Monday, August 25, 2014

Obama Approves Air Surveillance of ISIS in Syria - New York Times


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Obama Approves Air Surveillance of ISIS in Syria

New York Times


WASHINGTON — President Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syria, a precursor to potential airstrikes there, but a mounting concern for the White House is how to target the Sunni extremists without helping President Bashar al-Assad. Defense ...


No more surpr ises? ISIS Achilles' heel is defending what it has won

CNN


Syria warns against US strikes against Islamic State on its soil

Sydney Morning Herald


US prepares military options in Syria against Islamic State

Reuters


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Sunday, August 24, 2014

At least 89 go to hospital after 6.0 earthquake shakes Bay Area - Los Angeles Times


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At least 89 go to hospital after 6.0 earthquake shakes Bay Area

Los Angeles Times


Napa County, Calif., firefighters spray foam on hot spots from a fire at a mobile home park in Napa after Sunday morning's 6.0 earthquake. Napa County, Calif., firefighters spray foam on hot spots from a fire at a mobile home park in Napa after Sunday ...


Northern California rocked by magnitude 6.0 earthquake

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State of emergency declared after Calif. quake

USA TODAY


State of Emergency After Northern California Shaken by Biggest Earthquake in ...

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

US considers air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria, may have to co-ordinate with ... - National Post


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US considers air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria, may have to co-ordinate with ...

National Post


U.S. President Barack Obama is to consider air strikes in Syria in the battle against jihadist terrorists who beheaded an American journalist. David Blair: Why Assad secretly helping ISIS enemies become most powerful rebel force in Syria. On the face of it, ...

If you come after Americans, we will come after you: US to Islamic State

Hindustan Times


Military brass, ex-officials pressure White House to expand ISIS fight to Syria

Fox News


Stand by for a U-turn: West poised to join forces with Syrian President Bashar al ...

Times of India


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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Why did US refuse Islamic State ransom demand for James Foley? - Christian Science Monitor


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Why did US refuse Islamic State ransom demand for James Foley?

Christian Science Monitor


Unlike some European countries, the US rules out paying ransom to terrorists for American citizens based on the conviction that paying for one hostage now leads to more hostage taking later. By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer August 21, 2014. close. A yellow ...


Halting ISIS Would Require Attacks in Syria, Top General Says

New York Times


US staged secret operation into Syria in failed bid to rescue Americans

Washington Post


Steinberg: Haters here don't see similarity to Islamic State

Chicago Sun-Times


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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Militants blame US for their apparent beheading of US journalist - Los Angeles Times


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Militants blame US for their apparent beheading of US journalist

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

PNM Resources earnings down in Q3 - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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million in “ongoing earnings” in the third quartee of 2008 — a substantial drop from the $35.3 million it earned in the same quarterlast year. Ongoinfg earnings per diluted share cameto $0.2u7 in the third quarter, down from $0.46 in the same period in 2007. Ongoinvg earnings exclude one-time gains and charges. For the firs t nine months of this year, PNM reported ongoing earningsof $19.e million, or $0.24 per diluted share. That represents a 76 percentg drop from the first nine monthsof 2007, when the company reported $80.2 million in ongoinfg earnings, or $1.
03 per diluted Earnings in the third quarter of 2008 were affectee by Hurricane Ike, which struck the Texas Gulf Coast in September. The hurricane reducedx sales volumesat PNM’s Texaa subsidiaries — and . The hurricane also depressed wholesalw power prices and limited saless opportunitiesfor , whicnh is jointly owned by PNM Resourceas and . On the other hand, ongoing earnings at improverd in thethird quarter, thanks to approvapl of a rate hike and a fuel clause by the Publicf Regulation Commission in the spring. PNM electrixc had $28.7 million in ongoin g earnings in thethird quarter, or $0.33 per diluted share. That compares with $20.9 or $0.
27 per diluted in the same periodin 2007. Despite lowe r ongoing earnings, PNM Resources’ financial resultsz in the third quartef demonstrate improvement in two key said Chairman and CEO Jeff Sterba in anews “First, the PNM electric utility performancew improved as a result of having a fuel clause in place and the implementation of new electric rates, whicg are the first steps of several designedc to restore PNM back to financial Sterba said. “Second, Energy Co. had a stronb quarter, despite the lower power pricesd that were prevalent throughout Texas as a resulof Ike. We expect Energy Co.
to perform well movint forward, but we also expect power prices to be depressedc wellinto 2009.” PNM Resourcesx (NYSE: PNM) is an energy holding company basedd in Albuquerque. Through its utility and energy subsidiaries, PNM Resources servea electricity toapproximately 845,000 homes and businessesz in New Mexico and Texas, and natural gas to nearly 492,000 customers in New Mexico.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio split votes on equal pay vote - MiamiHerald.com (blog)

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Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio split votes on equal pay vote

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Marco Rubio voting against it. The Paycheck Fairness Act requires businesses to show that wage discrepancies between men and women are not based on gender. The measure also bans retaliation against workers who reveal their wages or try to get wage ...


Rubio, Wasserman Schultz differ on `Paycheck Fairness Act'

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Senate Shies Away From Dream Act, Other Measures

National Journal


Senate GOP kills Paycheck Fairness Act

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Monday, June 4, 2012

Survey: Only 5 percent of Pittsburgh-area CFOs expect to add staff in 3Q - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The Financial Hiring Index, conductede by Menlo Park, Calif.-based staffingy firm Robert HalfInternational (NYSE:RHI), found that the largest numbe r of respondents, 85 percent, are not anticipating any change in hiring, whiler 9 percent of CFOs say they expecrt to reduce personnel. "Many companies remain hesitant to commit to addingg staff until they are certain of aneconomic recovery," Robergt Half CEO Max Messmerd said in a statement.
"In the meantime, most firms are workinb with their current teams to manage key with some employers also bringing in project professionals to assist with rising workloadx andsupport full-time The results of the local survey are baserd on interviews with 200 CFOs from a randokm sample of Pittsburgh-area companies with 20 or more employees. The Pittsburgj results are nearly dead-on with the nationalk survey results, according to Robert Half. For the national 1,400 CFOs were interviewed, and five percenrt said they expectedto hire, 85 percentf said they anticiapted no changes, and 8 percentg planned staff cuts. For the full results of the goto .

Friday, June 1, 2012

The Aussie sunshine in every glass - Journal Live

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The Aussie sunshine in every glass

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Beige Book: Region

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Consumer spending in the region was weak and is expectedd toremain soft, the closely watche d survey said, but “an uptick in manufacturintg orders helped stabilize expectations for future production.” The Beiger Book also said that “commercial real estate markeyt conditions deteriorated, and energy activity declined further.” Bankers, it said, “reportedd a rise in deposits and stable loan demane with no erosion in loan quality.” It said consumer price and wage pressureas remained low.
Meanwhile, producer prices “declinede at a slower pace, with some firms notinfg that higher commodity prices boosted material andfuel Overall, the latest regional Beige Book covering a six-week period — was somewhaf more optimistic than the last survey, released Aprikl 15. The report covers the Fed’xs Kansas City-based 10th District. It is based on interviewsx with a sample of businesses representing key industriex ineach district. The reports are anecdotal and do notcontaihn statistics, but they are widely followec and help the Fed to set national economic policy.
The Fed’sz 10th District includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming as well as westermn Missouri and northern New Formally known asthe “Summary of Commentarhy on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reservew District,” the Beige Book is published eight times a The latest report covers late Aprip through May. The Federal Reserve’s 10th Districr is also known as the Kansas City district becaus ethe reserve’s regional bank is based .

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

American Express to offer accounts to select Advanta customers - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Advanta said it will communicate an invitation to specified customera to apply for a card account withAmericam Express. It said some invitation s may come directly fromAmerican Express. The agreement is exclusivd and lasts for up to 60days — one year for a limitedd number of the customers. As part of the Advanta receives a fee for each account openexd byAmerican Express. Advanta said last week that it was workinvg with other top card issuersto “trg to have them provide new credirt lines for certain of our customers who are in good In an effort to limit lossess and erosion of its capitalp as credit deteriorates, Advanta said early last month that its securitization trust will go into earluy amortization — where the company uses receivables from customerss to accelerate payment to investor bondholders.
Whilde that protects investors from prolongee exposure to a pool of receivablees whose credit performance has Advanta would have needed an alternatives way to fund new purchasews onits customers’ credit So it had to shut down futur use on May 30.

Monday, May 28, 2012

$3.4 billion Indian land royalty settlement upheld - BusinessWeek

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$3.4 billion Indian land royalty settlement upheld

BusinessWeek


By MATT VOLZ A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday upheld a $3.4 billion settlement between the US government and hundreds of thousands of Native American plaintiffs whose land trust royalties were mismanaged by the Interior Department.


Federal appeals court upholds Indian trust case settlement

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

NBC's Harbert Posits Ratings Change: Time to 'Consider' C7 - MediaPost Communications

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NBC's Harbert Posits Ratings Change: Time to 'Consider' C7

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by David Goetzl, Yesterday, 2:27 PM It won't happen this upfront, but Ted Harbert, the chairman of NBC Broadcasting, moved the ball down field Monday on what could become a major battle on Madison Avenue: whether to shift to C7 ratings.


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Friday, May 25, 2012

5 Who Thrive: Leather Soul sees Rodeo Drive as the perfect fit - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Park plans to open his second store latedr this year inBeverly Hills, just off prestigiouss Rodeo Drive. He’s also looking to double his space at the this less than two yeara aftermoving in. Park’s growth has stemmed from a careful cultivatiom of customers andvendors he’s the only authorized retailer for severalo brands — and a savvy use of technolog to promote a traditional, low-tech product. Part of Park’ds strategy to expand his 5-year-old business has been to nurturde his, and the store’s, reputatio as an expert in men’e shoes and fashion.
And he’s undeterred by the even though the shoes he sells retail upwardsof $500 per “I’m 100 percent confidenrt I’m going to do well,” he said of the Californiw move. He has done his research, and met with his onlinwe clients to make sure that the market is Leather Soul had revenuesof $1.3 millionb last year — 35 percent of that from Internet salezs — which exceeded Park’s goal by 30 This year he wants to best that by anothetr 30 percent.
He’s financing the expansion to Beverly Hillss with hisown money, with assistance from Bank of Hawaij and help from some childhood The brands at Leather Soul the American-made Alden; British brands Edward Green, John Lobb and Gaziani & Girling, and the French label J.M. Weston are not available anywhere elsein Hawaii. “The products I sell, they’re all the best he said. “Even in a bad economy, peoplee still want good quality.
” The decision to go to the Los Angelex area came about after the sales representativefrom Massachusetts-bases Alden approached Park about an opportunity to take over the shoe departmenrt of a well-known men’s store in Beverlyy Hills. The company had a dealer in Northern but no presence in the southern part of the Park met with people from the which he declinedto name, and thought it seemed like a good But then, while driving around the he began to notice a lot of vacanft retail space. “If you think Hawaiu is bad, it’s twice as bad in he said. “I just thought thers must be some opportunithy for agood deal.
” He returned to Los Angeles a month later, met with real estate brokers and begann looking at retail spaces. The place he picked was one that hejust upon, a historic building at the corne of Rodeo Drive and Little Santwa Monica Boulevard. The ground-floor spaced is also next to a shoe-repaidr shop. Park found that landlords are much more willing to negotiate in this economyg than they were just a couple ofyears ago. A half-dozenn retail spaces on Rodeo Drive, less than a block from the one Park is are listed for lease withrent “negotiable,” accordingg to LoopNet.
Park has signed a letter of intent fora 650-square-fooy space and is in negotiations for the lease, aiming for a December “The same spot a year-and-a-half ago would have been twicer as expensive,” he said. He’s also talkin g with the Festival Cos., which manages the Royal Hawaiian Center, aboutf moving to a spacre that’s twice the size of his 600-square-foot store on the thirs level ofBuilding A.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Egypt's election to decide army's political future - The Associated Press

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Egypt's election to decide army's political future

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The military, meanwhile, sought on Monday to head off any post-election unrest, reassuring Egyptians that it has no favorite in the race and that voters will decide the next president. "It is important that we all accept the election results, ...



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Sunday, May 20, 2012

UNCC honors Rodgers Builders CEO - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Charlotte-based company has workecd on severaluniversity projects, including the Barnhardy Student Activity Center, Irwin Belk Track and Field Center, Lynch Residence Hall and the Bioinformatics Research Center. Rodgers Builders also is the construction manager onthe university’s new, $50.r4 million Center City Building projecgt that is slated to open in the fall of 2011. A groundbreakiny ceremony was held in April for the classroom building at the corner of Ninth and Brevar streets inuptown Charlotte.
“What sets Pat aparrt from most isher commitment; she remains personallyu invested in the institutions and organizations she touches long after her formall involvement has ended,” says Philip Dubois, UNC Charlotted chancellor. “Her commitment to the betterment of our community extendzs to herbusiness philosophy. In fact, Rodgers Builders has been hailed time and again as the epitomeof civic-minded business.” Rodgers is also chaifr of the Charlotte Symphony board and will assume the chairmanship of the Charlotte Chamber board in 2011. The universith established the Distinguished Service Awarxdin 1987.
It honors individuals who have providecd outstanding leadership and service to the Charlotte community and to the advancement ofUNC Charlotte. Rodgers was honoreed Tuesday during a luncheohn atthe school. UNC Charlott e is the fourth-largest campus amongv the 17 institutions of theUNC system. It is the largest institutio n of higher education in theCharlott region, offering doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s programs.
Fall 2008 enrollment was includingnearly 5,000 graduate

Saturday, May 19, 2012

CAD software maker Revware buys MicroScribe from Immersion Corp. - Portland Business Journal:

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CAD in an acronym for computer-aided Immersion has several business lines with productw developed for applications ranging from gamintg tomedical uses. Revware presidentg Tom Welsh said that his company has been using MicroScribe products for 15 yearsz and when he saw that Immersion was looking tosell MicroScribe, he jumped on the “We are going to be able to focus on MicroScribwe in a way that Immersiobn was not able to,” Welsh said.
Revwar e was formerly known as , a company that was a softwars developer as well as a reselledr of the SolidWorks CAD The company grew in the 1990s along with the technologuy bubble andin 2001, Designh Automation made Triangle Business Journal’s annual ranking of the 50 fastest-growin companies in the Raleigh-Durham area. Welsh said Design which peaked at15 employees, had pared down since the technologyy bubble burst. Revware has fewer than five employees. Welsh said with the acquisitiobof MicroScribe, the company will grow in Raleign and on the West Coast. But he declinesd to elaborate, saying that negotiationsa are stillunder way.
Welsh did say Revwarr is taking steps to reactivate resale channelzfor MicroScribe.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

D.C. unemployment at 10.7% - Washington Business Journal:

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In May, seasonally adjusted unemployment rateswere 10.7 percentt in D.C., 7.2 percent in Maryland and 7.1 percengt in Virginia. The report, released showed a 0.8 point increasee for D.C. in May from April and was up 0.4 pointxs in Maryland and 0.3 points in Maryland and Virginia arebeloaw May’s national unemployment rate of 9.4 which was up from 8.9 percent in Apriol and 3.9 percentage points higher than a year The report also tracked the rise in unemploymentr from year to year. In May 2008, 21,900 peoplr were out of work in D.C. In May 2009, that numbe jumped to 35,200, representing an increasr of 4.1 percentage points from 6.6 percent to 10.7 Despite D.C.
’s high rate of jobless people, betweem April and May of this year, D.C. reportef a rise in employment by 2,800, with payroll numbers in its governmenrt sector increasingby 900. That data is also seasonally adjusted byBLS economists. Michigan, which lost 23,900 jobs betweej April and May, held the nation’s highest unemployment rate of 14.1 North Dakota and Nebraska both posted the lowesgt unemployment rate in the at 4.4 percent.