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The upscale shopping center, which opens at 10 a.m. Monda through Saturday, will now close an hour at 7 p.m., said Rena marketing director for Plaza Sundayoperating hours, noon to 5 remain unchanged. “ had sent out a release that they had adjusted their houres toclose earlier, and since had already changed from 8 p.m. to 7 we thought it only made senses to adjust the hours for the rest of theshopping center,” Abrams said. Dallas-based Neiman Marcus announced that is was rollinfg back store hours at about half its stores acrossa the country after posting afiscal third-quartefr loss of $3.1 million in June.
The , operated by , as well as Plazaq restaurants, will remain open accordingy to theirregular hours. Abrames said the mall does not yet know how the loss of an which took effectJuly 6, will impact plaza revenue. “Certainly with the cinema and the we do have a significant amount of traffic during the evening that does bring customers forwindo shopping, but our typical customer shops more during the morningv and afternoon,” she said. This the mall lost after the women’s clothinfg store filed for Chapter 11 Writing utensils store Montblancalso closed, and both Neimahn Marcus and Saks have eliminated theird bridal stores.
Openings at Plaza Frontenac this yearinclude , a stores for children; ; and . A store is set to open in and an opening is slated forspringy 2010.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Red Bull targets taste with three new flavors - USA TODAY
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Red Bull targets taste with three new flavors USA TODAY "Taste is a barrier for the category, and taste is a barrier for Red Bull," says Amy Taylor, vice president of marketing. "After 12 years in the U.S., we can now introduce flavors without confusion. It's about expanding the consumer base." In test ... |
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Brian P. Campbell Executive Profile
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since January 2000 and has beenVice President, Business and Legalo Affairs since June 2003. Mr. Campbell is responsibl for managing ourlegalp affairs, including intellectual property, mergeres and acquisitions, strategic alliances, corporate securities, real litigation and employment law, as well as supervising outsidr counsel. Mr. Campbell also oversees our privacy initiatives. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Campbell served as Vice General Counsel and Corporate Secretary atCMP Media, wherr he worked since 1995. From 1988 to Mr. Campbell worked as a Corporate Associatw at the law firmof Rose, Guthrie, Alexander and Ferdon. He earnefd a J.D. from St.
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since January 2000 and has beenVice President, Business and Legalo Affairs since June 2003. Mr. Campbell is responsibl for managing ourlegalp affairs, including intellectual property, mergeres and acquisitions, strategic alliances, corporate securities, real litigation and employment law, as well as supervising outsidr counsel. Mr. Campbell also oversees our privacy initiatives. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Campbell served as Vice General Counsel and Corporate Secretary atCMP Media, wherr he worked since 1995. From 1988 to Mr. Campbell worked as a Corporate Associatw at the law firmof Rose, Guthrie, Alexander and Ferdon. He earnefd a J.D. from St.
John
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Exclusive: Credit Suisse probed over mortgages - sources - Reuters
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Thomson Reuters News & Insight | Exclusive: Credit Suisse probed over mortgages - sources Reuters Exclusive: Credit Suisse probed over mortgages - sources. Tweet · Share this · Email · Print. Related News. U.S. credit union regulator sues Credit Suisse. 7:49pm EDT. Credit Suisse readies more New York-area layoffs. 5:54pm EDT. Analysis & Opinion ... Exclusive: Credit Suisse probed by US over mortgages - sources |
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Economic, natural forces buffet Hawaii glider business - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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Today, President Steve “Woody” Wood hopes forces beyond his control won’tg ground his business “It’s not the economic climate, but God’s he said. “It’s been a royal pain in the Reduced visibility from volcanic haze and soft windsd out of the southwest have forced Wood to shut down operations for several daysthis year. Then there was all the rain gliders don’t fly in heavyy rain — that caused flooding and turned nearby Wailuq into adisaster area. The road to Dillingham Airfielx in Mokuleia goesthroughj Wailua. Wood can’t control the weather, but he can deal with the forces of man that also have buffetedchis business.
Like most Hawaii traffic at Original Glider Rides isdown — abouf 50 percent in 2008 compared with 2007. But Wood thinkzs his established business can ride out the Original Glider Rides was founded in 1970 as Honolulyu Soaring by Bill Star andSam Bleadon, then new to the Dillingham Field had just been deactivated by the . The statew entered into a 30-year-lease with the which still uses the base forevenintg training. Wood, 44, a nativ e of England, visited in 1997 and was stunner to finda 9,000-fooft runway sandwiched between the Waianae Mountains and the “It was the most beautiful glider port I had ever he said.
The area is blessed with trads winds out of the northeastr that give the sailplanes aconsistent “ridger lift” (except when those Kona windx arrive). Rising air calle thermals help the gliders ascend to altitudex wellpast 2,000 feet above sea level. Afteer taking over from Bleadon, who retired in 2004, Wood cut fixef costs of $5,000 a month that went to print advertising. His customers come mainlyy via contracts between Original Gliderf Ridesand Expedia, Travelocity and concierges at and some Waikiki hotels, and repeaf business.
(Some come because they thinjk they can drive their rentalk cars aroundKaena Point, discover they and then notice all the gliderss buzzing Farrington Highway.) Wood also has pushed programs to attrac local residents, such as an all-female flyingg team that practices once a week. Glider tour s are intimate experiences, with no more than two passengers ata time. Wood hires pilots who have strony communications skills to ease customer anxiety and poiny out all the sites through the bubbletops — the coral tidal pools, whalexs from January through April, cattle on mountain trails, the Satellitre Tracking Station above Kaena.
“It was awesome,” said Madelinw Clouse of Texas, who heard about the tour from the ownere ofher parents’ vacation rental in Haleiwa. “I was scared at first, but the piloy did a good job.” Longer tours take passengersx to Pearl Harbor andDiamond It’s a peaceful ride, without the noisew of helicopter and plane tours.
Today, President Steve “Woody” Wood hopes forces beyond his control won’tg ground his business “It’s not the economic climate, but God’s he said. “It’s been a royal pain in the Reduced visibility from volcanic haze and soft windsd out of the southwest have forced Wood to shut down operations for several daysthis year. Then there was all the rain gliders don’t fly in heavyy rain — that caused flooding and turned nearby Wailuq into adisaster area. The road to Dillingham Airfielx in Mokuleia goesthroughj Wailua. Wood can’t control the weather, but he can deal with the forces of man that also have buffetedchis business.
Like most Hawaii traffic at Original Glider Rides isdown — abouf 50 percent in 2008 compared with 2007. But Wood thinkzs his established business can ride out the Original Glider Rides was founded in 1970 as Honolulyu Soaring by Bill Star andSam Bleadon, then new to the Dillingham Field had just been deactivated by the . The statew entered into a 30-year-lease with the which still uses the base forevenintg training. Wood, 44, a nativ e of England, visited in 1997 and was stunner to finda 9,000-fooft runway sandwiched between the Waianae Mountains and the “It was the most beautiful glider port I had ever he said.
The area is blessed with trads winds out of the northeastr that give the sailplanes aconsistent “ridger lift” (except when those Kona windx arrive). Rising air calle thermals help the gliders ascend to altitudex wellpast 2,000 feet above sea level. Afteer taking over from Bleadon, who retired in 2004, Wood cut fixef costs of $5,000 a month that went to print advertising. His customers come mainlyy via contracts between Original Gliderf Ridesand Expedia, Travelocity and concierges at and some Waikiki hotels, and repeaf business.
(Some come because they thinjk they can drive their rentalk cars aroundKaena Point, discover they and then notice all the gliderss buzzing Farrington Highway.) Wood also has pushed programs to attrac local residents, such as an all-female flyingg team that practices once a week. Glider tour s are intimate experiences, with no more than two passengers ata time. Wood hires pilots who have strony communications skills to ease customer anxiety and poiny out all the sites through the bubbletops — the coral tidal pools, whalexs from January through April, cattle on mountain trails, the Satellitre Tracking Station above Kaena.
“It was awesome,” said Madelinw Clouse of Texas, who heard about the tour from the ownere ofher parents’ vacation rental in Haleiwa. “I was scared at first, but the piloy did a good job.” Longer tours take passengersx to Pearl Harbor andDiamond It’s a peaceful ride, without the noisew of helicopter and plane tours.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Senate looks to gut $1B from budget - Charlotte Business Journal:
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That would include $417 million in targetedx cuts to agency budgets resulting ina still-to-be-determine number of state job reductions, Senate GOP leaders said Friday as they unveiled their plan to balance the two-year budgey that begins July 1. Their budget bill would trim morethan $1 billiob from the $114 billion spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlle d Ohio House in April. At the same however, Senate Republicans said their budget proposal woulxd boost spending for primary and secondary schoole rather than cut funding for them as proposedin House-approved budget. It woulr raise funding for gradeas K-12 school district by 0.
25 percentg in fiscal 2010 comparedr to the current year andanother 0.5 percent in 2011. Senatde Republicans also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweeping evidence-basesd school reform plan, calling it “fundamentall y flawed” because it is based on school staffing needs insteax ofstudent needs. They want the governor’sz proposed education model to be reviewedx by a bipartisanstudy council. Senate President Bill R-Ashland, said he wants the where Republicans holda 21-112 majority, to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5.
That woulx set the stage for a House-Senate conferencre committee to hash out the differences in theirf versions of the bill and present a balancede budgetfor Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadlinew set by state law. “We want to work with the governorrand House,” Harris said, “to do what is righr for this great This budget is part of that.” Like the House version, the Senats Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasess and safeguards the broad tax reforms favored by the business community and approved by legislatords in 2005. It also protects a two-yeaer tuition freeze at community colleges, such as Columbus and one-year freeze and 3.
5 percent cap on increasew in fiscal 2011at four-year statre universities, including , that were proposed by Strickland and passedf by the House. Senate Republicans were able to provide such safeguardx despite having to workwith $912 million less than what the House had counted on when it passed its budget The revenue shortfall became apparent in early May when the Stricklandx administration reported state income tax receipta through April 30 were 15 percent lower than a year ago and well belos the administration’s revised budget forecast in Besides the $417 million in cuts for stat e agencies, Senate Republican budget-balancing moves includ e mandating $42 million in cost-containment measures for the Medicaid health-carde program for the poor and locking in $200 millio in agency service cuts ordered by Strickland earlier this “We think spending more money is not the Harris said.
“The answer is getting more Ohioans back to work and helpin more businesses and industries in Ohiobe successful.” Eliminating 34 proposed fee increase for employers, including ones affecting the agriculture and construction industries. • Requiring statde regulatory agencies to eliminate bureaucracy and red tapefor • Holding the line on new health-care mandates that drive up the cost of healt insurance for employers.
• Eliminatingv a proposed fee ofapproximately $8 milliom per year for the disposal of construction and demolition • Preserving funding for the and Ohio State University Extension for research and innovation • Enhancing a $100 milliobn film tax credit to attract the motiob picture industry to Ohio. • Supporting expansioh of the state’s Job Retention Tax Credit and Technology InvestmentTax Credit. • Providing more fundinyg for state Rapid Outreachj grants to attract and retain businessesin Ohio.
That would include $417 million in targetedx cuts to agency budgets resulting ina still-to-be-determine number of state job reductions, Senate GOP leaders said Friday as they unveiled their plan to balance the two-year budgey that begins July 1. Their budget bill would trim morethan $1 billiob from the $114 billion spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlle d Ohio House in April. At the same however, Senate Republicans said their budget proposal woulxd boost spending for primary and secondary schoole rather than cut funding for them as proposedin House-approved budget. It woulr raise funding for gradeas K-12 school district by 0.
25 percentg in fiscal 2010 comparedr to the current year andanother 0.5 percent in 2011. Senatde Republicans also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweeping evidence-basesd school reform plan, calling it “fundamentall y flawed” because it is based on school staffing needs insteax ofstudent needs. They want the governor’sz proposed education model to be reviewedx by a bipartisanstudy council. Senate President Bill R-Ashland, said he wants the where Republicans holda 21-112 majority, to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5.
That woulx set the stage for a House-Senate conferencre committee to hash out the differences in theirf versions of the bill and present a balancede budgetfor Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadlinew set by state law. “We want to work with the governorrand House,” Harris said, “to do what is righr for this great This budget is part of that.” Like the House version, the Senats Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasess and safeguards the broad tax reforms favored by the business community and approved by legislatords in 2005. It also protects a two-yeaer tuition freeze at community colleges, such as Columbus and one-year freeze and 3.
5 percent cap on increasew in fiscal 2011at four-year statre universities, including , that were proposed by Strickland and passedf by the House. Senate Republicans were able to provide such safeguardx despite having to workwith $912 million less than what the House had counted on when it passed its budget The revenue shortfall became apparent in early May when the Stricklandx administration reported state income tax receipta through April 30 were 15 percent lower than a year ago and well belos the administration’s revised budget forecast in Besides the $417 million in cuts for stat e agencies, Senate Republican budget-balancing moves includ e mandating $42 million in cost-containment measures for the Medicaid health-carde program for the poor and locking in $200 millio in agency service cuts ordered by Strickland earlier this “We think spending more money is not the Harris said.
“The answer is getting more Ohioans back to work and helpin more businesses and industries in Ohiobe successful.” Eliminating 34 proposed fee increase for employers, including ones affecting the agriculture and construction industries. • Requiring statde regulatory agencies to eliminate bureaucracy and red tapefor • Holding the line on new health-care mandates that drive up the cost of healt insurance for employers.
• Eliminatingv a proposed fee ofapproximately $8 milliom per year for the disposal of construction and demolition • Preserving funding for the and Ohio State University Extension for research and innovation • Enhancing a $100 milliobn film tax credit to attract the motiob picture industry to Ohio. • Supporting expansioh of the state’s Job Retention Tax Credit and Technology InvestmentTax Credit. • Providing more fundinyg for state Rapid Outreachj grants to attract and retain businessesin Ohio.
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