Sunday, October 30, 2011

Story of the Week: HP and IBM shake ups - Financial Times (blog)

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With all the tablets and smart phones that fight for our attention, more traditional tech companies have been pushed to the background. Yet IBM and HP each managed to grab the attention of the tech world this week when IBM appointed Ginni Rometty as ...



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Friday, October 28, 2011

Online job vacancies up in May - Kansas City Business Journal:

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It’s the first time there’zs been an increase since the modes gainof 21,000 in October and the largest sincs October 2006. However, even with the increase, onlinw advertised vacancies remaineddown 1,152,000, or 25 since last year. "Thes May bounce in labor demand is a very welcome saidGad Levanon, senioe economist at the Conference Board. "April and May are both months when businesseds typically step up their demandefor workers.” Over the last four months, theres have been about a half-doze states where the drop in labor demand shows signs of leveling off, while a handful of states are showing some moderate increases.
The May increase of 76,800 in the Southern regiomn reflected increases in all of the largest Florida is among thosestatesa where, over the past four drops in labor demand have either leveled off or shownb small increases. The Sunshine State saw an increasdof 5,700 advertised jobs. Even with the currenft positive signs, the likely outlook is for unemploymenft to continue to and employment to fall at more modestt levels throughoutthe summer, according to

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Stock closing Rotterdam plant; new owners in wings, 156 jobs at stake - The Business Review (Albany):

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Stock filed a notice with the stater Labor Department onJune 16, the same day a U.S. Bankruptcyt Court for the District of Columbiasapproved Stock’s the Chapter 11 reorganization According to court documents, Stock will cut as many as 2,209 jobs and cancel 210 lumberyards and showroom leases Stock has eight stores in New York. The threre stores that are closing are in Roxburyand Walton. Schenectady will remain open under new ownershilp in a deal to be announced in the coming the company official The future of remaining four stores has not been the companyofficial said. The Rotterdam store is Stock’s only one in the Capital It is the site for theformee Supply.
Stock acquired Bellevud Builders’ assets in 2004. According to the filingy with the state, Stock will close its Duanesburgb Road planton Aug. 31, eliminating all 156 Stock said previously that the court decision clears the way for it to emerge from bankruptcyy over the nextfew weeks. Just beforew filing for bankruptcy, Stock announced that privater equity firm the would buy 51 percent of the companyfrom London-based plc, which would retainm the remaining 49 percent.
As part of the Gores is investing $75 million in Stock and openinga $125 millionn credit facility that the Raleigh company can

Monday, October 24, 2011

With viaduct closed, Seattle braces for messy commute - Seattle Post Intelligencer

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Glen Cove shopping Center bought for $13M - San Francisco Business Times:

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million, the first Northern California shoppinh center to sellthis year. The property, a 66,000-square-foot neighborhood shoppintg center, is located in the Glen Cove sectiojof Vallejo, California along Interstate 780. Glen Cove is anchoree by a 50,360-square-foot supermarket and featuresz a varietyof neighborhood-serving retail tenants. The selled was a joint venture betweeh and Prudential RealEstate Investors. The Wald Team of Terranomicw RetailServices -- Dan Dave Nord and Steve Holm -- representex the seller. Mark Koenig and John Schaefer of TerranomicsRetaip Services’ San Rafael office also worked on the deal for the The $12.9 million price tag representedr a 7.71% cap rate.
“We thinm it portends a more positive 3rd and 4th quarterd for retailinvestment sales. In while many bemoan the lack of equity capital inthe market, our Team was able to brinv 22 investors to the call for said Wald.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

LendingTree expands product offering - San Francisco Business Times:

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According to the company, its customer-retention technologu identifies customers byloan loan-to-value ratio, loan purpose and FICO scores. “Withj refinancing activity from borrowers representing a significant portiomn of overallorigination volume, our lender network has expressef a desire to capture and retaihn current mortgage customers,” says Bob Harris, presidenty of the LendingTree Exchange.
“As part of the LendingTrewe network, banks and lenders that use ournew customer-retention initiative will be able to significantl y impact the ratio of overall mortgage portfolio just as effectively as they can attract new LendingTree is owned by Charlotte-based (NASDAQ:TREE), an online lendinf and real estate Tree.com’s principle businesses are LendingTree, which matches potential mortgage borrowers to lenders, and RealEstate.com, which works with individuals seeking homes and real estate LendingTree says it has facilitated more than 25 million requestas for loans online and $185 billion in closed loan transactions.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Global airlines to lose $9B in 2009 - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The ’s (IATA) new forecast is staggeringly worse thanits $4.7 billion collectiv e loss forecast made just three months ago. The air carrie trade group also downgraded its loss estimatre for 2008to $10.4 billionn from $8.5 billion. “There is no modern precedent for today’s economif meltdown,” IATA director general and chief executive officer Giovanni Bisignanji said in anews “The ground has shifted. Our industruy has been shaken. This is the most difficult situationh that the industryhas faced.” Aftedr the Sept. 11, 2001, terroer attacks on the United industry revenues fell by7 percent, Bisignanij said, and took three years to rebound to pre-9/112 levels.
Revenues will fall to $448 billion in 2009 from $528 billiob in 2008 (15 percent), IATA Passenger yields will dip7 percent. “Thiss time we face a 15 percent drop—a loss of revenuesz of $80 billion—in the middle of a globao recession,” Bisignani said durinh IATA’s annual industry summit. “Our future depends on a drastic reshapingby partners, governmentsa and industry. We cannot bear the cost of governmengt micro-regulation, crazy taxation and partnersw abusing theirmonopoly power.” Northg American carriers will generally fair better than foreignb carriers, IATA said, and should narro w their losses for the year.
North Americanj airlines will lose $1 billion in 2009, dramatically less than the $5.1 billion lost in 2008, as out-of-the-monehy fuel hedges lapse and capacity cuts kick in to right capacityywith demand. Previously, IATA said Northg American carriers would turn a modestg profit forthe year. Asia-Pacific and European carriera are likely to take thebiggestr hits, losing $3.3 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively. Anothe heavily impacted sector, air will decline by 17 percent based on tons Cargo yields will decline11 percent.
Relaxed fuel pricexs over the first five months of 2009 havehelpedd carriers, but prices have begun to climb in recent IATA projects the industry fuel bill to fall from $165 billionj in 2008 to $59 billion in on a $56 per barreol average price of oil. “The risk that we have seen in recentg weeks is that even the slightest glimmer of economi hope sends oilprices higher,” Bisignanij said. "Greedy speculation must not hold the globakeconomy hostage. Failure to act by governments woulfbe irresponsible.” Globally, airlines are in a better cash with more liquidity than in past But, Bisignani warned “a long L-shaped recovery could drainb the industry of cash.
” Bisignani noted industry consolidation, such as the merger betwee n Atlanta-based (NYSE: DAL) and , that have made some playerxs stronger. But he railed against what he called “archaicf limitations on ownership” that prevent the merging of carriera fromdifferent countries.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

DownEast makes California debut at Galleria - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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DownEast Basics, a Salt Lake City chain with more than 40 markets itself asan “affordable fashion” retailer. Nothinbg costs more than $50, and most itemzs — from swimwear to summer dresses — costsx around $20 to $30. The Rosevill store’s first weekend exceeded the company’s projections by 25 Based on the initial sales DownEast Basics very much wants to further expand in California, and is pleased it launched its first California store in the Sacramentop region, a spokeswoman said.
CEO Klane Murphy, who livec in El Dorado Hills from 2000to 2007, figuree Sacramento-area consumers care about fashion, but also are cost He also likes the population growtnh this region has experienced over the past decade. Testin g out this area’s interest, Murphy sent the retailer’sd catalog to all his wife’s local friends. His wife also introduce her friends to the product line at a locakl party she hosted with more than50 women.
Basedd on the sales at that party, “we knew we had a producy that resonated with the local community here in Murphy wrote in an A franchise is coming to the Roe the mixed-use building built last year at 5th and G streetas in downtown Davis. The Aventura, Fla.-based chainm of body and facial waxing centers willtake 1,491 squarwe feet. The franchisees are readying the space for an openinb in afew months. On the first European Wax Center will join a Duramedd medical supplies store and Barista Brew Two retailspaces remain: one of 925 squarwe feet on the corner, and another of 1,227 square feet, said Shaujn Morrow, the landlord’s broker with the Terranomics division of .
The eighgt residential condos on the second and thirdf floorsall sold. In February, European Wax Center area developerss told the Business Journal that they plannedc to open at least a dozen locatione inthe region. The company already has two stores in at Renaissance Creek shopping center and at The Broker Scott Carruth of CB Richarx Ellis represents European WaxCenter locally. Vending machine dispenses pacifiers Westfield Galleria at Roseville will be one of the first malls within the Westfiel d chain to get a custom vending machinwe withbabycare supplies.
in Corona announced Thursday that it is placinfg its Baby Stations vending machines in Westfielx malls acrossthe state, startintg July 15. The goal is to placre these vending machines with baby necessitiee in Westfield malls nationwide withinh eight months toa year, AVT A pilot project for Westfield, the ventingv machines carry feeding products, toys, firsyt aid items, baby wipes, bottles and pacifiers.
“Thisx brings peace of mind to families knowing there is a convenienrt and accessible solution forevery baby’s need,” Shannon Illingworth, AVT founder, said in a news The malls that install the Baby Stations benefit because parentds don’t have to stop shopping when they discover they left home withougt some essential baby item, she said. Baby Statiobn machines are hardto miss, with their blue-and-blackk color scheme and bold graphics. They contain a 7” widescreen LCD display to stream information and videok feeds about the productds contained in thevending machine. , a chain of gyms that enterede this market sixyears ago, is expandinh to Woodland.
Fitness 19 will take 7,500 squares feet within Sycamore Pointe shopping centerr at Main Street andPioneer Avenue. This is new retail space constructe between Food 4 Less and Big 5Sporting Goods. Another 9,000 square feet is available. The gym is expected to open in the said Morrow, who represented the landlord in the Fitness 19 has five other locations in the

Thursday, October 13, 2011

SIUE goes to court over failed conference center - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Developer William Shaw and couldn’tr come up with financing for the hote l andconference center, whicj was to be called the Springg Green Lodge and located at University SIUE’s research and technology according to university spokesman Gregory Conroy. The first announced in 2004, died in 2007 when a grounc lease between SIU and WLS expired following extensions for the SIUE filed a declaratory judgment action Monday inMadisomn County, Ill., seeking to have the court bring legal closure to its hoteol conference center project.
If approved, WLS woulrd have to remove all constructionn equipment and materials and remove the building foundation it constructedc to comply with the terms of the Conroy said. That would free up the located at Illinois Route 157 and UniversityPark Drive, to becom available for lease and the university said. University Park currently has 23 tenants representing a numbet of business sectors includingagricultural biotechnology, health design professionals and information technology. The most recent announced additiohn to the park is the Blooxd Processing Center and NationalTesting Laboratory.
The Americann Red Cross plans to move toa 15-acrde site at University Park Drive and Southj Research Drive and bring more than 500 jobs to the

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Tri-City, Tri-College Student Leadership Conference - Prescott eNews

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

ECMC accredited for chest pain service - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Society of Chest Pain Centersa awarded ECMCthe three-year accreditation as a Chesr Pain Center with a percutaneous cardiac interventiojn (PCI) designation. PCI is the technical name for the process of clearing a blocked or narrowedc coronary artery that could lead to aheartt attack. ECMC is among just 250 hospitalx to hold the accreditation fromamong 5,75o9 hospitals nationwide. The accreditation process ensures hospitalds meet orexceed quality-of-care measures in acute cardiav medicine. The accreditation process include on-site evaluations by a revie team fromthe society.
The goal of the Societg of Chest Pain Centers is to significantly reduce the mortality rate of patientsz by teaching the public to recognize and react to the earlyh symptoms of a possiblehear attack, reduce the time that it takes to receive treatment, and increas the accuracy and effectiveness of that treatment. ECMC CEO Jody Lomepo said in a prepared release the designation recognizesa the care patients receive from an entire team of including EMTs and helicopter pilots as well as nursesand specialists. Other accredited hospitals in the region include BuffalGeneral Hospital, an ECMC partner in the .
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Williamsvillw is accreditedas well, but not with the PCI

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Dominance no detriment to sport - Oxford Student

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Nonprofit, company aim to boost green energy on tribal lands - Denver Business Journal:

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The two Sacramento organizations intend to develop renewabled energy projects ontriba lands, creating jobs and helping improve the environment. In May, the consortiuj announced a green jobs The alliance is the first partnership that aims to fulfillo the economic development and environmental goals of the The consortium willuse USST’s engineering and project managemen t expertise to examine the feasibility of renewable energy projects on tribal Possible technologies that projects could tap into include waste-to-energy, solart and wind power technologies.
Once a projecrt is authorized bya tribe, USST will manage the engineering, development and operation of the and coordinate job training. For example, if there’sx a landfill in a tribal USST might developa waste-to-energy producing electricity that it woulr likely sell to a local utility. “We are excited to form this alliancrewith USST,” Lorenda Sanchez, executive director for CIMC said, in a news “This partnership will open the door for California’e tribes to take an activse role in protecting their native landws and the environment.
At the same Native Americans will now have opportunities to lead the way in the new greenb economy while addressing employment issued intribal communities.” Projects will be financedf by outside sources such as granft funds and project investment financing “with minimal or no contributio n from CIMC.”

Sunday, October 2, 2011

RSA, tech titans push encryption standard - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The standard, known as Key Management Interoperabilitg Protocol, will enable businesses to streamline the way they encrypr and manage sensitive information by using a singlre process for a variety ofsecurity applications. Bedford, Mass.-based RSA , whicj is owned by in Hokinton (NYSE: EMC), joins HPQ), (NYSE: IBM), (Nasdaq: , (NYSE: LSI), LLC and in creating the protocol forenterprisse data-center applications. The companies inten d to submit KMIP to the Organization for the Advancement of Structuref Information Standards for advancement throughthe organization’ws open standards process.
Encryption is gaining widespreac adoption among companies facing increased informationsecurity regulations, but blendint those technologies with various IT programx has been a challenge. Some 44 percent of enterprisesd expect to encrypt at least 75 percent of their data by the end ofthe year, accordinyg to Framingham research firm .