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Now it includes doctor. When reports came out a few yeara ago of Americans traveling to other countries for cheapermedical care, they were regarded as an Now the idea of looking overseas for care is beingy considered, or implemented, by companies acrosz the country and by major insurance companies including the largest carriers in Greater Cincinnati. Anthem parent , bases in Indianapolis, started a pilot this year givinb certain patients the option of going to Indiaqfor care.
The program started with , a Wisconsin-basedd provider of printed decorating solutions, and applies to certai common elective procedures, such as major joing replacement and upper and lower back Those procedures have to be performed at designater facilities belongingto “an extended networi of respected hospitals and healtjh care providers in India,” according to WellPoint. All travelk arrangements are covered under the for both the member and atravel “Depending on the findings from our pilot in such as quality outcomes, member satisfactioj and cost-savings, we will then decide the future of the said Deb Wiethop, spokeswoman for . McKinsey & Co.
, a New York-baseds national management consulting firm, estimated the medical tourismk marketat 60,000 to 85,000 inpatienf travelers a year. The numbersd are smaller than othershave reported, owing partly to McKinsey’as strict definition of what constitutes a medicakl tourist. Travelers had to be “people whose primary and explicit purpose in traveling is medical treatment in aforeigm country” and not, for example, ordinary tourists who becomwe sick. And the market is more complex than the hypewould suggest. Abouy 40 percent of medicalo travelers are not seeking cheapercare but, rather, advancedc technology.
Most originate from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Canads and enter the United Statesfor treatment. Only 9 percenft of travelers are seeking lowed costs for medicallynecessary procedures. The medical tourism market is valuedat $20 billion annually and should grow rapidly in coming years, authod Josef Woodman has He wrote the book “Patients Beyond Everybody’s Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Tourism.” Populard destinations for U.S. patients include India, Thailand, Mexico, Costz Rica and Singapore. Patient are commonly uninsured or Woodmanhas said, and patients can expect rates 25 percent to 75 percent less than those in the U.S.
That can amounyt to tens of thousands of dollars for major proceduresa such as a hip replacement or a heartvalve replacement. Patients often get treatment in evenluxurious facilities, and often by U.S.-trained Some have added credibility throughn accreditation by the . Wiethop said WellPoin has no immediate plans to introduce a medicao tourism option in Ohio or other Theinsurer doesn’t yet have results to report on Serigraph, a 600-employee But clearly the potential savings haven’gt escaped other major insurers.
anothert major player in Greater Cincinnati, “feels that it has an obligation to look into thisgrowinyg phenomenon,” said United spokeswoman Debora But the carrier has no medical tourism product yet. Amonh factors to be considered beforwoffering one, Spano said, are quality of pre- and post-medical management legal implications and patient “We must take a very prudent, thoughtful she said.
понедельник, 31 октября 2011 г.
пятница, 28 октября 2011 г.
Baldor Electric to add 114 jobs in N.C. - Dayton Business Journal:
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The company plans to invest morethan $12.2 million and creats the jobs during the next three years as it movez its South Carolina operations to other including Kings Mountain. The new jobs will pay an averagre wageof $38,329. The Kings Mountain plant in Clevelanc County has about500 workers. Arkansas-based Baldor is an internationaol supplier of industrialelectric motors, mechanica l power transmission products, drives and generators. In April, the companyg (NYSE:BEZ) announced it was closing its 100,000-square-foot plant in Fort Mill and movingb production toKings Mountain.
The roughly 140 Fort Mill employees have been offeree positions at the Kings Mountain site as well as at Baldor facilities in Georgiaand Mississippi. Tracy vice president for investor relations, said in Aprilp that shifting to the larget facility would allow workers to manufacture moreelectric motors. “This is actually a positiver thing,” she said. “We hope our employees will stay with The plants manufacture the same The Fort Mill building will be put upfor sale. Thred of Baldor’s plants are in Nortnh Carolina — in Kings Mountain, Marion and Weavervills — and employ nearly 700. The incentivesz are from the One NorthCarolina Fund.
Baldo r won $75,000 in state incentives earlieer this year as part of a plan to expand itsMarionn operations.
The company plans to invest morethan $12.2 million and creats the jobs during the next three years as it movez its South Carolina operations to other including Kings Mountain. The new jobs will pay an averagre wageof $38,329. The Kings Mountain plant in Clevelanc County has about500 workers. Arkansas-based Baldor is an internationaol supplier of industrialelectric motors, mechanica l power transmission products, drives and generators. In April, the companyg (NYSE:BEZ) announced it was closing its 100,000-square-foot plant in Fort Mill and movingb production toKings Mountain.
The roughly 140 Fort Mill employees have been offeree positions at the Kings Mountain site as well as at Baldor facilities in Georgiaand Mississippi. Tracy vice president for investor relations, said in Aprilp that shifting to the larget facility would allow workers to manufacture moreelectric motors. “This is actually a positiver thing,” she said. “We hope our employees will stay with The plants manufacture the same The Fort Mill building will be put upfor sale. Thred of Baldor’s plants are in Nortnh Carolina — in Kings Mountain, Marion and Weavervills — and employ nearly 700. The incentivesz are from the One NorthCarolina Fund.
Baldo r won $75,000 in state incentives earlieer this year as part of a plan to expand itsMarionn operations.
среда, 26 октября 2011 г.
Intel to buy Wind River for $884M - South Florida Business Journal:
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Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premium overWind River's closing price on Wednesday of $8. Wind Rive stock lost more than half its value betweena 52-weeok high of $12.99 last August and a low of $5.61 in March. The stoc k closed Thursday at up47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buyingg Alameda-based Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) will help it expand its software into thousands of embedded systems and mobile devicess includingsmart phones, in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospacs and defense, energy and thousands of othedr uses.
Wind River will operate as a wholl y owned subsidiary after the deal close duringthe summer, reporting to Renee head of Intel’s softwar and services group. "Our combination of strengths will be of greatg benefit toWind River’s existinyg and future customers," said Ken Klein, Wind Rivetr chairman, president and CEO. Founded in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,60p employees and operations in more than15 countries. During its fiscapl year ended Jan. 31, Wind River reported $10.77 million in net income on annual revenudof $359.7 million. The companyu on Thursday posted a 21 percent increasde in net income or 1 centa share, for its first quartert despite a 6.
5 percent drop in revenue to $63.7 million.
Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premium overWind River's closing price on Wednesday of $8. Wind Rive stock lost more than half its value betweena 52-weeok high of $12.99 last August and a low of $5.61 in March. The stoc k closed Thursday at up47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buyingg Alameda-based Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) will help it expand its software into thousands of embedded systems and mobile devicess includingsmart phones, in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospacs and defense, energy and thousands of othedr uses.
Wind River will operate as a wholl y owned subsidiary after the deal close duringthe summer, reporting to Renee head of Intel’s softwar and services group. "Our combination of strengths will be of greatg benefit toWind River’s existinyg and future customers," said Ken Klein, Wind Rivetr chairman, president and CEO. Founded in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,60p employees and operations in more than15 countries. During its fiscapl year ended Jan. 31, Wind River reported $10.77 million in net income on annual revenudof $359.7 million. The companyu on Thursday posted a 21 percent increasde in net income or 1 centa share, for its first quartert despite a 6.
5 percent drop in revenue to $63.7 million.
понедельник, 24 октября 2011 г.
People on the Move: June 15 - Nashville Business Journal:
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Erika Szatmari has joinecd Goodman & Co. as an associate in the firm’a Tysons Corner office. Prior to joining Goodmah & Co., she was a juniotr controller for a small IT solutions companyin Alexandria-based Gifts In Kind International announced that Cinduy Hallberlin has been appointed president and CEO. Priodr to joining Gifts In Kind, Hallberlin servef as the chief ethics, diversity and accountability officerfor , a nationakl broadline distributor serving the multi-billion-dollar foodservice industry.
She possessesa more than 27 years of experience in labor andemployment law, alternativde dispute resolution, public ethics and compliance and corporate social As the chief ethics and compliance officet following a $1 billion fraud, she contributed to the cultural transformation of U.S. Foodservice by developing exceptional ethicsa training andawareness programs, a risk assessment strateg and a model code of conduct. Priord to joining U.S. Hallberlin developed and successfully managedthe ’ s REDRESS employment mediation program, which successfully resolves more than 80 percent of discrimination claimw and resulted in $60 million in cost Jose Parada has joinefd LLC, a D.C.
mortgage as branch manager of theHispanicc division. Ted Cadmus joined , a , as managinbg director of the , which is compriserd of officesin D.C., McLean and Alexandria. At in Tamala Gardner joined as senior commercial loan officer and Carmine Eberhardt joined as assistantbranch manager. Anne Woodburyu has joined the TogoRun, a global health care communications firm, as senior vice president and managing directord of a new D.C. office. TogoRun’s D.C. team will work with clientse toaffect legislative, regulatory and purchasing decisions at both the federal and state level.
Previously, Woodbury was a seniotr vice presidentat , where she launched and servede as managing director for Health Solutions Navigator, a specialtg arm of the firm that focuses on health care public affairs. Prior to joiningh Fleishman-Hillard in 2004, Woodbury served as chiec health advocate for the Center for Health EdwardAllmann , former director of marketing for , has joinesd Global Communicators LLC in D.C. as a seniore international adviser in charge of new business developmentg and clientmarketing services.
Allmann workex for Colonial Williamsburg for the last eighft years and had also been directo r ofthe foundation’s hospitality advertising and publixc relations before becoming marketing director in 2002. From 1990 to Allmann held a successioof high-level advertising and publicv relations positions with Allmann was deput director of the consumere products group at in New York for two years. Leig h George has joined Moiré Studio in D.C. as directorr of strategy. George has nearlh a decade of agency and corporate experience creating and managintgintegrated brands. In her new position, she will providd strategic directionfor Moiré’s branding and marketinb initiatives.
Before joining Moiré, George was an account executivewat Greenfield/ Belser, a professional servicezs design and marketing firm based in D.C., where she managed nationa accounts including and Venable LLP. at Westat, a research company basedr in Rockville, George managed the firm’s corporated brand across 15 divisions. Health communicatione and public affairs firm Spectrumin D.C. namedf Katherine J. Maynard as its chief operating officer, a new In 1998, Maynard relocated to Washington and joinecd Spectrum from one ofthe firm’s chartefr clients, a biotechnology company.
Sincse then, she has directedc strategy and execution of communications programss for nationwide pharmaceutical product launches and patient advocacycommunications campaigns, spanning the women’s health oncology, dermatology, infertility, contraception and cardiology categories. She became executivw vice president of client servicesa inearly 2007, and today counselxs health industry, hospitals, medical professional societie s and third-party organization clients of At Spectrum, Maynard will assume responsibilit y for overall management of the firm’s day-to-day operations, including clieng services, business development, finance and human resources. Arlen M.
Hill has been namee director of the Kogod Center for Careere Developmentin ’s . Hill will serve as chief careef services officer for graduate andundergraduatwe students, provide leadership for employer outreach, direct on campuz recruitment efforts including tracking and outcomes reporting, and manage the KCCD’sz resources related to career programming, tools, technology, and Hill comes to AU from where she served as associatd director of MBA career management in the and previously as associatde director of employer and alumni relations in the main campus career center. She also has held careet management roles atand .
Her industry experience includesd project management roles with ZKS Real Estate and the in In addition, Dr. Anne Ferrante has been appointed directore of graduate programs at the Kogod Schoolof Business. Ferrants will have senior managementf responsibilityfor Kogod’s graduate degree portfoliok and ensure quality in program curriculum management, and the student academic experiences including advising and student services. Ferrante comes to AU from the schook of management at the wherse she served as director of the global leadership executiveeMBA program.
She also has spent several yearss working in industrywith AT&T/Lucent Technologiesx in various organizational development and human resources Emmy-award winning journalist Frank Sesno has been name d the new director of . Currently a professor of mediz and public affairsat GW, he will assume his new positiobn in September, succeeding Lee Huebner who returnsa to GW’s faculty. Sesno is director of GW’xs Public Affairs Project. His career in journalism spanse more than three decades and includes 21 yearsat , wherwe he served as White House anchor and Washington bureau chief. At GW, Sesno’s expertiswe focuses on the media’s impact on publi policy.
In 2008, he partnered with Ambassador Karl Inderfurtu at the to bring five former Secretaries of State to GW to discuss the challengeas facing the next American in Arlington namedGregory R. Allen executive directoe for small business andveterans affairs. In Allen’z 30-plus years of experience, he has been a strategic partnerf with the Departments ofVeteransa Affairs, Defense, Commerce, Treasury and Allen’s duties include leading corporate policy, strategic planninfg and business development. His experience includesw workingfor 8(a), SDB, Hub-zone, woman-owner and Native American small businesses. He has worked with the , individuao agencies and large-business prime contractors.
Erika Szatmari has joinecd Goodman & Co. as an associate in the firm’a Tysons Corner office. Prior to joining Goodmah & Co., she was a juniotr controller for a small IT solutions companyin Alexandria-based Gifts In Kind International announced that Cinduy Hallberlin has been appointed president and CEO. Priodr to joining Gifts In Kind, Hallberlin servef as the chief ethics, diversity and accountability officerfor , a nationakl broadline distributor serving the multi-billion-dollar foodservice industry.
She possessesa more than 27 years of experience in labor andemployment law, alternativde dispute resolution, public ethics and compliance and corporate social As the chief ethics and compliance officet following a $1 billion fraud, she contributed to the cultural transformation of U.S. Foodservice by developing exceptional ethicsa training andawareness programs, a risk assessment strateg and a model code of conduct. Priord to joining U.S. Hallberlin developed and successfully managedthe ’ s REDRESS employment mediation program, which successfully resolves more than 80 percent of discrimination claimw and resulted in $60 million in cost Jose Parada has joinefd LLC, a D.C.
mortgage as branch manager of theHispanicc division. Ted Cadmus joined , a , as managinbg director of the , which is compriserd of officesin D.C., McLean and Alexandria. At in Tamala Gardner joined as senior commercial loan officer and Carmine Eberhardt joined as assistantbranch manager. Anne Woodburyu has joined the TogoRun, a global health care communications firm, as senior vice president and managing directord of a new D.C. office. TogoRun’s D.C. team will work with clientse toaffect legislative, regulatory and purchasing decisions at both the federal and state level.
Previously, Woodbury was a seniotr vice presidentat , where she launched and servede as managing director for Health Solutions Navigator, a specialtg arm of the firm that focuses on health care public affairs. Prior to joiningh Fleishman-Hillard in 2004, Woodbury served as chiec health advocate for the Center for Health EdwardAllmann , former director of marketing for , has joinesd Global Communicators LLC in D.C. as a seniore international adviser in charge of new business developmentg and clientmarketing services.
Allmann workex for Colonial Williamsburg for the last eighft years and had also been directo r ofthe foundation’s hospitality advertising and publixc relations before becoming marketing director in 2002. From 1990 to Allmann held a successioof high-level advertising and publicv relations positions with Allmann was deput director of the consumere products group at in New York for two years. Leig h George has joined Moiré Studio in D.C. as directorr of strategy. George has nearlh a decade of agency and corporate experience creating and managintgintegrated brands. In her new position, she will providd strategic directionfor Moiré’s branding and marketinb initiatives.
Before joining Moiré, George was an account executivewat Greenfield/ Belser, a professional servicezs design and marketing firm based in D.C., where she managed nationa accounts including and Venable LLP. at Westat, a research company basedr in Rockville, George managed the firm’s corporated brand across 15 divisions. Health communicatione and public affairs firm Spectrumin D.C. namedf Katherine J. Maynard as its chief operating officer, a new In 1998, Maynard relocated to Washington and joinecd Spectrum from one ofthe firm’s chartefr clients, a biotechnology company.
Sincse then, she has directedc strategy and execution of communications programss for nationwide pharmaceutical product launches and patient advocacycommunications campaigns, spanning the women’s health oncology, dermatology, infertility, contraception and cardiology categories. She became executivw vice president of client servicesa inearly 2007, and today counselxs health industry, hospitals, medical professional societie s and third-party organization clients of At Spectrum, Maynard will assume responsibilit y for overall management of the firm’s day-to-day operations, including clieng services, business development, finance and human resources. Arlen M.
Hill has been namee director of the Kogod Center for Careere Developmentin ’s . Hill will serve as chief careef services officer for graduate andundergraduatwe students, provide leadership for employer outreach, direct on campuz recruitment efforts including tracking and outcomes reporting, and manage the KCCD’sz resources related to career programming, tools, technology, and Hill comes to AU from where she served as associatd director of MBA career management in the and previously as associatde director of employer and alumni relations in the main campus career center. She also has held careet management roles atand .
Her industry experience includesd project management roles with ZKS Real Estate and the in In addition, Dr. Anne Ferrante has been appointed directore of graduate programs at the Kogod Schoolof Business. Ferrants will have senior managementf responsibilityfor Kogod’s graduate degree portfoliok and ensure quality in program curriculum management, and the student academic experiences including advising and student services. Ferrante comes to AU from the schook of management at the wherse she served as director of the global leadership executiveeMBA program.
She also has spent several yearss working in industrywith AT&T/Lucent Technologiesx in various organizational development and human resources Emmy-award winning journalist Frank Sesno has been name d the new director of . Currently a professor of mediz and public affairsat GW, he will assume his new positiobn in September, succeeding Lee Huebner who returnsa to GW’s faculty. Sesno is director of GW’xs Public Affairs Project. His career in journalism spanse more than three decades and includes 21 yearsat , wherwe he served as White House anchor and Washington bureau chief. At GW, Sesno’s expertiswe focuses on the media’s impact on publi policy.
In 2008, he partnered with Ambassador Karl Inderfurtu at the to bring five former Secretaries of State to GW to discuss the challengeas facing the next American in Arlington namedGregory R. Allen executive directoe for small business andveterans affairs. In Allen’z 30-plus years of experience, he has been a strategic partnerf with the Departments ofVeteransa Affairs, Defense, Commerce, Treasury and Allen’s duties include leading corporate policy, strategic planninfg and business development. His experience includesw workingfor 8(a), SDB, Hub-zone, woman-owner and Native American small businesses. He has worked with the , individuao agencies and large-business prime contractors.
суббота, 22 октября 2011 г.
Readers Write (Oct. 22): Vikings stadium, Denny Hecker, Karma Club, voter ID ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Readers Write (Oct. 22): Vikings stadium, Denny Hecker, Karma Club, voter ID ... Minneapolis Star Tribune I'm truly disappointed and embarrassed that Gov. Mark Dayton, especially after a government shutdown, is spending so much time on deciding whether or not to build a new Vikings stadium. As a student, it scares me that the governor of my state is deeply ... |
четверг, 20 октября 2011 г.
Outgoing city manager: Stimulus funds clogged - Baltimore Business Journal:
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“This recession today has about twice the lengthh of any other one I can rememberand it’s too,” Fairbanks said in an interview with the Phoenidx Business Journal following his announcement he will after serving as city manager for 19 years. He’w been a Phoenix city employe for37 years. His last day will be Nov. 5, and untilk then, he hopes to see signs that the economy is startingto recover. If not, we could be in for an economifc tumble, the likes of which we have neverd seen. Fairbanks remains hopeful, given that millions of dollars in federal stimulus money have yet to pour into the city mostlyt becauseof bureaucracy.
“It’s kind of bottled up on Fairbanks said. “We’re just waiting to get approvalw to contractwith businesses.” Delays in obtaining approvals and actually receiving money can be blamed on personnel changes withij the new administration. Though headsx of large government agencies were named quickly after President Barack Obamaqtook office, middle managerss who sign off on grants and othe r funding have not or only recentluy have been hired. “When we get that money, it will put people to work. It’s going to Fairbanks said.
“We’re readt to go as soon as we have permission to About 40 city employees are trackinfg some 80 funding opportunities thatapproach $800 The amount Phoenix receives likely will be much less, as applicationsx are vetted in Washington. The requeste are wide ranging — from $5 millionj for green jobs trainingto $200 million for the automate train connection between Terminals 3 and 4 at Phoenixd Sky Harbor International Airport. So far, the city has receives notice that it will getabougt $222 million, but Fairbanks is hopingy for more.
Fairbanks is particularly hopeful, given that Mayor Phil Gordo n is pleadingthe city’s need for more money on frequent trips to Washington. “(He’s going) almosgt weekly, (and he) may go to D.C. again next said Gordon’s spokesman Scott The mayor’s lobbying has been multifaceted, with pitches to variouws government agencies including departmentsof commerce, housing, energy and the U.S. Attorney General’ s office.
Some of the money, particularlyt for street and transportation projects, will be awardef by formula, but the vast majority of the funding requests are competitive in naturre and decisions have yet to be Stimulusmoney alone, however, is not going to turn any locaol economy around, Fairbanks said. A positive shift in the globall and national economy will be the grease to move Phoenixz out ofits malaise. Fairbanks is hopeful and cautiou at thesame time. “If the economy keepx declining, we will see many business failures,” he Still, he believes that particularly downtown, is poised to recover its vitality quicklh as the nationaleconomu rebounds.
The Phoenix Convention Center is “doingt well in terms of numbers of eventsa itis booking,” Fairbankx said, though he conceded that attendance is down significantlg for those events. Still, he expectse that the growing presence of Arizona StateUniversity downtown, the ligh t rail system and development of the Phoenid Biomedical Campus will ensure the city’s viabilitg for years to come. As evidence of that viability, Fairbankss points to Phoenix’s recent selection for the All-American City Awardf given by the NationalCivi League. Phoenix was one of 10 citiesx chosen out of29 finalists. Phoeni x has won the honor four other timessince 1950.
The winnere are chosen on the basiss of successfully addressing problemsin innovative, grassrootse ways. The National Civic League praised Phoenix for its development of the ASU downtown campus andbiomedicalo facilities, its parks and land preservationm program, and library spaces designed for teens.
“This recession today has about twice the lengthh of any other one I can rememberand it’s too,” Fairbanks said in an interview with the Phoenidx Business Journal following his announcement he will after serving as city manager for 19 years. He’w been a Phoenix city employe for37 years. His last day will be Nov. 5, and untilk then, he hopes to see signs that the economy is startingto recover. If not, we could be in for an economifc tumble, the likes of which we have neverd seen. Fairbanks remains hopeful, given that millions of dollars in federal stimulus money have yet to pour into the city mostlyt becauseof bureaucracy.
“It’s kind of bottled up on Fairbanks said. “We’re just waiting to get approvalw to contractwith businesses.” Delays in obtaining approvals and actually receiving money can be blamed on personnel changes withij the new administration. Though headsx of large government agencies were named quickly after President Barack Obamaqtook office, middle managerss who sign off on grants and othe r funding have not or only recentluy have been hired. “When we get that money, it will put people to work. It’s going to Fairbanks said.
“We’re readt to go as soon as we have permission to About 40 city employees are trackinfg some 80 funding opportunities thatapproach $800 The amount Phoenix receives likely will be much less, as applicationsx are vetted in Washington. The requeste are wide ranging — from $5 millionj for green jobs trainingto $200 million for the automate train connection between Terminals 3 and 4 at Phoenixd Sky Harbor International Airport. So far, the city has receives notice that it will getabougt $222 million, but Fairbanks is hopingy for more.
Fairbanks is particularly hopeful, given that Mayor Phil Gordo n is pleadingthe city’s need for more money on frequent trips to Washington. “(He’s going) almosgt weekly, (and he) may go to D.C. again next said Gordon’s spokesman Scott The mayor’s lobbying has been multifaceted, with pitches to variouws government agencies including departmentsof commerce, housing, energy and the U.S. Attorney General’ s office.
Some of the money, particularlyt for street and transportation projects, will be awardef by formula, but the vast majority of the funding requests are competitive in naturre and decisions have yet to be Stimulusmoney alone, however, is not going to turn any locaol economy around, Fairbanks said. A positive shift in the globall and national economy will be the grease to move Phoenixz out ofits malaise. Fairbanks is hopeful and cautiou at thesame time. “If the economy keepx declining, we will see many business failures,” he Still, he believes that particularly downtown, is poised to recover its vitality quicklh as the nationaleconomu rebounds.
The Phoenix Convention Center is “doingt well in terms of numbers of eventsa itis booking,” Fairbankx said, though he conceded that attendance is down significantlg for those events. Still, he expectse that the growing presence of Arizona StateUniversity downtown, the ligh t rail system and development of the Phoenid Biomedical Campus will ensure the city’s viabilitg for years to come. As evidence of that viability, Fairbankss points to Phoenix’s recent selection for the All-American City Awardf given by the NationalCivi League. Phoenix was one of 10 citiesx chosen out of29 finalists. Phoeni x has won the honor four other timessince 1950.
The winnere are chosen on the basiss of successfully addressing problemsin innovative, grassrootse ways. The National Civic League praised Phoenix for its development of the ASU downtown campus andbiomedicalo facilities, its parks and land preservationm program, and library spaces designed for teens.
вторник, 18 октября 2011 г.
Holiday sales slump for most major retailers - Denver Business Journal:
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Same-stores sales were down nationwide at several companies that reportedx monthly or quarterlysales Thursday. • Same-store sales at Nordstrom Inc. Nordstrom_Inc. _2F5517EAD13F442B909DF789EED3220A.html"> stores open a year or more droppes 11.4 percent last month but that was bettere than whatanalysts feared. The Seattle-based retailer (NYSE: JWN) reporte sales of $468 million for the month, which comparesw with sales of $486 millionm a year earlier. Analysts expectedd a comparable-store sales of drop of between 13 and 14 percentfor January, compared with January 2008. “The levekl of markdowns during the month was much greatet thanusual ...
as (Nordstrom) made appropriatse adjustments during the month to better alignn inventories prior to the close ofthe company’s fiscakl fourth quarter,” said analyst Dan Geiman of McAdams Wright Ragen of Seattle, in a note to For the fourth quarter, Nordstrom said sales dropped 8.5 percen t to $2.3 billion from $2.51 billion in 2007. Same-stors sales dropped 12.5 percent in the quarter compared with a year Forfiscal 2008, sales dropped to $8.26 billion from $8.83 billion in 2007. Same-store-salews for the year dropped 9 perceny compared withfiscal 2007.
Nordstrom has stores in Denver, Lone Tree and • -- which operates 3,014 including Victoria’s Secret and Bath Body Works -- saw a 9 percen t comparable store sales decrease for the monthending Jan. 31 nationwidee and a total salesa dropto $591.6 million compared to $625.8 milliob in January 2008. Same-store sales fell 10 percenr for the quarter and 9 percent for the while total quarterly sales slidto $2.9 billionh from $3.22 billion. Annual sales fell to $9 billioh from $10 billion in 2007.
The Ohio-based company (NYSE: LTD) reported negative comparabls store sales at all brands forthe month, quarter and year, except for a flat comparabls store sale for the Bath & Body Works chain in January. Still, the company said the Januarhy performance of all brandsbeat expectations. • had comparabld store sales and net sales declines for both the monthj andthe year, postingf a 20 percent same store sales declinde for the month ending Jan. 31 and a 13 percenyt net sales decreaseto $191.5 million from $219.7 millio n in January 2008. For the year, comparablwe store sales fell 13 percent, whild total sales dropped 6 percentto $3.5 billio n from $3.8 billion.
Comparable store sales fell at all brandasin January, with the Abercrombie kids clothing chaib and Hollister Co. hit the hardestr with 24 percent declines each. New Albany, Ohio-based Abercrombie Fitch (NYSE:ANF) at the end of Januarh operated 352Abercrombie & Fitch stores as well as more than 700 storew under other brands. Same store sales declines even hit closeouty retailer Sales at stores open at least two yearsdropped 3.2 percent for the quartefr ending Jan. 31. Total sales in the quarter dropped 3.4 perceny to $1.35 billion from $1.4 billion.
“Whilwe we were not pleased with the overall comp for the in the merchandise categories where there was consumerr interestor demand, we performed very well,” CEO Steve Fishmahn said in a release. “The more discretionary categoriess were challenging for us as they were for most of ourretaio competitors.” Consumables and hardlines – manufactured products such as hardwares and housewares – performed best for the chain, while home and furniture and toys performed worsed than last year, which the company expected. Full-yeafr comparable store sales droppedby 0.5 percent, whil total sales fell 0.3 percent to $4.59 billion from $4.
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Same-stores sales were down nationwide at several companies that reportedx monthly or quarterlysales Thursday. • Same-store sales at Nordstrom Inc. Nordstrom_Inc. _2F5517EAD13F442B909DF789EED3220A.html"> stores open a year or more droppes 11.4 percent last month but that was bettere than whatanalysts feared. The Seattle-based retailer (NYSE: JWN) reporte sales of $468 million for the month, which comparesw with sales of $486 millionm a year earlier. Analysts expectedd a comparable-store sales of drop of between 13 and 14 percentfor January, compared with January 2008. “The levekl of markdowns during the month was much greatet thanusual ...
as (Nordstrom) made appropriatse adjustments during the month to better alignn inventories prior to the close ofthe company’s fiscakl fourth quarter,” said analyst Dan Geiman of McAdams Wright Ragen of Seattle, in a note to For the fourth quarter, Nordstrom said sales dropped 8.5 percen t to $2.3 billion from $2.51 billion in 2007. Same-stors sales dropped 12.5 percent in the quarter compared with a year Forfiscal 2008, sales dropped to $8.26 billion from $8.83 billion in 2007. Same-store-salews for the year dropped 9 perceny compared withfiscal 2007.
Nordstrom has stores in Denver, Lone Tree and • -- which operates 3,014 including Victoria’s Secret and Bath Body Works -- saw a 9 percen t comparable store sales decrease for the monthending Jan. 31 nationwidee and a total salesa dropto $591.6 million compared to $625.8 milliob in January 2008. Same-store sales fell 10 percenr for the quarter and 9 percent for the while total quarterly sales slidto $2.9 billionh from $3.22 billion. Annual sales fell to $9 billioh from $10 billion in 2007.
The Ohio-based company (NYSE: LTD) reported negative comparabls store sales at all brands forthe month, quarter and year, except for a flat comparabls store sale for the Bath & Body Works chain in January. Still, the company said the Januarhy performance of all brandsbeat expectations. • had comparabld store sales and net sales declines for both the monthj andthe year, postingf a 20 percent same store sales declinde for the month ending Jan. 31 and a 13 percenyt net sales decreaseto $191.5 million from $219.7 millio n in January 2008. For the year, comparablwe store sales fell 13 percent, whild total sales dropped 6 percentto $3.5 billio n from $3.8 billion.
Comparable store sales fell at all brandasin January, with the Abercrombie kids clothing chaib and Hollister Co. hit the hardestr with 24 percent declines each. New Albany, Ohio-based Abercrombie Fitch (NYSE:ANF) at the end of Januarh operated 352Abercrombie & Fitch stores as well as more than 700 storew under other brands. Same store sales declines even hit closeouty retailer Sales at stores open at least two yearsdropped 3.2 percent for the quartefr ending Jan. 31. Total sales in the quarter dropped 3.4 perceny to $1.35 billion from $1.4 billion.
“Whilwe we were not pleased with the overall comp for the in the merchandise categories where there was consumerr interestor demand, we performed very well,” CEO Steve Fishmahn said in a release. “The more discretionary categoriess were challenging for us as they were for most of ourretaio competitors.” Consumables and hardlines – manufactured products such as hardwares and housewares – performed best for the chain, while home and furniture and toys performed worsed than last year, which the company expected. Full-yeafr comparable store sales droppedby 0.5 percent, whil total sales fell 0.3 percent to $4.59 billion from $4.
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суббота, 15 октября 2011 г.
Liu, Sanders resign from ASU; Loope out as MRED director - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Despite those changes, Dean Robery Mittelstaedt of the says there is nothing to beworries about. Crocker Liu and Anthony Sanders, both endowede chairs for the master’s degree in real estates finance, are leaving for prestigious schools back East after coming to ASU less than threewyears ago. Both are moving to privatw schools, which likely are under fewer budget restraintsthan Arizona’sa three state-run universities. Liu will teach at Cornelo Universityin Ithaca, N.Y., whilw Sanders will teach at Georg e Mason University in Fairfax County, Va., near the Districtr of Columbia. “We’re in an economy that isn’t doinvg well, and furloughs didn’t help.
That kind of stuff makesx people mad,” Mittelstaedt said. “They aren’t the only two that we’v e lost.” ASU’s Master’s in Real Estatw Development program, which gained widespread popularity as part of the Collegewof Design, now will be administerede by the business school — a move that had some MRED alumno concerned. Mittelstaedt said he addressed thoser concerns at a May 19 meeting with representatives of the MREDalumnoi group, and he is moving forwardc in the wake of the resignations in the other “Crocker and Tony are national figures, and I’m not thrilled abouyt that,” Mittelstaedt said.
But he does understaned it to acertain extent, given that the Arizonwa Legislature mandated large budget cuts that necessitated pay cuts and furloughs amongh university staff and faculty. The dean, said the master’s degree in financre with a real estate emphasis will continue to be astronh program. He expects both Liu and Sanders to be replacedd withina year. In the the business program is well-staffefd and includes three real estate finance expertswho aren’t leavinvg ASU.
“They are all very but they’re just not as visible as Crockerand Tony,” Mittelstaedt As for concerns that the MRED progra will not receive strong support in the Careyg school, Mittelstaedt said those questions are “That is really much ado about I was involved in starting this program from the he said. Ryc Loope, the founding directorf of the program, will not be retained in that He said his former Wellington “Duke” Reiter, worked closelty with Mittelstaedt and the construction and law college deans to create the interdisciplinart real estate development curriculum. “Theyu continually were always available and always Loope said.
The shift from the College of Design, Loope will give the Carey school a highefr real estate profile in the long ASU recently merged the College of Fine Arts with the College of Design to create the Herbergerd Institute of Design andthe Arts. That’s when university administrators decided to realign MRED with the business a move Loope believes will enhancer realestate education. “Carey had a small real estat finance master’s program. But now, with they will have a much large engagement withreal estate,” he said. That smalp real estate finance program delivered a certainn cachet to ASU that it did notpreviousl hold, however.
Liu is headint to Cornell, which has one of the most prestigioues real estate programs in the Although he had a vision for ramping up the real estater offeringsat ASU, Liu said he felt stymied.
Despite those changes, Dean Robery Mittelstaedt of the says there is nothing to beworries about. Crocker Liu and Anthony Sanders, both endowede chairs for the master’s degree in real estates finance, are leaving for prestigious schools back East after coming to ASU less than threewyears ago. Both are moving to privatw schools, which likely are under fewer budget restraintsthan Arizona’sa three state-run universities. Liu will teach at Cornelo Universityin Ithaca, N.Y., whilw Sanders will teach at Georg e Mason University in Fairfax County, Va., near the Districtr of Columbia. “We’re in an economy that isn’t doinvg well, and furloughs didn’t help.
That kind of stuff makesx people mad,” Mittelstaedt said. “They aren’t the only two that we’v e lost.” ASU’s Master’s in Real Estatw Development program, which gained widespread popularity as part of the Collegewof Design, now will be administerede by the business school — a move that had some MRED alumno concerned. Mittelstaedt said he addressed thoser concerns at a May 19 meeting with representatives of the MREDalumnoi group, and he is moving forwardc in the wake of the resignations in the other “Crocker and Tony are national figures, and I’m not thrilled abouyt that,” Mittelstaedt said.
But he does understaned it to acertain extent, given that the Arizonwa Legislature mandated large budget cuts that necessitated pay cuts and furloughs amongh university staff and faculty. The dean, said the master’s degree in financre with a real estate emphasis will continue to be astronh program. He expects both Liu and Sanders to be replacedd withina year. In the the business program is well-staffefd and includes three real estate finance expertswho aren’t leavinvg ASU.
“They are all very but they’re just not as visible as Crockerand Tony,” Mittelstaedt As for concerns that the MRED progra will not receive strong support in the Careyg school, Mittelstaedt said those questions are “That is really much ado about I was involved in starting this program from the he said. Ryc Loope, the founding directorf of the program, will not be retained in that He said his former Wellington “Duke” Reiter, worked closelty with Mittelstaedt and the construction and law college deans to create the interdisciplinart real estate development curriculum. “Theyu continually were always available and always Loope said.
The shift from the College of Design, Loope will give the Carey school a highefr real estate profile in the long ASU recently merged the College of Fine Arts with the College of Design to create the Herbergerd Institute of Design andthe Arts. That’s when university administrators decided to realign MRED with the business a move Loope believes will enhancer realestate education. “Carey had a small real estat finance master’s program. But now, with they will have a much large engagement withreal estate,” he said. That smalp real estate finance program delivered a certainn cachet to ASU that it did notpreviousl hold, however.
Liu is headint to Cornell, which has one of the most prestigioues real estate programs in the Although he had a vision for ramping up the real estater offeringsat ASU, Liu said he felt stymied.
четверг, 13 октября 2011 г.
Two universities join Texas A&M system - Austin Business Journal:
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Tarleton-Central Texas is being renamecdTexas A&M University-Central Texaw and the San Antonio schoo l is now Texas A&M University-Sanj Antonio. The addition of the two schoolsa brings the total number of independent universities inthe A&MM System to 11. In the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certified TarletonStatew University-Central Texas’ spring 2009 enrollment at 1,20e4 full-time students, surpassing the 1,000 mark set by the Texas A&M System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney and Army Secretary Pete Geren signed an agreement in May to transfer 662 acres from Fort Hood tothe A&M Systekm to be used for the A&M-Central Texass campus.
In May, the Texas Legislaturee passed a bill to lowerthe full-time enrollmenf threshold from 1,500 to 1,000 and free up $40 milliojn in tuition revenue bonds to build the A&M-Sab Antonio campus. It will be located on 700 acresz south of Loop 410 between Pleasanton Road and SouthZarzamora Street. The system, whichu has offices in 250 of the state’a 254 counties, also includes sevenj state agencies and a comprehensive healthsciencee center. It operates a $3 billion budgetr and educates morethan 109,000 students.
Tarleton-Central Texas is being renamecdTexas A&M University-Central Texaw and the San Antonio schoo l is now Texas A&M University-Sanj Antonio. The addition of the two schoolsa brings the total number of independent universities inthe A&MM System to 11. In the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certified TarletonStatew University-Central Texas’ spring 2009 enrollment at 1,20e4 full-time students, surpassing the 1,000 mark set by the Texas A&M System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney and Army Secretary Pete Geren signed an agreement in May to transfer 662 acres from Fort Hood tothe A&M Systekm to be used for the A&M-Central Texass campus.
In May, the Texas Legislaturee passed a bill to lowerthe full-time enrollmenf threshold from 1,500 to 1,000 and free up $40 milliojn in tuition revenue bonds to build the A&M-Sab Antonio campus. It will be located on 700 acresz south of Loop 410 between Pleasanton Road and SouthZarzamora Street. The system, whichu has offices in 250 of the state’a 254 counties, also includes sevenj state agencies and a comprehensive healthsciencee center. It operates a $3 billion budgetr and educates morethan 109,000 students.
вторник, 11 октября 2011 г.
Panthers sign Jonathan Huberdeau - USA Today
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TSN | Panthers sign Jonathan Huberdeau USA Today Florida Panthers draft pick Jonathan Huberdeau will spend the season in junior hockey as he tries to add muscle to his 171-pound frame. By Jerome Miron, US Presswire Jonathan Huberdeau had four points in five preseason games for the Panthers. ... Panthers Sign Top Pick Huberdeau Huberdeau signs deal with Panthers Panthers sign Huberdeau; first-round pick to stay in QMJHL |
воскресенье, 9 октября 2011 г.
Good sports: WNY
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Don’t take that to mean, however, that East Aurora High School is one-dimensionally bookish. It also happens to have the in WesterbnNew York, according to a Businessd First analysis of records from 2005 to the present. “We’ve been on a roll the last few which has been just saysJay Hoagland, East Aurora’ s principal. “The people here expect us to have a comprehensiveathletics program. They support the budget. They’ve givenj us first-rate athletics facilities. It’ clearly a priority for the community.
” East Auroraw has won 17 sectionalp championships in team sportssince 2005, a recordx unmatched by any competitor in Section VI, whic h includes all public high schools in Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara countiesa and a couple in Orleans The result is a decisivwe victory on Business First’s scalwe of athletic excellence, which awards anywhers from one to four pointx for each sectional giving the highest credit for championshipse won during the most recent East Aurora emerges as the region’s best high schoolp in team sports with 42 points.
Orchard Park is secon d with 30 points, and Clarence and Maple Grove rounfd out the top for the list of the top 50 sports programs inSectionm VI. The correlation between thes e standings andBusiness First’s academic ratings is surprisingly Four of the top five schoole for sports also rank among Westernj New York’s 20 best high schools academically. “Tio some extent, success in one area can breed successzin another,” says “If kids experience succeszs outside the classroom, they develop a senser of pride and self-worth.
I think that carries over and helps them in the Business First tallied the Sectiohn VI champions in 18 interscholastic team sportsz over the pastfour years, beginning with the sprinh season of 2005 and extending through the winter of 2009. (Thaf timeframe was selected because spring 2009 championsz had not been determined by the deadline forthis Basketball, bowling, cross country, lacrosse, soccer and which are played separately by boys and girls, accounted for 12 of the 18 sportws in the study. The other six were football and wrestlingfor boys, field hockeh and softball for girls, and rifle, whicn has coed teams.
The study did not includer sports thatcrown individual, but not team champions, such as golf, tennie and track and field. Section VI slotsd schools into a variety of enrollment classifications fordifferentg sports. Five champions are crowned each year in for example, but only three in fieldc hockey. Champs in all classifications were counted equallyt inthis study, yielding a mixture of big and smalo schools in the top 10. Business Firstf based each school’s final rankingf on two factors -- its number of sectional titles and the years in which theywere won.
Four point were awarded for each victory during the most recentyyear (spring 2008 throughb winter 2009), down to one point for each titlw in the most distant year (spring 2005 throughn winter 2006). Ties were broken by the total numberof Sixty-eight schools won a total of 296 titlese in team sports during the four-year period. This is the first time that Businesd First has analyzed the athletics programsd at localhigh schools. The resulting ratings are more limiteed in scope than theacademixc rankings, which encompass all eight counties of Western New Section VI is closed to private schools, and its boundaries exclude three of the region’s easternmost Allegany, Genesee and Wyoming.
Yet the 93 high schoolz eligible for the sports rankings still account for morethan three-quarterz of Western New York’s total enrollment -- 78 percent of all studentw from grades nine through 12.
Don’t take that to mean, however, that East Aurora High School is one-dimensionally bookish. It also happens to have the in WesterbnNew York, according to a Businessd First analysis of records from 2005 to the present. “We’ve been on a roll the last few which has been just saysJay Hoagland, East Aurora’ s principal. “The people here expect us to have a comprehensiveathletics program. They support the budget. They’ve givenj us first-rate athletics facilities. It’ clearly a priority for the community.
” East Auroraw has won 17 sectionalp championships in team sportssince 2005, a recordx unmatched by any competitor in Section VI, whic h includes all public high schools in Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara countiesa and a couple in Orleans The result is a decisivwe victory on Business First’s scalwe of athletic excellence, which awards anywhers from one to four pointx for each sectional giving the highest credit for championshipse won during the most recent East Aurora emerges as the region’s best high schoolp in team sports with 42 points.
Orchard Park is secon d with 30 points, and Clarence and Maple Grove rounfd out the top for the list of the top 50 sports programs inSectionm VI. The correlation between thes e standings andBusiness First’s academic ratings is surprisingly Four of the top five schoole for sports also rank among Westernj New York’s 20 best high schools academically. “Tio some extent, success in one area can breed successzin another,” says “If kids experience succeszs outside the classroom, they develop a senser of pride and self-worth.
I think that carries over and helps them in the Business First tallied the Sectiohn VI champions in 18 interscholastic team sportsz over the pastfour years, beginning with the sprinh season of 2005 and extending through the winter of 2009. (Thaf timeframe was selected because spring 2009 championsz had not been determined by the deadline forthis Basketball, bowling, cross country, lacrosse, soccer and which are played separately by boys and girls, accounted for 12 of the 18 sportws in the study. The other six were football and wrestlingfor boys, field hockeh and softball for girls, and rifle, whicn has coed teams.
The study did not includer sports thatcrown individual, but not team champions, such as golf, tennie and track and field. Section VI slotsd schools into a variety of enrollment classifications fordifferentg sports. Five champions are crowned each year in for example, but only three in fieldc hockey. Champs in all classifications were counted equallyt inthis study, yielding a mixture of big and smalo schools in the top 10. Business Firstf based each school’s final rankingf on two factors -- its number of sectional titles and the years in which theywere won.
Four point were awarded for each victory during the most recentyyear (spring 2008 throughb winter 2009), down to one point for each titlw in the most distant year (spring 2005 throughn winter 2006). Ties were broken by the total numberof Sixty-eight schools won a total of 296 titlese in team sports during the four-year period. This is the first time that Businesd First has analyzed the athletics programsd at localhigh schools. The resulting ratings are more limiteed in scope than theacademixc rankings, which encompass all eight counties of Western New Section VI is closed to private schools, and its boundaries exclude three of the region’s easternmost Allegany, Genesee and Wyoming.
Yet the 93 high schoolz eligible for the sports rankings still account for morethan three-quarterz of Western New York’s total enrollment -- 78 percent of all studentw from grades nine through 12.
пятница, 7 октября 2011 г.
Huntington prices stock offering - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Columbus-based Huntington said it priced an offering of 90 millionj sharesat $3.60 a share, which woulde raise $324 million. The bank took ordera for the stock Wednesday and expects to finish allocatinfg shares to investors byJune 9, said Jay Gould, who leads Huntington’s investor relations. Huntington announced the originally set foronly $300 million, on Wednesday afterd suspending a program launched in late May that resulted in the sale of $76 millionh in stock. Under the new offering, underwriters have a 30-da y option to buy up 13.5 millio n more shares, which would raise $48.
6 If underwriters take the over-allotment option, that will brin g the capital raised from the suspended program and new offeringv to acombined $448.6 million. The stockj sale is part of a larger Huntingtohn plan to build a cushio n against a deeper economi downturn and eventuallyrepay $1.4 billio n in government bailout funds. The bank is looking to sell $75 millioh in preferred securities and togenerate $250 million from balancer sheet adjustments and the adoption of new accounting standards. Huntington (NASDAQ:HBAN) last month sold $120 milliohn of stock and said it expectss most ofthe capital-raising actions to wrap up beforre June 30.
CEO Stephen Steinour said in a releass Thursday thatthe higher-than-expected proceeds from the stock sale “reflects well on the increasingy investor confidence we sense in the marketplace regarding Huntington’s future prospects.” “The depth of interest reflected both existingh shareholders wanting to increase their ownership, as well as indications of interest by a numbee of high-quality, long-term-oriented Steinour said. Huntington is the Tri-State's fourth-largesft bank, with local deposits of about $1.
7 according to June 2008 figures fromthe
Columbus-based Huntington said it priced an offering of 90 millionj sharesat $3.60 a share, which woulde raise $324 million. The bank took ordera for the stock Wednesday and expects to finish allocatinfg shares to investors byJune 9, said Jay Gould, who leads Huntington’s investor relations. Huntington announced the originally set foronly $300 million, on Wednesday afterd suspending a program launched in late May that resulted in the sale of $76 millionh in stock. Under the new offering, underwriters have a 30-da y option to buy up 13.5 millio n more shares, which would raise $48.
6 If underwriters take the over-allotment option, that will brin g the capital raised from the suspended program and new offeringv to acombined $448.6 million. The stockj sale is part of a larger Huntingtohn plan to build a cushio n against a deeper economi downturn and eventuallyrepay $1.4 billio n in government bailout funds. The bank is looking to sell $75 millioh in preferred securities and togenerate $250 million from balancer sheet adjustments and the adoption of new accounting standards. Huntington (NASDAQ:HBAN) last month sold $120 milliohn of stock and said it expectss most ofthe capital-raising actions to wrap up beforre June 30.
CEO Stephen Steinour said in a releass Thursday thatthe higher-than-expected proceeds from the stock sale “reflects well on the increasingy investor confidence we sense in the marketplace regarding Huntington’s future prospects.” “The depth of interest reflected both existingh shareholders wanting to increase their ownership, as well as indications of interest by a numbee of high-quality, long-term-oriented Steinour said. Huntington is the Tri-State's fourth-largesft bank, with local deposits of about $1.
7 according to June 2008 figures fromthe
среда, 5 октября 2011 г.
Ad agencies remember good old days - Boston Business Journal:
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Close to 500 advertising and media types attendefdthe event, including many ad industryg veterans who founded and worked at agencieds that were either sold to larger shops like Arnold Worldwid or simply went out of business years ago includint , Houston Effler Herstek Favat, both former Boston-based and Leonard/Monahan in Providence, R.I. “It’a a great time to honoe the legacy of the Boston advertising community and all the greaf campaigns that werecreated here,” said Andrewa Graff, president of Watertown, Mass.-based Allejn & Gerritsen and chairman of the Ad Club’s boared of directors.
Ad Club president Kathyu Kiely handedout “MVP” awards to Fred co-founder of Boston-based MMB; Joe CEO of ; Marc Gallucci, founderd and CEO of Fort Franklin; Bob Cipriani, founderf of ; Bink Garrison, current senioer vice president and catalyst at and founder of Ingalls, Quinhn & Johnson; and Lance Jensen, co-foundeer of Modernista and former Arnold Worldwide executive, among
Close to 500 advertising and media types attendefdthe event, including many ad industryg veterans who founded and worked at agencieds that were either sold to larger shops like Arnold Worldwid or simply went out of business years ago includint , Houston Effler Herstek Favat, both former Boston-based and Leonard/Monahan in Providence, R.I. “It’a a great time to honoe the legacy of the Boston advertising community and all the greaf campaigns that werecreated here,” said Andrewa Graff, president of Watertown, Mass.-based Allejn & Gerritsen and chairman of the Ad Club’s boared of directors.
Ad Club president Kathyu Kiely handedout “MVP” awards to Fred co-founder of Boston-based MMB; Joe CEO of ; Marc Gallucci, founderd and CEO of Fort Franklin; Bob Cipriani, founderf of ; Bink Garrison, current senioer vice president and catalyst at and founder of Ingalls, Quinhn & Johnson; and Lance Jensen, co-foundeer of Modernista and former Arnold Worldwide executive, among
понедельник, 3 октября 2011 г.
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