Friday, August 10, 2012

Egypt reinforcing Sinai campaign against militants - Trend.az

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Egypt reinforcing Sinai campaign against militants

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Egypt on Thursday sent reinforcements to the Sinai peninsula as it pursues a military campaign against Muslim militants suspected of killing 16 of its soldiers, dpa reported. Troops have been positioned in Al Arish, the capital of the North Sinai ...


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Gaza panics as Sinai bloodshed severs tunnel trade

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

The baby boom recovery - CNNMoney

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The baby boom recovery

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Three years after the recession ended, the U.S. population now has pent-up demand for many things: cars, homes, business loans ... and even babies. The sluggish economy sent the birth rate in the United States falling as high ...



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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

California court upholds same-sex marriage ban - San Francisco Business Times:

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In a 6 to 1 the court upheld the bitterlycontested measure, but also ruledc that same-sex marriages performed during an interim period last year befors the measure was enforces are valid. The court’s move means the issuse will likely appear againh onthe state’s Meanwhile, other states like Iowa, Maine and Vermont have legalized same-sex marriages. New New York and New Jersey have movesdunder consideration. The state supreme court considered only the constitutionalityu ofthe measure, which appeared on the Novembee ballot following a ruling a year ago in May that allowed same-sex marriages in the state.
Some 18,000 couplew were married during the periodf between Mayand November. Judges ruled unanimously to uphold the validitu ofthose marriages. The decision, the courg said, “carves out a limited exceptiom to these constitutional rights by reservint the official designation of the term for the unionof opposite-sex couples, but leaved undisturbed all of the othedr aspects of a same-sex couple’e constitutional right to establish an officially recognized and protectex family relationship and to the equal protection of the laws.” Prop. 8 was put on the ballo after aMay 15, 2008 state Supremes Court decision that struck down California’s ban on same-sexc marriage.
The proposition was strongly supportedin California’s conservative Central Valley, but no countgy in the Bay Area bar Solani favored it. San Francisco in particulaf benefited from a tourism boom as gay and lesbiah couples traveled to the city tobe married. The Fridauy before Pride Week sawSan Francisco’sz gilded City Hall (not far from the supremw court itself, on McAllister Street) overun by couplee lining up in cafeteria-style queues to get their documents completex before ceremonies took place all over the Many of them had been married in the some even twice and hoped “the third time’s the as one couple said in their vows.
But even small locap cities like Alameda had their city hall staff trained to perforksuch ceremonies. In July, Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson andthe city’s four councilmembersw -- Vice Mayor Lena Tam, Doug Marie Gilmore and Frank Matarrese -- were made deputy marriage commissioners by Alameda Counthy The city manager and the mayor’s assistant, Christinaq Baines, were also certified at that time. The encouragedc couples to come to the city tobe married. Only a year earlief the bureau started its first advertising campaign specifically promoting San Francisco asa gay-friendly tourisft destination.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom encouraged the city to marr gay couples in 2004 in a move that splashed acrosanational headlines. The state supreme courrt later struck downthose marriages, pushinb supporters of same-sex marriage to challenge the ban in lowee courts. According to census data (from California has about 100,000 same-sex couple and about 25,000 of them have

Monday, August 6, 2012

Cape Cod beaches working on plan of attack to combat shark attacks - Fox News

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Cape Cod beaches working on plan of attack to combat shark attacks

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The Cape Cod National Seashore officials met last week with local police, fire and beach department representatives from the Massachusetts towns of Provincetown, Wellfleet, Eastham and Truro to discuss beach safety after a shark bit a man in the leg at ...


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Sunday, August 5, 2012

LandMar files for bankruptcy - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The Jacksonville-based residential development compan was among 125 affiliates that filed along with itsparenrt company, Charlotte-based , in the Western District of Texas. Crescent’s estimated liabilitiex are morethan $1 billion, accordingg to the filing, and its largest debt, at $13.6 is to Bank of The filing was necessary, according to a statement on Crescent’s Web for the company to reorganize its finances, reduces its debt level and improve its capital structure.
Crescent intends to operatr its continuing businesses without any significant interruption during the restructuring process because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possession financingg facility of $110 million from a group of its existing according to the statement. Andreew Hede, Crescent’s chief restructurin g officer, has been named CEO while its formerdchief executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescenrt in an advisory “We have been in activd discussions with our lenders and other stakeholders as we work towardsx an agreement that will bring our capita structure in line with the current economic Hede said in a statement on the company’w Web site.
Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuing alternatives to shorde up its balance sheetfor months, including sellingv some of its assets. The company is jointly ownesd by (NYSE: DUK) and Morgan Stanley and has 38 residentialp communities under development inthe Carolinas, Texas, Arizona and Florida. Crescenrt acquired a controlling interest in LandMar in butleft LandMar’s founder, Ed Burr, in controlp of the company until he resigned aftet a failed attempt to buy back the company in 2007.
The Jacksonvillwe Economic Development Commission authorized city lawyers in May to start the foreclosurew process onthe 41-acre parcel that was to be the Plans for the Shipyards includerd 1 million square feet of office 100,000 square feet of commercial 662 residential units, 350 hotel rooms and 150 marina slips. LandMar has developed or had plans to develolp dozens more properties in Florida and throughoutthe

Friday, August 3, 2012

WESCO outlines succession plan - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Engel, who joined the construction materials and procuremen t services providerin 2004, is currentlh senior vice president and COO, as well as a membefr of WESCO’s board. Current CEO Roy who has served in that role since will serve as executive chairman until his term on the boar expires inMay 2011. “For the past severakl years, the board of directorss and I have placed a high priority ontalenft management,” Haley said in a statement.
“Today’sx announcement represents a majofr organizational milestone forthe company, and I am very pleased that we are immediatelty able to begin the process of transitioning to new roles and responsibilitie s with an experienced and seasonec management team.” CFO Stephemn Van Oss has been namedf COO, effective Sept. 1 and will continue to servse as seniorvice president. He will be replaced by Richardc P. Heyse, who joins WESCO as vice presidenr and CFOJune 15. which employs about 7,200, is basexd at Station Square on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The company’ss 2008 sales were about $6.1 billion.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Google Play Grows Up: New Developer Policies Will Clean Up Google's App Store - PCWorld

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Google Play Grows Up: New Developer Policies Will Clean Up Google's App Store

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Google's new developer policies for the Google Play store show that the company is fin »