Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Trip to the old ballpark rekindles passion for cards - San Francisco Business Times:

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When his doctor told the traveling hotel executive he neederd a hobbyoutside work, Cerrone went back to basebalp cards. “I started like most people when I wasa kid, I guesds when I was about 8,” said now 62, and presideng and CEO of Dunwoody-based “Back then it was cool to have a Ted Williamd card in your spokes with a clothespin,” he said. “Looking those cards are now worth hundreds if notthousands — of dollars.
” Cerrone’s boyhoox collection included other Hall of Famers, such as Mickeyg Mantle, Sandy Koufax and Yogi But when Cerrone turnesd 19 and joined the Marine Corps, his collection was “When I left home and I joined the my mother threw them out,” Cerronse said. Cerrone said he didn’tf blame her; he hadn’t actively collected new cards since he wasmuch “My mother didn’t know any better.” One day in the late after that doctor’s visit, Cerrone was outsided Boston’s Fenway Park when he saw a vendor hawkinfg baseball cards. He bought a pack and renewed his boyhood passion.
Every city he traveled to he’d pay a visity to a card shop and add to his Cerrone is a little hesitant to talk much about the valud of hisnew collection. “I have more than 100,0009 cards,” he said. Baseball has been a part of Cerrone’w life for as long as he can remember. His parentzs divorced when he was 5, and a who was a Little League helped him develop a love for the The Massachusetts native andfan (he’s also an fan) firsgt took to the diamond as a youn g boy, and played third base through high schooll and semi-pro ball in the Massachusetts Conferencre League.
Now a grandfather to six, Cerrone has passed down his love of baseball and collecting tohis grandchildren. With the demise of shopa aroundthe nation, Cerronde does most of his collecting via .

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Toll Brothers posts Q2 loss of $83 million - The Business Review (Albany):

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million, or 52 cents a share, in its secondf quarter, the company said Wednesday. That's better than the Pa.-based homebuilder's results for the same perioedlast year, when it reported a net loss of $93.87 million, or 59 cents a share. For the six monthsx ended April 30, Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) had a net loss of $172 or $1.07 per share, compared to a loss of $189.76 million, or $1.20 per share, for the same periodr in 2008. Revenue for the quarte fell to $398.3 million, down sharply from the year-ago quarter, when revenue was $817.9 million. For the six-montuh period, revenue dropped from $1.
6 billion a year ago to $807 Wall Street analysts, on average, were expecting a loss of 50 centd per share on revenueof $399.4 according to Reuters Estimates. In the Albany, area, Toll Brothers is building 87 homes off Vosburgh Road in at prices ranging fromthe mid-$400,000zs to the low-$500,000s. The company has also agreed to buy the developmen rights fora 68-lot subdivision off Vly Road in Colonid that has yet to be

Thursday, July 21, 2011

ND Legislative district costs could top $1 million - WDAY

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Job losses jumping as crisis hits home - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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First-time unemployment claims soared in Georgia last month tonearlyu 57,000, according to the state Department of Labor, a 76.3 percent increase over initial filings in September of last year. Among the areasx hardest hit by the growing joblessness werenorthern Georgia’se carpet belt, center to an industry that relies on residential construction to keep orders flowing, and metrl Atlanta’s outer suburbs, where the housing boom has turned into a “Housing has been good to Georgiq over the last decade,” Georgia Commissioner of Labor Michael Thurmond said.
“Now, we’re feeling some of the repercussions of the Thurmond pointed to some parts of Georgia where the job market remainsz in relativelygood shape. Forts Benning and Stewarf were among the few net winnerx during the last round of militarh base closings severalyears ago. unemployment claims in the Columbus and Hinesville areas are running well belowa thestatewide number. Likewise, west central Georgia is gearing up for the planneds opening of a plant in Troup County latenext year. In sharp contrast, first-time unemployment filings in Dalton ---— groun zero for the carpet industrg — shot up almostr 106 percent during thelast year.
Gainesville was even worse, leading the stated with a 126 percent jumpin joblessness. While that could be attributedr in part to the loss ofcarpetf jobs, a bigger factor was the decision by German auto parts makere to close its aluminum wheel planyt in Gainesville, resulting in nearl y 300 layoffs. Too recent for the September statisticsd was an announcement by that it will close a spun yarn plantr inDade County, in far northwestern Georgia, laying off 440 Roy Bowen, president of the Georgia Traditional Manufacturerxs Association , puts the blame on the sluml in residential construction. “A number of folksa we represent manufacture products that go directly to he said.
“They’re impacted directl by the housing downturn.” First-time unemployment claimsx in metro Atlanta rose almost 79 percent during the last only slightly above the statewide But that masks larged increases in joblessness inthe region’s oute r counties. Cherokee, Douglas and Fayette counties saw increases in initial unemploymenr filings of more than100 percent, while first-time claimx in Henry County rose 97 The most dramatic evidence of the trene came in July with the closures of of Woodstock, metro Atlanta’s 19th-largest home builder accordingb to the ’s 2007-20098 Book of Lists.
Kay Pippin, president of the Henry County Chamber ofCommerce , said it’s no surpriswe that the housing slump has affected metroi Atlanta’s fast-growing outlying counties more than the alreadhy built-out core counties. “We were fourth in Americaa in new housing starts when allthis began,” she “Housing has come to a stop, and it’s havingt a significant impact on our community.” Thurmonsd said the diversified economies of Atlanta’s inne r counties give them an advantage over the outert counties, which are primarily bedroo m communities.
“That creates some economic insulation duringa downturn,” he

Sunday, July 17, 2011

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Monsanto opens $6M water utilization center - Business First of Buffalo:

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The $6 million center was designedf for studying cropping systems compriseeof genetics, agronomic practices and biotech traits includinv water-use efficiency technologies such as drought-tolerant cropping systems. The center will help Monsanto advancre research to helpimprove farmers’ productivity in the Westernn Great Plains. More than 80 croppiny and irrigation demonstrations are featured atthe 155-acree farm and learning center. The center will be hardwire d to eventually conduct virtual toures of robotics and seed analyticw facilities in remote locations suchas Monsanto’s breedinbg facility in Ankeny, or the company’s Chesterfield, Mo., researcy facility.
Gothenburg Learning Center Lead Chandlef Mazour said Monsanto selected the site because of its locationh in the transition zone from dryland acres to irrigated acres on the westerj High Plains and that Monsanto need that diversity to determine how to use future technologies in adding valueto crops. Crevde Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. MON), led by Chairman, President and CEO Hugh develops insect- and herbicide-resistanty crops and other agricultural products. It is one of the largesg employersin St. Louis with 4,000 locall employees.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Clarkson Construction is low bidder for U.S. 69 improvements - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Clarkson’s bid of $82.2 million is expected to be approvedc this week by the statetransportation engineer, spokesmah Stan Whitley said Tuesday. The bid was 9.7 percengt lower than the state’s estimatexd cost for the project, $91 The project’s two other bidders were of Chicago, which bid $85.2 million, and of Basehor, which bid $98.8 million. The bids were openesd May 20. The project will include reconstruction ofthe U.S. 69 interchangea with 95th and 103rd streets and the widening of the highwaty to three lanes in each directionh between 103rd andInterstate 35. It is expectedr to ease congestion on the locall stretchof U.S.
69, where trafficx volumes are projected to increasefrom 78,18p vehicles a day to 175,600 by 2040, according to a project fact sheet from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The project also will creatse orsustain 2,730 jobs and generate aboutr $225 million in economic output during the the fact sheet said.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Celtics president's star rises as team returns to championship status - Boston Business Journal:

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Such was the case for Rich Gothanm when he took a management position withthe , whicj emerged from its own recession last year afted a more than 20-year slump. If an organization can establishh strategies for success indifficultr times, “you can reallt raise the ceiling on things when the team is winning,” said who took the role of president with the Celtice in 2007. “You get battle-tested.” The Celticds were certainly tested. The team has won 17 but largely languished from the late 1990xto 2007. Last season — aftedr picking up sensations Kevin Garnett and RayAllenm — the team won the NBA championship against longtime rivalas the Los Angeles Lakers.
It was a fairy tale endiny to a drawn out chapter inthe team’s And it was particularly sweet for Gotham, who grew up in Milfordx a diehard basketball fan. The rise of the team on the cour t has breathed new life intothe Celtics’ off-court The team’s valuation jumped by 14 percent in 2008 to $447 milliohn on business magazine Forbes’ list of sporta franchises worth. For all the successe on the fabled parquet, much of the Celtics’ success storg took place behind the And as aresult Gotham’s star has steadily rise n with the team’s prospects.
Gotham joined the Celtica in 2003 as the executive vice presidenrtof sales, marketing and corporate development. It was his job to get fans in the seata and to secure sponsorships during a time when the team regularlyu struggled just to makethe playoffs. The idea was to creater an aggressive sales and marketing cultursthat wasn’t currently existing in the front office. Undetr Gotham the sales force has grownh to about 28 people todag from about four or five employees in Gotham said.
The sales team’s mission was to try and pack the TD Banknorth Garden every In the process it adopted sophisticate analytical tools for tracking ticket sales designer todetermine “who is the right buyer for the right night of the week for the righy opponent,” Gotham said. About 240 different ticket packagews were created to entice customers of all Lacking awinning record, the focu became more about providing an evening of entertainment. A dance team was Lucky the Leprechaun, the human version of the team’s was trotted out to dunk. (He also had a cubiclw along with other sales workers in the front office.
) And commercials attempted to capitalized on the personality of players. Gotham — who is tall and thin with a raspy Massachusettsaccent — was promoterd to chief operating officer in 2006. Less than a year lateer he was made president ofthe team. At 44, Gotham is a child of the Internet boom ofearlhy 1990s. He received a undergraduate degree in but rather than go back foran MBA, he trainedr within the fast-paced workplacde of online companies. He was a vice presidenft of sales atLycos Inc. and held a similart position after Lycos merged within 2000.
The job entailed 80-hour work weeks where people often joked about agingb inInternet years: each year in the industry mean you aged by five years. “I t was full of driven, type-A Gotham said. “You would go to work for 80 houraa week. You almost had no idea what was going onoutside (the company).” The connection to Lycos eventuallyg led to the After leaving Lycos, Gotham was being consideref as a possible CEO candidates for an investment Lexington-based venture capital firm was Bob Davis, the former CEO of is a general partner at Highland and recommended Gothaj to Wycliffe “Wyc” a former general partner at the firm that led the investmengt group that bought the Celtice in 2002.
“I had Rich over here at Highland incubating abusineszs idea. Along the way I introduced himto Wyc,” Davisw said. “Rich is not a backslapper, high-five, full-of-baloney kind of guy. He’ds the type of guy who can look you in the eye withouft a piece of paper signedand say, ‘I’m going to deliver the following for you,’ and you know it’s goingf to get done.” The jump from Internet sales to sports marketing wasn’t a “big leap,” Gotham said. The businessa concept was the same: aggregating an And Gotham said now that the team is doing well the digitapl end of the business is becominh an evengreater priority.
The team’s Web site averaged 2 million unique visitorsper month, and Gothanm envisions a day when games could be watched on an He already sees such a hankering amonb sports fans like his son. (Gotham has three childre n between the ages of 7and 12.) Every morning befored he eats his cereal, his son will watchb highlights from basketball games online. “He’s the NBA’xs dream fan,” Gotham said.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Death by keyboard: cursive writing instruction could be thing of past - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Nation loses 524,000 jobs in December - Kansas City Business Journal:

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percent, up from 6.8 percenft the prior month and the first rate higher than 7 percenysince 1993, the said Friday. The nation lost 1.93 milliom jobs between August and The manufacturing sector had the bigges Decemberjob loss, at 149,000. For all of 2008, the sectof lost 791,000 jobs, an average of 66,000 a month. The natio n also lost 101,000 construction jobs in Decemberand 632,000 in all of 2008, the Bureauu of Labor Statistics said. Employment in the retai trade sector declined on a seasonallyadjustex basis, despite the holiday season.
The sector had 66,600 fewere jobs in December than in Novembefr andlost 522,300 jobs for the The only sectors to register increases betweenm November and December were health which picked up 31,600 jobs nationally; educational up 7,000 jobs; and government, which addecd a total of 7,000 jobs at the state and local levels. The nation’s unemployment rate in Decembe 2007was 4.9 percent. Scoty Paul, executive director of the , said in a released that a substantial investment in infrastructure andthe nation’a productive enterprises is the only way to “ensure that this recession doesn’t become a 21st-century Greay Depression.
” “Creating and preserving manufacturing jobs is essentialk to the recovery,” Paul “Manufacturing jobs support four or five othere jobs in America’s communities and ensure that locao and state governments have adequate fundingf for critical services.” Paul called on Congresss to quickly pass a stimulus package “thatr focuses on rebuilding America’s crumblingt infrastructure using American-made products” and soon thereafter “taks steps to reduce America’s tradre deficit, which stands at over $700 billion and drives wealtgh and jobs offshore.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Arctic Glacier to Issue Units to Satisfy Convertible Debenture Maturity - MarketWatch (press release)

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Friday, July 1, 2011

NY awarded $253M through housing tax credit program - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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is one of the companies that will benefitg from an infusion of federal stimuluas money into a tax credit program that subsidizes construction ofaffordabl housing. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced todaythat $252.7 million has been awarded to New York throughb the federal government’s new $2.25 billiob Tax Credit Assistance Program. The money will enable the state to resume funding the construction or renovation of affordablew rentalhousing units. Omni Housing is among the companiews that rely on the sale of low incom e housing tax credits to investors to help payconstructiom costs.
The demand for tax credits in the stats and nationwide has eroded because of thecredir crisis. Before the credit freezd hit, banks and other lenders such as and used the creditss to reduce their federaltax Now, with bank profits much slimmer, there is less need for the tax “The market is in said Duncan Barrett, chief operating officeer at Omni Housing, a division of Inc. Constructiomn and renovation projects have been jeopardized as the valu of the taxcredits plummeted. As many as 1,00p0 projects containing nearly 15,000 housinbg units are on hold acrossthe country, according to HUD.
For Omni Housing has received two writtemn offers to purchase tax credits foran $11 milliomn renovation of 100 garden-style public housing apartments in The offers are 70 cents or 72 centse for every $1 of tax credit. The low pricse would create a gapin funding, making the project unworkable. Omni is seeking $2.4 milliobn through the Tax Credif Assistance Program to fillthe gap, Barrett said. “Whatr the TCAP funds are doing is plugging the hole that has been createdf by the lack of tax credit investors and the falling prices forthosse investors,” Barrett said.
HUD estimates the new program will providwe affordable housingto 35,000 households Omni has redeveloped 1,170 affordable housingb units in the Albany region over the past 10 mostly for municipal housing authorities. Omni manageas some of those units and provides property managemenft supportto others.