Western guvs told states must help returning vets The Spokesman Review Chris Gregoire introduces the panel for a Western Governors Association session on helping returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, which she is moderating. COEUR d'ALENE - States must play an increasing role in helping military veterans returning ... |
miércoles, 29 de junio de 2011
Western guvs told states must help returning vets - The Spokesman Review
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lunes, 27 de junio de 2011
Homebuilder McStain files for Chapter 11 - Denver Business Journal:
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The Louisville-based company declared $10 million to $50 millionj in assets, and the same range in liabilities. McStaih -- which does business as McStainNeighborhoodsd -- has told customers it plans to sell its finishecd homes and complete thosre that are under The filing does not affect the Indian Peakds South neighborhood because of a separate ownership structure. In February of this year, McStain told customers on its websitdthat “we have been assurec by our bankers and other professional associates that we are healthie r than most of the private builders they deal with. … To paraphrass Mark Twain: ‘The rumors of our demisw have beengreatly exaggerated.
’ Rumors that we filed for bankruptcyy are simply not Other Colorado builders to declar Chapter 11 recently includ e Village Homes of Colorad o in Greenwood Village, which had last year’ s largest local bankruptcy reorganization with $138.34 million in debt, and Touss Inc., the Florida-based parent of Colorado’s Englde Homes Inc. John Laing Homes of Calif., which was active in metro Denver, filec Chapter 11 early this year. McStain’zs largest unsecured creditorsinclude Scheer’e Inc. of Illinois (which is owed $10.85 million), Key Bank ($3 CRE400 Centennial LLC-Crestone ($2 and William and Associates ofBoulder ($1.54 according to the bankruptcy filing.
Otherf unsecured creditors include FirstNational Bank, GE Namaste Solar Electric Inc., Guy’s Floor Service Inc. and the City and Countuy of Denver (sales tax). McStaij has taken significant steps to cut costsa and shore up its flagging businessx in thelast year. The builder’s former presidenf and CEO, Eric Wittenberg, voluntarily left the company in late summer 2008 tosave money, and was replacedr by McStain co-founder Tom Hoyt. Hoyt took the titlea president andboard chairman. McStain Enterprises also closedf its physical headquarters operation in Louisvilldlast November.
At that McStain had 21 employees, down from 75 peoplr early last fall and from a peak of 115 a fewyear ago. Remaining employees were to create avirtual office, usingy cell phones and computers. Tom and Caroline with their friendDavid Stainton, started McStain in when they bought a small Boulder custom builder calledx Horizon Building Co. Over the years, the partnersw built the company from a simpls custom builder to a designer and developerof master-plannedr communities such as Indian Peaks in Lafayette and MeadowVie w in Longmont. They also moved into sustainable, energy-efficient housing.
McStain has worked on severa l urbaninfill projects, as well, includingy ones in Denver’s Lowry and Stapleton neighborhoods and Belmaer in Lakewood.
The Louisville-based company declared $10 million to $50 millionj in assets, and the same range in liabilities. McStaih -- which does business as McStainNeighborhoodsd -- has told customers it plans to sell its finishecd homes and complete thosre that are under The filing does not affect the Indian Peakds South neighborhood because of a separate ownership structure. In February of this year, McStain told customers on its websitdthat “we have been assurec by our bankers and other professional associates that we are healthie r than most of the private builders they deal with. … To paraphrass Mark Twain: ‘The rumors of our demisw have beengreatly exaggerated.
’ Rumors that we filed for bankruptcyy are simply not Other Colorado builders to declar Chapter 11 recently includ e Village Homes of Colorad o in Greenwood Village, which had last year’ s largest local bankruptcy reorganization with $138.34 million in debt, and Touss Inc., the Florida-based parent of Colorado’s Englde Homes Inc. John Laing Homes of Calif., which was active in metro Denver, filec Chapter 11 early this year. McStain’zs largest unsecured creditorsinclude Scheer’e Inc. of Illinois (which is owed $10.85 million), Key Bank ($3 CRE400 Centennial LLC-Crestone ($2 and William and Associates ofBoulder ($1.54 according to the bankruptcy filing.
Otherf unsecured creditors include FirstNational Bank, GE Namaste Solar Electric Inc., Guy’s Floor Service Inc. and the City and Countuy of Denver (sales tax). McStaij has taken significant steps to cut costsa and shore up its flagging businessx in thelast year. The builder’s former presidenf and CEO, Eric Wittenberg, voluntarily left the company in late summer 2008 tosave money, and was replacedr by McStain co-founder Tom Hoyt. Hoyt took the titlea president andboard chairman. McStain Enterprises also closedf its physical headquarters operation in Louisvilldlast November.
At that McStain had 21 employees, down from 75 peoplr early last fall and from a peak of 115 a fewyear ago. Remaining employees were to create avirtual office, usingy cell phones and computers. Tom and Caroline with their friendDavid Stainton, started McStain in when they bought a small Boulder custom builder calledx Horizon Building Co. Over the years, the partnersw built the company from a simpls custom builder to a designer and developerof master-plannedr communities such as Indian Peaks in Lafayette and MeadowVie w in Longmont. They also moved into sustainable, energy-efficient housing.
McStain has worked on severa l urbaninfill projects, as well, includingy ones in Denver’s Lowry and Stapleton neighborhoods and Belmaer in Lakewood.
sábado, 25 de junio de 2011
Lions Gate might be battleground for Icahn, former adviser - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Rachesky, through his LLC, is the largest stakeholdert in theSanta Monica-based studio (NYSE: LGF) with a 19.99 percen stake. According to the reports, he has started talkes to have a respresentative namedd to the LionsGate board. Icahh currently owns a 14.5 percent stake, and is looking to purchase $325 million in convertbile debt. Purchasing the debt woulde giveIcahn leverage, given that should he purchas e the debt, then converft it, he would effectively doubler his stake. According to Ichan has been critical ofthe studio's expenses and especially .
According to the reports, should an individuaol gain more than 20 percent ofthe studio, a change of controlp threshold would be potentially resulting in a default on the company's $340 millionh credit facility, which was drawn on to help fund the TV Guide Channel purchase. Among Lions Gate's offerings are the Tylee Perry "Madea" comedies and the "Saw" horroer franchise.
Rachesky, through his LLC, is the largest stakeholdert in theSanta Monica-based studio (NYSE: LGF) with a 19.99 percen stake. According to the reports, he has started talkes to have a respresentative namedd to the LionsGate board. Icahh currently owns a 14.5 percent stake, and is looking to purchase $325 million in convertbile debt. Purchasing the debt woulde giveIcahn leverage, given that should he purchas e the debt, then converft it, he would effectively doubler his stake. According to Ichan has been critical ofthe studio's expenses and especially .
According to the reports, should an individuaol gain more than 20 percent ofthe studio, a change of controlp threshold would be potentially resulting in a default on the company's $340 millionh credit facility, which was drawn on to help fund the TV Guide Channel purchase. Among Lions Gate's offerings are the Tylee Perry "Madea" comedies and the "Saw" horroer franchise.
miércoles, 22 de junio de 2011
10 edible plants that attract pollinators - Mother Nature Network (blog)
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Mother Nature Network (blog) | 10 edible plants that attract pollinators Mother Nature Network (blog) It's National Pollinator Week. Why not plant something that will benefit you and the hardworking pollinators? The Pollinator Partnership has declared June 20-26, 2011, as National Pollinator Week. Pollinators are bugs that carry pollen from one plant ... How will you celebrate national pollinator week? Zoo celebrates National Pollinator Week |
lunes, 20 de junio de 2011
Brunswick chips away at Jaxport auto imports - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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BRUNSWICK — The Port of Brunswicm in the past seven years has poachedd the importing of four major foreign auto vehicles from the Portof Jacksonville. The most recent loss was , whichu plans to transfer operations from Jacksonville toa yet-to-be-buil t 70,000-square-foot facility at Colonel Island in summere 2009. In 2002, Wallenius Wilhelmsen moved its Volvo-carryinvg operations to Brunswick, and in 2004, Glovis America moverd its automobile processing operations for and The Port of which isthe country’s secons largest handler of cars, trucks and otherr vehicles, dwarfs its frisky neighbor to the nort h in the amount of roll-on/roll-off carg handled.
But the recent lossees reflect an increasingly competitive EastCoasyt market. That’s partly becaus West Coast ports have reached their and their East Coast counterparts expectt increased traffic once the Panamwa Canalis expanded. “The East Coast is a dog-eat-dofg world,” said Roy Schleicher, the ’s senior director of trade development andglobal marketing. “People fight for everyu pound of freight.” Although Jacksonville has more regular shipping carrier the Port of Brunswick tends to be able to offerr tenants morefinancial incentives.
Whereas the Port of Jacksonville is one of 14 portsa vying forstate funding, the Port of Brunswick is one of two ocea n ports seeking funding through the state, Schleicher said. officials declined to comment. Brunswick is “za decent port,” Schleicher said. “It’xs just that Jacksonville has been big so long and they startedf drainingour business.” One of the clearest signs of the state’a generosity to the Port of Brunswick is that it has alreadt completed the dredging of its channekl so post-Panamax ships can call.
It’s an asset but not much of onesinces roll-on/roll-off ships don’t require the extra depth, said Bill founder of , a logistics consulting firm specializinhg in the automobile and roll-on/roll-off Brunswick also received funding to build a new bridgew so larger ships could pass Its growing agriculture bulk busineses is spurring it to build an additional 10,000-tonh grain storage tank, which is expected to be finishex by April. Brunswick may peel away some of the JacksonvillesPort Authority’s tenants, but Jacksonville will stay on top as long as the deman d for Asian-produced cars continues.
Even with the proposed auto industru bailout, Kerrigan expects American manufacturers to continusto sink. In the next several years, he expects the nationa ratio of purchased imported cars to increasw from one in four to twoin four. which imports and exports throughu Jacksonville, will continue to be an industrg leader. Bob Moore, vice president and generakl manager of vehicle processing forSoutheast Toyota, said the companyt considered moving operations to Brunswick after it outgrew its Jacksonville facility in 2000.
Georgis Port Authority officials made anattractive offer, but a good relationship with Jacksonville Port Authority officials and their willingness to buil a new dock for the Talleyrand facility convincexd the company to stay put. “Right now we have 400 peoplse on payroll, and we would lose the majorit y of them if we movedto Brunswick,” Moores said. In a news release, Mercedes said the new site’ s closer proximity to the port will allow it to reducdprocessing time, but Kerrigan said having access to the and rail linesd was also a key The Jacksonville site gave the Germa manufacturer access to only the CSX and access to two lines will help it get the vehicleds that are produced in Alabamaa faster.
“Georgia has been very aggressive,” Kerriganm said. “Everyone from the governor on down has been tryinh to getthem there.” Another factor that was out of the Jacksonvillre Port Authority’s hands was that Brunswick has a nich for European carrier service, with its othed tenants, such as BMW and Volvo, usiny the same trade lanes. Brunswick “alsol has room to expand,” Kerrigan “Jacksonville hasn’t used all of its capacity but they’re pretty close.
” Making an “apples-to-apples” comparison is unfai r since Amports feeds different markets with its Brunswick andJacksonville operations, said David Haviland, the company’s general The company handles more cars in its Jacksonvillee facility but that’s all subject to change if its car manufactureer customers change their supplhy chains.
BRUNSWICK — The Port of Brunswicm in the past seven years has poachedd the importing of four major foreign auto vehicles from the Portof Jacksonville. The most recent loss was , whichu plans to transfer operations from Jacksonville toa yet-to-be-buil t 70,000-square-foot facility at Colonel Island in summere 2009. In 2002, Wallenius Wilhelmsen moved its Volvo-carryinvg operations to Brunswick, and in 2004, Glovis America moverd its automobile processing operations for and The Port of which isthe country’s secons largest handler of cars, trucks and otherr vehicles, dwarfs its frisky neighbor to the nort h in the amount of roll-on/roll-off carg handled.
But the recent lossees reflect an increasingly competitive EastCoasyt market. That’s partly becaus West Coast ports have reached their and their East Coast counterparts expectt increased traffic once the Panamwa Canalis expanded. “The East Coast is a dog-eat-dofg world,” said Roy Schleicher, the ’s senior director of trade development andglobal marketing. “People fight for everyu pound of freight.” Although Jacksonville has more regular shipping carrier the Port of Brunswick tends to be able to offerr tenants morefinancial incentives.
Whereas the Port of Jacksonville is one of 14 portsa vying forstate funding, the Port of Brunswick is one of two ocea n ports seeking funding through the state, Schleicher said. officials declined to comment. Brunswick is “za decent port,” Schleicher said. “It’xs just that Jacksonville has been big so long and they startedf drainingour business.” One of the clearest signs of the state’a generosity to the Port of Brunswick is that it has alreadt completed the dredging of its channekl so post-Panamax ships can call.
It’s an asset but not much of onesinces roll-on/roll-off ships don’t require the extra depth, said Bill founder of , a logistics consulting firm specializinhg in the automobile and roll-on/roll-off Brunswick also received funding to build a new bridgew so larger ships could pass Its growing agriculture bulk busineses is spurring it to build an additional 10,000-tonh grain storage tank, which is expected to be finishex by April. Brunswick may peel away some of the JacksonvillesPort Authority’s tenants, but Jacksonville will stay on top as long as the deman d for Asian-produced cars continues.
Even with the proposed auto industru bailout, Kerrigan expects American manufacturers to continusto sink. In the next several years, he expects the nationa ratio of purchased imported cars to increasw from one in four to twoin four. which imports and exports throughu Jacksonville, will continue to be an industrg leader. Bob Moore, vice president and generakl manager of vehicle processing forSoutheast Toyota, said the companyt considered moving operations to Brunswick after it outgrew its Jacksonville facility in 2000.
Georgis Port Authority officials made anattractive offer, but a good relationship with Jacksonville Port Authority officials and their willingness to buil a new dock for the Talleyrand facility convincexd the company to stay put. “Right now we have 400 peoplse on payroll, and we would lose the majorit y of them if we movedto Brunswick,” Moores said. In a news release, Mercedes said the new site’ s closer proximity to the port will allow it to reducdprocessing time, but Kerrigan said having access to the and rail linesd was also a key The Jacksonville site gave the Germa manufacturer access to only the CSX and access to two lines will help it get the vehicleds that are produced in Alabamaa faster.
“Georgia has been very aggressive,” Kerriganm said. “Everyone from the governor on down has been tryinh to getthem there.” Another factor that was out of the Jacksonvillre Port Authority’s hands was that Brunswick has a nich for European carrier service, with its othed tenants, such as BMW and Volvo, usiny the same trade lanes. Brunswick “alsol has room to expand,” Kerrigan “Jacksonville hasn’t used all of its capacity but they’re pretty close.
” Making an “apples-to-apples” comparison is unfai r since Amports feeds different markets with its Brunswick andJacksonville operations, said David Haviland, the company’s general The company handles more cars in its Jacksonvillee facility but that’s all subject to change if its car manufactureer customers change their supplhy chains.
sábado, 18 de junio de 2011
NY Insurance Superintendent Dinallo resigns - The Business Review (Albany):
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His resignation becomes effectiveJuly 3. Dinallo has been superintendenr ofthe state’s Insurance Department sincde 2007. Gov. David Patersoj said Dinallo hasbeen “ a stalwargt advocate for New Yorkers, a trusted advise to me and my administration and a committede public servant.” The governor said he and Dinallo worked closely with the U.S. Treasury the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and otherse in the rescue of financiap servicesgiant . “Under Superintendent Dinallo’s leadership, the departmen effectuated the largest regulatory settlement inthe U.S.
, played an integralp part in the reform of the workers’ compensation systek and facilitated more than $15 billio n in new capital for the bond insurance Paterson said. Dinallo will become the Henryu Kaufman Visiting Professor of Finance at NewYork University’es Stern School of Business. Dinalloi received his law degree at NYU and served as Law Reviea andEssay editor.
His resignation becomes effectiveJuly 3. Dinallo has been superintendenr ofthe state’s Insurance Department sincde 2007. Gov. David Patersoj said Dinallo hasbeen “ a stalwargt advocate for New Yorkers, a trusted advise to me and my administration and a committede public servant.” The governor said he and Dinallo worked closely with the U.S. Treasury the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and otherse in the rescue of financiap servicesgiant . “Under Superintendent Dinallo’s leadership, the departmen effectuated the largest regulatory settlement inthe U.S.
, played an integralp part in the reform of the workers’ compensation systek and facilitated more than $15 billio n in new capital for the bond insurance Paterson said. Dinallo will become the Henryu Kaufman Visiting Professor of Finance at NewYork University’es Stern School of Business. Dinalloi received his law degree at NYU and served as Law Reviea andEssay editor.
miércoles, 15 de junio de 2011
Ripken Baseball, Rawlings tackle baseball's five tools with new training equipment - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Rawlings’ new “Five Tool” traininb products will include hurdles, pop-up nets and tees to be used for baseballl tournaments and camps at the Ripken Baseball facilities in Aberdeemnand elsewhere. The products will be designede to help young baseball players learn the fivevalued skills: hitting for hitting for power; running arm strength; and fielding The five-year deal follows the partnershipo Ripken Baseball reached with Baltimored sports apparel manufacturer Under Armouf in April to extend both companies’ brands deeper into yout sports, particularly baseball.
Financial terms of the deal with were not More than 20 training items will be designec and created with the help ofRipken Baseball’s Cal Ripke Jr., and his brother Bill Ripken — both formerd Orioles.
Rawlings’ new “Five Tool” traininb products will include hurdles, pop-up nets and tees to be used for baseballl tournaments and camps at the Ripken Baseball facilities in Aberdeemnand elsewhere. The products will be designede to help young baseball players learn the fivevalued skills: hitting for hitting for power; running arm strength; and fielding The five-year deal follows the partnershipo Ripken Baseball reached with Baltimored sports apparel manufacturer Under Armouf in April to extend both companies’ brands deeper into yout sports, particularly baseball.
Financial terms of the deal with were not More than 20 training items will be designec and created with the help ofRipken Baseball’s Cal Ripke Jr., and his brother Bill Ripken — both formerd Orioles.
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