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points to 50.8 percent in according to the latest figures from SpheriobEmployment Report’s Texas Employee Confidence Index. The report, whichn measures worker confidence in employmen and theeconomic environment, also • Forty-two percent of Texas workers believee the economy is getting weaker, down 23 percenrt from 65 percent in • Nine percent of Texas workers believe more jobs are compared to 5 percent in the previous • Seventy-two percent of Texasa workers surveyed are confident in the future of thei current employer compared with 68 percent in March. “Comparef to the U.S.
jobless rate, Texaes is definitely faring Kim Lockhart, regional vice president for Spherioin Texas, said in a statement. “Although clients are still being cautious aboutadding staff, we have seen some pick-upo in the last few weeks. In fact, we are seeinvg stable demand for work incustomer mortgages, health care, IT and collections. Because a largerf pool of applicants are competing for fewer job we are advising job seekers to use this time to sharpe their education and This will help candidates stay current and give them the competitived edge they will need when the marketfullyt recovers.” The monthly survey was conducted by for (NYSE: a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
-based recruiting and staffingv company.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Workout groups remade - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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“We are definitely seeing increased particularly from bankswith $1 billion to $10 billion in for chief credit officers and seasonedc professionals dealing with loan workouts,” said Alan Kaplan, who runs the Wynnewood-basesd staffing agency. “But many of these people are at the end of theier careers or retired so the talent pool is not Up and comers have not been trained in thesde workout skills because these problems have not existed for such a long periodof time.” Banks have either transferres people over from slower departmentds or hired from outside the company.
Harleysville National Bank even hirer two retired workout specialists to assist with the increasinf number oftroubled loans. Paul Geraghty, CEO of parentg company , said he increasedr workout staffing by movint some personnel from the real estateworigination side, adding another through last year’s merger with and lurinhg a few senior people out of retirement from Geraghty’s days at CoreStates Bank. “Theitr experience was in demand, and they will work flexibled schedules, so it fit,” Geraghty said.
“I’mm seeing people that I haven’t worked with for a said Barry Bressler, a bankruptcyu lawyer with who represents Harleysville National and otherr banks inreal estate-related Jim Lynch, a principall in , a private equithy fund that invests in underperforming banks, said during the economicv slowdown of the late 1980s, bankw put seasoned professionals in workout departments. But by the workout professionals were no longerin “So many of them retired and ther e was no need to replace them because the economyu was so strong for so long,” said an executive at several different Philadelphiza banks for 36 years beforr joining Patriot in 2007.
Lynchn said workout professionals try to maximiz e the value of the troubled asseft for the bank as quicklyas possible. But bankers said the problenm has been that lenderss have had to hold onto sour loans that they used to be able to sell for a discountes price to hedge funds or other Tim Rowland, chief credit officer for , said the Lancaster-based bank has alwayas maintained a workout department, which it calls its special assetz department, for commercial loans.
The current group of three professionals includes two veterans and one persojn hired within the past year to fill avacancy — a search process that took more than six Rowland said the reason it took so long is that the talentf pool is scarce and Fulton had troublr finding the right match. He said Fulton, whicjh operates Fulton Bank in southeastern Pennsylvania and The Bank in South Jersey, also reassigned some business loan originators and has askedf senior-level executives to becomr more directly involved with customers and assist the full-timde workout staff.
Mike Quick, chief credit officee for Lititz-based , said he saw this credi t implosion coming three years ago and begahadding staff. More recently, Quick said he hireed one person four months ago and still seeks a few moreworkouyt professionals. Susquehanna always had workourt staff on the consumer side but not forcommercial “It was not a major issu e because real estate properth values kept appreciating so there was no Quick said. “The last time therre was a problem was 15 to 20 years ago and a lot of those peopldehave retired, so we have moved people from otherd departments. “I’m 61 years old and this is my sixtydown cycle.
But we don’ft have a lot of people who have been throug thesesituations before.” Analyst Jason O’Donnell, who tracksz a number of local banks for , said larger community banks have been hiring workoutg staff at an accelerated rate in recen months because they realize that the credit situationn is not going to improve anytime soon. “Credig losses have not peaked and won’ for two or three quarters at best,” O’Donnell said.
“We are definitely seeing increased particularly from bankswith $1 billion to $10 billion in for chief credit officers and seasonedc professionals dealing with loan workouts,” said Alan Kaplan, who runs the Wynnewood-basesd staffing agency. “But many of these people are at the end of theier careers or retired so the talent pool is not Up and comers have not been trained in thesde workout skills because these problems have not existed for such a long periodof time.” Banks have either transferres people over from slower departmentds or hired from outside the company.
Harleysville National Bank even hirer two retired workout specialists to assist with the increasinf number oftroubled loans. Paul Geraghty, CEO of parentg company , said he increasedr workout staffing by movint some personnel from the real estateworigination side, adding another through last year’s merger with and lurinhg a few senior people out of retirement from Geraghty’s days at CoreStates Bank. “Theitr experience was in demand, and they will work flexibled schedules, so it fit,” Geraghty said.
“I’mm seeing people that I haven’t worked with for a said Barry Bressler, a bankruptcyu lawyer with who represents Harleysville National and otherr banks inreal estate-related Jim Lynch, a principall in , a private equithy fund that invests in underperforming banks, said during the economicv slowdown of the late 1980s, bankw put seasoned professionals in workout departments. But by the workout professionals were no longerin “So many of them retired and ther e was no need to replace them because the economyu was so strong for so long,” said an executive at several different Philadelphiza banks for 36 years beforr joining Patriot in 2007.
Lynchn said workout professionals try to maximiz e the value of the troubled asseft for the bank as quicklyas possible. But bankers said the problenm has been that lenderss have had to hold onto sour loans that they used to be able to sell for a discountes price to hedge funds or other Tim Rowland, chief credit officer for , said the Lancaster-based bank has alwayas maintained a workout department, which it calls its special assetz department, for commercial loans.
The current group of three professionals includes two veterans and one persojn hired within the past year to fill avacancy — a search process that took more than six Rowland said the reason it took so long is that the talentf pool is scarce and Fulton had troublr finding the right match. He said Fulton, whicjh operates Fulton Bank in southeastern Pennsylvania and The Bank in South Jersey, also reassigned some business loan originators and has askedf senior-level executives to becomr more directly involved with customers and assist the full-timde workout staff.
Mike Quick, chief credit officee for Lititz-based , said he saw this credi t implosion coming three years ago and begahadding staff. More recently, Quick said he hireed one person four months ago and still seeks a few moreworkouyt professionals. Susquehanna always had workourt staff on the consumer side but not forcommercial “It was not a major issu e because real estate properth values kept appreciating so there was no Quick said. “The last time therre was a problem was 15 to 20 years ago and a lot of those peopldehave retired, so we have moved people from otherd departments. “I’m 61 years old and this is my sixtydown cycle.
But we don’ft have a lot of people who have been throug thesesituations before.” Analyst Jason O’Donnell, who tracksz a number of local banks for , said larger community banks have been hiring workoutg staff at an accelerated rate in recen months because they realize that the credit situationn is not going to improve anytime soon. “Credig losses have not peaked and won’ for two or three quarters at best,” O’Donnell said.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Business bankruptcies jump 64% compared with year ago - Washington Business Journal: Washington Bureau
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The number of business filings was up 11 percentf over the total for the fourtbh quarterof 2008, according to the Administrative Officde of the U.S. Courts. Nearly 10,000 of the businesds filings in the first quarter were Chapter 7 Chapter 11 reorganizations accountedfor 3,421 filings. Overalpl bankruptcy filings, including personal totaled 330,447 in the first quarterr of 2009, up nearly 35 percent from the same periord ayear earlier. For the 12-month periodf that ended March 31, more than 1.2 millio n bankruptcies were filed -- the highest 12-month totakl since Congress tightened bankruptcyu rules inOctober 2006.
"Asa unemployment figures continue to rise and financingremainss elusive, we expect filings to surge past 1.4 milliom cases by year-end," said Samuel Gerdano, executive director of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Tennessee had the highestr per-capita rate of bankruptcy filings in thefirsr quarter, followed by Nevada, Alabama, Georgiqa and Indiana. Judicial districts with the highest percentagse increase in filings included the Central Districytof California, Delaware, Arizona, the Southern District of Nevada and the Eastern District of California.
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The number of business filings was up 11 percentf over the total for the fourtbh quarterof 2008, according to the Administrative Officde of the U.S. Courts. Nearly 10,000 of the businesds filings in the first quarter were Chapter 7 Chapter 11 reorganizations accountedfor 3,421 filings. Overalpl bankruptcy filings, including personal totaled 330,447 in the first quarterr of 2009, up nearly 35 percent from the same periord ayear earlier. For the 12-month periodf that ended March 31, more than 1.2 millio n bankruptcies were filed -- the highest 12-month totakl since Congress tightened bankruptcyu rules inOctober 2006.
"Asa unemployment figures continue to rise and financingremainss elusive, we expect filings to surge past 1.4 milliom cases by year-end," said Samuel Gerdano, executive director of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Tennessee had the highestr per-capita rate of bankruptcy filings in thefirsr quarter, followed by Nevada, Alabama, Georgiqa and Indiana. Judicial districts with the highest percentagse increase in filings included the Central Districytof California, Delaware, Arizona, the Southern District of Nevada and the Eastern District of California.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Researchers develop new advanced scanning transmission ... - Phys.Org
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Researchers develop new advanced scanning transmission ... Phys.Org (Phys.org) -- A new high-tech method for imaging the electric fields of atoms could lead to advances in areas as diverse as data storage, solar cells and ... |
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Lawmaker pushes for suburban school districts to pay more for ... - Chicago Sun-Times
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Lawmaker pushes for suburban school districts to pay more for ... Chicago Sun-Times Most Chicago property taxpayers pay $164 a year more than their suburban and downstate counterparts under the state's uneven teacher pension funding ... |
Saturday, June 23, 2012
N.J. tax amnesty brings revenue windfall - Denver Business Journal:
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New Jersey expected to generate $100 millio n when the 45-day program was launched, but at its closde last week had collectede morethan $600 million in back taxes owed. Fina revenue could increase byanother $50 millionb to $100 million once the remaininfg 17,500 envelopes are opened and the Governor’s Office said. New Jersey’s which ran from May 4 to June 15, permitted thosd owing back taxesfrom Jan. 1, 2002 and to Feb. 1, to settle up without penalty and for half theinteresft owed. Of the collections processed to 56 percent were for the corporationbbusiness tax, 23 percent for sales and use taxezs and 14 percent for gross incomse tax.
A vote on a finap budget for New Jersey isexpected Gov. Jon S. Corzine would like to see the additional revenue be put toward propertuytax relief, which was slated to be eliminatefd for all but seniord and the disabled to address an up to $9 billionn deficit in fiscal year 2010. In Pennsylvania, statwe Rep. John C. Bear, is pitching legislation for a one-time tax amnesty progra as a budget fix forhis state. The bill wouldr permit a 90-day tax amnesty period during 2009-10 fiscal year. The bill is in the Houses Finance Committee. “New Jersey has confirmed that this is a perfectt time for a tax amnesty program to succeedin Pennsylvania,” said Bear. “Ww are facing a $3.
2 billion budgety deficit and New Jersey’s successfu l program should vividly illustratew that such a program can collectg hundreds of millionsin revenue, or already owed to the state.” Pennsylvania’s last tax amnestyt program, which occured more than a decadew ago, brought in $93 Bear said. Revenue from a tax amnestgy program could be used to addressthe state’s budget instead of Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to raisee the state income taxfrom 3.07 percenr to 3.57 percent, Bear said. The governor’s proposed 16 percent increase in the personal incom e tax rate would generateaboutg $1.
5 billion a year in new revenud and amount to about $250 more per year for a familt earning $50,000. “Now — durinfg this dire budget crisis — is the time for a new tax amnestu program to be put in Bear said.
New Jersey expected to generate $100 millio n when the 45-day program was launched, but at its closde last week had collectede morethan $600 million in back taxes owed. Fina revenue could increase byanother $50 millionb to $100 million once the remaininfg 17,500 envelopes are opened and the Governor’s Office said. New Jersey’s which ran from May 4 to June 15, permitted thosd owing back taxesfrom Jan. 1, 2002 and to Feb. 1, to settle up without penalty and for half theinteresft owed. Of the collections processed to 56 percent were for the corporationbbusiness tax, 23 percent for sales and use taxezs and 14 percent for gross incomse tax.
A vote on a finap budget for New Jersey isexpected Gov. Jon S. Corzine would like to see the additional revenue be put toward propertuytax relief, which was slated to be eliminatefd for all but seniord and the disabled to address an up to $9 billionn deficit in fiscal year 2010. In Pennsylvania, statwe Rep. John C. Bear, is pitching legislation for a one-time tax amnesty progra as a budget fix forhis state. The bill wouldr permit a 90-day tax amnesty period during 2009-10 fiscal year. The bill is in the Houses Finance Committee. “New Jersey has confirmed that this is a perfectt time for a tax amnesty program to succeedin Pennsylvania,” said Bear. “Ww are facing a $3.
2 billion budgety deficit and New Jersey’s successfu l program should vividly illustratew that such a program can collectg hundreds of millionsin revenue, or already owed to the state.” Pennsylvania’s last tax amnestyt program, which occured more than a decadew ago, brought in $93 Bear said. Revenue from a tax amnestgy program could be used to addressthe state’s budget instead of Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to raisee the state income taxfrom 3.07 percenr to 3.57 percent, Bear said. The governor’s proposed 16 percent increase in the personal incom e tax rate would generateaboutg $1.
5 billion a year in new revenud and amount to about $250 more per year for a familt earning $50,000. “Now — durinfg this dire budget crisis — is the time for a new tax amnestu program to be put in Bear said.
Friday, June 22, 2012
5 wounded warriors attempt Mount McKinley summit - Kansas City Star
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Kansas City Star | 5 wounded warriors attempt Mount McKinley summit Kansas City Star He is one of five wounded warriors, who by their own admission have four good legs among them, who are attempting to climb the 20320-foot mountain in the ... |
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