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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Electric blanket cited as cause of fatal Walnut Creek fire - San Jose Mercury News
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Friday, December 24, 2010
'Beta Communities' to Try Out Group's Sustainability and Livability Index - Solar Home & Business Journal
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Portman: Expedite Brent Spence Bridge study - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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million for the Brent Spence Bridge Rehabilitation/Replacement Projec t in 2005's federal transportation bill, todat encouraged the to expedite its study of the project so it can petition for more monety in a federal transit bill scheduledfor 2009. the Bush-appointed director of the Unitef States Office of Managemenytand Budget, provided the keynotde address at the regional transportation organization's annual meeting and awards banquet downtown at the Phoenix. "Thes planning going on now will put us in a positionh to move forward with the nexttransportation bill," he told the crows of several hundred government and city officials, business and community leaders.
The bridge project, set to begin in 2015, coulf cost as much as $1.5 billiom to complete Portman represented the second Congressional districty of Ohio as a member ofthe U.S. Housre of Representatives from 1993 throughg 2005 until he wasappointed U.S. Trade Representativre by President Bush. He earned his currenf title in April 2006 through anotherBush appointment.
million for the Brent Spence Bridge Rehabilitation/Replacement Projec t in 2005's federal transportation bill, todat encouraged the to expedite its study of the project so it can petition for more monety in a federal transit bill scheduledfor 2009. the Bush-appointed director of the Unitef States Office of Managemenytand Budget, provided the keynotde address at the regional transportation organization's annual meeting and awards banquet downtown at the Phoenix. "Thes planning going on now will put us in a positionh to move forward with the nexttransportation bill," he told the crows of several hundred government and city officials, business and community leaders.
The bridge project, set to begin in 2015, coulf cost as much as $1.5 billiom to complete Portman represented the second Congressional districty of Ohio as a member ofthe U.S. Housre of Representatives from 1993 throughg 2005 until he wasappointed U.S. Trade Representativre by President Bush. He earned his currenf title in April 2006 through anotherBush appointment.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Relm Wireless gets $1.1M in orders - Orlando Business Journal:
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million from agencies of the andthe . The orderd include the company's new digital P25 KNG product and itsflagship D-Series digital P-25 products. The orders should be fulfilledr during the second quarterof 2009. APCO Projecg 25, or P25, requires interoperability among compliant equipmengt regardless ofthe manufacturer. It’s a standarsd established by the Associationof Public-Safety Communicationsx Officials and is approved by the . The shift towards interoperability gained momentum as a result of significant communicationsd failures during events such asthe 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Hurricane Relm was among the firstg manufacturers to develop P25-compliant technology.
Relm Wireleses (AMEX: RWC) is a 60-year-olsd firm that makes two-way communicationsx equipment for public safety professionals andgovernment agencies. Its radioes are also used in a wide rang e of commercial andindustrial applications. The company is basesd in West Melbourne. Relm stoc has traded in a 52-week rangde between 41 cents and $1.75. On May 21, it was trading at abougt $1.05.
million from agencies of the andthe . The orderd include the company's new digital P25 KNG product and itsflagship D-Series digital P-25 products. The orders should be fulfilledr during the second quarterof 2009. APCO Projecg 25, or P25, requires interoperability among compliant equipmengt regardless ofthe manufacturer. It’s a standarsd established by the Associationof Public-Safety Communicationsx Officials and is approved by the . The shift towards interoperability gained momentum as a result of significant communicationsd failures during events such asthe 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Hurricane Relm was among the firstg manufacturers to develop P25-compliant technology.
Relm Wireleses (AMEX: RWC) is a 60-year-olsd firm that makes two-way communicationsx equipment for public safety professionals andgovernment agencies. Its radioes are also used in a wide rang e of commercial andindustrial applications. The company is basesd in West Melbourne. Relm stoc has traded in a 52-week rangde between 41 cents and $1.75. On May 21, it was trading at abougt $1.05.
Friday, December 17, 2010
West Carrollton Sonic moves forward; others in works - Dayton Business Journal:
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A vacant lot in West Carrollton, near El Meson is joining the ranks of new Sonicx opening inthe area. The franchisinhg company closed on the land inlate June. It mark s the 11th local Sonic inthe works. The drive-u burger-and-milk shake joint is going in at the site of theforme Woody's Market on E. Dixise Drive. The West Carrollton location will cost morethan $1.2 milliob to build and is scheduled to open in earlyh 2009. Rick Fee, director of operations for Bowlingt Green, Ky.-based Houchins, which owns the Dayton said Sonic's sixth location opened June 19 in Celinaa and there are four othedr locations scheduled to open before the WestCarrolltob restaurant.
Those locations are Greenville, Huber Heights and Beavercreek. Another Sonic in Eatonh is awaiting approval and Fee said he has properth for another location in Houchins is committed to open 29 Soniczs in the Dayton area in the nextfour years. "We're going to have the market saturated," Fee The Dayton area Sonics are being builtby Cleveland-base and Joplin, Mo.-based . Oklahoma City-based Sonic (NASDAQ: SONC) is a fast-casual drive-ijn restaurant known for its roller-skating waiters and waitresses andthe 168,00o0 drink combinations on its menu. There are more than 3,200 Sonicse across the country.
A vacant lot in West Carrollton, near El Meson is joining the ranks of new Sonicx opening inthe area. The franchisinhg company closed on the land inlate June. It mark s the 11th local Sonic inthe works. The drive-u burger-and-milk shake joint is going in at the site of theforme Woody's Market on E. Dixise Drive. The West Carrollton location will cost morethan $1.2 milliob to build and is scheduled to open in earlyh 2009. Rick Fee, director of operations for Bowlingt Green, Ky.-based Houchins, which owns the Dayton said Sonic's sixth location opened June 19 in Celinaa and there are four othedr locations scheduled to open before the WestCarrolltob restaurant.
Those locations are Greenville, Huber Heights and Beavercreek. Another Sonic in Eatonh is awaiting approval and Fee said he has properth for another location in Houchins is committed to open 29 Soniczs in the Dayton area in the nextfour years. "We're going to have the market saturated," Fee The Dayton area Sonics are being builtby Cleveland-base and Joplin, Mo.-based . Oklahoma City-based Sonic (NASDAQ: SONC) is a fast-casual drive-ijn restaurant known for its roller-skating waiters and waitresses andthe 168,00o0 drink combinations on its menu. There are more than 3,200 Sonicse across the country.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Iowa athletic officials address rumors surrounding player suspensions - Radio Iowa
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Iowa athletic officials address rumors surrounding player suspensions Radio Iowa ... a news conference today after announcing Monday that running back Jewell Hampton is transferring and Adam Robinson won't play in the upcoming bowl game. ... |
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Business bulletins: Dec. 12 - Knoxville News Sentinel
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Report: Meredith Eyeing Rodale Mags; Predicts Low to Mid-Single Digit Ad Growth - Folio Magazine
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Judge OKs trial for Blue Cross suit - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Lauren DeSantis-Then, an attorney for Dr. John Powderly II, says her clienf was pleased with the ruling last weekby U.S. Districtt Court Judge Frank She says the principal issue is between Powderlhy andthe N.C. insurer. Whitney dismissed statw and federal antitrust countsagainsrt , the and the affiliated Those countzs remain to be tried against the N.C. group. So do countsd of unfair and deceptive trade practiceds and improper interferencewith Powderly’s business. The othedr groups were named as part of the antitrustr claims against BlueCross here. They are not at the hearft of the case, DeSantis-Then says. The N.C. group declineds to comment. The case is set for trial next summer.
Powderlyt contends Blue Cross in North Carolina discouragedr patients from going to his by decliningy hispractice in-network status. The he says, was to avoids paying for expensive clinical-trial treatmenta his practice specializes in. That severely limits treatmentg options for the most seriously ill cancerr patients inthe region, Powderly contends. Blue Croszs has denied any wrongdoing. In its response, the company says many of the serviceas offered by Powderly are not covered bythe N.C. group. Arbitratiobn for LendingTree has won a ruling to sendproposef class-action lawsuits filed over the theft of private financia information to arbitration.
But the company did not succeecd in getting the cases dismissed The suits arise outof LendingTree’s disclosure in Apri l that confidential customer informationm had been stolen. LendingTree has since filed suit againsy twoformer employees, accusing them of stealing the information from LendingTree’z computers. One of the two says he is a target of a crimina investigation intothe thefts. Several customere filed class-action lawsuits following the disclosure. They contended LendingTrere failed to adequately protect theirtconfidential information.
Judge Frank Whitneyy ruled last weekthat LendingTree’s customere had to submit to arbitratio n as agreed in contracts with the LendingTree is a subsidiary of Charlotte-based , whicjh spun off this month from onlinse media giant Whitney ruled the case can proceer against other defendants named by customers. Those defendantzs are lending companies in California that LendingTree contendse obtained private customer information from theforme employees.
Lauren DeSantis-Then, an attorney for Dr. John Powderly II, says her clienf was pleased with the ruling last weekby U.S. Districtt Court Judge Frank She says the principal issue is between Powderlhy andthe N.C. insurer. Whitney dismissed statw and federal antitrust countsagainsrt , the and the affiliated Those countzs remain to be tried against the N.C. group. So do countsd of unfair and deceptive trade practiceds and improper interferencewith Powderly’s business. The othedr groups were named as part of the antitrustr claims against BlueCross here. They are not at the hearft of the case, DeSantis-Then says. The N.C. group declineds to comment. The case is set for trial next summer.
Powderlyt contends Blue Cross in North Carolina discouragedr patients from going to his by decliningy hispractice in-network status. The he says, was to avoids paying for expensive clinical-trial treatmenta his practice specializes in. That severely limits treatmentg options for the most seriously ill cancerr patients inthe region, Powderly contends. Blue Croszs has denied any wrongdoing. In its response, the company says many of the serviceas offered by Powderly are not covered bythe N.C. group. Arbitratiobn for LendingTree has won a ruling to sendproposef class-action lawsuits filed over the theft of private financia information to arbitration.
But the company did not succeecd in getting the cases dismissed The suits arise outof LendingTree’s disclosure in Apri l that confidential customer informationm had been stolen. LendingTree has since filed suit againsy twoformer employees, accusing them of stealing the information from LendingTree’z computers. One of the two says he is a target of a crimina investigation intothe thefts. Several customere filed class-action lawsuits following the disclosure. They contended LendingTrere failed to adequately protect theirtconfidential information.
Judge Frank Whitneyy ruled last weekthat LendingTree’s customere had to submit to arbitratio n as agreed in contracts with the LendingTree is a subsidiary of Charlotte-based , whicjh spun off this month from onlinse media giant Whitney ruled the case can proceer against other defendants named by customers. Those defendantzs are lending companies in California that LendingTree contendse obtained private customer information from theforme employees.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Temporary consultants take top jobs - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Jacksonville-based Real Mortgage Systems turned to anotherlocap company, financial recruiter , which was adding a division offering interim financial consultants to local Now with a contracted CSI Searcg consultant, Kirstin McMullen, as a controlle and a $36 million commercial and residential lender, Real Mortgag e Systems can set its long-term goalws and seek more national lenders. Thorpe hopes to hire the consultantt permanently after contractualagreements expire. Severalk national companies offer financial consultant s toarea employers. But such companies typically are not alsostaffinhg agencies, nor do they want to lose theid consultants to their clients.
CSI Search is part of , whic includes a custom staffing agency, a healtu care staffing arm and an information technologstaffing company. CSI Search has hired about 25 financiaol consultants for its new called InterimFinancial Solutions. The program offere temporary guidance to businesses in 14 such asinternal auditing, budgeting and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting, due diligence and Sarbanes-Oxley The company hopes to expand this division to its othert offices full time, with more consultants and clients. For the it could mean a future permanent perhaps as a chief financial officer foranother company.
It's also a way for seasonef financial executives to continue their careerss on aninterim basis. Most of the contracts are based on an hourlyu rateaveraging $40 or more per The 5-year-old financial recruiting companh was offering what it called "lower leve consultants" up until the new division was created. CSI Searcn Senior Manager Ricky Caplin said the companyu created an upperleveo -- primarily based on experience -- consultanft division because it saw a demand amonfg its existing clients. Clientsd using the program range from startupx like Real Mortgage Systems to moreseasoned Md.
-based , the international defense and aerospace company that bought Jacksonville-basef in August. CSI Search provided a tax consultant forBAE "We chose CSI Search because they were very proactiver and very reasonable," Thorpe said. "The candidate is outstandint and the terms and conditions fit our CSI Search provides the consultant for terms typically ranging from six weeks tosix months, and dependingv on the agreement, the consultant could be hireds full time. Real Mortgage Systems has a one-yeafr contract with CSI but the initial period with the consultany isthree months.
Then the company can decide if it is interested in offering a permanent Thorpe said he is already interested in hiring the interimm controller full time but it is also based onthe consultant'zs decision. CSI differs from otherd financial consultant firms in that it offers a creditt to the company if the clienr decides to hire the consultant full time after the contract Other firms typically have a consultinbg and referral fee as well as a rigidhourlg fee, Thorpe said. National consultant company , based in Hauppauge, has an office in Jacksonville with about30 employees.
Mike vice president of the Florida area officee forAccretive Solutions, said the company differ s because its consultants are full-time employeesa paid mostly by "We are not a staffing he said. "We have had good success becausee most people who have a sophisticatefd system want aconsultant firm." But Tanner and other consultantx agreed that there is still room for competition in the "It's definitely a tight market, but it all dependas on what you're offering," said Angela Lyle, managingg director of the Jacksonville practicre of Irvine, Calif.-based (NASDAQ: RECN), an internationalp professional services company.
Consultant servicexs "has been a very strong business, but just like any othe business, it has its ebbs and flows," she said. The office had an average of 20 percent to 25 percent growtn in annual revenue during the past five but Lyle expects it to slow slightly witheconomixc changes. Caplin did not disclose how much revenuwe the consultant services division would generate for his but said it wouldbe "a significangt part of CSI Search in the future.
"
Jacksonville-based Real Mortgage Systems turned to anotherlocap company, financial recruiter , which was adding a division offering interim financial consultants to local Now with a contracted CSI Searcg consultant, Kirstin McMullen, as a controlle and a $36 million commercial and residential lender, Real Mortgag e Systems can set its long-term goalws and seek more national lenders. Thorpe hopes to hire the consultantt permanently after contractualagreements expire. Severalk national companies offer financial consultant s toarea employers. But such companies typically are not alsostaffinhg agencies, nor do they want to lose theid consultants to their clients.
CSI Search is part of , whic includes a custom staffing agency, a healtu care staffing arm and an information technologstaffing company. CSI Search has hired about 25 financiaol consultants for its new called InterimFinancial Solutions. The program offere temporary guidance to businesses in 14 such asinternal auditing, budgeting and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting, due diligence and Sarbanes-Oxley The company hopes to expand this division to its othert offices full time, with more consultants and clients. For the it could mean a future permanent perhaps as a chief financial officer foranother company.
It's also a way for seasonef financial executives to continue their careerss on aninterim basis. Most of the contracts are based on an hourlyu rateaveraging $40 or more per The 5-year-old financial recruiting companh was offering what it called "lower leve consultants" up until the new division was created. CSI Searcn Senior Manager Ricky Caplin said the companyu created an upperleveo -- primarily based on experience -- consultanft division because it saw a demand amonfg its existing clients. Clientsd using the program range from startupx like Real Mortgage Systems to moreseasoned Md.
-based , the international defense and aerospace company that bought Jacksonville-basef in August. CSI Search provided a tax consultant forBAE "We chose CSI Search because they were very proactiver and very reasonable," Thorpe said. "The candidate is outstandint and the terms and conditions fit our CSI Search provides the consultant for terms typically ranging from six weeks tosix months, and dependingv on the agreement, the consultant could be hireds full time. Real Mortgage Systems has a one-yeafr contract with CSI but the initial period with the consultany isthree months.
Then the company can decide if it is interested in offering a permanent Thorpe said he is already interested in hiring the interimm controller full time but it is also based onthe consultant'zs decision. CSI differs from otherd financial consultant firms in that it offers a creditt to the company if the clienr decides to hire the consultant full time after the contract Other firms typically have a consultinbg and referral fee as well as a rigidhourlg fee, Thorpe said. National consultant company , based in Hauppauge, has an office in Jacksonville with about30 employees.
Mike vice president of the Florida area officee forAccretive Solutions, said the company differ s because its consultants are full-time employeesa paid mostly by "We are not a staffing he said. "We have had good success becausee most people who have a sophisticatefd system want aconsultant firm." But Tanner and other consultantx agreed that there is still room for competition in the "It's definitely a tight market, but it all dependas on what you're offering," said Angela Lyle, managingg director of the Jacksonville practicre of Irvine, Calif.-based (NASDAQ: RECN), an internationalp professional services company.
Consultant servicexs "has been a very strong business, but just like any othe business, it has its ebbs and flows," she said. The office had an average of 20 percent to 25 percent growtn in annual revenue during the past five but Lyle expects it to slow slightly witheconomixc changes. Caplin did not disclose how much revenuwe the consultant services division would generate for his but said it wouldbe "a significangt part of CSI Search in the future.
"
Thursday, December 2, 2010
The No. 1 question du jour? Cliff Lee's future - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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