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According to the survey, 83 percent of small-business executives are optimistid abouttheir company’s long-term ability to rebound when the economy About 65 percent expect their company’s markegt share to increase by the time the recessiojn ends, and 73 percenf expect revenue to have grown by Only 6 percent of small-business executives worldwide expecyt the quality of talent in their organizations to decreases once the economy improves; 38 percenyt expect it to increase. Yet many of the businesss leaders surveyed say their governmentsw are doing too littls to support them through theworldwidre downturn.
Forty-eight percent said locakl government is unsupportive oftheir business, and 39 percenrt say the same of national governments. Askedx to explain that lack of support, small-busines executives worldwide said smallercompanies “do not attract enoughn attention” (39 percent), “the public at largd perceives large companies as more important than small-- and mid-size companies” (28 percent) and “small- and mid-size businessews have fewer advocates than large (24 percent). The Economist Intelligencre Unit isthe business-information arm of the Economist Group, publishef of The Economist magazine.
It surveyerd 328 owners and executivea of small and midsized businesses aroundthe world. Abougt 29 percent of the respondents were fromNorth
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Wikinews finds citizens' feelings, actions throughout Texas regarding West ... - Wikinews
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CBC.ca | Wikinews finds citizens' feelings, actions throughout Texas regarding West ... Wikinews Wikinews spoke to several residents of the US state of Texas finding varying opinions, and responses, to the threat from the West Nile virus; this, in contrast to the troubling media reports released recently. The state as a whole has seen more than ... Residents Have Mixed Reactions to Arlington Ground Spraying |
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Homebuilder confidence rises - Memphis Business Journal:
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It is the first back-to-back increasre in builder confidence since February 2008 and is now at its highestf level ineight months. The index measurinv current confidence rosetwo points, from 12 in April to 14 in May. Any readint under 50 still indicates the majority of builders view conditionsas “The fact that the May [Housiny Market Index] continued to tick up from April’s 5 point increase provideds confirming evidence that the improved confidences level was no fluke,” said NAHB chiefd economist David Crowe.
“This continued increased indicates that home builderswfeel we’re at or near the bottom of the market and that positive signs lie ahead for builders and potential home buyers, provided that builder access to productiojn credit significantly improves.” A separate indez measuring expectations for the next six months rose three points to 27. Builderas and Realtors are hoping lower prices and historicallyt low mortgage rates will overcome tighter lending The housing market may also benefit this year froman $8,00o0 tax credit for homebuyers. Earlier this month, the reportedx pending sales of existing homesrose 3.
2 percent in March, the firsf back-to-back increase in pending sales in a year.
It is the first back-to-back increasre in builder confidence since February 2008 and is now at its highestf level ineight months. The index measurinv current confidence rosetwo points, from 12 in April to 14 in May. Any readint under 50 still indicates the majority of builders view conditionsas “The fact that the May [Housiny Market Index] continued to tick up from April’s 5 point increase provideds confirming evidence that the improved confidences level was no fluke,” said NAHB chiefd economist David Crowe.
“This continued increased indicates that home builderswfeel we’re at or near the bottom of the market and that positive signs lie ahead for builders and potential home buyers, provided that builder access to productiojn credit significantly improves.” A separate indez measuring expectations for the next six months rose three points to 27. Builderas and Realtors are hoping lower prices and historicallyt low mortgage rates will overcome tighter lending The housing market may also benefit this year froman $8,00o0 tax credit for homebuyers. Earlier this month, the reportedx pending sales of existing homesrose 3.
2 percent in March, the firsf back-to-back increase in pending sales in a year.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Vanpooling service coming to region - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The two-year pilot is expectef to begin by the The program is a partnership of the Capital DistricgTransportation Authority, the Capital District Transportation the Downtown Albany Businesse Improvement District, the state Department of Transportatiom and the . is currently recruiting businessesx that might have employees comin g from the same region who would be interested in participatingf inthe program. “The main thinbg is you have to have at least a minimum numbeer of people to usethe van,” Janack said.
The way the progra m would work is one of the participants would also act as the The van would be assigned toa participant/driver, stay at that person’sz place of employment during the day and remain at the driver’xs home in the evening. The companty providing the wheelsis Inc. out of Bordentown, N.J. VPSI had $62 millioj in revenue in 2008. VPSI was formed in 1977 and starterdfor employees. Today, the companhy has 5,000 vans in operation in more than 45 statesxand 50,000 passengers. VPSI reported “At this point, as soon as possiblse we hope to begin rolling vans saidJesse Kafka, VPSI’s business developmenft executive.
The company expects to have 20 vans in operation withintwo years. “We expecty to add one van or so each month througg the life of the he said. For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA plannetrat 437-6865.
The two-year pilot is expectef to begin by the The program is a partnership of the Capital DistricgTransportation Authority, the Capital District Transportation the Downtown Albany Businesse Improvement District, the state Department of Transportatiom and the . is currently recruiting businessesx that might have employees comin g from the same region who would be interested in participatingf inthe program. “The main thinbg is you have to have at least a minimum numbeer of people to usethe van,” Janack said.
The way the progra m would work is one of the participants would also act as the The van would be assigned toa participant/driver, stay at that person’sz place of employment during the day and remain at the driver’xs home in the evening. The companty providing the wheelsis Inc. out of Bordentown, N.J. VPSI had $62 millioj in revenue in 2008. VPSI was formed in 1977 and starterdfor employees. Today, the companhy has 5,000 vans in operation in more than 45 statesxand 50,000 passengers. VPSI reported “At this point, as soon as possiblse we hope to begin rolling vans saidJesse Kafka, VPSI’s business developmenft executive.
The company expects to have 20 vans in operation withintwo years. “We expecty to add one van or so each month througg the life of the he said. For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA plannetrat 437-6865.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Syria Conflict: Army Helicopters Hammer Daraya, 100 Killed Across Country - Huffington Post
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Sydney Morning Herald | Syria Conflict: Army Helicopters Hammer Daraya, 100 Killed Across Country Huffington Post Syria Conflict: Army Helicopters Hammer Daraya, 100 Killed Across Country. Reuters | Posted: 08/23/2012 10:53 am Updated: 08/23/2012 1:57 pm. reddit stumble · Share on Google+. Syria Conflict Daraya. A Syrian couple, who fled their home d ue to fighting ... Assad's forces hammer Aleppo |
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Lane4 completes purchase of three Kansas City-area shopping centers - San Francisco Business Times:
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million. The Kansas City Business Journapl reported that the PrairieVillage Shops, the Corinthu Square shopping center in Prairie Village and the Fairway Shops in Fairway were under contracr to investors led by Lane4, a Kansas City-base commercial real estate brokerage and development Highwoods (NYSE: HIW), base in Raleigh, N.C., disclosed the sale price in a Thursday The three shopping centers have a combineed 2009 appraised value of about $64 according to figures from the Johnson County Appraiser’as Office. The three shopping centers containb 416,000 square feet combined and on average, 94.
5 percent leaserd and 55 years old, Highwoods The properties generate a combined annual cash net operatinh income ofabout $5.4 million. The new ownere plan no “immediate major to the shopping centers, Jeff Berg, seniot vice president and principalof Lane4, said in a separatw release Thursday. “We intend to enhance and upgrade the center as opportunities ariseover time, but theses improvements will not change their basic character,” Lane43 President Owen Buckley said in the “We look forward to taking good care of them and feel they represenft an excellent opportunity to invesyt in our community.
” Kansas City developerd Jesse Clyde Nichols built the grocery-anchored shopping centers in the and the JC Nichols Co. sold them to Highwoods in 1998.
million. The Kansas City Business Journapl reported that the PrairieVillage Shops, the Corinthu Square shopping center in Prairie Village and the Fairway Shops in Fairway were under contracr to investors led by Lane4, a Kansas City-base commercial real estate brokerage and development Highwoods (NYSE: HIW), base in Raleigh, N.C., disclosed the sale price in a Thursday The three shopping centers have a combineed 2009 appraised value of about $64 according to figures from the Johnson County Appraiser’as Office. The three shopping centers containb 416,000 square feet combined and on average, 94.
5 percent leaserd and 55 years old, Highwoods The properties generate a combined annual cash net operatinh income ofabout $5.4 million. The new ownere plan no “immediate major to the shopping centers, Jeff Berg, seniot vice president and principalof Lane4, said in a separatw release Thursday. “We intend to enhance and upgrade the center as opportunities ariseover time, but theses improvements will not change their basic character,” Lane43 President Owen Buckley said in the “We look forward to taking good care of them and feel they represenft an excellent opportunity to invesyt in our community.
” Kansas City developerd Jesse Clyde Nichols built the grocery-anchored shopping centers in the and the JC Nichols Co. sold them to Highwoods in 1998.
Monday, August 20, 2012
GE workers approve pay freeze - San Francisco Business Times:
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Fairfield, Conn.-based GE (NYSE: GE) is tryinb to trim expenses atAppliancee Park, which lost $72 million in 2008. Jerry president of , said nearly 70 percent of the 1,638 unionh workers voted in favor of the Under the terms ofthe agreement, GE will freeze pay for uniomn workers until June 2011. And newly hirexd skilled-trades professionals would startat $23 per hour and advance to $25 per hour over a two-year period. A competitiv e wage agreement for hourly production worker calls for new hires to startat $13 per hour and receivde annual wage increases after their current contractt expires in 2011.
The rates for skilled and production worker s are lower than they wouldd have been withoutthe agreement, Carney Also under the agreement, GE will not force productiojn workers to work less than full, five-day work with the exception of holiday periodss or other special days, Carne said. “That is important because GE already has goneto eight-hour work weeks at some of its lightinh plants, and that couled have been the case here if we didn’y vote ‘yes,’ ” Carney said. In GE will add 100 positions and bring anew low-cosgt dishwasher line to Appliance Park by Dec. 31.
All new jobs at Applianc e Park, except for warehouse positions, woulde be bid on by seniority, according to a bulletib issued last week bythe union. GE will continuew to make 18 cubic-foot top-mounf refrigerators, home dishwashers and 27-inch top-load washing machines at Appliance Park through at leastJune 17, unless the company decides to exit the product “This is important because now we have a future at Appliance Park,” Carney said Thursdah evening. Kim Freeman, director of public relationsfor GE’s Consumer and Industrial called the union’s vote “gratifying.
” “When given the facts, our employees have demonstrated time and againb that they understand our business realities and want to be part of a team that will make the necessary changes to win in this globap marketplace,” Freeman said in an e-mail. “We are gratefup to all of our employees and the union leadership for their willingness to work together to make this asuccessfupl business.” More jobs coming? One stipulation of the agreemen t is that the company and the union will work togethef to explore opportunities for making energy-efficienrt appliances at the plant.
The first step could come when the and the Louisvillde Metro Council are expectex to vote on approving incentives to GE to facilitat the development of a new product platform atAppliancr Park. GE officials have not disclosed what productg might be destined forAppliance Park. Business First reported Fridauy that the city is prepared to offer to creatw a tax increment financing district and the state is prepared to offer GE as muchas $2.5 millionb over 10 years to launch a product line that woulr create as many as 400 jobs at Applianced Park. “Now there is the opportunith to replace outdated equipment witha new, high-tecnh product line,” Carney said.
“Thia means a lot to
Fairfield, Conn.-based GE (NYSE: GE) is tryinb to trim expenses atAppliancee Park, which lost $72 million in 2008. Jerry president of , said nearly 70 percent of the 1,638 unionh workers voted in favor of the Under the terms ofthe agreement, GE will freeze pay for uniomn workers until June 2011. And newly hirexd skilled-trades professionals would startat $23 per hour and advance to $25 per hour over a two-year period. A competitiv e wage agreement for hourly production worker calls for new hires to startat $13 per hour and receivde annual wage increases after their current contractt expires in 2011.
The rates for skilled and production worker s are lower than they wouldd have been withoutthe agreement, Carney Also under the agreement, GE will not force productiojn workers to work less than full, five-day work with the exception of holiday periodss or other special days, Carne said. “That is important because GE already has goneto eight-hour work weeks at some of its lightinh plants, and that couled have been the case here if we didn’y vote ‘yes,’ ” Carney said. In GE will add 100 positions and bring anew low-cosgt dishwasher line to Appliance Park by Dec. 31.
All new jobs at Applianc e Park, except for warehouse positions, woulde be bid on by seniority, according to a bulletib issued last week bythe union. GE will continuew to make 18 cubic-foot top-mounf refrigerators, home dishwashers and 27-inch top-load washing machines at Appliance Park through at leastJune 17, unless the company decides to exit the product “This is important because now we have a future at Appliance Park,” Carney said Thursdah evening. Kim Freeman, director of public relationsfor GE’s Consumer and Industrial called the union’s vote “gratifying.
” “When given the facts, our employees have demonstrated time and againb that they understand our business realities and want to be part of a team that will make the necessary changes to win in this globap marketplace,” Freeman said in an e-mail. “We are gratefup to all of our employees and the union leadership for their willingness to work together to make this asuccessfupl business.” More jobs coming? One stipulation of the agreemen t is that the company and the union will work togethef to explore opportunities for making energy-efficienrt appliances at the plant.
The first step could come when the and the Louisvillde Metro Council are expectex to vote on approving incentives to GE to facilitat the development of a new product platform atAppliancr Park. GE officials have not disclosed what productg might be destined forAppliance Park. Business First reported Fridauy that the city is prepared to offer to creatw a tax increment financing district and the state is prepared to offer GE as muchas $2.5 millionb over 10 years to launch a product line that woulr create as many as 400 jobs at Applianced Park. “Now there is the opportunith to replace outdated equipment witha new, high-tecnh product line,” Carney said.
“Thia means a lot to
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