Plain Dealer | University Hospitals board Chairman Monte Ahuja, additional donors honored Plain Dealer Ahuja Medical Center is named for University Hospitals board Chairman Monte Ahuja; his wife, Usha; and their children. The Ahuja family donated $30 million to UH's Vision 2010 project -- at the time the largest ... |
Sunday, February 27, 2011
University Hospitals board Chairman Monte Ahuja, additional donors honored - Plain Dealer
Friday, February 25, 2011
Bill would disallow 'do-overs' for absentee voters - Bangor Daily News
Bill would disallow 'do-overs' for absentee voters Bangor Daily News AUGUSTA, Maine â€" Lawmakers heard testimony Wednesday on a bill that would prohibit Mainers who cast votes by absentee ballot from asking for a do-over simply because they changed their minds. The issue of when and how voters ... |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Manekin, COPT among developers eyeing Harford BRAC project - Baltimore Business Journal:
Executives at LLC, and St. John Properties said the 2 million-square-foott Government and Technology Enterprise Park is an opportunityh they would consider if Opus East backs out of the projectt at AberdeenProving Ground. All three developers are still gatherinbg information onthe project, which sits on about 400 acred of government land. reported to help it work out its debtes and consider the option of filing for Chapter 11 but nothinghas transpired, a spokeswomanm with Opus said. Opus also continues to discuses the future of the APG projectr withthe U.S. Army, said David a spokesman with the Baltimorer District of theof Engineers.
He declined to disclose the specific detailxs fromthose talks. The development is crucia l to APG as it preparea for the relocationof 8,200 military jobs transferring to the base by Septemberr 2011 under the federal Base Realignment and Closurw plan, known as BRAC. The GATE project is the largestf private development for defense contractors beint built atthe base, which is attractive to
Sunday, February 20, 2011
JaVale McGee wants to "represent for the big guys" - Washington Post
USA Today | JaVale McGee wants to "represent for the big guys" Washington Post "He represented by winning. I feel like I got to go out and represent for the big guys." Howard joked that McGee also has to represent for "light-skinned brothers." When told about the comment, McGee smiled and said, "Light-skinned guys are coming back ... NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2011: JaVale McGee Has a Chance to Win One For Washington NBA » |
Thursday, February 17, 2011
U.S. job picture mostly dark - Charlotte Business Journal:
According to ADP, U.S. companies cut an estimatee 532,000 workers from their payrollslast month. The report notex losses across all sizes and categories of with large-company payrolls declining Midsized businesses shed 223,000 jobs, whiles small businesses cut 209,000 employees. The goods-producinh sector lost 267,000 jobs, while the service-producing sectot declined by 265,000 positions. The repor t also revised upward its estimate of job cuts in Apri lto 545,000 from 491,000. Meanwhile, Challengedr Gray & Christmas says employers announced 111,182 planned job cuts last month — 16 percentr fewer than the 132,590 announced in April. But the May numbet was 7.
4 percent higher than the 103,523 job cuts announced for the same montu ayear ago. Accordingb to the Challenger report, employers have announced 822,282 job cuts so far this That’s more than double the 394,193 announcecd last year through May. Whil e job cuts remained well abovelast year’s May marked the fourtu consecutive month with a decline in job-cutg announcements. Since reaching a peak of 241,749 in job reductions have declined an averageof 17.5 percent per month. Still, Chiefr Executive John Challenger remains cautious about thejob market’s prospects.
“Thi s decline in job cuts couldbe short-lived,” he “The second quarter is typically the lowest quarterf of the year when it comesd to job cuts. Corporate downsizingt may continue to remaimn slow during thesummer months, but if the past is any we could see the pace acceleratw again in the latter half of the third quartef through the end of the On Monday, The Institute for Supply Management said its factort index rose to the highest level since last Septemberd as new orders posted their first gain since the recessiob began in December 2007.
On Tuesday, the Nationapl Association of Realtors reported that pendiny sales ofexisting homes, or contractes signed but not yet closed, rose 6.7 percent in Aprio from March. April’s pending sales were up 3.2 percent from a year ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) markets technology outsourcing services. The compan y is based in New Challenger, Gray & Christmas is an outsourcinyg consulting company basedin Chicago.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Kansas City gets $2.37M in stimulus for housing - Boston Business Journal:
The city department will distributd the money among already received submittals to the 2009 Consolidated Plan Request for Proposal tospeed distribution, the city said in a Thursdau release. “We weren’t able to fund a numbet of very good programs with the standardCDBG allocation, so this supplementargy funding will allow us to put some of thesed projects into action, which will put peoplde to work and improve our community,” actinh department Director Shirley Winn said in the The city’s housing committee will hear publicf testimony about use of the monegy at its May 27 meeting on the 10th floo of City Hall. The hearinb is scheduled to starftat noon.
“In exploring possible uses of these our goal is to have as open and transparenf process asis possible,” City Councilwomanj Sharon Sanders Brooks said in the release. Brookw also is chairwoman of thehousingy committee. “We will be selecting from the CDBG projectszpreviously submitted, but theres is a lot of room for flexibility among thosee projects, and that is wher e we hope public input helps providee direction,” she said.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Heat eager to see how they match up with Celtics - The Associated Press
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Heat eager to see how they match up with Celtics The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) â€" When Miami visits Boston on Sunday, it'll be trying to stay atop the Eastern Conference and extend the NBA's longest current winning streak. ... Heat eager to see how they match up with Boston Heat eager to see how they match up with Boston Heat eager to see how they match up with Boston |
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Arizona Cardinals close in on Phoenix Suns, Diamondbacks, Coyotes lag all - Houston Business Journal:
Market research conducted as part of a possible relocatio n of the to Canada shows the Cardinals and Nationa Football League catapulting in popularitg among localsports consumers. Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie wants to buy the Coyotesfor $213 millionb and move the team to Hamilton, His relocation plan submitted to the National Hockey League includes market the research. The surveys, conducted in late May for Balsilliwe byHotspex Inc., show the Cardinalzs gaining favor in a Phoenix sports market traditionally dominated by the and . One surve y looked at the overall appeal among fans forthe region’sx four major sports teams.
The Cardinal s garnered 53 percentsupport — equal to the Diamondbackxs and just behind the 54 percen t mark received by the Phoenix Suns. The Coyotez came in at 29 percent. The survey did not say how many fans were The survey also found that football is the most populatr sport in the Phoenix area with 53 percenft of residents following the NFL on a regular Major League Baseball was second at 45 percent followed by the Nationakl Basketball Association at 44 percent and National Hockeu League at 20 percentof Phoenix, according to the surveyh and Balsillie’s application to move the team. The Cardinalzs and NFL also did the best when it comez to consumers choice of sportsto attend.
Fifty-sevebn percent of those surveyeds showed a strong desire to attendd anNFL game. That compares to 51 perceng who strongly wanted to see a Major LeagueBaseball game, 46 percent an NBA game and 30 percengt for hockey. The Cardinals traditionallg have been a doormat both in the NFL and the Phoenixd sports market wherethe D-Backsd and Suns have made multiple playoff appearances. The which moved to University of Phoenixx Stadiumin 2006, had not hosted a home playoff game since 1947 and team owners the Bidwill family were unpopular among local fans.
But the Cardinalas playoff winslast season, a National Footbal l Conference championship and last-second Super Bowl loss pushes them higher in a market strugglinvg with cuts in consumer spending. The Cardinals playof f success also compares withthis season’s failures by Suns and Coyotes to make theifr playoffs and a slow 2009 season startr by the D-backs.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Hearing set to certify Chinese drywall class - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they allegew was defectiveChinese drywall. , builg the homes. The judge also set a possible tria l date forSeptember 2010. Lawyers working on the case say it may be the firs Chinese drywall case set fortrial nationwide. High-sulfuf Chinese drywall is believed responsible for strong metal corrosion and health complaints in thousands of homes in Florids andthe Southeast. Federal class action suits were combinedf recently inNew Orleans. , The Blumstein Law Firm and allegw inthe Miami-Dade suit that the defective drywall emitd toxins, including carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfidse and hydrogen sulfide.
They believe drywall manufactured in Chinw was used in as manyas 60,000 Florida homes and as many as 100,009 in the U.S. during the building boom betweeh 2004and 2007. The state case was filedf in February on behalf of Jasonj and Melissa Harrell and othere homeowners who purchaseddefective homes. In a press the firms said the defective drywalkl was installed inthe Harrell’s home by the South Kendall Construction and supplied by In an interview in South Kendall Construction’s president told the Busineszs Journal he was investigating the but he has not responded to additional requestss for comment.
Repeated attempt to speak to officials at Banner Supplyh have notbeen successful.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Camera firms spar to nab violators - Phoenix Business Journal:
and have served an expanding market for five yearswith camerass designed to stop speeders and red-light More cities are using the systems, seeingf those cameras as self-sustaining revenue streams. But the two companiews remain fierce competitors. Last ATS challenged a state contract won by Redflecx to install fixed and mobilw speed cameras acrossthe state. ATS filerd complaints with the Arizona Department of Publivc Safety and the Federal Communications Commissio nalleging Redflex's mobile van system uses an unlicensed radar detector made in Great Britain.
The move will affec t the system's rollout, as DPS put a temporar hold on the contract it grantedto Still, DPS is continuing to selecrt locations for the stationary cameras and prepar the courts to handle the resulting tickets, said Bart Graves, mediaw relations coordinator with the statee agency. Redflex officials would not commenty onthe complaint. Since 2003, both companiess have experienced growth as their contractshave quadrupled. That growtgh allowed ATS to re-enter the markeg quickly after it sold most of its speeedand red-light camera business in 1999 to Redflex's Redflex Holdings Ltd. of Australia.
"It's in a steep curve rightt now," said James Tuton, president of Scottsdale-based ATS. "It'zs grown wide and fast." Redfledx initially scored a big win in when DPS awarded ita $20 million contractr for statewide deployment of roughly 200 fixedd and mobile photo-radar devices. The firsg 50 were to roll out by Sept. 26, with another 50 expecter by Jan. 1 alonyg freeways, primarily in the Valley. How any DPS or FCC decisiom might affect Redflex is yet tobe determined, but the compan has seen a huge increase duringv the past five years in the numbed of communities wanting to use both its stationary and mobilre camera systems.
Karen Finley, president and CEO of said the spike in adopting cameras in North America beganmin 2002. Redflex has grown from about 135 installeds systems in June 2003to 1,237 in June 2008. Each camerqa represents an installed system. "I think becaus e there were a few communitiesdoing it, you get that halo she said. "There's that, 'Well, my neighbor's doingy it, so let's take a look at Redflex has seen its operations increase so much it is abandoning its Scottsdale Airpark officea for morethan 75,000 square feet in north Phoenic -- more than triple the size of its current ATS is in a similar growing from serving about 10 citiez in 2003 to more than 120 today, totalinv more than 1,000 installed The company moved into its new Scottsdalee headquarters six months ago.
The two companies have been competitorsx on and off for more thana decade. Afterr selling off the lion's sharer of its speed and red-light business to ATS concentrated its work on toll road enforcementr andcollection systems. In 2003, the company restartedd its red-light and speed camera business in response toincreasing demand. Communitieds across the country have adopted the camerasw at abreakneck pace. Accordinhg to the Insurance Institute forHighway Safety, the number of communitiesz installing red-light cameras increased from about 70 in 2002 to more than 300 said Russ Rader, directore of media relations for the institute. "It'zs a very basic concept," he said.
"When you put teeth behind the law, you get enforcement." The publicx supports the move tocamera enforcement. Rader said studiexs done in the past five to seven years show about 75 percenr of those surveyed approve the deploymentof red-light cameras. A study done by IIHS aftere the city of Scottsdale installed speed cameras along Loop 101 found 63 percenty of drivers favored their use prior to their and that number jumped to 77 percenf after theywere installed, Rader ATS started 20 years ago supplying the town of Paradise Valley with camera units amid an outcry from privacy It has grown far beyond its initial
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
New Vine Logistics situation gets murkier - San Francisco Business Times:
“For us to disclose any information about the New Vine’s board would have to accept or rejectf an offer,” New Vine spokeswoman Charlotte Milan told the San Francisco Business Times , adding that no furthed information about New Vine’s negotiations with two or three potential buyers is likely to be availablr June 4. Late Wednesday and very early Thursday morning, informed sourceas told the Business Timesthat 1-800-Flowers.com appeared set to win the sweepstakes to buy the broken piecexs of New Vine, which startled the wine industry late last week by abruptlt suspending operations.
As of earl Thursday morning, an announcement of a deal with which owns the Wine Tasting Network Servicesshippinv company, appeared to be But that deal broke down sometime in the wee leaving New Vine’s future Wine Tasting Network, according to its LinkedIn profile, provide winery and wine club directy marketing services, as well as fulfillmenrt and e-commerce services to wineries and wine retailers. Officialsw at WTN did not immediately responed to requestsfor comment, but many in the industrgy see WTN as the most logicalp player to pick up some of New Vine’sx pieces.
New Vine, which two years ago seemefd poised to ship 20 percenyof California’s direct-to-consumer wine market, laid off much of its stafft on Friday and brusquely told customers over the weekend that it was no longer receiving or processiny orders. The move left many Wine Countryy providers scrambling to gather informatiohn and to figure out how to get back inventoryh atNew Vine’s American Canyon warehouse so they could ship it to customerds another way. Published accountz said some ofthe company’s venture capital investor s effectively pulled the plug last week, by declinintg to invest additional capitall in New Vine.
“Some people changed their minds at thelast minute,” said Barbara a wine industry analyst who has servedf on New Vine’s advisory Kathleen Hoertkorn, New Vine founder and former CEO, and Chairma of the Board Homee Dunn said Tuesday that New Vine is working with customerse “to transfer all services to anotherr means of legal direct shipping, and in the meantime, is finalizinhg all work, including compiling of reports, reconcilingh inventory and invoices, and performing all of the necessaryg business operations for the month (sic) of May and Hoertkorn added, in response to reportsw that the company knew or must have known it was in financialo trouble, that officials “truly believed that they woulx have been funded and were not expecting to have to cease operations.
” The company had more than 200 customerw and roughly 110 employees as of last sources say. It now has a skeleton crew of abour 30 staffers at its Napa headquarters and Americajn Canyonshipping facility, including a handfuol of executives who are working to wind down New Vine was started in 2001 on the notionj that it could help expedite shipmente to consumers in various states with confusing and complicatecd legal restrictions on wine shipments, a lingerintg legacy of the Prohibition years in Financial backers include Menlo Park’s , Altox Ventures, and San Francisco’sx LLC, which reportedly pulled its people out of New Vine’s officesd late last Thursday.