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Friday, March 30, 2012
Lithuania wraps up talks with Hitachi on nuclear plant - Reuters
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Court Considers Health Law Fate If Coverage Rule Voided - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg | Court Considers Health Law Fate If Coverage Rule Voided Bloomberg Fang Zhe/Xinhua News Agency/eyevine/Redux Protesters march in front of the Supreme Court building on March 27. The US Supreme Court today will consider how much of President Barack Obama's health-care law must be thrown out if the justices decide ... |
Monday, March 26, 2012
Danaher, Cooper Said to Seek Sale of Apex Tool Venture - Bloomberg
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Danaher, Cooper Said to Seek Sale of Apex Tool Venture Bloomberg Apex Tool Group may fetch $1.5 billion or more and attract interest from private-equity firms, said one of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are private. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is advising on the potential sale, ... Cooper Industries looks to sell jointly owned tool business Danaher, Cooper Seek Sale Of Alex Tool Venture: Sources - Bloomberg News |
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The UAW Local 249 postecd the information in a newslettere on itsWeb site. Locao 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informatiohis accurate. The production stoppagr comes a week before an alreadyscheduledr one-week summer break for the entire plant startingg June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The planrt also is scheduled for a summer breal during the weekof Aug. 17. Saled of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percen t from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percentf from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Loca l 249 said the slight increaserin month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to canceol the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., but the down week was left intacty at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thid is partially due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemploymentt in Michigan, making down weeks at less of an option,” the Locaol 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addedf that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time througjh the 2010production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomol and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is consideringb once again moving a shift fromthe F-15p side of the Kansas City Assemblg Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workersx from a second shift on the F-150 side of the Kansad City plant to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenrt from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansae City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybri d versions of the Ford Escape andMercurgy Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercuryu Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companyh record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicleds was set inApril 2006. As of May, Ford’z Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadaboutg 3,900 hourly and 200 salariex employees.
The UAW Local 249 postecd the information in a newslettere on itsWeb site. Locao 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informatiohis accurate. The production stoppagr comes a week before an alreadyscheduledr one-week summer break for the entire plant startingg June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The planrt also is scheduled for a summer breal during the weekof Aug. 17. Saled of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percen t from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percentf from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Loca l 249 said the slight increaserin month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to canceol the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., but the down week was left intacty at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thid is partially due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemploymentt in Michigan, making down weeks at less of an option,” the Locaol 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addedf that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time througjh the 2010production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomol and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is consideringb once again moving a shift fromthe F-15p side of the Kansas City Assemblg Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workersx from a second shift on the F-150 side of the Kansad City plant to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenrt from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansae City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybri d versions of the Ford Escape andMercurgy Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercuryu Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companyh record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicleds was set inApril 2006. As of May, Ford’z Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadaboutg 3,900 hourly and 200 salariex employees.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Christian Apologetics Manifesto: Nineteen Theses To Shake the World With the Truth - Christian Post (blog)
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Christian Apologetics Manifesto: Nineteen Theses To Shake the World With the Truth Christian Post (blog) ... 2001), see Douglas Groothuis, "A New Kind of Postmodernist," The Christian Research Journal, volume 25, number 3 (2003); available on-line at: HYPERLINK "http://www.equip.org/free/DP808.htm"http://www.equip.org/free/DP808.htm. |
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Georgia Aquarium, Inc. Company Profile | Company Information
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As the world's largest aquarium, the Georgis Aquarium features more animals than any other aquariuk in more than eight million gallonof water. Through a path of more than sixtyy exhibits, the Aquarium tells a globakl water story, with features modeled after the greatest zoos and aquariumss inthe world. Guests will delight in majestic exhibitzthat inspire, entertain and educate. Georgia Aquarium is an entertaininf intriguing and educational experience for guesta ofall ages. While promoting a fun and entertaininylearning experience, the Aquarium instills in our guests a new appreciation for the world's aquati biodiversity.
The Aquarium enhances the Georgia tourism offerings and provides local residents witha world-classa entertainment attraction. It is an anchor for downtown'ws revitalization efforts being a benefiyt to both the city andthe state. To date Georgi a Aquarium has attracted more than fourmillionh visitors. We have more than 220 employees and a dedicateds core of morethan 1,000 We are proud to host a remarkable aquatifc veterinary care facility, forward-thinking educational programs with theie own exclusive classroom and exhibit space and a drivs to further the science of conservation throughn exhibits and research.
One of the Georgiaw Aquarium's major goals is to be the leadingb facility for aquatic animal conservationjand research. Our state-of-the-art animal health facility is 10,00p0 square feet and was designed by worldclass
As the world's largest aquarium, the Georgis Aquarium features more animals than any other aquariuk in more than eight million gallonof water. Through a path of more than sixtyy exhibits, the Aquarium tells a globakl water story, with features modeled after the greatest zoos and aquariumss inthe world. Guests will delight in majestic exhibitzthat inspire, entertain and educate. Georgia Aquarium is an entertaininf intriguing and educational experience for guesta ofall ages. While promoting a fun and entertaininylearning experience, the Aquarium instills in our guests a new appreciation for the world's aquati biodiversity.
The Aquarium enhances the Georgia tourism offerings and provides local residents witha world-classa entertainment attraction. It is an anchor for downtown'ws revitalization efforts being a benefiyt to both the city andthe state. To date Georgi a Aquarium has attracted more than fourmillionh visitors. We have more than 220 employees and a dedicateds core of morethan 1,000 We are proud to host a remarkable aquatifc veterinary care facility, forward-thinking educational programs with theie own exclusive classroom and exhibit space and a drivs to further the science of conservation throughn exhibits and research.
One of the Georgiaw Aquarium's major goals is to be the leadingb facility for aquatic animal conservationjand research. Our state-of-the-art animal health facility is 10,00p0 square feet and was designed by worldclass
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Vinson clutch down the stretch again for UMass - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
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The Massachusetts Daily Collegian | Vinson clutch down the stretch again for UMass The Massachusetts Daily Collegian Terrell Vinson may not be the most outspoken player on the Massachusetts men's basketb » |
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Foreclosure rates drop in three Tampa Bay counties - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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May was the thirde highest month of foreclosurre activityon record, said , up 18 percent from the year Defaults and scheduled foreclosure auctions were down from but bank repossessions were up 2 percent and could continuwe to grow as foreclosure delays and moratorium s are lifted in various states, said James J. Saccacio, RealtyTrac’ chief executive officer. Hernando County posteds the biggest decrease in the Tampa Bayregioh year-over-year, falling more than 14.5 percenft with 475 homes in some stat e of foreclosure. That represents one in everu 169 homes under the threat of beinhg taken backby lenders.
Sarasotaz County was not far behindr with just under a 7 percent dropaffecting 1,0723 homes, or one in every 206 Manatee County had a 2 percent drop since May 2008 that hit 590 homes, or one in 287 properties. On the otherr end of the spectrum, Pasco County had the largest increasrein foreclosures, jumping more than 62 percentg to 1,500 properties. That represents one in everh 145 homesin foreclosure, ninthg worst in the state. Despitse falling more than 6 percent since Polk County was up nearly 53 percenf over the past yearas 1,57w2 homes were in foreclosure, representing one in every 177 homes. Pinellas Count y jumped 48 percentto 2,4578 homes.
Hillsborough County climbed nearly 20 percent in foreclosure rates as lendersdtargeted 2,408 homes. However, rates were down well over 25 percentrsince April. Florida had the third highest rate of foreclosurer in the country affecting one in every148 homes. It had the seconx highest number of foreclosures at just fewerthan 59,000, a 50 percentt jump from May 2008. Threee Florida metropolitan areas were ranked amontg the 10 worst foreclosure rates in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers at No. 6 with one in 82 homew in foreclosure; Orlando-Kissimmee at No. 8 with one in 101 homese in foreclosure; and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompanko Beach at No. 10 with one in 105 homea in foreclosure.
May was the thirde highest month of foreclosurre activityon record, said , up 18 percent from the year Defaults and scheduled foreclosure auctions were down from but bank repossessions were up 2 percent and could continuwe to grow as foreclosure delays and moratorium s are lifted in various states, said James J. Saccacio, RealtyTrac’ chief executive officer. Hernando County posteds the biggest decrease in the Tampa Bayregioh year-over-year, falling more than 14.5 percenft with 475 homes in some stat e of foreclosure. That represents one in everu 169 homes under the threat of beinhg taken backby lenders.
Sarasotaz County was not far behindr with just under a 7 percent dropaffecting 1,0723 homes, or one in every 206 Manatee County had a 2 percent drop since May 2008 that hit 590 homes, or one in 287 properties. On the otherr end of the spectrum, Pasco County had the largest increasrein foreclosures, jumping more than 62 percentg to 1,500 properties. That represents one in everh 145 homesin foreclosure, ninthg worst in the state. Despitse falling more than 6 percent since Polk County was up nearly 53 percenf over the past yearas 1,57w2 homes were in foreclosure, representing one in every 177 homes. Pinellas Count y jumped 48 percentto 2,4578 homes.
Hillsborough County climbed nearly 20 percent in foreclosure rates as lendersdtargeted 2,408 homes. However, rates were down well over 25 percentrsince April. Florida had the third highest rate of foreclosurer in the country affecting one in every148 homes. It had the seconx highest number of foreclosures at just fewerthan 59,000, a 50 percentt jump from May 2008. Threee Florida metropolitan areas were ranked amontg the 10 worst foreclosure rates in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers at No. 6 with one in 82 homew in foreclosure; Orlando-Kissimmee at No. 8 with one in 101 homese in foreclosure; and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompanko Beach at No. 10 with one in 105 homea in foreclosure.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Bright idea: Marvin Dufner makes millions recycling bulbs - Kansas City Business Journal:
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After building his fluorescent light bulbrecycling H.T.R. Inc., into a nationak player with customers thatinclude , Walgreens, and Lowe’s, Dufnedr sold the business in March to Houston-based an estimate $12 million. H.T.R.’s revenue reached $6 million last 17 times more thanthe $350,0009 the company made when Dufner bought it in Decembee 1999. A decade ago, the business recycleds about 30,000 fluorescent bulbs a montgh to keep hazardous mercury out of landfillsw andwater supplies.
That numbe reached about 18 million bulbs a year by the time of the Dufner andRaymond Kohout, his minority partner and chief operating officer, decided they neededf to either invest a largwe amount of capital to open additional recycling facilitiee or find a strategic partner or buyer for their Dufner turned to lifelong friend James Stuart of in Clayton. Stuart reached out to contactz atWaste Management, and after about a year of he helped broker H.T.R.’s sale. Dufner estimated fluorescentg bulb recycling isa $100 milliojn to $150 million industry.
Analyst Michael Hoffman of in Baltimor noted that garbage disposal isa $52 billiohn industry and medical waste disposap accounts for another $3 billion to $4 Add-on services such as recycling can help a company win additionall market share. “One of Waste Management’s core goalx is to grow its medical wastd business toabout $300 million in revenue in the next 24 months,” Hoffmanh said. “Now they can walk into health-care facilities and hospitals and offerf to dispose of their medical waste, regular trash and also their fluorescenyt bulbs, which for a hospital is no smallp thing.
” Waste Management, North America’s largest waste disposal company, posted net incomde of $1.09 billion on revenue of $13.4 billion last year and employas about 46,000. Dufner, 54, grew up in Granite City and St. Louis, attending and at In 1991, he bought one of the firsrt franchises ofEarth City-based Dent a company that provides paintless dent removao for automobiles. Dufner moved to Atlanta to run his territory of Georgisaand Alabama. But in 1998, Atlanta-based acquired Dent Wizard and proceededx to buy outits franchisees. Dufner sold his businesas for about $5 and at age 45 found himself looking for anew venture.
In while at the Lake of the Ozarks, Dufner struck up a conversatiomn with an employeeof H.T.R., a three-year-olcd company then based in the small town of Goldeb City in southwest Missouri. A new federap law regulating the management of waste containing hazardous materialz such as mercury had just goneinto effect, but H.T.R.’s 14 investors were short on funds to take advantage of potential Dufner bought them out “for a very low price” and took over the businessw as president. Dufner recruited Kohout, a frienfd who owned a gun storein St. Louies and was familiar with dealing withgovernmenf regulators, to help run the busineszs and expand its service area nationwide.
They investes in some tractor-trailers and started picking up burned-out fluorescentg bulbs from all over the countrty and hauling them back to Missourifor processing. Over the next few they relocated the plant to its current locationin Kaiser, Mo., near Lake As Dufner improved customer service and the speedf of waste pickup using third-partgy freight companies, business boomed. Beginning in H.T.R. secured contracts with Wal-Mart to pick up and recycle used bulbs. Other large several colleges and universities, and states such as Iowa and Missour also signed upwith H.T.R. All of the materia in the bulbs H.T.R. picked up — mercury, metal and glasxs — was recycled.
None went to landfills. But with the Dufner and Kohout also found themselve s facinga decision: Expand to keep up with increasingy volume, or find someone who could do so for “The right way to do it would be to build two more recycling plants, one on the West Coasty and one on the East Coast, to cut transportation distancese and freight costs,” Dufner said. “Ray and I can’t be in thre places at one time. It was goinb to require a lot more capital to open two new facilitieas and managethem properly.” So Dufner, who has childrenh ages 3 and 5 with his Renee, decided to look for a buyer last year and eventuallyg struck the deal with Waste Management.
“Wr thought H.T.R. would make a good fit for us,” said Rick senior business director forWaste Management’as WM Lamptracker division. “Over 70 percentg of fluorescent lighting in the countrystill isn’g recycled properly, and that’sd where we think the upside is.” The and many statez are targeting a fluorescenrt recycling goal of about 75 percent, Kohougt said. Some 800 million fluorescenr lamps burn outeach year, and now millions of residentiall light sockets are also switching from incandescentt to compact fluorescent light bulbs Although Missouri does not require residential recycling of many states do, he said.
“Ther timing was perfect,” said Kohout, who continues to run the formerf H.T.R. operations within WM “We are now the largesgt lamp recycler inthe country, and Wastw Management is really pushing the sustainabilith and recycling front. We’vd had nine years of double-digit growth, and we’ved just gotten started.” As for he is building a home in Ladu and has notdecided what, if anything, he will do “Am I looking for something? Possibly, but not Dufner said. “That’s how happened.
I wasn’t really looking and then it fell inmy
After building his fluorescent light bulbrecycling H.T.R. Inc., into a nationak player with customers thatinclude , Walgreens, and Lowe’s, Dufnedr sold the business in March to Houston-based an estimate $12 million. H.T.R.’s revenue reached $6 million last 17 times more thanthe $350,0009 the company made when Dufner bought it in Decembee 1999. A decade ago, the business recycleds about 30,000 fluorescent bulbs a montgh to keep hazardous mercury out of landfillsw andwater supplies.
That numbe reached about 18 million bulbs a year by the time of the Dufner andRaymond Kohout, his minority partner and chief operating officer, decided they neededf to either invest a largwe amount of capital to open additional recycling facilitiee or find a strategic partner or buyer for their Dufner turned to lifelong friend James Stuart of in Clayton. Stuart reached out to contactz atWaste Management, and after about a year of he helped broker H.T.R.’s sale. Dufner estimated fluorescentg bulb recycling isa $100 milliojn to $150 million industry.
Analyst Michael Hoffman of in Baltimor noted that garbage disposal isa $52 billiohn industry and medical waste disposap accounts for another $3 billion to $4 Add-on services such as recycling can help a company win additionall market share. “One of Waste Management’s core goalx is to grow its medical wastd business toabout $300 million in revenue in the next 24 months,” Hoffmanh said. “Now they can walk into health-care facilities and hospitals and offerf to dispose of their medical waste, regular trash and also their fluorescenyt bulbs, which for a hospital is no smallp thing.
” Waste Management, North America’s largest waste disposal company, posted net incomde of $1.09 billion on revenue of $13.4 billion last year and employas about 46,000. Dufner, 54, grew up in Granite City and St. Louis, attending and at In 1991, he bought one of the firsrt franchises ofEarth City-based Dent a company that provides paintless dent removao for automobiles. Dufner moved to Atlanta to run his territory of Georgisaand Alabama. But in 1998, Atlanta-based acquired Dent Wizard and proceededx to buy outits franchisees. Dufner sold his businesas for about $5 and at age 45 found himself looking for anew venture.
In while at the Lake of the Ozarks, Dufner struck up a conversatiomn with an employeeof H.T.R., a three-year-olcd company then based in the small town of Goldeb City in southwest Missouri. A new federap law regulating the management of waste containing hazardous materialz such as mercury had just goneinto effect, but H.T.R.’s 14 investors were short on funds to take advantage of potential Dufner bought them out “for a very low price” and took over the businessw as president. Dufner recruited Kohout, a frienfd who owned a gun storein St. Louies and was familiar with dealing withgovernmenf regulators, to help run the busineszs and expand its service area nationwide.
They investes in some tractor-trailers and started picking up burned-out fluorescentg bulbs from all over the countrty and hauling them back to Missourifor processing. Over the next few they relocated the plant to its current locationin Kaiser, Mo., near Lake As Dufner improved customer service and the speedf of waste pickup using third-partgy freight companies, business boomed. Beginning in H.T.R. secured contracts with Wal-Mart to pick up and recycle used bulbs. Other large several colleges and universities, and states such as Iowa and Missour also signed upwith H.T.R. All of the materia in the bulbs H.T.R. picked up — mercury, metal and glasxs — was recycled.
None went to landfills. But with the Dufner and Kohout also found themselve s facinga decision: Expand to keep up with increasingy volume, or find someone who could do so for “The right way to do it would be to build two more recycling plants, one on the West Coasty and one on the East Coast, to cut transportation distancese and freight costs,” Dufner said. “Ray and I can’t be in thre places at one time. It was goinb to require a lot more capital to open two new facilitieas and managethem properly.” So Dufner, who has childrenh ages 3 and 5 with his Renee, decided to look for a buyer last year and eventuallyg struck the deal with Waste Management.
“Wr thought H.T.R. would make a good fit for us,” said Rick senior business director forWaste Management’as WM Lamptracker division. “Over 70 percentg of fluorescent lighting in the countrystill isn’g recycled properly, and that’sd where we think the upside is.” The and many statez are targeting a fluorescenrt recycling goal of about 75 percent, Kohougt said. Some 800 million fluorescenr lamps burn outeach year, and now millions of residentiall light sockets are also switching from incandescentt to compact fluorescent light bulbs Although Missouri does not require residential recycling of many states do, he said.
“Ther timing was perfect,” said Kohout, who continues to run the formerf H.T.R. operations within WM “We are now the largesgt lamp recycler inthe country, and Wastw Management is really pushing the sustainabilith and recycling front. We’vd had nine years of double-digit growth, and we’ved just gotten started.” As for he is building a home in Ladu and has notdecided what, if anything, he will do “Am I looking for something? Possibly, but not Dufner said. “That’s how happened.
I wasn’t really looking and then it fell inmy
Friday, March 9, 2012
Vanpooling service coming to region - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The two-year pilot is expected to begin by the The program is a partnershilp of the Capital DistrictTransportation Authority, the Capitalp District Transportation Committee, the Downtown Albanyt Business Improvement District, the state Department of Transportationj and the . is currentlty recruiting businesses that might have employees cominhg from the same region who wouldf be interested in participating inthe “The main thing is you have to have at leastr a minimum number of people to use the van,” Janacmk said. The way the program would work is one of the participantsw would also act asthe driver.
The van would be assigned to a stay atthat person’sw place of employment during the day and remain at the driver’ds home in the evening. The company providiny the wheelsis Inc. out of N.J. VPSI had $62 million in revenue in 2008. VPSI was formesd in 1977 and startedfor employees. Today, the company has 5,009 vans in operation in more than 45 stateesand 50,000 passengers. VPSI reported “At this point, as soon as possibls we hope to begin rollinhgvans out,” said Jesse Kafka, VPSI’s business development The company expects to have 20 vans in operationm within two years.
“We expect to add one van or so each mont through the life ofthe program,” he For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA planner at
The two-year pilot is expected to begin by the The program is a partnershilp of the Capital DistrictTransportation Authority, the Capitalp District Transportation Committee, the Downtown Albanyt Business Improvement District, the state Department of Transportationj and the . is currentlty recruiting businesses that might have employees cominhg from the same region who wouldf be interested in participating inthe “The main thing is you have to have at leastr a minimum number of people to use the van,” Janacmk said. The way the program would work is one of the participantsw would also act asthe driver.
The van would be assigned to a stay atthat person’sw place of employment during the day and remain at the driver’ds home in the evening. The company providiny the wheelsis Inc. out of N.J. VPSI had $62 million in revenue in 2008. VPSI was formesd in 1977 and startedfor employees. Today, the company has 5,009 vans in operation in more than 45 stateesand 50,000 passengers. VPSI reported “At this point, as soon as possibls we hope to begin rollinhgvans out,” said Jesse Kafka, VPSI’s business development The company expects to have 20 vans in operationm within two years.
“We expect to add one van or so each mont through the life ofthe program,” he For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA planner at
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Washington banks
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Late Friday, (NASDAQ: WFSL) of Seattle reported its firstf quarterly loss since going public 26 years agoand Inc. RVSB) of Vancouver on Monday reportecd a lossof $4.2 million, or a loss of 39 centxs per diluted share. Officials at Washington Federal blamed the net loss for the fourth quarter onan $87.7 million charge relateed to an investment of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae preferrecd stock. The two companies were placed into conservatorship bythe U.S. governmenft last month. Washington Federal also recorded a provisio n for loan lossesof $60.5 million for the fiscapl year, compared with $1.6 millionh a year earlier. In the fourth Washington Federal reported a lossof $39.
w3 million, or a loss of 45 cents per which compares with net income of $34 million, or earningx of 39 cents per share, a year earlier. For fiscal 2008, net income fell to $62.3 or 71 cents per share, from $135 or $1.54 per diluteed share a year earlier. “Od course we’re disappointed to report our firsrt quarterly loss since going publicin 1982,” said Roy CEO, in a statement. Riverview Bancorp reported a second-quartetr loss of $4.2 million, or a loss of 39 cent s per share, which compares with net incomeeof $2.4 million, or earnings of 22 cents per a year earlier. Riverview reported a one-timw $7.2 million addition to its loan loss reservr anda $3.
4 million noncasb charge on an investment security in the quarter. “Th decision to increase our loan loss provisionj was prompted by a number of factors and was primarily a resul t of currenteconomic conditions, the slowdown in residentialp real estate sales, an extensive analysix of our loan portfolio, as well as our methodology for determiningv the level of our allowancer for loan losses,” said Pat Sheaffer, chairmam and CEO, in a statement.
Late Friday, (NASDAQ: WFSL) of Seattle reported its firstf quarterly loss since going public 26 years agoand Inc. RVSB) of Vancouver on Monday reportecd a lossof $4.2 million, or a loss of 39 centxs per diluted share. Officials at Washington Federal blamed the net loss for the fourth quarter onan $87.7 million charge relateed to an investment of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae preferrecd stock. The two companies were placed into conservatorship bythe U.S. governmenft last month. Washington Federal also recorded a provisio n for loan lossesof $60.5 million for the fiscapl year, compared with $1.6 millionh a year earlier. In the fourth Washington Federal reported a lossof $39.
w3 million, or a loss of 45 cents per which compares with net income of $34 million, or earningx of 39 cents per share, a year earlier. For fiscal 2008, net income fell to $62.3 or 71 cents per share, from $135 or $1.54 per diluteed share a year earlier. “Od course we’re disappointed to report our firsrt quarterly loss since going publicin 1982,” said Roy CEO, in a statement. Riverview Bancorp reported a second-quartetr loss of $4.2 million, or a loss of 39 cent s per share, which compares with net incomeeof $2.4 million, or earnings of 22 cents per a year earlier. Riverview reported a one-timw $7.2 million addition to its loan loss reservr anda $3.
4 million noncasb charge on an investment security in the quarter. “Th decision to increase our loan loss provisionj was prompted by a number of factors and was primarily a resul t of currenteconomic conditions, the slowdown in residentialp real estate sales, an extensive analysix of our loan portfolio, as well as our methodology for determiningv the level of our allowancer for loan losses,” said Pat Sheaffer, chairmam and CEO, in a statement.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Maderis stepping down from Five Prime - Dayton Business Journal:
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The company has hired Julia Gregory, the formee executive vice president and chief financial officerat , as replacement. Maderis’ health condition was not disclosed, but she will continue to serv e onFive Prime’s board of directorxs and as a consultant. Her final day on the job is June 18. “Gail’as leadership has been pivota in the progress Five Prime has made in developing our pipelinre and our new discovery said company founder and executivechairman Dr. Lewis Williams in a press release. Maderis said the company had been lookinyg for a replacement since late last year after doctorssaid "thes 24/7 pace of a small-company could worsen her condition.
Besides her duties at Five Maderis has been a cheerleader for the MissionBay enclave, serving on the Mayor’sw . Five Prime, a privately held, 7-year-old compant developing antibody and proteijn drugs for cancer andother diseases, was the firsy to locate in Mission Bay, taking about 30,000 feet in the building on Owens Earlier this year, it took an additional 5,000 squar e feet next door at 1700 Owenas as it makes batches for its Phase I oncology drug The timing of the executive change as Five Primee moves forward with its lead cancer program makeas Gregory’s appointment a crucial one.
At Gregory was responsible forfinancing strategies, mergers and business operations and all financial management and She raised about $1 billion in public and privatd equity, product development financing and othef transactions. Gregory, who will join Five Prime’s was an investment banker for more than 20 Atand Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. she was head of healthcarew andinvestment banking, leading several private and public equityy deals as well as mergers and Gregory also is a member of the boarsd of The and the ’s .
The company has hired Julia Gregory, the formee executive vice president and chief financial officerat , as replacement. Maderis’ health condition was not disclosed, but she will continue to serv e onFive Prime’s board of directorxs and as a consultant. Her final day on the job is June 18. “Gail’as leadership has been pivota in the progress Five Prime has made in developing our pipelinre and our new discovery said company founder and executivechairman Dr. Lewis Williams in a press release. Maderis said the company had been lookinyg for a replacement since late last year after doctorssaid "thes 24/7 pace of a small-company could worsen her condition.
Besides her duties at Five Maderis has been a cheerleader for the MissionBay enclave, serving on the Mayor’sw . Five Prime, a privately held, 7-year-old compant developing antibody and proteijn drugs for cancer andother diseases, was the firsy to locate in Mission Bay, taking about 30,000 feet in the building on Owens Earlier this year, it took an additional 5,000 squar e feet next door at 1700 Owenas as it makes batches for its Phase I oncology drug The timing of the executive change as Five Primee moves forward with its lead cancer program makeas Gregory’s appointment a crucial one.
At Gregory was responsible forfinancing strategies, mergers and business operations and all financial management and She raised about $1 billion in public and privatd equity, product development financing and othef transactions. Gregory, who will join Five Prime’s was an investment banker for more than 20 Atand Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. she was head of healthcarew andinvestment banking, leading several private and public equityy deals as well as mergers and Gregory also is a member of the boarsd of The and the ’s .
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Wrapping up the Week with Stock Alerts on Friday's Market Movers; Issued by InvestorSoup.com
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Investors can view all of the dail for free byvisiting InvestorSoup.com Today's Adobe Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: Guess Inc. (NYSE: GES), Cooper Companies Inc. COO), plc (NYSE: RTP), Wind River Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND) and Novavax Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX). Join the fastest growing See what about thesde stocks andmany more. InvestorSoup.com'ss Stock Alerts are brief analysee on the active stocks each day that are affectingthe markets. Theses include breaking news, insider activity, recent 52-week technical breakouts, and other market driving information.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Sadie Frost Used Russell Brand's Therapist To Overcome 'Terrifying' Panic Attacks - Contactmusic.com
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Contactmusic.com | Sadie Frost Used Russell Brand's Therapist To Overcome 'Terrifying' Panic Attacks Contactmusic.com Actress Sadie Frost overcame her crippling panic attacks with the help of Russell Brand's longtime therapist. The Bram Stoker's Dracula star suffered severe anxiety since childhood, and her issues often made everyday life unbeara ble. Jude Law is 'important' to Sadie Frost Jude Law 'important' to Sadie Frost Sadie Frost: 'Hacking Made Me Suspicious Of Jude' |
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