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But acting AmeriCorps CEO Nickyt Goren, in a letter posted to the AmeriCorpzs Website Friday, said the White House sent noticee of Eitel’s withdrawal. “Our thoughts are with Mari a as she focuses on her personal Goren wrote. “Finding leadership for the Corporation continuew to be a very high priority for theWhitew House.” In April, Obama said Eitel offered “aa unique blend of skills and management at a time when his administration was expanding the nation’as public service programs.
On the same day he announcedx Eitel as a candidate forthe job, Obamas signed the Serve America Act, a vast expansioj of federal social servicre programs that includes increasing AmeriCorp’s availabl e service positions from 75,000 to Eitel is currently a Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) vice presidenyt and president of the Nike the Washington County athleticapparel giant’x charitable arm. Before heading the foundation, she was Nike’es first vice president for corporate responsibility. Priorr to joining Nike, she was European corporate affairxs group manager forMicrosoft Corp.
and has also workedc for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and MCI Communications This would havebeen Eitel’s seconde presidential assignment. She served under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1992 as deputgy director of media relations and latetr as special assistant to the presidengt formedia affairs.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Rare earth elements production possible in Wyoming - Casper Journal
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Rare earth elements production possible in Wyoming Casper Journal Located about five miles northwest of Sundance, geological surveys indicate it may one of the largest deposits of “rare earth†elements in the United States. Wyoming may soon be on the map for more than hydrocarbons, cowboys and Casper; it could also ... |
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Metro seeks more control of convention center leadership - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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Metro councilors Rod Park and Rex Burkholder will introducw a measure next week giving the council authority over individuals who lead the Metropolitaj ExpositionRecreation Commission. The motion comes after Metrko Council President David Bragdon criticizedx the performance of MERC General ManagerDavis Woolson. Councilors want to oversee the hiring, salary changes and employment statusof MERC’s top according to a letter Park and Burkholdedr sent to Don Trotter, who chairs the Trotter and other commissioners currently oversee the positio and have given Woolson good marka during his first three job reviews.
The council will conside r the motion at its June 11 In a March 31 letted to the commission regardingthe group’s budget requests, Bragdon questioned both Woolson’ s leadership as well as the agency’sx higher budgets. Woolson’s office spent $470,568 during the 2007-098 fiscal year. The number jumped to $838,80e3 for the current year. Woolson requestedc $877,808 for the 2009-1p0 fiscal year.
However, in a letter dated Marcj 12, 2009 to Bragdon from Metro financew and administrative services directorrMargo Norton, Woolson says the cost increases are "primarily the resultf of a reorganization of the public affaira function and the cost and creation of a businesa development capability." Specifically, MERC's public affairsz manager and public affairs coordinatoer were "reclassified" to a directof of communications and a director of business and communityu development. Woolson goes on to state that additional resourcee for goods and services for the positionsincluderd "advertising, consulting, sponsorships...
and other general office expenses in ordet to have a more effective efforg in this area." In the same letter, Woolsobn says the numbers alone don't paint an accurate picturs because of unfilled positions in earliet budgets. Bragdon also said Woolson moved his office downtownj and boosted consulting travel costs and other expensexlast year. He also collected “large raises” that, by increasintg his salary to $184,000, make him more highly paid thanhis predecessors. MERC moved downtowj from the convention centerlast year. It occupiexs space in the Portland Center for thePerforminv Arts, 1111 S.W. Broadway. MERC, whichy operates the building, pays no rent for the space.
One of the MERC Commission'e goals was to increase the organization's downtowbn presence. MERC's board approvee Woolson's pay raises. The board said last year that Woolson “has accomplished (an) enormous amount of work and inspired He has quickly detected problemsd and has move to alleviate or fix There appears to be a new energygat MERC.” Metro’s annual budget is $40 Woolson is the agency’s highest-paid employee.
Metro councilors Rod Park and Rex Burkholder will introducw a measure next week giving the council authority over individuals who lead the Metropolitaj ExpositionRecreation Commission. The motion comes after Metrko Council President David Bragdon criticizedx the performance of MERC General ManagerDavis Woolson. Councilors want to oversee the hiring, salary changes and employment statusof MERC’s top according to a letter Park and Burkholdedr sent to Don Trotter, who chairs the Trotter and other commissioners currently oversee the positio and have given Woolson good marka during his first three job reviews.
The council will conside r the motion at its June 11 In a March 31 letted to the commission regardingthe group’s budget requests, Bragdon questioned both Woolson’ s leadership as well as the agency’sx higher budgets. Woolson’s office spent $470,568 during the 2007-098 fiscal year. The number jumped to $838,80e3 for the current year. Woolson requestedc $877,808 for the 2009-1p0 fiscal year.
However, in a letter dated Marcj 12, 2009 to Bragdon from Metro financew and administrative services directorrMargo Norton, Woolson says the cost increases are "primarily the resultf of a reorganization of the public affaira function and the cost and creation of a businesa development capability." Specifically, MERC's public affairsz manager and public affairs coordinatoer were "reclassified" to a directof of communications and a director of business and communityu development. Woolson goes on to state that additional resourcee for goods and services for the positionsincluderd "advertising, consulting, sponsorships...
and other general office expenses in ordet to have a more effective efforg in this area." In the same letter, Woolsobn says the numbers alone don't paint an accurate picturs because of unfilled positions in earliet budgets. Bragdon also said Woolson moved his office downtownj and boosted consulting travel costs and other expensexlast year. He also collected “large raises” that, by increasintg his salary to $184,000, make him more highly paid thanhis predecessors. MERC moved downtowj from the convention centerlast year. It occupiexs space in the Portland Center for thePerforminv Arts, 1111 S.W. Broadway. MERC, whichy operates the building, pays no rent for the space.
One of the MERC Commission'e goals was to increase the organization's downtowbn presence. MERC's board approvee Woolson's pay raises. The board said last year that Woolson “has accomplished (an) enormous amount of work and inspired He has quickly detected problemsd and has move to alleviate or fix There appears to be a new energygat MERC.” Metro’s annual budget is $40 Woolson is the agency’s highest-paid employee.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sid-sational! The Kid is back - Toronto Star
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Globe and Mail | Sid-sational! The Kid is back Toronto Star Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby celebrates after scoring in the first period against the Islanders on Monday in his return to the lineup after an injury absence of more than 10 months. By Damien Cox Sports Columnist It took Sidney Crosby only three ... Monday's Sports In Brief Monday's Sports In Brief Sidney Crosby anxious for hits, 'whether giving them or taking them' |
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Greater Atlantic Bank on verge of failure - Washington Business Journal:
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The Reston-based bank, a subsidiary of (Pinlk Sheets: GAFC), has been in hot wate with its regulator, the , since April 2008, when it was hit with a ceaswe and desistenforcement order. The bank was undercapitalized in the fourtn quarter of 2008 and the bank said itwas “critically undercapitalized” as of March 31. The OTS told Greaterd Atlantic that its capital restoration plan was thebank said. The prompt corrective action issuedMay 22, initially ordered the bank to eithere achieve acceptable capital levels or be recapitalized by acquisition or sale by June 1, but that has sincr been extended to July 31.
The directive initially also gave the bank untip May 27 to enter into a binding merge r agreement or acquisition but that deadline was extendeds toJune 15, according to the order and By consenting to the directive, Greateer Atlantic has authorized the OTS to find anothet bank to acquire or merge with it, or sell the bank’es assets or branches to a qualified bank, according to the The directive also authorized the Federal Deposiyt Insurance Corp. to talk “tko third parties to facilitate the liquidation or othe r resolution of the Institution in anticipation of the possibls appointment of the FDICas conservator, or other legal custodian,” the orded said.
Greater Atlantic has 5 branches, $218. million in assets and posted a $2 milliohn loss during the first quarter. Bank executives coulx not be reachedfor
The Reston-based bank, a subsidiary of (Pinlk Sheets: GAFC), has been in hot wate with its regulator, the , since April 2008, when it was hit with a ceaswe and desistenforcement order. The bank was undercapitalized in the fourtn quarter of 2008 and the bank said itwas “critically undercapitalized” as of March 31. The OTS told Greaterd Atlantic that its capital restoration plan was thebank said. The prompt corrective action issuedMay 22, initially ordered the bank to eithere achieve acceptable capital levels or be recapitalized by acquisition or sale by June 1, but that has sincr been extended to July 31.
The directive initially also gave the bank untip May 27 to enter into a binding merge r agreement or acquisition but that deadline was extendeds toJune 15, according to the order and By consenting to the directive, Greateer Atlantic has authorized the OTS to find anothet bank to acquire or merge with it, or sell the bank’es assets or branches to a qualified bank, according to the The directive also authorized the Federal Deposiyt Insurance Corp. to talk “tko third parties to facilitate the liquidation or othe r resolution of the Institution in anticipation of the possibls appointment of the FDICas conservator, or other legal custodian,” the orded said.
Greater Atlantic has 5 branches, $218. million in assets and posted a $2 milliohn loss during the first quarter. Bank executives coulx not be reachedfor
Friday, November 18, 2011
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Dr. David Nichols, vice dean for educatiob at the , thinks physicians ought to be preparer to treat the disease even though it is commonly foundd in developingtropical nations. Doctors should also understanfd how the aging ofthe population, environmentao factors and nutrition can impacg how a patient responds to disease treatments. So the 120 studentxs who will enter Johns medical school this fall will learnh about how these factors can play a role in medicine as the institutionn completes its first major curriculumj overhaul in nearlytwo decades. The changes are part of an effortt among medical schools to incorporate sociological factors to better treat andprevent illnesses.
The goal is to preparw students to deliver personalized medicine asfuture doctors. “What Hopkins is doingf is very much in keeping with what medical schoolsw are doing to educate physicianes in the21st century,” said M. Brownell Anderson, seniod director of educational affairs at the Association of AmericahMedical Colleges. The Washington, D.C., nonprofitt oversees medical education. Most medicalp schools have modified their curriculukm somewhat to incorporate an understanding of how geneticz and societal factors caninfluence diseases, Anderson said.
Other schools that have changed their curriculum include the medical schools at the and in New TheHopkins program, Genes to Society, is a year-longv course that begins midway through the first year of medical school and ends in second year. The school will use differentr medical disciplines when teachingthe course. Gone are the separate courses on pathology or pharmacology but rathefr an understanding of how diseases and drug interactionsw are impacted byexternal factors, such as economic circumstances.
For instance, studente may compare one patient who contracts pneumonia but gets better with anothert pneumonia patient who contracts a total body infection and Students will examine whethetr genetic differences or economic issuesz account for the differencein reactions, Nichols That kind of training can help student s provide personalized treatments tailored to each individuals’s uniquwe genotype, lifestyle and socioeconomic Hopkins medical student Steven Chen said the school’sz new course will help studentds understand how everything from genes to a person’s residence can impact their likelihood of, say, contracting “It makes for a better physicianj because you think about the big said Chen, a fourth-year medical school student.
Dr. David B. associate dean for medical education atthe , said whil the school is not overhauling its the school has been emphasizing public health and the impacrt of globalization in its teachings.
Dr. David Nichols, vice dean for educatiob at the , thinks physicians ought to be preparer to treat the disease even though it is commonly foundd in developingtropical nations. Doctors should also understanfd how the aging ofthe population, environmentao factors and nutrition can impacg how a patient responds to disease treatments. So the 120 studentxs who will enter Johns medical school this fall will learnh about how these factors can play a role in medicine as the institutionn completes its first major curriculumj overhaul in nearlytwo decades. The changes are part of an effortt among medical schools to incorporate sociological factors to better treat andprevent illnesses.
The goal is to preparw students to deliver personalized medicine asfuture doctors. “What Hopkins is doingf is very much in keeping with what medical schoolsw are doing to educate physicianes in the21st century,” said M. Brownell Anderson, seniod director of educational affairs at the Association of AmericahMedical Colleges. The Washington, D.C., nonprofitt oversees medical education. Most medicalp schools have modified their curriculukm somewhat to incorporate an understanding of how geneticz and societal factors caninfluence diseases, Anderson said.
Other schools that have changed their curriculum include the medical schools at the and in New TheHopkins program, Genes to Society, is a year-longv course that begins midway through the first year of medical school and ends in second year. The school will use differentr medical disciplines when teachingthe course. Gone are the separate courses on pathology or pharmacology but rathefr an understanding of how diseases and drug interactionsw are impacted byexternal factors, such as economic circumstances.
For instance, studente may compare one patient who contracts pneumonia but gets better with anothert pneumonia patient who contracts a total body infection and Students will examine whethetr genetic differences or economic issuesz account for the differencein reactions, Nichols That kind of training can help student s provide personalized treatments tailored to each individuals’s uniquwe genotype, lifestyle and socioeconomic Hopkins medical student Steven Chen said the school’sz new course will help studentds understand how everything from genes to a person’s residence can impact their likelihood of, say, contracting “It makes for a better physicianj because you think about the big said Chen, a fourth-year medical school student.
Dr. David B. associate dean for medical education atthe , said whil the school is not overhauling its the school has been emphasizing public health and the impacrt of globalization in its teachings.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Developers of new convention center hotel unveil plans - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The development team, Colorado-basecd Phelps Development and Atlanta-based , was chosenn Tuesday by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Developers and architects say the curved designb ofthe $300 million hotel wouldd fit in with the wave desigmn of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the rounded designb of the nearby Sommet Center. The winningy team’s proposal was chosen from 10 proposals MDHA will now pick an operator for the Thecombined team, called Phelpws Portman Nashville, will now enter the complete design processe for the project and oversee all financing and constructionn of the hotel.
Phelps Portmam recently completed the design and development ofthe 1,190-room Hiltonj San Diego Bayfront Hotel, which the developmentg team’s senior vice president Roger Zampell says was launched just afterd Sept. 11. He uses that successfupl project as an example to say that all projectsx have their challengesand Nashville’s hotel will be no differenyt as the team begins this task durinfg a recession.
Zampell says they did not bid on othefr convention center hotels inotheer cities, saying they picked Nashvillde because of its central location, its strength as a conventio market and the city’s entertainment Phelps Portman has been involved with the developmenf of 10 hotels with 1,0090 or more rooms. Zampell says he expectsw to have the design process completed by the firstt quarter of 2010 and the starty of construction will begin three months Hotel construction will take 34 months and it must open by 2013 when conventionsx are scheduled for the new Music City The hotel entry will have glasas ceilings and be a energized space, the architects say.
It will offe 100,000 square feet of meeting ballrooms, restaurants and retail. Butch Spyridon, president of the Nashvilld Convention andVisitors Bureau, says a 1,000-roonm hotel is necessary to allow conventionx to take an 800-room an industry standard, and leave extra rooms availablew for small groups or guests. Spyridon says Portman has been interestedd in this project for thred years and was a good choice forthe job. MDHA directot Phil Ryan says the next steps are for the hote developers to do the design work and MDHA to startg buying up land for theconvention center.
Other stepsw include the city workingv on financing the convention center and the hotel develope r to work onhotep financing. He says thosed steps will takeseverakl months. The hotel will be builtg on property south of the Country Musi Hallof Fame. Several local firms, including R.C. Mathews and Morga & Morgan construction companies, architects and the Nashville officew of will be part of the Portman developmenr andconstruction team, Ryan says.
The development team, Colorado-basecd Phelps Development and Atlanta-based , was chosenn Tuesday by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Developers and architects say the curved designb ofthe $300 million hotel wouldd fit in with the wave desigmn of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the rounded designb of the nearby Sommet Center. The winningy team’s proposal was chosen from 10 proposals MDHA will now pick an operator for the Thecombined team, called Phelpws Portman Nashville, will now enter the complete design processe for the project and oversee all financing and constructionn of the hotel.
Phelps Portmam recently completed the design and development ofthe 1,190-room Hiltonj San Diego Bayfront Hotel, which the developmentg team’s senior vice president Roger Zampell says was launched just afterd Sept. 11. He uses that successfupl project as an example to say that all projectsx have their challengesand Nashville’s hotel will be no differenyt as the team begins this task durinfg a recession.
Zampell says they did not bid on othefr convention center hotels inotheer cities, saying they picked Nashvillde because of its central location, its strength as a conventio market and the city’s entertainment Phelps Portman has been involved with the developmenf of 10 hotels with 1,0090 or more rooms. Zampell says he expectsw to have the design process completed by the firstt quarter of 2010 and the starty of construction will begin three months Hotel construction will take 34 months and it must open by 2013 when conventionsx are scheduled for the new Music City The hotel entry will have glasas ceilings and be a energized space, the architects say.
It will offe 100,000 square feet of meeting ballrooms, restaurants and retail. Butch Spyridon, president of the Nashvilld Convention andVisitors Bureau, says a 1,000-roonm hotel is necessary to allow conventionx to take an 800-room an industry standard, and leave extra rooms availablew for small groups or guests. Spyridon says Portman has been interestedd in this project for thred years and was a good choice forthe job. MDHA directot Phil Ryan says the next steps are for the hote developers to do the design work and MDHA to startg buying up land for theconvention center.
Other stepsw include the city workingv on financing the convention center and the hotel develope r to work onhotep financing. He says thosed steps will takeseverakl months. The hotel will be builtg on property south of the Country Musi Hallof Fame. Several local firms, including R.C. Mathews and Morga & Morgan construction companies, architects and the Nashville officew of will be part of the Portman developmenr andconstruction team, Ryan says.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Gridlock on deficit panel looms over stock rally - Chicago Sun-Times
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Gridlock on deficit panel looms over stock rally Chicago Sun-Times Healthcare companies in the S&P 500 are up 7 percent since the debt panel was announced in August. Utilities, meanwhile, have jumped 10.5 percent. The S&P 500 itself is up 5.4 percent over the same time. That's a sign investors are putting a premium on ... |
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tom Sherak Grilled on Ratner, Oscar Hosts: 'Billy Crystal Is Not Too Old!' - Reuters
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Tom Sherak Grilled on Ratner, Oscar Hosts: 'Billy Crystal Is Not Too Old!' Reuters In an interview in the wake of the Brett Ratner debacle, Tom Sherak, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, tells TheWrap that he should have considered the director's personality more when hiring ... |
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Economy ices hopes for Kansas City to get NHL team for arena - Orlando Business Journal:
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Although several NHL teams face financial concernsx or difficulties getting newarenas built, Commissionere Gary Bettman has said repeatedly during the past month that the leaguew has no intention to add or relocatew teams any time soon. The stor y is the same with the , where Commissione David Stern has said essentially thesame “I don’t think, in the shory term, that expansion makes sense in virtually any marketf you could think of because of the way the economy is going,” said Patrick Rishe, economics professoe at and director of St. Louis-based consulting firm .
“Rightg now, the economy is such that it wouldd be very risky to try to stary anew or even to relocate a team.” Rishe said that as long as Kansas City’es has no anchor tenant, facility operator must be creative in fillinvg the venue. He suggested going after amateur sporting either college or evenyouthy sports, along with big-time musical acts and othe big shows.
Although several NHL teams face financial concernsx or difficulties getting newarenas built, Commissionere Gary Bettman has said repeatedly during the past month that the leaguew has no intention to add or relocatew teams any time soon. The stor y is the same with the , where Commissione David Stern has said essentially thesame “I don’t think, in the shory term, that expansion makes sense in virtually any marketf you could think of because of the way the economy is going,” said Patrick Rishe, economics professoe at and director of St. Louis-based consulting firm .
“Rightg now, the economy is such that it wouldd be very risky to try to stary anew or even to relocate a team.” Rishe said that as long as Kansas City’es has no anchor tenant, facility operator must be creative in fillinvg the venue. He suggested going after amateur sporting either college or evenyouthy sports, along with big-time musical acts and othe big shows.
Monday, November 7, 2011
BlackBox GPS moves to technology incubator - South Florida Business Journal:
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BlackBox moved from the Las Olas Boulevard area to the EnterpriseDevelopmenty Corp. (EDC) of South Florida’s technologgy incubator about amonth ago. The move should help the compang leverage the expertise of nearby business development professionals withtechnology experience, President and co-owner Steven Muntean “We just needed to be in an environmentg that will allow us to grow,” he BlackBox has nine employees in Boca Ratonh and five more in Buenos Aires, The company hopes to have 25 total employeews by 2010, Muntean said. The company makes asset-tracking hardwared and software targeted toward companieswith five- to 200-vehiclr fleets, Muntean said.
Companies can use the softwarr to track their vehicles within seconds and producedetailed reports. BlackBox was formerly a unit of Sunrise-based that Munteann and partners bought ayear ago, he By the end of this Muntean said he expects BlackBox to have nearlu $1 million in revenue. BlackBox is one of 13 youn g companies currently at thetechnology incubator, EDC Executive Director Jane Teague said. She welcomed the company’s “It’s another good company, and the fact that they’rre already generating revenue and have customers is quite remarkablethesre days,” she said.
BlackBox moved from the Las Olas Boulevard area to the EnterpriseDevelopmenty Corp. (EDC) of South Florida’s technologgy incubator about amonth ago. The move should help the compang leverage the expertise of nearby business development professionals withtechnology experience, President and co-owner Steven Muntean “We just needed to be in an environmentg that will allow us to grow,” he BlackBox has nine employees in Boca Ratonh and five more in Buenos Aires, The company hopes to have 25 total employeews by 2010, Muntean said. The company makes asset-tracking hardwared and software targeted toward companieswith five- to 200-vehiclr fleets, Muntean said.
Companies can use the softwarr to track their vehicles within seconds and producedetailed reports. BlackBox was formerly a unit of Sunrise-based that Munteann and partners bought ayear ago, he By the end of this Muntean said he expects BlackBox to have nearlu $1 million in revenue. BlackBox is one of 13 youn g companies currently at thetechnology incubator, EDC Executive Director Jane Teague said. She welcomed the company’s “It’s another good company, and the fact that they’rre already generating revenue and have customers is quite remarkablethesre days,” she said.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Need versus availability in regard to fields - Sparta Independent
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Need versus availability in regard to fields Sparta Independent In the case of the Sparta High School renovation that grey surrounds lost fields, use of contingency funds and the state rules governing a project of this nature. During construction the Sparta Board of Education (BOE) was informed by the state DEP ... |
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
M&A number down, but value rises - Denver Business Journal:
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percent year over year, but the value of the deale jumped nearly 38 percent compared with the same quarter a year A total of 61 mergers and acquisitionsx deals closed in Colorado in thefirst quarter, down from 66 deald in the same quarter of 2005. Of the 61 price was disclosedin 31, for a totakl value of $6.84 up from $4.97 billion in the same quarter of 2005, accordinv to FactSet Mergerstat, LLC, a global provider of M&zA information based in Santa Calif. The biggest closed deal of the quarter was the saleof Englewood-based DEX) to for approximately $4.2 billion in cash and plus the assumption of Dex Media'es outstanding debt.
The sale was announced in October 2005 and closeedon Jan. 31. The second-largestt closed transaction of Q1was Englewood-basecd cable operator 's LBTYA) sale of its Norwegian cable unit, , to for about $530.r5 million. Announced on Dec. 19, the sale closed on Jan. 25. Third was Denver-based energhy company 's acquisition of for $456 million in cash. The acquisition already had closed when it was announcedfMarch 31. Some large deals were announced, but not in Q1. Most of them are expected to closein Q2. The biggesgt of these is Liberty Global's agreemenyt to sell its Frenchcable unit, , to and Altice One SAS for aboutg $1.5 billion.
The transaction, announced March 23, awaits regulatory approval, but is expected to close in the seconxd quarterof 2006. The second-biggest announced Q1 deal involved Englewood-baserd sporting goods retailerThe (NYSE: which agreed to go private in a transactiobn announced Jan. 23. Some members of Sports Authoritysenior management, along with Los Angeles-basef private equity firm , bought the company for $983.5 million in plus the assumption of debt. That deal is also expectedr to close in thesecond quarter. Next up is the sale of Denver-basedd petroleum products company (NYSE: TMG) to for about $483 millionm in cash. The deal was announcedc March 27and hasn't closed.
Fourth is 's WSTC) agreement to acquire Louisville-based RNDC) for approximately $152.6 million in The transaction, announced Feb. 6, is expectedd to close at the end of thesecond quarter.
percent year over year, but the value of the deale jumped nearly 38 percent compared with the same quarter a year A total of 61 mergers and acquisitionsx deals closed in Colorado in thefirst quarter, down from 66 deald in the same quarter of 2005. Of the 61 price was disclosedin 31, for a totakl value of $6.84 up from $4.97 billion in the same quarter of 2005, accordinv to FactSet Mergerstat, LLC, a global provider of M&zA information based in Santa Calif. The biggest closed deal of the quarter was the saleof Englewood-based DEX) to for approximately $4.2 billion in cash and plus the assumption of Dex Media'es outstanding debt.
The sale was announced in October 2005 and closeedon Jan. 31. The second-largestt closed transaction of Q1was Englewood-basecd cable operator 's LBTYA) sale of its Norwegian cable unit, , to for about $530.r5 million. Announced on Dec. 19, the sale closed on Jan. 25. Third was Denver-based energhy company 's acquisition of for $456 million in cash. The acquisition already had closed when it was announcedfMarch 31. Some large deals were announced, but not in Q1. Most of them are expected to closein Q2. The biggesgt of these is Liberty Global's agreemenyt to sell its Frenchcable unit, , to and Altice One SAS for aboutg $1.5 billion.
The transaction, announced March 23, awaits regulatory approval, but is expected to close in the seconxd quarterof 2006. The second-biggest announced Q1 deal involved Englewood-baserd sporting goods retailerThe (NYSE: which agreed to go private in a transactiobn announced Jan. 23. Some members of Sports Authoritysenior management, along with Los Angeles-basef private equity firm , bought the company for $983.5 million in plus the assumption of debt. That deal is also expectedr to close in thesecond quarter. Next up is the sale of Denver-basedd petroleum products company (NYSE: TMG) to for about $483 millionm in cash. The deal was announcedc March 27and hasn't closed.
Fourth is 's WSTC) agreement to acquire Louisville-based RNDC) for approximately $152.6 million in The transaction, announced Feb. 6, is expectedd to close at the end of thesecond quarter.
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