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On Tuesday, the The creation of a new maintenance annex behind the TARC headquarters atUnion Station, at a cost of up to $4 with the job awarded to 901 Lampton St. The project is expected to take 18 montheto build. The annex will have spaces forwashingf buses, for electronic maintenance and for trainingb and classrooms, TARC executive director Barry Barker The building will have a vegetative roof and the capacitu to recycle wastewater. • Reconstruction of a former TARC facility at 29th Street and at a cost of upto $1.7 The job was awarded to LLC, 11876 Capital Way, with constructioj time estimated at six to seve n months.
• Replacement of the roof on theTARC “bua barn,” a storage building for busess with an area as big as six football fields undedr roof, located behind TARC’ss main office in Union Station. The cost is up to $1.4 and the job was awardexd to Inc., 4007 Produce Road. Construction time is expected to be abou tfive months. • And installation of two emergenc generators topower TARC’s facilities in case of an emergency, at a cost of up to The job was awarded to Inc., 100 E. Main St., with the projectg expected to be complet e inseven months. The award to Brasch-Barry was challenged by another bidder, who appealed to TARC to overturhnthe award, Barker said.
He declined to provide furthetr details, but he said he expected TARC to resolver the issue by the end of this TARC also is in the proces of completing a contract to buy eighr to10 hybrid-powered buses from a Haywood, Calif., bus builder. The total cost will be $4.8 milliobn to $6 million, and the purchass will be funded with stimulus Barker said. TARC is expected to receivee a totalof $18.1 million in stimulus dollars, Barked said. “It has helpec us do a lot of projectxsand catch-up work that we were not able to get to when we didn’ t have the money to do it,” he said. The Louisvills Metro Housing Authority, which is getting $14.
1 millionm in stimulus money, already has completerd one project — the repainting of Dosker Manor, a three-buildin complex for senior citizens at413 E. Muhammad Ali The $136,000 contract was awarded to J-Towm Contractors Inc., 13040 Middletown Industrial on Feb. 24, just a week afterd President Obama signed thestimulus bill, said Tim director of the housing authority. Last the authority awarded a $1.3 million contract to , 4523 Knop p Ave., to replace the six elevators atDosker Manor. Barry said this is an “absolutelh critical” job because the elevatorss are starting tomalfunction regularly.
The authority also gave , 1207 Durretf Lane, a $241,000 contract to replace parapetsx atDosker Manor, Barryy said. Also last month, the authority awarded two other Barry said: • It gave Morgantown, Ky.-based LLC a $2.7 million contract to replace an underground pipe that provides hot wated for the boilers and for residents’ use at the Beecher Terrace housing complex on Roy Wilkins • And it awarded a $474,000 contract to Highlan d Roofing to replace the roof on the 550 Apartmentas on Eighth Street. The authorityy is preparing to award anestimated $1.1 milliohn contract to replace the roof at the Shepparc Square public housing development in Smoketown, Barry said.
The authorityg also is receiving bids through June 11 fora $1.3 million contract to tear down 16 buildings at the Iroquois Homes public housingg development, 1334 Bicknell Ave. The developmen originally had 72 barracks-style publid housing units, but it now has 43, as the authoritgy has been gradually tearing them down and moving the residentz into homes scattered across the Barry said.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Cessna out of Paris Air Show - Triangle Business Journal:
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Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver tells KAKE the compan y recently finished EBACE the — held last month in Switzerland. But it will forgoo the Paris show, where it typicallh shares exhibition space with its parent company Olive says the Paris show is more focused on millitaruy andcommercial aviation. Cessna isn’t According to a report from Business Week, Gulfstrea m has also decided not to attendthis year’s show. and will have displays in Paris. But with subsidiaries such as Bell Oliver says it makes sense for Textronh tobe there.
“Textron has a presencw there andrightly so,” he “That’s right in their market In tough economic timese though, Oliver says it makes more sense for Cessna to focus on showx that attract their specific customer “Right now, the best thing we can do is focus more on the busines aviation shows,” he says. Next in line for Cessn will be the EAA AirVenture Oshkos h showin July.
Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver tells KAKE the compan y recently finished EBACE the — held last month in Switzerland. But it will forgoo the Paris show, where it typicallh shares exhibition space with its parent company Olive says the Paris show is more focused on millitaruy andcommercial aviation. Cessna isn’t According to a report from Business Week, Gulfstrea m has also decided not to attendthis year’s show. and will have displays in Paris. But with subsidiaries such as Bell Oliver says it makes sense for Textronh tobe there.
“Textron has a presencw there andrightly so,” he “That’s right in their market In tough economic timese though, Oliver says it makes more sense for Cessna to focus on showx that attract their specific customer “Right now, the best thing we can do is focus more on the busines aviation shows,” he says. Next in line for Cessn will be the EAA AirVenture Oshkos h showin July.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Putting the Nixon tape in context - Washington Post
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Putting the Nixon tape in context Washington Post Context matters. Gerson presents the issue of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union in the 1970s as if it had been an abstract debate between those who ... |
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Big sendoff for Agie - McMinnville News-Register
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Monday, December 20, 2010
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The startup modular home builder said it can buildc homes that produce as much powe as they will use in ayear — a concepr the industry calls “net zero” and can do it faster and cheaper than traditionall methods, all while usinyg green building materials and reducinh waste. Net zero energy homes are popping up all over the country as government and private support increases and new materialesare developed. However, with hundreds of thousandz of foreclosedhomes empty, depressed home prices and a recession-stuntes building industry, it might not seem like the right time to stargt a home manufacturing company.
But Zeta CEO Naomi Porat “The industry is ripe for reinvention right she said. Zeta’s first two unit, work/live town home is being installed now in The home includes four modules andat 1,560 squarre feet, Zeta homes start at about $165 per squarw foot or $258,000. This does not includee the cost of site workand foundation, the company Zeta is using the Oakland town home as its demonstratioj home to get home developers and stat agencies interested in buying tracts of these Porat said. Zeta has 16 and most of them work in the San Leandrpo factory designing and buildingthe homes.
Porat’ws brother is Marc Porat, chairman of Zeta and of , whicj is manufacturing highlyefficient windows, drywall alternatives, insulationj and other green building products. Marc Poraf is also chairman of , a cleantech cement company, and he workedf for Apple’s Advanced Technology Group before spinninhgout . Naomi Porat said Zeta uses the greenest and cheapest materials to builfits homes, with the aim of makinh them affordable, but is using Seriouas windows in its first modular home.
Homes take aboutr six-to-eight weeks to build in the factory and anothed month or so to assemble on site still much fasterthan on-site “The whole house is aboutg 90 percent completed in the factorty down to the towel Porat said. “Then we do the finish work on site to marrhythe modules.” Net zero energy homes use technology like heat recovering generators, waste watefr heat recovery systems and Energy Star appliancese — rated for efficiency — to limif the amount of electricity a householde uses. They use solafr panels or other renewable generation like smal l wind turbines toproduce electricity.
Zeta hopes to sell its homew directly to contractors who will build neighborhoodof multi-family, net-zero energy But contractors may have some time to thinj about it. The California Energy Commission recommendefd that all new construction home are builtto “net zero energy” standardse by 2020 and all buildings meet thosed metrics by 2030. And a bill that woulr require the California Energy Commission to adoptg standards and building code s requiring new homes and buildings to meet net zero was introduceed in the California Assembly onAprill 24. “We feel we’re about 10 years ahead of the curve Porat said.
The startup modular home builder said it can buildc homes that produce as much powe as they will use in ayear — a concepr the industry calls “net zero” and can do it faster and cheaper than traditionall methods, all while usinyg green building materials and reducinh waste. Net zero energy homes are popping up all over the country as government and private support increases and new materialesare developed. However, with hundreds of thousandz of foreclosedhomes empty, depressed home prices and a recession-stuntes building industry, it might not seem like the right time to stargt a home manufacturing company.
But Zeta CEO Naomi Porat “The industry is ripe for reinvention right she said. Zeta’s first two unit, work/live town home is being installed now in The home includes four modules andat 1,560 squarre feet, Zeta homes start at about $165 per squarw foot or $258,000. This does not includee the cost of site workand foundation, the company Zeta is using the Oakland town home as its demonstratioj home to get home developers and stat agencies interested in buying tracts of these Porat said. Zeta has 16 and most of them work in the San Leandrpo factory designing and buildingthe homes.
Porat’ws brother is Marc Porat, chairman of Zeta and of , whicj is manufacturing highlyefficient windows, drywall alternatives, insulationj and other green building products. Marc Poraf is also chairman of , a cleantech cement company, and he workedf for Apple’s Advanced Technology Group before spinninhgout . Naomi Porat said Zeta uses the greenest and cheapest materials to builfits homes, with the aim of makinh them affordable, but is using Seriouas windows in its first modular home.
Homes take aboutr six-to-eight weeks to build in the factory and anothed month or so to assemble on site still much fasterthan on-site “The whole house is aboutg 90 percent completed in the factorty down to the towel Porat said. “Then we do the finish work on site to marrhythe modules.” Net zero energy homes use technology like heat recovering generators, waste watefr heat recovery systems and Energy Star appliancese — rated for efficiency — to limif the amount of electricity a householde uses. They use solafr panels or other renewable generation like smal l wind turbines toproduce electricity.
Zeta hopes to sell its homew directly to contractors who will build neighborhoodof multi-family, net-zero energy But contractors may have some time to thinj about it. The California Energy Commission recommendefd that all new construction home are builtto “net zero energy” standardse by 2020 and all buildings meet thosed metrics by 2030. And a bill that woulr require the California Energy Commission to adoptg standards and building code s requiring new homes and buildings to meet net zero was introduceed in the California Assembly onAprill 24. “We feel we’re about 10 years ahead of the curve Porat said.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Regent pays off 3344 debt, may buy distressed assets - Business First of Columbus:
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Regent paid off a$139 million loan from New York-based SFI). Regent also has an equitgy partner onthe tower. While the termzs of the transaction with iStar werenot available, Regeng repurchased the debt at a Typically, a building owner in Regent’s positioj can expect a 25 percenty to 40 percent discounted rate on the transaction, primarily because the loan on 3344 Peachtrese was performing well. The nearly 470,000-square-foott tower is 74 percent occupied and includes tenantws such as real estate services firm and the law firm Little rMendelson P.C.
The Atlanta-based real estate developmenf company began pursuing a deal to pay off debt last year in the hopezs of having more cash on hand to purchase the growinvg number ofdistressed properties. Since its star t in 1983, Regent has carried out about $2 billionh in transactions, and about half of them have involveddistresser assets. Some of the properties includesthe 29-story Tower Place 100, which Regent acquired in 1993. It then renovated and repositionedthe building. The Tower Place transactio n also involved the parcel that eventually becam e3344 Peachtree.
“Strategically, we’ve always lookedf to acquire distressed assets, and we wanted to be in positio n in this market to be able to do this once saidDavid Tennery, principal of office propertiees and development for Regent Partners. “This transactio with iStar allows usto -focus on executing our capitalp deployment strategy. ” The move may also give Regenty an advantage in the competitiveBuckhead marketplace, wherde the owners of four new office towers are vyinh for a number of larged corporate tenants at a time when commercial building values are plummetinyg and leasing activity is slowing.
Many corporats boards of directors and lenderd are scrutinizing the debt structure on officre towers even more closely than inyearas past, as they consider whetheer to pull the trigger on a new lease. Regenf has about 78,000 square feet of contiguouse space in the building set aside on the 23rd and24th floors. , which is looking for aboutf 50,000 square feet, and representatives of ’s Atlanta office, have each toured 3344 Peachtree inrecen weeks, according to commercial real estatew sources.
Tennery could not comment on how close Regent is to potentially landing anotherlarge “Our position in the market, that we’rr well leased-up and our debt structure is solid, is allowinhg us to attract interest from high-level, creditworthgy tenants,” Tennery said. A few big deals. Alerw Health Care, the Nuclear Regulatoryu Commission and the law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP made up the list of largesy office leases during thefirst quarter, according to Atlanta’zs top commercial real estate service firms.
Alere Healthu Care, which agreed to a 117,000-square-footf lease at the Towers at Wildwood, was the largesrt transaction according to Jones Lang LaSalle and Collierss SpectrumCauble Inc. lists the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s nearly 100,000-square-foot lease at Peachtree Centedr as the largest deal in thefirst quarter. Seyfarthh Shaw’s 84,000-square-foot lease at Daniel Corp. and ’z 1075 Peachtree marked the second-largesft transaction, according to all three brokerage firms. Assurant Special Property’s 70,393-square-foot service center in Duluth, accordinvg to Colliers Spectrum Cauble.
’ss 56,658-square-foot-lease at 5560 New Northside Drive, according to Cushmajn & Wakefield. Southeastern Data 39,500 square feet at 100 Ashford according to ColliersSpectrunm Cauble. It’s common to have some discrepancy among the brokerage firm’s lists. Beltmann renews. The Beltmann Group, a residentia l and commercial movingservices company, recently renewed for 96,160 squarew feet at 7030 Buford Highway in
Regent paid off a$139 million loan from New York-based SFI). Regent also has an equitgy partner onthe tower. While the termzs of the transaction with iStar werenot available, Regeng repurchased the debt at a Typically, a building owner in Regent’s positioj can expect a 25 percenty to 40 percent discounted rate on the transaction, primarily because the loan on 3344 Peachtrese was performing well. The nearly 470,000-square-foott tower is 74 percent occupied and includes tenantws such as real estate services firm and the law firm Little rMendelson P.C.
The Atlanta-based real estate developmenf company began pursuing a deal to pay off debt last year in the hopezs of having more cash on hand to purchase the growinvg number ofdistressed properties. Since its star t in 1983, Regent has carried out about $2 billionh in transactions, and about half of them have involveddistresser assets. Some of the properties includesthe 29-story Tower Place 100, which Regent acquired in 1993. It then renovated and repositionedthe building. The Tower Place transactio n also involved the parcel that eventually becam e3344 Peachtree.
“Strategically, we’ve always lookedf to acquire distressed assets, and we wanted to be in positio n in this market to be able to do this once saidDavid Tennery, principal of office propertiees and development for Regent Partners. “This transactio with iStar allows usto -focus on executing our capitalp deployment strategy. ” The move may also give Regenty an advantage in the competitiveBuckhead marketplace, wherde the owners of four new office towers are vyinh for a number of larged corporate tenants at a time when commercial building values are plummetinyg and leasing activity is slowing.
Many corporats boards of directors and lenderd are scrutinizing the debt structure on officre towers even more closely than inyearas past, as they consider whetheer to pull the trigger on a new lease. Regenf has about 78,000 square feet of contiguouse space in the building set aside on the 23rd and24th floors. , which is looking for aboutf 50,000 square feet, and representatives of ’s Atlanta office, have each toured 3344 Peachtree inrecen weeks, according to commercial real estatew sources.
Tennery could not comment on how close Regent is to potentially landing anotherlarge “Our position in the market, that we’rr well leased-up and our debt structure is solid, is allowinhg us to attract interest from high-level, creditworthgy tenants,” Tennery said. A few big deals. Alerw Health Care, the Nuclear Regulatoryu Commission and the law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP made up the list of largesy office leases during thefirst quarter, according to Atlanta’zs top commercial real estate service firms.
Alere Healthu Care, which agreed to a 117,000-square-footf lease at the Towers at Wildwood, was the largesrt transaction according to Jones Lang LaSalle and Collierss SpectrumCauble Inc. lists the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s nearly 100,000-square-foot lease at Peachtree Centedr as the largest deal in thefirst quarter. Seyfarthh Shaw’s 84,000-square-foot lease at Daniel Corp. and ’z 1075 Peachtree marked the second-largesft transaction, according to all three brokerage firms. Assurant Special Property’s 70,393-square-foot service center in Duluth, accordinvg to Colliers Spectrum Cauble.
’ss 56,658-square-foot-lease at 5560 New Northside Drive, according to Cushmajn & Wakefield. Southeastern Data 39,500 square feet at 100 Ashford according to ColliersSpectrunm Cauble. It’s common to have some discrepancy among the brokerage firm’s lists. Beltmann renews. The Beltmann Group, a residentia l and commercial movingservices company, recently renewed for 96,160 squarew feet at 7030 Buford Highway in
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Hugh Johnson sees economy gaining, with state outpacing nation - Albany Times Union
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
RIM and Kodak tussle over patents - Dallas Business Journal:
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The company in November settled one local patentcourtt fight, and in the same montj sought a judicial declaration that it was not infringing on anothetr firm’s intellectual property. The Canadiabn maker of the ubiquitous BlackBerry smart phone recently agree to settle a court tussle with a British Virgi n Islands company calledBVI Ltd. Termsz weren’t disclosed.DataQuill’s Web site says it holdxs intellectual property relating to the exchange and downloadinyg of information over wirelesstelecommunications networks. In a 2007 complaintg in federal district courtin Dallas, Research in Motion — whose U.S.
headquarters is in Las Colinase and which goes by RIM forshorgt — did the legal equivalentg of a pre-emptive strike, seeking a judgment that it did not infringre on two DataQuill patents, one related to a specific data entry the other entitled “Handx Held Telecommunications and Data Entry Device.” DataQuill maintainer that RIM did infringe the patents, court recordsz say. DataQuill lawyers in Chicago couldn’r be reached for comment. RIM also declined commentt viaa spokeswoman.
In a similar vein, RIM is seekint a judgment that three of its smart phones do not infringer on four patents held by the Accordingt tocourt documents, Kodak sent a letter to RIM in Augusyt 2007 claiming infringements by three RIM product the BlackBerry 8700 and 8800 seriex and the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 series. RIM’s litigatiojn notes that Kodak has sued three companies in the federal Easterm District of Texas over allegations of infringement of two of the patentd at issue in its disputewith RIM. The defendants, who have denied wrongdoing, are , Panasonic Corp. JVC and Victor Co.
of In an e-mail, A Kodak David Lanzillo, says the company is “disappointede that RIM has chosen to end discussions that appearefd to be on a reasonable path The Kodak patents targetef by RIM are valid andenforceable ... (W)e are committeds to protecting these assets on behalf of our After receiving the letter from Kodak aboutt theinfringement allegations, courr records say, there were five meeting s between officials of RIM and Kodak to discuss Kodak’s At least one of those gatherings occurred at RIM’d offices in Las Colinas.
“At these Kodak demanded exhorbitant royalties from RIM for thisalleged RIM’s court petition William Munck, chairman of the Dallas-based law firm Munckm Carter, notes that by having a meeting in Las Colina s about the patents, RIM can now argue that the case should be trie d in Dallas, in the Northern District of rather than in some other locale where it doesn’t want to go. The Eastern District of Texas is knownas “rockett docket” for its ability to try patent cases quickly, althougj a flood of litigation beinf tried there has slowed the pace somewhat, Munck “It’s clear that (RIM) perceives they have an advantage here (in the Norther District), for whatever their reasons are,” Munck
The company in November settled one local patentcourtt fight, and in the same montj sought a judicial declaration that it was not infringing on anothetr firm’s intellectual property. The Canadiabn maker of the ubiquitous BlackBerry smart phone recently agree to settle a court tussle with a British Virgi n Islands company calledBVI Ltd. Termsz weren’t disclosed.DataQuill’s Web site says it holdxs intellectual property relating to the exchange and downloadinyg of information over wirelesstelecommunications networks. In a 2007 complaintg in federal district courtin Dallas, Research in Motion — whose U.S.
headquarters is in Las Colinase and which goes by RIM forshorgt — did the legal equivalentg of a pre-emptive strike, seeking a judgment that it did not infringre on two DataQuill patents, one related to a specific data entry the other entitled “Handx Held Telecommunications and Data Entry Device.” DataQuill maintainer that RIM did infringe the patents, court recordsz say. DataQuill lawyers in Chicago couldn’r be reached for comment. RIM also declined commentt viaa spokeswoman.
In a similar vein, RIM is seekint a judgment that three of its smart phones do not infringer on four patents held by the Accordingt tocourt documents, Kodak sent a letter to RIM in Augusyt 2007 claiming infringements by three RIM product the BlackBerry 8700 and 8800 seriex and the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 series. RIM’s litigatiojn notes that Kodak has sued three companies in the federal Easterm District of Texas over allegations of infringement of two of the patentd at issue in its disputewith RIM. The defendants, who have denied wrongdoing, are , Panasonic Corp. JVC and Victor Co.
of In an e-mail, A Kodak David Lanzillo, says the company is “disappointede that RIM has chosen to end discussions that appearefd to be on a reasonable path The Kodak patents targetef by RIM are valid andenforceable ... (W)e are committeds to protecting these assets on behalf of our After receiving the letter from Kodak aboutt theinfringement allegations, courr records say, there were five meeting s between officials of RIM and Kodak to discuss Kodak’s At least one of those gatherings occurred at RIM’d offices in Las Colinas.
“At these Kodak demanded exhorbitant royalties from RIM for thisalleged RIM’s court petition William Munck, chairman of the Dallas-based law firm Munckm Carter, notes that by having a meeting in Las Colina s about the patents, RIM can now argue that the case should be trie d in Dallas, in the Northern District of rather than in some other locale where it doesn’t want to go. The Eastern District of Texas is knownas “rockett docket” for its ability to try patent cases quickly, althougj a flood of litigation beinf tried there has slowed the pace somewhat, Munck “It’s clear that (RIM) perceives they have an advantage here (in the Norther District), for whatever their reasons are,” Munck
Friday, December 10, 2010
Report: Google staying out of newspaper business - Boston Business Journal:
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The Financial Times reported that thesearch giant's (NASDAQ:GOOG) chief didn't name the paper, but Google's name has come up severall times in recent year's as a rumoreds white knight. Most recent reports have centered on the but another rumored possibility in the past wasthe . Schmidt is quoted by the Financial Times as saying potentiakl newspaper targets are either too expensive or have toomany "We’ve actually looked at this and we’rd trying to avoid crossing the line betweeb the infrastructure and technology that Google provide and the content that our partnerx provide. There is a line and we’rse trying to stay on our side Schmidt said.
On the othefr hand, Schmidt said he sees the dangeer of losing quality content if it loses top providers its searcy servicelinks to. "From our perspective, we depened on the production of very, very high-quality If the people who are producing that are gettingflaid off, it’s really a tragedy for both. So we need the high-qualit y content. There’s a debatee in the industry of exactly how to getit but, the problem is not us takingv money from some other pocket and subsidizing it, ultimately the solution is to builcd products that really are so good that we make enough moneh from advertising and subscriptions, to a degree, that they make sensde and that there’s enough monegy to pay for the construction of this high-quality content.
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The Financial Times reported that thesearch giant's (NASDAQ:GOOG) chief didn't name the paper, but Google's name has come up severall times in recent year's as a rumoreds white knight. Most recent reports have centered on the but another rumored possibility in the past wasthe . Schmidt is quoted by the Financial Times as saying potentiakl newspaper targets are either too expensive or have toomany "We’ve actually looked at this and we’rd trying to avoid crossing the line betweeb the infrastructure and technology that Google provide and the content that our partnerx provide. There is a line and we’rse trying to stay on our side Schmidt said.
On the othefr hand, Schmidt said he sees the dangeer of losing quality content if it loses top providers its searcy servicelinks to. "From our perspective, we depened on the production of very, very high-quality If the people who are producing that are gettingflaid off, it’s really a tragedy for both. So we need the high-qualit y content. There’s a debatee in the industry of exactly how to getit but, the problem is not us takingv money from some other pocket and subsidizing it, ultimately the solution is to builcd products that really are so good that we make enough moneh from advertising and subscriptions, to a degree, that they make sensde and that there’s enough monegy to pay for the construction of this high-quality content.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
CUNA Mutual to buy Kansas retirement plan record keeper - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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the largest employee-owned, third-party administrator in the Unitefd States. The sale is expected to closs June 30. Terms of the cash transaction are notbeingt disclosed. CUNA Mutual’s Retirement Plan Services divisionn specializes in providing fully bundled retirement plans to creditg unions throughout theUnited States. CUNA Mutual’s plan assetz under administration totalnearlhy $5 billion. With the acquisition, Madison-based CUNA Mutualp will be servicingapproximately 7,500 retirement planws with assets under administration nearinv $10 billion.
CPI has more than 400 employees and provides administrativer services to morethan 3,600o clients nationwide with plan assets underd administration of about $5 billion. CUNA Mutual currentlu serves morethan 4,000 plans and 129,000 plan participants. “We are very excited abouyt this acquisition. It’s an extremely good fit culturally, operationally and financially,” said Kevin Thompson, CUNA Mutualk senior vice president of assetaccumulationn products. “CUNA Mutual and CPI each brinyg many complementary strengths tothe table.
This acquisitio demonstrates our commitment to the retirement plan marketplace and is a critical firsrt step in supporting our rapid expansion intonew
the largest employee-owned, third-party administrator in the Unitefd States. The sale is expected to closs June 30. Terms of the cash transaction are notbeingt disclosed. CUNA Mutual’s Retirement Plan Services divisionn specializes in providing fully bundled retirement plans to creditg unions throughout theUnited States. CUNA Mutual’s plan assetz under administration totalnearlhy $5 billion. With the acquisition, Madison-based CUNA Mutualp will be servicingapproximately 7,500 retirement planws with assets under administration nearinv $10 billion.
CPI has more than 400 employees and provides administrativer services to morethan 3,600o clients nationwide with plan assets underd administration of about $5 billion. CUNA Mutual currentlu serves morethan 4,000 plans and 129,000 plan participants. “We are very excited abouyt this acquisition. It’s an extremely good fit culturally, operationally and financially,” said Kevin Thompson, CUNA Mutualk senior vice president of assetaccumulationn products. “CUNA Mutual and CPI each brinyg many complementary strengths tothe table.
This acquisitio demonstrates our commitment to the retirement plan marketplace and is a critical firsrt step in supporting our rapid expansion intonew
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Pupil-service provider ratios - Wichita Business Journal:
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pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per provider 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupiles per provider • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provider 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provider 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per provider 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per provider • 8. 85.7 pupils per provider • 9. 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. 88.8 pupils per provider • 11. West 89.1 pupils per provider • 12. 90.4 pupils per provider • 13. 91.0 pupils per provider • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupils per provideer • 15. Olean, 94.2 pupils per provide • 16. Perry, 99.1 pupils per provider • 17. Chautauqua Lake, 99.
3 pupilsa per provider • 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per providerf • 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providert
pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per provider 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupiles per provider • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provider 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provider 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per provider 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per provider • 8. 85.7 pupils per provider • 9. 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. 88.8 pupils per provider • 11. West 89.1 pupils per provider • 12. 90.4 pupils per provider • 13. 91.0 pupils per provider • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupils per provideer • 15. Olean, 94.2 pupils per provide • 16. Perry, 99.1 pupils per provider • 17. Chautauqua Lake, 99.
3 pupilsa per provider • 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per providerf • 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providert
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
N.Y attorney general ends BofA probe - San Francisco Business Times:
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Cuomo says the banks have and will continu e to provide liquidity to Last October, agreed to buy back as much as $4.7 billion in auction-rate securities it sold to about 5,500 investors, smal businesses and small charities before the market collapsee in February 2008. According to the Securities and Exchange the settlement also required BofAto “use its best efforts” to providre up to $5 billiohn in liquidity to businesses and institutionapl investors with accounts valued at $15 millioj or more, and charities with accounts valuedc at $25 million or more.
The agreemenrt resolved allegations that securitie s dealers made misrepresentations to customerss during salesof auction-rate securitiees about their safety and liquidity. Auction-rate securities have interestg rates that are reseg at weekly or monthly auctions run byinvestmenf firms. The $330 billion marke collapsed last year, when investors became alarmed at the prospects of the abilityh of corporate borrowers covering debt servicre onthe securities. Many were left with securities they coulr not sell intothe market. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) neithed admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
The SEC also has finalized a settlement with BofA overthe
Cuomo says the banks have and will continu e to provide liquidity to Last October, agreed to buy back as much as $4.7 billion in auction-rate securities it sold to about 5,500 investors, smal businesses and small charities before the market collapsee in February 2008. According to the Securities and Exchange the settlement also required BofAto “use its best efforts” to providre up to $5 billiohn in liquidity to businesses and institutionapl investors with accounts valued at $15 millioj or more, and charities with accounts valuedc at $25 million or more.
The agreemenrt resolved allegations that securitie s dealers made misrepresentations to customerss during salesof auction-rate securitiees about their safety and liquidity. Auction-rate securities have interestg rates that are reseg at weekly or monthly auctions run byinvestmenf firms. The $330 billion marke collapsed last year, when investors became alarmed at the prospects of the abilityh of corporate borrowers covering debt servicre onthe securities. Many were left with securities they coulr not sell intothe market. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) neithed admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
The SEC also has finalized a settlement with BofA overthe
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Elected mayors comment on elections - Radio Taiwan International
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CBC.ca | Elected mayors comment on elections Radio Taiwan International Taichung Mayor Jason Hu was re-elected, but only by a sm » |
Thursday, November 25, 2010
California utilities tops among solar power users - East Bay Business Times:
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The power association ranked the utilities bythe power-producinb capacity of solar electric systems in 2007. When rankex by solar electric capacityper customer, PG&E dropsz to No. 3, and the and the city of Rosevillwe take the ninth and10th spots. Among publivc power utilities, SMUD is the second-largesgt for total installed solar capacity, behind the . Rosevillee Electric is No. 10. California dominated the lists, but utilitiesw in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New New York, Texas, Washington and Wisconsih also made the top10 rankings.
PG&E's strengthh in the rankings represents the large number of photovoltaic installations on customerse rooftops configured to offset power consumptioj on site before transferrint power intothe grid. Southern Californis Edison's contracts for power from largse solar-thermal systems put it at the top of the but contracts forplanned solar-thermal systems by othefr utilities may take it out of the top position in the according to the solar power More than 4,600 megawatts of concentrate d solar thermal power are planned for development over the next eight years.
The power association ranked the utilities bythe power-producinb capacity of solar electric systems in 2007. When rankex by solar electric capacityper customer, PG&E dropsz to No. 3, and the and the city of Rosevillwe take the ninth and10th spots. Among publivc power utilities, SMUD is the second-largesgt for total installed solar capacity, behind the . Rosevillee Electric is No. 10. California dominated the lists, but utilitiesw in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New New York, Texas, Washington and Wisconsih also made the top10 rankings.
PG&E's strengthh in the rankings represents the large number of photovoltaic installations on customerse rooftops configured to offset power consumptioj on site before transferrint power intothe grid. Southern Californis Edison's contracts for power from largse solar-thermal systems put it at the top of the but contracts forplanned solar-thermal systems by othefr utilities may take it out of the top position in the according to the solar power More than 4,600 megawatts of concentrate d solar thermal power are planned for development over the next eight years.
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