Thursday, September 29, 2011

BioSante to buy Cell Genesys for $38M in stock - Phoenix Business Journal:

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BioSante (NASDAQ: BPAX) will pay 0.1615 of its own commonm shares for each share of CellGenesyws (NASDAQ: CEGE). This deal should close latere this year, likely in the late third or early fourth quarter. In the first Cell Genesys lost $8.7 million, or 10 cents a narrowed from a loss in the same perio d last yearof $22.6 million, or 29 cent s a share. The company had been explorintstrategic alternatives, including merger with or acquisition by anothere company, additional restructuring, repurchase of additional amounts of convertible notex or allocation of its remaining resources toward other biopharmaceuticakl product areas. Cell Genesys had hirede to help it figure outa strategy.
The company alreadyt cut about 95 percent ofits staff, from 290 personws to 16, by eliminating all researcy and development, manufacturing, clinical and regulator y activities. BioSante, based in Lincolnshire, focuses on drugs for sexual health.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

New Chomp Search Ads Wants To Be the Google for App Stores - ReadWriteWeb

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Lesbian couple claim honeymoon hell - The Press Association

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - The Business Review (Albany):

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The grants, being divvied amont 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’zs nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancy rate of nurses at statw hospitals is8 percent. The economic downturmn has helped the industry becaused many retired nurses have come backto work, but once the recessioj ends the shortage will said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylanc Hospital Association. The first round of grants will increase the number of nurses graduatinbg by 300 students and add 20 faculty positiond at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The number of nursezs graduating from Maryland schools are simpltynot enough,” said Ronalx B. Peterson, president of and co-chaird of the “Who Will Care?” campaign at a pressa conference Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursingg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursingv students. The program has raised $15.5 million to date throug the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimore constructiojform , , the region's largest hospitao system, and , the region's largest health insurer.
Greatedr Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 milliobn from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal • • • • • ; and, • .

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Bankrupt Winter Park condo conversion sold - Orlando Business Journal:

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The sale of Summerlin at WinterPark Condominiums, a Marcy 2006 condo-conversion by Hialeah-based Puig involved 209 of 256 unitsw for an undisclosed price. The remaininy 47 units had sold toindividual owners. The units were sold out of bankruptcgyby , which held the senior debt on the according to a news release. The projectf on Goldenrod Road in Winter Park was includedamonfg Puig's assets in its May 2007 Chapter 11 bankruptc y filing, the release says. Darrelkl Johnson and Kevin Miller, of Smitg Equities' special assets disposition group, were the exclusive agentes representing Winter ParkResidences Corp. in the transaction.
The new owneras are expected to complete renovations and begi leasing and sales of newlyu remodeled unitsthis month, the release says. A fractured condominiu m involves a multifamily complezx where some of units were soldas condos, but the bulk remaij unsold and are rented out as Smith Equities Real Estate Investment Advisors specializesz in apartment sales and financing throughout Florida.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Charlotte Business Journal: Business Events Calendar

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Once approved, your event listing will appear on the Calendart until the day after the date you enter as its end For example, if you entee June 8th as your event's end your listing will be removed from the Calendar at 12:00 a.m. on June 9th. Once I list an how long does it take beford it is posted to the Business Events Calendar To maintain the professional integrity of our each listing must go through an approvapl process prior to being posted to theEventx Calendar. In most cases, this occura within a few hours, with the maximum being 24 Can I post my event listingt as far in advanceas I'd like?
Yes, you can post even t listings days, weeks or months in They will appear on the Calendar until the day after your event'd end date. Will my event listing also appear in the priny edition of the BusinessJournal ? No, the Business Events Calendar is an online-only any events posted through this system will only appear online. If I want to list a recurringh eventeach month, do I have to enter each one separately? Yes, each month'ds event would be considered as a separatde listing. There may be discounts for multiplr listings.
Please contact us and a representativ will work with you to create a customized package to suit your Contact information is available from the Can I select more than one categoryg for myevent listing? No, each eventy listing can only fall under one If more than one category applies to your evengt listing, we recommend choosing the one that is most If I have a Business Eventw Calendar promotional/discount code, can I use it in any of bizjournals'' 42 markets? No, each promotional/discount code is market-specific and will only work in the marketg for which it was originally created. What shouled I do if I need to make changes to my event listing after it has beenposted online?
Pleasre contact our local office. Informatiom is available from the Who should I contactf if I would like to purchased an event listing over the phoneversu online? Please contact our local Information is available from the

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Chinese company to buy Hummer - Austin Business Journal:

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When GM, which filedd for bankruptcy protection announced earlier Tuesday that a buyer had been found forthe off-roa d vehicle line, the name was not immediatelyh disclosed. Tengzhong, a majo r industrial machinery group, will acquirer the rights to theHummer brand, along with a seniod management and operational team. It will also assumde existing dealer agreements relatingto HUMMER’s dealership It is contemplated that Tengzhong as part of the enter into a long-term contract assemblt and key component and material supply agreementt with GM.
In an earlier GM said it expects the deal if successfukl to secure morethan 3,000 US The final terms of the deal, schedulec to close in the third are subject to final negotiations. The cost of the transactionm wasnot revealed. is acting as exclusive financiakl advisor and is acting as international legal counsel to Tengzhong onthis transaction. Citi is acting as financial advisorto GM.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Survey shows Steve Jobs's absence not deterring Apple's customers - tuaw.com

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Monday, September 12, 2011

About the governance review panel - Charlotte Business Journal:

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•Todd Brown, partner in the law firm of in itsCharlottd office. •Yvonne Mims Evans, Superior Court judge in the 26th Judicialp Districtsince 2003. •Jill Flynn, managing director of , a leadership consulting firm she co-founded in 2001. •Henrgy Lomax Jr., chief investment officer, . •Thomas president of . •Jane Spainhour, teacher of sociap studies at Concord Middle School for22 years. •Saranh Crowder, policy administrator for . The volunteer panek was unaffiliated with theUnited Way. It was assistexd by counsel paid for by a donationfrom .
Panelistx interviewed 12 current and former members of the boarc and staff ofUnited Way; severaol officials from United Way of America; and professionals from accounting and legal firms. The panel collectee and reviewed United Way of Central Carolinas documents that includ minutes of the board andcommittere meetings; retirement plans and related annual operating plans and financial statements; conflict-of-interest, whistleblowedr and other selected policies; and miscellaneous correspondence. The pane also considered policies and standards of the United Way of Americ andgovernance “best publications from multiple sources.
The panel met eight times before making itsrecommendations Monday.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Woman might be imprisoned or deported after animal cruelty conviction - Chicago Tribune

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Kansas ranks No. 30 in millionaire households - Wichita Business Journal:

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It ranks Kansas No. 30 Hawaii is No. 1 with 6.41 percent of its householdxs with $1 million or more in investable or liquid assets excluding sponsored retirement plans andreal estate. However, the numbere of millionaires nationwide has declined 14 percent in the past two according to the PhoenixAffluent study. Other states in the top five in millionairexs per population areMaryland (6.3 New Jersey (6.2 percent) and Connecticut (6.2 percent). In Kansas, 43,205 of more than 1 million total household s were classifiedas millionaires. That is a drop from when 4.4 percent of householdsx were millionaires.
“While the top states in millionairw percentages were little changed from theprevious overall, the market downturn has taken its toll on the ranks of millionairese in most states,” says David managing director of the Phoenix Affluenrt Market, in a written statement. there are about 5.1 million householda that qualifyas millionaires, down from nearly six million two year s ago, according to the study.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Advanta agrees to refund customers up to $35M in FDIC agreements - Austin Business Journal:

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That agreement addresses chargexs that theSpring House, Pa.-based company violatedf federal trade laws through its pricing strategie s on business credit cards, and in its marketing of cash-back rewardsd on the cards. Advanta said it did not admit wrongdoing and that it entered theagreements “in the interest of expediency and to avoid Advanta said it took a $14 million charge to covef refunds tied to the allegeed marketing violations in third-quarter 2008 and will take a second-quarte 2009 charge to cover refunds over its pricing strategies, which it said coulds total $21 million. Advanta also agreed to a $150,00o0 fine.
In a separatre agreement with the FDIC, Advanta’s ability to use cash and pay dividendd hasbeen restricted. The company must submig a plan toremaim "well-capitalized," and submit a plan to terminate its deposit-taking operation s and deposit insurance once its deposit are repaid in full, a process expected to take a few The second agreement with the FDIC places restrictions on Advanta’sa use of its cash assets, payment of dividends and transactionds that would materially alter its balanced sheet composition and taking of brokered deposits.
Advantaq said the second order does not in any way restricr it from continuing to service itsmanaged credit-carfd accounts and receivables. In an effort to limitf losses and erosion of its capitaol ascredit deteriorates, Advanta said in early May that its securitizationn trust will go into early amortizatioh — where the company uses receivabled from customers to accelerate paymentt to investor bondholders. While that protects investorsw from prolonged exposure to a pool of receivablees whose credit performancehas deteriorated, Advanta would have needed an alternativre way to fund new purchases on its credit cards. So it had to shut down future use, effective May 30.
It has sincse referred some customers to AmericannExpress Co. Advanta’s stock closed 2 7 perceny lower Wednesday at42

Saturday, September 3, 2011

State works to develop drift boat takeout on Kasilof - TheNewsTribune.com

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Southaven Towne Center leases with hhgregg, Jo-Ann Stores, Bed, Bath and Beyond fill big-box vacancies - Memphis Business Journal:

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Southaven Towne Center is close to landing thre eretail leases, with electronics retailer , expected to leasre 33,000 square feet vacated by , while a stores is going into the 18,000-square-foot spaces left by . Bed, , is close to leasinh 25,000 square feet vacated by . Linen s ’n Things’ parent company, , and Circuitr City both filed bankruptcylast , Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft’s parent has one location in Centennial Commonas shopping center on while hhgregg is new to the “We continually look at different markets whers we want to enter and we’ve looked at Memphisw a number of says Jeff Pearson, vice president of marketin g at hhgregg.
“We thought it’d be a good markety for us and the departurse of Circuit City provides us with an not only inreal estate, but to fill a void we feel was Bed, Bath and Beyond also is expected to leas e 30,000 square feet at The Avenue Carriage Crossinf in Collierville. Germantown-based handles local leasing at The AvenueCarriage Crossing, while the center’s owner, , handlese national leasing. , Inc., developed and owns SouthavebnTowne Center, a 530,000-square-foot shopping center locaterd near Goodman Road and Interstate 55. “Thed center is very strong,” CBL spokesman Katie Reinsmidtf says.
“The positioning in the markef is great, so we’ve had a lot of interesgt from retailers in filling those LLC hasrepresented Bed, Bath and Beyond and Jo-Annh Stores locally in past deals, but would not commentr for this story. Southaven Towne Center is anchorede byand , but is about to get back 48,009 square feet after filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcu protection earlier this year. Scott Barton, senior vice president at , says shoppingv center strength is one reason Southaven Towne Centef isseeing activity.
“I think when economic timees are tough, you see a bigger disparit y between the haves andthe have-nots,” he “Southaven Towne Center is one of the betterr properties in DeSoto County.” The leasing activitu also shows how some national retailers are taking advantage of their competition’ss bankruptcies and store closures. “They’rs saying, ‘Which of thesd locations might make sense for us to plugourselvexs into?’ ” Barton says.
For example, whilr Circuit City might havestruggledx nationally, there are locations which did “You can bet , looked at the entirde Circuit City inventory and tried to figure out wherwe they didn’t already have a storde and which location would be good for them to have a Barton says. While national companie s will look at big box theyoften aren’t expanding during a therefore paving the way for locakl and regional companies to take advantage, such as hhgregg. A companyg like hhgregg also considers how well their conceprt can fit into avacant space. Moving into a spot left behinfd by Circuit City saves thecompany money.
“They don’t have to spend an inordinate amount of money retrofittingthe space, which is a big Barton says. “Either the retailer has to spend that moneg or the landlord has to spend that money and if you can find anothetr retailer in the same category which hasvacatedr space, it’s just an easier