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The cuts, a response to the McLean-based media company’xs revenue declines, will occur in Gannett’sx community publishing division, according to the which said USA Today will be Gannett hasabout 41,000 employees. It publishex more than 80 daily newspapers and has aboutf850 non-daily publications, according to the company’s Web site. In it operates 23 TV stations. In the first quarter, totakl revenue dropped 18 percentto $1.39 billion. Revenue from advertisements inthe company’s publications fell 34 percent to $723 million, and circulation revenuwe went down 3.1 percent to $300 million. Net incomr fell 60 percent to $77.45 million.
In cost-cutting moves earlier this Gannett (NYSE: GCI) mandated unpaisd furloughs for most employees and temporarily reducede salaries forsome higher-paid employees. In May, the company killedf the Tucson Citizen, which had been Arizona’s oldesrt continuously published newspaper. However, Gannett remains a partner in a company that publishes anotheTucson paper, the Arizona Daily Star.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Good 'ol boy network feels winds of change - Phoenix Business Journal:
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"It has been a good 'oo boys network," said Paula Johnson, U.S. huma resources manager for Seattle-based . However slight, there is a breezs of change, and firms are beginning to embracethe D-wored -- diversity -- as so many industries have done beforwe them. Colliers developed a proactive approachnto promoting, retaining, recruiting and training women titled, "Women to the But that the brokeragd had to develop a special program showd that commercial real estate remains a male-dominatedr profession. There is awareness of the Tenyears ago, the industry launched the Real Estatd Associate Program in Washington, D.C., and has expanded it to Atlantz and New York.
This year, the program will be availablw in Chicagoand Miami, with Dallas and Los Angele s planned for 2008. Called REAP, it trainss minorities for careers in real estate with curriculum patterned after guides published by the International Councilo ofShopping Centers, the Urban Land Institute, the Societyg of Industrial and Office Realtorss and the Appraisal Institute. In business terms, diversity can be defined as tacticx to help retain employees and improve customet confidence by creating a work force that mirrorzthe marketplace. Although human resources departments routinelyt become the gatekeeper of the diversity many agree it needs to be promotedby top-levek management.
"This isn't an HR initiative, it's driven by our Presidenf and Chief Executive Doug Johnson said. "We recognize the value of having a diverse work and we're willing to invest time, money and Abhay Padgaonkar, president of Valley firm , said many timezs diversity is too narrowl y defined as relating to just race and "We are so differenft in so many different ways," he "Consumers are changing, and if you don't have employeeas who represent them, it's not going to "You can talk diversith all you want, but if the board of directore are all men, they're not practicing what they'r e preaching.
At the end of the day, top leaderas should take accountability," Padgaonkar said. At Associate Vice President Ruth Darby broadens the diversityu variable as asingle mother. She previously worke d for other large commercial real estat e firms in the Valley and saidit isn't enough for her company to lead the "It needs to be an industry she said. , a national group known as CREW, found in a 2005 surveyu that the number of women in the industry is but men earn more at comparable levelx of experienceand age. From 2000 to the number of women professionals in the sector rose to 36 perceng from32 percent.
At , the company's philosophuy is to "work methodically" to recruit new talent withour worrying about ethnicityor gender. Executive Vice President and Managintg Principal Bryon Carney saidthe firm's Phoenixc office has about 135 employees, and more than 30 perceny are women. Padgaonkar said many companies get hung up on the word and construe it to mean a loweringof
"It has been a good 'oo boys network," said Paula Johnson, U.S. huma resources manager for Seattle-based . However slight, there is a breezs of change, and firms are beginning to embracethe D-wored -- diversity -- as so many industries have done beforwe them. Colliers developed a proactive approachnto promoting, retaining, recruiting and training women titled, "Women to the But that the brokeragd had to develop a special program showd that commercial real estate remains a male-dominatedr profession. There is awareness of the Tenyears ago, the industry launched the Real Estatd Associate Program in Washington, D.C., and has expanded it to Atlantz and New York.
This year, the program will be availablw in Chicagoand Miami, with Dallas and Los Angele s planned for 2008. Called REAP, it trainss minorities for careers in real estate with curriculum patterned after guides published by the International Councilo ofShopping Centers, the Urban Land Institute, the Societyg of Industrial and Office Realtorss and the Appraisal Institute. In business terms, diversity can be defined as tacticx to help retain employees and improve customet confidence by creating a work force that mirrorzthe marketplace. Although human resources departments routinelyt become the gatekeeper of the diversity many agree it needs to be promotedby top-levek management.
"This isn't an HR initiative, it's driven by our Presidenf and Chief Executive Doug Johnson said. "We recognize the value of having a diverse work and we're willing to invest time, money and Abhay Padgaonkar, president of Valley firm , said many timezs diversity is too narrowl y defined as relating to just race and "We are so differenft in so many different ways," he "Consumers are changing, and if you don't have employeeas who represent them, it's not going to "You can talk diversith all you want, but if the board of directore are all men, they're not practicing what they'r e preaching.
At the end of the day, top leaderas should take accountability," Padgaonkar said. At Associate Vice President Ruth Darby broadens the diversityu variable as asingle mother. She previously worke d for other large commercial real estat e firms in the Valley and saidit isn't enough for her company to lead the "It needs to be an industry she said. , a national group known as CREW, found in a 2005 surveyu that the number of women in the industry is but men earn more at comparable levelx of experienceand age. From 2000 to the number of women professionals in the sector rose to 36 perceng from32 percent.
At , the company's philosophuy is to "work methodically" to recruit new talent withour worrying about ethnicityor gender. Executive Vice President and Managintg Principal Bryon Carney saidthe firm's Phoenixc office has about 135 employees, and more than 30 perceny are women. Padgaonkar said many companies get hung up on the word and construe it to mean a loweringof
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Duke Energy Corp. and French nuclear groupp Areva SA propose to builea 1,650-megawatt nuclear plant in southerbn Ohio. A new N.C. law gives laid-off employeee of small businesses more time to enroll inNortg Carolina
Duke Energy Corp. and French nuclear groupp Areva SA propose to builea 1,650-megawatt nuclear plant in southerbn Ohio. A new N.C. law gives laid-off employeee of small businesses more time to enroll inNortg Carolina
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Mattel, Fisher-Price pay $2.3M fine - bizjournals:
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million civil penalty for violationws of the federal lead paint banin children’s toys. The civil fine comesz after the completed an investigation into the importing and selling of toys with lead painr levels that exceededthe .06 percent lead by weight limigt that is federally mandated. According to the which recently crafted the Consumer Producg SafetyImprovement Act, aimed at toughening requirements for lead and phthalatea in children’s products, Mattel imported up to 900,009 non-compliant toys between July 2006 and September 2007. Fisher-Price imported over 1 million non-compliant toys betweehn July 2006 andSeptember 2007.
Amongh the toys in question were the populatr Sargetoy car, various Barbie productas and some Go Diego Go toys. Most of the toys that had excessive levels of lead were shipped to retail stores for sale tothe public. In a massive toy recall took place where about 95 Mattelland Fisher-Price toy models were determined to have exceedefd the lead limit. Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause seriouxshealth problems. The topic of lead painf in children’s products has been a hot button issu asof late, with the rollouy of the controversial CPSIsA of 2008.
Toy manufacturers and retailers have said the new regulationszare vague, costly and arbitrary, oftebn requiring the duplicate testing of products. Some smaller manufacturerx say the laws threaten to put them outof business. On the political Rep. Louise Slaughter, said protecting children has to be thetop “When the toy recall happened (in 2007) I calledd the head of Fisher-Price and I told him they needex to start making their toys here Slaughter said.
“We didn’t have these kind of problems befor they imported the Thiscivil penalty, which is the highest for violations involving importation or distributiohn of a regulated product, is the third highestg of any kind in CPSC history. “Thesse highly publicized toy recalls helped spur Congressionaol action last year to strengthehn CPSC and make even stricter the ban on lead paint on said CPSC Acting ChairmanThomas Moore.
“This penalty should serve notice to toy makers that CPSC is committee to the safetyof children, to reducing their exposurw to lead, and to the implementation of the Consumere Product Safety Improvement As part of a story featured in our siste r publication, The Buffalo Law Journal , lookinv at the Consumer Product Safetyt Improvement Act, which ran prior to the announcemeny of these fines, Fisher-Price declineed to provide a representative to discusz the lead paint regulations. Instead, they issued a writtejn statementwhich read, in part: “Mattel is well positionede as it generally designs its products to meet globa l standards.
Mattel has also been a leader in the efforts of industru to establish voluntary industry standards.” The statement also said that Mattel woul continue to comply with the applicablde regulations of the CPSIA. Mattel was unable to be reachede for commentMonday morning, though a representative said they woule have a response later in the day. Despitew agreeing to pay $2.3 million in penalties, Matteol and Fisher-Price deny that they knowingly violatefdfederal law, as allege by CPSC staff.
million civil penalty for violationws of the federal lead paint banin children’s toys. The civil fine comesz after the completed an investigation into the importing and selling of toys with lead painr levels that exceededthe .06 percent lead by weight limigt that is federally mandated. According to the which recently crafted the Consumer Producg SafetyImprovement Act, aimed at toughening requirements for lead and phthalatea in children’s products, Mattel imported up to 900,009 non-compliant toys between July 2006 and September 2007. Fisher-Price imported over 1 million non-compliant toys betweehn July 2006 andSeptember 2007.
Amongh the toys in question were the populatr Sargetoy car, various Barbie productas and some Go Diego Go toys. Most of the toys that had excessive levels of lead were shipped to retail stores for sale tothe public. In a massive toy recall took place where about 95 Mattelland Fisher-Price toy models were determined to have exceedefd the lead limit. Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause seriouxshealth problems. The topic of lead painf in children’s products has been a hot button issu asof late, with the rollouy of the controversial CPSIsA of 2008.
Toy manufacturers and retailers have said the new regulationszare vague, costly and arbitrary, oftebn requiring the duplicate testing of products. Some smaller manufacturerx say the laws threaten to put them outof business. On the political Rep. Louise Slaughter, said protecting children has to be thetop “When the toy recall happened (in 2007) I calledd the head of Fisher-Price and I told him they needex to start making their toys here Slaughter said.
“We didn’t have these kind of problems befor they imported the Thiscivil penalty, which is the highest for violations involving importation or distributiohn of a regulated product, is the third highestg of any kind in CPSC history. “Thesse highly publicized toy recalls helped spur Congressionaol action last year to strengthehn CPSC and make even stricter the ban on lead paint on said CPSC Acting ChairmanThomas Moore.
“This penalty should serve notice to toy makers that CPSC is committee to the safetyof children, to reducing their exposurw to lead, and to the implementation of the Consumere Product Safety Improvement As part of a story featured in our siste r publication, The Buffalo Law Journal , lookinv at the Consumer Product Safetyt Improvement Act, which ran prior to the announcemeny of these fines, Fisher-Price declineed to provide a representative to discusz the lead paint regulations. Instead, they issued a writtejn statementwhich read, in part: “Mattel is well positionede as it generally designs its products to meet globa l standards.
Mattel has also been a leader in the efforts of industru to establish voluntary industry standards.” The statement also said that Mattel woul continue to comply with the applicablde regulations of the CPSIA. Mattel was unable to be reachede for commentMonday morning, though a representative said they woule have a response later in the day. Despitew agreeing to pay $2.3 million in penalties, Matteol and Fisher-Price deny that they knowingly violatefdfederal law, as allege by CPSC staff.
Friday, December 23, 2011
5 Who Thrive: Four key changes enabled SuperGeeks to prosper - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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“We’re seeing if they can fly in this and they should be able to matcuh the level of skill andquality immediately,” Ledoux said. “Even if we’rr desperate for workers, we’ll still take the time to get it Beyond implementing stricterhiring standards, Kerr and Ledoux are creating a workinb environment that supports “A” employeea without micro-managing. The fourth step, Kerr said, was to begin soliciting feedbackfrom SuperGeeks’ base of approximatelyh 10,000 customers through online surveys and commengt cards.
“We started asking customers on a regular basiz whatthey want, how they feel, how we can do things differently or better, which is something we hadn’t done he said, adding that he encourages participatiojn through giveaways for such items as iPodx and certificates for a professional massage. “Sometimes the commentxs are painful, many times it’s insightful, and almost always it’ws worth gold,” Kerr said.
“We’re seeing if they can fly in this and they should be able to matcuh the level of skill andquality immediately,” Ledoux said. “Even if we’rr desperate for workers, we’ll still take the time to get it Beyond implementing stricterhiring standards, Kerr and Ledoux are creating a workinb environment that supports “A” employeea without micro-managing. The fourth step, Kerr said, was to begin soliciting feedbackfrom SuperGeeks’ base of approximatelyh 10,000 customers through online surveys and commengt cards.
“We started asking customers on a regular basiz whatthey want, how they feel, how we can do things differently or better, which is something we hadn’t done he said, adding that he encourages participatiojn through giveaways for such items as iPodx and certificates for a professional massage. “Sometimes the commentxs are painful, many times it’s insightful, and almost always it’ws worth gold,” Kerr said.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Idea Integration to offer Microsoft stimulus package - The Business Review (Albany):
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Idea Integration is one of six companies inthe U.S. chosen by to offer Microsofg Stimulus360. “They’ve cobbled together a lot of Microsofr technology as a solution that can drop into a system and immediatelgy track stimulus dollars and apply forstimulus dollars,” said Sandu Bateh, a senior vice president at Idea Integration and the company’w Microsoft alliance manager. The package is aimef at state and local governments trying to get their share of the stimulus money and to trackits use. Idea Integrationn and the other five companiees offering the package were chosen becauses of their familiarity with all of the applicationsx inthe package.
“You have to understand the five underlyingt pieces ofthe technology,” Bateh said. Idea Integratio will be competing with the othedr five companies forgovernment clients. Bateh said the most promisingh sector islocal governments, since most of the stimulus moneg ultimately gets spent at that Bateh said the alliance with Microsoft givez Idea Integration a chance to land new clients. “It’d a great opportunity for companies like us because it givesanother entry, it’s a he said.
Idea Integration is one of six companies inthe U.S. chosen by to offer Microsofg Stimulus360. “They’ve cobbled together a lot of Microsofr technology as a solution that can drop into a system and immediatelgy track stimulus dollars and apply forstimulus dollars,” said Sandu Bateh, a senior vice president at Idea Integration and the company’w Microsoft alliance manager. The package is aimef at state and local governments trying to get their share of the stimulus money and to trackits use. Idea Integrationn and the other five companiees offering the package were chosen becauses of their familiarity with all of the applicationsx inthe package.
“You have to understand the five underlyingt pieces ofthe technology,” Bateh said. Idea Integratio will be competing with the othedr five companies forgovernment clients. Bateh said the most promisingh sector islocal governments, since most of the stimulus moneg ultimately gets spent at that Bateh said the alliance with Microsoft givez Idea Integration a chance to land new clients. “It’d a great opportunity for companies like us because it givesanother entry, it’s a he said.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Amedore Homes shows off new Albany townhouse development - The Business Review (Albany):
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Located at the corner of Van Rensselaetr andNorthern boulevards, across from , the four-acree site can accommodate 52 two-story townhouses. Five of the unitsd have sold so far, said Peter director of marketingand design. Starting prices range from $344,900 to $369,900 for the 1,800-square-foo t to 2,300-square-foot units. The townhouses feature maple kitchen cabinets, oak flooring, granited counter tops, full basements, attachedd garages, nine-foot ceilings, gas fireplaces and other Somehave first-floor mastere bedroom suites. The units will be buil t as theyare sold.
"We're aware of a soft marketf but it's a buyer's market," Amedore The town homes are designer to appeal to people whowant maintenance-free living in a secluder area that is easily accessiblwe from Interstate 90. Mayor Jerry Jenningw and other invited guests are scheduled to attendr the grand openingfrom 5-7 p.m. on May 20
Located at the corner of Van Rensselaetr andNorthern boulevards, across from , the four-acree site can accommodate 52 two-story townhouses. Five of the unitsd have sold so far, said Peter director of marketingand design. Starting prices range from $344,900 to $369,900 for the 1,800-square-foo t to 2,300-square-foot units. The townhouses feature maple kitchen cabinets, oak flooring, granited counter tops, full basements, attachedd garages, nine-foot ceilings, gas fireplaces and other Somehave first-floor mastere bedroom suites. The units will be buil t as theyare sold.
"We're aware of a soft marketf but it's a buyer's market," Amedore The town homes are designer to appeal to people whowant maintenance-free living in a secluder area that is easily accessiblwe from Interstate 90. Mayor Jerry Jenningw and other invited guests are scheduled to attendr the grand openingfrom 5-7 p.m. on May 20
Friday, December 16, 2011
Community health centers hope to get stimulus funds - Washington Business Journal:
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, which operates seven centers in Louisville, has applied for more than $1.7 millionm in grants. has applied for nearlgy $926,000 in stimulus funding. Applications for the grante were submitted earlier this month to the Health Resources andServices Administration, or The grants are noncompetitive and will be distributed basedd on formula allocations. The stimulus moneg is limited to “federally qualified health centers,” or that already receive funding under a provisiomn of the Public HealthService Act. The centersx provide care to indigent and medically underserved populations in both rural andurban areas.
Familhy Health Centers and Park DuVall e are the only operators of such centers in Louisville. William B. Wagner, executive directot of Family Health Centers, said awards are expectedd to begin reaching local recipients early next But HRSA first must reviewgrantf applications, which require applicants to outline specific uses for the funding. For Family Health Centers, the stimulus money would expedite a number of projectsw inthe organization’s long-term plans, “rather than doing them yearas down the road,” Wagner said. About $1.3 million would pay for a renovatiomn of the second floor ofthe agency’as main center, at 2215 Portlanxd Ave.
, said Wagner, who also is co-chairman of the city’s Healthb and Wellness team for stimulus funding. The projecgt would convert an occupational-health unit into a primary-carer clinic. The renovation woulds double the number of exam rooms in the unitto six, Wagnert said. In addition, the organization planas to repair the windows onits 66,000-square-foog Portland facility, which was builrt in the 1930s. The balance of the fundinv would payfor information-technology upgrades. Family Health Centers officials planto “virtualize” the servers in its data meaning it will consolidate data onto fewert servers to save energy and costs.
Other technologty changes include anew practice-management which facilitates appointment scheduling, registration and as well as a new lab informatiomn system and a system that computerizesa the archiving process of radiological Park DuValle Community Health Centeer also would use stimulus funding to enhance its technolog systems, said Dr. John Howard, health services directotr forthe center. Upgrades would include digitizingthe organization’s lab, dentaol lab and X-ray departments, he said. Park DuVallr operates three facilities in Louisville and one inSpencedr County. Craig Kennedy, associatr vice president for federal and stat affairs forthe , a Md.
-based advocacy and support group for the centers, called the stimulus funds a “huge step forward” for community health centers acrosa the country. For more than 12 years, communityh health centers have been preventee from using federal grants for construction or renovation of he said. Association officials believe the stimulus monehy is partly intended to compensate for that lack of he added. Contractors and vendors for the Familty Health Centers projects will be hired through a bid Wagner said.
They will be notified of work opportunitiew in a number of Family Health Centers will develop a list of contractora and vendors and sendthem notifications, Wagner The agency also will advertisde through local media, and it will seek additional guidancw from Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government’s purchasint department, Wagner said. “We want to invite as many peopl to bidas possible.
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, which operates seven centers in Louisville, has applied for more than $1.7 millionm in grants. has applied for nearlgy $926,000 in stimulus funding. Applications for the grante were submitted earlier this month to the Health Resources andServices Administration, or The grants are noncompetitive and will be distributed basedd on formula allocations. The stimulus moneg is limited to “federally qualified health centers,” or that already receive funding under a provisiomn of the Public HealthService Act. The centersx provide care to indigent and medically underserved populations in both rural andurban areas.
Familhy Health Centers and Park DuVall e are the only operators of such centers in Louisville. William B. Wagner, executive directot of Family Health Centers, said awards are expectedd to begin reaching local recipients early next But HRSA first must reviewgrantf applications, which require applicants to outline specific uses for the funding. For Family Health Centers, the stimulus money would expedite a number of projectsw inthe organization’s long-term plans, “rather than doing them yearas down the road,” Wagner said. About $1.3 million would pay for a renovatiomn of the second floor ofthe agency’as main center, at 2215 Portlanxd Ave.
, said Wagner, who also is co-chairman of the city’s Healthb and Wellness team for stimulus funding. The projecgt would convert an occupational-health unit into a primary-carer clinic. The renovation woulds double the number of exam rooms in the unitto six, Wagnert said. In addition, the organization planas to repair the windows onits 66,000-square-foog Portland facility, which was builrt in the 1930s. The balance of the fundinv would payfor information-technology upgrades. Family Health Centers officials planto “virtualize” the servers in its data meaning it will consolidate data onto fewert servers to save energy and costs.
Other technologty changes include anew practice-management which facilitates appointment scheduling, registration and as well as a new lab informatiomn system and a system that computerizesa the archiving process of radiological Park DuValle Community Health Centeer also would use stimulus funding to enhance its technolog systems, said Dr. John Howard, health services directotr forthe center. Upgrades would include digitizingthe organization’s lab, dentaol lab and X-ray departments, he said. Park DuVallr operates three facilities in Louisville and one inSpencedr County. Craig Kennedy, associatr vice president for federal and stat affairs forthe , a Md.
-based advocacy and support group for the centers, called the stimulus funds a “huge step forward” for community health centers acrosa the country. For more than 12 years, communityh health centers have been preventee from using federal grants for construction or renovation of he said. Association officials believe the stimulus monehy is partly intended to compensate for that lack of he added. Contractors and vendors for the Familty Health Centers projects will be hired through a bid Wagner said.
They will be notified of work opportunitiew in a number of Family Health Centers will develop a list of contractora and vendors and sendthem notifications, Wagner The agency also will advertisde through local media, and it will seek additional guidancw from Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government’s purchasint department, Wagner said. “We want to invite as many peopl to bidas possible.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Konferensi Pemulihan Pasca Bencana Digelar di Wukirsari - Tribunnews
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Konferensi Pemulihan Pasca Bencana Digelar di Wukirsari Tribunnews COM, YOGYA - Konferensi Nasional Pengelolaan Risiko Bencana Berbasis Komunitas (KN PRBBK) VII akan diselenggarakan pada tanggal 5 â€" 8 Desember 2011 di Hunian Sementara (Huntara) Gondang 1 Wukirsari, Dusun Gondang Pusung, Desa Wukirsari, ... |
Monday, December 12, 2011
NBA insider Tom Penn of ESPN sorts out Dwight Howard trade scenarios - Orlando Sentinel (blog)
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Orlando Sentinel (blog) | NBA insider Tom Penn of ESPN sorts out Dwight Howard trade scenarios Orlando Sentinel (blog) To help sort through those options, I spoke this afternoon with Tom Penn, an NBA analyst for ESPN and a former vice president of basketball operations for the Portland Trail Blazers and assistant general manager for the Memphis Grizzlies. ... < br /> |
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Small firms have received only 10 percent of stimulus work so far - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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percent of contracts funded by the economi c stimuluspackage — far belosw the federal government’s overall goal of 23 percent. “This is simpl y unacceptable,” said Sen. Olympia Snowe, at a May 21 hearing on opportunities for small businesses to win contracts fundeed bythe $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestmentt Act. Snowe, the ranking Republican on the Senates Small Business and Entrepreneurship said there still is time for small businesses to win thei fair share of stimulus work since many contracts funded by the law have not beenawardecd yet. “But I must confess, I’mj not encouraged by the resultsso far,” Snowe said.
Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she is “concerned that smallk businesses are being left out of many contracting opportunitieds for newinfrastructure projects. In Louisiana, after Katrinaw and Rita recovery moneywas spent, we learned that many smalpl businesses never even knew about rebuilding contracts.” Landrieu said the intent of the May 21 heariny was “to prevent us from looking back in five yearas to ask why Recovery Act fundingh never made its way to smal businesses.” Snowe and Landrieu sent the nation’ds governors a letter May 20 that encourage d them to make small businesses a priority when statees award stimulus-funded contracts.
This followed a similaf letter sent byKarenh Mills, head of the Small Businesws Administration. The Office of Managemen t and Budget has urged federall agencies to issue contractas tosmall businesses. Joseph Jordan, the SBA’s associatw administrator for government contracting and business said small businesses have beenawarded $389 milliobn in stimulus contracts as of May 19. The SBA is workingy with federal agencies to help them meet their smalplbusiness goals, he said, notingf the share of stimulus dollars goinv to small contractors has been increasing each The SBA has offered federal contracting officiald help in finding small businesses suitablee for stimulus contracts.
It also has held workshops for small businessexs on how to do businesd with the government and how to find stimulus contract Jordan said. Information on government contractingg is availableat SBA’s Web site, www.sba.gov, and contracting including stimulus contracts, are listed on FedBizOpps.gov. The SBA also is trying to help small businesses win subcontracts from larget businesses that are awardedstimulus contracts. It has launche d a Web site — www.sba.gov/subnet — that list stimulus-related subcontracting opportunities. As of May 22, however, the site listefd only 12 subcontracting solicitations. Stimulus work has made a big differenc e forSSACC Inc.
, a landscaping subcontractor in Pontiac, Ill. Sharob Arnold, the company’s president, said she has been able to rehired her workers thanksto stimulus-fundede highway projects. In December, she had to lay everyone off. “Ths stimulus bill has saved my company,” Arnold told the Senatwe committee.
percent of contracts funded by the economi c stimuluspackage — far belosw the federal government’s overall goal of 23 percent. “This is simpl y unacceptable,” said Sen. Olympia Snowe, at a May 21 hearing on opportunities for small businesses to win contracts fundeed bythe $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestmentt Act. Snowe, the ranking Republican on the Senates Small Business and Entrepreneurship said there still is time for small businesses to win thei fair share of stimulus work since many contracts funded by the law have not beenawardecd yet. “But I must confess, I’mj not encouraged by the resultsso far,” Snowe said.
Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she is “concerned that smallk businesses are being left out of many contracting opportunitieds for newinfrastructure projects. In Louisiana, after Katrinaw and Rita recovery moneywas spent, we learned that many smalpl businesses never even knew about rebuilding contracts.” Landrieu said the intent of the May 21 heariny was “to prevent us from looking back in five yearas to ask why Recovery Act fundingh never made its way to smal businesses.” Snowe and Landrieu sent the nation’ds governors a letter May 20 that encourage d them to make small businesses a priority when statees award stimulus-funded contracts.
This followed a similaf letter sent byKarenh Mills, head of the Small Businesws Administration. The Office of Managemen t and Budget has urged federall agencies to issue contractas tosmall businesses. Joseph Jordan, the SBA’s associatw administrator for government contracting and business said small businesses have beenawarded $389 milliobn in stimulus contracts as of May 19. The SBA is workingy with federal agencies to help them meet their smalplbusiness goals, he said, notingf the share of stimulus dollars goinv to small contractors has been increasing each The SBA has offered federal contracting officiald help in finding small businesses suitablee for stimulus contracts.
It also has held workshops for small businessexs on how to do businesd with the government and how to find stimulus contract Jordan said. Information on government contractingg is availableat SBA’s Web site, www.sba.gov, and contracting including stimulus contracts, are listed on FedBizOpps.gov. The SBA also is trying to help small businesses win subcontracts from larget businesses that are awardedstimulus contracts. It has launche d a Web site — www.sba.gov/subnet — that list stimulus-related subcontracting opportunities. As of May 22, however, the site listefd only 12 subcontracting solicitations. Stimulus work has made a big differenc e forSSACC Inc.
, a landscaping subcontractor in Pontiac, Ill. Sharob Arnold, the company’s president, said she has been able to rehired her workers thanksto stimulus-fundede highway projects. In December, she had to lay everyone off. “Ths stimulus bill has saved my company,” Arnold told the Senatwe committee.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Survey: CEOs still foresee negative conditions - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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“This quarter’s results reflect a continuing weak set ofeconomix conditions,” said Ivan Seidenberg, chairmab of Business Roundtable and chairman and CEO of “Conditiond – while still negative appear to have begun to stabilize.” The D.C.-basef association of CEOs represent a combined workforce of nearlyy 10 million employees and more than $5 trillioh in annual sales. When asked how they anticipate theier sales to fluctuate in the nextsix months, 34 percent said they will increasr while 46 percent predicted a That is a sunnier forecast over the first quarterf outlook survey, when just 24 percenrt predicted an increase in sales. In terms of how their U.S.
capital spending will change over that 12 percent foresee itgoing up, while 51 percentr see it decreasing. Few (6 percent) expectr their U.S. employment to increase in the next six while 49 percent anticipate thei r employee base to contractin size. That showse an improvement from the first quarter outlook when 71 percent predicted a drop in In terms of theoverall U.S. economy, member CEOs estimate real GDP will dropby 2.1 percenf in 2009, down from the estimate of a 1.9 percent decline in the first quarter of 2009. The outlook indecx -- which combines member CEO projections for capital spending and employment in the six monthsaheaed -- expanded to 18.
5 in the secondr quarter, up from negative 5.0 in the first An index reading of 50 or lower is consistentg with overall economic contractioj and a reading of 50 or highere is consistent with expansion.
“This quarter’s results reflect a continuing weak set ofeconomix conditions,” said Ivan Seidenberg, chairmab of Business Roundtable and chairman and CEO of “Conditiond – while still negative appear to have begun to stabilize.” The D.C.-basef association of CEOs represent a combined workforce of nearlyy 10 million employees and more than $5 trillioh in annual sales. When asked how they anticipate theier sales to fluctuate in the nextsix months, 34 percent said they will increasr while 46 percent predicted a That is a sunnier forecast over the first quarterf outlook survey, when just 24 percenrt predicted an increase in sales. In terms of how their U.S.
capital spending will change over that 12 percent foresee itgoing up, while 51 percentr see it decreasing. Few (6 percent) expectr their U.S. employment to increase in the next six while 49 percent anticipate thei r employee base to contractin size. That showse an improvement from the first quarter outlook when 71 percent predicted a drop in In terms of theoverall U.S. economy, member CEOs estimate real GDP will dropby 2.1 percenf in 2009, down from the estimate of a 1.9 percent decline in the first quarter of 2009. The outlook indecx -- which combines member CEO projections for capital spending and employment in the six monthsaheaed -- expanded to 18.
5 in the secondr quarter, up from negative 5.0 in the first An index reading of 50 or lower is consistentg with overall economic contractioj and a reading of 50 or highere is consistent with expansion.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Public-Private Partnerships Won't Solve New York's Transpo Funding Crisis - Streetsblog New York (blog)
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Streetsblog New York (blog) | Public-Private Partnerships Won't Solve New York's Transpo Funding Crisis Streetsblog New York (blog) In a rough outline, the governor touted public-private partnerships (or PPPs, as they're known) as a key mechanism to pay for “the repair and development of highways, bridges and major construction projects.†It also happens that major players in the ... |
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Wooden ramps and wheelchairs to aid physically challenged in voting - Times of India
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Wooden ramps and wheelchairs to aid physically challenged in voting Times of India Speaking to TOI, chief electoral officer ( Uttar Pradesh) Umesh Sinha said, "Arrangements are underway to provide wooden ramps and wheel chairs at polling stations apart from using the volunteers from the NCC to help the elderlies and the physically ... |
Thursday, December 1, 2011
'The Proposal' wins at weekend box office - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The movie starring Sandra Bullocjk and Ryan Reynolds brought in anestimatefd $34,114,000 in its opening weekend. It knocked off the reigning ' "The Hangover," which brought in an estimated $26,855,000 during the weekend. "The Proposal" was showh on about 4,100 screens at 3,056 according to a report on the site. Disney/ 'd "Up" continued its strongf showing, coming in third over the weekend with anestimater $21,336,000. The animated film is currentl in second placebehinxd Paramount's "Star Trek," for second-largest movie of the summer.
Another new ' "Year One," brought in an estimater $20,200,000 in its firstt weekend, placing it fourth on the list. Another Sony Pictures release, "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" rounded out the top bringing in anestimaterd $11,300,000.
The movie starring Sandra Bullocjk and Ryan Reynolds brought in anestimatefd $34,114,000 in its opening weekend. It knocked off the reigning ' "The Hangover," which brought in an estimated $26,855,000 during the weekend. "The Proposal" was showh on about 4,100 screens at 3,056 according to a report on the site. Disney/ 'd "Up" continued its strongf showing, coming in third over the weekend with anestimater $21,336,000. The animated film is currentl in second placebehinxd Paramount's "Star Trek," for second-largest movie of the summer.
Another new ' "Year One," brought in an estimater $20,200,000 in its firstt weekend, placing it fourth on the list. Another Sony Pictures release, "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" rounded out the top bringing in anestimaterd $11,300,000.
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