Thursday, September 30, 2010

DirecTV CEO leaving as Liberty merger nears - St. Louis Business Journal:

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just as the satellite broadcaster readies to merge with an offshoor ofJohn Malone’s News Corp. and DirecTV confirmef Wednesday that Carey will leave theEl Calif.-based satellite broadcaster July 1 to become second-in-command — handling international operations — for Rupertf Murdoch’s global media empire. Carey’ws defection may muddy investors’ receptionj of the planned merger between DirecT andLiberty Entertainment, a divisiobn of Douglas County-based Liberty Carey ran DirecTV for the past six leading it through a period of growth and winninb partnerships with every major telecom company in the U.S.
He was expected to stay with DirecTV after it became independent ofLiberty Instead, he returns to working for Murdoch and News where he worked for 15 years prior to headingg DirecTV. Liberty Entertainment (NASDAQ: LMDIA) holds a 54 percent staked in (NASDAQ: DTV) as well as controllint stakes in online gaming company Fun the Game Show Network and regional sports TV networkxin Denver, Pittsburgh and Those holdings are being spun off this year into a free-standinb company to clear up DirecTV’s stock structure and make it easiere for it to engage in mergers and acquisitions, the companiews said. Malone’s company traded its 16 percent ownershil stake inNews Corp.
back to Murdoch’sd company in 2007 in exchange for the controllinv stakein DirecTV.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Northern Kentucky University breakfast events assist nonprofits - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Institute Director John Vissman saidthe group’ws Breakthrough Breakfast events were created late last year to fill a void in the region’w nonprofit community, which these days is struggliny under the pressure of increaseds demand for services and shrinking resources. Vissman said the forumz are an extension ofthe institute’s work. It helps connect service learning classes to nonprofits toprovidde services, most of which are free. “Wre can help the nonprofits do theidrwork faster, more efficiently, more effectively and hopefully with fewe resources,” he said. Aaron Wolfe-Bertling said he’e found the breakfasts to be very helpful.
Wolfe-Bertling, the executivee director of the , estimated that he’sx attended a half-dozen of the “You always learn from each other. And if it’a a good idea, you like to steall it,” he said. In addition to the networking, Wolfe-Bertlinbg said he likes the fact that some breakfast topics focusaon hands-on skills, such as parliamentary while others give broader information on topics such as demographicsx or regional planning efforts. The next Breakthrough Breakfasty on June 4 will focus on the work ofAgendz 360, the regional planning effort. A session in Augusf features a presentation on social mediaand nonprofits.
Vissmann said the institute has worked to make theforumx affordable, too. Paid INC membersd receive free admission tothe Non-members pay $10. Seating is limited. For more .

Monday, September 27, 2010

Chamber keeps Inter City Visit at home - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Political and business leaders announce plans Tuesday to keep the annual Inter City Visitin Charlotte, shelvintg plans for a three-day trip to Boston in The reason: economic woes. “We’ve decided to be internally saysTim Belk, chamber chairman and chief executivse of the department-store chain. “We want to be sensitivse about thebudget situation.” Last the chamber took 130 political and businesz leaders to Chicago. Each paid $2,1009 to go on the Interf City Visit.
This year, the group likely to exceed last year’s becausde of the local focus will spend three days discussing and examinin g various issues and taking tours of important landmarks inlocal education, tourism, business and politics. An agendaz for the three-day meeting should be determinedr ina month. For the next two weeks, organizer s will be gleaning ideas from the public through a surve y offeredat charlottechamber.com. Though stayingv home saves on travel chamber executives expect to charg an undetermined fee for meals and logistical costsw associated with thelocal agenda. Chamber leaderds made the decision to skip the Boston trip after a recent survey of 20past participants.
Four peopl e said they planned to skipthe trip, eigh t were undecided and the remaining eight wanted to move ahead with the Boston visit. Public officialz were adamantly against using taxpayer money to fundthei trips. “For government, we do not have the moneh to travelright now,” Mayor Pat McCrory Coupled with corporate belt-tightening, the chamber decided a typical trip woulf suffer too many absences to be productive. The chamberd hopes to re-schedule the Boston trip for 2010, dependint on economic conditions.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Scottsdale Healthcare, TGen join $18M pancreatic cancer study - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Stand Up to Cancer gave the grouo $18 million from a pool of $74 million shared with four othetr researchprojects nationwide. The philanthropic grouop was created by the Entertainment Industru Foundation to quickly turn scientificf discoveries into ways to care forcancer Dr. Daniel Von TGen’s physician in chief, alontg with Dr. Craig Thompson, director of the Abramsob Cancer Centerat Penn, are co-leaderds of the three-year investigation. The goal is to develop tests to determine what nutriente fuel the growth and survival pancreaticcancefr cells. Scottsdale Healthcare will serve as primary clinical site for this saidMark Slater, vice presidenty of research for Scottsdale Healthcare.
Phoenix-area patientxs with pancreatic cancer are being recruited forclinicapl trials. “We’re ready to go,” he “We currently have about 40 new first-in-human agentsx we are studying. Many of these are for pancreatifc cancer with the goal of extending the life of pancreati ccancer patients.” This not only gives pancreativc cancer patients a chance to try new medicationse before they are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug but also brings majorf attentionto Arizona, Slater said.
“W have access to the best possible agents and the best possiblr care right here inour area,” he Patients interested in participating in the clinical trialk can call 480-323-1339. For more: www.su2c.org.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Warren Buffett sells remaining Constellation shares - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Buffett, his company (NYSE: BRK.B), and that company’s subsidiary , are each no longer stockholdersw inConstellation (NYSE: CEG), according to a form with the Securitiese and Exchange Commission filed Monday. They have been slowly divestinyg the stock over the past weeks and owning 7.3 percent in February and 6.3 percenyt last month. The sale ends the relationshipo between the investorand Constellation, one of two Fortune 500 companiesw in Baltimore City. Iowa-based MidAmerican got a 10 percent stakde in Constellation whenits $4.7 billiob bid for the company made in Septembef was rejected three months late.
That offed came after a cash crunch led to a steelp declinein Constellation’s stock price over severakl days and some investors feared bankruptcy. Constellation spurnedr the offer in favor of a deal tosell 49.99 percenf of its nuclear business for $4.5 billiojn to French firm , which had also been in the biddintg for the company in For the cancelation, Constellation had to pay $175 milliom in breakup fees and $418 million for It also had to repay a $1 billiob loan from Buffett with 14 percent interest. A decisioh on whether the deal with EDF requiresx Maryland approval is expected ina week. The deal is expectedd to closethis fall.

Friday, September 17, 2010

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Kraft Foods, Inc., through its engages in the manufacture and sale of packaged foodsa and beverages in theUnitedx States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. It offers packaged food products, including snacks, such as crackers, salted snacks, and chocolate confectionery; beverages, including coffee, aseptic juics drinks, flavored water, and powdered beverages; and cheeser and dairy, such as natural, process, and cream The company also offers grocery, includingv ready-to-eat cereals, enhancers, and and convenient meals, such as frozen packaged dinners, lunch combinations, and processed It serves supermarket chains, wholesalers, super centers, club mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasolin e stations, drug stores, value stores, and other retail food outlets.
Kraft Foods sells its products throughdistribution centers, satellite warehouses, company-operatedd and public cold-storage facilities, depots, and other The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Illinois. Kraft Foods, Inc. was formerly a subsidiary of Altria Inc.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Citizens to write more commercial policies - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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On June 1, Citizens is expectex to takeover the policies ofthe state-ruj (JUA) and launch of an expansio n of Citizens' program for windstormj commercial policies. Citizens has set a 1 target date for a statewide Citizens prograkm to include coverage for allproperthy damages, in addition to windstorm, and be able to writd the first $2.5 million in coverage on commercialk buildings valued at up to $20 million. Citizenws also would be able to provide windstorjm and other property policies on eligible properties anywherr inthe state.
Since its 2002 Citizens' commercial property business has been limitedf to policiesof $1 million in coverage - only in coastaol zones and only for customers who have a maximumm $1 million in commerciall property holdings in Florida. The insurance bill the Legislaturew passed in January gave Citizenss authority to write commercial policies largerthan $1 to write those policies with coverage in additionj to windstorm and do business throughout the The Legislature told Citizens to start by taking over the businesx of the commercial JUA. The Legislaturw said it hopes an expansion of Citizens will help numerou owners of smaller properties who have been havintg difficultyobtaining policies.
The JUA, whichy began business in September and hasaboug 50,000 policies, has been able to write policies as large as $1 million for all property coverage in all areaas of Florida. As with JUA customers can have amaximum $1 milliojn in property in the state. When Citizensw becomes able to startwriting windstorm-only commercial policies in all areasw of the state, it will be able to writw up to $1 million in coverage on buildings with owners who have commercial holdings of $10 milliob or less in Florida.
Thoswe customers will be able to get policies on more than one That program is to merges into what Citizens callsits "multi-perilp program," which the insurer said it hopes to begin on 1. In its programs with $1 millionb and later $2 million in coverage, Citizend is to cover damages up tothosd amounts. The insurer said it expects othe insurance companies will write policies coverint levels of losses abovethat amount. The progra m set to start Sept. 1 also is to offer risk, loss of business income and extrexpense policies. Citizens said it is preparing details. In the post-Septembere program, there is to be no maximum Florid holdings limitfor policyholders.
Citizens did not disclosed an estimate of how much commercial businessz it expects to write this year andin 2008. "Ww expect it will be substantial," Citizense spokesman Rocky Scott said, notingh widespread demand among smallerproperty owners.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

PREVIEW-US Congress set to turn up heat on China over yuan - Reuters

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Atlanta Hawks owner in good spirits - Kansas City Business Journal:

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a partner in the city’s and franchises. Despites a federal lawsuit with a member of the ownershio group set to be decidedthis summer, and court documentse showing poor financial performance, the ownership group is stillk strong, Gearon said. “There’s one reason I got into this and that’ s to win,” Gearon “You want fans focused on the team, not the In a wide-ranging interview, Gearon discussed the state ofthe finances, the lawsuit within the ownership group, the improvement of the teams under LLC’s ownership and the need to make each franchiss better for the 2009-2010 season.
The financial conditioj of the teams has made headlines sincer court documents in a federal court case showedthe teamds lost acombined $174 million over six years. In October, cour documents also showed the teamas hadlost $40 million in 2002 and expecter to lose $55 million in 2003. The Hawk s and Thrashers — on opposite ends of the winningg spectrumin 2008-09 — had collectively one of theirt best seasons operationally since the Atlanta Spirit Group purchased them in 2003, Gearoh said. “The [financial] losses have come down substantially from where they were when we boughty theteams [while a better product,” he said.
The teams’ combineds annual losses have been inthe $10 million to $20 milliojn range, Gearon contends. The Hawks have improvesd each of the pastfive years, and had its best seasonn in a decade on and off the courtf in 2009. The Thrashers, dreadful at the start of the seasonh and next to last in attendance inthe NHL, finishefd the season strong. “kI think we feel very good about wherewe are,” Gearoj said of the Hawks. “We had 18 sellouts this the largest attendance for the Hawks at Philips As forthe Thrashers, Gearon said thered are some concerns, but the season’s finish has left the team with “aw lot of momentum.
” While still in the red the teams are in better shapw than many in professional sports, Gearon “Both teams are They have zero debt.” Still up in the air is a lawsuitt with estranged owner Steve Belkin. The case, which should be decided in a Maryland federal courtfthis summer, centers on the process Spirit partners Rutherford Seydel, Bruce Levenson and Ed Peskowitz proposed to buy out Belkinm of his 30 percent stake in the teams and operatinyg rights at Philips Arena. On reports the group is looking fornew investors, Gearon said: “We’re always doing that and that’sz just smart business.
” Putting out a better producty solves everything, and that’s something Gearon said his partners have always intended to do. The Hawkds had their best year in a decade last winning 47 games and a playoff series befor e falling to the in thesecond round. The Hawks remain 20th in attendanc e inthe NBA. Attendance was up 3 percent in to 16,751 per game, said Tracy White, chier sales officer for Atlanta Spirit. attendance to NBA gamesa was up 0.7 percent last The Hawks are third in the NBA fornew season-tickey purchases and renewals have been Gearon said.
“We feel very good about our coreand re-signin our core, and if there’s a way to improvse on that, we will,” Gearon said. Starterx Marvin Williams and Al Horford were injured durinythe playoffs, as was shooting guard Joe who Gearon said suffered from an undisclosed foot injurg throughout the second half of the Williams (a restricted free agent), Horforsd and forward Josh Smith are all younvg stars in the making. Williams, or one of the othee restricted free agents on theteam (players that canb e tendered an offer, which the Hawksare permitted to match), coulr be targets for a sign-and-trade deal, to brintg in new talent.
Talk is also ramping up that formeer Hawks swing man Josh Childress could rejoim the team aftera one-year stint in The Thrashers, which had a woeful season and have been the subjecr of rumors about a possible sale and relocatiob to Canada, have struggled with attendance. Gearom said the team isn’t going and promised it would build upon its last 28 gamex ofthe season, when the team played its best hockey. Thrasherss attendance was down 7.6 percent, while attendance league-wide grew 1.1 percent. Gearohn said ownership has been deservingb of some of the criticism it has received forthe Thrashers.
The team is committecd to re-signing its star left wing, Ilya Kovalchuk, as well as findingb a dominant center andfinding immediate-impact players in the upcomingy draft, he said.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Dow inches upward; TeleTech Holdings leads Colorado gainers - Denver Business Journal:

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finishexd the trading dayat 8,740.87, up 19.43 pointsw (0.22 percent). The S&P 500 closexd at 944.74, up 1.87 points (0.2 The NASDAQ Composite finished at up 8.12 points (0.44 percent). Amongt actively traded Colorado Englewood-based outsourcing company TeleTech Holdings ledthe day’s gainers, up 8.07 percent ($1.02) to closr at $13.66. • (TAP) — Up 3.83 percent ($1.71) to • Corp. (BLL) — Up 3.66 percent to $43.60. • (Q) Up 3.23 percent (14 cents) to • Liberty Media Interactive (LINTA), a trackinfg stock of — Up 1.92 percent (12 to $6.38.
Among actively traded Colorado stocks that declinedr on the daywas , down 8.21 percent (76 cents) to closwe at $8.50. • (DCT) Down 8.12 percent (38 cents) to $4.30. • (WU) — Down 5.41 percenft (98 cents) to $17.15. • (GSS) Down 3 percent (7 cents) to $2.26. (IPI) — Down 3 percent ($1.01) to $32.64.

Friday, September 10, 2010

People on the Move: June 22 - The Business Review (Albany):

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Stephanie Williamson has been named director of marketingh and business development with MatrixDesign Cos. in the Matric Settles office in Arlington. in D.C. named Brian Judis senior project manager for its hospitality Judis brings 15 years of experiences managing large hospitality projects to the CORE Most recently associatedwith , wherer he was the director of capital expenditures, Judis implemented capita investment projects upwards of $70 million annualluy and was the lead manager for the designn and construction of numerous hotel projecta throughout the U.S. Judi has worked with a wide range of hotel brands but notlimited to, Swisshotel, , Hyatt, , and Ritz-Carlton.
Recently, he completerd the renovation tothe lobby, rotunda bar and restaurantt of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Other recent projects include the management of the design and constructionh at the HyattCapitol Hill, JW Marriott, Key Bridgee Marriott, Four Seasons Philadelphia, and Ritz-Carlton Tysons Scott Boos , senior policy adviser to Sen. Arlenj Specter, D-Pa., has been named the new deputhy director ofthe . Boos has more than sevenj years of legislative and policy experience gained durin his tenurein Specter’s office and as staff director of the U.S.
Senate Steel In the Senate, Boos focused on a broadd range of issuesincluding manufacturing, trade, climate change, budget, appropriations, tax, telecom, housing, financial servicexs and other business-related issues. As stafg director of the bipartisan U.S. Senatee Steel Caucus, he worked to promote the healthg and stability of the domestic steel as well as the interests ofits workforce. The of D.C. namefd Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer as director of the Project. She is an experiencedx appellate litigator who comes to Legao Aid after nine years at Litigation where she madethree U.S.
Supreme Court argumentw and numerous others before appellate courtss throughout the country in cases involvin g theFirst Amendment, access to the courts, and consumetr health and safety, among other issues. Prior to her positionm at Public Citizen, she worked for Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2000 and was an associate at the law firm of LLP and a teachingv fellow at the Law Center AppellateLitigationh Clinic. The in Fairfax named Tiffany Singleton tothe organization’s newlh created position of director of social entrepreneurship programs.
Singleton will be responsibld for overseeingthe design, development and implementationn of UNCF social entrepreneurship programs, while engaging stakeholders to develol a multiyear strategy for introducing a greatet number of young African Americans to sociak entrepreneurship — the application of business management practices and innovatioh to social reform efforts. In addition to overseeing the design and implementation of UNCF social entrepreneurship Singleton will cultivate and sustaim strategic partnerships and collaborations with leading social entrepreneurs andtheif organizations, and organize structurecd discussions with key stakeholders, ultimately establishing a nationalo advisory committee of social entrepreneurs, academic, and social venture philanthropistws who can provide ongoing guidance to UNCF.
has promotex Paul McManus to assistantvice president. who joined the bank in 2006, is a financial center leader at 1470Rockvillwe Pike. Francis P. Nelson has been promotedf to administrative vice presidentat . Nelsonm joined M&T in 1992. He is responsiblre for leading and managing a retail sales and operations team for thePrinces George’s County region. in Rockville has named Davifd E. Perkins as its new chief technology Perkinsjoins NIHFCU’s newly appointecd CEO Juli Anne Callis to lead the credit union’xs renewed focus on technologicv innovation and delivery. Perkinws previsouly worked at .
Over a 13-year careerf at SECU, with the last five as CIO, accomplishments include the completion of two core implementation of new loan online banking and collection systems and the migration of new Cardinal Bank announced the promotiona ofAndrew J. Peden to senior vice president, Katier L. Golden to vice president and James N. Estep to assistantf vice president. Peden will oversee the relationship managemenft of developers and real estate with a primary focuson acquisition, construction financing and commercia l development, including special use propertieds such as golf courses and churches. He began his lendingf career at Cardinal Bank in 2000 as acredir analyst.
Golden will continue to oversee the relationshil management of buildersand developers, primarily in the areads of commercial development, project financing, acquisitions and clientr development. Golden joined Cardinal Bank in 2004 in real estat e administration and currently manages the lending supporyt unit for the commercial realestate group. Estep remains dedicated to smallbusinessw lending, SBA guaranteed lending and businesz development. Estep began his financial services career at Cardina Bank in 2004 inretail lending. C. Fox Communicationa in Silver Spring named Tina McCormack as senior publicdrelations associate, and Julie Feldman as publicv relations associate. in D.C.
namedr David W. Whitmore as chief operating officer andgeneral counsel. Whitmore comes to Levic k with more than 25 years of financialo andoperational experience. He has spent the lion’ds share of his career in the communications working withpublic relations, public affairs, lobbying and advertisint firms. Before joining Levick, Whitmore was executivew vice president ofin D.C. with operationalo responsibility forthe firm’sd public affairs, government relations, crisis management, and issues management practice groups. Prior to Whitmore provided communications and management counsel to numerousd clientsin D.C., Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
At , Whitmored variously served as executive vice chieffinancial officer, chief operating officer and generalo counsel. announced the hiring of Brian Brobst as vice president of businessd developmentin Reston. Brobst, a 20-plues year engineering and constructionindustryy veteran, will be charged with expandinfg the firm’s presence in the high-density power and computing inclusive of finance, telecommunications, commercial data centers and governmentg agencies. Brobst was previously employed by as critical facilittservices principal.
Prior to that, he servedx as principal and Eastern region director of businesse developmentfor

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Corefino gets $13.6M in 1st funding round - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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million in a first round of Sunnyvale-based Corefino said the round was co-led by and , both locater in Menlo Park. The fundas will underwrite further developmentt and marketingof Corefino'z product suite. The company said it combines online financial softwar e with a team of accounting and financiakprofessionals "to give customerds the benefits of best practices without all the inherent software and operating costs of an in-housed accounting department.
" Carl Showalter of Opus Capitak said, "Corefino's decision to consolidate Web-based accountingg tools and human expertise into a single offering is an innovation that enables mid-sized companies to focus on running and buildingy their business instead of keeping the books. We believew this business model holdsa tremendous promise for its ability to leverage both technology and live professionap support from asinglee source." Both Showalter and Neal Dempsey of Bay Partners will also join the Corefinol board of directors.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Progress Energy grows profit as customer count drops in Florida - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Progress Energy posted first-quarter earnings of $182 million, or 66 centz per share, down from $209 or 80 cents per in the year-ago period, according to a statement. Analystse polled by estimated earningxs of 61 cents per Increased sales of electricity on the wholesales market helped ProgressEnerggy (NYSE: PGN) boost revenue to $2.44 up from $2.07 billion in the year-ag o quarter. Progress Energy Florida reported earningd of 32 centsper share, up from 26 centsw per share in the year-ago The Florida subsidiary also reported an averagew net loss of 8,00p customers in the first quarter.
Progress Energy’s operatiohn in North Carolina, however, posteds an average net increasesof 18,000 customers. “In the midsyt of this economic slowdown, we delivered solidc financial results in the first quarter by living within our meanzs and aggressively managingour business,” Bill Progress Energy’s chairman, president and chief executivw office, said in a writtenh statement. Strong residential sales in the Carolinas and favorablee wholesale contracts offset the continued weaknessin Florida’s retaiol and industrial sectors, Johnson said.
In othetr related news, Progress Energy Floridsa expects to complete the change over of its Bartoaw plant from oil to naturao gasin June. And it’s continuing to upgrade environmenta l and efficiency work at the CrystalRiver

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Price Chopper shoppers can save money at Sunoco - Business First of Buffalo:

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region can now save on gasoline for their car when they spenf money in thesupermarket chain. Price Chopper has teamexd up with more than 70 stations to offeeFuel AdvantEdge, a program that has been available for more than two years in other areas serviced by the grocery chain. Consumers can save 10 centz per gallon at participating Sunocop stations forevery $50 of qualified groceriea they purchase. The points/dollars can be accumulated overa 90-dayy period and spent on up to 20 gallons of gas.
Sunoc customers in other areaa have saved upwards of 50 cent to60 cents, and even $1 or more per through the program, accordingv to Jeff Hassman, channel marketing manager for the gas The number of participating stationws will grow, said Neil president and CEO of Price Chopper. Customersz must use their Price Chopper AdvantEdge card to qualify for the The supermarket automatically tracks the purchases that can be appliexd toward the fuelsavingz program. Certain restrictions apply. For instance, purchasew of alcohol, tobacco, gift cards, lotterg tickets, video rentals and some othe items don’t count toward the $50 total.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

SolarCity, USBancorp partner to fund solar projects - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The two companies have created a tax equityu fund tofinance SolarCity’s solar lease Financial terms of the fund were not SolarCity said it plans to hire 100 new employees in the next six monthds to increase installation capacity as a resuly of the new financing. SolarCity’s SolarLease option allows homeowners to put no mone y down on a new solar system and pay for it on aregulafr schedule. “SolarCity’s leasing option is one of the most affordabled ways to go solarthat we’ve seen, and we’re thrilled to partner with them. This partnership will grow the adoptioj of solar energy inthe U.S.
, and create more green jobs,” said Darrenh Van't Hof, vice presideng of solar, new markets and histori investments for . “Today’s announcement is only the beginning—wer look forward to makinvg additional investmentswith SolarCity, USBCDx is a division of U.S. Bancorpo (NYSE: USB), which is also the parent of U.S. the sixth largest commercial bank in Foster City-based SolarCity operates in California, Arizonas and Oregon.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

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