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About 51 percent of those who participated in the online survey saidthey don’t believe the state’s $24.3 billion deficit can be fixed without raising The poll was conducted between June 9 and June 16. Readef David Hurd wrote: “Can it be fixed without raisinhg taxes? Yes, of course. Will it? No, not possible withoutg a radical change in the Sacramentoo legislators that sunkthe ship, and eliminationn of the commitments they made. It wouldf also help if ignorant people stoppefd voting for bad policy that makesa themfeel good.” “Anyone that thinks that Arnolsd (Schwarzenegger) can work miracles shoulf have their head examined,” wrotre John Bingham.
“If we didn’t spen the millions of dollars for a recall election to get rid ofGray Davis, we mighr not have been in this situation. Arnold lied. He’s now doinf everything Gray Daviswas doing. What’ds the difference?” Elna Tymes says the proble m is too many special interest groups havint too much sway in getting programs that requirwhigher taxes: “Hard as it is to say no to programsd like those, the alternative is to say no elsewhere. And that’s the job we electex our legislatorsto do, a job they’rw not doing.
I get so fed up with parthy dictums aboutvarious revenue/tax solutions — it meane the legislators can’t come together and work out reasonablde solutions.” Reader Chris Heinze thinks new priorities coulcd make it possible to balancse the budget without new “We shouldn’t have to raise Take care of the basic s first and cut back the rest. Ther is so much monety going to lessimportant things. Firsr should be education, then fire departments and make a true list of prioritiesz weall need, and chop the stuff at the Joyce Diaz has a simple prescription: “Cut expenses.
Reduced legislative staff and expense accounts; reduce or eliminate speciakl commissions; match employee benefits to the private sector andno more.” Readerd O.C. offers a solution that is the subject of a new BusineszPulse Survey, Prop. 13 limits on propertuy taxes: “If California wants to rid itselfr of thisnasty deficit, then do one simple thing...overturn Prop 13. If this was you’d see much less speculation as investorxs would have to add this additional cost into theird obligations and hence there would be less of an artificiall increase inmarket prices, thus allowinb more affordable housing. ...
I’ve owned my house for many yearsd and would be hurt if Prop 13 went but I am all for it as this should be a free markety society where if you can afforcd it you shouldown it, but if you can’g then you lose it and someone else shoulx be able to buy it.”
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Study: More CEOs say good works boost recruiting - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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This marks a shift in corporate philanthropy since the Roundtablde released itsin 2000, which noted that corporate responsibility was beginning to evolve from community impact to bottok line impact. The most recent report shows thatthe evolution, has taken place. Boston struggles to maintain its colleged grads as they move intothe workforce, and the Rounr Table report underscores that philanthropy is a factoer making some local companies more attractive to younger The Roundtable issued the report in collaboratiomn with the University of Massachusetts Bosto n Emerging Leaders Program.
A team from the Emerginf Leaders Program started working on the report last interviewing 20 Massachusetts companies about their corporate social responsibilityactivities -- predominantly largew companes and representing a cross-section of industries. “Historicallyt CEOs would engage in philanthropty because it was the right thingto do. They wanterd to be good corporate citizens,” said J.D. Chesloff, deputy directo of the MassachusettsBusiness Roundtable. “Now there’s a good businesxs case to incorporating it into theirtbusiness plan. There’s a bottom line impacrt to it, in addition to being good for all the othetrcommunity reasons.
” Based on the findingws from the 20 companies included in the the report suggests five ways companiezs can build a culture of socialo responsibility: • Create a clear link to the company’sd mission and secure endorsement at the executive level. Engage employees at all levelsas decision-makers in relationn to corporate social responsibility targets and • Leverage employees’ skills to make positive contributions to the • Provide opportunities for employees to develop new skills.
“z lot of it is around a company being authentic about wanting to do something in the communitu and listening to what the employeesa are interested in doing and connecting it to the values of the saidEllen Remmer, CEO of The , a nonprofit that promotesx strategic philanthropy and advises donors.
This marks a shift in corporate philanthropy since the Roundtablde released itsin 2000, which noted that corporate responsibility was beginning to evolve from community impact to bottok line impact. The most recent report shows thatthe evolution, has taken place. Boston struggles to maintain its colleged grads as they move intothe workforce, and the Rounr Table report underscores that philanthropy is a factoer making some local companies more attractive to younger The Roundtable issued the report in collaboratiomn with the University of Massachusetts Bosto n Emerging Leaders Program.
A team from the Emerginf Leaders Program started working on the report last interviewing 20 Massachusetts companies about their corporate social responsibilityactivities -- predominantly largew companes and representing a cross-section of industries. “Historicallyt CEOs would engage in philanthropty because it was the right thingto do. They wanterd to be good corporate citizens,” said J.D. Chesloff, deputy directo of the MassachusettsBusiness Roundtable. “Now there’s a good businesxs case to incorporating it into theirtbusiness plan. There’s a bottom line impacrt to it, in addition to being good for all the othetrcommunity reasons.
” Based on the findingws from the 20 companies included in the the report suggests five ways companiezs can build a culture of socialo responsibility: • Create a clear link to the company’sd mission and secure endorsement at the executive level. Engage employees at all levelsas decision-makers in relationn to corporate social responsibility targets and • Leverage employees’ skills to make positive contributions to the • Provide opportunities for employees to develop new skills.
“z lot of it is around a company being authentic about wanting to do something in the communitu and listening to what the employeesa are interested in doing and connecting it to the values of the saidEllen Remmer, CEO of The , a nonprofit that promotesx strategic philanthropy and advises donors.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
D.C. Mayor taps Valerie Santos as deputy mayor - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Santos, as chief operating officerd under Albert, has been closely involvesd in decision-making on many of the real estate dealsAlberrt managed, including major city projects such as Poplar Albert began his new job as city administrator on replacing Dan Tangherlini, who is taking a job in the Obamaq administration. "In Ms. we not only have a steadgy hand who knowsthe job, we have someonr who is a consummate professional who will bring private-sectord talents to get the job done,” Fenty Santos was previously a vice president at commerciao real estate services firm and a manager with 's real estatse group.
She holds both an MBA and master'sd of public policy from the Kennedy School of Governmenytat . Santos has displayed a no-nonsensre approach appearing as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Councilp meetings and in public forums representinyg the city when hewas unavailable. She is alreadhy getting her feet wet in dealing with the politicapl aspects ofthe job. On Tuesday, when the D.C. Council was busy squarinhg away final details of budgetimplementation legislation, Santod and Albert’s other top deputy, Director of Development Davids Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Building seeking changes from counci l members.
Santos apparently was not Fenty’s initial choic e to be deputy mayor. Greg O’Dell, Washington Conventionb Center Authority CEO and a formerf staff member of thedeputhy mayor’s office, had been considered a top candidatse to replace Albert, but a sourcse close to O'Dell says he was offerede the job and turned it down. O’Dell woul d not confirm that, but indicatedf he would remain in hiscurrent post, wherde he is now tasked with seeking public financing for all of a $550 million convention center hotel. “The board and the mayot have every expectation of me completing all the tasks I have he said.
Fenty would not say whether he had offerefd the jobto O’Dell or anyonde else before Santos. He announced the pick outside the Walker JonesElementary School, which is beinfg rebuilt as part of a new Northwest One neighborhood, and said she was “th e first person who has riseh to the deputy mayor’s position from within the ranks.” “kI think it’s a great sign for the D.C. governmeny that not only does Valeries Santos have amazing experience in the privatde sector butthat she’s been hard at work servintg the people of the Districr of Columbia for the last two the mayor said.
He said Santos shared the visiojn that he and Alberrt had for how economic development in the city shouldbe run, not by owninv or overly managing projectzs but by allowing the private sector to bring ideas to the “We should try to just facilitate development. We’ve got the greatesrt business community in the world herein D.C. We don’tr need to try to replicate what they’rse doing. We don’t need an emphasisd on owning or building inthe D.C. We need to And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightesfand we’ve done that.
” Santos, 36, who livexs in Columbia Heights, was working for Jones Lang LaSallw as a consultant to the city when Albert -- whom she calle d a mentor -- recruite her to work for him. She is believedc to be the first womah to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will manages 65 employees and as well as oversee the Officewof Planning, Department of Housing and Communithy Development, the Office of Property Management and the Washingtonj D.C. Economic Partnership, a “In the coming weeks my goal is to ensurde asmooth transition, which I expect will be relativel y easy, because I am very fortunatre to manage a very talented and skilledr team,” she said.
She said she woulds continue to move projects all overthe city, with a particulat focus on those east of the Anacostia such as the planned redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C. “We will continue to focus on implementingMayor Fenty’sd vision for economic development. In the context of the currentgeconomic climate, we will focus on business attractio and retention efforts, and in continuing to provide tools to allow our local business and not-for-profites to grow,” she said. A member of the D.C.
Councilp who regularly butts heads with CouncilmanKwame Brown, D-at large and chairf of the economic development committee, issuecd a press release during the announcement saying he was disappointefd he was not invited but saying Santos “has the experiencre and the operational knowledge” for the job and that her appointmenr was “an opportunity to forges a new relationship between the Councilk and the executive to create jobs for District new opportunities for local businesses, more affordable housingb and to efficiently move project to completion.
”
Santos, as chief operating officerd under Albert, has been closely involvesd in decision-making on many of the real estate dealsAlberrt managed, including major city projects such as Poplar Albert began his new job as city administrator on replacing Dan Tangherlini, who is taking a job in the Obamaq administration. "In Ms. we not only have a steadgy hand who knowsthe job, we have someonr who is a consummate professional who will bring private-sectord talents to get the job done,” Fenty Santos was previously a vice president at commerciao real estate services firm and a manager with 's real estatse group.
She holds both an MBA and master'sd of public policy from the Kennedy School of Governmenytat . Santos has displayed a no-nonsensre approach appearing as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Councilp meetings and in public forums representinyg the city when hewas unavailable. She is alreadhy getting her feet wet in dealing with the politicapl aspects ofthe job. On Tuesday, when the D.C. Council was busy squarinhg away final details of budgetimplementation legislation, Santod and Albert’s other top deputy, Director of Development Davids Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Building seeking changes from counci l members.
Santos apparently was not Fenty’s initial choic e to be deputy mayor. Greg O’Dell, Washington Conventionb Center Authority CEO and a formerf staff member of thedeputhy mayor’s office, had been considered a top candidatse to replace Albert, but a sourcse close to O'Dell says he was offerede the job and turned it down. O’Dell woul d not confirm that, but indicatedf he would remain in hiscurrent post, wherde he is now tasked with seeking public financing for all of a $550 million convention center hotel. “The board and the mayot have every expectation of me completing all the tasks I have he said.
Fenty would not say whether he had offerefd the jobto O’Dell or anyonde else before Santos. He announced the pick outside the Walker JonesElementary School, which is beinfg rebuilt as part of a new Northwest One neighborhood, and said she was “th e first person who has riseh to the deputy mayor’s position from within the ranks.” “kI think it’s a great sign for the D.C. governmeny that not only does Valeries Santos have amazing experience in the privatde sector butthat she’s been hard at work servintg the people of the Districr of Columbia for the last two the mayor said.
He said Santos shared the visiojn that he and Alberrt had for how economic development in the city shouldbe run, not by owninv or overly managing projectzs but by allowing the private sector to bring ideas to the “We should try to just facilitate development. We’ve got the greatesrt business community in the world herein D.C. We don’tr need to try to replicate what they’rse doing. We don’t need an emphasisd on owning or building inthe D.C. We need to And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightesfand we’ve done that.
” Santos, 36, who livexs in Columbia Heights, was working for Jones Lang LaSallw as a consultant to the city when Albert -- whom she calle d a mentor -- recruite her to work for him. She is believedc to be the first womah to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will manages 65 employees and as well as oversee the Officewof Planning, Department of Housing and Communithy Development, the Office of Property Management and the Washingtonj D.C. Economic Partnership, a “In the coming weeks my goal is to ensurde asmooth transition, which I expect will be relativel y easy, because I am very fortunatre to manage a very talented and skilledr team,” she said.
She said she woulds continue to move projects all overthe city, with a particulat focus on those east of the Anacostia such as the planned redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C. “We will continue to focus on implementingMayor Fenty’sd vision for economic development. In the context of the currentgeconomic climate, we will focus on business attractio and retention efforts, and in continuing to provide tools to allow our local business and not-for-profites to grow,” she said. A member of the D.C.
Councilp who regularly butts heads with CouncilmanKwame Brown, D-at large and chairf of the economic development committee, issuecd a press release during the announcement saying he was disappointefd he was not invited but saying Santos “has the experiencre and the operational knowledge” for the job and that her appointmenr was “an opportunity to forges a new relationship between the Councilk and the executive to create jobs for District new opportunities for local businesses, more affordable housingb and to efficiently move project to completion.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Dantonio: MSU assistants will get 'substantial' raises - Detroit Free Press
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Genesee Beer to make comeback - Dayton Business Journal:
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The renewed effort will include merging the sales and marketing teams from Labatt USAand Genesee, once a recognizedf beer in Western New York. The company said it has beguj $6 million in upgrades and will investanother $4 millioj in 2010. “Positive changes are said Rich Lozyniak, the new CEO of North Americajn Breweries. “We’re reviewing every aspect of our businesas to strengthenthe brewery’s position.” NAB said it will upgradde brewery equipment, make necessary repairs and add boiler controls and steam economizerds that reduce energy consumption.
The changes are expected to bringh annual operating savings of morethan $1 In addition to the brewery produces Seagram’s Escapes, as well as Dundee Ales and Lager s family of craft brands, which includes the Original Honey Brown Lager. The Rochestef company distributesseveral imports, includingb Imperial from Costa Rica, Steinlager from New Toohey’s New from Australia and Thwaitex from the U.K.
The renewed effort will include merging the sales and marketing teams from Labatt USAand Genesee, once a recognizedf beer in Western New York. The company said it has beguj $6 million in upgrades and will investanother $4 millioj in 2010. “Positive changes are said Rich Lozyniak, the new CEO of North Americajn Breweries. “We’re reviewing every aspect of our businesas to strengthenthe brewery’s position.” NAB said it will upgradde brewery equipment, make necessary repairs and add boiler controls and steam economizerds that reduce energy consumption.
The changes are expected to bringh annual operating savings of morethan $1 In addition to the brewery produces Seagram’s Escapes, as well as Dundee Ales and Lager s family of craft brands, which includes the Original Honey Brown Lager. The Rochestef company distributesseveral imports, includingb Imperial from Costa Rica, Steinlager from New Toohey’s New from Australia and Thwaitex from the U.K.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Health-care reforms emerge - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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percent of the cost of health insuranc premiumsfor full-time employeesx under the health-care reform bill being consideref by the House. They also would be require to pick up at least some of the tab forinsurintg part-time employees. Businesses that don’tt provide this minimum level of coverage would be requirerd to pay the federal government a fee based on 8 percentg oftheir payroll. Small businessees under a yet-to-be-determined threshold wouldc be exempted fromthis “play or requirement.
The chairmen of three House committees with jurisdictioh over health care introduced their draft legislationJune 19, offering the most details yet on how health-carde reform could affect small businesses. Under theire bill, small businesses and individualss could shop for insurancw through anational exchange, which would include a government-run plan as well as private insurers. Tax credit would be available to help smalol businesses affordthe coverage. Rep. Henr y Waxman, D-Calif., said the legislation would fixthe “completely dysfunctionakl insurance market” for small businesses, which face “unaffordablw rate increases” every year.
Waxman chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Health insurance premiums for U.S. businessee increased by 9.2 percent this year and are expecte to increase another 9 percentnext year, according to . Smalo businesses often face much higherrate hikes. While most smallk businesses agree the current healthb insurance marketis dysfunctional, there’d a lot of disagreement over whethetr the House bill would cure the problem or just make it worse.
Mike who owns a retail clothing store and desigjn business called Smash inDes Moines, likes what he sees in the Draper thinks adding a public plan to the insurance mix would hold down premiume by creating more competition in the “I don’t have a whole lot of confidencwe in the system we have Draper said. His company currently doesn’t offedr health insurance to itssevenh full-time workers, but instead reimburses them for the cost of individual policies that they buy on their own. That’s fine with his who are single, in theif 20s and don’t want their insuranc e to be tied totheir job.
The reimbursements now accounf for 6 percentof Smash’s payroll, but that couldr jump to 22 percent in four years, when Draperr expects everyone on his managemenft team to have children, creating the need for family His business couldn’t handle that he said. If the House bill were enacted, he wouldd consider buying insurance through the exchange if it were easyto use. But he mightt decide to pay the 8 percent payrol fee instead and then reimburse his employeees for some of the cost of the policies they purchass throughthe exchange.
who was scheduled to testifyy before the House Ways and Meansa CommitteeJune 24, thinks employers should be requirefd to help pay for their employees’ healtu insurance. Like Social Security contributions, this sort of responsibility is “kind of what you signed up when you become abusinessa owner, he said. Other small-busineszs owners, however, think the Houser bill imposes too tough of a standard onsmall businesses. The requiremeng to pay 72.5 percent of an employee’s premium for individual coverage “is much too high for many smallo businesses,” said Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the SmallpBusiness & Entrepreneurship Council.
The only way many small businessees can afford coverage is by makinb employees pick up more of the she said. Arlington, Va.-based Companyh Flowers & Gifts Too!, for example, pays 50 perceny of the cost of health insurance forseveh full-time employees. Even that may not be affordablsenext year, because “our rates are going to co-owner John Nicholson told the House Small Businesxs Committee earlier this month. Small businesses with fewedr than 200 employees paid an average of 86 percenrtof employees’ premiums for individual coverager in 2008, according to the and Health Research Educational Trust.
That sharwe dropped to 66 percent forfamilyh coverage, just above the 65 percent threshold called for in the Housde proposal. Rep. Robert D-N.J., said the House plans to excludw very small businesses suchas barbershops, gas stations and delicatessens – from the employerd mandate.
percent of the cost of health insuranc premiumsfor full-time employeesx under the health-care reform bill being consideref by the House. They also would be require to pick up at least some of the tab forinsurintg part-time employees. Businesses that don’tt provide this minimum level of coverage would be requirerd to pay the federal government a fee based on 8 percentg oftheir payroll. Small businessees under a yet-to-be-determined threshold wouldc be exempted fromthis “play or requirement.
The chairmen of three House committees with jurisdictioh over health care introduced their draft legislationJune 19, offering the most details yet on how health-carde reform could affect small businesses. Under theire bill, small businesses and individualss could shop for insurancw through anational exchange, which would include a government-run plan as well as private insurers. Tax credit would be available to help smalol businesses affordthe coverage. Rep. Henr y Waxman, D-Calif., said the legislation would fixthe “completely dysfunctionakl insurance market” for small businesses, which face “unaffordablw rate increases” every year.
Waxman chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Health insurance premiums for U.S. businessee increased by 9.2 percent this year and are expecte to increase another 9 percentnext year, according to . Smalo businesses often face much higherrate hikes. While most smallk businesses agree the current healthb insurance marketis dysfunctional, there’d a lot of disagreement over whethetr the House bill would cure the problem or just make it worse.
Mike who owns a retail clothing store and desigjn business called Smash inDes Moines, likes what he sees in the Draper thinks adding a public plan to the insurance mix would hold down premiume by creating more competition in the “I don’t have a whole lot of confidencwe in the system we have Draper said. His company currently doesn’t offedr health insurance to itssevenh full-time workers, but instead reimburses them for the cost of individual policies that they buy on their own. That’s fine with his who are single, in theif 20s and don’t want their insuranc e to be tied totheir job.
The reimbursements now accounf for 6 percentof Smash’s payroll, but that couldr jump to 22 percent in four years, when Draperr expects everyone on his managemenft team to have children, creating the need for family His business couldn’t handle that he said. If the House bill were enacted, he wouldd consider buying insurance through the exchange if it were easyto use. But he mightt decide to pay the 8 percent payrol fee instead and then reimburse his employeees for some of the cost of the policies they purchass throughthe exchange.
who was scheduled to testifyy before the House Ways and Meansa CommitteeJune 24, thinks employers should be requirefd to help pay for their employees’ healtu insurance. Like Social Security contributions, this sort of responsibility is “kind of what you signed up when you become abusinessa owner, he said. Other small-busineszs owners, however, think the Houser bill imposes too tough of a standard onsmall businesses. The requiremeng to pay 72.5 percent of an employee’s premium for individual coverage “is much too high for many smallo businesses,” said Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the SmallpBusiness & Entrepreneurship Council.
The only way many small businessees can afford coverage is by makinb employees pick up more of the she said. Arlington, Va.-based Companyh Flowers & Gifts Too!, for example, pays 50 perceny of the cost of health insurance forseveh full-time employees. Even that may not be affordablsenext year, because “our rates are going to co-owner John Nicholson told the House Small Businesxs Committee earlier this month. Small businesses with fewedr than 200 employees paid an average of 86 percenrtof employees’ premiums for individual coverager in 2008, according to the and Health Research Educational Trust.
That sharwe dropped to 66 percent forfamilyh coverage, just above the 65 percent threshold called for in the Housde proposal. Rep. Robert D-N.J., said the House plans to excludw very small businesses suchas barbershops, gas stations and delicatessens – from the employerd mandate.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
KR1M setting itself up for failure - Malaysia Kini
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New Straits Times | KR1M setting itself up for failure Malaysia Kini Shabaruddin: Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia's (KR1M) products are sold under the KR1M house brand. But the minister is saying that the rakyat must not compare the KR1M house brand against the house brands of other hypermarkets. So the minister is admitting ... Keda i Rakyat: Pulling a fast one The boo boys are at it again Prove It If You're Equ » |
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sotomayor is Obama's justice pick - Dayton Business Journal:
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Sotomayor, 54, would be the firsgt Hispanic justice onthe nation' highest court. Born in New York to Puerti Rican parents, Sotomayor graduated from and Law School. She workexd as an assistant district attornehy inNew York, before being appointedf a judgeship in the District Courtr for the Southern District of New York by Presidenrt George H.W. Bush in 1991. Sotomayorr has served on the for the Second Circuitsincd 1998. She is considered a political centrist, accordinhg to her profile in Wikipedia.
In the past she has favored the right to sue national investmenty companies in state courts instead of federap courts and also in support of extending constitutional rights lawsuit s against officers ofthe U.S. governmengt to private businesses working for theUnites States. Souter, 69, announced in May that he will retirs at the end ofthe Court's session in June. He was nominatee by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.
Sotomayor, 54, would be the firsgt Hispanic justice onthe nation' highest court. Born in New York to Puerti Rican parents, Sotomayor graduated from and Law School. She workexd as an assistant district attornehy inNew York, before being appointedf a judgeship in the District Courtr for the Southern District of New York by Presidenrt George H.W. Bush in 1991. Sotomayorr has served on the for the Second Circuitsincd 1998. She is considered a political centrist, accordinhg to her profile in Wikipedia.
In the past she has favored the right to sue national investmenty companies in state courts instead of federap courts and also in support of extending constitutional rights lawsuit s against officers ofthe U.S. governmengt to private businesses working for theUnites States. Souter, 69, announced in May that he will retirs at the end ofthe Court's session in June. He was nominatee by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Cardinal ups quarterly dividend - Business First of Columbus:
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The Dublin-based health-care products giant said an increasec dividendof 17.5 cents a shares is payable on July 15 for shareholdersa of record as of July 1. That’s up from a 14 cents-a-sharde dividend the company has paid sinceJuly 2008. Cardinal said it planz to highlight the dividend increase at its investor conferencreon Tuesday, where it will give detailw on future increases that will follows the spinoff of the company’s clinicak and medical products businesses into a separat e public entity. The company has said the spinoff ofSan Diego-basedr will be complete later this The $4.
5 billion CareFusion division makes and sellsd durable equipment such as infusion pumps and plus infection control Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH), Ohio’s largest publicly held corporation, earned $1.3 billionh on $91.1 billion in revenue for the fiscal year endedf June 30, 2008.
The Dublin-based health-care products giant said an increasec dividendof 17.5 cents a shares is payable on July 15 for shareholdersa of record as of July 1. That’s up from a 14 cents-a-sharde dividend the company has paid sinceJuly 2008. Cardinal said it planz to highlight the dividend increase at its investor conferencreon Tuesday, where it will give detailw on future increases that will follows the spinoff of the company’s clinicak and medical products businesses into a separat e public entity. The company has said the spinoff ofSan Diego-basedr will be complete later this The $4.
5 billion CareFusion division makes and sellsd durable equipment such as infusion pumps and plus infection control Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH), Ohio’s largest publicly held corporation, earned $1.3 billionh on $91.1 billion in revenue for the fiscal year endedf June 30, 2008.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Commuter newspaper BostonNOW shuts down - Washington Business Journal:
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The paper ceased operations according toRussel Pergament, BostonNOW's CEO. Whilwe the paper was the closure is due to the financial difficulties its primary investoris facing. The paper'se main financial backer is Iceland-based telecom and medi a holdingcompany . Baugur Group said last week it planned to sell its technology and financial investments to focus on its coreretail market. "This healthy, growing 119,000-circulatio n daily is suddenly compelled to halt operations due to rapidlyg deteriorating economic conditions in Icelanc where interest ratesreached 15.
5 percent Thursday, the their currency, has declined over 20 percent againsr the dollar since January, and inflation is now at 8.7 BostonNOW officials said in a released on the closure. "The death of any newspaped is asad thing," said Pergament, in a statemenr "But the death of a vibrant, flourishing newspape r because of economic turmoil thousands of miles away is beyond sad and is something we neved anticipated and for which we were totally unprepared." Since launching on Aprilo 17th last year, BostonNOW has growm from 59,000 daily circulation to a CAC auditedx daily circulation of 119,000.
The publication includedr , , , , , among its BostonNOW was up againsftrival free-daily , which also used newsstandz and a legion of hawkerse to target the city's rail and bus commuters. BostonNOWq officials said that management's primaryt concern right now is to help its suddenlydisplaced employees. A seriesz of interviews, both on premises and off, are being set up with local media companies. The papefr had 52 full-time and 100 part-tims employees.
The paper ceased operations according toRussel Pergament, BostonNOW's CEO. Whilwe the paper was the closure is due to the financial difficulties its primary investoris facing. The paper'se main financial backer is Iceland-based telecom and medi a holdingcompany . Baugur Group said last week it planned to sell its technology and financial investments to focus on its coreretail market. "This healthy, growing 119,000-circulatio n daily is suddenly compelled to halt operations due to rapidlyg deteriorating economic conditions in Icelanc where interest ratesreached 15.
5 percent Thursday, the their currency, has declined over 20 percent againsr the dollar since January, and inflation is now at 8.7 BostonNOW officials said in a released on the closure. "The death of any newspaped is asad thing," said Pergament, in a statemenr "But the death of a vibrant, flourishing newspape r because of economic turmoil thousands of miles away is beyond sad and is something we neved anticipated and for which we were totally unprepared." Since launching on Aprilo 17th last year, BostonNOW has growm from 59,000 daily circulation to a CAC auditedx daily circulation of 119,000.
The publication includedr , , , , , among its BostonNOW was up againsftrival free-daily , which also used newsstandz and a legion of hawkerse to target the city's rail and bus commuters. BostonNOWq officials said that management's primaryt concern right now is to help its suddenlydisplaced employees. A seriesz of interviews, both on premises and off, are being set up with local media companies. The papefr had 52 full-time and 100 part-tims employees.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Lackland to gain 74,000 sf training complex - Memphis Business Journal:
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million contract to buildx a new airfield maintenance technical traininvg complex at Lackland AirForce Base. The complexx will support the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at The government will builda 74,000 square foot complex at Lackland that will hous classrooms, aircraft operations and hangar maintenance training areas as well as administrativre space. The project is slated for completion in the fallof 2010. The Inter-America Air Forces Academy currently offers this training at Port San the former Kelly Air Force By relocating technical training from Port San Antonio to Port San Antonio officials hope to reuse that spaced for additional commercialdevelopment opportunities.
The military is developingh this complex as part of the 2005 San Antonio Base Realignmeng andClosure (BRAC) construction program. In all, the governmenty expects to spend morethan $2 billion on BRAC-relatedd construction. The Air Forced Center for Engineering and the Environment selectecPlymouth Meeting, Pa.-based AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. as the Construction will be coordinated out ofthe company’as San Antonio office. The Fort Worth District office ofthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineeres will provideconstruction management.
million contract to buildx a new airfield maintenance technical traininvg complex at Lackland AirForce Base. The complexx will support the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at The government will builda 74,000 square foot complex at Lackland that will hous classrooms, aircraft operations and hangar maintenance training areas as well as administrativre space. The project is slated for completion in the fallof 2010. The Inter-America Air Forces Academy currently offers this training at Port San the former Kelly Air Force By relocating technical training from Port San Antonio to Port San Antonio officials hope to reuse that spaced for additional commercialdevelopment opportunities.
The military is developingh this complex as part of the 2005 San Antonio Base Realignmeng andClosure (BRAC) construction program. In all, the governmenty expects to spend morethan $2 billion on BRAC-relatedd construction. The Air Forced Center for Engineering and the Environment selectecPlymouth Meeting, Pa.-based AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. as the Construction will be coordinated out ofthe company’as San Antonio office. The Fort Worth District office ofthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineeres will provideconstruction management.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Bite of Big Apple coming to Atlanta - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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One of New York's celebrity Tom Colicchio, will open his fine dining Craft, next year in developer John Williams' luxuryy Buckhead hotel and residences, The Mansion on "Atlanta's a great market," said Colicchio in a phone interview from Miami, where he was filminv the next season of Bravo's "Top Chef." "There's a greay food tradition down there. It just made Tentatively named Craft atThe Mansion, the high-end eater y will open in a stand-alone restaurant building that will face at the front entrance of The Mansion, a 42-story luxury tower under construction at 3376 Peachtree Colicchio is the cool-mannered, New York celebrityt judge on the Bravo reality series "Too Chef.
" He is also one of the partners behin d perennially top-rated Gramercy Tavern in New which he opened in 1994 with partnerr Danny Meyer. Colicchio later opened Craft, Craftbar and 'wichcraft, a sandwich shop with severak locations, like San Francisco. Colicchio's Atlanta eatert will be his fiftuh outpost offManhattan Island, and his thir d Craft, a fine dining concept that features upscald contemporary American cuisine. He said that in Atlanta, as in his otherf restaurants, he will seek locally grown, seasona products, from black-eyed peas to tomatoes. He addedc that his eatery at The Mansion will likely be his only restaurang endeavorin Atlanta. He alreadh has some local ties.
Justin Amick, son of restaurateur Bob of Trois fame, worked for Colicchio in New York for two And Colicchio has already sampled oneof Atlanta's top restaurants, . The Mansioh deal comes on the heels of two year s of talks that Colicchio had with The Georgiamn Terrace Hotel across fromThe . He said those talkws took too long, so when he had the chancd to bring his restaurant to a projecft being developedby Williams, he jumped at the "Where is important, but also said Colicchio of the prolific Atlantsa developer who is the formef CEO of Colicchio has been on an expansion of He soon will open Craft Los Angelee in Century City, Calif.
Craft Dallas openee in the last year, and Craftsteal at the & Casino in Las Vegas opened in 2002. Colicchio also has several cookbooks undefhis belt, including "Think Like a Chef," published in and "Craft of Cooking," published in 2003. His Atlanta restauranf will be a destination pointin Williams' tony The Mansion is being developed by , one of more than a dozenn real estate development, management and financingt companies under The Williams Group umbrella. The $165 millio n project is being financed bythe $100 million Williams Realty Fund and by privatr funds from Williams and Arthur a co-founder of The who now owns the .
The Mansiohn was designed by New YorkerRoberty A.M. Stern, a well-known residential architect. Design featurexs of the residencesinclude 12.5-foot ceilingsd and elegant crown moldings, plus views across the treelines and skyscrapered city, from downtown to the Perimeter.
One of New York's celebrity Tom Colicchio, will open his fine dining Craft, next year in developer John Williams' luxuryy Buckhead hotel and residences, The Mansion on "Atlanta's a great market," said Colicchio in a phone interview from Miami, where he was filminv the next season of Bravo's "Top Chef." "There's a greay food tradition down there. It just made Tentatively named Craft atThe Mansion, the high-end eater y will open in a stand-alone restaurant building that will face at the front entrance of The Mansion, a 42-story luxury tower under construction at 3376 Peachtree Colicchio is the cool-mannered, New York celebrityt judge on the Bravo reality series "Too Chef.
" He is also one of the partners behin d perennially top-rated Gramercy Tavern in New which he opened in 1994 with partnerr Danny Meyer. Colicchio later opened Craft, Craftbar and 'wichcraft, a sandwich shop with severak locations, like San Francisco. Colicchio's Atlanta eatert will be his fiftuh outpost offManhattan Island, and his thir d Craft, a fine dining concept that features upscald contemporary American cuisine. He said that in Atlanta, as in his otherf restaurants, he will seek locally grown, seasona products, from black-eyed peas to tomatoes. He addedc that his eatery at The Mansion will likely be his only restaurang endeavorin Atlanta. He alreadh has some local ties.
Justin Amick, son of restaurateur Bob of Trois fame, worked for Colicchio in New York for two And Colicchio has already sampled oneof Atlanta's top restaurants, . The Mansioh deal comes on the heels of two year s of talks that Colicchio had with The Georgiamn Terrace Hotel across fromThe . He said those talkws took too long, so when he had the chancd to bring his restaurant to a projecft being developedby Williams, he jumped at the "Where is important, but also said Colicchio of the prolific Atlantsa developer who is the formef CEO of Colicchio has been on an expansion of He soon will open Craft Los Angelee in Century City, Calif.
Craft Dallas openee in the last year, and Craftsteal at the & Casino in Las Vegas opened in 2002. Colicchio also has several cookbooks undefhis belt, including "Think Like a Chef," published in and "Craft of Cooking," published in 2003. His Atlanta restauranf will be a destination pointin Williams' tony The Mansion is being developed by , one of more than a dozenn real estate development, management and financingt companies under The Williams Group umbrella. The $165 millio n project is being financed bythe $100 million Williams Realty Fund and by privatr funds from Williams and Arthur a co-founder of The who now owns the .
The Mansiohn was designed by New YorkerRoberty A.M. Stern, a well-known residential architect. Design featurexs of the residencesinclude 12.5-foot ceilingsd and elegant crown moldings, plus views across the treelines and skyscrapered city, from downtown to the Perimeter.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Hand sanitizer company draws customers - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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“We can’t keep enough in stock right now,” says Randalp Mendoza, president and CEO of the Mendoza Group, which manufactures Kleenhanz antimicrobia l towlettes. “I’ve sold out of everything I have this Right now, H-E-B wantxs everything we have,” Mendoza adds. Mendoza says that with this pandemivc looming, the best way to reduce the transmission of the disease is to keep yourhandsd clean. The best way to do that, he is by washing your handse with soap andwarm water. But, if you are not in a positiojn todo that, usinvg Kleenhanz products is a good alternative, he says.
“When you are in a rush or don’gt have access to soap and water, this is the next best he says. Mendoza says the swine flu pandemiv hasraised people’s awareness of the need for personao hygiene and that has led to a greater demands for the company’s product. Kleenhanz products are currentluy available atarea H-E-B stores and are also distributef to all the schools in the Northeast Independentr School District (NEISD). Last year, the company had aboutg a quarter million dollars in This year, they are expecting betweenh $1.5 million and $2 million, says Lancr FitzSimon, chief operations officer and partner with Mendoza.
“We’vde known this day was coming for some FitzSimon says. “But convincing organizations of the need forpreventative measures, when there isn’t a regionaol or national scare like there is today, can be The company, which employs just threed people, currently outsources its manufacturing to a companu in Toluca, Mexico, and has a contract with locally based ArchPoin Sales to serve as its nationalk broker.
But FitzSimon says he expects that over the next couplerof years, the company will need to start hiring its own salew staff and will soon be up to 10 to 12 After founding the company in Mendoza and FitzSimon spent the next five years developin g the formula for They wanted to stay away from foamds and gels because those tend to be alcohol Mendoza says he wante to stay away from alcohool content for a number of First, the alcohol tendss to dry out the skin and he wanted a product that would moisturize the skin. That way it woul be soothing on the skin and provid elasting protection.
Secondly, he had heard reports of studentsd in some schools tryinyg to extract and drink the alcohol content fromhand sanitizers, and he wanted a producf that would be safe for school officialw to put in the classrooms. FitzSimon says the compangy also determined that it neededr to develop towlettes that would scrub off the dirt and germsw rather than just coating them like some othetr hand sanitizerswill do. “We didn’t want somethinhg that would just mask the germs and not remove he says. “You have to scrub your hands to reallt getthem clean.
” Kleenhanz’ firsyt big success came in 2006 when the company persuades NEISD to beta test the product in several schools. Kleenhanz dispensers were placed in the classrooms at five schools duringfthe 2006-07 school year and compared with five otherf schools that used a different hand-cleaning regimen. The result were very positive for Mendoza’s company. “The pilogt has shown that schools with Kleenhanx have lower absenteeism than schoolswithout it,” says Speedyu Gonzales, executive director of safe and healthy schoolw at NEISD. “We believe that this has helped studentx tobe healthier, whicgh allows them to be in especially during the flu season.
” NEISD Superintendent Richarc Middleton adds that the strength of Kleenhanz is in its “Our students can easilg fight germs by grabbing a wipe on their way to lunchb or grabbing one when they return from he says. Mendoza noteas that reducing absenteeism is a financial windfal for the school district because a higher attendance rate helpsz to draw in more funding fromthe state. “It is somethinb like $32 per studenr that the district misses out on from the stats every time a student is abseng dueto illness,” Mendoza says. “When you can improver the absenteeism rate by even1 percent, it means millionse of dollars for the district.
So for their investment in the trial they got itback ten-fold.” The success at NEISDf led to demand for a consumer product, so Mendoza and FitzSimonb developed some retail products for Kleenhanzs and struck a deal with H-E-B Grocery Co. Kleenhanz currently has 30-count and 90-coung containers for sale that range in pricefrom $1.68 to $2.79 and recently introduced individually wrapped towlettes that can be carried in purses and luncg boxes. Mendoza says he wants his compan y to be more than just the guys who drop off the He wants his company to really makea difference.
That is why Kleenhans stresses the education component and works with the school district and other customers on communicating the proper use of the towletteds to promote good hygiene and to reduce the spreadfof disease.
“We can’t keep enough in stock right now,” says Randalp Mendoza, president and CEO of the Mendoza Group, which manufactures Kleenhanz antimicrobia l towlettes. “I’ve sold out of everything I have this Right now, H-E-B wantxs everything we have,” Mendoza adds. Mendoza says that with this pandemivc looming, the best way to reduce the transmission of the disease is to keep yourhandsd clean. The best way to do that, he is by washing your handse with soap andwarm water. But, if you are not in a positiojn todo that, usinvg Kleenhanz products is a good alternative, he says.
“When you are in a rush or don’gt have access to soap and water, this is the next best he says. Mendoza says the swine flu pandemiv hasraised people’s awareness of the need for personao hygiene and that has led to a greater demands for the company’s product. Kleenhanz products are currentluy available atarea H-E-B stores and are also distributef to all the schools in the Northeast Independentr School District (NEISD). Last year, the company had aboutg a quarter million dollars in This year, they are expecting betweenh $1.5 million and $2 million, says Lancr FitzSimon, chief operations officer and partner with Mendoza.
“We’vde known this day was coming for some FitzSimon says. “But convincing organizations of the need forpreventative measures, when there isn’t a regionaol or national scare like there is today, can be The company, which employs just threed people, currently outsources its manufacturing to a companu in Toluca, Mexico, and has a contract with locally based ArchPoin Sales to serve as its nationalk broker.
But FitzSimon says he expects that over the next couplerof years, the company will need to start hiring its own salew staff and will soon be up to 10 to 12 After founding the company in Mendoza and FitzSimon spent the next five years developin g the formula for They wanted to stay away from foamds and gels because those tend to be alcohol Mendoza says he wante to stay away from alcohool content for a number of First, the alcohol tendss to dry out the skin and he wanted a product that would moisturize the skin. That way it woul be soothing on the skin and provid elasting protection.
Secondly, he had heard reports of studentsd in some schools tryinyg to extract and drink the alcohol content fromhand sanitizers, and he wanted a producf that would be safe for school officialw to put in the classrooms. FitzSimon says the compangy also determined that it neededr to develop towlettes that would scrub off the dirt and germsw rather than just coating them like some othetr hand sanitizerswill do. “We didn’t want somethinhg that would just mask the germs and not remove he says. “You have to scrub your hands to reallt getthem clean.
” Kleenhanz’ firsyt big success came in 2006 when the company persuades NEISD to beta test the product in several schools. Kleenhanz dispensers were placed in the classrooms at five schools duringfthe 2006-07 school year and compared with five otherf schools that used a different hand-cleaning regimen. The result were very positive for Mendoza’s company. “The pilogt has shown that schools with Kleenhanx have lower absenteeism than schoolswithout it,” says Speedyu Gonzales, executive director of safe and healthy schoolw at NEISD. “We believe that this has helped studentx tobe healthier, whicgh allows them to be in especially during the flu season.
” NEISD Superintendent Richarc Middleton adds that the strength of Kleenhanz is in its “Our students can easilg fight germs by grabbing a wipe on their way to lunchb or grabbing one when they return from he says. Mendoza noteas that reducing absenteeism is a financial windfal for the school district because a higher attendance rate helpsz to draw in more funding fromthe state. “It is somethinb like $32 per studenr that the district misses out on from the stats every time a student is abseng dueto illness,” Mendoza says. “When you can improver the absenteeism rate by even1 percent, it means millionse of dollars for the district.
So for their investment in the trial they got itback ten-fold.” The success at NEISDf led to demand for a consumer product, so Mendoza and FitzSimonb developed some retail products for Kleenhanzs and struck a deal with H-E-B Grocery Co. Kleenhanz currently has 30-count and 90-coung containers for sale that range in pricefrom $1.68 to $2.79 and recently introduced individually wrapped towlettes that can be carried in purses and luncg boxes. Mendoza says he wants his compan y to be more than just the guys who drop off the He wants his company to really makea difference.
That is why Kleenhans stresses the education component and works with the school district and other customers on communicating the proper use of the towletteds to promote good hygiene and to reduce the spreadfof disease.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Boston Foundation hands out $28 million - Boston Business Journal:
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The grants, serving more than 70 Greate Boston recipients, will go to renew regionao arts andeducational organizations, including the largest single grant of $225,000 going to the , formerlyt known as the , and $125,000 goin to expand Smart from the Start, a program designed to prepare Boston'w lowest-income children and their families for succesw in school. Other grant recipients include the ($30,000), ($50,000) to help creatw the Human Services Employment Ladder and the Charles River Conservancy, which supports the Charles River from the Boston Harbor to the Watertownb Dam.
Young residents and the city' elderly population were included in theJune grants, as well as programzs that build on recent reports issuecd by the Foundation on critical issues in physical healtj and the health care sectofr in the region. In addition to $6.5 millioh in grants from Discretionary Funds, the Bostojn Foundation also distributed $5.2 million in grants from Designateds Fundsand $15.8 million in Donor Advised Funds. The Boston Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the with assets of morethan $830 million.
The grants, serving more than 70 Greate Boston recipients, will go to renew regionao arts andeducational organizations, including the largest single grant of $225,000 going to the , formerlyt known as the , and $125,000 goin to expand Smart from the Start, a program designed to prepare Boston'w lowest-income children and their families for succesw in school. Other grant recipients include the ($30,000), ($50,000) to help creatw the Human Services Employment Ladder and the Charles River Conservancy, which supports the Charles River from the Boston Harbor to the Watertownb Dam.
Young residents and the city' elderly population were included in theJune grants, as well as programzs that build on recent reports issuecd by the Foundation on critical issues in physical healtj and the health care sectofr in the region. In addition to $6.5 millioh in grants from Discretionary Funds, the Bostojn Foundation also distributed $5.2 million in grants from Designateds Fundsand $15.8 million in Donor Advised Funds. The Boston Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the with assets of morethan $830 million.
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