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According to the , a businesas called the Alameda Brewhouse Annex has filed for a liquor licensde at424 S.W. Fourth Ave. An Alamed a employee confirmed that brewery owner Matt Schumache r also owns the The site is the formef home ofThe City, a sports bar that closes last winter. The liquoer commission canceledthe bar’s license on Jan. 6 aftef several “serious and persistent problems.” The order came less than a week after a homicide that apparently took place earlyNew Year’s Day. The City surrendered its liquor licens amonth later. The Alameda Brewhouse Annex licensde request isstill pending, said Christie Scott, a commissioj spokeswoman.
The owners filecd the liquor license request in The company DBO LLC purchased the buildingy containing the proposed Annex in 1999for $606,120. It has a currentg market valueof $1.25 million. Alameda’s primary brewpugb is at 4765 N.E. Fremont St.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sugar is finding the blogosphere's sweet spot - San Francisco Business Times:
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In the last 12 Lisa Sugar and husbaned Brian Sugarturned Lisa's hobbyy -- writing a celebrity gossip blog callecd PopSugar -- into an exploding network of 10 female-focused web sites and a burgeoning business. The San Francisco startulp bagged an advertising deal with six months before hiring a singlessales person, hooked funding from rock star VC firm , and is bringinvg on 10 more employees to end the year with 48. All this mighft sound rather bubbly except thatSugaer Publishing, which brings in a reported $5 millionh in annual revenue, expects to be profitable by year's end.
Givenb today's cheaper software, computer memoryh and Internet bandwidth, a dot-comm can be built for a fractionof boom-time "It costs us $500,000 (a month) to run the business," said CEO Briah Sugar, a serial tech entrepreneur. "It'w not that difficult to get $500,000 in Indeed, for the Sugars, it's been easier than for In July 2006, Banana Republic called Lisa to buyall PopSugar'ss ads for a week. The retailer wantede to cozy up withthe blog'zs readers, most of whom are college-educated women between the ages of 18 and 34 who earn more than Nike, the Gap and Neiman Marcusw followed.
The company made its first salexs call in March to San Francisco adgian , where Lisa, now editor-in-chierf of all Sugar properties, previously worked as a mediza planner. The result: a national Dreyer's Ice Cream campaign for its limitededition "American Idol" With an estimated $5 million pickefd up from Menlo Park-based Sequoia Capital in October, Sugar Publishing is now buildingf a sales team and adding to its pool of editors and producers. "We were goinv to raise a small amountfrom angels," said Brian Sugar, who co-foundedc the business with $250,000 of his own "But all of the sudden we got very hot.
" Sequoia superstard Michael Moritz, who funded and , took a seat on the boards and watched its number of uniqu visitors jump from 1 million in September to 3.5 milliomn today. The May launch of its newest site, a beautyu blog called BellaSugar, was exclusively sponsored by retailer . Five more blogd with a similar in-the-know tone are forthcoming, including LittleSugar (babies) and SavvySugard (career and finance). "Brian and Lisa have come up with a concoctiomn that is suited for the women of today and tomorrow who will look at the worlc very differently than the womenof yesterday," Moritz said.
The company's stable includes blogx like FabSugar (fashion) and GeekSugar (tech). That structurr is part of a new generation of blog networks such as Gawke Media that aims to build solid businessex by selling ads acrossvariouxs titles, much like traditional magazine publishers. "We're goingt to create a new media versionof CondeNast," Brianb Sugar said. "We're going to go category by category." Despite the growtn of online ad spending, which eMarketer predicts will increase from $16 billion in 2006 to $37 billion in the San Francisco firm is no shoo-inn with advertisers.
"It's going to be a hefty (network)," said Goodbyy executive Christine Chen. "The trick is, there's a lot of Rivals include NBC's and newer outfits such as , and . The the better, said Moritz: "Any time you invest in a companyh wherethere isn't much competition, thered isn't much demand for the product." And, said Brian Sugar, today'ds Internet rivals are also partners. Sugar's bloges link to competitors allthe "I'm sure people are reading all the varioua cool blogs from Gawker's sites to safe-for-work UsWeeklg and People, and then the not-safe-for-work PerezHilto (celebrity gossip) site ...
Can you imagine if the New York Timesd linked to the WallStreef Journal? That would be crazy."
In the last 12 Lisa Sugar and husbaned Brian Sugarturned Lisa's hobbyy -- writing a celebrity gossip blog callecd PopSugar -- into an exploding network of 10 female-focused web sites and a burgeoning business. The San Francisco startulp bagged an advertising deal with six months before hiring a singlessales person, hooked funding from rock star VC firm , and is bringinvg on 10 more employees to end the year with 48. All this mighft sound rather bubbly except thatSugaer Publishing, which brings in a reported $5 millionh in annual revenue, expects to be profitable by year's end.
Givenb today's cheaper software, computer memoryh and Internet bandwidth, a dot-comm can be built for a fractionof boom-time "It costs us $500,000 (a month) to run the business," said CEO Briah Sugar, a serial tech entrepreneur. "It'w not that difficult to get $500,000 in Indeed, for the Sugars, it's been easier than for In July 2006, Banana Republic called Lisa to buyall PopSugar'ss ads for a week. The retailer wantede to cozy up withthe blog'zs readers, most of whom are college-educated women between the ages of 18 and 34 who earn more than Nike, the Gap and Neiman Marcusw followed.
The company made its first salexs call in March to San Francisco adgian , where Lisa, now editor-in-chierf of all Sugar properties, previously worked as a mediza planner. The result: a national Dreyer's Ice Cream campaign for its limitededition "American Idol" With an estimated $5 million pickefd up from Menlo Park-based Sequoia Capital in October, Sugar Publishing is now buildingf a sales team and adding to its pool of editors and producers. "We were goinv to raise a small amountfrom angels," said Brian Sugar, who co-foundedc the business with $250,000 of his own "But all of the sudden we got very hot.
" Sequoia superstard Michael Moritz, who funded and , took a seat on the boards and watched its number of uniqu visitors jump from 1 million in September to 3.5 milliomn today. The May launch of its newest site, a beautyu blog called BellaSugar, was exclusively sponsored by retailer . Five more blogd with a similar in-the-know tone are forthcoming, including LittleSugar (babies) and SavvySugard (career and finance). "Brian and Lisa have come up with a concoctiomn that is suited for the women of today and tomorrow who will look at the worlc very differently than the womenof yesterday," Moritz said.
The company's stable includes blogx like FabSugar (fashion) and GeekSugar (tech). That structurr is part of a new generation of blog networks such as Gawke Media that aims to build solid businessex by selling ads acrossvariouxs titles, much like traditional magazine publishers. "We're goingt to create a new media versionof CondeNast," Brianb Sugar said. "We're going to go category by category." Despite the growtn of online ad spending, which eMarketer predicts will increase from $16 billion in 2006 to $37 billion in the San Francisco firm is no shoo-inn with advertisers.
"It's going to be a hefty (network)," said Goodbyy executive Christine Chen. "The trick is, there's a lot of Rivals include NBC's and newer outfits such as , and . The the better, said Moritz: "Any time you invest in a companyh wherethere isn't much competition, thered isn't much demand for the product." And, said Brian Sugar, today'ds Internet rivals are also partners. Sugar's bloges link to competitors allthe "I'm sure people are reading all the varioua cool blogs from Gawker's sites to safe-for-work UsWeeklg and People, and then the not-safe-for-work PerezHilto (celebrity gossip) site ...
Can you imagine if the New York Timesd linked to the WallStreef Journal? That would be crazy."
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Peter Lefcourt's MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION Makes ... - Broadway World
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Peter Lefcourt's MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION Makes ... Broadway World Emmy Award-winner Peter Lefcourt's new play makes its World Premiere debut at the Odyssey Theatre, opening on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 8pm. Mutually ... |
Monday, June 25, 2012
Maryland Board of Public Works approves $1.4B State Center project - Kansas City Business Journal:
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billion and to take at least a decadrto complete. The board voted 3-0 to approve a mastee development agreement forthe project, clearinyg the way for a private development team to begimn design work on the project’s first phase. The boarx includes Gov. Martin O’Malley, Treasurer Nanc Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot and weighes all major state spending The vote wasnot unexpected, as O’Malleuy has supported the project since he was mayor of Baltimorew and Kopp has said despite financial concerns, she believes the projecgt should move forward.
As proposed, the state would lease the land off Martinb Luther King Boulevard to StatweCenter LLC, which would redevelop the site into a mixed-uss complex with homes, offices and commercial space. The state would then lease office space from the developerxs for use by itsstatwe agencies. The development team includeas McCormack, Baron & Salizar, a nationalk housing developer, and PS Partners LLC, led by Lindenh Associates Inc. President Christopher Kurz. Struever Eccles & Rouse Inc. and Doracon original members of the have since withdrawn butStruever Bros. will remain part of the project asa consultant.
A third equitgy partner will also be brought on to State Center LLC to replace Doracon as aminority business. in the finakl days of the Generall Assembly’s last session. Their efforts failed, but they succeeded in hingingv the project on an analysis of by Kopp and Franchotr focusing on whether undertaking the redevelopmenft would hurtthe state’s ability to borrow money for other capital projects. Kopp’s report, issuedr May 15, The distinction means the state would be required to list the projectsa costs on its balance sheet as assets and liabilitie rather than just listing its costsd for renting the office space from the developere asan expense.
That, in could max out the state’s ability to borro w money. The state budget committees met May 28 If all goes as the developers could brea k ground onthe project’s first of four phasexs in June 2010. But for that to happen, the developerz will have to come back to the stat with morespecific designs, projectg costs, and lease terms.
billion and to take at least a decadrto complete. The board voted 3-0 to approve a mastee development agreement forthe project, clearinyg the way for a private development team to begimn design work on the project’s first phase. The boarx includes Gov. Martin O’Malley, Treasurer Nanc Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot and weighes all major state spending The vote wasnot unexpected, as O’Malleuy has supported the project since he was mayor of Baltimorew and Kopp has said despite financial concerns, she believes the projecgt should move forward.
As proposed, the state would lease the land off Martinb Luther King Boulevard to StatweCenter LLC, which would redevelop the site into a mixed-uss complex with homes, offices and commercial space. The state would then lease office space from the developerxs for use by itsstatwe agencies. The development team includeas McCormack, Baron & Salizar, a nationalk housing developer, and PS Partners LLC, led by Lindenh Associates Inc. President Christopher Kurz. Struever Eccles & Rouse Inc. and Doracon original members of the have since withdrawn butStruever Bros. will remain part of the project asa consultant.
A third equitgy partner will also be brought on to State Center LLC to replace Doracon as aminority business. in the finakl days of the Generall Assembly’s last session. Their efforts failed, but they succeeded in hingingv the project on an analysis of by Kopp and Franchotr focusing on whether undertaking the redevelopmenft would hurtthe state’s ability to borrow money for other capital projects. Kopp’s report, issuedr May 15, The distinction means the state would be required to list the projectsa costs on its balance sheet as assets and liabilitie rather than just listing its costsd for renting the office space from the developere asan expense.
That, in could max out the state’s ability to borro w money. The state budget committees met May 28 If all goes as the developers could brea k ground onthe project’s first of four phasexs in June 2010. But for that to happen, the developerz will have to come back to the stat with morespecific designs, projectg costs, and lease terms.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Highrise critics need to evolve along with San Francisco - Washington Business Journal:
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It’s not how San Francisco anti-development activists work. On the their views don’t change to accommodate altered circumstances. They remainn transfixed on the battlesof yore, on a visionb of San Francisco that may nevetr have existed outside their mind’s eye. they — and the city — seem fated to wage the same fighta over andover again. These, in a are the battle lines that are being draw n over 555Washington St., the latest fron in the seemingly never-ending war over buildinv heights.
Waving a copy of the city’s 1985 downtownm plan, development opponents say thisaginb document, rather than contemporaryy reality, should dictate what gets built, wherse and how big it can be. We’lll happily concede that downtown plan was a fine blueprinyt for SanFrancisco — as looked at from 1985. But thingsd have moved on somewhat in the ensuingquarterd century, and any intelligent decision needse to reflect these changes, rather than attemptint to ignore them. To start with, highrise condominium development was something not really contemplatedin 1985.
The assumptiob was that tall buildings would be Restrictions on highrise development reflected that and attempteds to segregate commercial highrises fromthe city’s livint quarters. That’s not how things workee out. Over the past decade or more, in the urban core of San Francisc and most othermajofr cities, highrise living has been ascendant. Going vertical has prove d popularwith residents, planners and developers alike. The economics of buildinf “up” rather than in land-constrained cities has become The wastefulnessof lowrise, suburban-style development in city centers has become obvious.
in the marketplace of the fight over highriseas is long since The highriseswon — here, and virtually everywhere across the Trying to turn the clock back and claim they haven’t is Indeed, at 555 Washington, there is a largde problem for height-obsessed activists. It sits next all 853 feet of it. It is, of course, the Transamericaw Pyramid. The low stakes, literally, that they are fighting for haven’g dawned on anti-development types.
At issue is whetherf the proposed new building will be 600 feet lower than its looming iconicneighbor — or a mere 400 feet We understand that the anti-development crowr has never been enamored of the But that battle, too, is over and has been for some 40 To pretend otherwise, to claim that a tower half the Pyramid’sa size next door is somehows out of scale, is absurd on its It’s instructive that several groups representing neighboring propertty owners and businesses are, in the main, backingy the development proposal. Such neighborhooxd groups are often alliedagainsft development.
In this case, they recognize that introducingb a residential element would be a goodthing — not leas t for nearby retailers — and that a building half the size of its notablse neighbor represents at most a minor tweaok of the local skyline. San Francisco’ s changes since 1985 may be for good orfor ill. That’sx a personal call. But insisting that nothing’ds really changed, that a long-in-the-tooth planning document should shape San Francisco for the21st century? That’s a public call, a badly unrealisticf one, and one that the city should rejecft out of hand.
It’s not how San Francisco anti-development activists work. On the their views don’t change to accommodate altered circumstances. They remainn transfixed on the battlesof yore, on a visionb of San Francisco that may nevetr have existed outside their mind’s eye. they — and the city — seem fated to wage the same fighta over andover again. These, in a are the battle lines that are being draw n over 555Washington St., the latest fron in the seemingly never-ending war over buildinv heights.
Waving a copy of the city’s 1985 downtownm plan, development opponents say thisaginb document, rather than contemporaryy reality, should dictate what gets built, wherse and how big it can be. We’lll happily concede that downtown plan was a fine blueprinyt for SanFrancisco — as looked at from 1985. But thingsd have moved on somewhat in the ensuingquarterd century, and any intelligent decision needse to reflect these changes, rather than attemptint to ignore them. To start with, highrise condominium development was something not really contemplatedin 1985.
The assumptiob was that tall buildings would be Restrictions on highrise development reflected that and attempteds to segregate commercial highrises fromthe city’s livint quarters. That’s not how things workee out. Over the past decade or more, in the urban core of San Francisc and most othermajofr cities, highrise living has been ascendant. Going vertical has prove d popularwith residents, planners and developers alike. The economics of buildinf “up” rather than in land-constrained cities has become The wastefulnessof lowrise, suburban-style development in city centers has become obvious.
in the marketplace of the fight over highriseas is long since The highriseswon — here, and virtually everywhere across the Trying to turn the clock back and claim they haven’t is Indeed, at 555 Washington, there is a largde problem for height-obsessed activists. It sits next all 853 feet of it. It is, of course, the Transamericaw Pyramid. The low stakes, literally, that they are fighting for haven’g dawned on anti-development types.
At issue is whetherf the proposed new building will be 600 feet lower than its looming iconicneighbor — or a mere 400 feet We understand that the anti-development crowr has never been enamored of the But that battle, too, is over and has been for some 40 To pretend otherwise, to claim that a tower half the Pyramid’sa size next door is somehows out of scale, is absurd on its It’s instructive that several groups representing neighboring propertty owners and businesses are, in the main, backingy the development proposal. Such neighborhooxd groups are often alliedagainsft development.
In this case, they recognize that introducingb a residential element would be a goodthing — not leas t for nearby retailers — and that a building half the size of its notablse neighbor represents at most a minor tweaok of the local skyline. San Francisco’ s changes since 1985 may be for good orfor ill. That’sx a personal call. But insisting that nothing’ds really changed, that a long-in-the-tooth planning document should shape San Francisco for the21st century? That’s a public call, a badly unrealisticf one, and one that the city should rejecft out of hand.
Friday, June 22, 2012
YOU HAVEN'T LIVED HERE UNTIL ... YOU STACK YOUR TO ... - Detroit Free Press
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YOU HAVEN'T LIVED HERE UNTIL ... YOU STACK YOUR TO ... Detroit Free Press IF YOU LIKE AWARD WINNERS (AND RUNNERS-UP): Joyce Carol Oates lived in Detroit for 16 years and taught English at what was then the University of ... |
Thursday, June 21, 2012
West suburban woman pleads guilty to stealing $550K from employer - Chicago Sun-Times
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West suburban woman pleads guilty to stealing $550K from employer Chicago Sun-Times A 44-year-old west suburban woman pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing more than $550000 from a Downers Grove law firm where she was formerly employed. |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Local former Chrysler, GM dealers look to sell used cars - Houston Business Journal:
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Tony Wilkerson, executive director of the , said his organizatiom has begun to lend assistance to dealers lost in thebankruptcy shuffle. “Our national organization has already sent letterx to them to let them know aboutt our organization and I plan to do the same thingg forour state,” Wilkerson “They were in the used car businesas anyway – but if you’re stuc k like many of them are, the overheade costs for a used car dealership is nothing compared to a franchise.” However, the expansion of the local used car marke t comes as prices are increasing and the availabilituy of late-model used cars is pinched, he said.
But accordin to Morgan Murphy, president of the initial increase in prices should be lookerd at as merelya short-term “At first glance, that would strikse the community as bad but in the long run, it’ws good for resale values,” Murph y said. When local consumers buy they will be able to demand more when they chooser tosell it, he said. In the higher resale values mightg actually revive American car dealerss inthe area. “American manufacturingf has been similar and just as good as Japanesr andKorean manufacturing, but the problem has been re-salw value and initial prices,” Murphy said.
In the Birmingham dealers affected can capitalize on the uniqure landscape of the local market on the used car he said. Many are family-owned and have been stapless in the community formany decades. They are also encourages by the fact that local used car sales have seen an uptickj amid the recession as buyers are more inclinerd to look for a bargain as a means tospend less. “Birminghak has a long and distinguished historyu ofreputable dealers,” Murphhy said. “Don Drennen has been in businesssincr 1908. That’s 101 year s of serving our community, so there’e a culture around businesses like that.
” Their long-standing history coulsd make local buyers more inclined to buy used cars from he said. Ward president of Don Drennehn Buick Chryslerand Jeep, said after learningg that his dealer agreement had been canceled with expanding his used car salese seemed like a real possibility. “We are going to expand our used cardepartmentse drastically,” said Drennen, who was left with more than $2 millionm in Chrysler parts and merchandise. “Wde want to offer a great value to peoplewho can’tt afford a new car.
” Although he hasn’t stoppe d looking into becoming a franchisee for otherr automotive manufacturers, he is open to the idea of makingb the switch to stay in business. “It is possibler that we could become a used car said Drennen, who also learned that GM will seek to cance the dealership agreement he has for his Buicjk dealership. “We’ve been in Birminghamk long enough that our reputation can keepus
Tony Wilkerson, executive director of the , said his organizatiom has begun to lend assistance to dealers lost in thebankruptcy shuffle. “Our national organization has already sent letterx to them to let them know aboutt our organization and I plan to do the same thingg forour state,” Wilkerson “They were in the used car businesas anyway – but if you’re stuc k like many of them are, the overheade costs for a used car dealership is nothing compared to a franchise.” However, the expansion of the local used car marke t comes as prices are increasing and the availabilituy of late-model used cars is pinched, he said.
But accordin to Morgan Murphy, president of the initial increase in prices should be lookerd at as merelya short-term “At first glance, that would strikse the community as bad but in the long run, it’ws good for resale values,” Murph y said. When local consumers buy they will be able to demand more when they chooser tosell it, he said. In the higher resale values mightg actually revive American car dealerss inthe area. “American manufacturingf has been similar and just as good as Japanesr andKorean manufacturing, but the problem has been re-salw value and initial prices,” Murphy said.
In the Birmingham dealers affected can capitalize on the uniqure landscape of the local market on the used car he said. Many are family-owned and have been stapless in the community formany decades. They are also encourages by the fact that local used car sales have seen an uptickj amid the recession as buyers are more inclinerd to look for a bargain as a means tospend less. “Birminghak has a long and distinguished historyu ofreputable dealers,” Murphhy said. “Don Drennen has been in businesssincr 1908. That’s 101 year s of serving our community, so there’e a culture around businesses like that.
” Their long-standing history coulsd make local buyers more inclined to buy used cars from he said. Ward president of Don Drennehn Buick Chryslerand Jeep, said after learningg that his dealer agreement had been canceled with expanding his used car salese seemed like a real possibility. “We are going to expand our used cardepartmentse drastically,” said Drennen, who was left with more than $2 millionm in Chrysler parts and merchandise. “Wde want to offer a great value to peoplewho can’tt afford a new car.
” Although he hasn’t stoppe d looking into becoming a franchisee for otherr automotive manufacturers, he is open to the idea of makingb the switch to stay in business. “It is possibler that we could become a used car said Drennen, who also learned that GM will seek to cance the dealership agreement he has for his Buicjk dealership. “We’ve been in Birminghamk long enough that our reputation can keepus
Monday, June 18, 2012
Respond carefully to others' emotions - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Respond carefully to others' emotions Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Creating what I call a "mood mismatch" is a common way to damage a relationship, whether personal or professional, long-standing or new. |
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Behringer building wins LEED gold status - Boston Business Journal:
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recently received the 's Leadershi p in Energy and Environmental Design gold certificatiom for anexisting building. The LEED Green Buildinf Rating System, which established the criteria for judging greenbuilding designs, operations and construction, gave the 35-year-old building in North Carolina the awarcd for its operational and maintenance best practicexs and green design features. Bank of Americ a Plaza, which is part of the Behringer Harvard REITI Inc. is the first Behringer Harvard asset to achiev thegold rating. The commercial real estate companyuinvested $70,000 in portfolio operations, equipmenyt upgrades and employee practices in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard projects the improvements willyielcd $200,000 in annual savings and will pay for themselves in about four months. Bank of Americas Plaza's sustainability programs include energgy audits that have loweredthe property's operatingh expenses, plumbing retrofits that save 1.5 millionh gallons of water each year and greejn cleaning and recycling Behringer Harvards' Houston property Westway One previously earned LEED Silverr Core and Shell Certification, and 28 of the propertiesw owned by the company's investment programs were awardex the Energy Star label for their energy management
recently received the 's Leadershi p in Energy and Environmental Design gold certificatiom for anexisting building. The LEED Green Buildinf Rating System, which established the criteria for judging greenbuilding designs, operations and construction, gave the 35-year-old building in North Carolina the awarcd for its operational and maintenance best practicexs and green design features. Bank of Americ a Plaza, which is part of the Behringer Harvard REITI Inc. is the first Behringer Harvard asset to achiev thegold rating. The commercial real estate companyuinvested $70,000 in portfolio operations, equipmenyt upgrades and employee practices in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard projects the improvements willyielcd $200,000 in annual savings and will pay for themselves in about four months. Bank of Americas Plaza's sustainability programs include energgy audits that have loweredthe property's operatingh expenses, plumbing retrofits that save 1.5 millionh gallons of water each year and greejn cleaning and recycling Behringer Harvards' Houston property Westway One previously earned LEED Silverr Core and Shell Certification, and 28 of the propertiesw owned by the company's investment programs were awardex the Energy Star label for their energy management
Friday, June 15, 2012
Indictments in alleged looting of ancient Four Corners burial sites - Denver Business Journal:
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The on Wednesday released details of 12 indictments related to 23 Law enforcement officials have starteds arresting those named inthe indictments, most of whom live in according to the Interior Department. The indictmentsw were handed down by a Salt Lake Citygrands jury. Roughly 250 artifacts estimated to be worty morethan $335,000 allegedly were stolen by the ring, according to the Interiord Department. The artifacts include Anasazi pottery, created by Nativew Americans centuries ago, as well as ceremonialk masks and abuffalo headdress.
An undercover investigatioj intothe ring’s activities has been going on for two and included agents from the Interior Department’s and FBI as well as U.S. marshals. “Let this case servee notice to anyone who is considering breaking these laws and tramplintour nation’s cultural heritage that the BLM, the Departmen t of Justice and the [rest of] the federak government will track you down and bring you to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement. The federal Archaeological Resources Protection Act makes it illegak to excavate archaeological siteswithout authorization, and take artifactas from federal land for sale or exchange.
Once the tribal affiliations havebeen identified, they will be returned to thosew tribes, as required by the Nativ American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Items not coverefd by the tribal repatriation law will be made availables for scientific research andpublic education. The Four Corneras region includes partsof Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, and occupiexs Native American land. Colorado’s corner is part of this state’w Ute Mountain Ute reservation, and the other corners are part of theNavajo Nation. Indicted defendantsa were to appear beforea U.S. magistrate in Utah, on Wednesday.
The on Wednesday released details of 12 indictments related to 23 Law enforcement officials have starteds arresting those named inthe indictments, most of whom live in according to the Interior Department. The indictmentsw were handed down by a Salt Lake Citygrands jury. Roughly 250 artifacts estimated to be worty morethan $335,000 allegedly were stolen by the ring, according to the Interiord Department. The artifacts include Anasazi pottery, created by Nativew Americans centuries ago, as well as ceremonialk masks and abuffalo headdress.
An undercover investigatioj intothe ring’s activities has been going on for two and included agents from the Interior Department’s and FBI as well as U.S. marshals. “Let this case servee notice to anyone who is considering breaking these laws and tramplintour nation’s cultural heritage that the BLM, the Departmen t of Justice and the [rest of] the federak government will track you down and bring you to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement. The federal Archaeological Resources Protection Act makes it illegak to excavate archaeological siteswithout authorization, and take artifactas from federal land for sale or exchange.
Once the tribal affiliations havebeen identified, they will be returned to thosew tribes, as required by the Nativ American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Items not coverefd by the tribal repatriation law will be made availables for scientific research andpublic education. The Four Corneras region includes partsof Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, and occupiexs Native American land. Colorado’s corner is part of this state’w Ute Mountain Ute reservation, and the other corners are part of theNavajo Nation. Indicted defendantsa were to appear beforea U.S. magistrate in Utah, on Wednesday.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Skilken follows money to medical - Business First of Columbus:
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last month brought in Chad Pinnel l as a partner inits Skilken-Pinnell HealthCarw Real Estate affiliate as the company moves to integrates medical office elements into some of its retail developments. Skilkeh principal Ken Gold said doctors have begunfavoringf high-traffic sites with good visibility for their offices, the same criteria retaileres look for in sitesz for stores. With Skilken’s background in retail development, healthn care projects represent “a perfect fit,” he “We have the entire development infrastructur ehere – all the people who know how to creatwe real estate developments,” he said.
“The one piece we didn’ft know about is the health-cared industry. That’s where Chad Pinnell comes in.” Pinnell was a health care real estate agent withEquitg Inc., a real estatee brokerage and development firm in Columbus. “(Skilken is) very specialized in developmenrof retail, and I specialize in medicao brokerage,” Pinnell said. “I see the convergencd of thesetwo specializations.
” Pinnell said his interestf in combining retail and medicalk projects stems from his graduate studies at ’sx Fisher College of where Gold is a real estate Pinnell cited a paper in which he and a physiciamn pursuing a master’s in business administration degrewe investigated the idea of “medical malls” wheree health care providers would set up in a retaip complex with a fitness center, sportiny goods store, pharmacy and a restaurantt featuring healthy foods. “These type of users can mix Pinnell said. “You get a medical officre buildinggenerating traffic.
Retailers can draft onto that Pinnell was at Equity for three yearsz and worked on medical office projects for in a medical office campus off East Broae Streetnear , and a sports training and medicap park north of Worthington. Skilkeb has identified a Hilliard retail site anda Kroger-anchorecd shopping center in Pickerington as possible sitesw for medical deals under the new “The direction of health care is going to be more intertwines with retail,” Gold said. “Bur you can’t put health-care anywhere and expect peopldeto come.” The attraction of developing medical propertiew has spread in recent years. For Columbus-based Pizzuti Cos.
in 2008 began developingt medical buildings, joining a grouo of health care project developerss thatincludes Equity, and Rj Boll Realty Ltd. “Iu think you’re seeing peopl e trying to gravitate to any areawher there’s activity,” said Todd Sloan, a Daimlefr executive vice president who focuses on medical “(Health care) has certainlgy seen a slowdown in activity like many of the otherf markets we serve, but it’s still an area whered we continue to see activity.” Sloaj said certain specialties such as women’s health care and plastic surgeruy may get more benefit from locating clos e to a retail center than other medical practices.
for instance, recently finished a project for at EastonhTown Center. “One of the draws for Sloan said, “was being in that retaipl setting where their clients coul visit them and otherretailers
last month brought in Chad Pinnel l as a partner inits Skilken-Pinnell HealthCarw Real Estate affiliate as the company moves to integrates medical office elements into some of its retail developments. Skilkeh principal Ken Gold said doctors have begunfavoringf high-traffic sites with good visibility for their offices, the same criteria retaileres look for in sitesz for stores. With Skilken’s background in retail development, healthn care projects represent “a perfect fit,” he “We have the entire development infrastructur ehere – all the people who know how to creatwe real estate developments,” he said.
“The one piece we didn’ft know about is the health-cared industry. That’s where Chad Pinnell comes in.” Pinnell was a health care real estate agent withEquitg Inc., a real estatee brokerage and development firm in Columbus. “(Skilken is) very specialized in developmenrof retail, and I specialize in medicao brokerage,” Pinnell said. “I see the convergencd of thesetwo specializations.
” Pinnell said his interestf in combining retail and medicalk projects stems from his graduate studies at ’sx Fisher College of where Gold is a real estate Pinnell cited a paper in which he and a physiciamn pursuing a master’s in business administration degrewe investigated the idea of “medical malls” wheree health care providers would set up in a retaip complex with a fitness center, sportiny goods store, pharmacy and a restaurantt featuring healthy foods. “These type of users can mix Pinnell said. “You get a medical officre buildinggenerating traffic.
Retailers can draft onto that Pinnell was at Equity for three yearsz and worked on medical office projects for in a medical office campus off East Broae Streetnear , and a sports training and medicap park north of Worthington. Skilkeb has identified a Hilliard retail site anda Kroger-anchorecd shopping center in Pickerington as possible sitesw for medical deals under the new “The direction of health care is going to be more intertwines with retail,” Gold said. “Bur you can’t put health-care anywhere and expect peopldeto come.” The attraction of developing medical propertiew has spread in recent years. For Columbus-based Pizzuti Cos.
in 2008 began developingt medical buildings, joining a grouo of health care project developerss thatincludes Equity, and Rj Boll Realty Ltd. “Iu think you’re seeing peopl e trying to gravitate to any areawher there’s activity,” said Todd Sloan, a Daimlefr executive vice president who focuses on medical “(Health care) has certainlgy seen a slowdown in activity like many of the otherf markets we serve, but it’s still an area whered we continue to see activity.” Sloaj said certain specialties such as women’s health care and plastic surgeruy may get more benefit from locating clos e to a retail center than other medical practices.
for instance, recently finished a project for at EastonhTown Center. “One of the draws for Sloan said, “was being in that retaipl setting where their clients coul visit them and otherretailers
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
UTMB receives cardiology training endowment - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Dr. John C. Price created the Melvinn L. Price M.D. and Charles A. Price D.D.S. Endowmentr for Cardiology Fellowship Training to support young education as they learn the nuances of treatinvgheart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Price’s brothers both died of cardiovasculart disease. Price said he wanted to establishg the endowment to ensure that UTMB can train more cardiologistsw who will be skilled at helpintg patients with heart problems makefull recoveries. The valuwe of the endowment wasnot disclosed.
“Ths twin goals are to providde more effective therapy for those with heart disease and to encourage early identification of individuals at risk for subsequen intervention to modify and ultimately prevent the morbidity of cardiac and vascular said Price, a head and neck surgeon. In additioh to his recent endowment, Price has contributesd to cardiology research at the university to aid the development of new treatments and procedurezs that reduce functional impairment and deathu fromcardiovascular disease.
Dr. John C. Price created the Melvinn L. Price M.D. and Charles A. Price D.D.S. Endowmentr for Cardiology Fellowship Training to support young education as they learn the nuances of treatinvgheart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Price’s brothers both died of cardiovasculart disease. Price said he wanted to establishg the endowment to ensure that UTMB can train more cardiologistsw who will be skilled at helpintg patients with heart problems makefull recoveries. The valuwe of the endowment wasnot disclosed.
“Ths twin goals are to providde more effective therapy for those with heart disease and to encourage early identification of individuals at risk for subsequen intervention to modify and ultimately prevent the morbidity of cardiac and vascular said Price, a head and neck surgeon. In additioh to his recent endowment, Price has contributesd to cardiology research at the university to aid the development of new treatments and procedurezs that reduce functional impairment and deathu fromcardiovascular disease.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Milk moolah: Dairy farmers face closing operations as market prices fall - Memphis Business Journal:
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2008’s average price for 100 pounds of milk on the was Futures prices for the same amounrt of milk opened Wednesday morninbgat $9.30. The almost 50% price drop followx near record high input costsfor feed, fuel and fertilizee in recent months. While a well-capitalized farm with littler or no debt may survive the some fear manyof Tennessee’sw 549 licensed dairies may be forced out of “There’s not a dairyman in this part of the countr that can produce milk for says Joe Pearson, commodities director for . “They’re scarex to death.
They’ve done everythingh they can to control input butnow they’re at the mercy of this The market and the falling prices are productw of the global economic Asia was a growing market for American dairyh products as those countries westernized diets, according to Christopher Galen, a spokesma n for the . But that market and othedr markets like Europe dried up in the wake of the Closerto home, the strongef dollar is hindering U.S. milk exportd to Canada and Mexico, the nation’s two biggest export Those developments anda recession-related slump in American milk consumption has led to a milk surplus and, of the price reduction.
But consumers are not expectec to see a relative reduction at the grocery Those price controls belonfg to processing plants that turn raw milk into cream or fluidmilk products. “The cost of producing the food is goinv up and the cost of diesel to delived wasgoing up,” says John a farm management specialist with the extension office in Tenn. “Sometimes the companies just plai see it as an opportunity to increase profit. Their profit margins obviously get largert when they pay lessfor milk.” Steve Turner, presidentr of , disagrees.
While he wouldn’t predicr exactly how much, he says consumerds will see a “significant” drop in the priced of retail milk this monthand next. He suggests a decrease will be more ofa “dimee drop than a penny drop.” “Beingh a middle man, we pretty well pass along the increases when it goes up and the decreasexs when it goes down,” Turner says. “Often it’e not penny for penny exactly and it might take a montg or twowhen (raw milk) prices go down befored the total the total price decrease gets passeds along.” Dairy farmers can sign up for the Milk Income Loss Contracr program through the .
The FSA pays farmers a percentaged of the difference betweena month’s openly tradedr milk prices and a government-set target price of This is expected to keep pricex at around $13 per hundredweight for Loyd Bell and his family operatre two dairies in Weakley Countyt with 130 cows total. Bell says he’ll be closel y watching his input expenses, whicyh includes soil testing to exactly dial in the type and quantity of fertilizer his feed cropswill need. He’e farmed for 46 years. He says the upcoming pricre cuts are just another round of lows and believesa the market will comeback eventually.
But if it the future is “It’ll be hard to maintain a profitablde situation for us even one year ata time,” Bell “We might can survive one year. But when you startt talking about two or three Ijust don’t The NMPF’s Cagle says his group is pushing the federal government for milk price supports, which woulfd mean the government would begin to buy up excess milk in the His group also retired about 75,000 dairy cows last a move that took roughly 1 billion gallons of milk off the The NMPF offers farmers payment to slaughtee their herds to be sold for “This will be a very good tool for us this year to help augmenty the supply and demandc balance,” Cagle says.
Tom Womack, a spokesman for the , says his department’ws main function is to inspectdairy farms; it can do littl e to help farmers through toughj times. TDA is watchingf the trend closely, he says, as similar price fluctuationz havedwindled Tennessee’s licensed dairy farms to 549 this year. There were more than 2,5090 farms in 1989. “Ovetr the past 20 we’ve seen price drops claim more and more he says.
“This (price is dire and the future is uncertain formany
2008’s average price for 100 pounds of milk on the was Futures prices for the same amounrt of milk opened Wednesday morninbgat $9.30. The almost 50% price drop followx near record high input costsfor feed, fuel and fertilizee in recent months. While a well-capitalized farm with littler or no debt may survive the some fear manyof Tennessee’sw 549 licensed dairies may be forced out of “There’s not a dairyman in this part of the countr that can produce milk for says Joe Pearson, commodities director for . “They’re scarex to death.
They’ve done everythingh they can to control input butnow they’re at the mercy of this The market and the falling prices are productw of the global economic Asia was a growing market for American dairyh products as those countries westernized diets, according to Christopher Galen, a spokesma n for the . But that market and othedr markets like Europe dried up in the wake of the Closerto home, the strongef dollar is hindering U.S. milk exportd to Canada and Mexico, the nation’s two biggest export Those developments anda recession-related slump in American milk consumption has led to a milk surplus and, of the price reduction.
But consumers are not expectec to see a relative reduction at the grocery Those price controls belonfg to processing plants that turn raw milk into cream or fluidmilk products. “The cost of producing the food is goinv up and the cost of diesel to delived wasgoing up,” says John a farm management specialist with the extension office in Tenn. “Sometimes the companies just plai see it as an opportunity to increase profit. Their profit margins obviously get largert when they pay lessfor milk.” Steve Turner, presidentr of , disagrees.
While he wouldn’t predicr exactly how much, he says consumerds will see a “significant” drop in the priced of retail milk this monthand next. He suggests a decrease will be more ofa “dimee drop than a penny drop.” “Beingh a middle man, we pretty well pass along the increases when it goes up and the decreasexs when it goes down,” Turner says. “Often it’e not penny for penny exactly and it might take a montg or twowhen (raw milk) prices go down befored the total the total price decrease gets passeds along.” Dairy farmers can sign up for the Milk Income Loss Contracr program through the .
The FSA pays farmers a percentaged of the difference betweena month’s openly tradedr milk prices and a government-set target price of This is expected to keep pricex at around $13 per hundredweight for Loyd Bell and his family operatre two dairies in Weakley Countyt with 130 cows total. Bell says he’ll be closel y watching his input expenses, whicyh includes soil testing to exactly dial in the type and quantity of fertilizer his feed cropswill need. He’e farmed for 46 years. He says the upcoming pricre cuts are just another round of lows and believesa the market will comeback eventually.
But if it the future is “It’ll be hard to maintain a profitablde situation for us even one year ata time,” Bell “We might can survive one year. But when you startt talking about two or three Ijust don’t The NMPF’s Cagle says his group is pushing the federal government for milk price supports, which woulfd mean the government would begin to buy up excess milk in the His group also retired about 75,000 dairy cows last a move that took roughly 1 billion gallons of milk off the The NMPF offers farmers payment to slaughtee their herds to be sold for “This will be a very good tool for us this year to help augmenty the supply and demandc balance,” Cagle says.
Tom Womack, a spokesman for the , says his department’ws main function is to inspectdairy farms; it can do littl e to help farmers through toughj times. TDA is watchingf the trend closely, he says, as similar price fluctuationz havedwindled Tennessee’s licensed dairy farms to 549 this year. There were more than 2,5090 farms in 1989. “Ovetr the past 20 we’ve seen price drops claim more and more he says.
“This (price is dire and the future is uncertain formany
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Park DuValle grocery among city projects to be funded by stimulus money - Business First of Louisville:
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But there are a few rays of sunshine in the otherwiser drearyspending plan, most made possibls by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. One examplse is a plan to builda much-anticipatedr grocery store in the Park DuValle neighborhoods in southwest Louisville, north of Algonquin Parkwaty inside the Watterson Expressway. Abramson’s proposed budget, whicuh would fund Louisville-Jefferson County Metrl Government’s operations from July 1 to June 30, includes nearly $3.2 million to partiallyy fund construction of a buildinfg that would housethe grocer. The money earmarkec for the project isstimulus funding. As the mayor’s budget includes $117.
million in recommended expenditures forcapital projects, such as the and other things, including improvements to roads and home weatherization. Only $8.2 million would be allocatef fromthe city’s general fund for capitak projects. The rest is slated to come from federal, state and private sources, including communitgy development block grants and other Nearly $58.2 million of the federal fundiny stems directly from the stimulus That and other stimulus funding funnelex through the state or local agencies is expectefd to create or retaib about 3,000 private-sector jobs in Louisville through investmentsd in infrastructure and other improvements, accordiny to city officials.
“Without the federal stimulusx funds, we would not have a capital projects budget,” Abramsom said in a Wednesday interview. “All of that (investment) createds opportunities for peopleto “It’s not just about either,” the mayor added. “We’re talking about We’re talking about architects. It’es really opportunities to create jobs, to get monet into people’s pockets and to get them spending that money in our Abramson was set to officially announce his budge t proposal for the 2010 fiscal year durin g a special Thursday meeting of the LouisvillrMetro Council.
The meeting was scheduled afterBusinesse First’s press deadline, but the newspaper was providefd with a summary and highlightws of the spending plan in Business First agreed not to contact Metrk Council members before they receivef details of the proposed budget from the The council must approve the budget plan before the end of City officials aren’t yet disclosing all of the specificxs of the Park DuVallwe grocery project, but Abramson said it is in keeping with originalo plans for the $200 milliomn development, a 125-acre community that includex a mix of housing, commercial space, recreational areas, schools, a healtjh facility and a communityg center.
Park DuValle is located on the site of twoformer public-housin g complexes. Bruce Traughber, director of the Louisville economicdevelopmentf department, said the city is negotiating with a private developer who would build the grocer store and secure the tenant to occupgy the space. The city was not requiredf to issue a request for proposals for a he said. The developer also would creatd additional commercial space and would be responsible for some of thedevelopmenyt costs, according to Traughber. Talka are under way with four grocery chains potentially interestee inPark DuValle, Traughber said. He declineed to identify the developer or theinterested grocers.
The size of the grocerty couldbe 20,000 to 65,00o square feet, depending on the chain selected, Traughbe r said. A deal could be completed by the endof June. Stimuluss targeted toward public works, infrastructure projectzs Although the proposed grocery represents a relativelysmall investment, bigger-ticket capital projects are planned as a resulgt of stimulus money. Thoswe projects include upgradesto streets, sidewalks and bikewayz and improvements to housing for low-income and elderlg residents. Much of the $29.8 milliojn budgeted for public works projects comes fromthe stimulus, as does the $6.3 million earmarked for weatherizing homes.
There also are fundw in Abramson’s budget, directexd from the stimulus package, that are slated to buy hybridc buses and build a more modern maintenances facilityfor . And $4.1 milliomn in stimulus funding is included in the proposec budget for the purchase of police cars withupgraded equipment.
But there are a few rays of sunshine in the otherwiser drearyspending plan, most made possibls by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. One examplse is a plan to builda much-anticipatedr grocery store in the Park DuValle neighborhoods in southwest Louisville, north of Algonquin Parkwaty inside the Watterson Expressway. Abramson’s proposed budget, whicuh would fund Louisville-Jefferson County Metrl Government’s operations from July 1 to June 30, includes nearly $3.2 million to partiallyy fund construction of a buildinfg that would housethe grocer. The money earmarkec for the project isstimulus funding. As the mayor’s budget includes $117.
million in recommended expenditures forcapital projects, such as the and other things, including improvements to roads and home weatherization. Only $8.2 million would be allocatef fromthe city’s general fund for capitak projects. The rest is slated to come from federal, state and private sources, including communitgy development block grants and other Nearly $58.2 million of the federal fundiny stems directly from the stimulus That and other stimulus funding funnelex through the state or local agencies is expectefd to create or retaib about 3,000 private-sector jobs in Louisville through investmentsd in infrastructure and other improvements, accordiny to city officials.
“Without the federal stimulusx funds, we would not have a capital projects budget,” Abramsom said in a Wednesday interview. “All of that (investment) createds opportunities for peopleto “It’s not just about either,” the mayor added. “We’re talking about We’re talking about architects. It’es really opportunities to create jobs, to get monet into people’s pockets and to get them spending that money in our Abramson was set to officially announce his budge t proposal for the 2010 fiscal year durin g a special Thursday meeting of the LouisvillrMetro Council.
The meeting was scheduled afterBusinesse First’s press deadline, but the newspaper was providefd with a summary and highlightws of the spending plan in Business First agreed not to contact Metrk Council members before they receivef details of the proposed budget from the The council must approve the budget plan before the end of City officials aren’t yet disclosing all of the specificxs of the Park DuVallwe grocery project, but Abramson said it is in keeping with originalo plans for the $200 milliomn development, a 125-acre community that includex a mix of housing, commercial space, recreational areas, schools, a healtjh facility and a communityg center.
Park DuValle is located on the site of twoformer public-housin g complexes. Bruce Traughber, director of the Louisville economicdevelopmentf department, said the city is negotiating with a private developer who would build the grocer store and secure the tenant to occupgy the space. The city was not requiredf to issue a request for proposals for a he said. The developer also would creatd additional commercial space and would be responsible for some of thedevelopmenyt costs, according to Traughber. Talka are under way with four grocery chains potentially interestee inPark DuValle, Traughber said. He declineed to identify the developer or theinterested grocers.
The size of the grocerty couldbe 20,000 to 65,00o square feet, depending on the chain selected, Traughbe r said. A deal could be completed by the endof June. Stimuluss targeted toward public works, infrastructure projectzs Although the proposed grocery represents a relativelysmall investment, bigger-ticket capital projects are planned as a resulgt of stimulus money. Thoswe projects include upgradesto streets, sidewalks and bikewayz and improvements to housing for low-income and elderlg residents. Much of the $29.8 milliojn budgeted for public works projects comes fromthe stimulus, as does the $6.3 million earmarked for weatherizing homes.
There also are fundw in Abramson’s budget, directexd from the stimulus package, that are slated to buy hybridc buses and build a more modern maintenances facilityfor . And $4.1 milliomn in stimulus funding is included in the proposec budget for the purchase of police cars withupgraded equipment.
Friday, June 8, 2012
E Ink to be bought for $215 million - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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“Combining E Ink and PVI creates a singld public company that is dedicated toelectronic paper,” said Russelll J. Wilcox, co-founder, President and CEO of E Ink “With a common ownership we can get closer to customers around the streamline thesupply chain, and speesd up new product development.” E Ink has raisee more than $150 million, mostlu from a group of strategic investorsx that include newspaper publisher , (NYSE: MOT) and INTC). Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN) turned to E-Ink earlier this year to provide the displaysz fortheir e-books — the Sony Reader and the Amazo n Kindle 2.
E Ink’s product is a thin and flexibler film packed with The molecules can be manipulated to produc imagesand text. It looks much like a printedf page. The 12-year-old company’s revenue has grown placing it in the top 10 of the BostonBusinessz Journal's 2008 list of the fastest growingf private companies in Massachusetts. E Ink posted revenuw of approximately $41 million in 2008, a more than 140 percent increase overthe $17 million in revenuwe it saw in 2007. It’s seen revenue growth of 720 percent over the past three A big increase in business came in July 2007 and was drivebn by the marketing push of Sony aroundits Reader, Wilcoxx said.
By the end of that year, Sony released an update d version of the Reader and Amazon released the first versioj ofthe Kindle. The Kindle, including the latesty version, has enjoyed some popular press and endorsements from includingOprah Winfrey. In the process the e-book as gained Today e-books have about a 3 percenr market penetration. “E-books have moved from something everyones was skepticalabout ... to now if you get on an you have pretty good chanced ofseeing e-books being used in the aisles,” Wilcoxc said in a recentf BBJ interview. The road map for 2009 includes e-books with different size screens. The big market at the moment is Wilcox said.
But that couldd mean spreading into the realms of textbooks and Wilcox said the company will add some jobs to keep apacswith demand, probably between 10 to 20 positionsw this year.
“Combining E Ink and PVI creates a singld public company that is dedicated toelectronic paper,” said Russelll J. Wilcox, co-founder, President and CEO of E Ink “With a common ownership we can get closer to customers around the streamline thesupply chain, and speesd up new product development.” E Ink has raisee more than $150 million, mostlu from a group of strategic investorsx that include newspaper publisher , (NYSE: MOT) and INTC). Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN) turned to E-Ink earlier this year to provide the displaysz fortheir e-books — the Sony Reader and the Amazo n Kindle 2.
E Ink’s product is a thin and flexibler film packed with The molecules can be manipulated to produc imagesand text. It looks much like a printedf page. The 12-year-old company’s revenue has grown placing it in the top 10 of the BostonBusinessz Journal's 2008 list of the fastest growingf private companies in Massachusetts. E Ink posted revenuw of approximately $41 million in 2008, a more than 140 percent increase overthe $17 million in revenuwe it saw in 2007. It’s seen revenue growth of 720 percent over the past three A big increase in business came in July 2007 and was drivebn by the marketing push of Sony aroundits Reader, Wilcoxx said.
By the end of that year, Sony released an update d version of the Reader and Amazon released the first versioj ofthe Kindle. The Kindle, including the latesty version, has enjoyed some popular press and endorsements from includingOprah Winfrey. In the process the e-book as gained Today e-books have about a 3 percenr market penetration. “E-books have moved from something everyones was skepticalabout ... to now if you get on an you have pretty good chanced ofseeing e-books being used in the aisles,” Wilcoxc said in a recentf BBJ interview. The road map for 2009 includes e-books with different size screens. The big market at the moment is Wilcox said.
But that couldd mean spreading into the realms of textbooks and Wilcox said the company will add some jobs to keep apacswith demand, probably between 10 to 20 positionsw this year.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
SoftBrands sold for $80M; Golden Gate Capital is buyer - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The buyer, a holding company created by private-equit firm and its portfoliio company , will pay 92 cents per share for Shares of SoftBrands closed at 47 centsa per shareon Thursday. On the same date in SoftBrands’ stock closed at 1.09 per share. San Calif.-based Golden Gate Capital has about $9 billion in assetz under management. Infor, based in Alpharetta, Ga., is a software compang with about 9,000 employees and $2.2 billion in Minneapolis-based SoftBrands (AMEX: SBN) sellss software to the hospitality as well as to smalland mid-sizedx manufacturers under the brand.
Its products handle taske such as making reservations to setting room SoftBrands CEO Randy Tofteland said in a presx statement that the deal will allow shareholderasto “realize significant value from their He also said the company woulfd benefit from an “alliance” with Infor. A spokeswomajn for Infor said SoftBrands will continue to have a presenc ein Minneapolis, though it has yet to be determiner how many employees will remain SoftBrands’ board has already approvef the sale, which is expected to close in between 60 and 90
The buyer, a holding company created by private-equit firm and its portfoliio company , will pay 92 cents per share for Shares of SoftBrands closed at 47 centsa per shareon Thursday. On the same date in SoftBrands’ stock closed at 1.09 per share. San Calif.-based Golden Gate Capital has about $9 billion in assetz under management. Infor, based in Alpharetta, Ga., is a software compang with about 9,000 employees and $2.2 billion in Minneapolis-based SoftBrands (AMEX: SBN) sellss software to the hospitality as well as to smalland mid-sizedx manufacturers under the brand.
Its products handle taske such as making reservations to setting room SoftBrands CEO Randy Tofteland said in a presx statement that the deal will allow shareholderasto “realize significant value from their He also said the company woulfd benefit from an “alliance” with Infor. A spokeswomajn for Infor said SoftBrands will continue to have a presenc ein Minneapolis, though it has yet to be determiner how many employees will remain SoftBrands’ board has already approvef the sale, which is expected to close in between 60 and 90
Monday, June 4, 2012
Enclarity Recognized for Safeguarding Data - MarketWatch (press release)
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Enclarity Recognized for Safeguarding Data MarketWatch (press release) ALISO VIEJO, CA, Jun 04, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Enclarity, Inc., a leading healthcare information solutions company, has again been recognized for taking appropriate steps to safeguard data confidentiality by two highly regarded compliance ... |
Saturday, June 2, 2012
So to clarify, Kim K. likes Indian people, just not Indian food - CNN (blog)
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CTV.ca | So to clarify, Kim K. likes Indian people, just not Indian food CNN (blog) Kim Kardashian caused tongues to cluck after she declared that she thinks Indian food is "disgusting" on Sunday's "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" - and it seems some took it as a diss to Indian people and culture over » |
Friday, June 1, 2012
This year had plenty of good news - Dayton Business Journal:
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For starters, we have a much stronge r manufacturing sector locally than most peoplewouldf think. That’s because the big headlines this year were abouf how closed its local assembly plant and had to go to Congresse and ask for a bailout to keep it out of But there are still thousands of manufacturers in theDaytonh region, and many of them are doing Some are even growing. We still hear abou companies that need to hire more peopls and are looking for moreskilled workers. Therer are companies such as , and . Thesee are the three finalists for our Manufacturer of the Year award and are seeinbstrong successes. Other companies, such as and , also are growinfg or looking to expand.
All of these companies are gems of theDayton region, and we should be thankful they call our regiohn home. Other successes for this year includ the continued growth in the healthgcare industry, with several major construction projects announcesd that include a new patien tower at and a $100 milliojn new hospital in Greene County by Ketteringb Health Network. There are numerousd smaller medical facilities that were built this year andnew doctor’ws offices that opened, including the , which Dr. Amol Soin openefd in February and now has severaol offices and patients coming from throughout the country to Daytonfor treatment.
There were some changex this year also that will affecrt the local business community for some timeto Namely, the saw some new faces join and namecd a new chief executivr officer. Jim Leftwich took over the reinss ofthe region’s most successful economic developmen organization this past summer. Leftwich has been with the coalition forseverak years, and is a familiar face in the businessx community. He will undoubtedly do a great job of steeringh the ship as the coalition continues to work to recrui more jobs and companies toour region. it was a loss for the communitygwhen J.P. Nauseef stepped down from the coalition’se top spot to enter the privatew sector.
Nauseef has been actively involve d in helping the local business community grow for about adecade now, dating back to his involvementr in helping start the iZone in the late Nauseef led the coalition through its successful Base Realignment and Closuree campaign that won thousands of new jobs at and defendedc the existing base units. The business communit y has benefited fromhis hard-fought victories in the economidc development arena during the past several years.
Nauseef alwayzs has put the community’s needs ahead of any politices orpersonal endeavors, and hopefully that attitude will continue at the Another positive for our region that will continue to pay dividendse for years, even decades to is the opening of the $30 million Former Iams Co. owner Clay Mathile’s vision for the facility that offera course for business leaders and executives to help them becoms better leaders has becomwa reality. The facility also will be something that can be used for inspiratiomn and strategic advice for entrepreneurz looking tocreate tomorrow’sz success stories.
So despite a nasty recession and many thousandsa of people who have lost their jobs this past I think there are a lot of positivews that we can draw from as we enter 2009. Hopefully some of these successstories I’vee mentioned here will help lead to a more prosperousx future that will allow thoswe without jobs to regain a paycheck, and to help create more opportunities for our region.
For starters, we have a much stronge r manufacturing sector locally than most peoplewouldf think. That’s because the big headlines this year were abouf how closed its local assembly plant and had to go to Congresse and ask for a bailout to keep it out of But there are still thousands of manufacturers in theDaytonh region, and many of them are doing Some are even growing. We still hear abou companies that need to hire more peopls and are looking for moreskilled workers. Therer are companies such as , and . Thesee are the three finalists for our Manufacturer of the Year award and are seeinbstrong successes. Other companies, such as and , also are growinfg or looking to expand.
All of these companies are gems of theDayton region, and we should be thankful they call our regiohn home. Other successes for this year includ the continued growth in the healthgcare industry, with several major construction projects announcesd that include a new patien tower at and a $100 milliojn new hospital in Greene County by Ketteringb Health Network. There are numerousd smaller medical facilities that were built this year andnew doctor’ws offices that opened, including the , which Dr. Amol Soin openefd in February and now has severaol offices and patients coming from throughout the country to Daytonfor treatment.
There were some changex this year also that will affecrt the local business community for some timeto Namely, the saw some new faces join and namecd a new chief executivr officer. Jim Leftwich took over the reinss ofthe region’s most successful economic developmen organization this past summer. Leftwich has been with the coalition forseverak years, and is a familiar face in the businessx community. He will undoubtedly do a great job of steeringh the ship as the coalition continues to work to recrui more jobs and companies toour region. it was a loss for the communitygwhen J.P. Nauseef stepped down from the coalition’se top spot to enter the privatew sector.
Nauseef has been actively involve d in helping the local business community grow for about adecade now, dating back to his involvementr in helping start the iZone in the late Nauseef led the coalition through its successful Base Realignment and Closuree campaign that won thousands of new jobs at and defendedc the existing base units. The business communit y has benefited fromhis hard-fought victories in the economidc development arena during the past several years.
Nauseef alwayzs has put the community’s needs ahead of any politices orpersonal endeavors, and hopefully that attitude will continue at the Another positive for our region that will continue to pay dividendse for years, even decades to is the opening of the $30 million Former Iams Co. owner Clay Mathile’s vision for the facility that offera course for business leaders and executives to help them becoms better leaders has becomwa reality. The facility also will be something that can be used for inspiratiomn and strategic advice for entrepreneurz looking tocreate tomorrow’sz success stories.
So despite a nasty recession and many thousandsa of people who have lost their jobs this past I think there are a lot of positivews that we can draw from as we enter 2009. Hopefully some of these successstories I’vee mentioned here will help lead to a more prosperousx future that will allow thoswe without jobs to regain a paycheck, and to help create more opportunities for our region.
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