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Roseville-based Solar Power (OTCBB: SOPW) should complete the installation of the solarr power systemin November, with Sacramento Municipa l Utility District interconnecting the system to the power grid the same month. All of the power generaterd will be usedby Aerojet, a GenCorp GY) company. “The electricity created by this sola facility provides over 20 percent of the power requiref to operate our extensive groundwaterremediation program,” Aerojet president Scott Neish said in a news “This initiative is a major step in our effortss to help the environment, reduce our carbon footprintt and return approximately 20 acres of our significant land holdings in the Sacramentop area to beneficial use.
” The 18,0009 solar panels will include a sun-trackin array, greatly increasing production as it followw the sun during the day. The Aerojet project will cover about20 acres. “The Aerojet installation will be one of thelargesft single-site industrial installations” in the Solar Power CEO Steve Kirchetr said.

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Signs of life seen in Greater Baltimore home prices - South Florida Business Journal:

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Nationally, home prices are down 13 percent from this time last ofColorado reported. But the rate at which thos e prices are falling has started to levelkoff and, in threee of four regions across the country, posted either stable or positive gains in Only in the South did prices continu to fall in April, down about .3 percentr from April 2008, brought down by still-strugglingy markets including several Floridas communities. “It’s too soon to call this a turn in thehousingh market, particularly given all the political and regulatoryg uncertainties,” Integrated Asset Services CEO Dave McCarthgy said in a statement.
“I think that we’re still in for some difficulftspells ahead, but we are seeing a certaijn kind of pricing equilibrium in severalp important markets. That’s encouragingt for the long InBaltimore City, home prices increased 3.5 percent from Marc to April, according to the report. Prices are stillo down about 12 percent when compared toApril 2008. Home prices climbed by .8 perceny from March to April in AnneArundelk County, but are still down 5.6 percent from Aprilk 2008; • Prices fell 1 percentf in Baltimore County in the past montyh and are down 2.3 percent from April • Harford County’s home pricees held steady in the past but are still down 3.
5 percent from last year; Prices fell .3 percent in Howard County, and are down aboug .1 percent from Aprilo 2008. The median sold price for a home sold in Greatere Baltimore fellto $234,950 in April, down 2.1 percent from March, accordinyg to Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc. of Rockville. That comparex to a 10 percent drop fromAprill 2008, when home prices stood at abouf $262,000.

Occupancy declines of 9% expected at Renaissance Grand & Suites - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The report, issued to bondholderxs March 16, projects occupancy at the 1,083-room hote l at 800 Washington Ave. will decrease 9.1 percentf in 2009, to less than 60 percent, with revenur per room declining 15 or $12. At the end of according to the report, revenue per available or RevPar, at the Renaissance was $124.55. The reporrt notes that projected revenue at the Renaissance in 2009is $40.4 million, or $4 million less than previously due to a decline in transient room nigh t bookings. The report blames the weakened economy for the drop in demand for hotel rooms nationwidew andin St. Louis. “Downtown St.
Louis lackxs the demand drivers needed to attractt significant touristsand groups,” the Jones Lang LaSalle report states. Cardinala baseball and the Arch are primary driversd of tourist and group according tothe report, primarily in the The report said planned renovations at the Renaissance’s competitorx downtown also will lead to a decline in The consultant’s report includes an option to close the Suited portion of the hotepl temporarily when the Renaissance located on the south side of Washington is not fully occupied. The Suitews portion of the hotel is located on the nortn side of Washington Avenue in the formedrLennox Building.
Bondholders on the $277 milliojn Renaissance hotel took ownership of the hotel in February aftetr its previous owners defaulted on makintg an interest payment onits $98 million debt The prior owner, New Orleans-basedr , presented a forbearance option to bondholders late last year to avoid foreclosure, a measurd bondholders rejected. Housing Horizons, a subsidiary of Dallas-base d Kimberly-Clark, transferred its majority ownership stake in the hotel to HRI the developer ofthe hotel, in early 2009. Jonesz Lang LaSalle is evaluating cost reductions rangingbetween $250,000o and $1 million annually in order for the Renaissancre to achieve a goal net profiyt of $1 million in 2009.

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California’s Silicon Valley “continues to lead all other metropolitan regione in North America in the breadth and scope of economic activity it creates throughtechnological innovation,” according to the Milken Institute called “North America’s High-Tech The Geography of Knowledge-Based In the previous Milken study in 2003, Seattlw was ranked third behinds Silicon Valley and Boston. The study ranked the metropolitahn areas based onseveral factors, includinvg the number of employeees in the various high-tech salaries paid, and the relative size of the industry comparer to the entire city. It ranked the metro in 19 high-tech business categories.
Using data from the study indicates thatthe high-tech industryu provided $22.3 billion in wages in the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett area and employedx 226,000 people in 2007. In the sub-category of software the Seattle arearankeds No. 1 nationally, with that high-tech industry employing 46,318 people who earned wages of morethan $7 billionj in 2007. Seattle also ranked high in the aerospacs product and partsmanufacturing sub-category, with 76,148 peoplw earning $6.69 billion in 2007.
“Like most of the economy, the high-tec sector has taken a beating in the last six but recent numbers show that these cuts may be levelint off and the sector could be primexd to once again be an engine of sustainable growthj when recovery begins totake root. Cities with strong high-tecbh bases will perform best as the economy recovers because the jobs generatefd by these fields payso well,” according to the Milken Following Silicon Valley, Seattle and Boston in the overalll results of the study were: 4. Washington, D.C. area; 5. Los Angelesz area; 6. Dallas area; 7. San Diego 8. Santa Ana/Anaheim, area; 9. New York City 10. San Francisco area.
An executive summaryu of the report

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Portland-area economy weakens Q1 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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percent, an accelerating decline compared tothe 13.5 percenr (revised) drop in the fourth quarter of 2008. Of the nine indicatorzs included inthe index, six declinecd significantly, said Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economixc Forum and a UO adjuncft assistant professor, Labor market trendzs continue to deteriorate. Help-wanted advertising in The Oregonian fell during the consistent with a decrease inhirinh demand. Similarly, initial unemployment claims continued to reaching a month averageof 16,810 claims. Non-farm payrolls continue to fall as under the dual forces of increased layoff and slackhiring demand; payrolls stand 3.9 percentr lower than year-ago levels.
The expected slowdownb in lodging activity finally cameto pass, said Duy,witg estimated lodging revenue (seasonally and inflationn adjusted) down 15.4 percent from the fourty quarter. Passenger traffic at Portlans International Airport was effectively unchanged from theprevioud quarter. Housing markets were generally Housing sales were effectively whileaverage days-on-market fell, partially offsetting a particularl y sharp rise in the fourth quartef of 2008, attributable to the intensification of the financialo crisis 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 difficulgtto find, he said; expectation for a firming of economic activit y in the second half of 2009 are largelhy based on some tentativs signs of stability in the national Moreover, the impact of fiscal and monetary policiexs should become more evident as the year progresses. the pace of the recovery is expected to be subdued as the economuy adjusts to an environment less dependenton debt-supported consumerr spending growth.

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Tenn. company to buy NTB automotive chain - Austin Business Journal:

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TBC [Nasdaq: TBCC] will grow to 1,14e4 locations with the addition of the NTB The acquired stores will be foldedinto TBC's Tire Kingdom company-operatee network, which has 357 locations. TBC also has 561 franchises tire and automotive centers undert the Big OTires brand. The company's othed brand is Merchant's Tire & Auto Larry Day, president and CEO of TBC, "The acquisition of NTB enables us to expandr our national footprint by 25 percent with the addition of profitable retail locations in many attractive marketss where we currently donot operate." Hoffman Ill.
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ProLogis closes $44M in Japanese bond financing - Sacramento Business Journal:

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million in bond financing through aJapanese special-purposse company to help pay debt. ProLogis (NYSE: PLD), a publicluy traded real estate investment trust basedin Denver, is one of the world' largest operators of distribution The company owns or manages more than 475 milliob square feet of spacer in North America, Europe and Asia. ProLogi obtained the financing througha "tokutei mokutekii kaisha" (TMK), a tax-favored, special-purpose vehicle created in Japan for acquiring and holding Japanese assets including real ProLogis used the financing to pay down global lines of credit. ProLogis had $9.3 billion in totall debt at the end of thefirstr quarter, down from $10.
7 millionb at year-end 2008, according to this year's first-quartet report. The TMK financing has a three-yearf maturity, and is secured by the fullyy leased ProLogis Park Narashino III distribution center in The TMK issues corporate bonds to its holders securer by realestate assets, and it can be used by both Japanesse and non-Japanese investors.

Mergers: Districts ponder joining forces - Boston Business Journal:

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A third set of talks was triggeredby Gov. Davidf Paterson’s proposed state budgetf last December. “It woule have raised our taxes 22 percent,” says Michael McArdle, superintendent of the Scio Central Schoop District. “It drove us to look at our budget and the issuezs wewere facing.” The budgetary news from Albany subsequently took a turn for the better, but official s from Scio and nearby Wellsville continued to explore their options -- perhaps a more likely a collaboration on a smaller scale. “Everything is open,” says McArdle.
“We’rd trying to find the best wayto go, the way to get the best educationalk opportunities for our students and to keep our tax rate The Wyoming Central School Districf faced a similar problem in 1991. Enrollmen was declining, especially at the high schookl level. Elective courses were sparsely attended. Only three student signed up for physicsone year. Voters rejected mergers with Pavilionor Warsaw. “Thagt left the district struggling to come up witha solution,” says the current superintendent, Sandra Duckworth.
“So we started to look at Wyoming students now attend theirt local school througheighth grade, then shift to high schoo in any of four adjacent districts: Alexander, Pavilion or Warsaw. Wyoming pays tuition for each a standard rate that is negotiatefd with its neighbors every five Wyoming also belongs to a consortiunm of six districts seeking ways to cut costes by sharing services such as building maintenance, special education and curriculum development. Similadr arrangements can be found elsewhers in WesternNew York, sometimes involving severakl districts, sometimes a one-on-one setup such as Scio and Wellsville are discussing.
These measures offer the prospect of reducing expensesa while retaininglocal control. It’xs a combination that appeals to superintendents who are well aware that the mere suggestiojn of a merger can triggerintense opposition. “What the people of Sherman are tellingh us is that they like the education their childrenare receiving,” says Schmidt. “They’re saying, ‘Please keep it the way it

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To boost sales, check your optimism level - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Here’s a thought: Take a look at a soft emotional intelligencer skill that yields hardsales optimism. There is evidence that supports the theorg that sales teams possessing high levelzs of optimism make companiemore money. One of the best case studiesa comes from the work that psychologist Martin Seligman did with Metropolitanb Life in New He convinced Met Life to give him accesa to their new employees and administer the usual as well as a new test he developed thatmeasured optimism. He followed the progress of new salespeoplw for one year and found that salespeople who score d high in optimism sold 33 percent more insurancr than those whoscored low.
After two years, the optimistid group of salespeople were thrivinvg intheir positions, whichg increased retention and decreasedf the costs associated with turnoverr and increased sales. How optimistif is your organization? There is a lot of presws on theswine flu, and people are worried abouty catching it. There is another epidemicc to watch out forin today’s economy: It can be deadly when it hits an organizatiomn because emotions are contagious. The clinica term is emotional contagion and is definedas “thew transmission of moods.” When people are in a certain mood happy or depressed — that mood is often communicateds to others. What is the mood at your company ?
A sales manager shares the stor of a rep who started every conversation in the lastdownturn “You probably don’t have any moneuy so you don’t want to buy …” The self-fulfillinv prophecy was set by the and the prospect followed the salesperson’s No deal. So what can you do to stop the epidemivof pessimism? Study and duplicate optimisti salespeople. When faced with adversity, optimistic salespeople ask • What’s good about this? They know that adversitg is where true character is formed and great lessonesare taught. Optimists take advantage of this schooling becausd they know that lessons learned todag make money inthe future.
• What can I do about this situation? Optimists know that controk equals action, action yields results and resultincrease motivation. • What is funnuy about this? Humor is a great way to relieve which frees up the mind for creativithand innovation. Optimistic salespeople take control. They know salez is the greatest profession to be in durinba recession. They can meet with mentors who can help them look at anothetr way of doing business intougj times. They can outwor k their competitors. They can invesr in learning and outsmarttheir competitor. Optimistic salespeople managw results, not excuses.

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Bracing for a downfall in some colleges have set aside more funding forfinanciak aid. , in addition to implementing an enhancerrecruitment campaign, upped its financial aid budgeyt by $800,000, or by more than 10 percent, says Danny Green, Meredith’s vice president for enrollment. “We’re trying to help make this as viabls to families for whomthis (college) is the right he says. The strategy appears to be paying off: Meredith has received nearly 22 percent more deposits from students intending to enrol this fall compared tolast year. Officialx at two other private schools in and St.
Augustine’s College, say they are on trackm to enroll about as many studentsin 2009-10 as they did in That’s in contrast to what was expected. A surveyg conducted in late 2008 by and The Chronicl of Higher Education indicated that families were more likelyh to send their childrehn to the least expensivecollege option, meaniny more students would be attendinvg public universities than private ones. in 2008-09, public universities cost on average $6,585 per year while privat universitiescost $25,143, according to the College Small private schools, such as Meredith and St.
were expected to suffer more becauss of theirsmall endowments, minimal grant fundinbg and heavy reliance on tuitionb to fund operations. At Meredith, for about 80 percent of the school’s $58 millionh operating budget in 2008-09 came from whereas at tuition covered about 16 percent ofits $1.9 billion operating budget in 2007-08. “From most of what we’r hearing, it’s relatively Dennis Gephardt, an assistant vice presidenrt with Moody’s, says of enrollmenft at small public universities. Gephardt says he believes increases financial aid is largelyy responsible for thesteady numbers.
Also helping is the Americajn Recovery andReinvestment Act, which has increasede the maximum Pell Granyt – a needs-based granr to low-income students – by to $5,350, increased funding for work-studyh programs and provided $13.5 billionh in tax credits for collegr tuition and fee expenses. Justin Draeger, a spokesman for the National Associationb of Student FinancialAid Administrators, says he isn’ft sure if increased financial aid is helpin g boost enrollment, but it is helping more peopld afford college. Meredith’s Green says he’s relatively confident that the 482 womebn who have submitted their deposits will enroll atthe women’s schooo in the fall.
In some cases, students will submit depositsa to multiple schools to have more time to though Green believes that is not happening as much this Whilethey don’t anticipate an upswint in enrollment, officials at Peace College and St. Augustine’as are optimistic they can avoid a Peace Provost Debbie Cottrelk says deposits are running a little behindfpast years, but the school is stilk on track to come close to the 185 students who enroller last year. “It seems to be a slowert process, but not a downward says Cottrell. And while May 1 is generally the deadlines for students to apply for financial aid and let schoolsx know they willbe attending, Jorge Sousa, St.
admissions director, says a final enrollmentf count won’t be available untilp August 10, the day before classes He says manystudents haven’t committed yet, though he expects a freshman class of 600, comparedx to 585 last year.

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Leaders of Colorado’s Hispanic business community and local officials gathered at the Coloradlo Convention Center Tuesday to formallhy announce theconvention — the third time the city has been host to the nationaol Hispanic chamber. The gathering will be at the ColoradoConvention Center, Sept. 16-19. Previous conventions were held in Denver in 1995and 1997. is a primw sponsor of the convention with a commitment of Jerry Natividad, co-chair of the event’s host committee and a board member of the USHCC, said the conventiob will focus on four key sustainable growth and the greeninbg of the U.S.
economy; growthn of Hispanic businesses, especially among Hispanic the federal economic stimulus prograk and refining economic survival and innovation skills amongHispanic businesses. “Hispanic businessz owners across the country are facing continuouw challenges onmany fronts,” Natividad said. “The need all the help they can get, making key gaining access to crucial information about acceseto capital, new industries and otherd trends that will help lead our country out of the current recession.
This year’s national convention will provide such an Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said the convention is a chance to highlight Denver’s successes before one of the fastest-growingg business sectors in the U.S. “The timing couldn’t be more Hickenlooper said, noting the city’s planned Biennia l of the Americas celebrationnext summer, which includes a two-month-long curated eveny of contemporary art and ideae from throughout the Americas. Hickenlooper is meeting with diplomats from Sout h and Central America this week in Washingtom this week to promote the2010 event. There are an estimated 15,000 Hispanic-owned businesses in Denver, Hickenlooperf said.