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Sunday, December 30, 2012
McConaughey reveals new baby's name - USA TODAY
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Starbucks wins California tip-pooling case appeal - Sacramento Business Journal:
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A class-action lawsuit brought by Jou Chau, a forme barista for Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), alleger that the coffee chain’w policy allowing shift supervisors to share in tip moneyg that customers place in jars violates Californialabor laws. A San Diego lowed court sided with Chau in the suit and awarded morethan $86 milliojn in damages but on that ruling was overturned. “We concludwe the trial court erredd in rulingthat Starbucks'sd tip-allocation policy violated California law.
The applicabls statutes do not prohibi t Starbucks from permitting shift supervisors to share in the proceedss placed in collectivetip boxes,” wrote Fourth Appellate Districg Court judges, in their decision. Chau alleged that shift supervisors should be considered managers and not eligiblrefor tip-sharing. Shift supervisors perform variouss duties atthe company’s stores, such as makinhg coffee drinks, cleaning tables, cleaning bathrooms and working the cash and Chau said they shouldn’t be allowed to sharew in the tips collected in the plastic containers at each stored location.
The lower courg awarded more than $86 million in damageds plus interest, with the totaol award estimated at morethan $100 million. Starbucksx countered that all baristas and shift supervisors are eligible to sharedin tips, and the appeals court agreed. “It is undisputed here that the tipping public intended to collectively tip both the baristaes and the shift supervisors for their work as a wrote theappeals court.
A class-action lawsuit brought by Jou Chau, a forme barista for Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), alleger that the coffee chain’w policy allowing shift supervisors to share in tip moneyg that customers place in jars violates Californialabor laws. A San Diego lowed court sided with Chau in the suit and awarded morethan $86 milliojn in damages but on that ruling was overturned. “We concludwe the trial court erredd in rulingthat Starbucks'sd tip-allocation policy violated California law.
The applicabls statutes do not prohibi t Starbucks from permitting shift supervisors to share in the proceedss placed in collectivetip boxes,” wrote Fourth Appellate Districg Court judges, in their decision. Chau alleged that shift supervisors should be considered managers and not eligiblrefor tip-sharing. Shift supervisors perform variouss duties atthe company’s stores, such as makinhg coffee drinks, cleaning tables, cleaning bathrooms and working the cash and Chau said they shouldn’t be allowed to sharew in the tips collected in the plastic containers at each stored location.
The lower courg awarded more than $86 million in damageds plus interest, with the totaol award estimated at morethan $100 million. Starbucksx countered that all baristas and shift supervisors are eligible to sharedin tips, and the appeals court agreed. “It is undisputed here that the tipping public intended to collectively tip both the baristaes and the shift supervisors for their work as a wrote theappeals court.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Hal Leonard media venture to enhance Guitar Edge - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The joint venture, Guitafr Edge LLC, will expand and enhance Guitar Edge magazinwe into a multimedia resource for Hal Leonard's Guitar Edge magazine debutexd in the summer of 2006. The magazind specializes in providing accurate transcriptionss in standard notation and guitar or tabs, for the hottest songs in all The new Guitar Edge will adopt the four-platform multimediaw model pioneered by Premier a Mount Vernon, Iowa-based media company that publishes Premier Guitaer magazine. The strategy features a print magazines supported by a free online Web site andweekly e-newsletter. The enhanced Guitae Edge will make its debut with the Septembetr2009 issue.
Editorial staffs from both firms will providde content for Guitar Edge and subscribers to both magazinecan opt-in for the new, free-of-chargee Guitar Edge digital content. Jeff vice president of pop and standard publicationss forHal Leonard, said the new mediq will provide an additional revenuw stream for its publishing partners. Publishers will be paid baseed on page views whenever reader s of the magazines view the free tabsongss online. Premier Guitar CEO Peter Sprague said the collaboration withHal Leonard, the world'sw largest publisher of sheety music, could lead to a "hosft of new initiatives.
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The joint venture, Guitafr Edge LLC, will expand and enhance Guitar Edge magazinwe into a multimedia resource for Hal Leonard's Guitar Edge magazine debutexd in the summer of 2006. The magazind specializes in providing accurate transcriptionss in standard notation and guitar or tabs, for the hottest songs in all The new Guitar Edge will adopt the four-platform multimediaw model pioneered by Premier a Mount Vernon, Iowa-based media company that publishes Premier Guitaer magazine. The strategy features a print magazines supported by a free online Web site andweekly e-newsletter. The enhanced Guitae Edge will make its debut with the Septembetr2009 issue.
Editorial staffs from both firms will providde content for Guitar Edge and subscribers to both magazinecan opt-in for the new, free-of-chargee Guitar Edge digital content. Jeff vice president of pop and standard publicationss forHal Leonard, said the new mediq will provide an additional revenuw stream for its publishing partners. Publishers will be paid baseed on page views whenever reader s of the magazines view the free tabsongss online. Premier Guitar CEO Peter Sprague said the collaboration withHal Leonard, the world'sw largest publisher of sheety music, could lead to a "hosft of new initiatives.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Reach Healthcare Foundation Company Profile | Company Information
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successor organization, the Communitt Health Group (CHG). HCF, incorporated in Missouri, received 80 perceny of the assets based ona court-approverd settlement agreement. The REACH Foundation was approve d by the IRS asa 501(c)(3) charitable organizatiomn in May 2004, and the followinbg month received nearly $100 million in initial assets. The Foundatiomn later received anadditional $10 million in assets from CHG. These assets have since grown to $142.5 million. Over the past four the Foundation has awarded morethan $8.3 milliojn in grants. Grant and program support has increased from $1.7 million in 2005 to $4.8 million in 2007.
Since its establishment, the Foundatiobn has focused its investments in threeareads ? safety-net health services, oral healtn and mental health. ...
successor organization, the Communitt Health Group (CHG). HCF, incorporated in Missouri, received 80 perceny of the assets based ona court-approverd settlement agreement. The REACH Foundation was approve d by the IRS asa 501(c)(3) charitable organizatiomn in May 2004, and the followinbg month received nearly $100 million in initial assets. The Foundatiomn later received anadditional $10 million in assets from CHG. These assets have since grown to $142.5 million. Over the past four the Foundation has awarded morethan $8.3 milliojn in grants. Grant and program support has increased from $1.7 million in 2005 to $4.8 million in 2007.
Since its establishment, the Foundatiobn has focused its investments in threeareads ? safety-net health services, oral healtn and mental health. ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Report: Region's retail, industrial markets going strong - Birmingham Business Journal:
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But an annual repor t released recentlyby Inc. shows the area's retail and industrial real estate markets were on the rise in with strong occupancy rates and competitive rental rates. The report showes a nearly 90 percent occupancy rate for the retail sectorlast year, a more than 86 percent occupancyu rate for the industrial sector and a 93 percent occupancy rate in the office market. Overall, the retail market absorbed nearly 1.7 million square feet, with more than 900,000 of that beingh absorbed in thefourth quarter. That's a marked difference from 2006, whicg had more than 206,000 square feet of negativee absorption. Weighted average rental rates were $13.532 per square foot.
EGS's report attributes most of retail's surgd in 2007 to four major projects in developmen t or opened during the year byin Alabaster, Trussville and McCalla. The areas with the most notable occupancy spikes compared to 2006 were the Highway 31 South whichjumped 6.6 percent in occupancy to 95.3 and the Eastwood/Irondale submarket, which jumped 4.4 percent to 72.3 percent occupancy. But occupancyu rates in retail drive the market very saidHugo Isom, principal at in Birminghaj and president of the . In retail, spacr that fits one store may not fit another retailer, he said, so it's more obvious whicy areas have vacancy issues.
For example, the newlyu redeveloped EastwoodVillage "is a terrifixc shot in the arm, but it left a majorr vacancy in Irondale when moved he said. "And may not be happy in a Wal-Mart Isom said the general health of the nationaol retail market looks grim because retailers are closely watching the economy andmovint carefully, but that may not be the case in with the city now saturated in retail with Colonial'zs projects. Developers now will begin to look toward the core ofthe city, to possibly redevelop older buildings and shoppinbg centers, he said.
In the industrial sector, EGS's report showe d Birmingham enjoyed a moderate pace of growtghlast year, with a positive absorptiomn of more than 315,000 squar e feet, all of whicjh was in bulk distribution. The Oxmoor Valley submarkeft sawa 4.3 percent jump in occupancy, with a nearlhy 118,000-square-foot absorption, and the Southern and Southwesterhn submarkets combined had a 5 percent increas e in occupancy and a nearly 148,000-square-foot Weighted average rental rates were up to $4.432 per square foot from $4.19 in 2006.
And whilew 2007 saw no major relocation of companies into theindustrial sector, the firstg three months of 2008 proves it will continue to Already this year, said it will build a large distributiobn center, will expand into the former Inc. headquarters and distribution site and EGS plans to develop a larg speculative industrial building inShelby County. But whilw the inventory of buildingswis stable, the number of industrial sites is dwindling as more companies commit to buildd rather than lease, said Jim Searcy, vice president at the .
"Mosy of the people we talk to are looking for a buildingg of aspecific size," he "But just through the process of finding the perfect building, they find there'zs no such thing and that it's betteer to build what they need." Searcy predicts more moderates growth through 2008 in the industrial with some speculative construction.
But an annual repor t released recentlyby Inc. shows the area's retail and industrial real estate markets were on the rise in with strong occupancy rates and competitive rental rates. The report showes a nearly 90 percent occupancy rate for the retail sectorlast year, a more than 86 percent occupancyu rate for the industrial sector and a 93 percent occupancy rate in the office market. Overall, the retail market absorbed nearly 1.7 million square feet, with more than 900,000 of that beingh absorbed in thefourth quarter. That's a marked difference from 2006, whicg had more than 206,000 square feet of negativee absorption. Weighted average rental rates were $13.532 per square foot.
EGS's report attributes most of retail's surgd in 2007 to four major projects in developmen t or opened during the year byin Alabaster, Trussville and McCalla. The areas with the most notable occupancy spikes compared to 2006 were the Highway 31 South whichjumped 6.6 percent in occupancy to 95.3 and the Eastwood/Irondale submarket, which jumped 4.4 percent to 72.3 percent occupancy. But occupancyu rates in retail drive the market very saidHugo Isom, principal at in Birminghaj and president of the . In retail, spacr that fits one store may not fit another retailer, he said, so it's more obvious whicy areas have vacancy issues.
For example, the newlyu redeveloped EastwoodVillage "is a terrifixc shot in the arm, but it left a majorr vacancy in Irondale when moved he said. "And may not be happy in a Wal-Mart Isom said the general health of the nationaol retail market looks grim because retailers are closely watching the economy andmovint carefully, but that may not be the case in with the city now saturated in retail with Colonial'zs projects. Developers now will begin to look toward the core ofthe city, to possibly redevelop older buildings and shoppinbg centers, he said.
In the industrial sector, EGS's report showe d Birmingham enjoyed a moderate pace of growtghlast year, with a positive absorptiomn of more than 315,000 squar e feet, all of whicjh was in bulk distribution. The Oxmoor Valley submarkeft sawa 4.3 percent jump in occupancy, with a nearlhy 118,000-square-foot absorption, and the Southern and Southwesterhn submarkets combined had a 5 percent increas e in occupancy and a nearly 148,000-square-foot Weighted average rental rates were up to $4.432 per square foot from $4.19 in 2006.
And whilew 2007 saw no major relocation of companies into theindustrial sector, the firstg three months of 2008 proves it will continue to Already this year, said it will build a large distributiobn center, will expand into the former Inc. headquarters and distribution site and EGS plans to develop a larg speculative industrial building inShelby County. But whilw the inventory of buildingswis stable, the number of industrial sites is dwindling as more companies commit to buildd rather than lease, said Jim Searcy, vice president at the .
"Mosy of the people we talk to are looking for a buildingg of aspecific size," he "But just through the process of finding the perfect building, they find there'zs no such thing and that it's betteer to build what they need." Searcy predicts more moderates growth through 2008 in the industrial with some speculative construction.
Monday, December 24, 2012
"Hallelujah, Holy Shit! Where's The Tylenol?": Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup ... - Deadspin
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"Hallelujah, Holy Shit! Where's The Tylenol?": Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup ... Deadspin "Hallelujah, Holy Shit! Where's The Tylenol?": Your Sunday NFL GIF We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from London Fletcher losing his lunch to sad Tom Brady. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. New Orleans 34 ... |
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Friday, December 21, 2012
WISeKey now on all major mobile platforms - Biometric Update
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Getting social: Some of area
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Thanks to social networking Web sites suchas Facebook.com, MySpace.cok and Twitter.com, businesses are gaining added insights into consumersa through sites started by customers and thosw generated by the companies. “Clearly this is an excitin g time inthe industry,” said Reggie CEO of Vitrue Inc., an Atlanta-basedc social media company. “The downturn is forcing marketersw to look at every aspect oftheier budget, every dollar is working overtime.” Bradforrd said Vitrue’s clients, which includw Pepsi, Arby’s and Chick-fil-A, are dedicatinfg more marketing spending towarf this area.
Shashi assistant professor of marketing, said the Internet isn’y just a forum for the young any Though Facebook has reported gains in allage groups, its largesrt increase in the last six months has been in womenj older than 55. It also said 45 percent of users are olderthan 26. Vitrue’s Sociall Media Index measures the daily mentions a braned gets on socialnetworking sites. The company’ss list of 2008’s most social brandzs included three withColumbue ties. Honda ranked highest and was the second-highest ranked auto brand at 25th, trailinf only 12th-place Ford.
Wendy’s was one of eight restauranty names to makethe list, coming in at 56th, whicnh trailed 32nd-ranked McDonald’s, but was one spot highefr than Burger King. Starbucks and Subway scored higherthan Wendy’s as Victoria’s Secret was one of seven apparel and accessory brandx to make the list, four of which were shoe Guess and the Gap were the only otheer nonshoe brands. Vitrue analyzes dailh online conversations about brands on a range ofsociakl networking, blogging, microblogging, photo and video-sharing The Vitrue 100 was determined by averaging the dailyt scores of brands through Decembedr 2008.
Most purchases in retaiol and restaurants are recommended by a frienrdor peer, Bradford said, so businesses can help themselvees by tapping those most passionater fans as a marketing avenue with promotionds and exclusive content. As many retailers he said, it is easier to hold onto customers than attractgnew ones. The Dublin-based Wendy’s divisioj of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc.’s is wading into this The fast-food chain held an online reverse auctiob for seven days in March and April to promote some of its offeringbidders merchandise, from sportw autographs to video game systems to a jacket worn by Chuck Norrisx in an episode of Walker, Texasw Ranger.
Participants found out about the auction and received updatesdthrough Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Wendy’s Spokesman Bob Bertinu said the sitehad 175,000 page visite for the auction week. “We intentionallt did not advertise through traditional marketing he said. “We wanted this to, by design, spreacd virally. We wanted to make sure our approacu was genuineand authentic.” Authenticity is a key to findingf gains in social networking, Matta “Be there early,” he said. “Pioneers are rewarded more than Reach out, but don’t make it seem like the hard Listen to your customerx and add value.
Don’t just sell Columbus-based declined to talk about what, if any, sociap networking strategy it is usingfor Victoria’sd Secret, Pink and Bath & Body among its other brands. A Facebook site for which is Victoria’s Secret’ds line aimed at young adults, has more than 1.1 millioj fans, while a Bath & Body Works page has almosty 12,000. A Twitter page, billed as offers online discounts and but wasn’t started and isn’t run by Victoria’s Alicia Jones, corporate communications supervisor at in Torrance, runs the Twitter feed for the posting links to media reports and updates aboutg Honda.
Thanks to social networking Web sites suchas Facebook.com, MySpace.cok and Twitter.com, businesses are gaining added insights into consumersa through sites started by customers and thosw generated by the companies. “Clearly this is an excitin g time inthe industry,” said Reggie CEO of Vitrue Inc., an Atlanta-basedc social media company. “The downturn is forcing marketersw to look at every aspect oftheier budget, every dollar is working overtime.” Bradforrd said Vitrue’s clients, which includw Pepsi, Arby’s and Chick-fil-A, are dedicatinfg more marketing spending towarf this area.
Shashi assistant professor of marketing, said the Internet isn’y just a forum for the young any Though Facebook has reported gains in allage groups, its largesrt increase in the last six months has been in womenj older than 55. It also said 45 percent of users are olderthan 26. Vitrue’s Sociall Media Index measures the daily mentions a braned gets on socialnetworking sites. The company’ss list of 2008’s most social brandzs included three withColumbue ties. Honda ranked highest and was the second-highest ranked auto brand at 25th, trailinf only 12th-place Ford.
Wendy’s was one of eight restauranty names to makethe list, coming in at 56th, whicnh trailed 32nd-ranked McDonald’s, but was one spot highefr than Burger King. Starbucks and Subway scored higherthan Wendy’s as Victoria’s Secret was one of seven apparel and accessory brandx to make the list, four of which were shoe Guess and the Gap were the only otheer nonshoe brands. Vitrue analyzes dailh online conversations about brands on a range ofsociakl networking, blogging, microblogging, photo and video-sharing The Vitrue 100 was determined by averaging the dailyt scores of brands through Decembedr 2008.
Most purchases in retaiol and restaurants are recommended by a frienrdor peer, Bradford said, so businesses can help themselvees by tapping those most passionater fans as a marketing avenue with promotionds and exclusive content. As many retailers he said, it is easier to hold onto customers than attractgnew ones. The Dublin-based Wendy’s divisioj of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc.’s is wading into this The fast-food chain held an online reverse auctiob for seven days in March and April to promote some of its offeringbidders merchandise, from sportw autographs to video game systems to a jacket worn by Chuck Norrisx in an episode of Walker, Texasw Ranger.
Participants found out about the auction and received updatesdthrough Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Wendy’s Spokesman Bob Bertinu said the sitehad 175,000 page visite for the auction week. “We intentionallt did not advertise through traditional marketing he said. “We wanted this to, by design, spreacd virally. We wanted to make sure our approacu was genuineand authentic.” Authenticity is a key to findingf gains in social networking, Matta “Be there early,” he said. “Pioneers are rewarded more than Reach out, but don’t make it seem like the hard Listen to your customerx and add value.
Don’t just sell Columbus-based declined to talk about what, if any, sociap networking strategy it is usingfor Victoria’sd Secret, Pink and Bath & Body among its other brands. A Facebook site for which is Victoria’s Secret’ds line aimed at young adults, has more than 1.1 millioj fans, while a Bath & Body Works page has almosty 12,000. A Twitter page, billed as offers online discounts and but wasn’t started and isn’t run by Victoria’s Alicia Jones, corporate communications supervisor at in Torrance, runs the Twitter feed for the posting links to media reports and updates aboutg Honda.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
New mortgage insurer Essent raises $500M - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Essent said that its parent Bermuda-based Essent Group Ltd., has been funded to establisn the first new private mortgage insurance company in the Unitexd States since the start of thefinanciaol crisis. , a subsidiary of Radnor, Pa.-base d Essent, is in the procesa of obtaining the approvals necessaru to offer privatemortgagew insurance. The capital commitments have been made by a group of investors, directly or through The group includes Pine Brook Road Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Renaissance Re.
Essent said its missiomn is to support homeownership for borrowersw who can afford a but not a largedown payment, by insuring mortgage lenders and investors from credit The company said it will provide privatre capital to take mortgage credit risk, and work as a risk managemeny partner with lenders and otherd mortgage investors. The CEO is Mark A. who previously served as presidenr of RadianGuaranty Inc., Philadelphia-based Radian Corp.’ws principal mortgage insurance subsidiary.
Essent said that its parent Bermuda-based Essent Group Ltd., has been funded to establisn the first new private mortgage insurance company in the Unitexd States since the start of thefinanciaol crisis. , a subsidiary of Radnor, Pa.-base d Essent, is in the procesa of obtaining the approvals necessaru to offer privatemortgagew insurance. The capital commitments have been made by a group of investors, directly or through The group includes Pine Brook Road Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Renaissance Re.
Essent said its missiomn is to support homeownership for borrowersw who can afford a but not a largedown payment, by insuring mortgage lenders and investors from credit The company said it will provide privatre capital to take mortgage credit risk, and work as a risk managemeny partner with lenders and otherd mortgage investors. The CEO is Mark A. who previously served as presidenr of RadianGuaranty Inc., Philadelphia-based Radian Corp.’ws principal mortgage insurance subsidiary.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Xcel Energy Inc. Company Profile | XEL Company Information
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Our name reflects our core value excellenc in energy productsand services. We are dedicatedf to providing you the bestin service, value and information to enhancr your professional and personal life. We are committed to customer satisfaction by continuously improvinhg our operations to bea low-cost, reliable, environmentally sound energy provider. We have been successfullu proving this to our customers for more than 130 yearsd and will work hard to continue with this commitmeny inthe future. As a leading combination electricitty and natural gasenergy company, we offee a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and servicesz to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.
8 million naturalo gas customers. We have regulated operations in 8 Western andMidwestern states, and revenued of more than $9 billion annually; and own more than 34,5000 miles of natural gas pipelines. We are proued of our community involvement. Through the Xcel Energhy Foundation, our economic development activities, and employee volunteer we are committed to using our considerable resources and skillas to benefit the communities we Our environmental policy states that Xcel Energy will be valueds as a leader in the energt industry by demonstrating excellence inenvironmentapl performance. ...
Our name reflects our core value excellenc in energy productsand services. We are dedicatedf to providing you the bestin service, value and information to enhancr your professional and personal life. We are committed to customer satisfaction by continuously improvinhg our operations to bea low-cost, reliable, environmentally sound energy provider. We have been successfullu proving this to our customers for more than 130 yearsd and will work hard to continue with this commitmeny inthe future. As a leading combination electricitty and natural gasenergy company, we offee a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and servicesz to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.
8 million naturalo gas customers. We have regulated operations in 8 Western andMidwestern states, and revenued of more than $9 billion annually; and own more than 34,5000 miles of natural gas pipelines. We are proued of our community involvement. Through the Xcel Energhy Foundation, our economic development activities, and employee volunteer we are committed to using our considerable resources and skillas to benefit the communities we Our environmental policy states that Xcel Energy will be valueds as a leader in the energt industry by demonstrating excellence inenvironmentapl performance. ...
Sunday, December 16, 2012
BofA under fire from SEIU, consumer groups - Nashville Business Journal:
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The criticism comes from the , whichy is trying to organize the bank’e workforce, along with the and the . They said that largest bank in California pressured workers to meet salex quotas thatburdened customers, especially amontg the working class, with costly and unnecessary products. “Thre SEIU’s claims misrepresent Bank of America’s relationship with its customersz andits associates,” responded Anne a spokeswoman for Charlotte, N.C.-based BofA (NYSE:BAC).
Some of the practices being criticized, such as courting those at embassiesz to sign up for checkingt accounts andother products, has long been seen as savvy move by major banksx to reach out to Another area of criticism by the groups Tuesday involved debt collection. One formeer BofA employee said the bank falsely threateneslegal action, in violation of federal law. The former employee also said the bank callesd neighbors oftroubled borrowers, asking them to deliver a message to the BofA customerd and hoping to embarrasw them. “We will not comment on specificv allegations made byformer associates, but will say that our practicex are fair,” BofA’s Pace said.
“The bank is committes to providing products and servicew to all of our customers to help them meet theitrfinancial needs.”
The criticism comes from the , whichy is trying to organize the bank’e workforce, along with the and the . They said that largest bank in California pressured workers to meet salex quotas thatburdened customers, especially amontg the working class, with costly and unnecessary products. “Thre SEIU’s claims misrepresent Bank of America’s relationship with its customersz andits associates,” responded Anne a spokeswoman for Charlotte, N.C.-based BofA (NYSE:BAC).
Some of the practices being criticized, such as courting those at embassiesz to sign up for checkingt accounts andother products, has long been seen as savvy move by major banksx to reach out to Another area of criticism by the groups Tuesday involved debt collection. One formeer BofA employee said the bank falsely threateneslegal action, in violation of federal law. The former employee also said the bank callesd neighbors oftroubled borrowers, asking them to deliver a message to the BofA customerd and hoping to embarrasw them. “We will not comment on specificv allegations made byformer associates, but will say that our practicex are fair,” BofA’s Pace said.
“The bank is committes to providing products and servicew to all of our customers to help them meet theitrfinancial needs.”
Friday, December 14, 2012
Urinary metabolomic signature of esophageal cancer and Barrett's esophagus - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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Urinary metabolomic signature of esophageal cancer and Barrett's esophagus 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) often presents at a late, incurable stage, and mortality has increased substantially, due to an increase in incidence of EAC arising out of Barrett's esophagus. When diagnosed early, however, the combination of surgery ... |
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Six Flags, former Elitch Gardens owner, files for Chapter 11 - The Business Review (Albany):
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The board of Six Flages (OTCBB: SIXF) voted last week to begin reorganization proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The company listed assete of $3.03 billion and debts of $2.36 billionm in its filing. Cascade Investments, the investment firm for Microsofft founderBill Gates, owns 11.1 percenf of the voting securities in New York-basedd Six Flags, the largest share, bankruptcy documents show. Six Flags has 97.7 million shares of commob stockand 1.1 millio n shares of preferred stock. "The currenr management team inheriteda $2.
4 billion debt load that cannott be sustained, particularly in these challenging financialp markets," said Mark Shapiro, president and CEO of Six Flags, in a "As a result, we are cleaning up the past and positionin the company for futurde growth ... Following a record year of performancein 2008, whic h completed the three-year turnaround of our system-wide park this action to clean up the balancse sheet paves the way for a full revivaol of the company," Shapiro said. Elitch Gardens had operated for more than a centur at a northwest Denver The old Elitch Gardens shut downin 1994, and a new versiomn of the amusement park opened a year later in downtow Denver.
The local Gurtler family and its financialp partners sold the new park to PremierParkes Inc. in 1996 for $65 million. It became Six Flagsd Elitch Gardens twoyears later, when Premiet acquired Six Flags Inc. and changedr its corporate name toSix Flags. Six Flagzs sold off Elitch's and othetr properties in 2007 in a series of transactionx that left the Denvert attraction in the hands of CNL Income Properties Inc., a real estate investment trusft based in Orlando, Fla. CNL reportedly paid $312 millio for the properties. CNL arranged for Parc Management LLC of Florida tomanagr Elitch's. Six Flags now operatezs about 20 North Americanmamusement parks.
The board of Six Flages (OTCBB: SIXF) voted last week to begin reorganization proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The company listed assete of $3.03 billion and debts of $2.36 billionm in its filing. Cascade Investments, the investment firm for Microsofft founderBill Gates, owns 11.1 percenf of the voting securities in New York-basedd Six Flags, the largest share, bankruptcy documents show. Six Flags has 97.7 million shares of commob stockand 1.1 millio n shares of preferred stock. "The currenr management team inheriteda $2.
4 billion debt load that cannott be sustained, particularly in these challenging financialp markets," said Mark Shapiro, president and CEO of Six Flags, in a "As a result, we are cleaning up the past and positionin the company for futurde growth ... Following a record year of performancein 2008, whic h completed the three-year turnaround of our system-wide park this action to clean up the balancse sheet paves the way for a full revivaol of the company," Shapiro said. Elitch Gardens had operated for more than a centur at a northwest Denver The old Elitch Gardens shut downin 1994, and a new versiomn of the amusement park opened a year later in downtow Denver.
The local Gurtler family and its financialp partners sold the new park to PremierParkes Inc. in 1996 for $65 million. It became Six Flagsd Elitch Gardens twoyears later, when Premiet acquired Six Flags Inc. and changedr its corporate name toSix Flags. Six Flagzs sold off Elitch's and othetr properties in 2007 in a series of transactionx that left the Denvert attraction in the hands of CNL Income Properties Inc., a real estate investment trusft based in Orlando, Fla. CNL reportedly paid $312 millio for the properties. CNL arranged for Parc Management LLC of Florida tomanagr Elitch's. Six Flags now operatezs about 20 North Americanmamusement parks.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Police hoping to secure software - Belgrade News
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Police hoping to secure software Belgrade News The program, called ILEADS, will allow 911 dispatchers to bring up information about Belgrade cases to quickly share with other law enforcement agencies. Suspects and offenders who wander into other jurisdictions will now be almost instantly on other ... |
Monday, December 10, 2012
Three projects close to DRI review - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Atlanta-based Taylor & Mathis has proposed the "Brogdonh Road Mixed Use" project near the intersection of Peachtreer Industrial Boulevard and Brogdon Roadin Suwanee. The developetr wants to build 600,000 square feet of ligh t industrial/warehouse space, 82,000 square feet of retail spaceand 148,8000 square feet of office space by 2010. Suwanee-basesd Pinebrook Communities plans to builr 61 houses in Riverstone Plantatiobn Phase Five inForsyty County, near the intersection of Jot Em Down Road and Wodd Wallacs Road. Completion is scheduled for fall 2006.
The Cowetwa County Development Authority has proposed dding some 2 millionh square feet of floor space to Creekside Industriao Park near State Route 34 and Walt Sanders Memorial about one mile east of The master planned industriao park currentlyhas 926,000 square feet of
Atlanta-based Taylor & Mathis has proposed the "Brogdonh Road Mixed Use" project near the intersection of Peachtreer Industrial Boulevard and Brogdon Roadin Suwanee. The developetr wants to build 600,000 square feet of ligh t industrial/warehouse space, 82,000 square feet of retail spaceand 148,8000 square feet of office space by 2010. Suwanee-basesd Pinebrook Communities plans to builr 61 houses in Riverstone Plantatiobn Phase Five inForsyty County, near the intersection of Jot Em Down Road and Wodd Wallacs Road. Completion is scheduled for fall 2006.
The Cowetwa County Development Authority has proposed dding some 2 millionh square feet of floor space to Creekside Industriao Park near State Route 34 and Walt Sanders Memorial about one mile east of The master planned industriao park currentlyhas 926,000 square feet of
Sunday, December 9, 2012
APNewsBreak: Corps Not Budging on Miss. River Flap - ABC News
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ABC News | APNewsBreak: Corps Not Budging on Miss. River Flap ABC News The Army Corps of Engineers has turned back requests by federal lawmakers and the barge operators to release more water from the Missouri River, believing the drought-starved Mississippi River it feeds still will remain open to shipping. The industry ... Army Corps Says Dre dging Will Keep Mississippi Open Corps not budging on Mississippi River flap Corps nixes c » |
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Realtors to launch foreclosure courses - Boston Business Journal:
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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosuree and shortsales course. And the was given $8,050 to develoop a course and DVD for consumers and agents on the legal risks associated with foreclosures andshort sales. also was awardec $6,000 to host a Realtor training course on helpingv consumers who are behind ontheir mortgages. The nationak association gave out morethan $3 milliom to different city associations to help resolvr the growing foreclosure problem.
“Realtors buil communities, and as the leading advocate for homeownership andhousing issues, we believe that any famil that loses its home to foreclosurde is one family too many,” NAR Presideny Charles McMillan, a broker with in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures affecft each community differently, which is why NAR is providing the Foreclosure Prevention and Response grantas directly to local and stat e Realtor associations so that they can develop coordinated action plans to preveny foreclosures and minimize their adverse effects onthe community.
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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosuree and shortsales course. And the was given $8,050 to develoop a course and DVD for consumers and agents on the legal risks associated with foreclosures andshort sales. also was awardec $6,000 to host a Realtor training course on helpingv consumers who are behind ontheir mortgages. The nationak association gave out morethan $3 milliom to different city associations to help resolvr the growing foreclosure problem.
“Realtors buil communities, and as the leading advocate for homeownership andhousing issues, we believe that any famil that loses its home to foreclosurde is one family too many,” NAR Presideny Charles McMillan, a broker with in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures affecft each community differently, which is why NAR is providing the Foreclosure Prevention and Response grantas directly to local and stat e Realtor associations so that they can develop coordinated action plans to preveny foreclosures and minimize their adverse effects onthe community.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Harleysville National misses OCC deadline - Boston Business Journal:
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A company spokesman said Wednesday that Harleysvilles National has not yet heardr from regulators and does not expect an immediate The company has said regulators may deem noncompliance to be an unsafse and unsound banking practice which woulsd subject the bank to administrative actions or sanctione Harleysville said it has yet to raise any money or sell off any assets but is working hard todo so. the bank’s capital levels are less than those requireed underthe ’s newly required minimumm individual capital ratios. CEO Paul Geraghty has said Harleysvillde National hopes toraise $65 million to $120 milliojn in equity.
He has said he believes the OCC’s required capital ratios are achievable, but did not thinkj it could be done byJune 30. The companuy said it was conductinyg due diligence on options forraising capital, reducin g its assets or The spokesman said not to expectg any sale of fee businesses such as its wealt h management division, which Harleysviller National considers tremendously valuable. He said a more likelu option would be sellinghoff loans.
Harleysville has said its ability to increased its capital levels to meetthe OCC’s requirements will largelh depend on its financial performance and conditionsx in the capital markets, which are outside its It added that raising capital through the issuance of commonj stock or other securitieas would likely dilute the valuee of its common stock. Harleysville’s capitakl ratios have been negatively affected by the economix downturn and its effect on the businesses and homeowners with whom it does Geraghty said the company has been working to strengthencredit administration, add to its loan workout and actively manage the trouble loans that are weighing down its portfolio.
At its most recenty annual meeting thispast spring, Geraghty told shareholders he intends to meet regulatory requirements for a well-capitalizef bank by the end of the Now that plan will have to be accelerated. The Pa.-based bank (NASDAQ:HNBC) has $5.6 billionj in assets and is the largest locally base d bank inthe eight-county Philadelphia region with last year’ds addition of Willow Financial Bancorp. It has the seventh-most deposits in the regiomn with just morethan $3 billion.
A company spokesman said Wednesday that Harleysvilles National has not yet heardr from regulators and does not expect an immediate The company has said regulators may deem noncompliance to be an unsafse and unsound banking practice which woulsd subject the bank to administrative actions or sanctione Harleysville said it has yet to raise any money or sell off any assets but is working hard todo so. the bank’s capital levels are less than those requireed underthe ’s newly required minimumm individual capital ratios. CEO Paul Geraghty has said Harleysvillde National hopes toraise $65 million to $120 milliojn in equity.
He has said he believes the OCC’s required capital ratios are achievable, but did not thinkj it could be done byJune 30. The companuy said it was conductinyg due diligence on options forraising capital, reducin g its assets or The spokesman said not to expectg any sale of fee businesses such as its wealt h management division, which Harleysviller National considers tremendously valuable. He said a more likelu option would be sellinghoff loans.
Harleysville has said its ability to increased its capital levels to meetthe OCC’s requirements will largelh depend on its financial performance and conditionsx in the capital markets, which are outside its It added that raising capital through the issuance of commonj stock or other securitieas would likely dilute the valuee of its common stock. Harleysville’s capitakl ratios have been negatively affected by the economix downturn and its effect on the businesses and homeowners with whom it does Geraghty said the company has been working to strengthencredit administration, add to its loan workout and actively manage the trouble loans that are weighing down its portfolio.
At its most recenty annual meeting thispast spring, Geraghty told shareholders he intends to meet regulatory requirements for a well-capitalizef bank by the end of the Now that plan will have to be accelerated. The Pa.-based bank (NASDAQ:HNBC) has $5.6 billionj in assets and is the largest locally base d bank inthe eight-county Philadelphia region with last year’ds addition of Willow Financial Bancorp. It has the seventh-most deposits in the regiomn with just morethan $3 billion.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
How recently drafted QBs are stacking up - ESPN (blog)
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How recently drafted QBs are stacking up ESPN (blog) I've put together a chart showing 2012 stats for all quarterbacks drafted since 2010 (minimum 10 attempts). They're ranked by Total QBR, which is a rate stat, not a cumulative stat. The order doesn't necessarily reflect how much each player has ... |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Small schools, big plans - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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million from an and Point Park expects to launc ha $103 million capital campaign -- but all thre are proving that size doesn't matter. The 's study citin g Pittsburgh as the No. 1 most polluted city ranked by short-termn particle pollution fails to look at thebigger picture. Whilew the city also ranked second in termsof year-round particle pollution, it didn't even make the top 25 when it comese to ozone pollution.
And the association failede to highlight the factthat Pittsburgh's year-rouns particle pollution levels have dropped over the past six Although work still needs to be done, to say that Pittsburghg is more polluted than Los Angeles is just perpetuating an old It's time for the rest of the world to discover that Pittsburghg has cleaned up its act.
million from an and Point Park expects to launc ha $103 million capital campaign -- but all thre are proving that size doesn't matter. The 's study citin g Pittsburgh as the No. 1 most polluted city ranked by short-termn particle pollution fails to look at thebigger picture. Whilew the city also ranked second in termsof year-round particle pollution, it didn't even make the top 25 when it comese to ozone pollution.
And the association failede to highlight the factthat Pittsburgh's year-rouns particle pollution levels have dropped over the past six Although work still needs to be done, to say that Pittsburghg is more polluted than Los Angeles is just perpetuating an old It's time for the rest of the world to discover that Pittsburghg has cleaned up its act.
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