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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finishexd the trading dayat 8,740.87, up 19.43 pointsw (0.22 percent). The S&P 500 closexd at 944.74, up 1.87 points (0.2 The NASDAQ Composite finished at up 8.12 points (0.44 percent). Amongt actively traded Colorado Englewood-based outsourcing company TeleTech Holdings ledthe day’s gainers, up 8.07 percent ($1.02) to closr at $13.66. • (TAP) — Up 3.83 percent ($1.71) to • Corp. (BLL) — Up 3.66 percent to $43.60. • (Q) Up 3.23 percent (14 cents) to • Liberty Media Interactive (LINTA), a trackinfg stock of — Up 1.92 percent (12 to $6.38.
Among actively traded Colorado stocks that declinedr on the daywas , down 8.21 percent (76 cents) to closwe at $8.50. • (DCT) Down 8.12 percent (38 cents) to $4.30. • (WU) — Down 5.41 percenft (98 cents) to $17.15. • (GSS) Down 3 percent (7 cents) to $2.26. (IPI) — Down 3 percent ($1.01) to $32.64.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
People on the Move: June 22 - The Business Review (Albany):
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Stephanie Williamson has been named director of marketingh and business development with MatrixDesign Cos. in the Matric Settles office in Arlington. in D.C. named Brian Judis senior project manager for its hospitality Judis brings 15 years of experiences managing large hospitality projects to the CORE Most recently associatedwith , wherer he was the director of capital expenditures, Judis implemented capita investment projects upwards of $70 million annualluy and was the lead manager for the designn and construction of numerous hotel projecta throughout the U.S. Judi has worked with a wide range of hotel brands but notlimited to, Swisshotel, , Hyatt, , and Ritz-Carlton.
Recently, he completerd the renovation tothe lobby, rotunda bar and restaurantt of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Other recent projects include the management of the design and constructionh at the HyattCapitol Hill, JW Marriott, Key Bridgee Marriott, Four Seasons Philadelphia, and Ritz-Carlton Tysons Scott Boos , senior policy adviser to Sen. Arlenj Specter, D-Pa., has been named the new deputhy director ofthe . Boos has more than sevenj years of legislative and policy experience gained durin his tenurein Specter’s office and as staff director of the U.S.
Senate Steel In the Senate, Boos focused on a broadd range of issuesincluding manufacturing, trade, climate change, budget, appropriations, tax, telecom, housing, financial servicexs and other business-related issues. As stafg director of the bipartisan U.S. Senatee Steel Caucus, he worked to promote the healthg and stability of the domestic steel as well as the interests ofits workforce. The of D.C. namefd Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer as director of the Project. She is an experiencedx appellate litigator who comes to Legao Aid after nine years at Litigation where she madethree U.S.
Supreme Court argumentw and numerous others before appellate courtss throughout the country in cases involvin g theFirst Amendment, access to the courts, and consumetr health and safety, among other issues. Prior to her positionm at Public Citizen, she worked for Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2000 and was an associate at the law firm of LLP and a teachingv fellow at the Law Center AppellateLitigationh Clinic. The in Fairfax named Tiffany Singleton tothe organization’s newlh created position of director of social entrepreneurship programs.
Singleton will be responsibld for overseeingthe design, development and implementationn of UNCF social entrepreneurship programs, while engaging stakeholders to develol a multiyear strategy for introducing a greatet number of young African Americans to sociak entrepreneurship — the application of business management practices and innovatioh to social reform efforts. In addition to overseeing the design and implementation of UNCF social entrepreneurship Singleton will cultivate and sustaim strategic partnerships and collaborations with leading social entrepreneurs andtheif organizations, and organize structurecd discussions with key stakeholders, ultimately establishing a nationalo advisory committee of social entrepreneurs, academic, and social venture philanthropistws who can provide ongoing guidance to UNCF.
has promotex Paul McManus to assistantvice president. who joined the bank in 2006, is a financial center leader at 1470Rockvillwe Pike. Francis P. Nelson has been promotedf to administrative vice presidentat . Nelsonm joined M&T in 1992. He is responsiblre for leading and managing a retail sales and operations team for thePrinces George’s County region. in Rockville has named Davifd E. Perkins as its new chief technology Perkinsjoins NIHFCU’s newly appointecd CEO Juli Anne Callis to lead the credit union’xs renewed focus on technologicv innovation and delivery. Perkinws previsouly worked at .
Over a 13-year careerf at SECU, with the last five as CIO, accomplishments include the completion of two core implementation of new loan online banking and collection systems and the migration of new Cardinal Bank announced the promotiona ofAndrew J. Peden to senior vice president, Katier L. Golden to vice president and James N. Estep to assistantf vice president. Peden will oversee the relationship managemenft of developers and real estate with a primary focuson acquisition, construction financing and commercia l development, including special use propertieds such as golf courses and churches. He began his lendingf career at Cardinal Bank in 2000 as acredir analyst.
Golden will continue to oversee the relationshil management of buildersand developers, primarily in the areads of commercial development, project financing, acquisitions and clientr development. Golden joined Cardinal Bank in 2004 in real estat e administration and currently manages the lending supporyt unit for the commercial realestate group. Estep remains dedicated to smallbusinessw lending, SBA guaranteed lending and businesz development. Estep began his financial services career at Cardina Bank in 2004 inretail lending. C. Fox Communicationa in Silver Spring named Tina McCormack as senior publicdrelations associate, and Julie Feldman as publicv relations associate. in D.C.
namedr David W. Whitmore as chief operating officer andgeneral counsel. Whitmore comes to Levic k with more than 25 years of financialo andoperational experience. He has spent the lion’ds share of his career in the communications working withpublic relations, public affairs, lobbying and advertisint firms. Before joining Levick, Whitmore was executivew vice president ofin D.C. with operationalo responsibility forthe firm’sd public affairs, government relations, crisis management, and issues management practice groups. Prior to Whitmore provided communications and management counsel to numerousd clientsin D.C., Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
At , Whitmored variously served as executive vice chieffinancial officer, chief operating officer and generalo counsel. announced the hiring of Brian Brobst as vice president of businessd developmentin Reston. Brobst, a 20-plues year engineering and constructionindustryy veteran, will be charged with expandinfg the firm’s presence in the high-density power and computing inclusive of finance, telecommunications, commercial data centers and governmentg agencies. Brobst was previously employed by as critical facilittservices principal.
Prior to that, he servedx as principal and Eastern region director of businesse developmentfor
Stephanie Williamson has been named director of marketingh and business development with MatrixDesign Cos. in the Matric Settles office in Arlington. in D.C. named Brian Judis senior project manager for its hospitality Judis brings 15 years of experiences managing large hospitality projects to the CORE Most recently associatedwith , wherer he was the director of capital expenditures, Judis implemented capita investment projects upwards of $70 million annualluy and was the lead manager for the designn and construction of numerous hotel projecta throughout the U.S. Judi has worked with a wide range of hotel brands but notlimited to, Swisshotel, , Hyatt, , and Ritz-Carlton.
Recently, he completerd the renovation tothe lobby, rotunda bar and restaurantt of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Other recent projects include the management of the design and constructionh at the HyattCapitol Hill, JW Marriott, Key Bridgee Marriott, Four Seasons Philadelphia, and Ritz-Carlton Tysons Scott Boos , senior policy adviser to Sen. Arlenj Specter, D-Pa., has been named the new deputhy director ofthe . Boos has more than sevenj years of legislative and policy experience gained durin his tenurein Specter’s office and as staff director of the U.S.
Senate Steel In the Senate, Boos focused on a broadd range of issuesincluding manufacturing, trade, climate change, budget, appropriations, tax, telecom, housing, financial servicexs and other business-related issues. As stafg director of the bipartisan U.S. Senatee Steel Caucus, he worked to promote the healthg and stability of the domestic steel as well as the interests ofits workforce. The of D.C. namefd Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer as director of the Project. She is an experiencedx appellate litigator who comes to Legao Aid after nine years at Litigation where she madethree U.S.
Supreme Court argumentw and numerous others before appellate courtss throughout the country in cases involvin g theFirst Amendment, access to the courts, and consumetr health and safety, among other issues. Prior to her positionm at Public Citizen, she worked for Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2000 and was an associate at the law firm of LLP and a teachingv fellow at the Law Center AppellateLitigationh Clinic. The in Fairfax named Tiffany Singleton tothe organization’s newlh created position of director of social entrepreneurship programs.
Singleton will be responsibld for overseeingthe design, development and implementationn of UNCF social entrepreneurship programs, while engaging stakeholders to develol a multiyear strategy for introducing a greatet number of young African Americans to sociak entrepreneurship — the application of business management practices and innovatioh to social reform efforts. In addition to overseeing the design and implementation of UNCF social entrepreneurship Singleton will cultivate and sustaim strategic partnerships and collaborations with leading social entrepreneurs andtheif organizations, and organize structurecd discussions with key stakeholders, ultimately establishing a nationalo advisory committee of social entrepreneurs, academic, and social venture philanthropistws who can provide ongoing guidance to UNCF.
has promotex Paul McManus to assistantvice president. who joined the bank in 2006, is a financial center leader at 1470Rockvillwe Pike. Francis P. Nelson has been promotedf to administrative vice presidentat . Nelsonm joined M&T in 1992. He is responsiblre for leading and managing a retail sales and operations team for thePrinces George’s County region. in Rockville has named Davifd E. Perkins as its new chief technology Perkinsjoins NIHFCU’s newly appointecd CEO Juli Anne Callis to lead the credit union’xs renewed focus on technologicv innovation and delivery. Perkinws previsouly worked at .
Over a 13-year careerf at SECU, with the last five as CIO, accomplishments include the completion of two core implementation of new loan online banking and collection systems and the migration of new Cardinal Bank announced the promotiona ofAndrew J. Peden to senior vice president, Katier L. Golden to vice president and James N. Estep to assistantf vice president. Peden will oversee the relationship managemenft of developers and real estate with a primary focuson acquisition, construction financing and commercia l development, including special use propertieds such as golf courses and churches. He began his lendingf career at Cardinal Bank in 2000 as acredir analyst.
Golden will continue to oversee the relationshil management of buildersand developers, primarily in the areads of commercial development, project financing, acquisitions and clientr development. Golden joined Cardinal Bank in 2004 in real estat e administration and currently manages the lending supporyt unit for the commercial realestate group. Estep remains dedicated to smallbusinessw lending, SBA guaranteed lending and businesz development. Estep began his financial services career at Cardina Bank in 2004 inretail lending. C. Fox Communicationa in Silver Spring named Tina McCormack as senior publicdrelations associate, and Julie Feldman as publicv relations associate. in D.C.
namedr David W. Whitmore as chief operating officer andgeneral counsel. Whitmore comes to Levic k with more than 25 years of financialo andoperational experience. He has spent the lion’ds share of his career in the communications working withpublic relations, public affairs, lobbying and advertisint firms. Before joining Levick, Whitmore was executivew vice president ofin D.C. with operationalo responsibility forthe firm’sd public affairs, government relations, crisis management, and issues management practice groups. Prior to Whitmore provided communications and management counsel to numerousd clientsin D.C., Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
At , Whitmored variously served as executive vice chieffinancial officer, chief operating officer and generalo counsel. announced the hiring of Brian Brobst as vice president of businessd developmentin Reston. Brobst, a 20-plues year engineering and constructionindustryy veteran, will be charged with expandinfg the firm’s presence in the high-density power and computing inclusive of finance, telecommunications, commercial data centers and governmentg agencies. Brobst was previously employed by as critical facilittservices principal.
Prior to that, he servedx as principal and Eastern region director of businesse developmentfor
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Corefino gets $13.6M in 1st funding round - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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million in a first round of Sunnyvale-based Corefino said the round was co-led by and , both locater in Menlo Park. The fundas will underwrite further developmentt and marketingof Corefino'z product suite. The company said it combines online financial softwar e with a team of accounting and financiakprofessionals "to give customerds the benefits of best practices without all the inherent software and operating costs of an in-housed accounting department.
" Carl Showalter of Opus Capitak said, "Corefino's decision to consolidate Web-based accountingg tools and human expertise into a single offering is an innovation that enables mid-sized companies to focus on running and buildingy their business instead of keeping the books. We believew this business model holdsa tremendous promise for its ability to leverage both technology and live professionap support from asinglee source." Both Showalter and Neal Dempsey of Bay Partners will also join the Corefinol board of directors.
million in a first round of Sunnyvale-based Corefino said the round was co-led by and , both locater in Menlo Park. The fundas will underwrite further developmentt and marketingof Corefino'z product suite. The company said it combines online financial softwar e with a team of accounting and financiakprofessionals "to give customerds the benefits of best practices without all the inherent software and operating costs of an in-housed accounting department.
" Carl Showalter of Opus Capitak said, "Corefino's decision to consolidate Web-based accountingg tools and human expertise into a single offering is an innovation that enables mid-sized companies to focus on running and buildingy their business instead of keeping the books. We believew this business model holdsa tremendous promise for its ability to leverage both technology and live professionap support from asinglee source." Both Showalter and Neal Dempsey of Bay Partners will also join the Corefinol board of directors.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Progress Energy grows profit as customer count drops in Florida - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Progress Energy posted first-quarter earnings of $182 million, or 66 centz per share, down from $209 or 80 cents per in the year-ago period, according to a statement. Analystse polled by estimated earningxs of 61 cents per Increased sales of electricity on the wholesales market helped ProgressEnerggy (NYSE: PGN) boost revenue to $2.44 up from $2.07 billion in the year-ag o quarter. Progress Energy Florida reported earningd of 32 centsper share, up from 26 centsw per share in the year-ago The Florida subsidiary also reported an averagew net loss of 8,00p customers in the first quarter.
Progress Energy’s operatiohn in North Carolina, however, posteds an average net increasesof 18,000 customers. “In the midsyt of this economic slowdown, we delivered solidc financial results in the first quarter by living within our meanzs and aggressively managingour business,” Bill Progress Energy’s chairman, president and chief executivw office, said in a writtenh statement. Strong residential sales in the Carolinas and favorablee wholesale contracts offset the continued weaknessin Florida’s retaiol and industrial sectors, Johnson said.
In othetr related news, Progress Energy Floridsa expects to complete the change over of its Bartoaw plant from oil to naturao gasin June. And it’s continuing to upgrade environmenta l and efficiency work at the CrystalRiver
Progress Energy posted first-quarter earnings of $182 million, or 66 centz per share, down from $209 or 80 cents per in the year-ago period, according to a statement. Analystse polled by estimated earningxs of 61 cents per Increased sales of electricity on the wholesales market helped ProgressEnerggy (NYSE: PGN) boost revenue to $2.44 up from $2.07 billion in the year-ag o quarter. Progress Energy Florida reported earningd of 32 centsper share, up from 26 centsw per share in the year-ago The Florida subsidiary also reported an averagew net loss of 8,00p customers in the first quarter.
Progress Energy’s operatiohn in North Carolina, however, posteds an average net increasesof 18,000 customers. “In the midsyt of this economic slowdown, we delivered solidc financial results in the first quarter by living within our meanzs and aggressively managingour business,” Bill Progress Energy’s chairman, president and chief executivw office, said in a writtenh statement. Strong residential sales in the Carolinas and favorablee wholesale contracts offset the continued weaknessin Florida’s retaiol and industrial sectors, Johnson said.
In othetr related news, Progress Energy Floridsa expects to complete the change over of its Bartoaw plant from oil to naturao gasin June. And it’s continuing to upgrade environmenta l and efficiency work at the CrystalRiver
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Price Chopper shoppers can save money at Sunoco - Business First of Buffalo:
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region can now save on gasoline for their car when they spenf money in thesupermarket chain. Price Chopper has teamexd up with more than 70 stations to offeeFuel AdvantEdge, a program that has been available for more than two years in other areas serviced by the grocery chain. Consumers can save 10 centz per gallon at participating Sunocop stations forevery $50 of qualified groceriea they purchase. The points/dollars can be accumulated overa 90-dayy period and spent on up to 20 gallons of gas.
Sunoc customers in other areaa have saved upwards of 50 cent to60 cents, and even $1 or more per through the program, accordingv to Jeff Hassman, channel marketing manager for the gas The number of participating stationws will grow, said Neil president and CEO of Price Chopper. Customersz must use their Price Chopper AdvantEdge card to qualify for the The supermarket automatically tracks the purchases that can be appliexd toward the fuelsavingz program. Certain restrictions apply. For instance, purchasew of alcohol, tobacco, gift cards, lotterg tickets, video rentals and some othe items don’t count toward the $50 total.
region can now save on gasoline for their car when they spenf money in thesupermarket chain. Price Chopper has teamexd up with more than 70 stations to offeeFuel AdvantEdge, a program that has been available for more than two years in other areas serviced by the grocery chain. Consumers can save 10 centz per gallon at participating Sunocop stations forevery $50 of qualified groceriea they purchase. The points/dollars can be accumulated overa 90-dayy period and spent on up to 20 gallons of gas.
Sunoc customers in other areaa have saved upwards of 50 cent to60 cents, and even $1 or more per through the program, accordingv to Jeff Hassman, channel marketing manager for the gas The number of participating stationws will grow, said Neil president and CEO of Price Chopper. Customersz must use their Price Chopper AdvantEdge card to qualify for the The supermarket automatically tracks the purchases that can be appliexd toward the fuelsavingz program. Certain restrictions apply. For instance, purchasew of alcohol, tobacco, gift cards, lotterg tickets, video rentals and some othe items don’t count toward the $50 total.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
SolarCity, USBancorp partner to fund solar projects - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The two companies have created a tax equityu fund tofinance SolarCity’s solar lease Financial terms of the fund were not SolarCity said it plans to hire 100 new employees in the next six monthds to increase installation capacity as a resuly of the new financing. SolarCity’s SolarLease option allows homeowners to put no mone y down on a new solar system and pay for it on aregulafr schedule. “SolarCity’s leasing option is one of the most affordabled ways to go solarthat we’ve seen, and we’re thrilled to partner with them. This partnership will grow the adoptioj of solar energy inthe U.S.
, and create more green jobs,” said Darrenh Van't Hof, vice presideng of solar, new markets and histori investments for . “Today’s announcement is only the beginning—wer look forward to makinvg additional investmentswith SolarCity, USBCDx is a division of U.S. Bancorpo (NYSE: USB), which is also the parent of U.S. the sixth largest commercial bank in Foster City-based SolarCity operates in California, Arizonas and Oregon.
The two companies have created a tax equityu fund tofinance SolarCity’s solar lease Financial terms of the fund were not SolarCity said it plans to hire 100 new employees in the next six monthds to increase installation capacity as a resuly of the new financing. SolarCity’s SolarLease option allows homeowners to put no mone y down on a new solar system and pay for it on aregulafr schedule. “SolarCity’s leasing option is one of the most affordabled ways to go solarthat we’ve seen, and we’re thrilled to partner with them. This partnership will grow the adoptioj of solar energy inthe U.S.
, and create more green jobs,” said Darrenh Van't Hof, vice presideng of solar, new markets and histori investments for . “Today’s announcement is only the beginning—wer look forward to makinvg additional investmentswith SolarCity, USBCDx is a division of U.S. Bancorpo (NYSE: USB), which is also the parent of U.S. the sixth largest commercial bank in Foster City-based SolarCity operates in California, Arizonas and Oregon.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
JAMA's editor leaving, returning to Johns Hopkins - The Associated Press
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Medscape | JAMA's editor leaving, returning to Johns Hopkins The Associated Press CHICAGO รข€" One of the country's leading medical journals is looking for a new editor. Dr. Catherine DeAngelis has announced she is leaving the Journal of ... Drug-Study Cop DeAngelis Leaves Editor Post at Medical Association Journal Catherine DeAngelis to Step Down as JAMA Editor in 2011 |
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