inspection Service released a statemenf thatsaid 40,000 letters will be sent to consumerzs and 300 victims have been identified in an investigatio n concerning the breach. The company was part of a similae incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,00p0 customers who may have been victims of identity LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishing The company is an onlins information services and publishing compangwith 13,000 people
The New York-based company which has 3,000 employees in the Dayton area hassent 13,000 letters to forme customers whose personal data may be at the company said in a The breach involved a former customer for a company called , which LexisNexis bought in 2004, and was announce d by the U.S. Attorney for the Southerhn District of Floridain May, according to a LexisNexis spokesperson. “(The) customere involved in this matter should have provided notice to potentiallgaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a statement. “However, because the customet is no longer in business we providecthe notice.
” According to the which includes CIO magazine and PC World the New Hampshire Departmen of Justice posted a documenf Friday on its Web site to inform consumers about the breach. By Monday evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connectionse to the Bonanno crime with accessing LexisNexis New Hampshire officials could not be reached. In May, LexisNexis announcecd it is part of a separated investigation into alleged credit card perpetrated by former customers ofthe company, according to a company That fraud occurred from June 2004 to Octobeer 2007. The U.S.
Postal Inspection Service released a statemenf thatsaid 40,000 letters will be sent to consumerzs and 300 victims have been identified in an investigatio n concerning the breach. The company was part of a similae incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,00p0 customers who may have been victims of identity LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishing The company is an onlins information services and publishing compangwith 13,000 people
Friday, October 22, 2010
AG Martha Coakley: Mafia-led ring busted - Boston Herald
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
'Green Building Focus' planners commit to three-year extension - Birmingham Business Journal:
http://evabuy.com/en/women-s-secrets/page_46.html
When James Smith decided to organize a Green Building Focuas conferencein Birmingham, he had no idea it woulfd generate so much interest. Sincee the start of solicitation for sponsoreand exhibitors, organizers have expanded twice to accommodate the growingy number of exhibitors and doublec its space at the , said Smith, president of Green Building Focus, an international media company that promotes sustainable development.
The expansion and stront local interest point toone thing, said Smith: Birmingham’zs potential to be a hub for green business and manufacturing, with a railroad and Interstate system that can easily access partz of the Southeast within sustainable building Smith said the latest conference expansion will allowq for up to 250 exhibitors in the Nortn Hall of the convention center and 3,000 attendeese in its concert hall for “Our intent is to sell out,” he said. “We’vs been marketing it heavily in the Southeast and peoples have signed up from all the surrounding We expect to see a good blend of professionals andgovernmen officials.
” So far, he said, several hundre d people have registered to attend and he expects many more by the monty of the conference. Includex in the lineup to speak and present is EdBegleyg Jr., actor and environmental activist, Charles Kibert of the , Kara Grover, an architect from India and who Smity called the “greenest architect in the world,” Jeff DuFresne, directo of the ’s Atlanta district, and others. Among the lineupl of events duringthe three-day conference, the will hold a receptioh to share with exhibitors incentives the city and state have to offetr to green companies.
The conference and expo will be held July 28 and 29 at the OnJuly 30, the Internationa l Code Council will present a semina on its ICC 700 national green building a residential building code that many in the industry believe will one day be
When James Smith decided to organize a Green Building Focuas conferencein Birmingham, he had no idea it woulfd generate so much interest. Sincee the start of solicitation for sponsoreand exhibitors, organizers have expanded twice to accommodate the growingy number of exhibitors and doublec its space at the , said Smith, president of Green Building Focus, an international media company that promotes sustainable development.
The expansion and stront local interest point toone thing, said Smith: Birmingham’zs potential to be a hub for green business and manufacturing, with a railroad and Interstate system that can easily access partz of the Southeast within sustainable building Smith said the latest conference expansion will allowq for up to 250 exhibitors in the Nortn Hall of the convention center and 3,000 attendeese in its concert hall for “Our intent is to sell out,” he said. “We’vs been marketing it heavily in the Southeast and peoples have signed up from all the surrounding We expect to see a good blend of professionals andgovernmen officials.
” So far, he said, several hundre d people have registered to attend and he expects many more by the monty of the conference. Includex in the lineup to speak and present is EdBegleyg Jr., actor and environmental activist, Charles Kibert of the , Kara Grover, an architect from India and who Smity called the “greenest architect in the world,” Jeff DuFresne, directo of the ’s Atlanta district, and others. Among the lineupl of events duringthe three-day conference, the will hold a receptioh to share with exhibitors incentives the city and state have to offetr to green companies.
The conference and expo will be held July 28 and 29 at the OnJuly 30, the Internationa l Code Council will present a semina on its ICC 700 national green building a residential building code that many in the industry believe will one day be
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Loose Lips Daily: A Farewell to Adrian Edition - Washington City Paper (blog)
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Cushman & Wakefield loses third Miami exec - South Florida Business Journal:
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Caplin’s exit is the latest of severalprecent high-profile departures at C&W in The firm is one of South Florida's largest real estater brokerages and, like other has seen few investment deals in the last Former branch manager Tere Blanca left in the sprint to launch , a firm focused on office leasintg and sales. Hank Klein, executive director of C&a in Florida, was notified last month that his position wasbeing eliminated. Steelbridge owns and manages propertythroughoug Florida. It sold , on Miami’s Brickell Key, for $150 million in 2007 after an eight-year hold. Steelbridge founder Gavinn Campbell will continue asmanaginf principal, sharing the helm with Caplin.
Caplin is one of a handfuk of commercial brokers involved inSouth Florida’d largest commercial transactions. Caplin said his exit is in responsde to a paradigm shift in local investment that comes at the tail end of a where leasing and management for institutionap investors became secondary tomarket momentum. Duringh the boom years leading upto 2006, the expectation was that assets with strongv track records could be purchased and flipped quicklyt for big returns. For a short period of time, some owners made the strategy work, but then the economivc meltdown put the brakes onthe Some, who bought in the last few were holding assets that cost too much compared to marketr fundamentals.
The market has now shifted back to fundamental principleswof investment, with institutional investors and private capitall “seeking to co-invest with strong, nimble, locap operating partners,” Caplin said. “The market and investors mostlybelievee it’s about operations on the groundx and knowing how to position a building in a particulard submarket,” he said. Caplin oversaw more than $7 billion in transactions at C&W, including ’ $307 million purchase of a half-stake in downtown Miami’s landmark and full ownership of the 1221 Brickel l buildingin 2006. He was involved in the sale of 355 Alhambraz in Coral Gablesfor $87.
23 million in 2008 and is currently workingb with Hines to refinance its debt at . Caplin is a graduatwe of south Miami-Dade County’s Palmetto High School. He graduaterd from in 1985 witha bachelor’w degree in finance and real estate. Two yearas later, he left C&W’s appraisal group to launch the company’sa local investment sales Caplin was part of a team in the late 1980e that first specialized in investment saleesin Miami. During the mid-1990s, Steelbridgr Capital had 2 million square feet of commerciall real estate in its portfolio in seven Florida marketsincluding Jacksonville, Naples and Miami. They sold much of it from 2005to 2007.
Caplin’z arrival marks another periodof opportunity-investment for the Steelbridge’s Campbell said. "We think valuations are finallh starting to lookattractive again,” Campbell said in a “The opportunity to buy Florida assets at significant discountw to replacement cost is imminent, whil e the long-term job and demographic prospecte for Florida and the Caribbean basin are as strong as ever. Jay’s leadership will be the linchpih ofour strategy.
"
Caplin’s exit is the latest of severalprecent high-profile departures at C&W in The firm is one of South Florida's largest real estater brokerages and, like other has seen few investment deals in the last Former branch manager Tere Blanca left in the sprint to launch , a firm focused on office leasintg and sales. Hank Klein, executive director of C&a in Florida, was notified last month that his position wasbeing eliminated. Steelbridge owns and manages propertythroughoug Florida. It sold , on Miami’s Brickell Key, for $150 million in 2007 after an eight-year hold. Steelbridge founder Gavinn Campbell will continue asmanaginf principal, sharing the helm with Caplin.
Caplin is one of a handfuk of commercial brokers involved inSouth Florida’d largest commercial transactions. Caplin said his exit is in responsde to a paradigm shift in local investment that comes at the tail end of a where leasing and management for institutionap investors became secondary tomarket momentum. Duringh the boom years leading upto 2006, the expectation was that assets with strongv track records could be purchased and flipped quicklyt for big returns. For a short period of time, some owners made the strategy work, but then the economivc meltdown put the brakes onthe Some, who bought in the last few were holding assets that cost too much compared to marketr fundamentals.
The market has now shifted back to fundamental principleswof investment, with institutional investors and private capitall “seeking to co-invest with strong, nimble, locap operating partners,” Caplin said. “The market and investors mostlybelievee it’s about operations on the groundx and knowing how to position a building in a particulard submarket,” he said. Caplin oversaw more than $7 billion in transactions at C&W, including ’ $307 million purchase of a half-stake in downtown Miami’s landmark and full ownership of the 1221 Brickel l buildingin 2006. He was involved in the sale of 355 Alhambraz in Coral Gablesfor $87.
23 million in 2008 and is currently workingb with Hines to refinance its debt at . Caplin is a graduatwe of south Miami-Dade County’s Palmetto High School. He graduaterd from in 1985 witha bachelor’w degree in finance and real estate. Two yearas later, he left C&W’s appraisal group to launch the company’sa local investment sales Caplin was part of a team in the late 1980e that first specialized in investment saleesin Miami. During the mid-1990s, Steelbridgr Capital had 2 million square feet of commerciall real estate in its portfolio in seven Florida marketsincluding Jacksonville, Naples and Miami. They sold much of it from 2005to 2007.
Caplin’z arrival marks another periodof opportunity-investment for the Steelbridge’s Campbell said. "We think valuations are finallh starting to lookattractive again,” Campbell said in a “The opportunity to buy Florida assets at significant discountw to replacement cost is imminent, whil e the long-term job and demographic prospecte for Florida and the Caribbean basin are as strong as ever. Jay’s leadership will be the linchpih ofour strategy.
"
Saturday, October 16, 2010
One Dead, Three Injured In Late Night Shooting - KTVU San Francisco
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One Dead, Three Injured In Late Night Shooting KTVU San Francisco A woman was killed and three men were injured in a shooting in Oakland late Friday night, a police spokeswoman said today. Carolyn Howard, 29, died in the ... |
Friday, October 15, 2010
Christian Horner Q&A: We won't interfere in title race - Formula 1
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Formula 1 | Christian Horner Q&A: We won't interfere in title race Formula 1 With the prospect of winning both championships this season, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner should be a very happy man. ... |
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Salary scales for WNY teachers - Business First of Buffalo:
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Three figures are provided for eachdistrict -- the salaries at the median and peak of a typical teacher’s career. Here’xs how they were derived: The starting salary is the fifth percentiles figure for agiven district. (Percentiles indicate where a teacher’z paycheck ranks within a district. A salary at the fifth percentilse is bigger than5 percent, and smaller than 95 percent, of salaries in a district.) • The median salaryy is the midpoint, larger than half and smaller than half of all pay levelss for teachers within a district.
• The peak salaryt is the 95th which is larger than the annual pay earned by 95 percenr of all teachers in a Each salary is followed by its rank amongthe region’sd 98 districts. Akron’s startinvg pay of $38,637 is followed by That means it’s the 13th-highest starting salaru in all of WesternNew York. Its median salarhy is 42nd in that category, and its peak salargy is 21st onthat list.
• • (Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming • (Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua
Three figures are provided for eachdistrict -- the salaries at the median and peak of a typical teacher’s career. Here’xs how they were derived: The starting salary is the fifth percentiles figure for agiven district. (Percentiles indicate where a teacher’z paycheck ranks within a district. A salary at the fifth percentilse is bigger than5 percent, and smaller than 95 percent, of salaries in a district.) • The median salaryy is the midpoint, larger than half and smaller than half of all pay levelss for teachers within a district.
• The peak salaryt is the 95th which is larger than the annual pay earned by 95 percenr of all teachers in a Each salary is followed by its rank amongthe region’sd 98 districts. Akron’s startinvg pay of $38,637 is followed by That means it’s the 13th-highest starting salaru in all of WesternNew York. Its median salarhy is 42nd in that category, and its peak salargy is 21st onthat list.
• • (Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming • (Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Full-length 'Carlos' requires an investment of time -- and money - Los Angeles Times (blog)
http://bostonprogressivetalk.net/page/Camping-Holidays-Can-Make-Your-Summer.html
Full-length 'Carlos' requires an investment of time -- and money Los Angeles Times (blog) There are three different ways to catch Olivier Assayas' critically lauded, 5 1/2-hour epic "Carlos," about the infamous terrorist Carlos the Jackal, ... |
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Report: Up to 10 banks to repay TARP funds - Orlando Business Journal:
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The department said the institutions, which were not named, have met the requirementa for repayment established by federal banking It noted that many banks recently have raised equity capital from private investors and have issued long-term debt that is not guaranteed by the government. “Theser repayments are an encouragingh sign offinancial repair, but we still have work to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said. Some media reportss listed one ortwo banks. The Wall Street Journal reported the list of financia l institutions willinclude (NYSE: JPM), (NYSE: (NYSE: BK), (NYSE: COF) and GS).
More than 600 banks received a total ofnearly $200 billionh through the department’s Capital Purchass Program. About $2 billion of this money was paid back Some banks have been raisinvg funds after the stress tests revealed they needed toboost reserves, including some Dayton-area banks. The in earlh May released the resultas from itsstress test. The regulatory tests were designec to project howthe country’s 19 largesr banks would perform under a variett of economic scenarios by the end of 2010. • -- $33.9 billion • . -- No need The • • -- $5.5 billion • -- $1.1 billionm • -- $11.5 billion • • • -- $1.
8 billionj •
The department said the institutions, which were not named, have met the requirementa for repayment established by federal banking It noted that many banks recently have raised equity capital from private investors and have issued long-term debt that is not guaranteed by the government. “Theser repayments are an encouragingh sign offinancial repair, but we still have work to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said. Some media reportss listed one ortwo banks. The Wall Street Journal reported the list of financia l institutions willinclude (NYSE: JPM), (NYSE: (NYSE: BK), (NYSE: COF) and GS).
More than 600 banks received a total ofnearly $200 billionh through the department’s Capital Purchass Program. About $2 billion of this money was paid back Some banks have been raisinvg funds after the stress tests revealed they needed toboost reserves, including some Dayton-area banks. The in earlh May released the resultas from itsstress test. The regulatory tests were designec to project howthe country’s 19 largesr banks would perform under a variett of economic scenarios by the end of 2010. • -- $33.9 billion • . -- No need The • • -- $5.5 billion • -- $1.1 billionm • -- $11.5 billion • • • -- $1.
8 billionj •
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Sutter Health to postpone hospitals - San Francisco Business Times:
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Sutter CEO Pat Fry told top officials Marcj 20 thatthe Sacramento-based system is “reevaluating and reprioritizinb all capital projects and requests,” from large to and, “We are not going to be able to completre all of the capital projects that have been requestede (internally) according to the desired timelines.” Construction projects that haven’t yet started are on hold, Fry told the San Franciscpo Business Times on Tuesday, except for design, planning and entitlementy work.
He blamed the shaky economy and expensive bond saying “the cost of capital is probably three times what it was a year Locally, that means prep work on huge Sutterf projects like ’s proposed $1.7 billion Cathedrao Hill campus, ’s 11-story, $350 millionj new inpatient tower in Oakland and ’s roughlty $300 million rebuild in Castrko Valley will continue, but actualo construction work will not, until convincing signs appeaer that the economy is improving and the bond marketa loosening. The rebuild of in Burlingame, which is well under way, will not be affected.
Fry said it couldr take 18 to 24 monthw for Sutter to completethe design, planning and entitlement process at Cathedral Hill, Alta Bates Summit and Eden, at whicuh point, presumably, it would need to make a no go” decision. Sutter’s planned $550 million new hospitall in San Carlos will be delayed significantl bythe slowdown, and Sutter like many other hospitals and systemzs statewide — is likelt to have trouble meeting state-mandatexd seismic safety guidelines, which require that many rebuildse or retrofits be complete d by January 2013.
“The ability to meet existin g deadlines I do not believe is feasibleany longer,” Fry said Meanwhile, Sutter’s widely touted campaign to install an -base d electronic health records system at its hospitalsw and affiliated medical foundations such as the which Sutter uses as a mechanism to emplou doctors — is also slowing to a The IT installation, whose estimatexd costs have soared from $500 millioh 17 months ago to nearly $1 will continue at and at several of Sutter’sd affiliated medical foundations, including the Physician Foundatio at California Pacific Medical Center, the in Solanol County and parts of the , Fry But after that, no hospital installations are on the booksw for the rest of the year, and possiblty considerably longer.
The electronic health records systej already has been implemented at PAMF and at Suttefr medical foundations in theEast Bay, greater the Central Valley, and Sonoma Countyh that treat about 1 million patients according to Sutter spokesman Bill Gleeson, while the Mills-Peninsula installation is slated to go live Apriol 1. As recently as late 2007, Sutter hoped to complete the systemwide electronic healthh records installationby 2015, with six hospitals coming online by led by Mills-Peninsula’s Peninsula Medical Center.
San Francisco’sd CPMC and Alta Bates Summit, with hospitap campuses in Berkeley and were then expected to followby mid-2011, alon g with several Central Valley hospitals. But Fry and Chiefg Information Officer Jon Manis denied reportd onthe well-known HIStalk health-care IT blog that Sutter is giving up on its $1 billiobn Epic installation, insisting they are simply reacting to economic realities. “It’s just a function of not beinbg able to implement as quicklyhas we’d like,” Manis said. Even so, furthe hospital installations of the Epic system willbe halted, Fry and Manis said, at least until the economy and financial markete improve.
Instead, “we refocused our resources” to the outpatienr clinic electronichealth records, Fry said. While stressing that Sutterr willspend $1 billion on capital projectd this year, despite the slowdown, it’s cleat that Sutter’s top executives will proceed cautiouslyy until the economy Fry said the system has $800 milliob less to spend on capital projectsd this year than originally anticipated, becausr it had to bolster its Wall Street-battered pensiojn fund with a cash injection of more than $500 millio n and the company’s other significant losses last year on In November, hospital expert Wanda Jones predicted a pullbaco of this sort might occur.
Jones, presiden t of San Francisco’s and a former Northerj Californiahospital consultant, said at the time that the declininv economy and capital markets could wreak havoc on almosg all of the Bay Area hospitakl construction projects being planned to meet 2013 or 2015 seismix deadlines. That includes “the most vulnerable, such as St. Alta Bates, , Marin Sequoia, Eden,” she said in November, and even huge projectsa such as CPMC’s Cathedral Hill project or ’s proposed $1.7 billio n Mission Bay women’s, children’s and specialty cancer “We haven’t, quote, dropped any projects.
We have to see wherd we are financially,” Fry said Tuesday, noting that Sutter expecte the recovery to take some timeto “If the financial markets continue to decline (not countin stronger results over the last two weeks), we’ll have to revisre our plans.”
Sutter CEO Pat Fry told top officials Marcj 20 thatthe Sacramento-based system is “reevaluating and reprioritizinb all capital projects and requests,” from large to and, “We are not going to be able to completre all of the capital projects that have been requestede (internally) according to the desired timelines.” Construction projects that haven’t yet started are on hold, Fry told the San Franciscpo Business Times on Tuesday, except for design, planning and entitlementy work.
He blamed the shaky economy and expensive bond saying “the cost of capital is probably three times what it was a year Locally, that means prep work on huge Sutterf projects like ’s proposed $1.7 billion Cathedrao Hill campus, ’s 11-story, $350 millionj new inpatient tower in Oakland and ’s roughlty $300 million rebuild in Castrko Valley will continue, but actualo construction work will not, until convincing signs appeaer that the economy is improving and the bond marketa loosening. The rebuild of in Burlingame, which is well under way, will not be affected.
Fry said it couldr take 18 to 24 monthw for Sutter to completethe design, planning and entitlement process at Cathedral Hill, Alta Bates Summit and Eden, at whicuh point, presumably, it would need to make a no go” decision. Sutter’s planned $550 million new hospitall in San Carlos will be delayed significantl bythe slowdown, and Sutter like many other hospitals and systemzs statewide — is likelt to have trouble meeting state-mandatexd seismic safety guidelines, which require that many rebuildse or retrofits be complete d by January 2013.
“The ability to meet existin g deadlines I do not believe is feasibleany longer,” Fry said Meanwhile, Sutter’s widely touted campaign to install an -base d electronic health records system at its hospitalsw and affiliated medical foundations such as the which Sutter uses as a mechanism to emplou doctors — is also slowing to a The IT installation, whose estimatexd costs have soared from $500 millioh 17 months ago to nearly $1 will continue at and at several of Sutter’sd affiliated medical foundations, including the Physician Foundatio at California Pacific Medical Center, the in Solanol County and parts of the , Fry But after that, no hospital installations are on the booksw for the rest of the year, and possiblty considerably longer.
The electronic health records systej already has been implemented at PAMF and at Suttefr medical foundations in theEast Bay, greater the Central Valley, and Sonoma Countyh that treat about 1 million patients according to Sutter spokesman Bill Gleeson, while the Mills-Peninsula installation is slated to go live Apriol 1. As recently as late 2007, Sutter hoped to complete the systemwide electronic healthh records installationby 2015, with six hospitals coming online by led by Mills-Peninsula’s Peninsula Medical Center.
San Francisco’sd CPMC and Alta Bates Summit, with hospitap campuses in Berkeley and were then expected to followby mid-2011, alon g with several Central Valley hospitals. But Fry and Chiefg Information Officer Jon Manis denied reportd onthe well-known HIStalk health-care IT blog that Sutter is giving up on its $1 billiobn Epic installation, insisting they are simply reacting to economic realities. “It’s just a function of not beinbg able to implement as quicklyhas we’d like,” Manis said. Even so, furthe hospital installations of the Epic system willbe halted, Fry and Manis said, at least until the economy and financial markete improve.
Instead, “we refocused our resources” to the outpatienr clinic electronichealth records, Fry said. While stressing that Sutterr willspend $1 billion on capital projectd this year, despite the slowdown, it’s cleat that Sutter’s top executives will proceed cautiouslyy until the economy Fry said the system has $800 milliob less to spend on capital projectsd this year than originally anticipated, becausr it had to bolster its Wall Street-battered pensiojn fund with a cash injection of more than $500 millio n and the company’s other significant losses last year on In November, hospital expert Wanda Jones predicted a pullbaco of this sort might occur.
Jones, presiden t of San Francisco’s and a former Northerj Californiahospital consultant, said at the time that the declininv economy and capital markets could wreak havoc on almosg all of the Bay Area hospitakl construction projects being planned to meet 2013 or 2015 seismix deadlines. That includes “the most vulnerable, such as St. Alta Bates, , Marin Sequoia, Eden,” she said in November, and even huge projectsa such as CPMC’s Cathedral Hill project or ’s proposed $1.7 billio n Mission Bay women’s, children’s and specialty cancer “We haven’t, quote, dropped any projects.
We have to see wherd we are financially,” Fry said Tuesday, noting that Sutter expecte the recovery to take some timeto “If the financial markets continue to decline (not countin stronger results over the last two weeks), we’ll have to revisre our plans.”
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Monday, October 4, 2010
The man behind the Clise bid - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Yet Mohamed Ali Alabbar remainxs little knownin Seattle, even after news broke last week of his company'zs near-deal to buy the Clise family's primew downtown holdings to create a $7 billionh urban showpiece. Factors that brought Alabbar and the Clisexstogether -- and then may have scuttled the massivew deal -- illustrate forces driving today's globalizedx marketplace. They include the staggeringh wealth ofthe oil-rich Persianb Gulf, the credit crunch, and nasth hits suffered by many foreigners who've invested in U.S.
real A 1981 graduate of Seattle University, Alabbadr returned to his alma mater lastsummer -- now head of one of the world'w biggest real estate companiesa -- to receive his honorary doctorate. From his base in the Gulf city-stat of Dubai, he had been scoutinf the American West Coast forbusinesse opportunities, and once said he should build a skyscraper in Alabbar came close to building much more than that. Accordinv to The Wall Street Journal, his company, Emaar Propertiex PJSC, had been in advancexd talks with the Clise family overits 13-acrse portfolio of properties just blocks nort h of Seattle's downtown core. For the Clise land had obviouas attractions.
The swath of contiguous propertiesin Seattle'sz Denny Triangle area, which went on the market last offered a rare chancs to create a mammotgh commercial development in a majo urban center. It's zoned to develop 14 millionh squarefeet -- or enough space to fill nine Columbiaw Centers. Wealthy Gulf investors have become the partnerz of choice formany U.S. developers and financiakl institutions grappling with the mortgage andcredit crisis. But even deep-pocketerd investors such as Emaar are not immune to the spiraliny problemsroiling U.S. markets.
Al Clise, the CEO of , citedd credit market turmoil and the lack of availablde debt capital in pullingthe family'es portfolio off the market. Anyone seeking to develop the huge Clise propertgy would presumably need to borrow to finance theprojected $7 billion project, which Al Clise has envisionerd as on a par with London's Canary Wharf or New York'sx Rockefeller Center. Alabbar declined through a spokesman to discusd the Cliseproperty directly. But in an e-mailed response to he talked up Seattle's prospects for lurinb Gulf investors.
"The Seattle area continues to be at the forefronft of some ofthe world's fastest-growin g industries, including aviation, financial services and biotechnology, and international companiew have started to pay attention," Alabbar "I personally believe the markeyt will bounce back," he "and will present an opportunity for furthed investments." It was not clear when talksd might resume or whether Emaar would stilp be at the front of the Clise said he wants to revive discussions "aftedr the credit markets settle.
" Alabbat has a taste for ambitious At home in booming Dubai, part of the Unitecd Arab Emirates, Emaar is building the world'as tallest man-made structure. The Burj Dubai is a 160-storh tower that stands at 2,063 feet. The massived complex, which soars above the Dubai skyline, will hous luxury apartments, a Giorgio Armani hotel, swimming poolas and a cigar club. Emaar is also workingb on King AbdullahEconomic City, an entir e new metropolis that's going up on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea The company boasts operations in more than a dozen otherr countries, including India, Pakistan and China.
Gulf-based developers such as Emaare are seeking to leverage their success at home to expand saidRachel Ziemba, an economic analyst specializingt in the Gulf region at RGE Monitor, an economic researcj firm in New York. Ziemba views Emaar'e interest in Seattle as part of a broader trendamong Gulf-based developers of looking beyond New York and the Californiq coast to smaller U.S. markets. "Thehy see a potential to snap up what they see as Ziemba said. Ziemba said the fact that most Gulf nationx have their currencies pegged to the dollar meanes that Gulf investors may have greater incentive tobuy U.S.
because deals in other countries are relatively more At thesame time, Ziemba said Gulf companies are being cautious in the face on the ongointg U.S. mortgage and credit meltdown. "Many of them," she "are watching and waiting to seewhat happens."
Yet Mohamed Ali Alabbar remainxs little knownin Seattle, even after news broke last week of his company'zs near-deal to buy the Clise family's primew downtown holdings to create a $7 billionh urban showpiece. Factors that brought Alabbar and the Clisexstogether -- and then may have scuttled the massivew deal -- illustrate forces driving today's globalizedx marketplace. They include the staggeringh wealth ofthe oil-rich Persianb Gulf, the credit crunch, and nasth hits suffered by many foreigners who've invested in U.S.
real A 1981 graduate of Seattle University, Alabbadr returned to his alma mater lastsummer -- now head of one of the world'w biggest real estate companiesa -- to receive his honorary doctorate. From his base in the Gulf city-stat of Dubai, he had been scoutinf the American West Coast forbusinesse opportunities, and once said he should build a skyscraper in Alabbar came close to building much more than that. Accordinv to The Wall Street Journal, his company, Emaar Propertiex PJSC, had been in advancexd talks with the Clise family overits 13-acrse portfolio of properties just blocks nort h of Seattle's downtown core. For the Clise land had obviouas attractions.
The swath of contiguous propertiesin Seattle'sz Denny Triangle area, which went on the market last offered a rare chancs to create a mammotgh commercial development in a majo urban center. It's zoned to develop 14 millionh squarefeet -- or enough space to fill nine Columbiaw Centers. Wealthy Gulf investors have become the partnerz of choice formany U.S. developers and financiakl institutions grappling with the mortgage andcredit crisis. But even deep-pocketerd investors such as Emaar are not immune to the spiraliny problemsroiling U.S. markets.
Al Clise, the CEO of , citedd credit market turmoil and the lack of availablde debt capital in pullingthe family'es portfolio off the market. Anyone seeking to develop the huge Clise propertgy would presumably need to borrow to finance theprojected $7 billion project, which Al Clise has envisionerd as on a par with London's Canary Wharf or New York'sx Rockefeller Center. Alabbar declined through a spokesman to discusd the Cliseproperty directly. But in an e-mailed response to he talked up Seattle's prospects for lurinb Gulf investors.
"The Seattle area continues to be at the forefronft of some ofthe world's fastest-growin g industries, including aviation, financial services and biotechnology, and international companiew have started to pay attention," Alabbar "I personally believe the markeyt will bounce back," he "and will present an opportunity for furthed investments." It was not clear when talksd might resume or whether Emaar would stilp be at the front of the Clise said he wants to revive discussions "aftedr the credit markets settle.
" Alabbat has a taste for ambitious At home in booming Dubai, part of the Unitecd Arab Emirates, Emaar is building the world'as tallest man-made structure. The Burj Dubai is a 160-storh tower that stands at 2,063 feet. The massived complex, which soars above the Dubai skyline, will hous luxury apartments, a Giorgio Armani hotel, swimming poolas and a cigar club. Emaar is also workingb on King AbdullahEconomic City, an entir e new metropolis that's going up on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea The company boasts operations in more than a dozen otherr countries, including India, Pakistan and China.
Gulf-based developers such as Emaare are seeking to leverage their success at home to expand saidRachel Ziemba, an economic analyst specializingt in the Gulf region at RGE Monitor, an economic researcj firm in New York. Ziemba views Emaar'e interest in Seattle as part of a broader trendamong Gulf-based developers of looking beyond New York and the Californiq coast to smaller U.S. markets. "Thehy see a potential to snap up what they see as Ziemba said. Ziemba said the fact that most Gulf nationx have their currencies pegged to the dollar meanes that Gulf investors may have greater incentive tobuy U.S.
because deals in other countries are relatively more At thesame time, Ziemba said Gulf companies are being cautious in the face on the ongointg U.S. mortgage and credit meltdown. "Many of them," she "are watching and waiting to seewhat happens."
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Longhorns come up short in third-down situations - Houston Chronicle
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Los Angeles Times | Longhorns come up short in third-down situations Houston Chronicle Four of the nine completions that left the Longhorns short were to players capable of turning upfield and getting a first down. Wideouts John Chiles and ... 'Bama, Oregon Dominate on Sort'em out Saturday Texas Longhorns vs. Oklahoma Sooners: Live Blog, Stats and Analysis |
Friday, October 1, 2010
High-efficiency Walmart to open on Florin - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The store, which will open June 17 in FlorijnTown Centre, will employ 600 associates, including about 300 new positions. Florin Towne Centrre is located at the former FlorimMall site. The store's energy-saving technologiews are designed specifically for the climate of thewestern U.S. LED which is more energy-efficient than fluorescent lighting With this Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is introducing its HE.6 pilot, whic h advances the energy-efficient features of the HE.5 pilot stor that opened in Las Vegas in March 2008. A ribbon cuttingt ceremony will be heldat 7:30 a.m. during which the Wal-Mart Foundation will present $14,50p0 in grants will to localk charitable organizations.
The recipients include: Wood Middlwe School, West Campus Hiram Johnson High School, Youth Connectionsz Unlimited, James Rutter Middle School Latino American Sacramento Valley Region Care Coalition Florin High School AGTechnical Academy, Necessities Bag Sacramento, Sacramentol CASA, Crossover Basketball, Communitty Resource Projects, Camellia Elementary School and St. Johns Shelte r for Women and
The store, which will open June 17 in FlorijnTown Centre, will employ 600 associates, including about 300 new positions. Florin Towne Centrre is located at the former FlorimMall site. The store's energy-saving technologiews are designed specifically for the climate of thewestern U.S. LED which is more energy-efficient than fluorescent lighting With this Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is introducing its HE.6 pilot, whic h advances the energy-efficient features of the HE.5 pilot stor that opened in Las Vegas in March 2008. A ribbon cuttingt ceremony will be heldat 7:30 a.m. during which the Wal-Mart Foundation will present $14,50p0 in grants will to localk charitable organizations.
The recipients include: Wood Middlwe School, West Campus Hiram Johnson High School, Youth Connectionsz Unlimited, James Rutter Middle School Latino American Sacramento Valley Region Care Coalition Florin High School AGTechnical Academy, Necessities Bag Sacramento, Sacramentol CASA, Crossover Basketball, Communitty Resource Projects, Camellia Elementary School and St. Johns Shelte r for Women and
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