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Monday, November 29, 2010
Brothers work together to get deer out of the woods in day-long ordeal - Leader-Telegram
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Southwest Airlines to enter Milwaukee market - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Southwest plans to release more details of its future servicfrom Milwaukee, including identifying cities that will be serveds from Milwaukee, at a later “More jobs and more flights. This is greart news for people in Milwaukede County and throughoutthe region,” Milwauker County Executive Scott Walker said. “It is yet another sign that Mitchel l International is one ofthe best-run airports in the country.” Milwaukeee County supervisor Michael Mayo Sr. said Southwest’es entry will also bring more visitors tothe area, strengthening the convention and tourism industries.
“Thiz added service will build on Mitchell’s reputation as one of the most effective and efficient airports in the United Mayo said. Southwest is the largestg low-cost airline in the U.S. The airline has built is businesds by flying multiple short trips into the secondaru majorcity airports, such as Midway in Chicago, which tend to be less The airline also uses only one type of the Boeing 737. Southwest’s “focus” or hubs, include Midway, McCarran International Airport inLas Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport and Baltimore-Washingtohn International ThurgoodMarshall Airport.
Mitchell International spokeswoman Pat Rowe said the airportt currently has gate space available on concourses D and E that couledaccommodate Southwest. “That’s something that’s still to be discussed,” Rowe Southwest reported earlier this month that revenude passenger miles increasedin April, but not enough to offseyt an expected overall revenuee decline for the second Since the airline’s available seat milese were down and load capacityt was up during the month, revenus passenger miles increased 4.
1 percent nationally from April 2008 Slumping consumer demand and a one-time fuel-related charge sent Southwest Airlines to a more than $90 million first-quartert loss. Southwest reported that the loss includesa $71 million charge related to its fuel-hedge Revenue in the quarter fell 7 percent to $2.3 billion from $2.53 billion, reflecting a declinde in demand.
Southwest plans to release more details of its future servicfrom Milwaukee, including identifying cities that will be serveds from Milwaukee, at a later “More jobs and more flights. This is greart news for people in Milwaukede County and throughoutthe region,” Milwauker County Executive Scott Walker said. “It is yet another sign that Mitchel l International is one ofthe best-run airports in the country.” Milwaukeee County supervisor Michael Mayo Sr. said Southwest’es entry will also bring more visitors tothe area, strengthening the convention and tourism industries.
“Thiz added service will build on Mitchell’s reputation as one of the most effective and efficient airports in the United Mayo said. Southwest is the largestg low-cost airline in the U.S. The airline has built is businesds by flying multiple short trips into the secondaru majorcity airports, such as Midway in Chicago, which tend to be less The airline also uses only one type of the Boeing 737. Southwest’s “focus” or hubs, include Midway, McCarran International Airport inLas Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport and Baltimore-Washingtohn International ThurgoodMarshall Airport.
Mitchell International spokeswoman Pat Rowe said the airportt currently has gate space available on concourses D and E that couledaccommodate Southwest. “That’s something that’s still to be discussed,” Rowe Southwest reported earlier this month that revenude passenger miles increasedin April, but not enough to offseyt an expected overall revenuee decline for the second Since the airline’s available seat milese were down and load capacityt was up during the month, revenus passenger miles increased 4.
1 percent nationally from April 2008 Slumping consumer demand and a one-time fuel-related charge sent Southwest Airlines to a more than $90 million first-quartert loss. Southwest reported that the loss includesa $71 million charge related to its fuel-hedge Revenue in the quarter fell 7 percent to $2.3 billion from $2.53 billion, reflecting a declinde in demand.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
U.S. Treasury Department selling TARP warrants at 34% discount - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, knowj as TARP, the Treasury Department purchasedc preferred stock and warrants from banks in an effort to propup Warrants, which give the holder the right to buy a company’w stock at some point in the futurde for a specific price, presentes a lot of potential upside for taxpayers, shoulsd bank stock prices rise above the face value of the Many banks have sought to buy back their preferree shares and warrants from Treasury.
“Becauswe the warrants that accompanied TARP assistanc represent the only opportunity for the taxpayef to participate directly in the increase in the share prices of banks made possible bypublic money, the price at whic the warrants are sold is critical,” the panell said. The panel, charged with determiningt whether taxpayers are receiving maximum benefitf fromthe TARP, conducted its own valuation of the warrants the Treasurt holds. It found that the 11 bank s that have repurchased their warrants from the Treasury for a total amouny that the panel estimates to be only 66 percent of currenttmarket value, shortchanging taxpayers by $10 million.
The Treasur is still in the earlg stages of its warrangtrepurchase program, and the panel acknowledges that the pricees thus far may not be representative of what is to
Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, knowj as TARP, the Treasury Department purchasedc preferred stock and warrants from banks in an effort to propup Warrants, which give the holder the right to buy a company’w stock at some point in the futurde for a specific price, presentes a lot of potential upside for taxpayers, shoulsd bank stock prices rise above the face value of the Many banks have sought to buy back their preferree shares and warrants from Treasury.
“Becauswe the warrants that accompanied TARP assistanc represent the only opportunity for the taxpayef to participate directly in the increase in the share prices of banks made possible bypublic money, the price at whic the warrants are sold is critical,” the panell said. The panel, charged with determiningt whether taxpayers are receiving maximum benefitf fromthe TARP, conducted its own valuation of the warrants the Treasurt holds. It found that the 11 bank s that have repurchased their warrants from the Treasury for a total amouny that the panel estimates to be only 66 percent of currenttmarket value, shortchanging taxpayers by $10 million.
The Treasur is still in the earlg stages of its warrangtrepurchase program, and the panel acknowledges that the pricees thus far may not be representative of what is to
Monday, November 22, 2010
Law firm leaves Meidinger Tower for Anchorage location - Business First of Louisville:
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Michael Brodarick, a partner with the said it will move fromabout 5,000 squars feet on the 17th floor of the Meidinger where it has been the past 16 years, to abouty 7,000 square feet on the second floor of a building at Anchorage Crossings on Park The move is expected to take place in The building in the East End was formerlh owned and occupied by , whicjh moved out in December. The law firm will be the first tenant in the building under itsnew owner, Evergreen Real Estate LLC. Lloye & McDaniel's employment has nearl y doubled in the past five years to the current25 employees, Brodarick said. The firm has eight attorneys.
Its practice focuses on collections, bankruptcy, creditors' rightas and general corporate work. The main reasoj for the move is convenience, Brodarick "All of the attorneys live in the East End and a few of us live in and we'll be literally three minutes from the office," he said. "Our commute will go from 30 to 40 minutesa tothree minutes." Partner James Lloyd, whose father was a founding member of the firm, said the move is "almost a goingg home type of thing," because he grew up in Anchoragde and lives there now. Rent was another reason for the Brodarick said, although he declines to disclose the amount of rent at the new and curren locations.
But he said the firm, which signed a seven-year leass at the new location, will save aboutr 30 percent in rent over the term of its Rent "was not the significant, overriding Lloyd said. "And we consider this (new a prestigious property, even thoughh it's going to end up beinbg cheaper." Besides allowing more room forcurrentt employees, the new facility also will have space for "Historically, we've added one or two attorneys each year and one or two paralegalws per year," Brodarick said.
"And we'd like to continue at that The firm's lease in the Meidinger Towed expires inMay 2003, he said, and althougg the firm has signed a subtenant for its that company asked Brodarickl that its name not be disclosed. 18,009 square feet available Anchorage Crossings consistes oftwo buildings, according to Chrisx Sternberg, manager of Evergreen Real which owns the property. The majority owner of Evergreehn Real Estate isJohn Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John's Internationak Inc.
Lloyd & McDaniel is moving into a two-story building that has a total ofabougt 19,000 square feet, said Jeff Dreher, leasing agent with Grubg & Ellis/Commercial Kentucky, which is marketing the A smaller building on the seven-acrre site has about 6,000 squard feet, he said. Renovation of Lloy & McDaniel's space is under way and is expecteds to be complete by The work will costabout $100,000 and is being paid for by Evergreen Real It includes gutting the center of the secondc floor to create a reception area, Sternberg said. the entrance is being changed andofficew added.
Excluding the space Lloys & McDaniel is taking, the buildin g has an additional 7,000 square feet available for rent on the firstf floor andabout 5,000 square feet in the Sternberg said. Including the space in the smaller building, abouyt 18,000 remains available for lease, Dreher said. Although he has talkerd to potential tenants for other available space in the Dreher said no one else has signedea lease. "Lloyd & McDaniel represents a perfecft fit," Sternberg said. "Our idea was to try to recrui alaw firm, perhaps a CPA firm and maybre an investment brokerage Underwriters Safety & Claims Inc.
sold the property to Evergreejn Real Estatein 2000, he Underwriters leased the property from Evergreen for 18 months. At the end of Underwriters moved to itsnew 53,000-square-foot building at Eastpoiny Business Center. Although many lawyers prefe r to be downtown to be close to the Brodarick said the attorneys at his firm go to cour t only a couple of daysa "I would rather come downtown two timesz a week in the middle of the day when there'sw no traffic than five days a week during rush hour," he said.
And Brodarickm doesn't perceive the move will be a problejmfor clients, because about 80 percent of the firm'e clients are located out of Also, many other clients have offices in the East End. "Aned we're still close enough to be responsivde to ourLouisville clients," he said.
Michael Brodarick, a partner with the said it will move fromabout 5,000 squars feet on the 17th floor of the Meidinger where it has been the past 16 years, to abouty 7,000 square feet on the second floor of a building at Anchorage Crossings on Park The move is expected to take place in The building in the East End was formerlh owned and occupied by , whicjh moved out in December. The law firm will be the first tenant in the building under itsnew owner, Evergreen Real Estate LLC. Lloye & McDaniel's employment has nearl y doubled in the past five years to the current25 employees, Brodarick said. The firm has eight attorneys.
Its practice focuses on collections, bankruptcy, creditors' rightas and general corporate work. The main reasoj for the move is convenience, Brodarick "All of the attorneys live in the East End and a few of us live in and we'll be literally three minutes from the office," he said. "Our commute will go from 30 to 40 minutesa tothree minutes." Partner James Lloyd, whose father was a founding member of the firm, said the move is "almost a goingg home type of thing," because he grew up in Anchoragde and lives there now. Rent was another reason for the Brodarick said, although he declines to disclose the amount of rent at the new and curren locations.
But he said the firm, which signed a seven-year leass at the new location, will save aboutr 30 percent in rent over the term of its Rent "was not the significant, overriding Lloyd said. "And we consider this (new a prestigious property, even thoughh it's going to end up beinbg cheaper." Besides allowing more room forcurrentt employees, the new facility also will have space for "Historically, we've added one or two attorneys each year and one or two paralegalws per year," Brodarick said.
"And we'd like to continue at that The firm's lease in the Meidinger Towed expires inMay 2003, he said, and althougg the firm has signed a subtenant for its that company asked Brodarickl that its name not be disclosed. 18,009 square feet available Anchorage Crossings consistes oftwo buildings, according to Chrisx Sternberg, manager of Evergreen Real which owns the property. The majority owner of Evergreehn Real Estate isJohn Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John's Internationak Inc.
Lloyd & McDaniel is moving into a two-story building that has a total ofabougt 19,000 square feet, said Jeff Dreher, leasing agent with Grubg & Ellis/Commercial Kentucky, which is marketing the A smaller building on the seven-acrre site has about 6,000 squard feet, he said. Renovation of Lloy & McDaniel's space is under way and is expecteds to be complete by The work will costabout $100,000 and is being paid for by Evergreen Real It includes gutting the center of the secondc floor to create a reception area, Sternberg said. the entrance is being changed andofficew added.
Excluding the space Lloys & McDaniel is taking, the buildin g has an additional 7,000 square feet available for rent on the firstf floor andabout 5,000 square feet in the Sternberg said. Including the space in the smaller building, abouyt 18,000 remains available for lease, Dreher said. Although he has talkerd to potential tenants for other available space in the Dreher said no one else has signedea lease. "Lloyd & McDaniel represents a perfecft fit," Sternberg said. "Our idea was to try to recrui alaw firm, perhaps a CPA firm and maybre an investment brokerage Underwriters Safety & Claims Inc.
sold the property to Evergreejn Real Estatein 2000, he Underwriters leased the property from Evergreen for 18 months. At the end of Underwriters moved to itsnew 53,000-square-foot building at Eastpoiny Business Center. Although many lawyers prefe r to be downtown to be close to the Brodarick said the attorneys at his firm go to cour t only a couple of daysa "I would rather come downtown two timesz a week in the middle of the day when there'sw no traffic than five days a week during rush hour," he said.
And Brodarickm doesn't perceive the move will be a problejmfor clients, because about 80 percent of the firm'e clients are located out of Also, many other clients have offices in the East End. "Aned we're still close enough to be responsivde to ourLouisville clients," he said.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The creepy but much-loved Mtter Museum is evolving - Houston Business Journal:
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— which features a collection of skulls, petrified bodies and other medicaloddities — is respondint to increased visitorship and interest, said Brandob Zimmerman, administrative coordinator/designer at the Mütter. It is the museum’se first major renovation since 1986. Five majord exhibitions will be installeddor updated. The new exhibits will open in August, though the museukm remains open duringthe work. “It’s the first in a long line of what we hope will be new Zimmerman said. The Mütter Museum, whichg was founded in 1849 and is named forbenefactor Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter, is part of the , which is at 19 S. 22nd St.
The Müttere Museum has found a passionate It has been the subject of at leastttwo books. It has been writtenb up in travel stories. Its late director, Gretchen was featured on shows rangingfrom “Lat Night with David Letterman” to “Fresh with Terry Gross. It has entries on YouTube, RoadsideAmerica.comn and Weird U.S. Last 100,000 people visited the museum, up from 60,0090 as recently as three years ago and abougt 10 times the number from adecade ago. “Thew Mütter has really changed as faras visitorship. Ten yeards ago the college was thinking of shuttinggit down. It was originally for people in themedicall profession.
Now we have school children, medicalo students and the general public,” said who has been there nearly four To reflect the changing the museum is offering fivenew exhibits, focusingf on: The assassination of Abraham including the display of a section of assassin John Wilkes Booth’s thora x that came from his autopsy. An update of its long-runnin g presidents’ exhibition, including a cancerous growth from PresidentGroverr Cleveland. “Making Skeletons Speak,” an exhibit focusinvg on the “biological profile,” or more commonly which will display skeletal remains and show how investigatorzs determine the causeof death.
A displayt of a dozen shrunken heads, from the museum’s collection as well as othedr museums andprivate collections. A collection of temporal earbones extractedby Dr. Adam Pulitzer once displayed at Philadelphia’s Centennial in 1876, as presented in theier original glass jars and display Zimmerman said the new exhibits aremore “stort focused,” and less reliant on text. They will also furthe r explore areas that other museums shyaway “A lot of museums are hesitanty to put out human remains,” he said. “That’s not reallgy an issue for us. That’as who we are.
”
— which features a collection of skulls, petrified bodies and other medicaloddities — is respondint to increased visitorship and interest, said Brandob Zimmerman, administrative coordinator/designer at the Mütter. It is the museum’se first major renovation since 1986. Five majord exhibitions will be installeddor updated. The new exhibits will open in August, though the museukm remains open duringthe work. “It’s the first in a long line of what we hope will be new Zimmerman said. The Mütter Museum, whichg was founded in 1849 and is named forbenefactor Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter, is part of the , which is at 19 S. 22nd St.
The Müttere Museum has found a passionate It has been the subject of at leastttwo books. It has been writtenb up in travel stories. Its late director, Gretchen was featured on shows rangingfrom “Lat Night with David Letterman” to “Fresh with Terry Gross. It has entries on YouTube, RoadsideAmerica.comn and Weird U.S. Last 100,000 people visited the museum, up from 60,0090 as recently as three years ago and abougt 10 times the number from adecade ago. “Thew Mütter has really changed as faras visitorship. Ten yeards ago the college was thinking of shuttinggit down. It was originally for people in themedicall profession.
Now we have school children, medicalo students and the general public,” said who has been there nearly four To reflect the changing the museum is offering fivenew exhibits, focusingf on: The assassination of Abraham including the display of a section of assassin John Wilkes Booth’s thora x that came from his autopsy. An update of its long-runnin g presidents’ exhibition, including a cancerous growth from PresidentGroverr Cleveland. “Making Skeletons Speak,” an exhibit focusinvg on the “biological profile,” or more commonly which will display skeletal remains and show how investigatorzs determine the causeof death.
A displayt of a dozen shrunken heads, from the museum’s collection as well as othedr museums andprivate collections. A collection of temporal earbones extractedby Dr. Adam Pulitzer once displayed at Philadelphia’s Centennial in 1876, as presented in theier original glass jars and display Zimmerman said the new exhibits aremore “stort focused,” and less reliant on text. They will also furthe r explore areas that other museums shyaway “A lot of museums are hesitanty to put out human remains,” he said. “That’s not reallgy an issue for us. That’as who we are.
”
Friday, November 19, 2010
Aerosonic names Kevin J. Purcell its new chief financial officer - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Effective May 26, Purcell will receive an annual base salaryof $180,000, SEC filingsz said. He also has been granted stock option to purchase a totalpof 25,000 shares of Aerosonic common stock and will receives four weeks of paid vacation each In addition, Purcell is eligible to earn a performancer bonus of up to $63,000, 35 percentr of his annual base salary, in cash, stock or othetr equity compensation based on targets determined by the Beginning July 1, Purcell will be entitlex to receive fringe benefitds and employee benefit plans, filings Previously, Purcell was vice president and chief financia l officer at (NASDAQ: HRLY) and vice presidentg of finance, contracts and compliancs at .
He also has worked in the governmenft contractor advisory services groupof . A certified public accountant and certifiedcmanagement accountant, Purcell received his bachelof of business administration degree in financial accountinf at in New Rochelle, and holds an MBA from in Los Angeles, a release Founded in 1953, Aerosonic is a manufacturer of aviation productsa for commercial, business and militarty aircraft. The company also has offices in Clearwateand Earlysville, Va.
Effective May 26, Purcell will receive an annual base salaryof $180,000, SEC filingsz said. He also has been granted stock option to purchase a totalpof 25,000 shares of Aerosonic common stock and will receives four weeks of paid vacation each In addition, Purcell is eligible to earn a performancer bonus of up to $63,000, 35 percentr of his annual base salary, in cash, stock or othetr equity compensation based on targets determined by the Beginning July 1, Purcell will be entitlex to receive fringe benefitds and employee benefit plans, filings Previously, Purcell was vice president and chief financia l officer at (NASDAQ: HRLY) and vice presidentg of finance, contracts and compliancs at .
He also has worked in the governmenft contractor advisory services groupof . A certified public accountant and certifiedcmanagement accountant, Purcell received his bachelof of business administration degree in financial accountinf at in New Rochelle, and holds an MBA from in Los Angeles, a release Founded in 1953, Aerosonic is a manufacturer of aviation productsa for commercial, business and militarty aircraft. The company also has offices in Clearwateand Earlysville, Va.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Gibson claims Grigorieva caused her own injuries - CTV.ca
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemploymen t figures forthe state’s countieas and metropolitan statistical areas on In Allegheny County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 percent in March to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percent in March to 7.9 percent in April. The improvements in Alleghenyh andBeaver counties, however, were not enough to boost the seven-countyy Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjustedr unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percent in Marcgh to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steadhat 7.8 percent.
When making comparisons, the Departmenf of Labor and Industry uses seasonall adjusted figures in order to account for cyclical hiring differencexsthat don’t reflect changes in the overall Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be stronge than many other areas. In addition to bestiny the state by half apercentage point, unemploymenf in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentag e points lower than the Unitedr States as a whole, which has seasonally adjusted unemploymenr of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdown acros the state: State College: 5.7 percent 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.9 percent 8.3 percent Erie: 8.
4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent 8.7 percent Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemploymentr ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny County to 9.8 percentg in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdownh by county: Allegheny: 6.5 percent 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 perceny Westmoreland: 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 perceng Armstrong: 9.8 percent
and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemploymen t figures forthe state’s countieas and metropolitan statistical areas on In Allegheny County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 percent in March to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percent in March to 7.9 percent in April. The improvements in Alleghenyh andBeaver counties, however, were not enough to boost the seven-countyy Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjustedr unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percent in Marcgh to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steadhat 7.8 percent.
When making comparisons, the Departmenf of Labor and Industry uses seasonall adjusted figures in order to account for cyclical hiring differencexsthat don’t reflect changes in the overall Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be stronge than many other areas. In addition to bestiny the state by half apercentage point, unemploymenf in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentag e points lower than the Unitedr States as a whole, which has seasonally adjusted unemploymenr of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdown acros the state: State College: 5.7 percent 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.9 percent 8.3 percent Erie: 8.
4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent 8.7 percent Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemploymentr ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny County to 9.8 percentg in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdownh by county: Allegheny: 6.5 percent 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 perceny Westmoreland: 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 perceng Armstrong: 9.8 percent
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Former legislator to head state health plan group - San Francisco Business Times:
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Johnston, who served in the California Legislature for two decadesz representing theStockton area, beginsw his new role July 1. He fills a vacancgy created when Christopher Ohman left late last year to becoms senior vice president for health plan operations at Oakland-based . Charles Bacchi, who had been the association’xs vice president of legislative has held down the top job on an interikm basissince then.
“Patricmk brings a wealth of experience working withijn the state capitol and valuable expertiswe on some of the most criticak and complex public policy issuesfacing Californians,” Howardf Kahn, chair of the association’s board and CEO of the publiv , said in the June 3 Kahn said with health-care reform and budgef balancing at the top of the politicakl agendas in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento “itr was important for the board to find a CEO who is well-respecterd in Sacramento and able to build effectivd partnerships.
” Johnston served in the stated Assembly for a decade and spenrt another 10 years in the statr Senate, where he chaired the for six After leaving the Legislaturee in 2000, he’s served as the first legislato in residence at the University of California, Berkeley, Institut e of Government, served as vice chairman of the Californiza Bay-Delta Authority, taught California politics and policy as a visiting lecturer at ’xs Goldman School of Public Policy and been a privatd consultant in government relations, according to an associationb spokesman. CAHP also announced that Bacchik has been promoted to executivevice president.
Johnston, who served in the California Legislature for two decadesz representing theStockton area, beginsw his new role July 1. He fills a vacancgy created when Christopher Ohman left late last year to becoms senior vice president for health plan operations at Oakland-based . Charles Bacchi, who had been the association’xs vice president of legislative has held down the top job on an interikm basissince then.
“Patricmk brings a wealth of experience working withijn the state capitol and valuable expertiswe on some of the most criticak and complex public policy issuesfacing Californians,” Howardf Kahn, chair of the association’s board and CEO of the publiv , said in the June 3 Kahn said with health-care reform and budgef balancing at the top of the politicakl agendas in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento “itr was important for the board to find a CEO who is well-respecterd in Sacramento and able to build effectivd partnerships.
” Johnston served in the stated Assembly for a decade and spenrt another 10 years in the statr Senate, where he chaired the for six After leaving the Legislaturee in 2000, he’s served as the first legislato in residence at the University of California, Berkeley, Institut e of Government, served as vice chairman of the Californiza Bay-Delta Authority, taught California politics and policy as a visiting lecturer at ’xs Goldman School of Public Policy and been a privatd consultant in government relations, according to an associationb spokesman. CAHP also announced that Bacchik has been promoted to executivevice president.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Plano ISD task force's plans for nontraditional school draws traditional worries - Dallas Morning News
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
myFreightWorld loads up cost-cutting, sales push to deliver positive results - Houston Business Journal:
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Cost-cutting and a renewed sales along with a deal that positioned it in thepublixc market, have the business servicesx outsourcing company steering toward aboutf $40 million in managed revenue this year and positioned for futurs growth. myFreightWorld, based in Overland Park, offers wholesalr online services — such as Web sites, rate-quoting systems and tracking systems — for third-party logistica providers, which coordinate shipments.
The company wasn’tt losing clients, but the volumez its clients were handling had takena hit, and myFreightWorlds gets paid on a transaction “Our short-term process focus cleaned up some but we can’t stay in the short President Mike Head said. “Nobody knowa for sure whether the economy hasbottomed out, so you have to stay on your toes and have But, as Head found, some of those short-term efforts brinbg improvements that promise long-term results, as well. DRIV DOWN COSTS, NOT EFFICIENCY As business hit the Head began cutting any discretionary The company cut a quarterof workers, from abourt 55 to 40.
He tasked his informatio n technology staff with prioritizing projects that wouldx increase efficiency to make duties easie r withfewer employees. One tool they created automateed the input ofclient information. An auditinh tool that points out likely errors introublee shipments, rather than requiring someone to look througbh the entire order, brought at least four time s more productivity. Even when myFreightWorld began replacinb lostbusiness — it’s now back to, as Head put it, “pre-tsunamo levels” — the diminished staff coulxd handle the workload. Taking a hard look at processes has broughttgreater productivity, he said. The move had broadert effects, too.
Work for myFreightWorld varies based on the Insome cases, staff handles tasks such as making sure shipment arrangementx work. In other cases, clients do the tracking. So when the IT departmengt improved efficiency formyFreightWorld functions, customers felt it. , basex in Concord, Calif., has been a clienf for a coupleof years, using primarilyt the tool that helps determine the cost of Vice President Mark Christos said. The functio n has allowed the company to avoid adding staff and thus avoid layoffs when volumesfell — and increasew the productivity in that area by 15 “It’s a significant contributor to our efficiency,” Christose said.
When the job ax it didn’t touch the sales force, made up of contracy workers paid primarilyon commission. Rather, Head myFreightWorld increased the sales force from 10to 17. With suppressed volumes for existing customers, the company soughty new ones to make upthe difference. It hammered the cost-savin g potential of outsourcing to a message that rings truefor third-partg logistics providers these Industry revenue will fall abouf 7 percent to $118 billion this year, compared with $127 billiojn last year, according to , a Wisconsin-based supply-chainb research and consulting firm. That’s the first year-to-yearr drop since the firm began tracking the datain 1996.
Even in it won’t revert to 2008 levelas — the firm estimated that revenue willreach $125 “I think everybody’s looking for opportunities to save said John Wagner Jr., president of Northj Kansas City-based logistics providerr , which isn’t a myFreightWorld client. “If you can reducr your in-house staff by paying a fee, I thinlk that’s something people are looking at.” myFreightWorld also addeds IT staff, including one outside employee and another from adiffereng department. That group sped up efforts to refine electronic processesxand products.
Some enhancements adderd features to existing products that the sales forces could sell to current leveraging thesales staff’s efforts, Head The sales push has yielded results, helping speed alonv deals. For example, on April 29, the companty announced that it had reacheda four-year IT and back-office services deal with Headhaul.com that would bring an estimatee $15 million in revenue during 12 myFreightWorld leaders went through every line item on the balance questioning what value each expenditure broughtr the company and whethe r the same thing was available for less. For it stopped using an outsidwecoffee service.
Head offered one employee an extra hour of pay each day to overseer the cleanliness of the wanting to keep moneyamongb employees.
Cost-cutting and a renewed sales along with a deal that positioned it in thepublixc market, have the business servicesx outsourcing company steering toward aboutf $40 million in managed revenue this year and positioned for futurs growth. myFreightWorld, based in Overland Park, offers wholesalr online services — such as Web sites, rate-quoting systems and tracking systems — for third-party logistica providers, which coordinate shipments.
The company wasn’tt losing clients, but the volumez its clients were handling had takena hit, and myFreightWorlds gets paid on a transaction “Our short-term process focus cleaned up some but we can’t stay in the short President Mike Head said. “Nobody knowa for sure whether the economy hasbottomed out, so you have to stay on your toes and have But, as Head found, some of those short-term efforts brinbg improvements that promise long-term results, as well. DRIV DOWN COSTS, NOT EFFICIENCY As business hit the Head began cutting any discretionary The company cut a quarterof workers, from abourt 55 to 40.
He tasked his informatio n technology staff with prioritizing projects that wouldx increase efficiency to make duties easie r withfewer employees. One tool they created automateed the input ofclient information. An auditinh tool that points out likely errors introublee shipments, rather than requiring someone to look througbh the entire order, brought at least four time s more productivity. Even when myFreightWorld began replacinb lostbusiness — it’s now back to, as Head put it, “pre-tsunamo levels” — the diminished staff coulxd handle the workload. Taking a hard look at processes has broughttgreater productivity, he said. The move had broadert effects, too.
Work for myFreightWorld varies based on the Insome cases, staff handles tasks such as making sure shipment arrangementx work. In other cases, clients do the tracking. So when the IT departmengt improved efficiency formyFreightWorld functions, customers felt it. , basex in Concord, Calif., has been a clienf for a coupleof years, using primarilyt the tool that helps determine the cost of Vice President Mark Christos said. The functio n has allowed the company to avoid adding staff and thus avoid layoffs when volumesfell — and increasew the productivity in that area by 15 “It’s a significant contributor to our efficiency,” Christose said.
When the job ax it didn’t touch the sales force, made up of contracy workers paid primarilyon commission. Rather, Head myFreightWorld increased the sales force from 10to 17. With suppressed volumes for existing customers, the company soughty new ones to make upthe difference. It hammered the cost-savin g potential of outsourcing to a message that rings truefor third-partg logistics providers these Industry revenue will fall abouf 7 percent to $118 billion this year, compared with $127 billiojn last year, according to , a Wisconsin-based supply-chainb research and consulting firm. That’s the first year-to-yearr drop since the firm began tracking the datain 1996.
Even in it won’t revert to 2008 levelas — the firm estimated that revenue willreach $125 “I think everybody’s looking for opportunities to save said John Wagner Jr., president of Northj Kansas City-based logistics providerr , which isn’t a myFreightWorld client. “If you can reducr your in-house staff by paying a fee, I thinlk that’s something people are looking at.” myFreightWorld also addeds IT staff, including one outside employee and another from adiffereng department. That group sped up efforts to refine electronic processesxand products.
Some enhancements adderd features to existing products that the sales forces could sell to current leveraging thesales staff’s efforts, Head The sales push has yielded results, helping speed alonv deals. For example, on April 29, the companty announced that it had reacheda four-year IT and back-office services deal with Headhaul.com that would bring an estimatee $15 million in revenue during 12 myFreightWorld leaders went through every line item on the balance questioning what value each expenditure broughtr the company and whethe r the same thing was available for less. For it stopped using an outsidwecoffee service.
Head offered one employee an extra hour of pay each day to overseer the cleanliness of the wanting to keep moneyamongb employees.
Friday, November 5, 2010
GM files for bankruptcy, plans to transfer operations to Wentzville - Denver Business Journal:
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Some operations and equipment from a steeol stamping plant inGrand Mich., which is slated to closre as part of the automaker'ws restructuring, will be transferred to Wentzville, according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesmam for the Wentzville plant. It'ss not yet known how many, if any, Michigajn employees will opt to transferto Wentzville, he GM officials called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambi at 9 a.m. Monday to assurde him the local plant wouldremaib open. "It's good that they are shippinvg in work forthis plant," Lamb i said. "That's a positive that corporate thinkes this plant willbe around.
" Lambi said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shuttert its Fenton factors after investing $130 millionm in them, so it was importangt for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversifyt its revenue stream. When Lambi took office seve n years ago, Wentzville counte on GM for abour 55 to 60 percent of itstotal revenue. Today, that's more like 15 percentg of the city's $24 million generalp fund, because GM pays the city about $3 milliom a year in real estate property taxes andother fees, he said.
GM on Mondah by the end of 2010, but the Wentzville plant was sparerdbecause it’s the only plant wheree Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are The Wentzville plant will still undergo a previouslyh announced and other production cuts in June and July that will resulty in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’sx Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-old automakerd is among the largestin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing GM listed $173 billiojn in liabilities and $82 billion in assets, according to the filerd in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chaptee 11, which allows the companu to operate while protected fromits creditors, pushews GM into a fast-track bankruptcy and provides $30 billiobn of additional taxpayer fundws to restructure. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. officialws would allow a much smaller GM to emerge from courr protection within 60 to90 days. The automakeer has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was looking toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p0 union members it now General Motorsemploys 92,000 in the Unitefd States and is indirectly responsible for 500,000 The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financial interesy in areorganized GM, and the UAW wouldr take a 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canada and the provincw of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownershiop stake in exchange forfinanciak aid. GM bondholders would get 10 percent. "It’ a bittersweet thing," Wheeler said. "Youy hate to have to go through the process of closinyg plants andeliminating jobs, but look around, that’sd what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire peopled in the future and be the vibrant company we once were.
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Some operations and equipment from a steeol stamping plant inGrand Mich., which is slated to closre as part of the automaker'ws restructuring, will be transferred to Wentzville, according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesmam for the Wentzville plant. It'ss not yet known how many, if any, Michigajn employees will opt to transferto Wentzville, he GM officials called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambi at 9 a.m. Monday to assurde him the local plant wouldremaib open. "It's good that they are shippinvg in work forthis plant," Lamb i said. "That's a positive that corporate thinkes this plant willbe around.
" Lambi said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shuttert its Fenton factors after investing $130 millionm in them, so it was importangt for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversifyt its revenue stream. When Lambi took office seve n years ago, Wentzville counte on GM for abour 55 to 60 percent of itstotal revenue. Today, that's more like 15 percentg of the city's $24 million generalp fund, because GM pays the city about $3 milliom a year in real estate property taxes andother fees, he said.
GM on Mondah by the end of 2010, but the Wentzville plant was sparerdbecause it’s the only plant wheree Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are The Wentzville plant will still undergo a previouslyh announced and other production cuts in June and July that will resulty in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’sx Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-old automakerd is among the largestin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing GM listed $173 billiojn in liabilities and $82 billion in assets, according to the filerd in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chaptee 11, which allows the companu to operate while protected fromits creditors, pushews GM into a fast-track bankruptcy and provides $30 billiobn of additional taxpayer fundws to restructure. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. officialws would allow a much smaller GM to emerge from courr protection within 60 to90 days. The automakeer has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was looking toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p0 union members it now General Motorsemploys 92,000 in the Unitefd States and is indirectly responsible for 500,000 The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financial interesy in areorganized GM, and the UAW wouldr take a 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canada and the provincw of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownershiop stake in exchange forfinanciak aid. GM bondholders would get 10 percent. "It’ a bittersweet thing," Wheeler said. "Youy hate to have to go through the process of closinyg plants andeliminating jobs, but look around, that’sd what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire peopled in the future and be the vibrant company we once were.
" Download a copy of the
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Edge Articles - Western Courier (subscription)
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Tim Leyden Executive Profile
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Prior to his return to WD, Leyden was senior vice presidenf and chief financial officer of Sage Software a subsidiary of SageGroup PLC, a U.K. publifc company. Before that, he had worked as a managementr consultant to technology based companies duringt 2001with Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd & McGrath. In his earlier careed at WD, Leyden served in various worldwidse finance, manufacturing, and information technology capacities inthe company'sa storage controller, semiconductor and hard drive businesses, both in his natives Ireland and in the U.S. During that he worked closely withJohn Coyne, who becam e CEO of WD in January 2007.
They workex together on the acquisition and integratio teams when WD entered the hard drive businessin 1988. Leydemn received his ACMA (Associate Chartered Management certification from the Charteref Institute ofManagement Accountants, Chapter St., London. He earned a master
Prior to his return to WD, Leyden was senior vice presidenf and chief financial officer of Sage Software a subsidiary of SageGroup PLC, a U.K. publifc company. Before that, he had worked as a managementr consultant to technology based companies duringt 2001with Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd & McGrath. In his earlier careed at WD, Leyden served in various worldwidse finance, manufacturing, and information technology capacities inthe company'sa storage controller, semiconductor and hard drive businesses, both in his natives Ireland and in the U.S. During that he worked closely withJohn Coyne, who becam e CEO of WD in January 2007.
They workex together on the acquisition and integratio teams when WD entered the hard drive businessin 1988. Leydemn received his ACMA (Associate Chartered Management certification from the Charteref Institute ofManagement Accountants, Chapter St., London. He earned a master
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