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million. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., operatint as Durham Festival LLC, purchasedc the 16-year-old shopping center from of Houston in a deal that was finalized onJune 30. The property has a tax valued ofalmost $10 million, according to Durha m County tax records. Major tenants at the 131,826-square-foot neighborhood centetr at the intersectionof U.S. 15/501 and Hillsborough Road includeKroger Supermarket, Millennium Sports Dollar General and SunTrust Bank. The property is on 11 acres. The propertyt was acquired on behalf of Ram RealtyPartners II, a privatr equity fund sponsored by Ram and its principals.
The fund has asset of $175 million with additional equity capitakl on hand to expand its holdingzs to a totalof $600 Ram is the developer of the 140 West mixed-uses development project planned on Franklin Streett in Chapel Hill, whichh will include 137 condominium 27,000 square feet of ground floor retaiol and restaurants, two levelx of structured parking and an open plaza featuring publixc art when it is complete.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Time and numbers are interlocked in the brain - TruthDive
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Time and numbers are interlocked in the brain TruthDive Washington, July 20 (ANI): Our minds are like clocks when it comes to time and numbers, according to a new study. In two experiments, scientists found that people associate small numbers with short time intervals and large numbers with longer ... |
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Aviation Week study of top performing airlines ranks Frontier 19th - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
http://lakeshore-cycle.com/bicycles-for-all-ages-what-you-shoud-think-over-while-shopping.html
The ranking, released Tuesday, seeks to "identify those companies that are best positioneed to weather the current global recession and recent volatility infuel prices," Aviation Week said. It rates airline operatorss on businesscriteria -- liquidity, financiaol health, earnings performance, fuel-cost management and asset utilization -- and not on serviced or flying operations. Denver-based Frontier is the second-largesf carrier at after . Aviatiohn Week rated its holding Frontier AirlinesHoldings Inc. The journal ratews Frontier highest on liquidity and lowest on earnings performancew andfuel management. Calculations are based on airline results forfiscal 2008.
Since 2008, Frontiee has taken significant steps to cut costs andimprove efficiency, and . A bankruptcy judges Monday . Among other DIA ranked 10th among24 low-cost and carriers, while JetBlue Airways Corp. was No. 16 and was No. 22. rankee No. 1 on the low-cost-carriers list. In a separate rankinf of 32 major "mainline/legacy" airlines, -- holding company of Unitedc Airlines, DIA's No. 1 carrier -- rankes near the bottom, in 31st place. was No. 16, No. 22, and No. 30. was in first place on the majorairlines list.
"The recession has grabbed hold of theairlinr industry, and survival is stilp the name of the game," Aviation Week & Spacre Technology Editor-in-Chief Anthony Velocci Jr. said Tuesday in a statement accompanyingthe ranking. "This year’se Top-Performing Companies review of airlines place liquidity and financial health as the top indicatorxs for weathering further volatilithy in the economy and rising fuel he said. "We are seeing sharp drops in scores acroszthe board, in all regions, but with the TPC we can identify those airlines that are doing thinge right." .
The ranking, released Tuesday, seeks to "identify those companies that are best positioneed to weather the current global recession and recent volatility infuel prices," Aviation Week said. It rates airline operatorss on businesscriteria -- liquidity, financiaol health, earnings performance, fuel-cost management and asset utilization -- and not on serviced or flying operations. Denver-based Frontier is the second-largesf carrier at after . Aviatiohn Week rated its holding Frontier AirlinesHoldings Inc. The journal ratews Frontier highest on liquidity and lowest on earnings performancew andfuel management. Calculations are based on airline results forfiscal 2008.
Since 2008, Frontiee has taken significant steps to cut costs andimprove efficiency, and . A bankruptcy judges Monday . Among other DIA ranked 10th among24 low-cost and carriers, while JetBlue Airways Corp. was No. 16 and was No. 22. rankee No. 1 on the low-cost-carriers list. In a separate rankinf of 32 major "mainline/legacy" airlines, -- holding company of Unitedc Airlines, DIA's No. 1 carrier -- rankes near the bottom, in 31st place. was No. 16, No. 22, and No. 30. was in first place on the majorairlines list.
"The recession has grabbed hold of theairlinr industry, and survival is stilp the name of the game," Aviation Week & Spacre Technology Editor-in-Chief Anthony Velocci Jr. said Tuesday in a statement accompanyingthe ranking. "This year’se Top-Performing Companies review of airlines place liquidity and financial health as the top indicatorxs for weathering further volatilithy in the economy and rising fuel he said. "We are seeing sharp drops in scores acroszthe board, in all regions, but with the TPC we can identify those airlines that are doing thinge right." .
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Trip to the old ballpark rekindles passion for cards - San Francisco Business Times:
http://kdrinds.com/selecting-from-great-bankruptcy-lawyers-san-mateo.html
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 .
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
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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ND Legislative district costs could top $1 million WDAY BISMARCK, ND (AP) รข€" An analysis shows that adding new districts to the North Dakota Legislature would cost at least $1.2 million each over 10 years, though some lawmakers said Thursday that the cost would be worthwhile if more legislators resulted in ... Cost of adding districts to ND Legislature: $1.2M each for 10 years |
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Job losses jumping as crisis hits home - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
http://www.alcorconwireless.net/2008/september-14-return-of-the-draft-counter-recruitment.html
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
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
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