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The survey results were presented during a tech policgy forum atthe St. Regis Hotek in D.C., which drew about 65 partners, clients and friends from such companiesx as LordWhittaker Consulting, and Cupertino-based (NASDAQ:SYMC). Zogby and 463 have been working together sinces 2005 on communications and opinions research and their new partnershi p announced onMonday “formalizes a great relationship we already said John Zogby, president and CEO of Zogby who was one of five panel speakers Monday. 463, founded in 2005 to link the Silicon Valley’s innovation culture and D.C.
’s policy helps clients tackle such popular issues asDTV transition, gree technology and cyber security. Zogby has been tracking public opinion since 1984 in 73 nationx and has such media giant clients as Forbesand MSNBC. The survey includesw responses from morethan 3,000 adul t Americans, and tech and health care each got 32 percent of the vote for what industriez would weather the recession While a third (32 percent) thinl the U.S. will be the first major economy to emerge from the 43 percent thinkthe U.S. will come out of it when everyonrelse does. Among a list of the most importang issues tech companies should be tryinggto solve, making the U.S.
more energy efficient is first (24 percent), with improving education (22 and keeping the U.S. safe from physical and virtuapattacks (21 percent) were a closw second and third. Abou t a third (29 percent) of respondentas think the next Bill Gates will come fromthe U.S. and abour the same -- 28 percent-- said the next Gatee will comefrom India. Panelp speaker Donnie Fowler, a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, pointed out some reasoninb forthat statistic. “We continue to have some of the best graduater programs inthe world,” said “Now, students from India and China that used to stay here are now goin g home.
We now face stronger competitiohn butthat doesn’t mean we go back whilwe the rest of the world goes The fact that more Americans thinkl other areas of the world have the potentia to raise another entrepreneur as Gates is “a vote of confidence in the rest of the added Zogby. Americans are still optimistic thatthe U.S. can rais another technology tycoon, however, with a majoritt (67 percent) saying the societakl conditions still exist inthe U.S. to created another Gates.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Lockport hospital pursues psych unit - Business First of Buffalo:
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The project review committee of the State Hospitap Review and Planning Council is expected to consider the certificate of need application at its Marcy19 meeting. Lockport part of , plans to locatew the unit in space formerly occupiedd byits 7,580-square-foot pediatric medicall unit. The original applicatio n was filed with the state in Total project cost is estimatedat $586,354, most of which would be covereed by a state grant of nearly $1.7 millioh awarded through the Health Care Efficiency and Affordabilithy Law for New Yorkers (HEAL NY) program. The remainder of the awarfd is being used toward an adult inpatienyt psychiatric unit to be completed inthe future.
Accordin to a summary of the hospital’ds application, the 12-bed program will help fill a gap left when a similafr unit was shut down last May acroszs the countyat , which had been the county’s only inpatientf provider of behavioral health In the months teenagers who required inpatient services were transported to . Children age 12 and younger were treated atin Buffalo. Niagara Falls Memoriapl blamed inadequate Medicaid reimbursements on the closure of its Bridgews Child and Adolescent Inpatiengt BehavioralHealth unit. The unit treateed about 360 youngsters per Lockport Memorial projected the unit will ultimatelty operate inthe black, estimating a year three budget of $2.
6 million with expense of $1.6 million. All construction and prograkm changesat health-care facilities and nursing homea in New York require approval through the state’s certificate-of-need process. If the project review committe approvesthe project, the application will go to the full council early next month.
The project review committee of the State Hospitap Review and Planning Council is expected to consider the certificate of need application at its Marcy19 meeting. Lockport part of , plans to locatew the unit in space formerly occupiedd byits 7,580-square-foot pediatric medicall unit. The original applicatio n was filed with the state in Total project cost is estimatedat $586,354, most of which would be covereed by a state grant of nearly $1.7 millioh awarded through the Health Care Efficiency and Affordabilithy Law for New Yorkers (HEAL NY) program. The remainder of the awarfd is being used toward an adult inpatienyt psychiatric unit to be completed inthe future.
Accordin to a summary of the hospital’ds application, the 12-bed program will help fill a gap left when a similafr unit was shut down last May acroszs the countyat , which had been the county’s only inpatientf provider of behavioral health In the months teenagers who required inpatient services were transported to . Children age 12 and younger were treated atin Buffalo. Niagara Falls Memoriapl blamed inadequate Medicaid reimbursements on the closure of its Bridgews Child and Adolescent Inpatiengt BehavioralHealth unit. The unit treateed about 360 youngsters per Lockport Memorial projected the unit will ultimatelty operate inthe black, estimating a year three budget of $2.
6 million with expense of $1.6 million. All construction and prograkm changesat health-care facilities and nursing homea in New York require approval through the state’s certificate-of-need process. If the project review committe approvesthe project, the application will go to the full council early next month.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Annals Of Medicine - New Yorker
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New Yorker | Annals Of Medicine New Yorker Use the grasper to pick up the finger-size appendix, fire the stapler across its base and across the vessels feeding it, drop the severed organ into a plastic bag, and pull it out. Close up, and you're done. That's how you like it to go, anyway. ... |
Friday, September 23, 2011
Colliers combines with two other real estate firms - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The new holding company will next expand to includew inNew York. The combined companyg will be one of the largest real estate servicesw firms inthe nation. Termx of the deal were not Locally, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker isthe second-largest commerciakl real estate firm in the Tri-State, accordingf to Courier research, with offices in downtown Crystal Kirkland, marketing manager for Colliers Turley Martin Tucker’s Dayton office, said the consolidation will strengtheh Colliers in the market. “We’re hopinv it will accelerate our growth and give us leveragd with moreglobal power,” she “It will also help us respond to clients’ needsd better.
” Kirkland said Colliere will keep its name and doesn’t expect any majo r changes in day-to-day operations. The combination of the four firmxs results in a property managemeny portfolio of 288 million squarw feet and a leasing portfolio of 210 million square The combined company manages morethan 20,00o locations for Fortune 1000 companies as well as othedr organizations. Last year, the combined capital marketxs transaction volumewas $5 billion. Colliers Turleyu Martin Tucker is one ofthe country’s larges t commercial real estate firms. It also has offices in St. Indianapolis; Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis/St. Paul; and Nashville, Tenn.
The other firmss cover the Mid-Atlantic and Washington, D.C.
The new holding company will next expand to includew inNew York. The combined companyg will be one of the largest real estate servicesw firms inthe nation. Termx of the deal were not Locally, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker isthe second-largest commerciakl real estate firm in the Tri-State, accordingf to Courier research, with offices in downtown Crystal Kirkland, marketing manager for Colliers Turley Martin Tucker’s Dayton office, said the consolidation will strengtheh Colliers in the market. “We’re hopinv it will accelerate our growth and give us leveragd with moreglobal power,” she “It will also help us respond to clients’ needsd better.
” Kirkland said Colliere will keep its name and doesn’t expect any majo r changes in day-to-day operations. The combination of the four firmxs results in a property managemeny portfolio of 288 million squarw feet and a leasing portfolio of 210 million square The combined company manages morethan 20,00o locations for Fortune 1000 companies as well as othedr organizations. Last year, the combined capital marketxs transaction volumewas $5 billion. Colliers Turleyu Martin Tucker is one ofthe country’s larges t commercial real estate firms. It also has offices in St. Indianapolis; Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis/St. Paul; and Nashville, Tenn.
The other firmss cover the Mid-Atlantic and Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Kansas City-area has two work zones on MoDOT
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No. 2 on MoDOT’s list is Interstat 29/35 reconstruction from MissourkiRoute 210/Armour Road to the northeast corner of the downtownm Kansas City central business district loop, which will have restrictecd lanes and various ramp closings through 2011. The route carries 102,000 vehicles a day, MoDOT said in a Monday Two restricted lanes are open dailyfrom 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. No. 4 on the list is on U.S.
Route 71 for construction of an interchange at 187tn Streetin Belton/Raymore, with periodic lane reconstruction of the 163rd Street interchange in reduced to two laneds with a 45-mph speed limit and periodic lane closingx through early July, then southbound restrictions through mid-August; and reconstructio n of the Missouri Route 150 restricted to two lanes in each directionn and with ramp closures through the end of 2009. Route 71 is expected to be congested from 140thn Street in Grandview to just north of Missouri Routde J in Peculiarthrough year’sa end.
An interactive map of the top 10 work along with a printable version of the map andproject information, is available on MoDOT’s Web site (www.modot.org).
No. 2 on MoDOT’s list is Interstat 29/35 reconstruction from MissourkiRoute 210/Armour Road to the northeast corner of the downtownm Kansas City central business district loop, which will have restrictecd lanes and various ramp closings through 2011. The route carries 102,000 vehicles a day, MoDOT said in a Monday Two restricted lanes are open dailyfrom 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. No. 4 on the list is on U.S.
Route 71 for construction of an interchange at 187tn Streetin Belton/Raymore, with periodic lane reconstruction of the 163rd Street interchange in reduced to two laneds with a 45-mph speed limit and periodic lane closingx through early July, then southbound restrictions through mid-August; and reconstructio n of the Missouri Route 150 restricted to two lanes in each directionn and with ramp closures through the end of 2009. Route 71 is expected to be congested from 140thn Street in Grandview to just north of Missouri Routde J in Peculiarthrough year’sa end.
An interactive map of the top 10 work along with a printable version of the map andproject information, is available on MoDOT’s Web site (www.modot.org).
Monday, September 19, 2011
Taleo Corporation Company Profile | TLEO Company Information
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We deliver our solutions on-demand as a hosted servic e that is accessed throughj an Internet connection and a standardcweb browser. Our solution delivery also called software-as-a-service or SaaS, eliminates the need for our customerss to install and maintain hardware and software in order to use our We believe our SaaS model significantly reducesthe time, cost and complexitg associated with deployment of on-premise software solutions, and offers a lower upfron t and total cost of ownershipl than traditional software solutions. ...
We deliver our solutions on-demand as a hosted servic e that is accessed throughj an Internet connection and a standardcweb browser. Our solution delivery also called software-as-a-service or SaaS, eliminates the need for our customerss to install and maintain hardware and software in order to use our We believe our SaaS model significantly reducesthe time, cost and complexitg associated with deployment of on-premise software solutions, and offers a lower upfron t and total cost of ownershipl than traditional software solutions. ...
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Childhood pals cleaning up - San Francisco Chronicle
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Childhood pals cleaning up San Francisco Chronicle But those two pals - Adam Lowry, an environmental chemist, and Eric Ryan, an advertising account planner - did just that. A decade ago, they were hawking surface cleaner out of a car trunk. Today, you can find their Method line ( www.methodhome.com) ... |
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of training and government expertws gathered by the South Florida Busines Journal to examine howthe $787 billiohn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’w education and workforce training sectors. The panel marked the third in theBusiness Journal’sx ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzint the flow of money from the American Recoveryh and Reinvestment Act into Souty Florida.
Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to requestt a federal waiver that allowed it to take money from educatioh and replace it with stimulus dollars while other states used stimulus dollars to augment the The situation concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanoer Sobel. “We are not starting at the starting The school district in Broward County and those throughoutg the state are starting behind the starting Sobel said. “They have had problemz for years and they areall scrambling.
” Veterahn educator Robert Parks, a member of the Browardd County School Board, said, “Many of the large urbahn districts in the natiomn are afraid of one thing, which is basicallyh a bait and switch with thosew dollars.” What’s even more worrisomew to some experts is that the stimulus money will eventually run out. “I’m really concerned about in three what’s going to happen?” said José Vicente, presidenyt of ’s North Campus. “This is a He said the college’s operating budget was cut $22 million whild the stimulus money wasonly $13 Parks said Broward County’s school systemk has cut $1.
4 billion from its construction budgeyt in addition to furloughing 700 teachers and 51 administrators. “We’v closed all of our school offices for the We don’t have summer school anymore,” Parks would have been looking at cutting its budget by aboug $30 million without $12 million in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financialk affairs andbudget director. The university cut 30 positionand “had we not had the stimulusz dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.
3 billioj in stimulus funds given to the state relievedr pressure on the Legislature to further reduce supporyt for Florida Resident Access Grants a key source of moneu for students, but he pointedx out that the grants used to be $3,000 a year for student s and are now $2,529. The amoungt is important to students, who find enrollment caps at statd universities and turn to NSU and other private institutions. He also said that universitiez are working together to apply for federalstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliob research building with wet labs, busineses incubator space and offices for the U.S.
Geologica Survey, which is helping oversee Evergladess restoration. “We have shovel-readyu projects we have submitted to the Governor and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,0000 people to work,” Hanburyu said. The competition for thess typesof projects, though, is fierce. FAU is getting about $12 million in direcg infusion from the federalstimulus package, but the university also is seekinv money from the for labs and instruments, Russell said. April was the monthn to submit applications and the resultx are expectedby September. The strongestg flow of money, so far, appears to be for programs that help the jobless asthe state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of training and government expertws gathered by the South Florida Busines Journal to examine howthe $787 billiohn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’w education and workforce training sectors. The panel marked the third in theBusiness Journal’sx ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzint the flow of money from the American Recoveryh and Reinvestment Act into Souty Florida.
Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to requestt a federal waiver that allowed it to take money from educatioh and replace it with stimulus dollars while other states used stimulus dollars to augment the The situation concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanoer Sobel. “We are not starting at the starting The school district in Broward County and those throughoutg the state are starting behind the starting Sobel said. “They have had problemz for years and they areall scrambling.
” Veterahn educator Robert Parks, a member of the Browardd County School Board, said, “Many of the large urbahn districts in the natiomn are afraid of one thing, which is basicallyh a bait and switch with thosew dollars.” What’s even more worrisomew to some experts is that the stimulus money will eventually run out. “I’m really concerned about in three what’s going to happen?” said José Vicente, presidenyt of ’s North Campus. “This is a He said the college’s operating budget was cut $22 million whild the stimulus money wasonly $13 Parks said Broward County’s school systemk has cut $1.
4 billion from its construction budgeyt in addition to furloughing 700 teachers and 51 administrators. “We’v closed all of our school offices for the We don’t have summer school anymore,” Parks would have been looking at cutting its budget by aboug $30 million without $12 million in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financialk affairs andbudget director. The university cut 30 positionand “had we not had the stimulusz dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.
3 billioj in stimulus funds given to the state relievedr pressure on the Legislature to further reduce supporyt for Florida Resident Access Grants a key source of moneu for students, but he pointedx out that the grants used to be $3,000 a year for student s and are now $2,529. The amoungt is important to students, who find enrollment caps at statd universities and turn to NSU and other private institutions. He also said that universitiez are working together to apply for federalstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliob research building with wet labs, busineses incubator space and offices for the U.S.
Geologica Survey, which is helping oversee Evergladess restoration. “We have shovel-readyu projects we have submitted to the Governor and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,0000 people to work,” Hanburyu said. The competition for thess typesof projects, though, is fierce. FAU is getting about $12 million in direcg infusion from the federalstimulus package, but the university also is seekinv money from the for labs and instruments, Russell said. April was the monthn to submit applications and the resultx are expectedby September. The strongestg flow of money, so far, appears to be for programs that help the jobless asthe state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Maderis stepping down from Five Prime - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The company has hired Juliaa Gregory, the former executive vice president and chief financial officerat , as replacement. Maderis’ health condition was not but she will continue to serve onFive Prime’w board of directors and as a consultant. Her final day on the job is June 18. “Gail’s leadership has been pivotal in the progrese Five Prime has made in developing our pipelind and our newdiscovery platform,” said compan founder and executive chairma Dr. Lewis “Rusty” Williams in a press release.
Maderis said the compan had been looking for a replacement sincw late last year after doctorssaid "the 24/7 pace of a small-compant CEO" could worsen her Besides her duties at Five Prime, Maderi s has been a cheerleader for the Mission Bay serving on the Mayor’s . Five Prime, a privatelh held, 7-year-old company developing antibody and proteinn drugs for cancer andother diseases, was the first to locatr in Mission Bay, taking about 30,000p feet in the building on Owenes Street. Earlier this year, it took an additional 5,000 square feet next door at 1700 Owensx as it makes batches for its Phasse I oncologydrug program.
The timinf of the executive change as Five Prime move s forward with its lead cancer progranmakes Gregory’s appointment a cruciaol one. At Lexicon, Gregory was responsible for financing strategies, mergers and acquisitions, business operations and all financiakl management and accounting. She raised about $1 billiohn in public and private equity, product development financing andothert transactions. Gregory, who will join Five Prime’s board, was an investmentg banker for more than 20 Atand Dillon, Read Co. Inc.
she was head of healthcarre andinvestment banking, leading several privatde and public equity deals as well as mergers and Gregory also is a member of the board of The and the ’sd .
The company has hired Juliaa Gregory, the former executive vice president and chief financial officerat , as replacement. Maderis’ health condition was not but she will continue to serve onFive Prime’w board of directors and as a consultant. Her final day on the job is June 18. “Gail’s leadership has been pivotal in the progrese Five Prime has made in developing our pipelind and our newdiscovery platform,” said compan founder and executive chairma Dr. Lewis “Rusty” Williams in a press release.
Maderis said the compan had been looking for a replacement sincw late last year after doctorssaid "the 24/7 pace of a small-compant CEO" could worsen her Besides her duties at Five Prime, Maderi s has been a cheerleader for the Mission Bay serving on the Mayor’s . Five Prime, a privatelh held, 7-year-old company developing antibody and proteinn drugs for cancer andother diseases, was the first to locatr in Mission Bay, taking about 30,000p feet in the building on Owenes Street. Earlier this year, it took an additional 5,000 square feet next door at 1700 Owensx as it makes batches for its Phasse I oncologydrug program.
The timinf of the executive change as Five Prime move s forward with its lead cancer progranmakes Gregory’s appointment a cruciaol one. At Lexicon, Gregory was responsible for financing strategies, mergers and acquisitions, business operations and all financiakl management and accounting. She raised about $1 billiohn in public and private equity, product development financing andothert transactions. Gregory, who will join Five Prime’s board, was an investmentg banker for more than 20 Atand Dillon, Read Co. Inc.
she was head of healthcarre andinvestment banking, leading several privatde and public equity deals as well as mergers and Gregory also is a member of the board of The and the ’sd .
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Nortel Networks to sell stake in joint venture with LG Electronics - Triangle Business Journal:
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Brampton, Ontario-based Nortel said (Pink NRTLQ) LG-Nortel is a standalone business that has not filed forcreditor protection. However, accordinfg the company's latest financial results, the joint venture's revenuse in the first quarter fell by to $188 million, from last year as a majod contract came to an end. LG-Nortel recorded $341 millio in revenue minus expense in2008 – a margin of 27 Nortel said. The margi so far in 2009 is 26 Nortel said. Nortel, which has about 2,009 employees in the Raleigh-Durham area, owns 50 percent, plus one of LG-Nortel. The company did not say how much it hopedx to be paid for its stakin LG-Nortel.
"LG-Nortel is a successful business with an accomplishefleadership team, a culture of innovation, a dedicated employee base and a drivse to succeed," said Mike Zafirovski, Nortel’s president and CEO. "Ass we work to evaluate the ultimate path forward for all of our this decision willallow LG-Nortekl to embark on the next phasr of its journey and realize its full potential." Nortel says it will file a motion asking the Ontario Superiorf Court of Justice to approvee a sale process that has been agreed to with LG Electronicxs and that appoints to help find a buyer.
LG Electronicsz and the Ontario court also must give their OK for any saleof Nortel’zs stake in LG-Nortel. Nortel in Canada and the Unitedf Stateson Jan. 14, a day before the compang was to makea $107 million interesrt payment on part of Nortel’es more than $1 billionb in debt. he Canadian court has since grantedx Nortel to come up with a satisfactorhreorganization plan. Speculation has focused on Nortel selling offone – of its two biggest business units to improves its balance sheet, but no deal has yet been reached.
A one-timse cornerstone of Research Triangle Parkwith 9,0000 Raleigh-Durham employees at its Nortel saw its fortunes go downhilk when the technology bubble burst in 2000 and demancd steadily dried up from phone companiews for Nortel’s products. The company also ran into troublew with an accounting scandal that led to and the resignationd ofthe company’s top including then-CEO Frank Dunn.
Brampton, Ontario-based Nortel said (Pink NRTLQ) LG-Nortel is a standalone business that has not filed forcreditor protection. However, accordinfg the company's latest financial results, the joint venture's revenuse in the first quarter fell by to $188 million, from last year as a majod contract came to an end. LG-Nortel recorded $341 millio in revenue minus expense in2008 – a margin of 27 Nortel said. The margi so far in 2009 is 26 Nortel said. Nortel, which has about 2,009 employees in the Raleigh-Durham area, owns 50 percent, plus one of LG-Nortel. The company did not say how much it hopedx to be paid for its stakin LG-Nortel.
"LG-Nortel is a successful business with an accomplishefleadership team, a culture of innovation, a dedicated employee base and a drivse to succeed," said Mike Zafirovski, Nortel’s president and CEO. "Ass we work to evaluate the ultimate path forward for all of our this decision willallow LG-Nortekl to embark on the next phasr of its journey and realize its full potential." Nortel says it will file a motion asking the Ontario Superiorf Court of Justice to approvee a sale process that has been agreed to with LG Electronicxs and that appoints to help find a buyer.
LG Electronicsz and the Ontario court also must give their OK for any saleof Nortel’zs stake in LG-Nortel. Nortel in Canada and the Unitedf Stateson Jan. 14, a day before the compang was to makea $107 million interesrt payment on part of Nortel’es more than $1 billionb in debt. he Canadian court has since grantedx Nortel to come up with a satisfactorhreorganization plan. Speculation has focused on Nortel selling offone – of its two biggest business units to improves its balance sheet, but no deal has yet been reached.
A one-timse cornerstone of Research Triangle Parkwith 9,0000 Raleigh-Durham employees at its Nortel saw its fortunes go downhilk when the technology bubble burst in 2000 and demancd steadily dried up from phone companiews for Nortel’s products. The company also ran into troublew with an accounting scandal that led to and the resignationd ofthe company’s top including then-CEO Frank Dunn.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Cincinnati-area firms win Ohio incentives - Phoenix Business Journal:
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, a maker of marketing simulatiob andplanning software, received $1.1 million from the Innovationb Ohio Loan Fund, at an annual interestt rate of 1 percent for the first year and 8 percent for five years. The Cincinnati-basedr company will use the loan to develop a new generationn of its Emerging Marketplace software and buycomputer equipment. The $2.2 millionh project is expected to creatd 36 jobs and retain10 jobs. Two local firms also receiveds Job Creation Tax Credits forexpansion projects.
, a supplier of labelinb systems for the beverage was awarded a 45 percent tax creditr for five years fora $1 millioj expansion project in The company expects to use the credit, wortyh about $52,700 over its to create 25 jobs and retain 118. won a 45 percenft job credit, for a six-year for a $170,000 expansiomn project at its regionaloffice downtown. The credit is valuedr at about $119,750 over its Advantage expects to create 33 positions andretain 65. The headquartered in Spokane, Wash., provides energy managemeny consulting services.
, a maker of marketing simulatiob andplanning software, received $1.1 million from the Innovationb Ohio Loan Fund, at an annual interestt rate of 1 percent for the first year and 8 percent for five years. The Cincinnati-basedr company will use the loan to develop a new generationn of its Emerging Marketplace software and buycomputer equipment. The $2.2 millionh project is expected to creatd 36 jobs and retain10 jobs. Two local firms also receiveds Job Creation Tax Credits forexpansion projects.
, a supplier of labelinb systems for the beverage was awarded a 45 percent tax creditr for five years fora $1 millioj expansion project in The company expects to use the credit, wortyh about $52,700 over its to create 25 jobs and retain 118. won a 45 percenft job credit, for a six-year for a $170,000 expansiomn project at its regionaloffice downtown. The credit is valuedr at about $119,750 over its Advantage expects to create 33 positions andretain 65. The headquartered in Spokane, Wash., provides energy managemeny consulting services.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Rowan Atkinson walks Sydney red carpet for Johnny English Reborn - Herald Sun
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Westminster Mall buys its Mervyn's - Austin Business Journal:
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million square feet, has bought the mall’s vacant Mervyn’s building for $3.3 according to real estate records. The purchase may be a step towarfd putting theoutdated mall, which is only half-occupied, undee single ownership in anticipation of its redevelopmen as an urban-oriented, mixed-use property. Majorf mall tenants, including Mervyn’s, usualluy own their buildings. Mall owner MD Management Inc. of Kansaa City also no longer is workingt with local LLC on redeveloping Westminster Mall and upgradinh two of its KansasCity malls, according to Albertwa spokeswoman Megan Campbell.
An MD principal said as recently as according to The Denver that he was happy to be working with Alberta on a plan to redeveloppWestminster Mall. Progress on updating MD'sw hometown malls -- Metro North and Metcalf South -- slowed in the last few supposedly because of the economic according to the Kansas CityBusiness Journal. MD Westminster Parcels LLC, an MD Managemeny entity, closed on the purchase of the Mervyn’s stors from Chicago-based Klaff Realty LP in according to Jefferson County realestate “We sold our fee interest to an entityh controlled by the mall landlord,” said Keithh Brown, executive vice president at Klaff.
With the recent Colorado’s 11 Mervyn’s stores all have been sold or leaserd to retailers such as Burlingtonm Coat Factory andSports Authority, except for 15,00 square feet of the Pueblo store, Brown Englewood-based Sports Authority leases most of the space in the forme r Mervyn’s in Pueblo Mall. The Mervyn’s store at Westminstet Mall closed inearly 2006, one of 10 Colorado storese in the department store chaij to shut down at that Surviving anchors at the mall include JC Penney’s and Dillard’s. Completed in 1977, Westminsterf Mall is located at5433 W. 88th Ave., just off U.S. Highwauy 36.
Westminster Mall’s longtime manager, Kenton said he had no information regardintgthe Mervyn’s building sale. Tom Morgan, a principal at MD didn’t return a call for comment. Westminster Mall’xs redevelopment is in the beginning stages, accordingb to the city of Westminster, whicu has pushed for an updating of the propertyfor years. “W look at the property as the existing mall, but also as 100 acresz in the middle ofthe U.S.
36 corridor, one of the most vibranft corridors in themetro area,” said Susan Grafton, economif development manager for the city of “There’s loads of opportunity there … to do something more urbab because of the transportation access.” The redevelopment is in the “very early conceptual design phase,” accordinb to a summary of an April Westminsterr city council meeting. The concept includes office andresidential space, as well as the realignment of nearbgy 88th Avenue and Sheridan Another component of the redevelopment is the nearbyg Regional Transportation District bus park-n-ride, at U.S.
Highwayh 36 and West 88th Avenue, which may get light The council adopted a resolutionb on April 13 forthe city’sx development authority to work with MD Managementt and potential developers “to create a vision and assemble propertieds to make redevelopment of Westminstert Mall a reality,” the summart said. Klaff and partners acquired the Mervyn’s departmeng store chain in 2004for $1.
65 The joint venture that owns the storesx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizatioh in July 2008, and convertec to Chapter 7 liquidation in
million square feet, has bought the mall’s vacant Mervyn’s building for $3.3 according to real estate records. The purchase may be a step towarfd putting theoutdated mall, which is only half-occupied, undee single ownership in anticipation of its redevelopmen as an urban-oriented, mixed-use property. Majorf mall tenants, including Mervyn’s, usualluy own their buildings. Mall owner MD Management Inc. of Kansaa City also no longer is workingt with local LLC on redeveloping Westminster Mall and upgradinh two of its KansasCity malls, according to Albertwa spokeswoman Megan Campbell.
An MD principal said as recently as according to The Denver that he was happy to be working with Alberta on a plan to redeveloppWestminster Mall. Progress on updating MD'sw hometown malls -- Metro North and Metcalf South -- slowed in the last few supposedly because of the economic according to the Kansas CityBusiness Journal. MD Westminster Parcels LLC, an MD Managemeny entity, closed on the purchase of the Mervyn’s stors from Chicago-based Klaff Realty LP in according to Jefferson County realestate “We sold our fee interest to an entityh controlled by the mall landlord,” said Keithh Brown, executive vice president at Klaff.
With the recent Colorado’s 11 Mervyn’s stores all have been sold or leaserd to retailers such as Burlingtonm Coat Factory andSports Authority, except for 15,00 square feet of the Pueblo store, Brown Englewood-based Sports Authority leases most of the space in the forme r Mervyn’s in Pueblo Mall. The Mervyn’s store at Westminstet Mall closed inearly 2006, one of 10 Colorado storese in the department store chaij to shut down at that Surviving anchors at the mall include JC Penney’s and Dillard’s. Completed in 1977, Westminsterf Mall is located at5433 W. 88th Ave., just off U.S. Highwauy 36.
Westminster Mall’s longtime manager, Kenton said he had no information regardintgthe Mervyn’s building sale. Tom Morgan, a principal at MD didn’t return a call for comment. Westminster Mall’xs redevelopment is in the beginning stages, accordingb to the city of Westminster, whicu has pushed for an updating of the propertyfor years. “W look at the property as the existing mall, but also as 100 acresz in the middle ofthe U.S.
36 corridor, one of the most vibranft corridors in themetro area,” said Susan Grafton, economif development manager for the city of “There’s loads of opportunity there … to do something more urbab because of the transportation access.” The redevelopment is in the “very early conceptual design phase,” accordinb to a summary of an April Westminsterr city council meeting. The concept includes office andresidential space, as well as the realignment of nearbgy 88th Avenue and Sheridan Another component of the redevelopment is the nearbyg Regional Transportation District bus park-n-ride, at U.S.
Highwayh 36 and West 88th Avenue, which may get light The council adopted a resolutionb on April 13 forthe city’sx development authority to work with MD Managementt and potential developers “to create a vision and assemble propertieds to make redevelopment of Westminstert Mall a reality,” the summart said. Klaff and partners acquired the Mervyn’s departmeng store chain in 2004for $1.
65 The joint venture that owns the storesx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizatioh in July 2008, and convertec to Chapter 7 liquidation in
Friday, September 2, 2011
Readers rank Beef O'Brady's as having top hamburger - Dayton Business Journal:
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Over the years, restaurants have made alterations to improve and expanx the offerings ona hamburger. many places tout their burger as the best To find an answerto this, the polled its onliner readers in April to discover whic area restaurant has the best The winner for best burger went to , the family bar and grill with two area locations. The restaurant collectedd 18 percent of the What is it aboutBeef O'Brady's that made it superior? Readere simply said the taste. "I've tried them all and Beef'a is by far the best," one wrote.
The silve r medal on the list was a tie as on Wayne Avenuee in Daytonand , the national hamburgere chain with a site in Beavercreek, both secured 12 percen of the vote. "Can't beat the taste of the burger or thefriesd ... been going there for many Haveit Tank's way," a readefr wrote. Though the hamburgerd poll listed 16 potential restaurants as having the best many readers scolded us for not includingytheir favorite. In fact, the "other" vote received more than 20 percenttof votes. "How could you leave off the onereader wrote. In addition to the local readers joyfully touted their favoritezincluding lesser-known haunts such as in Centerville.
"Ther best hamburger in this town, is without a doubt, at a littl e bar and grill in the heartof MacDiggers. They are juicy and you can get any toppings you like for a fair andreasonabls price," a reader wrote. Another populard write-in favorite was . "Slyder's Tavernm on Watervliet in the Belmont section of Dayton has theDaytojn area's best hamburgers by far. Additionally, you can't beat the one reader wrote. Otherx couldn't make up their mind. "I have to say that has a greay burger. But I also think really has a good areader wrote. "Don'gt rule out either -- the Cowboy Western burger withoniom rings, cheddar cheese and barbecue sauce. Awesome.
" Finally, one reade r summed up his or her difficultt picking a winner because the area is blessecd with an array ofquality choices. "This is a painstakinfg decision because I have loyalties to many of theswburger places, but if pressed, I must select the burger from becaused it gets cooked properly and biting into it is a joyful the reader wrote. 1: 2: 2: 3: 4: 5:
Over the years, restaurants have made alterations to improve and expanx the offerings ona hamburger. many places tout their burger as the best To find an answerto this, the polled its onliner readers in April to discover whic area restaurant has the best The winner for best burger went to , the family bar and grill with two area locations. The restaurant collectedd 18 percent of the What is it aboutBeef O'Brady's that made it superior? Readere simply said the taste. "I've tried them all and Beef'a is by far the best," one wrote.
The silve r medal on the list was a tie as on Wayne Avenuee in Daytonand , the national hamburgere chain with a site in Beavercreek, both secured 12 percen of the vote. "Can't beat the taste of the burger or thefriesd ... been going there for many Haveit Tank's way," a readefr wrote. Though the hamburgerd poll listed 16 potential restaurants as having the best many readers scolded us for not includingytheir favorite. In fact, the "other" vote received more than 20 percenttof votes. "How could you leave off the onereader wrote. In addition to the local readers joyfully touted their favoritezincluding lesser-known haunts such as in Centerville.
"Ther best hamburger in this town, is without a doubt, at a littl e bar and grill in the heartof MacDiggers. They are juicy and you can get any toppings you like for a fair andreasonabls price," a reader wrote. Another populard write-in favorite was . "Slyder's Tavernm on Watervliet in the Belmont section of Dayton has theDaytojn area's best hamburgers by far. Additionally, you can't beat the one reader wrote. Otherx couldn't make up their mind. "I have to say that has a greay burger. But I also think really has a good areader wrote. "Don'gt rule out either -- the Cowboy Western burger withoniom rings, cheddar cheese and barbecue sauce. Awesome.
" Finally, one reade r summed up his or her difficultt picking a winner because the area is blessecd with an array ofquality choices. "This is a painstakinfg decision because I have loyalties to many of theswburger places, but if pressed, I must select the burger from becaused it gets cooked properly and biting into it is a joyful the reader wrote. 1: 2: 2: 3: 4: 5:
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