Wednesday, September 29, 2010

CU offering digital media program - San Francisco Business Times:

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CU will operate the program, called Boulder Digitaol Works, in partnership with the parent company of advertisinggiant , which moved many of its employeew from Miami to a new Boulder officer in the past few years. The parent company is MDC a Toronto-based network of agencies. CU’s Divisionj of Continuing Education and Professional Studies will operatsethe program, which will be open to media community members and CU students. The School of Journalis and Mass Communication, especially the advertising faculty, will handlr the academic management. Advertising professor David Slayden will serve asexecutive director.
Sweden’s Hyper Island, a digita learning program in Europe, also will be a partner in the with student andfaculty exchanges. The programj will start in the fall witha 60-weem certificate program in Digital Arts and Sciences. Applications are due Aug. 15. starting in late July, the schook will offer 36-hour immersion Executiver Programs in digital fluencg forworking professionals. For more visit http://bdw.colorado.edu.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Adam Putnam talks of economy, food safety at GrayRobinson lunch - Nashville Business Journal:

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Florida is facing a “deeper trough” than it woulds in a traditional recession, Putnam, R-Bartow, said. Florida can ride a recessionh out exceptwhen it’s the result of the bursting of a real estatse bubble, said the representative for Florida’sa 12th Congressional District. Still, Putnam said he would prefer to be in Floridza than any other state as the country comes out of aneconomivc decline. While battling the fire, Florida should look for opportunitiesx at every level of governmentand business, he said.
Putnam expressed concern about the increased presence of government in response to the economic His speech was made atthe “Capitop Hill Luncheon” presented by . Richard a partner with GrayRobinson and chair of thelaw firm’ss alcohol beverage and food discussed the rising importance of food safeth in his introduction. Putnam, who will seek the office of Floridsa Commissioner of Agriculturein 2010, followed up on issuesx of food safety and the impacgt of incidents of food-born illnessw on the economy.
Putnam stressed the impact of consumedr confidence in food at the retail level and said he woulcd work to reform and modernizes a food safety network so there is a highetr levelof confidence.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Gellerstedt sees opportunity in recession - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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"We're beginning to see banks slowlt acknowledge their real estate problems and pushthesd through," Gellerstedt said Friday. "You may see some as low as 20 cents on the This is going to be aslow recovery, but it is also going to present unprecedented opportunities." Gellerstedt, a was speaking at the Atlanta chapter'es UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Alumnik breakfast. The event, held at 'z 3344 Peachtree tower, drew about 90 people.
Gellerstedt, who is replacing the retirin gTom Bell, said investors are puttinfg their money behind real estat investment trusts so the development companiees have the capital to buy distressef assets, noting that REITS have raised about $13 billion in the stocjk market this year. "They're not interesteds in earnings. They want liquidityg for the nextthree years," he "They want us to have the power to purchase.
" Cousinas (NYSE: CUZ) will not face any seriou s debt maturities until 2012, he Its relatively healthy liquidity could put the Atlanta-basesd developer in a strong position as other prominentf real estate companies try to pull themselves out from unded mountains of debt -- a problekm created primarily by the easy access to credift in recent years, buying assets at the top of the markeyt and the subsequent crash in property values. But Cousins hasn't made it through the market It has struggled tosell high-end condos in Buckhead, whered its 32-story 10 Terminus Place was one of 35 condominiunm projects in an area of the city know for expensive homes and luxury shopping.
Ten completed in 2008, has 137 units. The market is affectinf high-end units at other projects, including John Williams' The Mansiohn on Peachtree andRegent Partners' Sovereigjn at 3344 Peachtree. "There’s just no markeft for them," Gellerstedt said. Cousins is also tryinvg to fillits 25-story Terminus 200 office building, which has one tenant, mobil banking technology firm . Firethorn is leasinh two floors. Three other buildings still under construction in Buckhead haveno Buckhead, Gellerstedt said, offers an exampled of "the runaway credit markets.
" In the monthsa following the spate of bank failurex that claimed , the markets shut "Now," Gellerstedt said, "I see some of that fear and panic alleviating."

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Study: Dayton area economy trails top metros - Dayton Business Journal:

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’s MetroMonitor, which will be released on a quarterl basis whilethe U.S. economy recovers, rankz the metros based on sixkey employment, unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housinv prices and foreclosure rates. Dayton scored rankec No. 90 for employment, down 7 percent from its versusa 2.7 percent slide on a national It ranked No. 89 for employment drops in thefirst quarter, slumping 2 compared to a 1.2 percentg dip in the nation. Unemployment sat at 11.1 percent in the Daytobn metro, compared to 8.8 percent nationally. Wages in the Daytonn area shrankby 0.1 compared to a 0.4 percentr national spike. Dayton outshined the nation inhousing prices; creeping up 0.
3 percent compared to a 6.9 percent drop in the rest of the The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public polichy organization based in Washington, D.C. The top performint metro in the first quarter wasSan Texas. The bottom position belongeds to Detroit. Locally, Cincinnati ranked at No. 61 and Columbusa ranked No. 40.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Venezolanos protestan por alarmante ola de violencia - ElHeraldo.hn

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Northrop gets $30M contract for 'space fence' development - Denver Business Journal:

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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Departmenr of Defense's effort to continually track and detect objecte such as space debris and satellites in low and mediumearth orbit. Space Fence will replace the current VHF Air Force Spacew Surveillance System builtin 1961. "The new Space Fence systenm will provide better accuracyu and faster detection while allowing us to increase the numbefr of satellites and other space objects that can be detecterand tracked, thus avoiding collision and damage to other Rich Davis, director of special projects at Northropo Grumman's Advanced Concepts and Technologyh Division, said in a statement. Australia is a candidats for the first Space Fence location.
Two additional sites in othefr parts of the world are alsounderr consideration. Los Angeles-based Northrol (NYSE: NOC) is a defensre and technology company.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

ColumbusChamber finds exec to promote Central Ohio

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Dan Ricciardi, 56, will head up the , a consortiukm of executives and researchers focused on studying, developing and publicizing Centrall Ohio’s distribution and logisticd industry – a sectorr identified by the chamber and other economic-developmentr officials as key to the area’s As executive director, Ricciardi will oversee the group’s daily operationx from an office at the chamber and will work with council boars co-chairmen John Ness, president of , and Battellse Vice President Ben Ritchey. Ricciardi most recently was a logistics industry consultanytin Cincinnati.
Until last he was general manager and operations directoer in New Orleansfor LLC, a logistics consultingy group. Ricciardi holds a bachelor’s degree in businesx administration from and an MBA from in Law firm seeking clases action against In these days of plummetingy realestate values, those who have recentlt paid off their homes may have a chancr to get some of that lost money back. Cincinnati-based law firm filedc a lawsuit Sept. 5 in U.S. District Court in Columbux that partner Jeffrey Goldenbergg hopes will become a class Goldenberg is targetingthe – Freddie Mac for failing to timely file mortgage satisfaction paperworkm with county recorder offices.
Goldenberg filed the lawsuit on behalfr of James and Jacqueline Goldson of They hope to represent perhaps thousandxs of Ohioans who the lawsuit claimes may be in thesame boat. The Goldsonds made the last payment on their mortgage to Freddie Mac onMarch 13, 2003. According to Ohio law, Freddire was required within 90 days to notify the that the loan hadbeen Instead, the lawsuit said, Freddie didn’t get around to it untio 10 months later on Jan. 30, 2004.
Ohio law says the and anyone elsesimilarly affected, are entitledx to $250 in damage because a failure to recorc satisfaction of a mortgage can preventg a homeowner from either selling their housee or getting another mortgage, Goldenberg said. With 10,00o0 Ohioans potentially in the class, Freddid could end up paying out atleastf $2.5 million. But it may be difficult to get that Wehear Freddie, and sistert , are having money troubles of their own. Filene’s Basementf may face a third holiday season without its biggest The chain’s owner, Columbus-based , said 8 the reopening of its flagship Downtown Crossing store in Boston is behind schedule again.
The store was idled last fall because the building housin it is being redeveloped as a office andresidential project. “We don’t controol the construction,” CEO Heywood Wilansky said in a call withstocik analysts. “The last info we had, and it keepxs changing, was that construction is slightly delayed.” He said the storer could open in the fourth quarter next yearat best. But at worst, it will be the first quarterof 2010. The original target was springv 2009. Retail Ventures estimated the chain lost $5.8 million in sales after the store was closed last fall.
Wilansky said the companhy receives an undisclosed amount of compensation from its landlore for thelost business. A graduate of will returb to the Granville campus to screehn hisdirectorial debut. John a 1994 alumnus, is promoting his moviwe Outsourced, billed as a “cross-cultural comedy abouty a customerservice call-center manager who loses his job and must travep to India to train his own Jeffcoat based the movie on storiesx he heard about companies in where he resides, doing just that to American The free screening will take place at 7:30 p.m. 24 in Slayter Hall.
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Report: Zell might lose reins of Tribune - Charlotte Business Journal:

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According to the report, the company might fall into the handes of a group of banks and investora thatholds $8.6 billion in senior debt. The reporf says that "the plan centers on a debt-for-equity swap that probably would give the seniod lenders a large majority ownership staks in thereorganized company." The plan would also likelyu wipe out a $90 million warrant that Zell holdxs that would give him the right to buy 40 percenyt of Tribune for about $500 million. The report says that Zell'zs future in the company would likely be determinesd bythe group, as it is uncleadr if the group would want to bring in a new or if Zell himself would want to remain with the company.
The report says that "sourceas close to both the creditors and the compan said it is too early to make such decisiones and Tribune management continues to control the proces because it currently has the exclusive right to propose whateve reorganization planit wishes." Tribune through a buyout led by The deal left the company with nearlhy $12 billion in debt. Tribune has sold off asseta and cut jobs since the closd of the deal to help with thedebt payments. The companu .

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Friendwood receives $2 million for business park - Houston Business Journal:

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Funds will go toward the development of the Clearwoo dBusiness Park, specifically for building water and sewert infrastructure, according to the . The project is expected to creats 100 jobs andgenerats $10 million in private according to estimates. “The federal grang announced today supportsa locally-driven economic-recovery strategyh that will help Friendswood build a commercial center that will attract new industry and jobs following the economixc adversity wrought by Hurricane Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in a The government’s Economic Development Administration supports the economic developmeng needs of distressed communities throughout the Unitedc States.
Its mission is to lead the federal economi c development agenda by promoting innovation and competitivenesas and preparing American regions for growth and successa in theworldwide economy.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Starbucks makes food healthier - Business First of Louisville:

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The coffee giant says it has simplified recipes to includsmore high-quality ingredients like whole grains, blueberries from Oregohn and cherries from Michigan. “Starbucks customers have been telling us that they want bettefr tasting and healthier food options when they visitour stores,” said Starbucks food categoryu vice president Sandra Stark in a news release announcing the new menus. “We answereed their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredientw and morewholesome options.
” New menu itemsz include a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’as market salad and banana walnug bread that Starbucks says “is nearluy 30 percent real Starbucks has been expanding its food menu in the last two years to entice customers to visit more and to spend more per The company was also among the firsft restaurant chains in the country to ban trans fat from its food and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closing hundredsx of locations and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensese as revenue falls. The company reportes sales fell 8 percentlast quarter, following a 9 percen t decline in first quarter sales.
It is also facinvg pressure fromMcDonalds (NYSE: whose new coffee drinks are driving salesz higher.

Monday, September 13, 2010

As Dade, Broward market values plummet, tax bills still rise - MiamiHerald.com

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Kansas City Fed bank promotes George to COO - Kansas City Business Journal:

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George is the eightnh person to hold the position since the bank openexin 1914. She succeeds Richard Rasdall Jr., who announced in June that he would retirse after 36 years at the Since 2001, George had been executive vice presidenrt in charge of the Supervision and Risk Management Division. The position made her the top bank regulatord inthe region, responsible for supervision and regulation of 175 state-charteredx banks and nearly 1,000 bank and financial holdinbg companies. She joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansazs City in 1982 and was appointeed to the official staffin 1995.
“The leadership Esther has exhibitex throughout her career atthe Fed, as well as her experiencre and insight, make her the ideal choice to fill this importany position on the bank’s senior management team,” Tom Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, said in a

Friday, September 10, 2010

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev considers distributor consolidation - Denver Business Journal:

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The company, the world’s largesyt brewer, has 10 distributors in Colorado, accordingg to its website. It operatew a brewery in Fort Collins. A-B InBev is weighing whethed to sell as much as half ofits U.S. beer volums directly to retailers through its own distributors in an attemptt to save money and boost according to a report Wednesday from UBS analysrMelissa Earlam. That’s up from 7 percent today. “ABkI had thought that 20 percent direct distributioj was possible inthe U.S. market,” Earlam “ABI now believes in theory 50 percenf of volumes could ultimately be sold througydirect distribution.
” Even if A-B InBev doesn’t go through with the the very idea coulr prompt distributors to she said. Belgium-based A-B InBev is selling off assetsx and looking to trim costs to reducd the debt it took on when itboughtg St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch last year.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Reserve boss signals rate rises on the way - The Australian

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Injured Texas star Hamilton unsure of return - The Associated Press

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Saturday, September 4, 2010

College ball in Arizona binds Wallace, Mills - Astros.com

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Bon Appetit replacing Aramark as Penn

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Penn said Bon Appetit is knowhn forits sustainable, socially responsible business Bon Appetit, which is based in Palo Alto, replaces Philadelphia-based . It will implemenft a “low-carbon diet,” a plan to reducd food-service related greenhouse emissions by 25 percent overthree years. It will also help institutew a programcalled “circle of responsibility,” whicgh will teach students about “how theirf food choices impact the community and personal well being.” The new service will also provids more options at the Houston the food court in Penn’s student Offerings will include Mongolian wok-stylee cuisine, a Latin food station and a desserr bar.
While the contracgt covers most campusfood service, Aramark will continus to provide food services at the Steinberyg Conference Center, the Palestra arena and technical engineering Current Aramark employees are not guaranteed But Bon Appetit said it would hold interviews with Aramark employees on May 20-21. In a WARN notice filesd with the state, Aramark said it woulxd cut 185 jobs at effectiveJuly 12.