Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Edmond Air Force ROTC program soars - Edmond Sun

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Kenneth Young and SMSgt. Billy Deal. Tucker, a pilot, navigator and educator with 25 years of service, said the Edmond North program now has more than 250 members, allowing it to transition from a group to a wing. Tucker said the program, ...



Sunday, January 29, 2012

U.S. Treasury Department selling TARP warrants at 34% discount - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, knownj as TARP, the Treasury Department purchased preferred stocl and warrants from banks in an effort to propup Warrants, which give the holder the rightt to buy a company’es stock at some point in the future for a specific price, presented a lot of potentiakl upside for taxpayers, should bank stock prices rise abov the face value of the warrants. Many banks have sought to buy back theier preferred shares and warrantxfrom Treasury.
“Because the warrant that accompanied TARP assistance represengt the only opportunity for the taxpayer to participater directly in the increase in the sharr prices of banks made possible bypublix money, the price at which the warrants are sold is the panel said. The charged with determining whether taxpayers are receiving maximu benefit fromthe TARP, conducted its own valuation of the warrants the Treasuryh holds.
It found that the 11 bankx that have repurchased their warrants from the Treasuryt for a total amount that the panel estimates to be only 66 perceng of currentmarket value, shortchanging taxpayers by $10 The Treasury is still in the early stages of its warrant repurchase and the panel acknowledges that the prices thus far may not be representativd of what is to come.

Friday, January 27, 2012

DeBary to start $10 million stormwater project in July - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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million in funding. A contractor hasn’t been chosen yet. Bids on the westsidre emergencysystem — which involves installinvg about six miles of pipes and three pump stationes — are due May 19. The work shouled alleviate flooding problems for 60 to 75 home s in west Volusia DeBary Interim City Manage r Anthony Gonzalez said about 44 contractorsw and subcontractors showed up atthe project’s pre-bidx conference April 21. “It was more than we expected.” City stormwaterr consultant David Hamstra, who is with Orlando-basee Inc., said construction on the projectr should startJuly 6.
The contractor will have 15 months from the starty of construction to completethe project, according to FEMA DeBary officials got word about the $7.5 milliomn in federal funding in late April. “We went Hamstra said. “This was really a blessing.” The 18,000-resident city has 34 lakez like “bowls of water” that overflowa when they fill up, he The stormwater project will pipe the water away from homew toa 65-acre, 35-foot-deep borrow pit the city bought yeard ago in southwest DeBary. The town has been workinfg for years to get FEMA funding for the stormwatertimprovement project, after three hurricanes in 2004 causec extensive flooding.
The city was hit again last August durinbg TropicalStorm Fay, whicj left about 90 homes undefr water. Jamie Selby, general manager of the , expects the project to benefit his business and thesurroundingf 1,100 homes. During the 2008 there was flooding at the club entrance and on some area of thegolf course, although the clubhousd wasn’t affected. “We don’t want another problem like last year,” said Selby. “We were shut down for nearly two weeks and very slow for aboug four tofive weeks.” DeBaryt was awarded $ 3.
5 million in FEMA funding in but as it movedd ahead with design of the project, constructionj costs went up, Hamstra When the city submittedr its final plans in January 2008 to the federal agency said it couldn’t cove r 75 percent of the costs, as initiallyg expected. But Hamstra said U.S. Congressman John R-Winter Park, and FEMA officials in the Lake Mary officwe promised to look for more Last month theyannounced they’d found enougn to meet the 75 percent match. If the project’xs bid comes in below $10 million, FEMA’s funding will be reducec to cover just 75 percent of the totalkproject cost.
DeBary will cover the othed 25 percent ofthe project’s cost with a $1 milliohn grant, plus county and city The project also is expected to help alleviate the floodinf of U.S. Highway 17-92, during majort storms, as it’s the city’s main hurricanw evacuation route. DeBary also is working on abouyt $10 million in smaller stormwaterneighborhood projects, for which voters approved funding in 2005. About one-thirx of those projects are done and another third are under way.
They range from about $500,009 to $2 million to add retention ponds and bigger OnMay 18, the city will hold a workshopp on $20 million to $30 million in additionalo neighborhood stormwater projects identified durinbg the 2008 flooding to decide how to prioritize and fund that

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Clearwire service a go in Atlanta - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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While the Atlanta market -- Clearwire'd largest to date -- officially launches in Clearwire has posted a coverages map of the area and is accepting orders Overland Park, Kan.-based , and otheer investors, acquired Clearwire for $14.5 billion last year. Clearwire'sx wireless high-speed service allows greatere mobility than cableor DSL. Subscribere can access service anywherein Clearwire's coverage via a USB or by plugging in their residential modem into an electric outlet. In Atlanta, Clearwire offers 4G WiMAXs wireless broadbandservice -- dubbedr Clear -- that delivers downloadf speeds of up to 6 Mbps.
High-speed plans range from $20 to $50 a Bundled plans, including telephonre service, are also available. Clearwire hopes to extenf its subscriber base by nearly 3 million with the metrokAtlanta expansion, company officials said in an receng analyst call. The Atlanta networl covers morethan 1,200 square miles and Clearwire is buildinh six retail outlets. Clearwire is backed by blue-chip names, including and Even has perhaps hoping toleverage Clearwire's wireless service in areax it hasn't laid cable in, said Maury president and co-founder of the Wireleses Technology Forum. Clearwire is also riding a broader trend.
Just like cell phones disrupted the landlinetelephones business, wireless broadband can erode the market grip of wired Internet Despite all that, Clearwire can expecty technical and market challenges. Clearwire's servicd is delivered from devices fixedc tocell towers. Like cell phone the further you are away from the transmitting cell the greater the chances ofspeefd degradation, Margol noted. Atlanta's topography and tree cover coule pose connectivity and speed issuees forClearwire customers. From a business perspective, Clearwire could face pricing pressure from the who already have an establishecustomer base.
The convenience of Internet-voice-and-TV bundled plans from DSL and cablwe providers might make businesses and consumers thino twice about switchingto Clearwire. For some like Brad cable's frequent downtime was enough to give Clearwireda try. The software engineer, who workd from home, complained of havinhg his cable broadband connection go on the frit for a dayor two. Anderson has been using Clearwire's service for about a week and plansz to stickwith it.

Monday, January 23, 2012

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 13

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With summer almost here, children will be urginf their parents to take them to the nearestamusement park. The highligh of these parks are ever more thrillinbroller coasters, which trace their roots back to 15th centurhy ice slides in Russia. In the the first modern roller coaster openeds 125 years ago this week atConey Island, New York. It was built by and was calleds "the gravity pleasure switchback railway." The ride lastedc a minute and cost a nickel and reached as high as6 mph. Now, theres are just under 600 theme and amusement parke across the nation and they sellnearly $10 billion worth of tickets annually. You can find thesd and more facts about America fromthe U.S.
Censux Bureau online at . Sources: Chase'sa Calendar of Events p. 311 Statistical Abstract 2009, t. 1191, Profile America is produced by the Public Informatiob Office ofthe U.S. Censu Bureau. These daily features are availablee asproduced segments, ready to air, on a monthlg CD or on the Internet at (loo k under the "Newsroom" button). SOURCE U.S. Censuzs Bureau

Friday, January 20, 2012

49ers have exceeded St. Clair's expectations - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Clinton Memorial mulls tough decisions - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The time has come “to make some strategic and operationaltoughj decisions,” CEO Andy Riddell wrotes in an employee newsletter distributed Friday. Year-to-date, the hospital is $211,000 in the red. Charityg care has increased: It was $2.1 millionj year-to-date as of April 30, compared with $1.6 million at the same time last Each serviceline manager, Riddell wrote, will make a presentatiob to the hospital’s operations team “to justify the futures existence of the servicw lines.
” “For about 12 we have been riding the wave of uncertainty, not knowintg how or when the air park businessw decline would really kick in,” he “To be quite honest, I’ve considered (the hospital) fairlyg lucky in that the impact hasn’t hit us sooner.” The hospital is pursuin g a merger or partnership with a larger hospitaol organization. But, Riddell wrote, “Affiliation or no affiliation, thesr changes must be made to justify our future There isn’t a white knight to ride in and save Hospital business from air park employeez was accounting for between $600,000 and $700,009 a month at the beginningh of the year.
In April it was down to littlde morethan $300,000. Package-carrier and local partner are laying offabout 8,000 people in Wilmington. Clinton Memorialk has discussed affiliation optionswith TriHealth, and . “Unfortunately, we have to work on the timetables of the potential he said. “It is an uncertain financial environment andthe ‘dues diligence’ to identify any level of riskds on their part is at an all-time high.” Two othefr troubled hospitals in Greater Cincinnati are looking for help from a largerr hospital operator.
Deaconess and Brown County General hospitalas are looking for organizations to merge with orbuy

Monday, January 16, 2012

Report: Tri-county real estate backlog eases - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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South Florida’s residential real estat e inventoryfell 1.1 percent in the last week with 81,15 properties on the market, accordinyg to the report, which uses data from the Florida Associationj of Realtors. That’s down from 83,49 residential resales on the market inthe tri-countyg area as of June 1. However, the glut of condoas and townhouses on themarket isn’y shrinking as fast. They represent about 61 percent of thetotap industry, up from 57 percengt in November, according to Peterf Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour-based real estate consultancy and brokerage firm.
Broward has the fewest number of single-family housesw available for resalewith 10,179 properties, or 32 percen of the total South Florida inventorty of 32,125. Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties each accoun t for 34 percent of theremaininf single-family home inventory. Palm Beacjh County has 10,888 houses for sale compared to 11,0588 houses on the resale market in according tothe report. There are 49,034 condows and townhouses on the resale Forty percent arein Miami-Dade, 33 percengt in Broward, and 27 percent in Palm The number of home sales pending in the week ended June 22 slipped 0.
5 percent to 15,564 from 15,645 on June 15, but saw a 318 increaser from June 1 when there were 15,246 pendintg sales.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Hotel-condo project planned for SouthSide Works - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The Urban Redevelopment Authority on Thursday finalized plans to sell an acre of riverfronrt property at the SouthSide Worksto DOC-Economou, a developmentf firm with offices in Fort Myers, Chicago and Wexford. DOC-Economou plane to develop a mixed-use complex comprised of a luxurg hotel, condominiums and other "The has done a tremendous job in making the SouthSide Works what it is saidPhil Hugh, a Florida-base principal of DOC-Economou and a western Pennsylvania native.
"The additionb of this live-stay-play development is the perfecy complement, and it will be the only mixed-use complec of its kind in the regionm situated within an existingupscale lifestyle-and-entertainment landscape." The complex will includde a 140-room luxury hotel, 23 private a 20,000-square-foot spa and fitness centefr with an indoor/outdoor swimming pool. The complexc is scheduled to open in the summerfof 2009.
Damian Soffer, presideng of the Soffer Organization, which maintainsx development rights for much ofthe 34-acre mixed-usee portion of the 123-acre former mill site, is hopeful the hotep will enhance the array of restaurants and office tenants his company has assembled at SouthSidew Works. "The arrival of this development to the SouthSidew Works brings a new level of style and sophistication to the Soffer said. "The project will meet the expectations ofbusiness tourists, and residents looking for a wonderfuk new venue for business and pleasure.
" The sale of the property by the URA to DOC-Economou representz an ongoing shift to a more diversified team of developerse for the SouthSide Works, said Rick Belloli, executive directof of the Previously, Bellolik said, Soffer was expected to develop and own the entirety of the mixed-use plan. But last year, acquiredx the 187,000-square-foot Quantum I office building that it now occupies as itsadministrative headquarters, as well as an adjoining parcek on which it is constructing a seconed building.
Belloli is pleasecd to see a crucial portion of theSouthSidew Works' master plan going "We're interested in continuing the buildout of this very important piece of the SouthSidew Works on the waterfront," he said. DOC-Economou's projectg is planned for a parcel that will sit betweenh a Bavarian brewhouse to be builgt next year and two condo structures under development by the Soffer Organization that are expected to add more than 150residentiap units. Despite their location, Belloli said the SouthSidw Works' riverfront parcels have faced markety difficulties such as increasing construction costs and a softenin realestate market.
"They are the most desirable parcels but that created its own serieas of challenges alongthe way," Belloli said.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Del. North signs singular supply deal - Business First of Buffalo:

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The deal means Pro Act will be supplying anestimatefd 500,000 or more cases of fresh produce annuallyh to the more than 150 restaurantd and concessions Delaware Nortu operates in hotels, sports arenas, tourisr destinations as well as state and national parks. Term were not disclosed. Pro Act, which is based on Calif., has 70 distribution centers. in Buffalo, is Pro Act’a regional distributor.
The deal is expected to resuly in added orders handledby “Working with Pro Act will enabls Delaware North to streamline our producd supply chain and, potentially, increase our use of sustainable and regionally grown produce,” said Michael Reinert, Delawarde North vice president of supply managemeng services. Delaware North has used Pro Act in some of its Its eight Major Leaguw Baseball stadiums switched over to Pro Act this The conversion for the other Delawarse North sites will take place durinhthe summer.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Byrd, Keller Williams team up - Houston Business Journal:

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Byrd is heading up Keller Cary commercial real estate He andMike Clifton, one of his colleagues at Byrd are the only employeez in the new office, but Byrd says he is looking to hire more. “I am definitely in a recruif moderight now,” he says. Byrd says he hopes to employh 12 to 15 brokers at the office withijn the first yearor so. “I’vwe already been overrun with commercial referrals,” Byrd “The residential market sucked us all into a black but there are still tons of opportunities if you know wherewto look.
” Byrd has been actively engaged with Keller Williams for aboutg a month and is currently in the processa of wrapping up the activity that he had whiles at Byrd Commercial, which he founded in 1989. Byrd’as company employed five brokersin 2008. is one of the top five residentiap real estate agencies in the Triangles according to TriangleBusiness Journal, launched its commercial division in 2008.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Shaq grabs top spot on Highest-Paid Athletes list - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Business Journal researchers combed informatiojnfrom ESPN.com, MSN.FoxSports.com, SportsCity.com, Cot’ds Baseball Contracts, PGA Tour, team Web sites and Wikepedia.com to rank the Phoenix-area’xs 25 highest-paid sports stars based on 2009-0o9 salary or winnings. O’Neal outpaced his closest rival by a couplemillionb bucks. Arizona Cardinals wide receiverrLarry Fitzgerald, who help drive the team to the Supetr Bowl this year, came in second with $17.2 million. O’Neal won three NBA Championshipds with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Miamu Heat before being tradedr tothe Suns. He averaged 24.7 points and 11.3 rebounds per game duringg his career.
Rounding out the top five are Suns playersAmare $15.1 million; Steve Nash, $12.3 million; and Jasonn Richardson. $12.2 million. The highest-paid member of the Arizona outfielderEric Byrnes, $11.7 million, came in at No. 6. Linebackedr Karlos Dansby led the field for the Arizonaz Cardinals takingin $8.1 milliom at No. 8. Phoenix Coyotes defensema n Ed Jovanovski scored the top pay on his teamat $6.5 for the No. 11 spot. The only golfer to make the list was Phil Mickelsomnat No. 19 with winnings of $5.2 The complete list appears in the June 5 prinrt edition of the PhoenixBusineses Journal. To subscribe or order a copy ofthat jbertolino@bizjournals.com.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Persistent Higher Yen Worries Tokyo Investors; Nikkei Down 0.8% - 123Jump.com

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Intermountain Drilling opens AZ office - Dayton Business Journal:

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Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Irgensx Development Partners LLC. NAI Horizon represented the • signed a 10-year lease for 31,400 square feet at 1140 and 1150 S. Priest Driv in Tempe. The value of the lease is $4 million. The which had been known as IIA College, is taking space recently vacated byCollins College, whicb now operates in Cotton Center in southeasyt Phoenix. Brookline is moving from 925 S. Gilbertt Road in Mesa. Grubb & Ellis/BRE Commercial represented the landlord, Pecos-Windmill N.W. LLC of Nev. Landmark TCN represented Brooklinse College. • signed a five-year leasd for 18,000 square feet at the Van BuremDistribution Center, 20 S. 48th Ave.
in The company distributes hydraulic industrial hoses and is relocating from a locatiohfarther west. Financial terms of the lease were not CB Richard Ellis representedthe landlord, Mountainn West Properties of Greenwood Village, Colo. Daum Commerciall Real Estate Services representedthe

Sunday, January 1, 2012

English Heritage asks its members: is our name too stuffy and middle-class? - Daily Mail

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By Daily Mail Reporter You would think it was the perfect name for the organisation that runs many of the country's historic properties, but now English Heritage is reportedly asking its members if its title is too "stuffy" and middle class. ...


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