Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Relief for financial planners, other hurricane news - Denver Business Journal:

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Commissioner Fred Joseph issued an order Friday that exempts the planners from the registratio and licensing requirements of the ColoradoSecurities Act. "Becausd of the tragic events resulting from Hurricane we wanted to take some actioj which will allow investorxs or their financial representatives who have been displaced to continue to conduct their business without runnin g into excessivered tape," Josephn said in a statement. "We believe this ordet accomplishes this while at the same time protecting investor s and maintaining confidence in thesecuritieds markets." • The chain is usually closed on Sundays, but not this Sept. 11. From 10 a.m.
to 4 the baker will open for businesd and sell its bread to raisse money for relief efforts alonfg theGulf Coast. All of the proceeds -- not just the profitsz -- will be donated. The Great Harvesy stores are in Denver, Lakewood, Littleton and Longmont. • Infinity Radi o Denver, the parent of KIMN-FM, KXKL-FM and othee stations, wants donations of new clothing and classrooj supplies to help victimsof Katrina. A daylong collection of the itemd begins at5 a.m. 12 at the Pepsi Center sports arena. CH2M Hill, a Denver-based engineerin g and construction company, sent more than 2,500 specially designed fabric bags to help dam the 17th Streetf canal and other leveed breaches inNew Orleans.
Each bag holds aboutf 16,000 pounds of sand. The company also is readt to help the New Orleans Sewer and Water Board on repaire tothe city's water, sewefr and drainage systems once the waters recede. • Qdobaz Mexican Grill will donate 10 percent of the netproceede Sept. 14 to the Americanm Red Cross DisasterResponse Fund. The Wheat Ridge-based restaurant chainn participating locations arethe corporate-owned restaurants in Washington, Missouri, Minnesota and along with some franchise storesx in Alabama, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Tennessee and Virginia.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

170th IBCT assumes authority - DVIDS

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Challenger, Gray & Christmas: Job-loss rate slows in tech sector - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Planned layoffs in the computer, electronicsa and telecom industries duriny the recently ended quarter fell to compared to morethan 84,200 in the firsrt quarter of the year, The job cuts in the past three monthxs were roughly equivalent to the second quarter of 2008, when 33,645 positions were eliminated. Still, the combined cuts durinbg the first six months of theyear 118,108 – represented the worst six-month total for the technology sector in seven years. And it was more than twice the number of jobs lostbetween Jan.
1, and June 30, 2008, when 50,989 cuts were The bulk of the second-quarter cuts occurres in the computer industry, with 19,881 layoffsz planned, compared to 12,134 layoffs planned in electronicsand 1,876 layoffs planned in telecom. “Telecom and electronics firmse appear to be benefiting froma recession-defyinv wireless market. Between the companiees trying to outdo the iPhone and those helping more and more Americansa disconnect their land linesfor cellular-only phone there are a lot of growth opportunities,” said John A. the company’s CEO.
“Computer firm may lag a little as companies wait for more proofr of recovery before they begin to reignit e investments innew technologies, but the end of the recessio should bring a flood of new spending in this Some firms may even begin to investt early, in the hopes that productivity-enhancing technologyt can temper the need to recruitr new workers.”

Friday, March 25, 2011

Airline woes don't ground PAS Technologies - Kansas City Business Journal:

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CEO Robert Weiner said the NorthKansas City-based company recently won a large contract with a big airline’sd material management program that will add about 10 percentt to its overall revenue. Weiner said he didn’t have clearancee to reveal the name ofthe airline. “Wes beat out some original equipment and it woke up a lot of our Weiner said. “When you win with a big it also helps you win with other Privately ownedPAS wouldn’t disclose its but director of communications Marsha Farmer said revenue has double since the company was founded in 2006 with ’s purchase of the businessw in North Kansas City.
In Securities and Exchange Commissionj filings, Praxair listed the division’a 2005 revenue around $67 million.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Boston Hospital performs full face transplant - Washington Post

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Pending home sales up 6.7% - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Pending sales of existing homes, or contractss signed but not closed, rose 6.7 percent in according to the ’ Pending Home Saleds Index. April’s pending sales were up 3.2 percent from a year The biggest increase in April was in the where pending salesjumped 32.6 percent from the previouzs month. They were up 0.8 percent from a year The index in the Southslippedx 0.2 percent in However, it is 3.5 percent higher than a year The association cautions that the reporting sample for pendinv home sales is smaller than that of existing home so it is subject to greater variability. The indexx measures housing-contract activity.
It is based on signed real estate contracts forexisting single-familyu homes, condos and co-ops. A signed contract is not counted as a sale untipl thetransaction closes.