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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana (NYSE: HUM) said it has formed an alliancewith , which providee financial services to credit uniond in Colorado and elsewhere. Under the CUNA Mutual’s call center and agentsd will helpmarket Humana’s Medicare products to more than 9.5 million credit unioj members who are age 65 and over. Those plans are: Medicarde Advantage, a health insurance plan that combinesethe government’s traditional Medicare benefits with health and wellness offeringe designed by Humana; Medicare Part D prescriptiohn drug coverage; and Medigap, a Medicare supplement.
“We know that millions of Americanw place a tremendous amount of trust with theiercredit unions, and relationships such as this new Humana-CUNA Mutuap relationship are vital to Humana’s continue d success as one of the nation’s leading Medicare Part D health-benefitt plan sponsors,” Lance Hoeltke, vice president of strategic alliances with said in a statement. Humana, one of the nation’e largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits provides health benefits toabout 10.4 million medicalp members.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
NHL commissioner: Coyotes move could damage Westgate, arena construction - Business First of Buffalo:
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He also said it could have a chillingt impact on other cities consideringg helping teams buildnew arenas. The Coyoted have 41 regular season home games each Bettman and the NHL oppose theproposexd $213 million sale of the team to Canadianb businessman Jim Balsillie, who would move it to Ontario, saying the league shoulds make the decision. A June 9 hearing is set in U.S. Bankruptcyt Court to decide whether Coyotes owner Jerry Moyew can sell to Balsillie or if it must be sold to a buyere who would keep the NHL franchisein Arizona. The Coyotesa are in Chapter 11bankruptcyg reorganization.
Balsillie argues in court filings thathis $213 million will be the best deal and the court’sx main charge is to get the most monety to pay off debt and position the team to be financialluy viable going forward. The Coyotes have lost $316 million sincew moving to the Phoenix market from Winnipeggin 1996, according to court filings. Balsillie says NHL hocket is not financially viabls in the Phoenix sports but the league points to four potential bidder for the Coyotes that would keep the teamin Jobing.Com Arena was built by the city of which says it will pursue a $500 milliobn to $750 million claim if the Coyotes break their 30-yeart lease.
Balsillie’s court filing contends the bankruptcy court has the leewayu to discharge sucha claim. The National Footballk League, National Basketball Association and Majo r League Baseball backthe NHL’s bid to keep the Coyotes in Arizon fearing the move could set a precedent.
He also said it could have a chillingt impact on other cities consideringg helping teams buildnew arenas. The Coyoted have 41 regular season home games each Bettman and the NHL oppose theproposexd $213 million sale of the team to Canadianb businessman Jim Balsillie, who would move it to Ontario, saying the league shoulds make the decision. A June 9 hearing is set in U.S. Bankruptcyt Court to decide whether Coyotes owner Jerry Moyew can sell to Balsillie or if it must be sold to a buyere who would keep the NHL franchisein Arizona. The Coyotesa are in Chapter 11bankruptcyg reorganization.
Balsillie argues in court filings thathis $213 million will be the best deal and the court’sx main charge is to get the most monety to pay off debt and position the team to be financialluy viable going forward. The Coyotes have lost $316 million sincew moving to the Phoenix market from Winnipeggin 1996, according to court filings. Balsillie says NHL hocket is not financially viabls in the Phoenix sports but the league points to four potential bidder for the Coyotes that would keep the teamin Jobing.Com Arena was built by the city of which says it will pursue a $500 milliobn to $750 million claim if the Coyotes break their 30-yeart lease.
Balsillie’s court filing contends the bankruptcy court has the leewayu to discharge sucha claim. The National Footballk League, National Basketball Association and Majo r League Baseball backthe NHL’s bid to keep the Coyotes in Arizon fearing the move could set a precedent.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Educating Arunachal youth about HIV/AIDS through rock fest - Newstrack India
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Educating Arunachal youth about HIV/AIDS through rock fest Newstrack India Itanagar, Feb 24 (ANI): To generate mass awareness on HIV/AIDS among the young Arunachalees between the age group of 15 and 35 years, Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy said that they want to educate the youths through a rock festival and ensure their ... |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Delray Beach could change laws that affect rehabilitation facilities - WPTV
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WPTV | Delray Beach could change laws that affect rehabilitation facilities WPTV Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Delray Beach has a strong reputation as a place for drug rehabilitation and recovery. < p class="p" size="-1"> |
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Economy, warm winter do in North Cove - TheDay.com
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Economy, warm winter do in North Cove TheDay.com By Jenna Cho Old Saybrook - North Cove Outfitters, a beloved outdoor apparel and sporting goods retailer with a steady presence on Main Street for nearly 24 years, is closing. Employees were notified Friday morning, and the store began its liquidation ... |
Friday, February 17, 2012
GM has undisclosed buyer for Hummer - Business First of Buffalo:
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The announcement comes one day aftedr GM filed for bankruptcy protection with planss to become aleaner company. Hummer is GM’as premium off-road brand. The automaker said it has a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) and that the sale is expectedr to close by the end of thirx quarter of this year.Under terms of the MoU, the identithy of the purchaser and proposed financial termz of the agreement are not being released at this The deal is expected to securer more than 3,000 U.S. jobs in engineering and at HUMMER dealershipz aroundthe country.
The companyt said the proposed transaction calls for the new Hummee owner to continue to contract vehicle manufacturing and businesws services from GM during a definer transitionaltime period. For under the proposed agreement, GM’sa Shreveport, La., assembly plant would continue to assembled the H3 and H3T through atleastg 2010.
The announcement comes one day aftedr GM filed for bankruptcy protection with planss to become aleaner company. Hummer is GM’as premium off-road brand. The automaker said it has a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) and that the sale is expectedr to close by the end of thirx quarter of this year.Under terms of the MoU, the identithy of the purchaser and proposed financial termz of the agreement are not being released at this The deal is expected to securer more than 3,000 U.S. jobs in engineering and at HUMMER dealershipz aroundthe country.
The companyt said the proposed transaction calls for the new Hummee owner to continue to contract vehicle manufacturing and businesws services from GM during a definer transitionaltime period. For under the proposed agreement, GM’sa Shreveport, La., assembly plant would continue to assembled the H3 and H3T through atleastg 2010.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Fifth Third creditor in Genmar bankruptcy - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Genmar has between 100 and 199 creditors. It lists its assetsd in the rangeof $10 milliojn to $50 million and its liabilities betweem $100 million and $500 million, according to court documents. The only securerd creditors are Wells Fargoand . Genmar said it has receivedr commitment fora debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing proposaol from both banks. Accordinf to court papers, Genmar'sz debt to the two banks debts stems from notesdate Nov. 1, 2007, in which Wells Fargo lent Genmar $70 millionj and Fifth Third $20 million. It owes $71 million to the two according tothe filing.
Wells and Fifthg Third have agreed to provide upto $15 millionh in new debtor-in-possession financing to subject to bankruptcy court approval. The debtor-in-possessiobn financing agreement was signed by a Fifthj Third Bank officialin Denver. The largest unsecuresd creditorsare Maslon, Edelman, Borman, a Minneapolis-based law firm which is owed $186,700. , a law firm in is owed $155,800. In a Genmar Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder Irwinh Jacobs said sales ofthe company’sd fishing boats, luxury yachts and other products started to decline in 2008, but worsened in recent months.
The company’z sales in fiscal which ends in June, are likely to be about $460 off by more than 50 percent fromfiscal 2008. “Ifg someone would have said to me as recently as even one monthj ago that Genmar would someday be filing forChapter 11, I woul have said it was not even a remote possibility,” Jacobs said. Fifth Third (NASDAQ: headquartered in Cincinnati, is the Tri-State’s largesf bank, and has 16 affiliates with about 1,300 banking centers and more than 2,300 ATMs in Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, North Michigan, Illinois, Florida, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Missouri.
Genmar has between 100 and 199 creditors. It lists its assetsd in the rangeof $10 milliojn to $50 million and its liabilities betweem $100 million and $500 million, according to court documents. The only securerd creditors are Wells Fargoand . Genmar said it has receivedr commitment fora debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing proposaol from both banks. Accordinf to court papers, Genmar'sz debt to the two banks debts stems from notesdate Nov. 1, 2007, in which Wells Fargo lent Genmar $70 millionj and Fifth Third $20 million. It owes $71 million to the two according tothe filing.
Wells and Fifthg Third have agreed to provide upto $15 millionh in new debtor-in-possession financing to subject to bankruptcy court approval. The debtor-in-possessiobn financing agreement was signed by a Fifthj Third Bank officialin Denver. The largest unsecuresd creditorsare Maslon, Edelman, Borman, a Minneapolis-based law firm which is owed $186,700. , a law firm in is owed $155,800. In a Genmar Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder Irwinh Jacobs said sales ofthe company’sd fishing boats, luxury yachts and other products started to decline in 2008, but worsened in recent months.
The company’z sales in fiscal which ends in June, are likely to be about $460 off by more than 50 percent fromfiscal 2008. “Ifg someone would have said to me as recently as even one monthj ago that Genmar would someday be filing forChapter 11, I woul have said it was not even a remote possibility,” Jacobs said. Fifth Third (NASDAQ: headquartered in Cincinnati, is the Tri-State’s largesf bank, and has 16 affiliates with about 1,300 banking centers and more than 2,300 ATMs in Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, North Michigan, Illinois, Florida, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Missouri.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbonj cutting until key personnel were andthey “got a little airplane grease under thei nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said duringb a news conference. Compass’ 70 employees maintain the airline’ws fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seart jets. Compass, which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiaru of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquiref by Delta as part of the Atlanta-based carrier’es merger with Northwest in Octobert 2008. The jets previously had been servicex bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbelkl said.
Compass’ Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittendenj Drive, consists of 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangafr space, 11,416 square feet of office, shop and storagse space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,480 squars feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showed off its firsr jet painted in the Delta The rest of its fleet will be convertede from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentucku Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual “is a tremendous economic achievementr in the midst of some pretty tough economic times.
” In August 2007, the board grantes the airline preliminary approval for $2 million in state tax incentivess for up to 10 years.
The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbonj cutting until key personnel were andthey “got a little airplane grease under thei nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said duringb a news conference. Compass’ 70 employees maintain the airline’ws fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seart jets. Compass, which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiaru of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquiref by Delta as part of the Atlanta-based carrier’es merger with Northwest in Octobert 2008. The jets previously had been servicex bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbelkl said.
Compass’ Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittendenj Drive, consists of 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangafr space, 11,416 square feet of office, shop and storagse space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,480 squars feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showed off its firsr jet painted in the Delta The rest of its fleet will be convertede from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentucku Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual “is a tremendous economic achievementr in the midst of some pretty tough economic times.
” In August 2007, the board grantes the airline preliminary approval for $2 million in state tax incentivess for up to 10 years.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Umpires Call Foul Still Waiting For Paychecks - KMGH Denver
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Umpires Call Foul Still Waiting For Paychecks KMGH Denver "It started out as something I could do with my kids," said unpaid umpire Jeff Coman. "I haven't been paid, pretty much, for games I worked in September and October, which would be half of the fall season and that amounts to about $1440. |
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Nuti: NCR to save millions with Georgia move - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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was as much about consolidation and cost saving as it wasabouft Georgia’s $60 million incentive package, its demographics, infrastructures and skilled workforce. The relocatio will save the Fortune 500company “tens of millionws of dollars” over the next decade, NCR chief Bill Nuti told Atlanta Business Chronicle on Tuesday. NCR’ws decision to locate in will bring morethan 2,10o0 jobs including nearly 900 to a manufacturin g operation in Columbus. That will be NCR’s first manufacturing plantt in the United States sincethe 1970s. NCR is consolidatinv corporate jobs from notjust Dayton, but from several otherf U.S.
locations, Nuti said, declining to disclose the NCR will continue to employ less than 50 in where it will maintain a data centeer and sales andservice operations. Atlanta’s academicc institutions also helped win the NCR The company views schools like as a potentiakl labor pool and a partner for joing innovationand development. The region’s relativelyy robust economy, its supply chain logistics infrastructuree andcorporate base, also helped win NCR over. “We looked at all of these factorsw and Georgia scored amongst the highestg ofall states,” Nuti said.
Atlanta also got a little help from the economicallydepressed “Recruitment has been difficult in Ohio,” Nuti said. NCR’s move to the Southeasr was also promptedby consolidation. “Ag the end of the day we really were a compan y that was widely Nuti said. Since NCR’s 1997 spin-ofv from AT&T, “the company was everywhere and nowhere.” The companty needed to consolidate into a singlw campus to improve collaboration and he said. NCR’s executive offices, will remain in Manhattan, Nuti confirmed.
“That center surroundxs our largest and most major customera in the world in thebanking industry,” he “That’s where we host many of our customersz in the financial services
was as much about consolidation and cost saving as it wasabouft Georgia’s $60 million incentive package, its demographics, infrastructures and skilled workforce. The relocatio will save the Fortune 500company “tens of millionws of dollars” over the next decade, NCR chief Bill Nuti told Atlanta Business Chronicle on Tuesday. NCR’ws decision to locate in will bring morethan 2,10o0 jobs including nearly 900 to a manufacturin g operation in Columbus. That will be NCR’s first manufacturing plantt in the United States sincethe 1970s. NCR is consolidatinv corporate jobs from notjust Dayton, but from several otherf U.S.
locations, Nuti said, declining to disclose the NCR will continue to employ less than 50 in where it will maintain a data centeer and sales andservice operations. Atlanta’s academicc institutions also helped win the NCR The company views schools like as a potentiakl labor pool and a partner for joing innovationand development. The region’s relativelyy robust economy, its supply chain logistics infrastructuree andcorporate base, also helped win NCR over. “We looked at all of these factorsw and Georgia scored amongst the highestg ofall states,” Nuti said.
Atlanta also got a little help from the economicallydepressed “Recruitment has been difficult in Ohio,” Nuti said. NCR’s move to the Southeasr was also promptedby consolidation. “Ag the end of the day we really were a compan y that was widely Nuti said. Since NCR’s 1997 spin-ofv from AT&T, “the company was everywhere and nowhere.” The companty needed to consolidate into a singlw campus to improve collaboration and he said. NCR’s executive offices, will remain in Manhattan, Nuti confirmed.
“That center surroundxs our largest and most major customera in the world in thebanking industry,” he “That’s where we host many of our customersz in the financial services
Monday, February 6, 2012
Univision, Disney look to build news channel - USA TODAY
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Univision, Disney look to build news channel USA TODAY MIAMI (AP) รข€" Univision and Disney are in talks to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday. Both sources declined to go on the record because they were not authorized to speak. |
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Consumer confidence up dramatically - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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in April. The index is basedr on a representative sampleof 5,000 U.S. “Looking ahead, consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier this year, and expectations are that business the labor market and incomes will improvde in the coming months,” said Lynn director of the . “While confidence is still weak by historical standards, as far as consumers are the worst is now behind us." Consumers' appraisal of the job market was also more Those claiming jobs are "hard to get" decreased to 44.7 percent from 46.6 percentf in April. Those saying jobs are edged upto 5.7 percenrt from 4.9 percent.
The employment outlook was also less with the percentage of consumers expecting more jobs in the monthsw ahead increasing to 20 percentfrom 14.2 while those anticipating fewer jobs decreased to 25.2 percent from 32.5
in April. The index is basedr on a representative sampleof 5,000 U.S. “Looking ahead, consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier this year, and expectations are that business the labor market and incomes will improvde in the coming months,” said Lynn director of the . “While confidence is still weak by historical standards, as far as consumers are the worst is now behind us." Consumers' appraisal of the job market was also more Those claiming jobs are "hard to get" decreased to 44.7 percent from 46.6 percentf in April. Those saying jobs are edged upto 5.7 percenrt from 4.9 percent.
The employment outlook was also less with the percentage of consumers expecting more jobs in the monthsw ahead increasing to 20 percentfrom 14.2 while those anticipating fewer jobs decreased to 25.2 percent from 32.5
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Restaurant industry outlook improves - Houston Business Journal:
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The Association’s Restaurant Performance Index, or RPI, is a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook forthe U.S. restauranr industry. It stood at 98.6 in up by 0.8 percent from March, its highest leve l in 11 months. Hudson Riehle, seniod vice president of research and information services for the NationallRestaurant Association, said, “The recent growth in the RPI was drivenn by the ‘expectations’ component, which rose above 100 in Apri l for the first time in 18 months, a level whichh indicates expansion.
” “Although the RPI’s ‘current situation’ indicators are stillp in a period of contraction, the solid improvement in the forward-lookingf indicators suggests that the end of the industry’sd downturn may be in sight, Riehlr said. The RPI is based on responses tothe association’s Restaurantf Industry Tracking Survey, which is fielded monthly amonyg restaurant operators nationwide on a varietyh of indicators, including sales, traffic, labof and capital expenditures. The index consistsw of two components — the Current Situationn Index and theExpectations Index.
The Current Situation which measures current trendxs in four industryindicators (same-store sales, traffic, labod and capital expenditures), stood at 97.0 in up by 0.9 percent from March and its highest levelo since August 2008. However, April represented the 20th consecutiv monthbelow 100, whic h continues to signify contraction in the currengt situation indicators. Restaurant operators reported negativse customer traffic levels for the 20th consecutive month in About 23 percent of restaurant operators reportecd an increase in customer traffic betweeb April 2008 andApril 2009, up from 20 percent who reported similarl in March.
Also, 60 percent of operatorsw reported a traffic decline in April, down from 63 percent who reported similarlu in March. Restaurant operators also continue to grow more optimisti aboutthe economy, with 37 percent sayingt they expect economic conditions to improve in six months, up from 30 percenrt who reported similarly last month and the highestf level in three years. In comparison, only 16 percent of operators expect economic conditions to worsen in six down from 21 percentrlast month. The Washington, D.C.
-based National Restauran Association is a business association for therestaurant industry, comprisiny 945,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets and a work forcew of 13 million employees.
The Association’s Restaurant Performance Index, or RPI, is a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook forthe U.S. restauranr industry. It stood at 98.6 in up by 0.8 percent from March, its highest leve l in 11 months. Hudson Riehle, seniod vice president of research and information services for the NationallRestaurant Association, said, “The recent growth in the RPI was drivenn by the ‘expectations’ component, which rose above 100 in Apri l for the first time in 18 months, a level whichh indicates expansion.
” “Although the RPI’s ‘current situation’ indicators are stillp in a period of contraction, the solid improvement in the forward-lookingf indicators suggests that the end of the industry’sd downturn may be in sight, Riehlr said. The RPI is based on responses tothe association’s Restaurantf Industry Tracking Survey, which is fielded monthly amonyg restaurant operators nationwide on a varietyh of indicators, including sales, traffic, labof and capital expenditures. The index consistsw of two components — the Current Situationn Index and theExpectations Index.
The Current Situation which measures current trendxs in four industryindicators (same-store sales, traffic, labod and capital expenditures), stood at 97.0 in up by 0.9 percent from March and its highest levelo since August 2008. However, April represented the 20th consecutiv monthbelow 100, whic h continues to signify contraction in the currengt situation indicators. Restaurant operators reported negativse customer traffic levels for the 20th consecutive month in About 23 percent of restaurant operators reportecd an increase in customer traffic betweeb April 2008 andApril 2009, up from 20 percent who reported similarl in March.
Also, 60 percent of operatorsw reported a traffic decline in April, down from 63 percent who reported similarlu in March. Restaurant operators also continue to grow more optimisti aboutthe economy, with 37 percent sayingt they expect economic conditions to improve in six months, up from 30 percenrt who reported similarly last month and the highestf level in three years. In comparison, only 16 percent of operators expect economic conditions to worsen in six down from 21 percentrlast month. The Washington, D.C.
-based National Restauran Association is a business association for therestaurant industry, comprisiny 945,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets and a work forcew of 13 million employees.
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