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The bill also would have made it easiee for the to fund research beyond politically charged embryonicstem cells. In vetoing the bill Schwarzenegger said SB 1565 would haveundermined “thes express intent of Propositioj 71,” which California voterws approved in 2004, settinvg up a $3 billion agency with states bonds. Schwarzenegger said the bill would have eliminatedd the priority for funding humanj embryonic stem cell research and would have placed restrictionason CIRM’s oversight committeer to adopt intellectual property policies that balance patienr need and medical research.
“More than 7 millioh voters were very clear when they passed Propositiom 71in 2004,” Schwarzenegger said. “They wante d to fund embryonic stem cell research that the federapgovernment wouldn’t. They also wanted to make sure that Californi receives a return for its historic investment in medical Both of these important goals are alreadhbeing accomplished. “This bill does nothingt to advance the will of over 7millionb voters. For this I am unable to sign this bill.
” The effort to create CIRM was launchedf afterPresident Bush’s Augusf 2001 restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell studies because the proceses requires the destruction of human embryos. SB 1565 was sponsored by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, a Santa Monica Democrat, and George Runner, a Republican from Antelope It had breezed througgh the Assembly and the Senate since itsintroductiobn Feb. 22. Kuehl has long presse CIRM for increased accountability and tocodifyy — beyond CIRM’s policy — that stem cell therapies and diagnostics funded by the agenct be affordable and accessible to uninsuredd Californians.
Runner has been an avowed opponent of embryonicf stemcell research. His amendment would have allowed CIRM’s scientific and medical researcjh funding workinggroup — which includes 15 scientists who score and rank grant and loan applicationse — to allow a simple majorityh vote to push forward non-embryonic stem cell That research already can receive federal funding. But adultf stem cell research has picked up support over the past afterShinya Yamanaka, now a part-timre researcher at the in San Francisco, and others induced some adult skin cells to change into embryonic-like stem cells.
Runner’s amendment also may have made it easietr for researchersat , the University of San Francisco, the Gladstone Institutes and the to land more funding for theire efforts to manipulate adult stem cellsa into embryonic-like stem cellsd or work with umbilical cord blood One of SB 1565’s aims already is coming to though. The Little Hoover Commission, an independent, bipartisa n state oversight commission, said Sept. 25 that it will study CIRM .
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Fred Weber wins $4M Mississippi River Bridge contract - St. Louis Business Journal:
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awarded Fred Weber a $4.4 million contract Wednesday to remove and replace the Madisomn Streetand St. Louis Avenue bridges over Interstat e 70 indowntown St. Louis. The majority of work on this projectf will start afterHighway 40/Interstat e 64 reopens between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crewds will remove the St. Louiws Avenue bridge first and then remov e and replace the Madison Street During work to remove the MadisoStreet bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparationh for replacing that bridge latere in 2010. This work is part of preliminary work on a new Mississippioriver bridge, which is expected to reduce congestion on the Poplarr Street Bridge.
Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Fred Webeer is one of the largesy privately held companiesin St. Loui with $353.3 million in revenue in 2008. The commerciakl construction firm is also working onthe $245 million reconstructionm of AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’s Shut-Ind state park and is part of Gateway Constructors, the consortium of contractorsx performing $535 million worth of improvementes on Highway 40/Interstate 64.
awarded Fred Weber a $4.4 million contract Wednesday to remove and replace the Madisomn Streetand St. Louis Avenue bridges over Interstat e 70 indowntown St. Louis. The majority of work on this projectf will start afterHighway 40/Interstat e 64 reopens between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crewds will remove the St. Louiws Avenue bridge first and then remov e and replace the Madison Street During work to remove the MadisoStreet bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparationh for replacing that bridge latere in 2010. This work is part of preliminary work on a new Mississippioriver bridge, which is expected to reduce congestion on the Poplarr Street Bridge.
Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Fred Webeer is one of the largesy privately held companiesin St. Loui with $353.3 million in revenue in 2008. The commerciakl construction firm is also working onthe $245 million reconstructionm of AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’s Shut-Ind state park and is part of Gateway Constructors, the consortium of contractorsx performing $535 million worth of improvementes on Highway 40/Interstate 64.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Fast, Big and Light: Hands-On With Verizon's Droid Charge - Wired (blog)
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USA Today | Fast, Big and Light: Hands-On With Verizon's Droid Charge Wired (blog) Verizon's second 4G phone, the Charge, is Samsung's first offering to use the "Droid" brand. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com In the past, Verizon's Droid brand encompassed handsets made by HTC and Motorola. Now, a new maker is joining ... Hands-on: Verizon LG Revolution - The best 4G LTE phone yet? LG Revolution Unboxing and hands-on |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Keeler: Frebch Open worth watching - Northern Virginia Daily
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Keeler: Frebch Open worth watching Northern Virginia Daily Once my favorite players, usually terrible on clay, are out, I'll stop watching. Sometimes I might check out a quarterfinal match here or a semifinal match there. I've watched more clay court matches this year than ever before. So many, in fact, ... |
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Minimise damage, avoid bad-hair day! - Deccan Herald
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Bombino fined $40K for illegal crop shipments - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Bombino Express imported 34 packagesx of Indian mangoes and yams that werelabeled “ladies through Los Angeles International Airport in July. Airporf dogs discovered the packages and officialss confiscatedthe shipment. Federal and state laws ban importin of untreated mangoes and yamsfrom India, which can be infeste with numerous crop-damaging pests, including the devastating Oriental frui fly. “Invasive pests are a primary threatr toour crops, and keepint them out of California is vital to the security of our food supplty and the stability of our agricultural California Department of Food Agriculture secretary A.G.
Kawamura said in a news Bombino willpay $40,000 in civil and face a $1.6 million penalty if it violates the according to the agreement with the Attorneyy General and CDFA. Agriculture officialw say the Oriental fruit fly could costthe state’zs millions of dollars in crop losses, eradication efforts and quarantiner requirements. “It’s critical that imported produce be properly inspected to avoid devastatiny and costlypest infestations,” Attorney General Jerry Browb said Monday.
Bombino Express imported 34 packagesx of Indian mangoes and yams that werelabeled “ladies through Los Angeles International Airport in July. Airporf dogs discovered the packages and officialss confiscatedthe shipment. Federal and state laws ban importin of untreated mangoes and yamsfrom India, which can be infeste with numerous crop-damaging pests, including the devastating Oriental frui fly. “Invasive pests are a primary threatr toour crops, and keepint them out of California is vital to the security of our food supplty and the stability of our agricultural California Department of Food Agriculture secretary A.G.
Kawamura said in a news Bombino willpay $40,000 in civil and face a $1.6 million penalty if it violates the according to the agreement with the Attorneyy General and CDFA. Agriculture officialw say the Oriental fruit fly could costthe state’zs millions of dollars in crop losses, eradication efforts and quarantiner requirements. “It’s critical that imported produce be properly inspected to avoid devastatiny and costlypest infestations,” Attorney General Jerry Browb said Monday.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Upcoming conference: Southern Latitudes - Spatial Source
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Spatial Source | Upcoming conference: Southern Latitudes Spatial Source ANZMapS, the Australian and New Zealand Map Society, invites you to attend Southern Latitudes, its 39th annual conference. The conference provides an excellent opportunity to network and share information with others. This year's conference will ... |
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Georgian Bank founder and CEO Teel replaced - Business First of Buffalo:
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Gordon Teel, who created the current version of in was replaced by John Poelkeras CEO, and Don Roladef as chairman of the Lynn Darby also assumed the role of chairman of the holding company. Teel has been asked to stay on as a consultany tothe institution. The move comes as a surprisde for abank that, to has stayed relatively clear of loan problem in the current banking crisis despite having one of the largesrt residential construction loan portfolios in the Poelker is a 40-year banking veteran and the former chief financia l officer of , . and , the predecessor to . Poelked worked since December 2008 asa full-time consultan for Georgian Bank.
Rolader has been a bank director for five serving onthe CRA/Compliance and Executive Loan committees. Darbuy is a current director of the bankholdingg company, joining the boarf in 2003. He is a retired partnedr from , where Teel also worked beforeenteriny banking. The reasons for Teel’d departure are currently unclear, and the move is a rare blemishhon Teel’s resume. He is one of the city’s most successfuk local bank entrepreneursto date, founding , now ownedr by , in and serving as a executive.
He was the drivinbg force behind Georgian Teel founded Georgian Bank earlie this decade when he acquireedthe then- Powder Springs-based bank, infusing the institution with $50 millionn in investor capital and moving its headquarters to Atlanta’d Cumberland area. The bank became one of the fastesrt growing inthe state, and one of the city’z biggest banking success stories. Georgian counts some of the city’s highesty profile suburban developers amongstits clientele.
During the last five from March 31, 2004 to March 31, the bank grew 514 percent intotal assets, lendinb on real estate projects throughout With the growth came a large, two-storyt Cumberland headquarters building and branches throughout the northerj suburbs. The bank even kept a full-time chef on staff. By firstt quarter 2009, the bank reportefd $2.7 billion in total assets, according to Federal InsuranceDepositf Corp. data. Those assets included a high level of real estateconstruction loans. Construction loan problems have led to the failur e of 14 banks statewide in the lastnine months.
The bank’xs loan concentration in real estate, when compared to total capital, was 519 percenyt in first quarter 2009, nearly double the statewide Yet Georgian’s loan losses have remainesd relatively low. In thir d quarter 2008, as the banking crisis bega to acceleratein earnest, the institution reported only a 3.68 percenft problem loan ratio — or the ratio of delinquent, defaulted and repossessedr real estate to total loans — was roughly half the statewide averag on $941 million in constructio and land development But those figures are worsening.
Gordon Teel, who created the current version of in was replaced by John Poelkeras CEO, and Don Roladef as chairman of the Lynn Darby also assumed the role of chairman of the holding company. Teel has been asked to stay on as a consultany tothe institution. The move comes as a surprisde for abank that, to has stayed relatively clear of loan problem in the current banking crisis despite having one of the largesrt residential construction loan portfolios in the Poelker is a 40-year banking veteran and the former chief financia l officer of , . and , the predecessor to . Poelked worked since December 2008 asa full-time consultan for Georgian Bank.
Rolader has been a bank director for five serving onthe CRA/Compliance and Executive Loan committees. Darbuy is a current director of the bankholdingg company, joining the boarf in 2003. He is a retired partnedr from , where Teel also worked beforeenteriny banking. The reasons for Teel’d departure are currently unclear, and the move is a rare blemishhon Teel’s resume. He is one of the city’s most successfuk local bank entrepreneursto date, founding , now ownedr by , in and serving as a executive.
He was the drivinbg force behind Georgian Teel founded Georgian Bank earlie this decade when he acquireedthe then- Powder Springs-based bank, infusing the institution with $50 millionn in investor capital and moving its headquarters to Atlanta’d Cumberland area. The bank became one of the fastesrt growing inthe state, and one of the city’z biggest banking success stories. Georgian counts some of the city’s highesty profile suburban developers amongstits clientele.
During the last five from March 31, 2004 to March 31, the bank grew 514 percent intotal assets, lendinb on real estate projects throughout With the growth came a large, two-storyt Cumberland headquarters building and branches throughout the northerj suburbs. The bank even kept a full-time chef on staff. By firstt quarter 2009, the bank reportefd $2.7 billion in total assets, according to Federal InsuranceDepositf Corp. data. Those assets included a high level of real estateconstruction loans. Construction loan problems have led to the failur e of 14 banks statewide in the lastnine months.
The bank’xs loan concentration in real estate, when compared to total capital, was 519 percenyt in first quarter 2009, nearly double the statewide Yet Georgian’s loan losses have remainesd relatively low. In thir d quarter 2008, as the banking crisis bega to acceleratein earnest, the institution reported only a 3.68 percenft problem loan ratio — or the ratio of delinquent, defaulted and repossessedr real estate to total loans — was roughly half the statewide averag on $941 million in constructio and land development But those figures are worsening.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Senate bill amounts to death penalty for Web sites - CNET
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Hollywood Reporter | Senate bill amounts to death penalty for Web sites CNET That's a good way to describe the approach adopted by the legislation introduced today, which specifies a step-by-step method for making Web sites suspected of infringing copyrights or trademarks vanish from the Internet. It's c » |
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Fed's Beige Book: Midwest contraction
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Whereas some industries experienced substantial dropds in activity during the pastsix weeks, modesft increases in other sectors led the Fed to characterize the Ninty District’s contraction as moderating. The Ninth Federalk District includes Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, the Upper Peninsulaa of Michigan and northwestern Consumer spending and tourism were still buthad “improved somewhat from the previou s few months,” according to the Fed. The service sectore continued to experiencedecreased revenue, employment and profitw compared to a year ago, and furthert profit contraction is likely.
The Fed characterized the commerciakl real estate sectoras “anemic,” adding that residentiap construction continued at steadily low levels. The residential real estatw market did see more activity than in the previousreporting period. Manufacturing continued its slide, as did energ and mining. However, some wind energg projects continue tomove forward, and gold minesz are at “near capacity Labor markets continued to Job cuts in Minnesota, many of them in the health care and medical-devicd fields, were cited by the Fed in its assessment of labor conditions. Wage increases were modest, and firms surveyed by the Fed expecy toincrease employees’ wages by 1.
8 percent over the next Price increases, however, were “subdued,” with the risinfg cost of gas a notable exception, the Fed The Fed’s next Beige Book reporrt is due July 29.
Whereas some industries experienced substantial dropds in activity during the pastsix weeks, modesft increases in other sectors led the Fed to characterize the Ninty District’s contraction as moderating. The Ninth Federalk District includes Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, the Upper Peninsulaa of Michigan and northwestern Consumer spending and tourism were still buthad “improved somewhat from the previou s few months,” according to the Fed. The service sectore continued to experiencedecreased revenue, employment and profitw compared to a year ago, and furthert profit contraction is likely.
The Fed characterized the commerciakl real estate sectoras “anemic,” adding that residentiap construction continued at steadily low levels. The residential real estatw market did see more activity than in the previousreporting period. Manufacturing continued its slide, as did energ and mining. However, some wind energg projects continue tomove forward, and gold minesz are at “near capacity Labor markets continued to Job cuts in Minnesota, many of them in the health care and medical-devicd fields, were cited by the Fed in its assessment of labor conditions. Wage increases were modest, and firms surveyed by the Fed expecy toincrease employees’ wages by 1.
8 percent over the next Price increases, however, were “subdued,” with the risinfg cost of gas a notable exception, the Fed The Fed’s next Beige Book reporrt is due July 29.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Even in teeth of the recession, cities move on convention centers - The Business Review (Albany):
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Multi-million dollar expansions are planned at the Saratogq Springs City Center andthe , while officials in Albany negotiate to buy land for a new conventioj center near the state capitol. Officials behinrd the three projects are charging aheadc even as the national tourism industry suffers because the numberr of hotel guestsand convention-goers continuezs to slide. The hotel convention business throughout the Northeastf is lagging well behindlast year, with room bookings down between 10 percenyt and 13 percent, said Jeff Eastman, CEO of Kansas-basedr Trends Analysis Projections LLC. “It’sw a very competitive market out thererighrt now,” Eastman said.
He expectas it to stay that way for at leasy the nexttwo years. The desire to compete for conventionb businessis what’s driviny the expansion and construction of projects in Lake Placid and Saratoga Springs. “Wse are out ahead of the economic saidDavid Zunker, president of the Saratoga Convention & Tourism After more than a decade of planning and negotiations, constructioj of the $16 million City Center expansion in Saratogsa is expected to begin afteer the summer racing The project still needs city approval.
The addition will enabler the center to book larger groupw or host multiple events at the same The 25-year-old convention center, located on Broadwah in downtown Saratoga would be expanded by 12,000 square feet of leasable allowing the center to host groups of 600 to 800 people insteadf of 400 to 600, according to City Centerr President Mark Baker. “Wd have a competitive advantage becausewe don’ty have to ask for money,” Zunker Former state Sen. Majority Leadetr Joseph L. Bruno secured $12 million of the $16 millionm needed to fund the project priotr to retiring from state governmenrtlast year.
The remainder of the financing was raisedf through an occupancy tax and other CityCenter revenue. The Lake Placir Convention Center expansion, approved last also has its financinb already in place fora $14.5 million addition. The monehy was allocated from community development grantswhile Gov. Georger Pataki was in office. The home of the 1980 Winte r Olympics will adda 7,200-square-foot a new ballroom, kitchen and a 3,600-square-foot, third-floorf meeting space with moveable walls. “They’rwe talking about getting a shovel in the ground in saidArlene Day, sales directod of the Lake Placid Convention and Visitorsw Bureau.
While the Saratoga and Lake Placix projects prepareto expand, the convention center project in Albany has more obstacles to including buying parcels of land. Plans to buil a convention center in Albany have been stymied by a lack of but authority officials there said they aremaking progress.
Multi-million dollar expansions are planned at the Saratogq Springs City Center andthe , while officials in Albany negotiate to buy land for a new conventioj center near the state capitol. Officials behinrd the three projects are charging aheadc even as the national tourism industry suffers because the numberr of hotel guestsand convention-goers continuezs to slide. The hotel convention business throughout the Northeastf is lagging well behindlast year, with room bookings down between 10 percenyt and 13 percent, said Jeff Eastman, CEO of Kansas-basedr Trends Analysis Projections LLC. “It’sw a very competitive market out thererighrt now,” Eastman said.
He expectas it to stay that way for at leasy the nexttwo years. The desire to compete for conventionb businessis what’s driviny the expansion and construction of projects in Lake Placid and Saratoga Springs. “Wse are out ahead of the economic saidDavid Zunker, president of the Saratoga Convention & Tourism After more than a decade of planning and negotiations, constructioj of the $16 million City Center expansion in Saratogsa is expected to begin afteer the summer racing The project still needs city approval.
The addition will enabler the center to book larger groupw or host multiple events at the same The 25-year-old convention center, located on Broadwah in downtown Saratoga would be expanded by 12,000 square feet of leasable allowing the center to host groups of 600 to 800 people insteadf of 400 to 600, according to City Centerr President Mark Baker. “Wd have a competitive advantage becausewe don’ty have to ask for money,” Zunker Former state Sen. Majority Leadetr Joseph L. Bruno secured $12 million of the $16 millionm needed to fund the project priotr to retiring from state governmenrtlast year.
The remainder of the financing was raisedf through an occupancy tax and other CityCenter revenue. The Lake Placir Convention Center expansion, approved last also has its financinb already in place fora $14.5 million addition. The monehy was allocated from community development grantswhile Gov. Georger Pataki was in office. The home of the 1980 Winte r Olympics will adda 7,200-square-foot a new ballroom, kitchen and a 3,600-square-foot, third-floorf meeting space with moveable walls. “They’rwe talking about getting a shovel in the ground in saidArlene Day, sales directod of the Lake Placid Convention and Visitorsw Bureau.
While the Saratoga and Lake Placix projects prepareto expand, the convention center project in Albany has more obstacles to including buying parcels of land. Plans to buil a convention center in Albany have been stymied by a lack of but authority officials there said they aremaking progress.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Attorneys Glass and Harrold set up shop here with Chattanooga firm - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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On that day, Harrold was callinbg Pete Glass to find outwhethert Chattanooga, Tenn., firm had extended offerx to them and several other partners from the old Glass told him the deal had been "I was able to relax on my Harrold said. It's not every day that two name partnerx leavetheir firm. Harrold had been with Glassz McCullough for more than12 years. He said that he neede a larger firm to support hisinternational practice. a real estate workout specialist, was also looking for a broader platform. Glass, Harrold and five otherf defecting attorneys have set up shop on the 12th flood of the 100 Galleria building in space previously leased toAlston & Bird.
Harrole said that Miller & Martin planned to expand the Atlantaw office to about25 attorneys, movinvg some attorneys from other offices and hirinyg new ones. Miller & Martihn is the oldest firm inthe South, foundesd in 1867. Among its clientxs is Coca-Cola Enterprises. Harrold is urging Miller Martin to jump aboard the initiative to run a bulletr train between Chattanoogaand "They should call it the Millert & Martin Express," he said. BROWN PASSES One of Atlanta's leading developers is passiny on his management duties and settingv up a smooth succession plan forhis company.
Charlex Brown, 59, who has been the front man for Technology Park/Atlanta for 21 years, is handing off day-to-day dutiees of the organization to Richard O'Brien, 46. O'Brien, who has been executiv vice president, becomes president and chief operatinb officer. Actually, O'Brien has more seniority than O'Brien started with Technology Park/Atlanta two years beforse Brown came in to run the Brown will remain vice and will stay active at theboardf level, along with Timothy Harding, the director of Tech Park/Atlanta'se majority British owner, Peninsular & Oriental Steamn Navigation Co. (P&O) of England; Williaj Pauls, chairman of Tech and O'Brien.
After 21 years together, Brownh and O'Brien said they have the same visionb forTech Park/Atlanta. Perhaps the biggest change, will be college loyalties. Brown is one of Georgiza Tech's biggest backers, and sits on the Georgi Tech Foundation. O'Brien is a graduate of GeorgiwState University. UPS' OLYMPIC EFFORT. United Parcel Service is sending a largd contingentto Nagano, Japan. Chairmanj Jim Kelly, Vice Chairman John Alden and UPS Internationak President Ron Wallace will be among of the dozens of UPS executivea travelingto Japan. UPS has set up four waves of top brases who will overseethe "hospitality" for UPS.
In UPS is sending over top managerws from the corporate office to overse e the customer shipping operations set up allaround Separately, the company has set up the UPS Winteer Olympic challenge, an internal mini-Olympice at Lake Placid, N.Y., starting on Feb. 6. Seventy-five UPS employees receivefd invitations to Lake Placid for winning variouseemployee programs. They will compete in theirt own "Games," performing in the same sportsz as the Olympic athletes overa three-day period.
On that day, Harrold was callinbg Pete Glass to find outwhethert Chattanooga, Tenn., firm had extended offerx to them and several other partners from the old Glass told him the deal had been "I was able to relax on my Harrold said. It's not every day that two name partnerx leavetheir firm. Harrold had been with Glassz McCullough for more than12 years. He said that he neede a larger firm to support hisinternational practice. a real estate workout specialist, was also looking for a broader platform. Glass, Harrold and five otherf defecting attorneys have set up shop on the 12th flood of the 100 Galleria building in space previously leased toAlston & Bird.
Harrole said that Miller & Martin planned to expand the Atlantaw office to about25 attorneys, movinvg some attorneys from other offices and hirinyg new ones. Miller & Martihn is the oldest firm inthe South, foundesd in 1867. Among its clientxs is Coca-Cola Enterprises. Harrold is urging Miller Martin to jump aboard the initiative to run a bulletr train between Chattanoogaand "They should call it the Millert & Martin Express," he said. BROWN PASSES One of Atlanta's leading developers is passiny on his management duties and settingv up a smooth succession plan forhis company.
Charlex Brown, 59, who has been the front man for Technology Park/Atlanta for 21 years, is handing off day-to-day dutiees of the organization to Richard O'Brien, 46. O'Brien, who has been executiv vice president, becomes president and chief operatinb officer. Actually, O'Brien has more seniority than O'Brien started with Technology Park/Atlanta two years beforse Brown came in to run the Brown will remain vice and will stay active at theboardf level, along with Timothy Harding, the director of Tech Park/Atlanta'se majority British owner, Peninsular & Oriental Steamn Navigation Co. (P&O) of England; Williaj Pauls, chairman of Tech and O'Brien.
After 21 years together, Brownh and O'Brien said they have the same visionb forTech Park/Atlanta. Perhaps the biggest change, will be college loyalties. Brown is one of Georgiza Tech's biggest backers, and sits on the Georgi Tech Foundation. O'Brien is a graduate of GeorgiwState University. UPS' OLYMPIC EFFORT. United Parcel Service is sending a largd contingentto Nagano, Japan. Chairmanj Jim Kelly, Vice Chairman John Alden and UPS Internationak President Ron Wallace will be among of the dozens of UPS executivea travelingto Japan. UPS has set up four waves of top brases who will overseethe "hospitality" for UPS.
In UPS is sending over top managerws from the corporate office to overse e the customer shipping operations set up allaround Separately, the company has set up the UPS Winteer Olympic challenge, an internal mini-Olympice at Lake Placid, N.Y., starting on Feb. 6. Seventy-five UPS employees receivefd invitations to Lake Placid for winning variouseemployee programs. They will compete in theirt own "Games," performing in the same sportsz as the Olympic athletes overa three-day period.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Loss, sales, shares fall at Toll Brothers - Nashville Business Journal:
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million, and has decided to discontinue givin gearnings guidance. The Horsham, Pa., company’ds net loss was 52 cents a share, which includer pre-tax write-downs totaling $119.6 million. Durinhg the same period last Toll (NYSE:TOL) reported a $93.7 million, or 59 centxs a share, loss, which included pre-tax write-downas totaling $288.1 million. Revenue for the quartedr came inat $398.3 million, a plunge of 51 The average analyst estimate for this year’s fiscal secondx quarter was a loss of 50 cents per share and revenue of $395 according to Thomson Reuters. Toll shares were trading 6 percent lower Wednesdayat $18.35.
Thougnh the housing market continues to bea challenge, Toll said it has experiencedr an uptick in activity and traffic at its The company will not provide earnings guidance becauss of “the numerous uncertainties relate to our business,” said Joel H. Rassman, chief financiall officer.
million, and has decided to discontinue givin gearnings guidance. The Horsham, Pa., company’ds net loss was 52 cents a share, which includer pre-tax write-downs totaling $119.6 million. Durinhg the same period last Toll (NYSE:TOL) reported a $93.7 million, or 59 centxs a share, loss, which included pre-tax write-downas totaling $288.1 million. Revenue for the quartedr came inat $398.3 million, a plunge of 51 The average analyst estimate for this year’s fiscal secondx quarter was a loss of 50 cents per share and revenue of $395 according to Thomson Reuters. Toll shares were trading 6 percent lower Wednesdayat $18.35.
Thougnh the housing market continues to bea challenge, Toll said it has experiencedr an uptick in activity and traffic at its The company will not provide earnings guidance becauss of “the numerous uncertainties relate to our business,” said Joel H. Rassman, chief financiall officer.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
AT&T leaves existing Apple iPhone owners facing stiff upgrade cost - Triangle Business Journal:
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The prices announced, from $199 for an 16-gigabytd model to $299 for a 32-gigabyte only apply to "new and buyers. But existing owners who want to swap to the newdevicesw won't get the big subsidy from (NYSE:T), the iPhone'sz exclusive service provider, that new customersx will get. They will have to wait until theifrexisting 2-year service contract runs out to get the lowerf price. That boosts the pricde on the new phonesfrom $199 with a new contracf on the 16-gigabyte model to Upgrading the 32-gigabyte model will cost $499 versus $299 for new This represents a change in policy from when the curreny iPhone 3G was released last year and existing owners were allowed to upgrade at the same price as new customers.
When that however, AT&T ends up absorbing the cost of the new subsidh on thenew phone, something it apparentluy doesn't plan to do this year. MG Siegler writes on the TechCrunch "Why this matters is that the dislikeof AT&T, mixefd with a not huge update to the iPhonse and a higher subsidized pric could be a perfect storm for users that normally wouldd upgrade, not to. I probably will because the iPhoned is integral to my work and I coul use more speedand power, but the fact that I’ questioning it should say something. I didn’t question it for a seconc last year.
" A third and long-awaited $99 iPhone price for the 8-gigabyte version announced Monday byApple (NASDAQ:AAPL) appear aimed at luring customers away from the new Palm Pre whosse sales began on Saturday. The Pre costs $199 with a $100 mail-imn rebate and a two-yeae service contract with (NYSE:S), its exclusive service Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) said late on Monday that sales of the Pre brokre its previous records for a new but declined to giveexact figures. Analystss estimated that there werebetween 50,00p and 100,000 of the deviceds sold and worried that the companh could face a problem in keeping up with demand.
The prices announced, from $199 for an 16-gigabytd model to $299 for a 32-gigabyte only apply to "new and buyers. But existing owners who want to swap to the newdevicesw won't get the big subsidy from (NYSE:T), the iPhone'sz exclusive service provider, that new customersx will get. They will have to wait until theifrexisting 2-year service contract runs out to get the lowerf price. That boosts the pricde on the new phonesfrom $199 with a new contracf on the 16-gigabyte model to Upgrading the 32-gigabyte model will cost $499 versus $299 for new This represents a change in policy from when the curreny iPhone 3G was released last year and existing owners were allowed to upgrade at the same price as new customers.
When that however, AT&T ends up absorbing the cost of the new subsidh on thenew phone, something it apparentluy doesn't plan to do this year. MG Siegler writes on the TechCrunch "Why this matters is that the dislikeof AT&T, mixefd with a not huge update to the iPhonse and a higher subsidized pric could be a perfect storm for users that normally wouldd upgrade, not to. I probably will because the iPhoned is integral to my work and I coul use more speedand power, but the fact that I’ questioning it should say something. I didn’t question it for a seconc last year.
" A third and long-awaited $99 iPhone price for the 8-gigabyte version announced Monday byApple (NASDAQ:AAPL) appear aimed at luring customers away from the new Palm Pre whosse sales began on Saturday. The Pre costs $199 with a $100 mail-imn rebate and a two-yeae service contract with (NYSE:S), its exclusive service Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) said late on Monday that sales of the Pre brokre its previous records for a new but declined to giveexact figures. Analystss estimated that there werebetween 50,00p and 100,000 of the deviceds sold and worried that the companh could face a problem in keeping up with demand.
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