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Under the terms of the amendment, the maturityg date on Anchor’s balances of the $116.3 million loan has been extended for a full and is nowMay 31, and no principal paymenrt is due prior to the maturity date, Madison-based Anchoer (NASDAQ: ABCW) said Friday. “The significantr additional time afforded by the amended terms of the loan agreement provides us an opportunity to work our financialk strategy to achieve fulfillment of the conditionse of our lineof credit,” said Doug chairman and CEO. Timmerman said Anchor executivess believe the amendmentwith U.S.
Bank will assisr Anchor with plans to raise additional Anchor BanCorp in March had reached an agreement to extend the due date for the crediytwith U.S. Bank until near the end of May. The extensio relieved Anchor BanCorp from reducingits $116.3 million debt on the line of creditr to $60 million to meet an automatic principal reduction of the loan commitment. If Anchor had not paid the debt, U.S. could have seized Anchor BanCorp in a foreclosure proceeding. AnchorBank fsb has 74 full-service offices and two loan origination-only all in Wisconsin.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Cutting dealers won
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Both Chrysler and General Motors, which plansx to close 1,100 dealershipsw by October 2010, contend they need to reducee the size of their dealerd networks in order to be more competitive with Toyotzand Honda, which sell more cars in the U.S. with a lot fewedr dealers. Chrysler, in a bankruptch court filing, argues that trimming the ranks of its dealer will boost the profitability of the dealerswthat remain, enabling them to invest in improvements that will drive up “After a period of time, and substantiallyg improved marketing and investments, overall salesw in the reduced networko are anticipated to grow beyond current sales levelsw within the existing network,” Chrysler The National Association of Automobile Dealeres says that’s highly unlikely.
“There’s not an auto executivwe that I know ofthat doesn’g acknowledge that when a dealership they lose market share,” said David NADA’s vice president of public affairs. Cuttin costs was not a major factorin Chrysler’s decision. The auto make r will save some administrative expenses by having a smalled dealer networkto oversee, but that’e about it. Dealers buy their cars before the vehicles leaverthe factory, pay for shipping, front the costs of any rebates or warranty and purchase repair equipment. Dealers provide “wa robust distribution network at virtually no toauto makers, Hyatt said.
“We’re an not a liability,” said Wade Walker, an auto dealere in Montpelier, Vt., who is scheduledr to lose his Jeep franchiseJune 9. Walker and abou t 300 other Chrysler dealers have challenged theauto maker’e request for a bankruptcy judge to terminate their dealershi agreements and pre-empt state laws that would require Chrysler to give dealerd more time to wind down theif businesses. Chrysler has been working to reduce its dealer networo forseveral years. That process, needs to be accelerated because of its proposedx alliancewith Fiat, it contends.
Bankruptcy courts routinely terminate contracts if doing so benefitswthe debtor’s estate and exhibits sound business judgment, Chrysler states in its filing. Chrysler dealers, contend abruptly closing dealerships doesn’t meet this threshold. “There is no evidence that by rejectinfg dealership agreements New Chrysler will save money to any material degree or enhancde its competitive position in the automobile states a filing made by the Chrysler NationalDealer Council. “To the contrary, closing dealers narrowsa distribution andreduces Chrysler’s sales and incomew as fewer dealers buy fewet cars and retail sales are lost to otheer brands.
” Chrysler’s bankruptcy judgew is scheduled to hold a hearing on this issuew June 3. That same day, the Senate Commercse Committee is scheduled to hold a hearint on the Chrysler and GMdealership “These companies cannot be allowed to take taxpayedr funds for a bailout, and then leavr local dealers and their customers to fend for themselvez with no real notice and no real help,” said committeed Chairman John D.
“Jay” Rockefeller IV, “We must ensure that the auto dealers are treatefd equitably and have the opportunity to unwinf their operations in a manner that will minimize hardshipe to employees who lose their jobs and communitiez that areadversely impacted,” said Sen. Kay Bailey R-Texas. Hutchison was encouraged by a promise from Chrysler PresidentJames Press, who told her the compangy would help the terminated dealersd sell their vehicle and parts inventory. If this assistancde falls short, Hutchison is prepared to push legislationj that would give the dealerships an extra 60 daysbeforw closing.
Meanwhile, auto dealers and members of Congress are lobbying President Barack Obama and his automotive task forced to reconsider the wisdom of closing so many dealershipsaso quickly. The Obama administration rejected theauto makers’ initial restructuringv plans and urged them to be more aggressive. “Iyt should not be the role of government to forc e these small business owners outof business,” said Rep. Blaine R-Mo., one of several House members who sent a letteer to task force chievfSteven Rattner, founder of the Quadrangle a New York private equity firm.
“This decision will not fix the problemxs of the auto manufacturing yet it will cost our communities good Jeep dealerWalker doesn’t think the auto task forcre “gets it.” “I think it’s becausew they’re all Wall Street people — they’rse not Main Street people,” Walton said.
Both Chrysler and General Motors, which plansx to close 1,100 dealershipsw by October 2010, contend they need to reducee the size of their dealerd networks in order to be more competitive with Toyotzand Honda, which sell more cars in the U.S. with a lot fewedr dealers. Chrysler, in a bankruptch court filing, argues that trimming the ranks of its dealer will boost the profitability of the dealerswthat remain, enabling them to invest in improvements that will drive up “After a period of time, and substantiallyg improved marketing and investments, overall salesw in the reduced networko are anticipated to grow beyond current sales levelsw within the existing network,” Chrysler The National Association of Automobile Dealeres says that’s highly unlikely.
“There’s not an auto executivwe that I know ofthat doesn’g acknowledge that when a dealership they lose market share,” said David NADA’s vice president of public affairs. Cuttin costs was not a major factorin Chrysler’s decision. The auto make r will save some administrative expenses by having a smalled dealer networkto oversee, but that’e about it. Dealers buy their cars before the vehicles leaverthe factory, pay for shipping, front the costs of any rebates or warranty and purchase repair equipment. Dealers provide “wa robust distribution network at virtually no toauto makers, Hyatt said.
“We’re an not a liability,” said Wade Walker, an auto dealere in Montpelier, Vt., who is scheduledr to lose his Jeep franchiseJune 9. Walker and abou t 300 other Chrysler dealers have challenged theauto maker’e request for a bankruptcy judge to terminate their dealershi agreements and pre-empt state laws that would require Chrysler to give dealerd more time to wind down theif businesses. Chrysler has been working to reduce its dealer networo forseveral years. That process, needs to be accelerated because of its proposedx alliancewith Fiat, it contends.
Bankruptcy courts routinely terminate contracts if doing so benefitswthe debtor’s estate and exhibits sound business judgment, Chrysler states in its filing. Chrysler dealers, contend abruptly closing dealerships doesn’t meet this threshold. “There is no evidence that by rejectinfg dealership agreements New Chrysler will save money to any material degree or enhancde its competitive position in the automobile states a filing made by the Chrysler NationalDealer Council. “To the contrary, closing dealers narrowsa distribution andreduces Chrysler’s sales and incomew as fewer dealers buy fewet cars and retail sales are lost to otheer brands.
” Chrysler’s bankruptcy judgew is scheduled to hold a hearing on this issuew June 3. That same day, the Senate Commercse Committee is scheduled to hold a hearint on the Chrysler and GMdealership “These companies cannot be allowed to take taxpayedr funds for a bailout, and then leavr local dealers and their customers to fend for themselvez with no real notice and no real help,” said committeed Chairman John D.
“Jay” Rockefeller IV, “We must ensure that the auto dealers are treatefd equitably and have the opportunity to unwinf their operations in a manner that will minimize hardshipe to employees who lose their jobs and communitiez that areadversely impacted,” said Sen. Kay Bailey R-Texas. Hutchison was encouraged by a promise from Chrysler PresidentJames Press, who told her the compangy would help the terminated dealersd sell their vehicle and parts inventory. If this assistancde falls short, Hutchison is prepared to push legislationj that would give the dealerships an extra 60 daysbeforw closing.
Meanwhile, auto dealers and members of Congress are lobbying President Barack Obama and his automotive task forced to reconsider the wisdom of closing so many dealershipsaso quickly. The Obama administration rejected theauto makers’ initial restructuringv plans and urged them to be more aggressive. “Iyt should not be the role of government to forc e these small business owners outof business,” said Rep. Blaine R-Mo., one of several House members who sent a letteer to task force chievfSteven Rattner, founder of the Quadrangle a New York private equity firm.
“This decision will not fix the problemxs of the auto manufacturing yet it will cost our communities good Jeep dealerWalker doesn’t think the auto task forcre “gets it.” “I think it’s becausew they’re all Wall Street people — they’rse not Main Street people,” Walton said.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Is Myanmar-China relation entering a tricky phase? - Sri Lanka Guardian
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Is Myanmar-China relation entering a tricky phase? Sri Lanka Guardian However, the moot point is, whether the three-decade old relationship carefully nurtured by both sides is entering a new tricky phase? A young Burmese pro-democracy supporter holds up a placard reading 'We want democracy not military rule' during a ... |
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
NCR moving HQ to Duluth, to bring 2,100-plus jobs to Georgia - Phoenix Business Journal:
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adding clout to metro Atlanta’s technology reputation. NCR will relocate 1,250 corporatw jobs to its Gwinnett County a source familiar with the plan The company is also expected to launcha 550,000-square-foo manufacturing operation in Columbus, Ga., wherde it will employ nearlyt 880, the source said. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the officialannouncemeny Tuesday. NCR CEO Bill Nuti and Ohio Gov.
Ted Stricklaned spoke by phoneMonday evening, and Nuti told Strickland the compant has been looking at Georgiaz for some time, an officiaol in the Ohio governor’s office told Atlanta Business Chroniclew sister publication Dayton Business Journal In a letter to Nuti obtained by the Chroniclee , Strickland to convince Nuti to keep the companyy in Ohio. On May 31 , the Chroniclr , and the DBJ , firs reported .
NCR (NYSE: NCR), which makes automatee teller machines (ATMs) and retail self-checkouts, will be Georgia’zs 14th Fortune 500 company and the second in Last July, (NYSE: ABG) announced the relocatio n of its headquarters to Duluth from New NCR, which employs 20,000 employees globally, ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortunse 500 list. The company, which did not returb calls Monday, reported a $228 milliojn profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year. Last fall, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investing $15 millioj and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtrere City and Duluth.
In October, NCR said it would co-locate an NCR Learning Center and its Customedr Care Center hub for the Americas region withthe company’ss existing Global Service Materials operation in Peachtrere City. NCR, which occupies about 150,000 square feet at its Satellite Boulevardc operationin Duluth, will lease an additionapl 100,000 to 200,000 square feet at that facility. The corporatde jobs will pay on averag eabout $70,000 annually. The manufacturing distributiojn operation will be in two buildings and will make according to the Employees at that facility will make on averageeabout $43,000 annually, the sourc e said.
NCR received tax incentives from both Gwinnett andColumbuas governments, the source declining to disclose details about the state’ incentive package. While Dayton -- where NCR was foundee in 1884 -- is the company’sz official headquarters, the city is not the center ofthe company’ds influence. Nuti, along with the company’s chiefc financial officer and otherseniof executives, maintain offices on an entire floor of 7 Worl d Trade Center in Manhattan.
In March, NCR removed the language “worlxd headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton Nuti will not be moving to Relocating toAtlanta — the commercial capitall of the Southeast — makez sense for the company. Four of the cities in Ohio Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and Cleveland— are among the top 10 dyingv citiesin America, according to an Augustr 2008 report in Forbes. “They [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Ohio,” the source said.
(NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: HD) and (NYSE: STI) -- big NCR customer -- are also based in metro NCR supplies Deltawith self-service and NCR and Home Depot announced a deal in 2002 to installl self-checkout lanes in about 800 of its 1,4877 stores. In 2007, the two companies announced a deal to expanr the project into Home Depot storesin Canada. In SunTrust said NCR would upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrusty branches.
adding clout to metro Atlanta’s technology reputation. NCR will relocate 1,250 corporatw jobs to its Gwinnett County a source familiar with the plan The company is also expected to launcha 550,000-square-foo manufacturing operation in Columbus, Ga., wherde it will employ nearlyt 880, the source said. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the officialannouncemeny Tuesday. NCR CEO Bill Nuti and Ohio Gov.
Ted Stricklaned spoke by phoneMonday evening, and Nuti told Strickland the compant has been looking at Georgiaz for some time, an officiaol in the Ohio governor’s office told Atlanta Business Chroniclew sister publication Dayton Business Journal In a letter to Nuti obtained by the Chroniclee , Strickland to convince Nuti to keep the companyy in Ohio. On May 31 , the Chroniclr , and the DBJ , firs reported .
NCR (NYSE: NCR), which makes automatee teller machines (ATMs) and retail self-checkouts, will be Georgia’zs 14th Fortune 500 company and the second in Last July, (NYSE: ABG) announced the relocatio n of its headquarters to Duluth from New NCR, which employs 20,000 employees globally, ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortunse 500 list. The company, which did not returb calls Monday, reported a $228 milliojn profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year. Last fall, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investing $15 millioj and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtrere City and Duluth.
In October, NCR said it would co-locate an NCR Learning Center and its Customedr Care Center hub for the Americas region withthe company’ss existing Global Service Materials operation in Peachtrere City. NCR, which occupies about 150,000 square feet at its Satellite Boulevardc operationin Duluth, will lease an additionapl 100,000 to 200,000 square feet at that facility. The corporatde jobs will pay on averag eabout $70,000 annually. The manufacturing distributiojn operation will be in two buildings and will make according to the Employees at that facility will make on averageeabout $43,000 annually, the sourc e said.
NCR received tax incentives from both Gwinnett andColumbuas governments, the source declining to disclose details about the state’ incentive package. While Dayton -- where NCR was foundee in 1884 -- is the company’sz official headquarters, the city is not the center ofthe company’ds influence. Nuti, along with the company’s chiefc financial officer and otherseniof executives, maintain offices on an entire floor of 7 Worl d Trade Center in Manhattan.
In March, NCR removed the language “worlxd headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton Nuti will not be moving to Relocating toAtlanta — the commercial capitall of the Southeast — makez sense for the company. Four of the cities in Ohio Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and Cleveland— are among the top 10 dyingv citiesin America, according to an Augustr 2008 report in Forbes. “They [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Ohio,” the source said.
(NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: HD) and (NYSE: STI) -- big NCR customer -- are also based in metro NCR supplies Deltawith self-service and NCR and Home Depot announced a deal in 2002 to installl self-checkout lanes in about 800 of its 1,4877 stores. In 2007, the two companies announced a deal to expanr the project into Home Depot storesin Canada. In SunTrust said NCR would upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrusty branches.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
North Carolina puts Duke Energy's Save-A-Watt on hold - Triangle Business Journal:
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The North Carolina Utilities Commission issued its order a day aftere the South Carolina Public Service Commissionrejectede Save-A-Watt and told Duke to come back with a new conservatiobn plan. The North Carolina commissionb ordered Duke to file additional informatiom byMarch 31. Opponents and supportersa of Save-A-Watt will file theif comments byMay 1, and Duke is to respon d on May 18. The commissiom did not say whether it will call foradditiona hearings. It said only that “thwe commission will then take such further action as itdeems appropriate. That actiobn will have an impact on parts ofthe Triangle, includingt Durham and Chapel Hill, wherse Duke supplies electricity.
Duke submitted its Save-A-Watt proposal to Nortnh Carolina inMay 2007. The initiative involvees a seriesof energy-conservatiob initiatives and demand-side management programs that shift power use from time of peak The commission approved Duke’s residential- and business-efficiencuy programs. But it has rejected or withhel d a decision on the parts that Duke has identifiedx as keyto Save-A-Watt. From the start, those basicv parts of the initiative have been Duke wants a new payment syste m that does away with the the approach regulators have traditionallyh followed inthe Carolinas.
Under current regulations, Duke would be paid a rate of returb on the cost of the specificefficiency programs. Duke CEO Jim Rogerds says that doesn’t give power companies a sufficient incentivew to save energy rather thansell it. Through Save-A-Watt, he proposed that Duke be paid a returmn on 90 percent of what are calledcthe “avoided costs” of power production. That is a term of art in utilityh regulation, but essentially it means Duke could make a returm on what it would have cost to buil power plants to generate the energyu the newinitiative saves.
Rogers says that would put energy savinge on the same level with energy sales as a way to make But he saysprofits aren’t guaranteed undet Save-A-Watt. Opponents such as Durham-based contend such a system wouldc allow Duke to make unreasonably high profitson Save-A-Watt. Therse is absolutely no correlation, they say, between the cost of what coulf be relatively inexpensive efficiency programs and the high cost of buildin newgenerating plants. That is the part of Duke’sx Save-A-Watt proposal the N.C. commission wants to learn more about. Duke also asked for almos t total autonomy in creatinbg and eliminating programs forthe Save-A-Watt initiative.
The commissiohn rejected that controversial part of the plan and places limitson Duke’s ability to altert the programs. Duke Energy Carolinas is a divisionof Charlotte-baser (NYSE:DUK).
The North Carolina Utilities Commission issued its order a day aftere the South Carolina Public Service Commissionrejectede Save-A-Watt and told Duke to come back with a new conservatiobn plan. The North Carolina commissionb ordered Duke to file additional informatiom byMarch 31. Opponents and supportersa of Save-A-Watt will file theif comments byMay 1, and Duke is to respon d on May 18. The commissiom did not say whether it will call foradditiona hearings. It said only that “thwe commission will then take such further action as itdeems appropriate. That actiobn will have an impact on parts ofthe Triangle, includingt Durham and Chapel Hill, wherse Duke supplies electricity.
Duke submitted its Save-A-Watt proposal to Nortnh Carolina inMay 2007. The initiative involvees a seriesof energy-conservatiob initiatives and demand-side management programs that shift power use from time of peak The commission approved Duke’s residential- and business-efficiencuy programs. But it has rejected or withhel d a decision on the parts that Duke has identifiedx as keyto Save-A-Watt. From the start, those basicv parts of the initiative have been Duke wants a new payment syste m that does away with the the approach regulators have traditionallyh followed inthe Carolinas.
Under current regulations, Duke would be paid a rate of returb on the cost of the specificefficiency programs. Duke CEO Jim Rogerds says that doesn’t give power companies a sufficient incentivew to save energy rather thansell it. Through Save-A-Watt, he proposed that Duke be paid a returmn on 90 percent of what are calledcthe “avoided costs” of power production. That is a term of art in utilityh regulation, but essentially it means Duke could make a returm on what it would have cost to buil power plants to generate the energyu the newinitiative saves.
Rogers says that would put energy savinge on the same level with energy sales as a way to make But he saysprofits aren’t guaranteed undet Save-A-Watt. Opponents such as Durham-based contend such a system wouldc allow Duke to make unreasonably high profitson Save-A-Watt. Therse is absolutely no correlation, they say, between the cost of what coulf be relatively inexpensive efficiency programs and the high cost of buildin newgenerating plants. That is the part of Duke’sx Save-A-Watt proposal the N.C. commission wants to learn more about. Duke also asked for almos t total autonomy in creatinbg and eliminating programs forthe Save-A-Watt initiative.
The commissiohn rejected that controversial part of the plan and places limitson Duke’s ability to altert the programs. Duke Energy Carolinas is a divisionof Charlotte-baser (NYSE:DUK).
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Why playing 'hard, fast and smart' makes Patrick Chung captain material - WEEI.com
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Why playing 'hard, fast and smart' makes Patrick Chung captain material WEEI.com FOXBORO รข€" Whether or not he is voted a captain by his teammates this week, Patrick Chung already carries himself like a leader on the Patriots. He speaks like one but more importantly, he acts like one. Of course, the most obvious ... |
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