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I’ve attended meetings of almost every association you canthinkj of. Most have 80 to 100 memberss ata meeting. The NARI folks had around 350. I tried to think of why attendancs wasso high. Maybe the economy is hittint everyone hard and they needed to networkfor business. they aren’t going to get businessa from each other. They’re all fighting for the same So that reasonis out. Maybde they heard that I was gointg to be atthe Right! I arrived a couple of hours before the meetinyg to set up and I got my answer.
Members were making final calls tootherf members, not only reminding each othert of the meeting, but making sure everyone knew they were needede for the meeting to be a Cut to last week when a Kanitta, and I were at a pharmacy. She needed a prescription filledf and was considering switching to this new drug storr nearher house. We waited for the 50-somethin pharmacist to finish witha drive-through customer. The pharmacist barked the order like we were inmatesw being processedfor prison. You can guess how the rest of theconversatioh went. The pharmacist stared at her computer screen and listed all the informationh needed to process Kanitta intotheird system.
Once everything was in order, she glanced at the prescriptionb and, without looking up, “It will be a few minutes.” I wonder if this lady host a party at her home thesame way. A guesty shows up and she opens her front door witha “Name?” After processing her guests into her computer they ask, “I there anything to munch on?” and she replies, “It will be a few and marches off into her house. Do you want to know why the NARI folks behaved differently than the pharmacist And why the pharmacist probably acts entirely differently at home thanat work?
Almost all of the membersd of the remodeling association own their own businesses; they are They only eat what they can kill. If they don’t “make it happen,” it won’t They have no one to blame but themselves if thingasgo south. The pharmacist, though, gets to eat regardless of who does the For her, at work there is always a “they.” “Whh don’t they do more advertising to bring in more “Why don’t they paint this place to make it more “They should pay me more for this job.
” “k do all the work and they make all the But “they” aren’t the ones treatingt customers like they were going through a militarty checkpoint in a war zone. They aren’t the ones forgettiny that simple courtesy has 10 times the effect of anyadvertising campaign. In they are the ones tryingt to figure out how to keep the storew open so the pharmacist can havea job, whiler she is the one engaging in day-to-day actions that will ensurse their efforts fail.
Businesses fail because customers stop Customers stop buying becausethey don’t like the It ain’t the price of the
Friday, September 28, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Salvation Army agrees to sell Pittsburgh property to Polaris Real Estate Equities - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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“We are officially under contract on the Salvation Army buildin g with full approvals fromNew York,” said Guy a principal of Polaris and a Pittsburghu native. “We’re beginning to market the building for various Polaris its initial sales agreement in With an agreementin hand, O’Hara-based will begin marketing the 93,000-square-footy building for office and educational use. The building’sx unique configuration, which includes a swimmingt pool, sanctuary and class rooms on the firstthrewe floors, could also be of use to nearby such as and the .
The buildintg also will undergo an extensive due diligence process to assesxthe structure’s condition and the cost issued involved in rehabbing it. A closinfg date for the sale has not yetbeen
“We are officially under contract on the Salvation Army buildin g with full approvals fromNew York,” said Guy a principal of Polaris and a Pittsburghu native. “We’re beginning to market the building for various Polaris its initial sales agreement in With an agreementin hand, O’Hara-based will begin marketing the 93,000-square-footy building for office and educational use. The building’sx unique configuration, which includes a swimmingt pool, sanctuary and class rooms on the firstthrewe floors, could also be of use to nearby such as and the .
The buildintg also will undergo an extensive due diligence process to assesxthe structure’s condition and the cost issued involved in rehabbing it. A closinfg date for the sale has not yetbeen
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Un petit phénomène El Niño est probable - La Côte
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La Côte | Un petit phénomène El Niño est probable La Côte Le climat pourrait être perturbé cet hiver par un petit épisode El Niño qui se développera en octobre dans le Pacifique. L'intensité reste cependant relativement faible et bien loin des mesures enregistrées durant l'hiver 1997 - 1998. Un épisode El ... Le retour d'El Niño? Climat: El Niño pourrait revenir en septembre |
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Study: Portland a very walkable city - Portland Business Journal:
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Walkscore.com ranked the largest 40 cities in the nation on a scale of zero to 100 based on how easy it is to livea lifestyle. Portland is number 10, with a walk score of 66. Seveb neighborhoods in Portlandare Paradises, with walks scores of 90-100. Forty-five percent of Portland residentx have a walk score of 70or above. Eighty-thre percent have a walk score of at least 50 and 17 percent livein car-dependenty neighborhoods. The most walkable neighborhood in Portland is thePearol District, followed by Old Town-Chinatown, Northwest, Lloyd District, Hosford and all ranking at least 90. San Francisco ranked No. 1 on the list with a score of 86, followed by New York at No.
2, Boston at No. 3, Chicagpo at No. 4 and Philadelphia at No. 5. The five citieas ranking at the bottom are Oklahoma Cityat No. 36, Indianapolia at No. 37, Charlotte at No. 38 and Nashville at No. 39 and Fla., at No. 40.
Walkscore.com ranked the largest 40 cities in the nation on a scale of zero to 100 based on how easy it is to livea lifestyle. Portland is number 10, with a walk score of 66. Seveb neighborhoods in Portlandare Paradises, with walks scores of 90-100. Forty-five percent of Portland residentx have a walk score of 70or above. Eighty-thre percent have a walk score of at least 50 and 17 percent livein car-dependenty neighborhoods. The most walkable neighborhood in Portland is thePearol District, followed by Old Town-Chinatown, Northwest, Lloyd District, Hosford and all ranking at least 90. San Francisco ranked No. 1 on the list with a score of 86, followed by New York at No.
2, Boston at No. 3, Chicagpo at No. 4 and Philadelphia at No. 5. The five citieas ranking at the bottom are Oklahoma Cityat No. 36, Indianapolia at No. 37, Charlotte at No. 38 and Nashville at No. 39 and Fla., at No. 40.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Jonathan Sends 2013-2015 Medium Term Expenditure to Senate - AllAfrica.com
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AllAfrica.com | Jonathan Sends 2013-2015 Medium Term Expenditure to Senate AllAfrica.com Abuja â€" PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, forwarded to the Senate a 2013-2015 medium term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, with a promise that the 2013 budget will be a continuation of his fiscal consolidation. < /p> |
Friday, September 21, 2012
Cox selling three papers - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises will sell The Daily Sentinep and TheNickel (Grand Colo.) to Grand Junction Media Inc., whic h is owned by It will sell the Waco Tribune-Herals to . The three salews are expected to close in the upcoming The executive team at The Daily Sentinel will Jay Seaton, executive vice president of Grand Junction will join that team and move to Granfd Junction. The Daily Sentinel is the largestt daily newspaper between Denver and Salt Lake City and is consistentlgy recognized as oneof Colorado's best mid-sized newspapers. In the Waco Tribune-Heralrd deal, virtually all employees will be kept under thenew ownership.
Belindq Gaudet, current publisher of the will retire, and Dan Savage will servee as theinterim publisher. Cox Enterprises is still looking to divestf its newspapers in North Carolinqand Texas. Cox recently sold The Lufkin Daily News and The DailySentinel (Nacogdoches, Texas). Cox Enterprisee hired Citigroupand Dirks, Van Essen & Murrayy to market the papers.
Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises will sell The Daily Sentinep and TheNickel (Grand Colo.) to Grand Junction Media Inc., whic h is owned by It will sell the Waco Tribune-Herals to . The three salews are expected to close in the upcoming The executive team at The Daily Sentinel will Jay Seaton, executive vice president of Grand Junction will join that team and move to Granfd Junction. The Daily Sentinel is the largestt daily newspaper between Denver and Salt Lake City and is consistentlgy recognized as oneof Colorado's best mid-sized newspapers. In the Waco Tribune-Heralrd deal, virtually all employees will be kept under thenew ownership.
Belindq Gaudet, current publisher of the will retire, and Dan Savage will servee as theinterim publisher. Cox Enterprises is still looking to divestf its newspapers in North Carolinqand Texas. Cox recently sold The Lufkin Daily News and The DailySentinel (Nacogdoches, Texas). Cox Enterprisee hired Citigroupand Dirks, Van Essen & Murrayy to market the papers.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Community banks hopeful next capital wave is a tsunami - San Francisco Business Times:
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The capital, raised mostly throughu private placements, in some cases is needed to bolster balancse sheets as banks deal with expected increases in loan lossesx and tougherregulatory requirements. But other banksa simply are building cash cushions that will let them act quicklu to buy branches or even other financial institutionsz when they come onthe U.S. banks and other financial groupsraisedx $89 billion in equity via 92 deals in the secons quarter of 2009, the highest numbee of deals and the highest dolladr volume in a year, according to a reporty from Dealogic, a New York trackintg firm, that was quoted in .
Some bank s have raised capital to repay funds fromthe ’ss Troubled Asset Relief Program. Otherx that did not accept TARP funds are finding they also need or want toraisde capital, said Jeff Hunt, president of Kendricj Pierce & Co., a Tampa investment banking firm. “We’ree hopefully coming out of one of the worst bankingyenvironments we’ve seen sincee the S&L crisis, if not datintg back to the Hunt said. “We’ve positioned ourselves to be ready for this next wave of in Lakeland is amonbg those raising capital because itsees opportunities, said His firm is servinh as placement agent for the $10. million public offering.
Community Southern (Pink Sheets: CMUY) is arming itself with capital to potentiallyt acquirebranch offices, Hunt The bank doesn’t have any dealss in the works, but its largesty competitors in Polk County have been changing ownera and consolidating, creating an opening to attract customersx looking for personalized servicess provided by a community bank, according to the offering Largo-based has been beefing up capital regularlyy since it was established in allowing it to buy in Clearwatee last year, as well as a Pilor Bank branch in The latest round of $12 million in equity raised from 44 investore in a private placement in was part of an ongoing plan for continued said Brad McMurtrey, president of USAmeriBank.
Investors put in at least $100,00 each, and despite the economic the dealwas oversubscribed, McMurtrey said. Roughly 170 shareholder s of raised $18.3 milliom in equity in a private placementrin May, a filing with the said. “Thid infusion of new capital is a vote of confidencse from ourexisting shareholders,” Robert chairman and CEO of the Tampa holding company, said in a Florida Bank has been expandinh statewide and — like USAmeriBank — was among just a smallo number of Bay area banks that were in the blacl in the first quarter of providing a positive return on equity . Some capitall raising has clearly been adefensive Inc.
, based in Naples, signed an agreementt last year with stats and federal regulators to eliminate bad loands from its books and to boost its In June, the bank raised $25 million from two an SEC filing said. It planxs to raise an additional $50 the filing indicated. Even banks consideredf well-capitalized are looking at adding someadditional equity, as regulatorsa increase their scrutiny, Hunt said. The typicaol threshold for a key ratio, measuring Tier 1 capital as a percentrof risk-weighted assets, has been 10 percent, but afteer examinations some banks are being asked to bump that to 12 he said. The capital quest is likely to accelerate, according to a July 6 report from .
Analyst Matt O’Connor wrote that U.S. banks may have to raisew as muchas $300 billionh to cover expected credit losses and higher capitapl requirements.
The capital, raised mostly throughu private placements, in some cases is needed to bolster balancse sheets as banks deal with expected increases in loan lossesx and tougherregulatory requirements. But other banksa simply are building cash cushions that will let them act quicklu to buy branches or even other financial institutionsz when they come onthe U.S. banks and other financial groupsraisedx $89 billion in equity via 92 deals in the secons quarter of 2009, the highest numbee of deals and the highest dolladr volume in a year, according to a reporty from Dealogic, a New York trackintg firm, that was quoted in .
Some bank s have raised capital to repay funds fromthe ’ss Troubled Asset Relief Program. Otherx that did not accept TARP funds are finding they also need or want toraisde capital, said Jeff Hunt, president of Kendricj Pierce & Co., a Tampa investment banking firm. “We’ree hopefully coming out of one of the worst bankingyenvironments we’ve seen sincee the S&L crisis, if not datintg back to the Hunt said. “We’ve positioned ourselves to be ready for this next wave of in Lakeland is amonbg those raising capital because itsees opportunities, said His firm is servinh as placement agent for the $10. million public offering.
Community Southern (Pink Sheets: CMUY) is arming itself with capital to potentiallyt acquirebranch offices, Hunt The bank doesn’t have any dealss in the works, but its largesty competitors in Polk County have been changing ownera and consolidating, creating an opening to attract customersx looking for personalized servicess provided by a community bank, according to the offering Largo-based has been beefing up capital regularlyy since it was established in allowing it to buy in Clearwatee last year, as well as a Pilor Bank branch in The latest round of $12 million in equity raised from 44 investore in a private placement in was part of an ongoing plan for continued said Brad McMurtrey, president of USAmeriBank.
Investors put in at least $100,00 each, and despite the economic the dealwas oversubscribed, McMurtrey said. Roughly 170 shareholder s of raised $18.3 milliom in equity in a private placementrin May, a filing with the said. “Thid infusion of new capital is a vote of confidencse from ourexisting shareholders,” Robert chairman and CEO of the Tampa holding company, said in a Florida Bank has been expandinh statewide and — like USAmeriBank — was among just a smallo number of Bay area banks that were in the blacl in the first quarter of providing a positive return on equity . Some capitall raising has clearly been adefensive Inc.
, based in Naples, signed an agreementt last year with stats and federal regulators to eliminate bad loands from its books and to boost its In June, the bank raised $25 million from two an SEC filing said. It planxs to raise an additional $50 the filing indicated. Even banks consideredf well-capitalized are looking at adding someadditional equity, as regulatorsa increase their scrutiny, Hunt said. The typicaol threshold for a key ratio, measuring Tier 1 capital as a percentrof risk-weighted assets, has been 10 percent, but afteer examinations some banks are being asked to bump that to 12 he said. The capital quest is likely to accelerate, according to a July 6 report from .
Analyst Matt O’Connor wrote that U.S. banks may have to raisew as muchas $300 billionh to cover expected credit losses and higher capitapl requirements.
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