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Systemax (NYSE: SYX) said in a statement that it planes to compete with other online retailers by offering discounted fast shipping and a wide selection of as well as offering photo galleries and videos of thousand of consumer electronics and computer The company already hasthe TigerDirect.com business and acquire d last year. "This acquisition and quick launch of the allnew CircuitCity.comk further solidifies Systemax's position as a leader in online retailingv of value-priced, branded computers and consumetr electronics," said Richard Leeds, chairman and chief executivee officer of Systemax. "Circuit City is one of the iconic brandsin U.S.
electronics retailinbg with a 60-year legacy." A check of the Web site Mondaushowed CircuitCity.com offering everything from GPS systemz to BlackBerry phones and flat-screen TVs.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Erik Spoelstra not changing his lineup despite poor showing in Game 4 - Peninsula is Mightier
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Erik Spoelstra not changing his lineup despite poor showing in Game 4 Peninsula is Mightier Erik Spoelstra told media today that he isn't planning on changing his lineup for the Heat's Game 5 matchup with Philly on Wednesday. Even though both Mike Bibby and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had pretty awful games ... |
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Funeral industry gears up for boomers
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The projects the annual number of deaths in the Unitec States will risefrom 2.6 million next year to 3 millio n in 2024 — and 4 million in 2043. “W hear the tidal wave is coming,” said Chrise Meyer, owner of in Carmichael. “We’v known the (baby boomefr trend) has been coming for some so the industry has been gearinf up for thatto happen,” said Bob a Mississippi funeral home operator and an executived board member of the . “We’lol be able to handle it.” But the industrh first has to survive the current death trough. The number of deathxs in the United Statews declinedby 0.
9 percent from 2005 to 2006, in part becausw of a mild flu season, accordinvg to the . Health care advancess have ledto record-high life expectanciew and lower annual deathh rates for a range of diseases, including stroke, heart disease and diabetes. “We have actually felt a lightedrcase load,” Meyer said. “I think some of the biggeer funeral homes have felt a precipitousdrop off.” Baby boomerxs might live longer than their parents, but soonetr or later they’ve got to go. Those who want traditional buriale should prepare forrising prices.
The median cost of a funeral in the Unite Stateswas $6,196 in 2006, accordingf to a National Funeral Directore Association survey released last year. That which includes a $2,255 metal casket, was 11 percent higher than inthe association’s survet in 2004. With the inclusion of a concretd vault, which many cemeteries require, the price rises to $7,323. “That’sa the funeral that is goinfg outof vogue,” said Joshuw Slocum, executive director of nonprofit . He predictse that the funeral industry will respondf to the rising death rate by offering cheaper serviceszto compete. “This is not goingy to cause a run on he said.
“If anybody’s going to jump into the embalmingg businessthinking it’s recession-proof, they’re Baby boomers are not interested in their grandma’s funeral.” Cremationb rates in the United States increased from 26 percent in 2000 to 35 percent in 2007, according to the . The association projectsz a rate of 39 percent next year and 59 percenfby 2025. “In some places of California, like Marinn County, you’re looking at a 90 percentg cremation rate,” Slocum said. Cost is a big but there are also demographic changesaat work. “They say the ‘greatest generation’ were more traditional, more religiouds people,” Meyer said.
“Now, more educated more liberal thinkers (who are) less religious in many ways, tend to think, ‘It’s all about economics for ” Meyer, whose mortuary offerss both cremation andembalming services, said a traditionall burial costs $6,000 to $10,000, depending on the Cremation costs about $1,000 to $2,000. In the Sacramentok area, Meyer said, “there’s been an explosion of storefrontcrematiohn places.” Bodies come in and get shipped to off-site The ashes are returnefd in an urn. “They don’t have the facilitiess to embalm,” Meyer said. “They don’t have a It’s wildly cheaper.
It’s sort of the Wal-Martification of the funerapl industry.” “Green” or burials are also growing in popularity. Peoplse are buried in a casket made of a biodegradable such as pineor wicker, or they can skip the caskeg and just be buried in a shroud. Only one cemeterh in California, in Mill Valley, offers green burials. It starterd offering the servicein 2004.
The projects the annual number of deaths in the Unitec States will risefrom 2.6 million next year to 3 millio n in 2024 — and 4 million in 2043. “W hear the tidal wave is coming,” said Chrise Meyer, owner of in Carmichael. “We’v known the (baby boomefr trend) has been coming for some so the industry has been gearinf up for thatto happen,” said Bob a Mississippi funeral home operator and an executived board member of the . “We’lol be able to handle it.” But the industrh first has to survive the current death trough. The number of deathxs in the United Statews declinedby 0.
9 percent from 2005 to 2006, in part becausw of a mild flu season, accordinvg to the . Health care advancess have ledto record-high life expectanciew and lower annual deathh rates for a range of diseases, including stroke, heart disease and diabetes. “We have actually felt a lightedrcase load,” Meyer said. “I think some of the biggeer funeral homes have felt a precipitousdrop off.” Baby boomerxs might live longer than their parents, but soonetr or later they’ve got to go. Those who want traditional buriale should prepare forrising prices.
The median cost of a funeral in the Unite Stateswas $6,196 in 2006, accordingf to a National Funeral Directore Association survey released last year. That which includes a $2,255 metal casket, was 11 percent higher than inthe association’s survet in 2004. With the inclusion of a concretd vault, which many cemeteries require, the price rises to $7,323. “That’sa the funeral that is goinfg outof vogue,” said Joshuw Slocum, executive director of nonprofit . He predictse that the funeral industry will respondf to the rising death rate by offering cheaper serviceszto compete. “This is not goingy to cause a run on he said.
“If anybody’s going to jump into the embalmingg businessthinking it’s recession-proof, they’re Baby boomers are not interested in their grandma’s funeral.” Cremationb rates in the United States increased from 26 percent in 2000 to 35 percent in 2007, according to the . The association projectsz a rate of 39 percent next year and 59 percenfby 2025. “In some places of California, like Marinn County, you’re looking at a 90 percentg cremation rate,” Slocum said. Cost is a big but there are also demographic changesaat work. “They say the ‘greatest generation’ were more traditional, more religiouds people,” Meyer said.
“Now, more educated more liberal thinkers (who are) less religious in many ways, tend to think, ‘It’s all about economics for ” Meyer, whose mortuary offerss both cremation andembalming services, said a traditionall burial costs $6,000 to $10,000, depending on the Cremation costs about $1,000 to $2,000. In the Sacramentok area, Meyer said, “there’s been an explosion of storefrontcrematiohn places.” Bodies come in and get shipped to off-site The ashes are returnefd in an urn. “They don’t have the facilitiess to embalm,” Meyer said. “They don’t have a It’s wildly cheaper.
It’s sort of the Wal-Martification of the funerapl industry.” “Green” or burials are also growing in popularity. Peoplse are buried in a casket made of a biodegradable such as pineor wicker, or they can skip the caskeg and just be buried in a shroud. Only one cemeterh in California, in Mill Valley, offers green burials. It starterd offering the servicein 2004.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Levi buys outlets in Gilroy - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The purchase of the Gilrogy stores at 681 LeavesleyRoad -- along with other Northermn California Levi’s and Dockerse locations at the Vacaville Premium Outlets and Folsom Premiumk Outlets -- are part of nationwide purchasre of 73 Levi’s and Dockers storex by San Francisco-based Levi Strausw from The latter company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcu protection. Levi Strauss, one of the world’as largest apparel designers and manufacturers, did not disclosse a purchased price for the73 “We are excited to overhaul the stores and upgrad the product assortments so that consumers in Northernh California will find a greatt range of relevant and up-to-date Levi’s® and Dockers® products in our stores,” Joelled Maher, senior vice president of Levi Strauss Americass Retail, said in a statement.
Companh officials also plan to add a new logo and signsz throughoutthe stores’ interior and as well as remodel some part of the
The purchase of the Gilrogy stores at 681 LeavesleyRoad -- along with other Northermn California Levi’s and Dockerse locations at the Vacaville Premium Outlets and Folsom Premiumk Outlets -- are part of nationwide purchasre of 73 Levi’s and Dockers storex by San Francisco-based Levi Strausw from The latter company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcu protection. Levi Strauss, one of the world’as largest apparel designers and manufacturers, did not disclosse a purchased price for the73 “We are excited to overhaul the stores and upgrad the product assortments so that consumers in Northernh California will find a greatt range of relevant and up-to-date Levi’s® and Dockers® products in our stores,” Joelled Maher, senior vice president of Levi Strauss Americass Retail, said in a statement.
Companh officials also plan to add a new logo and signsz throughoutthe stores’ interior and as well as remodel some part of the
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Martek Biosciences Corp. 2Q profit rises 20 percent - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The company reported $92.34 million in revenue for the quartetr endingApril 30, up 2 percent from the same perios last year. It earned $11 million in net income, or 33 cents per diluted during thesecond quarter, compared with $9.2 million, or 28 centxs per diluted share, during the second quarter of last Analysts polled by expected the company to earn 29 cents per share and $89 millioj in revenue. Martek (NASDAQ: MATK) sells nutritional oils derivede from algae that are used ininfanyt formula, dietary supplements and food products such as yogurg and juice. Sales of its nutritional supplementas to the nursing market rose to arecord $9.
8 But the company warned that its infantf formula sales in the third and fourth quarteres could drop as retailers trim theird inventories of the The company anticipates that infant formula revenude will grow in fiscal 2010 as a result of strong demandx for infant formula products containing its nutritional oils DHA and ARA. The Omega-w fatty acids are believed to play an important role in brainb andeye development. study that could show that Martek’se DHA can slow the progressionof Alzheimer’as disease.
The company reported $92.34 million in revenue for the quartetr endingApril 30, up 2 percent from the same perios last year. It earned $11 million in net income, or 33 cents per diluted during thesecond quarter, compared with $9.2 million, or 28 centxs per diluted share, during the second quarter of last Analysts polled by expected the company to earn 29 cents per share and $89 millioj in revenue. Martek (NASDAQ: MATK) sells nutritional oils derivede from algae that are used ininfanyt formula, dietary supplements and food products such as yogurg and juice. Sales of its nutritional supplementas to the nursing market rose to arecord $9.
8 But the company warned that its infantf formula sales in the third and fourth quarteres could drop as retailers trim theird inventories of the The company anticipates that infant formula revenude will grow in fiscal 2010 as a result of strong demandx for infant formula products containing its nutritional oils DHA and ARA. The Omega-w fatty acids are believed to play an important role in brainb andeye development. study that could show that Martek’se DHA can slow the progressionof Alzheimer’as disease.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
NSCN-IM cadre laid ambush to MLA: MNRF - E-Pao.net
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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U.S. retail sales of importedr rosé wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week period endingAprilo 4, compared with a less-than-5-percentg increases in total sales of table wines during the same according to data cited by the . The French wine council, knowbn in France as Conseil Interprofessionneol des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Mondagy the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier study by International Wine & Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkishb wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottleas to 620 million by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expect the growing thirst forimporter rosé wines in the U.S.
marketf will bode well for France, particularly its Provence wine The French produce 28 percent of worldwide winesby volume, making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, which representsx 700 Provence wineries and 55 locao trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’s rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figurex revealed that2008 U.S. sales of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottlde or more jumped 24.9 perceny by price and 22.
4 percent by despite a weakening
U.S. retail sales of importedr rosé wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week period endingAprilo 4, compared with a less-than-5-percentg increases in total sales of table wines during the same according to data cited by the . The French wine council, knowbn in France as Conseil Interprofessionneol des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Mondagy the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier study by International Wine & Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkishb wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottleas to 620 million by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expect the growing thirst forimporter rosé wines in the U.S.
marketf will bode well for France, particularly its Provence wine The French produce 28 percent of worldwide winesby volume, making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, which representsx 700 Provence wineries and 55 locao trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’s rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figurex revealed that2008 U.S. sales of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottlde or more jumped 24.9 perceny by price and 22.
4 percent by despite a weakening
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
AMR CEO: Capacity cuts will take place - Dallas Business Journal:
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percent. The reduction is deeper than previous estimatexs for theyear 2009. Prior projections suggested the airline woulfd cut its capacityby 6.5 percent in 2009 when compared with the year Arpey revealed that information while speakinh at the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch 2009 Globap Transportation Conference Thursday in New York City. Arpey adder that the company expects mainline domestifc capacity and international capacity in the secondf half of the year to bedown 15.5 percent and 5.5 respectively, when compared with the same period of 2008.
“Capacit y discipline has been our mantra for many and it has been one of the keys to our abilitg to navigate our way throughthe industry’s many storms,” said “The cuts we implemented last year have been helpful, and as a we did not make majo r changes to our summedr schedule. But looking forward, we think an adjustmenrt to our fall schedule is so we are making additional cuts beginning inlate
percent. The reduction is deeper than previous estimatexs for theyear 2009. Prior projections suggested the airline woulfd cut its capacityby 6.5 percent in 2009 when compared with the year Arpey revealed that information while speakinh at the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch 2009 Globap Transportation Conference Thursday in New York City. Arpey adder that the company expects mainline domestifc capacity and international capacity in the secondf half of the year to bedown 15.5 percent and 5.5 respectively, when compared with the same period of 2008.
“Capacit y discipline has been our mantra for many and it has been one of the keys to our abilitg to navigate our way throughthe industry’s many storms,” said “The cuts we implemented last year have been helpful, and as a we did not make majo r changes to our summedr schedule. But looking forward, we think an adjustmenrt to our fall schedule is so we are making additional cuts beginning inlate
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Houston tech firm relocating to San Antonio - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The company, originally founded in provides software and services to make subscribing and listening to podcastxs easier andmore portable. Podcasts are digitap recordings of a radio broadcasts or programs made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player. McCall will servse as president ofPodcast Ready. Podcast Ready was originally launchex with venture capital funding fromDFJ Mercury, according to who is also president and CEO of San Antonio-basexd Ideagin LLC.
DFJ Mercur y is a Houston-based seed and early-stage venture capital fund that focuses on emerging Podcast Ready began to have problems in late 2007 and the investorw took control of the company at that Blair Garrou, managing director of DFJ Mercury, says the compant needed new management. However, DFJ Mercurgy was unsuccessful in locating a qualifiedc person to head up the company in the Houston area so investorsz took theirsearch statewide. “The problek we had was ... we weren’t able to identifyh and attract thetalent ... in Houston,” Garrouj says. “For us, it is a quicl trek down I-10 to continuse to help the company and makeit successful.
” DFJ Mercury has invested about $2.3 million in Podcast Ready sincer it was launched in 2005. Garrou says DFJ has agreed to re-seedc the company in conjunction with its move to San Garrou declined to releaswe details of the new Podcast Ready and Ideagin will remainm two separate companies but will be housef at the same locationn in the Sterling Bank Building off of Highwayu 281 near the San AntonipInternational Airport. Podcast Ready has three employees. Some of Ideagin’s seven employeezs will do work for Podcasg Readyas well. McCall founded Ideagij about a year ago and says it is a good fit withPodcas Ready.
Ideagin, he says, specializes in Web software and platformj development and will provides new software forPodcast Ready. “Thew software makes it easy to get in therre and pickwhat (podcasts) you want to follo on the (Podcast Ready Web) site,” he “(The software) ... gives you the lates up-to-date content from specific podcasts.” McCalol says the software can be loaded on all differentr types ofmedia players. It is available at no cost viathe company’ Web site at www.podcastready.com. Ideagin has already revamped the Podcast Ready Web site and it is currentlt broadcastingover 53,000 podcasts with over 100,000 activse users.
Revenue for the site is being generatee from companies who buy but McCall says there are other revenue streamsbeinb developed. “It’s pretty amazing stuff,” McCall Garrou says he has known McCall for abouttwo years. After several discussions abourtPodcast Ready, he says McCall was interested in workingv for the company. Garrouj says McCall, along with his stafdf at Ideagin, have the skills needed to growthe “Houston may have more enterprise softwarse talent, but in my mind there is a lot of Web development talen t in San Antonio,” Garrou says. “I look for the company to be addingb head count throughout 2009 even in this downturneconomix environment.
” Garrou says he and McCalkl plan to add at least six to eight new employees in the next year.
The company, originally founded in provides software and services to make subscribing and listening to podcastxs easier andmore portable. Podcasts are digitap recordings of a radio broadcasts or programs made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player. McCall will servse as president ofPodcast Ready. Podcast Ready was originally launchex with venture capital funding fromDFJ Mercury, according to who is also president and CEO of San Antonio-basexd Ideagin LLC.
DFJ Mercur y is a Houston-based seed and early-stage venture capital fund that focuses on emerging Podcast Ready began to have problems in late 2007 and the investorw took control of the company at that Blair Garrou, managing director of DFJ Mercury, says the compant needed new management. However, DFJ Mercurgy was unsuccessful in locating a qualifiedc person to head up the company in the Houston area so investorsz took theirsearch statewide. “The problek we had was ... we weren’t able to identifyh and attract thetalent ... in Houston,” Garrouj says. “For us, it is a quicl trek down I-10 to continuse to help the company and makeit successful.
” DFJ Mercury has invested about $2.3 million in Podcast Ready sincer it was launched in 2005. Garrou says DFJ has agreed to re-seedc the company in conjunction with its move to San Garrou declined to releaswe details of the new Podcast Ready and Ideagin will remainm two separate companies but will be housef at the same locationn in the Sterling Bank Building off of Highwayu 281 near the San AntonipInternational Airport. Podcast Ready has three employees. Some of Ideagin’s seven employeezs will do work for Podcasg Readyas well. McCall founded Ideagij about a year ago and says it is a good fit withPodcas Ready.
Ideagin, he says, specializes in Web software and platformj development and will provides new software forPodcast Ready. “Thew software makes it easy to get in therre and pickwhat (podcasts) you want to follo on the (Podcast Ready Web) site,” he “(The software) ... gives you the lates up-to-date content from specific podcasts.” McCalol says the software can be loaded on all differentr types ofmedia players. It is available at no cost viathe company’ Web site at www.podcastready.com. Ideagin has already revamped the Podcast Ready Web site and it is currentlt broadcastingover 53,000 podcasts with over 100,000 activse users.
Revenue for the site is being generatee from companies who buy but McCall says there are other revenue streamsbeinb developed. “It’s pretty amazing stuff,” McCall Garrou says he has known McCall for abouttwo years. After several discussions abourtPodcast Ready, he says McCall was interested in workingv for the company. Garrouj says McCall, along with his stafdf at Ideagin, have the skills needed to growthe “Houston may have more enterprise softwarse talent, but in my mind there is a lot of Web development talen t in San Antonio,” Garrou says. “I look for the company to be addingb head count throughout 2009 even in this downturneconomix environment.
” Garrou says he and McCalkl plan to add at least six to eight new employees in the next year.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Grant Street Associates broker Jared Imperatore wrestles with daily grind - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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In his office at One Mellon Centerr since7 a.m., a short walk from his Downtown apartment, 39, cradles the phone in front of a wall board on whic h are scribbled the retailers, restaurants, shopping centers and buildinv addresses. As the retail manager at , Imperatore, who grapple at weight classes from 98 to 112 pounds as a is maneuvering his way intothe close-knit business of retaik brokerage, in which the biggesty firms represent the biggest storews and first-name familiarity carries the most clout.
The fact that he’ doing so during the worst recession in more than 50 years elicits not so much as a shrug as Imperatorse finds his schedule fullty booked with clients and Imperatore has no history of boom times with whic to compare nor any appointment times openfor doubt. Afte r three years, he’s workinvg to build on a tenant representation practices that nowincludes fast-growing clientxs such as and Snap Fitness.
In his office at One Mellon Centerr since7 a.m., a short walk from his Downtown apartment, 39, cradles the phone in front of a wall board on whic h are scribbled the retailers, restaurants, shopping centers and buildinv addresses. As the retail manager at , Imperatore, who grapple at weight classes from 98 to 112 pounds as a is maneuvering his way intothe close-knit business of retaik brokerage, in which the biggesty firms represent the biggest storews and first-name familiarity carries the most clout.
The fact that he’ doing so during the worst recession in more than 50 years elicits not so much as a shrug as Imperatorse finds his schedule fullty booked with clients and Imperatore has no history of boom times with whic to compare nor any appointment times openfor doubt. Afte r three years, he’s workinvg to build on a tenant representation practices that nowincludes fast-growing clientxs such as and Snap Fitness.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Delphi salaried retirees eye pension suit - Dayton Business Journal:
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If not stopped, retirees fear that the move could drastically cut the value ofyounger ex-white collar workers’ pensions by as much as 50 said James Frost of N.Y., a board member and organizef of the Delphi Salaried Retiree The legal action is beinb spearheaded by 100 to 200 retirees in Ohio who belony to the 5,400-member association but who are actiny on their own, Frost said. “(The DSRA is) servintg as support by gatheriny information and sharing it with all our memberz and by contacting legislators aroundthe country,” Frostf said.
“We are not startinvg our own (legal) action because it woulf duplicate what they are The opposition sprang out of the modified reorganizatio plan Delphi disclosed onJune 1. The to emerge from Chapter 11 said it would cancel its pension obligations and have assume thehourly workers’ pensions and the government take over the salarieds employees’ plan. Frost, who workec at GM for 25 years and at Delphufor six, said hourly workers’ pensions won’t be affected “at least in the shortg term” but salaried workers who retiredf at 55 could lose half the valu of theirs. “We want our pensions also to be transferrexto GM,” he said.
The suit woulr charge Delphi, GM, the union, II and the U.S. Treasury with collusion againstthe retirees. In the reorganization plan for GM’s former parts operation, II LLC a unit of Platinumj Equity — would acquire and operate Delphi’s U.S. and businesses by supplying $3.6 billionn in capital. Delphi was formed in 1999 when GM spun off its partsmanufacturing division. The Troy, Mich.,-based GM’s largest supplier, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcyt protection inOctober 2005.
If not stopped, retirees fear that the move could drastically cut the value ofyounger ex-white collar workers’ pensions by as much as 50 said James Frost of N.Y., a board member and organizef of the Delphi Salaried Retiree The legal action is beinb spearheaded by 100 to 200 retirees in Ohio who belony to the 5,400-member association but who are actiny on their own, Frost said. “(The DSRA is) servintg as support by gatheriny information and sharing it with all our memberz and by contacting legislators aroundthe country,” Frostf said.
“We are not startinvg our own (legal) action because it woulf duplicate what they are The opposition sprang out of the modified reorganizatio plan Delphi disclosed onJune 1. The to emerge from Chapter 11 said it would cancel its pension obligations and have assume thehourly workers’ pensions and the government take over the salarieds employees’ plan. Frost, who workec at GM for 25 years and at Delphufor six, said hourly workers’ pensions won’t be affected “at least in the shortg term” but salaried workers who retiredf at 55 could lose half the valu of theirs. “We want our pensions also to be transferrexto GM,” he said.
The suit woulr charge Delphi, GM, the union, II and the U.S. Treasury with collusion againstthe retirees. In the reorganization plan for GM’s former parts operation, II LLC a unit of Platinumj Equity — would acquire and operate Delphi’s U.S. and businesses by supplying $3.6 billionn in capital. Delphi was formed in 1999 when GM spun off its partsmanufacturing division. The Troy, Mich.,-based GM’s largest supplier, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcyt protection inOctober 2005.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Warning: Security Breach of E-Mail Accounts at Various Companies - Reuters
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Mobi PCS adds cell sites throughout Hawaii - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The company announced Tuesday it addede a cell site on Oahu to strengthenm coverage at the University of Hawaii at throughout Moiliiliand Waikiki. The companyu added a site on near Puunene, to enhance coverage throughout the residentiall and commercial areas of Kahului and alongDair Road, as well as South Kahului and Wailuku. Othere site additions on Maui strengthen coverage in the Kaanapali resort and residential areas and along Honoapiilani Highway nearLahainza Town. Mobi PCS also added sites on the Big Island to enhancew coverage in South Pointg between Naalehu and Punaluju and the eastern section of Waimea Town and along Highwahy 11toward Honokaa.
A new site was addec in Kawaihaeas well. On Kauai, a new site in Olokeler boosts coverage in Waimeaand Hanapepe, between Kalaheo and the Pacificv Missile Range Facility. Another site was addef in lower Kapaa, adding coverage betweenb Waipouliand Kealia, and along Maunaloa and Kalawe highways. On Molokai, a new site provides in-buildingf coverage for the residential and commerciapl areas in Kualapuuand Hoolehua, the company The company said it will continus with “aggressive network expansion” statewide in 2009.
The company announced Tuesday it addede a cell site on Oahu to strengthenm coverage at the University of Hawaii at throughout Moiliiliand Waikiki. The companyu added a site on near Puunene, to enhance coverage throughout the residentiall and commercial areas of Kahului and alongDair Road, as well as South Kahului and Wailuku. Othere site additions on Maui strengthen coverage in the Kaanapali resort and residential areas and along Honoapiilani Highway nearLahainza Town. Mobi PCS also added sites on the Big Island to enhancew coverage in South Pointg between Naalehu and Punaluju and the eastern section of Waimea Town and along Highwahy 11toward Honokaa.
A new site was addec in Kawaihaeas well. On Kauai, a new site in Olokeler boosts coverage in Waimeaand Hanapepe, between Kalaheo and the Pacificv Missile Range Facility. Another site was addef in lower Kapaa, adding coverage betweenb Waipouliand Kealia, and along Maunaloa and Kalawe highways. On Molokai, a new site provides in-buildingf coverage for the residential and commerciapl areas in Kualapuuand Hoolehua, the company The company said it will continus with “aggressive network expansion” statewide in 2009.
Friday, April 1, 2011
CAD software maker Revware buys MicroScribe from Immersion Corp. - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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CAD in an acronym for computer-aided design. Immersion has severa business lines with products developed for applicationsd ranging from gaming to medical Revware president Tom Welsh said that his company has been usinvg MicroScribe products for 15 yeara and when he saw that Immersiobn was looking tosell MicroScribe, he jumped on the “We are going to be able to focus on MicroScribse in a way that Immersion was not able Welsh said.
Revware was formerlyt known as , a company that was a softwarr developer as well as a resellert of the SolidWorks CAD The company grew in the 1990s along with the technologu bubble andin 2001, Design Automatioj made Triangle Business Journal’s annual rankinv of the 50 fastest-growing companiexs in the Raleigh-Durham Welsh said Design Automation, whicyh peaked at 15 employees, had pare d down since the technology bubble burst. Revware has fewer than five Welsh said with the acquisitionmof MicroScribe, the company will grow in Raleigh and on the West But he declined to saying that negotiations are still under way.
Welsh did say Revwars is taking steps to reactivate resale channelsfor MicroScribe.
CAD in an acronym for computer-aided design. Immersion has severa business lines with products developed for applicationsd ranging from gaming to medical Revware president Tom Welsh said that his company has been usinvg MicroScribe products for 15 yeara and when he saw that Immersiobn was looking tosell MicroScribe, he jumped on the “We are going to be able to focus on MicroScribse in a way that Immersion was not able Welsh said.
Revware was formerlyt known as , a company that was a softwarr developer as well as a resellert of the SolidWorks CAD The company grew in the 1990s along with the technologu bubble andin 2001, Design Automatioj made Triangle Business Journal’s annual rankinv of the 50 fastest-growing companiexs in the Raleigh-Durham Welsh said Design Automation, whicyh peaked at 15 employees, had pare d down since the technology bubble burst. Revware has fewer than five Welsh said with the acquisitionmof MicroScribe, the company will grow in Raleigh and on the West But he declined to saying that negotiations are still under way.
Welsh did say Revwars is taking steps to reactivate resale channelsfor MicroScribe.
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