Wednesday, June 29, 2011

AutoZone board approves $500M stock repurchase - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The company’s board of directorxs approved the repurchase June 17 as part ofthe company’zs ongoing share repurchase program, the company announced aftef the close of markets Wednesday. The last repurchase authorizatiohn was in December and was asimilar $500 million. Therse were three $500 million authorizations in 2008 and a totalof $7.9 billion since 1998. "We remain committed to utilizingt share repurchases within the bounds of a discipline capital structure to enhance stockholder returns while maintaining adequate liquidity to execute our said CFOBill Giles.
Memphis-based AutoZonew (NYSE: AZO) is the leading retailee and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories inthe U.S. The companhy sells auto and lighttruck parts, chemicals and accessories througj 4,172 AutoZone stores in 48 states, the District of Columbiaq and Puerto Rico in the U.S. and 168 storesx in Mexico. Shares of AutoZone closed Wednesdayat $155.54, up 2.37

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Boston Business Journal:

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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medicalk building. He said that it now takes 10 yeara to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bringv a new drug to market, which Robert called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get aninitial five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutions seekin new designations begins with submission of documentatiojn that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visirt and other steps. The earliest that KU Canced Center’s application could be approved is the spring of 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer centers receive Cancer Centerd Support Grants to support research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalityt rates of cancer. There are 23 cance centers and 41 comprehensivescancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , which is the medicall research and education arm of the University of NCIdesignation — KU’s No. 1 priority typically is granted to academic medical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entityh that will apply forNCI designation. • Increases regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billionb in annual economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’z annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 million to abouft $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-classd researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is baseon that. Many of these researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in various cancer-care sub-specialties.

Friday, June 24, 2011

US Airways CEO signals airline's possible departure - Washington Business Journal:

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Speaking at a May 28 Greater WashingtoInitiative conference, Siegel said the Arlington-based carriet ( ) is receivintg overtures from other cities -- namelhy Pittsburgh and Charlotte, N.C. -- that would like to host its corporate offices. US which recently emerged fromChapter 11, wants to add direct flights from to majot West Coast cities, and to use larger jets on some of its flightsd from National. Also on Siegel's wish list: support for the company'w plan to build a terminakl atNational Airport. "We are trying to get put on a leveplplaying field," he says. [JOHN ... Tom Daschle is not in Aberdeej anymore.
The senator from Sout Dakota who grew up in a working classs household has tradedhis seven-room row house in Weslegy Heights for a 12-room, $1.9 million home in the same D.C. According to District tax records, the senator and his lobbyist LindaHall Daschle, sold their four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom row housd April 30 for $742,000. They closed on the purchasde of their newhome -- all six bedrooms and six and a half bathroomx of it -- the same day. The including three children, went from one to four And whilethe 2,700-square-foot former row hous is half the size, their new place was buil t in 1950, 34 years earlied than the rowhouse.
Democrat Daschle, the Senatse minority leader, is in his third term and up for re-electionm next year. [Suzanne White] ... Usually when peopled move to anew neighborhood, they might introduce themselvess to neighbors with a plate of When Pritzker Residential moved into D.C.'s East End, the Chicago-baseds developer offered to lead a $100,000 renovation of its new neighbor'zs building, a homeless shelter. Pritzker recently topped out a 371-unit luxurhy apartment building at Fourth Street and MassachusettsAvenue NW, and the along with contractor Clark Realty Builders, have offered financial supporrt and staff resources to renovate the Gospel Rescue Missiom on Fifth Street.
The Home Builders Care a community outreach program tied to the Maryland National Capitalk Building IndustryAssociation ( ), is managing the which will include new plumbing, lighting, mechanical systems, floore and doors. "Being the new kid on the block, we want to pitcy in and help out the best we saysRichard Boales, Pritzker's vice presidenft of development. [Sean Madigan] ... Another local boutique couldn't resist the urge to join a larger firm. The three-lawyed McLean law firm of Schraub, Howell & Co., rooted in insuranc e and employment law, merged with Richmond-basecd Sands Anderson Marks Miller ( ).
Sands Anderson, whicyh has about 60 lawyerzs infive offices, was looking to expand its Virginiaq presence northward beyond its Richmond, Radford and Fredericksburt offices. Jon Schraub and Danny Howell join Sandsd Andersonas partners, and Paigw Levy joins as of counsel. [TIM

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

RPM Declares Quarterly Dividend

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RPM's latest cash dividend increased in October 2008 markedr its 35th consecutive year of increased cash dividendzs paid toits stockholders, which places RPM in an elite categoru of less than half of one percentf of all 19,000 publicly-traded U.S. companies. Only 67 otherf companies, besides RPM, have consecutively paid an increasing annual dividenc for this period of time or according to the 2009 editionof America'ds Finest Companies. At a share pricd of $14.00, RPM's dividend yield would be RPMInternational Inc.
, a holding company, owns subsidiariez that are world leaders in specialty coatings and sealanta serving both industrial and consumer RPM's industrial products include roofinyg systems, sealants, corrosion control flooring coatings and specialty chemicals. Industrial brandsd include Stonhard, Tremco, illbruck, Carboline, Day-Glo, Euco and Dryvit. RPM's consumetr products are used by professionalswand do-it-yourselfers for home maintenance and boat repair and maintenance, and by Consumer brands include Zinsser, DAP, Varathane and Testors. For more information, contacf P. Kelly Tompkins , executive vice presidenrt - administration and chief financial at 330-273-5090 or .
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Pupil-service provider ratios - San Antonio Business Journal:

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pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per providee • 3. North 74.8 pupils per providee • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provide r • 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provider 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per providerf • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per provider • 8. 85.7 pupils per provider 9. Salamanca, 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. 88.8 pupils per provider • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupile per provider • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupils per provider 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per provider • 14. 93.9 pupils per provider • 15. Olean, 94.2 pupils per providerr • 16. Perry, 99.1 pupils per provider 17. Chautauqua Lake, 99.
3 pupils per provider 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per providef • 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providet

Friday, June 17, 2011

Phillip Garrido Transferred to Same Prison as Manson - KTXL

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Human Capital: People on the move, July 7 - Portland Business Journal:

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, is the first graduate of (one of the university’s four to serve as chair. She is also the daughter of formerd trustee, the late Jack Schwartz. Papa Gino’s Inc. , the Dedham-basedc parent company to Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo, promotefd Gary Sandeen and Kathy Tirrell to executive vice presidenty of operations forPapa Gino’s and D’Angelo Grilledx Sandwiches, respectively. , based in Boston, elected the followingf executives to its boardof directors: Christophe Oddleifson , president and CEO of ; Kennetg Brennan , president of The in Norman Seppala , president of in and Kevin Bottomley , president of Danversbankl .
At-large directors, who are appointed for three-year included Richard Bennett , president of ; John Boucher , president of in Weymouth; John Doherty , chairmanm of in Somerville; Richard Holbrook , chairman and CEO of in Boston; Dennis Parente , president of Foxborl Federal Savings ; and Michael Tuckere , president of . Appointed at-large director for a one-year term was Jamesx Egan , chairman of .

Monday, June 13, 2011

Hawaii ranks 15th in U.S. for foreclosures, sees nearly 400% spike in May - Dallas Business Journal:

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Foreclosures were up 397.5 percen for the month compared with May and wereup 19.3 percent over April 2009, according to the latesf report from RealtyTrac issued Wednesday. Hawaii rankedx 15th in the nation for foreclosuresin May, up from 23rd in Hawaii had 816 foreclosurw filings in May. There were 684 foreclosurs filings in April and 164 foreclosures inMay 2008. Hawaioi had a foreclosure rate of one filing for every 621 households, according to the latest survey by the California-based real estatd research firm. Nevada again had the highesf foreclosure rate in the with one filing for every64 households. Californiw had the second highest rate for the followedby Florida.
California had the highesrt number of foreclosuresat 92,249. Vermont rankef 50th, with just six foreclosurew at a rate of one filing forevert 51,906 households. Nationally, thered were 321,480 foreclosure filings for the down 6 percent from Aprio and up nearly 18 percent from May according tothe report.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Building a supercomputer with fewer limitations - Laramie Boomerang

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Building a supercomputer with fewer limitations

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But the age of the technology isn't the facility's main limitation; instead, it's infrastructure, Enterprise Services Section Manager Aaron Andersen said. “In the late '90s, early 2000s, every computer we installed gobbled up any excess power capacity ...



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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Fresh off court win, Phoenix Coyotes look to defrost season-ticket sales - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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That includes a June 25 open housrat Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, wherd the team will promote partial season ticket The has been running the Coyotes’ front office since May, when team owner Jerry Moyes put the team into Chapter 11 bankruptcy On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Redfieldr Baum ruled againsta $213 million sale of the team by Moyee to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie, CEO of BlackBerry maker Researchb in Motion.
Balsillie wanted to buy the Coyotes and move the teamto Ontario, but he set a June 29 deadline for the Baum said that did not allow enough time to resolve the hockey team’s bankruptcy and financer issues, so he shot down the Still, Balsillie could return to the tabled with another offer and The NHL is courting other possible new ownere who would keep the team in The league has said it will financde the team into the 2009-10 seasomn if necessary.
The Coyotes have lost more than $300 milliob since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996from Winnipeg, The team’s bankruptcy and possible sale and move to Canadqa have pretty much dried up ticket sales and renewals, NHL attorneys have acknowledged in Bankruptcy Court. Sports teams in including the Arizona Diamondbacks andPhoenix Suns, are facinv bearish ticket sales as consumer s and businesses curtail spending durinf the recession. Baum’s recentg ruling improved the chances of the Coyotex stayingin Glendale. The 2009-10 NHL preseasonn starts in September, and the regulat season beginsin October.
Bankruptcy Courrt filings show the team averaged fewerthan 11,000 fans per game at the 17,900-sea Jobing.com Arena during the 2008-09 season. The season-ticket open house will be 6 to9 p.m. June 25 at the

Monday, June 6, 2011

Seiler uses Mo. incentives to grow - Business First of Louisville:

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After outgrowing its Webstee Groves headquarters, the company to combine its operations intoone 148,000-square-foor facility at 3433 Tree Court Industrial Blvd. The companty is celebrating the move with an open housde Fridayand Saturday. Seiler has applied, and expects to be for reimbursement of 50 percent for training through the statwincentive program, said Seiler’s director of human Dan Ranson. He said the training would includ e new employees as well as improving the skilo sets of current employees for the fiscall year beginningnext month.
Seile is a contract specializingin fire-control equipment, and a distributorr of surveying instruments, microscopes and Zeiss The manufacturing division produces optical fire-control equipment and such as periscopes, telescopes and gunsights, primarily for the The division accounts for about half of Seiler’ws revenue, which was nearly $50 million in 2008. St. Louisd County is providing Chapter 100 tax abatement for the new said Seiler Executive Vice PresidentRick Seiler. The companyh bought its new building in Octoberfor $5.8 moving about 150 employees from three previous buildingws to the new Kirkwood address.
Rick Seiler said Friday that in exchanges for the tax the company committed to add at least 25 jobs and maintainh them for10 years. At the time the move Presidenf Tom Seiler told the Business Journalp that the company plans to add between 30 and 40 employeesw over the next four to five mostlyin manufacturing. Seiler Instrument was foundeedin 1945. It’s owned by Tom his father, Eric; and his brother, Rick.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Fred Weber wins $4M Mississippi River Bridge contract - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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awarded Fred Weber a $4.43 million contract Wednesday to remove and replacs the Madison Streetand St. Louia Avenue bridges over Interstatee 70 indowntown St. Louis. The majority of work on this project will start afterHighway 40/Interstate 64 reopens between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crewzs will remove the St. Louis Avenue bridge first and then remov and replace the Madison Street During work to remove the MadisonStreet bridge, crewx will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparation for replacing that bridge laterr in 2010. This work is part of preliminaryg work on a new Mississippiriver bridge, which is expected to reducee congestion on the Poplar Street Bridge.
Maryland Heights, Mo.-basedc Fred Weber is one of the larges privately held companiesin St. Louis with $353.3 milliojn in revenue in 2008. The commercial construction firm is also workingv onthe $245 million reconstruction of AmerenUE’sz Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’s Shut-In state park and is part of Gatewaty Constructors, the consortium of contractors performin g $535 million worth of improvements on Highwayt 40/Interstate 64.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Court Rules Suggest Abortion Supervisory Committee Is Redundant - Family First - Voxy

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Court Rules Suggest Abortion Supervisory Committee Is Redundant - Family First

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The Court of Appeal has decided that it is not the role of the ASC to enforce that â€" thereby making the ASC redundant.” “It is also concerning that the Court of Appeal believe that the law does not recognize or confer a right to life on the unborn ...



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