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The Kansas City-based compan bought of Santa Monica, whicnh specializes in development, placement and administration support of student healthinsurance programs; of Walnut Creek, which providee employee benefits, retirement services and HR outsourciny primarily for nonprofits; and Inc. of Agoura Hills, which specializes in administration of student health including intercollegiate sportsinjury programs. Overall, the acquisitionw will bring Ascension’s annual revenue to about $75 ranking it among the nation’s biggest 35 agencies, Ascensiom CEO Leonard Kline said inan interview. The companuy said it had $55 million in revenue in March, aftefr its in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Ascensionm now has more than 400 employeesx at 20 officelocations nationwide. “Thed acquisitions ... represent a valuable opportunity for us to expansd our West Coast operations and to fulfill our goal of providinygthe best-quality expertise, markets and resources to the middle market,” Kline said. “Each organization brings unique capabilitiexs to our growing portfolio ofinsurance agencies, as well as dedicatedf employees who share our mission to provided outstanding service to our customers in California and throughout the Uniterd States.” Kline said the deal closed Thursdag afternoon.
Ascension is a full-service insurance and employee benefitw agency providing brokerageand risk-management services to middle-market companiess nationwide. Ascension has been a active in the mergersz and acquisition market sincew it was founded from scratch inAugus 2007, making . The company is assisted by funds from its private equity partners, and . The goal is to increasee the company’s annual revenue to $200 million withi the next five years.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Solar + tunes = energy efficient concert series - Phoenix Business Journal:
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For the last few Wednesday evenings, popularr acts like Del Castillo, Nelo and Ozomatlii have rocked Republic Squarse Park while sharing the spotlight with an unlikelyuperformer — solar power. The Solar Powerede Concert Series isa new, free musicf series created by Greg Henry, of Pro Show Live, and evengt production veteran Marsha Milam that places solar power on display. This is the firsyt solar powered concert seriesfor Milam, who felt that Austib would be the ideal place to test such Marsha Milam Music produces KGSR’s “Unpluggede at the Grove” and other concertsa throughout Texas. “Austin is such a green city the residents are environmentally Milam said.
“I do a number of music seriexs and I thought Austin would be the placr toembrace this.” To achiever the goal of clean the downtown park is outfitted with solare powered sound systems and lightingt systems with LED Milam declined to disclose how much has been investef in the carbon-neutral concert series, saying only that costzs are about 25 percentt more than a typical concer t series. “Our goal for this was to prove that we can do Milam said, conceding that she didn’t starg marketing the series until the seconr show to make sure that the equipment functionecd properly. “What I’ve noticed is that the energy is so and it makesa difference.
There’s no stage she said. “That’s great for the audience and for the Milamtapped Austin-based Sustainable Waves, a provider of solar powerexd sound, light and production equipment, for the concert Sustainable Waves also has a saless office in San Diego, Calif. Cody Murray, of Sustainable said that the company’s services were utilizee at several events duringthis year’sw SXSW Music Festival. It’s also brought its solar power equipmentr toLas Vegas-based N9NE Group’s events, Vans Warped Tour and the New Belgiukm Brewery’s Tour de Fat.
For the Solaer Power Concert Series, Sustainable Wave’es utilized 44,000 watt PA Sponsorship for this year’s Solar Poweredd series was on thelighteer side, but Milam said that she’s hearing positive feedback from prospective sponsorx who want to be associated with a green music event. “This is our vision. You have to get out ther e and go through the labor pains and find out what workx andwhat doesn’t,” she “Our goal is very clear; This isn’t a one year thinf for us.” The concert seriesw is free, but donations are beinh accepted for Blue Dog an Austin-area dog foster organization.
There are two shows left, Fastball and The Black and Whiter Years onJune 10, and Arc Angels on June 24.
For the last few Wednesday evenings, popularr acts like Del Castillo, Nelo and Ozomatlii have rocked Republic Squarse Park while sharing the spotlight with an unlikelyuperformer — solar power. The Solar Powerede Concert Series isa new, free musicf series created by Greg Henry, of Pro Show Live, and evengt production veteran Marsha Milam that places solar power on display. This is the firsyt solar powered concert seriesfor Milam, who felt that Austib would be the ideal place to test such Marsha Milam Music produces KGSR’s “Unpluggede at the Grove” and other concertsa throughout Texas. “Austin is such a green city the residents are environmentally Milam said.
“I do a number of music seriexs and I thought Austin would be the placr toembrace this.” To achiever the goal of clean the downtown park is outfitted with solare powered sound systems and lightingt systems with LED Milam declined to disclose how much has been investef in the carbon-neutral concert series, saying only that costzs are about 25 percentt more than a typical concer t series. “Our goal for this was to prove that we can do Milam said, conceding that she didn’t starg marketing the series until the seconr show to make sure that the equipment functionecd properly. “What I’ve noticed is that the energy is so and it makesa difference.
There’s no stage she said. “That’s great for the audience and for the Milamtapped Austin-based Sustainable Waves, a provider of solar powerexd sound, light and production equipment, for the concert Sustainable Waves also has a saless office in San Diego, Calif. Cody Murray, of Sustainable said that the company’s services were utilizee at several events duringthis year’sw SXSW Music Festival. It’s also brought its solar power equipmentr toLas Vegas-based N9NE Group’s events, Vans Warped Tour and the New Belgiukm Brewery’s Tour de Fat.
For the Solaer Power Concert Series, Sustainable Wave’es utilized 44,000 watt PA Sponsorship for this year’s Solar Poweredd series was on thelighteer side, but Milam said that she’s hearing positive feedback from prospective sponsorx who want to be associated with a green music event. “This is our vision. You have to get out ther e and go through the labor pains and find out what workx andwhat doesn’t,” she “Our goal is very clear; This isn’t a one year thinf for us.” The concert seriesw is free, but donations are beinh accepted for Blue Dog an Austin-area dog foster organization.
There are two shows left, Fastball and The Black and Whiter Years onJune 10, and Arc Angels on June 24.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Analog Devices rises on new USB, Q2 report - Boston Business Journal:
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The Norwood, Mass.-based company’s shares were up 16 percenf in midafternoontrading Wednesday, risin to roughly $24 a share. Earlier in the day, Analo (NYSE: ADI) said it has developed the first single-Iv USB isolator, a technology with the potential to greatlyy improve the connectivityof “system-critical” medical and industria l equipment. The new USB portds enable users of such equipment to connecgt and disconnect peripheral devices to computers with greater flexibilittyand efficiency, the company said in a prepared writtem statement. Analog said revenue for the three monthse ended May 2totaled $474.8 down 27 percent from the $649.3 million bookerd a year earlier.
Net income for the quarter totaledc $51.8 million, or 18 centds a share, off by 61 percent from the $129. 9 million reported in 2008’s second fiscal quarter. Despite the revenue and net incomwe slides, the company easily outperformedthe Street’s expectation s of revenue in the range of $427 million and net incomse of 9 cents a share. The company also said it recordef aspecial $22.1 million charge in the quarterd due to the cost of consolidatinv its Cambridge, Mass.
, wafer fabrication facilitu into an existing facility in Wilmington,
The Norwood, Mass.-based company’s shares were up 16 percenf in midafternoontrading Wednesday, risin to roughly $24 a share. Earlier in the day, Analo (NYSE: ADI) said it has developed the first single-Iv USB isolator, a technology with the potential to greatlyy improve the connectivityof “system-critical” medical and industria l equipment. The new USB portds enable users of such equipment to connecgt and disconnect peripheral devices to computers with greater flexibilittyand efficiency, the company said in a prepared writtem statement. Analog said revenue for the three monthse ended May 2totaled $474.8 down 27 percent from the $649.3 million bookerd a year earlier.
Net income for the quarter totaledc $51.8 million, or 18 centds a share, off by 61 percent from the $129. 9 million reported in 2008’s second fiscal quarter. Despite the revenue and net incomwe slides, the company easily outperformedthe Street’s expectation s of revenue in the range of $427 million and net incomse of 9 cents a share. The company also said it recordef aspecial $22.1 million charge in the quarterd due to the cost of consolidatinv its Cambridge, Mass.
, wafer fabrication facilitu into an existing facility in Wilmington,
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Survey: Survivor engagement is biggest post-layoff challenge - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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reported that its survey of human resources executives founrd that 54 percentconsider employee-engagementt the biggest challenge that companies face after job-cut announcements. The next biggesg challenge, selected by 23 percent of respondents, was easinbg anxiety over the possibility ofadditionao layoffs. Only 15 percent of survet respondents said ensuring that quality and quantity of outputremained consistent, despite having few employees, was the primargy challenge. “Companies that focus on output will create a work force that is motivatedf by fear of job loss instead of by loyaltyhand pride.
That may work for the remainder of the but as soon as therecoveru begins, the company will undoubtedly experience heavy Companies recognizing that employee-engagement is the key to continued qualityg output will not only survive the downturn, but will be poises to thrive when the expansiobn begins,” said John A. Challenger, the firm'sz CEO. In the past 12 months employers have announcerabout 1.6 million job cuts, accordin to monthly tracking by the Challenger firm. About half of those occurred during the first five monthsof 2009. At the currentr rate, 2009 is on pace to surpase the record2001 job-cut total of 1.
96 According to the survey, 58 percent said they had department supervisors meet directly with surviving employees to discuss any changes occurring as a result of the downturn and/or layoffs. However, only 12 percent provide post-layoff counseling and about one in ten did nothing at all toaddress post-layofff issues faced by
reported that its survey of human resources executives founrd that 54 percentconsider employee-engagementt the biggest challenge that companies face after job-cut announcements. The next biggesg challenge, selected by 23 percent of respondents, was easinbg anxiety over the possibility ofadditionao layoffs. Only 15 percent of survet respondents said ensuring that quality and quantity of outputremained consistent, despite having few employees, was the primargy challenge. “Companies that focus on output will create a work force that is motivatedf by fear of job loss instead of by loyaltyhand pride.
That may work for the remainder of the but as soon as therecoveru begins, the company will undoubtedly experience heavy Companies recognizing that employee-engagement is the key to continued qualityg output will not only survive the downturn, but will be poises to thrive when the expansiobn begins,” said John A. Challenger, the firm'sz CEO. In the past 12 months employers have announcerabout 1.6 million job cuts, accordin to monthly tracking by the Challenger firm. About half of those occurred during the first five monthsof 2009. At the currentr rate, 2009 is on pace to surpase the record2001 job-cut total of 1.
96 According to the survey, 58 percent said they had department supervisors meet directly with surviving employees to discuss any changes occurring as a result of the downturn and/or layoffs. However, only 12 percent provide post-layoff counseling and about one in ten did nothing at all toaddress post-layofff issues faced by
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Creative Benefit Solutions merges with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. - Business First of Louisville:
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Financial terms of the mergee werenot disclosed. Creative Benefit Solutions will continuew to operate in Louisville undefr thesame name, and will retain its five said Michelle Amshoff, who will continue to serve as Her husband, Jay Amshoff, will continue as vice presidenty of sales and marketing. According to the company’se Web site, www.creativebenefitsolutions.net, Creative Benefit Solutions specializesd ingroup health, life, dental, disability and executive life Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is based in Ill.
According to the company’s Web site, , the companuy offers retail property/casualty brokerage, benefits claims management, wholesale property/casualty brokerage, insurance captivwe formation and internationalbrokerage services. Creative Benefif Solutions will operate as part ofArthur J. Gallaghed & Co.'s benefits division, said Marsha J. investor relations specialist forArthur J. Gallagher Co. Michelle Amshoff said that most of the changeas to Creative Benefit Solutions will bemade "behind the scenes," and won'f be apparent to clients.
What clientsd will find, Michelle Amshoff said, is access to an expandedc portfolioof benefits, including property and casualty insurance. "Wde have been contacted probably four to six times a year by locak agencies and banks who were interestedx incross selling, and we really weren't interestedx in that," Michelle Amshoff said. "We agreeed to a meeting with (Gallagher) because I was familiar with the but I was interested in what they could brinbg to the table forour clients. This is all abouft resources, tools and knowledge.
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Financial terms of the mergee werenot disclosed. Creative Benefit Solutions will continuew to operate in Louisville undefr thesame name, and will retain its five said Michelle Amshoff, who will continue to serve as Her husband, Jay Amshoff, will continue as vice presidenty of sales and marketing. According to the company’se Web site, www.creativebenefitsolutions.net, Creative Benefit Solutions specializesd ingroup health, life, dental, disability and executive life Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is based in Ill.
According to the company’s Web site, , the companuy offers retail property/casualty brokerage, benefits claims management, wholesale property/casualty brokerage, insurance captivwe formation and internationalbrokerage services. Creative Benefif Solutions will operate as part ofArthur J. Gallaghed & Co.'s benefits division, said Marsha J. investor relations specialist forArthur J. Gallagher Co. Michelle Amshoff said that most of the changeas to Creative Benefit Solutions will bemade "behind the scenes," and won'f be apparent to clients.
What clientsd will find, Michelle Amshoff said, is access to an expandedc portfolioof benefits, including property and casualty insurance. "Wde have been contacted probably four to six times a year by locak agencies and banks who were interestedx incross selling, and we really weren't interestedx in that," Michelle Amshoff said. "We agreeed to a meeting with (Gallagher) because I was familiar with the but I was interested in what they could brinbg to the table forour clients. This is all abouft resources, tools and knowledge.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Get better results: Firm helps level online playing field for small business - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Guin, 40, founded , his Waukesha-base d company, in 2001 to assist businesses in creating, designingt and marketing theirWeb sites. With a servicer called “search engine optimization,” or providing a searchb engine with the key words related to the conteny ofa site, Guin helps his customerds improve their site’s rank in Googlw searches by making the sites more relevant to common search words and subjects. Now he is adaptinv to the results created byuniversalk search.
Also known as “blendecd search results,” universal search was first implementesd by online search engine Google in 2007 to provide search resultsincluding videos, photos, news stories and other related contenrt when users enter a query. Before universakl search was created, Google offered several different search like “Web,” “images,” “videos,” and “books,” and searches in these engines returned results only in thosew categories.
Now, these category-specific searchy engines have been combined into oneinformatiobn system, and results may include a map with locaol business locations, videos, advertisements or books relatef to the query. Guin said universal searcyh is so powerful thatsites “w kid created in his can get higher rankings in search result s than big-name global companies, which is why it can help small businesses. In universal search, search engine site keep track ofa user’s search habitzs and interests or analyze search terms to for example, whether the user wantss to buy something or just research it.
It then tailorz the results to the so two people coul get totally different results for the samesearc query. Web 180 has seven employees and more than 100 10 of which have started to target theirr sites touniversal search. This involved creating more extensivetext content, videos relates to products, press releases, advertisements and othert new site content that will improve the site’s rankinbg in search engine results. “I changes everything about the way a businesxsells itself,” Guin “We help companies take advantage of all theswe different assets.
” It isn’t enough just to have good key wordws to direct users to a business’ Web now the site needs video and photo content to attract potential customers to the site, Guin The goal should be to drive traffic to the not to become the No. 1 hit on a search Guin said. This traffidc ideally convertsto sales, which is why universal search is used mainly for marketing. Web 180 tries to use its existing advertising and marketingmaterials by, for publishing a client’s TV commercials on YouTubd or posting printed materials that were created for tradew shows on the business’s Web site to increased site traffic.
Web 180 caters mostlhy to local small and midsize Guin said the goal is to provide smalpl businesses with the same solutions as bigbusinessesw have. Web 180 works with all different industries to achievethose results, even reverse engineering programs and features that emulated larger businesses. Terry Van Horne, founder of industry trade organization , said “search engine like Guin who are working with universalp search are at the cuttiny edge ofthe industry, sincde many Web professionals don’t understanrd it yet. He said local businesse results are key for small businessexs like those Web180 serves.
Guin said for a typical search enginweoptimization project, Web 180 offers packageas from $360, and otherwise charges $90 The search engine optimization packagew includes a universal search consultation. He also works with othet companies to offer paid advertisingand “maps” results for his customers. Steve education director of , said he has been workingb with Web 180 since he assumesd his role as education director threeeyears ago. ADAMM is a trade associatiomn that provides dealership sales merchandise like key tags and bannerz to about 120auto dealerships.
Previously, ADAMM had a simple Web but Herro said the association is trying to market its productss to a larger client base because of dwindlingauto sales. Web 180 recentl created for ADAMM an online store open to the publif and entered each product it sells intouniversap search, so a customer lookinf for a specific product, rather than the ADAMMn company name, can still find that “They’ve really worked on our site to make our productsd much more searchable,” Herro said. Web 180 has seen constantr growth and, in spite of the economy, has alread y seen 30 percent growthin 2009, Guin said. Annual sales for the firm typicallty rangefrom $300,000 to $500,000.
In the long term, Web 180 wanta to expand by picking up morenationak clients. So far, most of the currenyt client base isin Milwaukee. And thoughn it wasn’t the firs to offer universal search services, Guin said Web 180 is forginhg thepath locally. “We’re excitedd that we’re in this position,” Guin “but I wish we had more competition in this area to measureeour progress.
”
Guin, 40, founded , his Waukesha-base d company, in 2001 to assist businesses in creating, designingt and marketing theirWeb sites. With a servicer called “search engine optimization,” or providing a searchb engine with the key words related to the conteny ofa site, Guin helps his customerds improve their site’s rank in Googlw searches by making the sites more relevant to common search words and subjects. Now he is adaptinv to the results created byuniversalk search.
Also known as “blendecd search results,” universal search was first implementesd by online search engine Google in 2007 to provide search resultsincluding videos, photos, news stories and other related contenrt when users enter a query. Before universakl search was created, Google offered several different search like “Web,” “images,” “videos,” and “books,” and searches in these engines returned results only in thosew categories.
Now, these category-specific searchy engines have been combined into oneinformatiobn system, and results may include a map with locaol business locations, videos, advertisements or books relatef to the query. Guin said universal searcyh is so powerful thatsites “w kid created in his can get higher rankings in search result s than big-name global companies, which is why it can help small businesses. In universal search, search engine site keep track ofa user’s search habitzs and interests or analyze search terms to for example, whether the user wantss to buy something or just research it.
It then tailorz the results to the so two people coul get totally different results for the samesearc query. Web 180 has seven employees and more than 100 10 of which have started to target theirr sites touniversal search. This involved creating more extensivetext content, videos relates to products, press releases, advertisements and othert new site content that will improve the site’s rankinbg in search engine results. “I changes everything about the way a businesxsells itself,” Guin “We help companies take advantage of all theswe different assets.
” It isn’t enough just to have good key wordws to direct users to a business’ Web now the site needs video and photo content to attract potential customers to the site, Guin The goal should be to drive traffic to the not to become the No. 1 hit on a search Guin said. This traffidc ideally convertsto sales, which is why universal search is used mainly for marketing. Web 180 tries to use its existing advertising and marketingmaterials by, for publishing a client’s TV commercials on YouTubd or posting printed materials that were created for tradew shows on the business’s Web site to increased site traffic.
Web 180 caters mostlhy to local small and midsize Guin said the goal is to provide smalpl businesses with the same solutions as bigbusinessesw have. Web 180 works with all different industries to achievethose results, even reverse engineering programs and features that emulated larger businesses. Terry Van Horne, founder of industry trade organization , said “search engine like Guin who are working with universalp search are at the cuttiny edge ofthe industry, sincde many Web professionals don’t understanrd it yet. He said local businesse results are key for small businessexs like those Web180 serves.
Guin said for a typical search enginweoptimization project, Web 180 offers packageas from $360, and otherwise charges $90 The search engine optimization packagew includes a universal search consultation. He also works with othet companies to offer paid advertisingand “maps” results for his customers. Steve education director of , said he has been workingb with Web 180 since he assumesd his role as education director threeeyears ago. ADAMM is a trade associatiomn that provides dealership sales merchandise like key tags and bannerz to about 120auto dealerships.
Previously, ADAMM had a simple Web but Herro said the association is trying to market its productss to a larger client base because of dwindlingauto sales. Web 180 recentl created for ADAMM an online store open to the publif and entered each product it sells intouniversap search, so a customer lookinf for a specific product, rather than the ADAMMn company name, can still find that “They’ve really worked on our site to make our productsd much more searchable,” Herro said. Web 180 has seen constantr growth and, in spite of the economy, has alread y seen 30 percent growthin 2009, Guin said. Annual sales for the firm typicallty rangefrom $300,000 to $500,000.
In the long term, Web 180 wanta to expand by picking up morenationak clients. So far, most of the currenyt client base isin Milwaukee. And thoughn it wasn’t the firs to offer universal search services, Guin said Web 180 is forginhg thepath locally. “We’re excitedd that we’re in this position,” Guin “but I wish we had more competition in this area to measureeour progress.
”
Sunday, December 12, 2010
And they asked me why I didn't join those nice Lib Dems - Daily Mail
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Daily Mail | And they asked me why I didn't join those nice Lib Dems Daily Mail Never mind a man with a plan, beware a man with a vision. Tony Blair had a vision, remember? One of perpetual war in the name of peace. ... |
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Austin only major city to add jobs in last year - Dallas Business Journal:
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The region added about 3,4090 jobs between April 2008 andAprik 2009, making it the only one of the nation' s 38 largest cities to post a job new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. This is the thire consecutive month that Austin has outperformefd all of theother U.S. cities with labord forces of 750,000 or more. The unemployment rate for Aprip stoodat 5.8 percent. The 0.4 percengt increase in job totalsis modest, but still a betterr showing than cities such as Portland (down 4.7 and Raleigh, N.C. (down 3.
3 Jobs in goods producingh industries in the Austin area dropped by 500 jobs in a slowdown from the rapid pace of recent according to an analysis of the data from the Capitap Area Councilof Governments. Retail, hotel, and restaurant jobs are all up from this time last And professional and business service sector employment is back toits all-time high last seen in Octobed 2008. But another key sectoe for the region, technology, isn'gt doing quite as well. Computer, semiconducto r and other electronic component manufacturinb isstill falling. Jobs in the semiconductor segmenyt fellto 15,700 jobs, back to spring 2006 As Texas cities go, Austin's 5.
8 percent unemployment rate was one of the Dallas-Fort Worth stood at 6.6 percent in April and Houston at 6.3 Only San Antonio's rate was lower than Austin'sx at 5.4 percent. Smaller metro areaas including McAllen, Brownsville and Beaumount all had ratesw above8 percent.
The region added about 3,4090 jobs between April 2008 andAprik 2009, making it the only one of the nation' s 38 largest cities to post a job new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. This is the thire consecutive month that Austin has outperformefd all of theother U.S. cities with labord forces of 750,000 or more. The unemployment rate for Aprip stoodat 5.8 percent. The 0.4 percengt increase in job totalsis modest, but still a betterr showing than cities such as Portland (down 4.7 and Raleigh, N.C. (down 3.
3 Jobs in goods producingh industries in the Austin area dropped by 500 jobs in a slowdown from the rapid pace of recent according to an analysis of the data from the Capitap Area Councilof Governments. Retail, hotel, and restaurant jobs are all up from this time last And professional and business service sector employment is back toits all-time high last seen in Octobed 2008. But another key sectoe for the region, technology, isn'gt doing quite as well. Computer, semiconducto r and other electronic component manufacturinb isstill falling. Jobs in the semiconductor segmenyt fellto 15,700 jobs, back to spring 2006 As Texas cities go, Austin's 5.
8 percent unemployment rate was one of the Dallas-Fort Worth stood at 6.6 percent in April and Houston at 6.3 Only San Antonio's rate was lower than Austin'sx at 5.4 percent. Smaller metro areaas including McAllen, Brownsville and Beaumount all had ratesw above8 percent.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Executive Beechcraft planes will use Garmin avionics - Wichita Business Journal:
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Executive Beechcraft, an aviation saleds and service company based atKansazs City's Charles B. Wheeler Downtown can install Garmin's G1000 all-glass avionica panel on Beechcraft King Air C90seriees aircraft, Executive Beechcraft said in a releases Monday. The upgrade cost s $325,000. The nation's first retrofit installation of the panel was on an aircrafg owned and operated byMichael McGraw, foundee and CEO of Overland Park-based software providet "This is the culmination of a two-yearr effort," Executive Beechcraft President Scottr Tychsen said in the release.
"We'ved worked closely with Garmin to brinyg the G1000 to market for the KingAir C90, and we are very prour of our partnership in making this remarkable avionics system availablr to King Air owners and The G1000 avionics panel replaces older cockpirt instruments, integrating all primary flight, navigation, communication, terrain, traffic, weathert and engine instrumentation on high-definitio LCDs. The panel is available as a factory item on some new planews but only as a retrofit on the King Air C90 therelease said. Executive Beechcraft will retrofit a seconrd plane this week and has others scheduler at its Kansas Cityand St. Louizs locations.
Executive Beechcraft was boughyby London-based BBA Aviation in Garmin International is a unit of Olathe-basefd (Nasdaq: GRMN).
Executive Beechcraft, an aviation saleds and service company based atKansazs City's Charles B. Wheeler Downtown can install Garmin's G1000 all-glass avionica panel on Beechcraft King Air C90seriees aircraft, Executive Beechcraft said in a releases Monday. The upgrade cost s $325,000. The nation's first retrofit installation of the panel was on an aircrafg owned and operated byMichael McGraw, foundee and CEO of Overland Park-based software providet "This is the culmination of a two-yearr effort," Executive Beechcraft President Scottr Tychsen said in the release.
"We'ved worked closely with Garmin to brinyg the G1000 to market for the KingAir C90, and we are very prour of our partnership in making this remarkable avionics system availablr to King Air owners and The G1000 avionics panel replaces older cockpirt instruments, integrating all primary flight, navigation, communication, terrain, traffic, weathert and engine instrumentation on high-definitio LCDs. The panel is available as a factory item on some new planews but only as a retrofit on the King Air C90 therelease said. Executive Beechcraft will retrofit a seconrd plane this week and has others scheduler at its Kansas Cityand St. Louizs locations.
Executive Beechcraft was boughyby London-based BBA Aviation in Garmin International is a unit of Olathe-basefd (Nasdaq: GRMN).
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Decision on Kochi IPL today - The Hindu
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Mumbai Mirror | Decision on Kochi IPL today The Hindu The IPL Governing Council will meet here on Sunday to consider the new shareholding structure submitted by the six investors of the Kochi franchise, ... Suspense over Kochi's fate likely to end on Sunday BCCI's secret meeting before GC meet? Kochi's fate may be revealed on Sunday |
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
49ers' Santa Clara stadium financing clears hurdle - Baltimore Business Journal:
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City Councilors Will Kennedy and Jamier McLeod were the only ones to side with the dissenterd in the audience who opposed any public subsidy forthe stadium. The 5-2 vote on a $79 million subsidy for the project came aftera two-and-a-half-hour presentatiobn and lengthy public comments that included concerns raised by the ownerd of California's Great America, Cedar Fair of Ohio, has been negotiating to sell the sprawliny thrill-ride park which is next to the proposed stadiuk site to the 49ers. An attorney representing the park John A. Hickey of Hoge, Fenton, Jonesa & Appel Inc.
, askedf for a delay on the "We want to reacy an agreement (to sell the park), but while you have been workingb on the term sheetfor months, we and membersa of the public have only had two business days to read this complec document." Hickey said he was surprised at earliet comments made by Jennifedr Sparacino, Santa Clara's City Manager, that he regarded as overly optimisti about the closeness of an agreementt between Cedar Fair and the 49ers to sell the park.
Jed York, presidenrt of the 49ers, praised Santa Clara officials forcreatingy "the best infrastructure in the Bay Area" and told city officialsx and a crowd of more than 150 onlookers that the proposeed 68,500-seat stadium to be built on an overflows parking lot at the amusement park would not only host up to 10 NFL gamee annually, but possibly a variety of glamorous events, includingg the World Cup soccer in the future. Stadium proponents also view it as a likelg venue formajor concerts, college football bowl games and even the Supedr Bowl. "I feel the excitement in this city about the York said.
"This (stadium) deal will make Santaq Clara a better placeto live, work and play in the As part of a 40-year agreement with the 49ers, city officials agreexd to contribute $79 millioj to the project, including $42 million in redevelopment agencyt funds, $20 million from the city-owned utility district to relocates an electrical substation near the site and $17 millioh to build a parking garage. That figure is well below the $222 million city officials proposed spending on the projec t when it was first proposed twoyeara ago, as they cited the poor economyt and shrinking city revenue as reasonz for a much-reduced contribution.
Another $35 million woulr be raised by a tax on guests stayinbg at any one of eight hotels inthe city's Nortu Bayshore redevelopment area surrounding Great America. City officialsw stress no General Fundmoney -- whichj pays for city services such as fire, parks and libraries — will be used to pay for stadiu m construction or operations. A Stadium a joint powers governing body comprisedd of city andteam officials, along with the 49erws and the NFL would be responsible for $825 million in stadiumj construction costs under the agreement.
City Councilors Will Kennedy and Jamier McLeod were the only ones to side with the dissenterd in the audience who opposed any public subsidy forthe stadium. The 5-2 vote on a $79 million subsidy for the project came aftera two-and-a-half-hour presentatiobn and lengthy public comments that included concerns raised by the ownerd of California's Great America, Cedar Fair of Ohio, has been negotiating to sell the sprawliny thrill-ride park which is next to the proposed stadiuk site to the 49ers. An attorney representing the park John A. Hickey of Hoge, Fenton, Jonesa & Appel Inc.
, askedf for a delay on the "We want to reacy an agreement (to sell the park), but while you have been workingb on the term sheetfor months, we and membersa of the public have only had two business days to read this complec document." Hickey said he was surprised at earliet comments made by Jennifedr Sparacino, Santa Clara's City Manager, that he regarded as overly optimisti about the closeness of an agreementt between Cedar Fair and the 49ers to sell the park.
Jed York, presidenrt of the 49ers, praised Santa Clara officials forcreatingy "the best infrastructure in the Bay Area" and told city officialsx and a crowd of more than 150 onlookers that the proposeed 68,500-seat stadium to be built on an overflows parking lot at the amusement park would not only host up to 10 NFL gamee annually, but possibly a variety of glamorous events, includingg the World Cup soccer in the future. Stadium proponents also view it as a likelg venue formajor concerts, college football bowl games and even the Supedr Bowl. "I feel the excitement in this city about the York said.
"This (stadium) deal will make Santaq Clara a better placeto live, work and play in the As part of a 40-year agreement with the 49ers, city officials agreexd to contribute $79 millioj to the project, including $42 million in redevelopment agencyt funds, $20 million from the city-owned utility district to relocates an electrical substation near the site and $17 millioh to build a parking garage. That figure is well below the $222 million city officials proposed spending on the projec t when it was first proposed twoyeara ago, as they cited the poor economyt and shrinking city revenue as reasonz for a much-reduced contribution.
Another $35 million woulr be raised by a tax on guests stayinbg at any one of eight hotels inthe city's Nortu Bayshore redevelopment area surrounding Great America. City officialsw stress no General Fundmoney -- whichj pays for city services such as fire, parks and libraries — will be used to pay for stadiu m construction or operations. A Stadium a joint powers governing body comprisedd of city andteam officials, along with the 49erws and the NFL would be responsible for $825 million in stadiumj construction costs under the agreement.
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