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The on Wednesday releasede details of 12 indictments related to 23 Law enforcement officials have started arresting those namede inthe indictments, most of whom live in Utah, accordiny to the Interior Department. The indictmentsd were handed down by a Salt Lake Citygrands jury. Roughly 250 artifacts estimated to be wortg morethan $335,000 allegedly were stolehn by the ring, according to the Interiofr Department.
The artifacts include Anasazi created by Native Americanxcenturies ago, as well as ceremonia masks and a buffalo An undercover investigation into the ring’s activities has been goingy on for two years, and included agents from the Interior Department’zs (BLM) and FBI as well as U.S. marshals. “Letr this case serve notice to anyonee who is considering breaking these laws and tramplingour nation’s cultural heritage that the BLM, the Department of Justice and the [resg of] the federal government will track you down and bringf you to justice,” Interioer Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement.
The federal Archaeologicak Resources Protection Act makes it illegal to excavate archaeological siteswithouf authorization, and take artifacts from federal land for sale or exchange. Once the artifacts’ tribal affiliationz have been identified, they will be returnef to those tribes, as required by the Native Americanm Graves Protection andRepatriation Act. Items not covered by the tribapl repatriation law will be made available for scientifidc research andpublic education. The Four Cornerss region includes partsof Utah, New Mexico and and occupies Native American land.
Colorado’s corner is part of this state’d Ute Mountain Ute reservation, and the othetr states’ corners are part of the Navajo Indicted defendants were to appear beforea U.S. magistratw in Moab, Utah, on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Opus Northwest siblings file for bankruptcy - Business First of Columbus:
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The former will seek to liquidat under Chapter 7of U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the lattedr intends to reorganizer underChapter 11. These bankruptciews come on the heels of the Aprilp 22 bankruptcyof , an Opus affiliate baserd in Atlanta. Minneapolis-based Opus has said it planws to wind down its operations in that part of the countryhas well. Just two of five Opus subsidiariesxremain healthy, west LLC, which is an active developer in and Opus North LLC, which is based in Opus Northwest’s recent developments in Portland include the successfulp Bridgeport Village shopping center in Tualatin. At one Opus was the ’s top choiced to redevelop theBurnside Bridghead.
In recent years, the compang has concentrated onresidentiap projects. It recently completed constructiomn of two large apartment projects with a total constructionm budgetof $150 million. Ladd Tower is a 332-uni project in downtown Portland and Park 19 isa 101-unit projecrt in Northwest Portland. "Wre have have a healthy balancde sheet," said Brian Owendoff, vice president and managef forOpus Northwest's Portland operations. Opus based in Rockville, Md., filed a petitiomn to liquidate its portfolio underChapter 7. In its filing in U.S. Bankruptcyu Court for the District of Opus East said it has betweenb 200 and999 creditors.
It listede assets between $50 million and $100 millionj and liabilities between $100 million and $500 It did not identify creditors. Opus West, based in anticipates filing a voluntary petition of Chapter 11 bankruptc y protection inearly “Declining real estate values and tight credit markets continue to impedd the refinancing of assets and restructuring of lending said Opus CEO Mark Rauenhorsg in a statement. “We regret that this action has proven to be necessarh despite the efforts of so A court-supervised process and transfer of distressex assets will assist Opus in reorganizing and focusa on the future.” Opus East has developedd more than 13.
3 million square feet of space since 1994. Opus West has developexd more than 52.7 million square feet sinced 1979. The company said Opus North and Opus Northwesrt have been less affected by the due to their mix of project healthy balance sheets andstronger markets. Opus said its developmeny activity has fallen tojust 4.8 million square feet in down from 34 million square feet in 2007 and 35 milliob square feet in 2008.
The former will seek to liquidat under Chapter 7of U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the lattedr intends to reorganizer underChapter 11. These bankruptciews come on the heels of the Aprilp 22 bankruptcyof , an Opus affiliate baserd in Atlanta. Minneapolis-based Opus has said it planws to wind down its operations in that part of the countryhas well. Just two of five Opus subsidiariesxremain healthy, west LLC, which is an active developer in and Opus North LLC, which is based in Opus Northwest’s recent developments in Portland include the successfulp Bridgeport Village shopping center in Tualatin. At one Opus was the ’s top choiced to redevelop theBurnside Bridghead.
In recent years, the compang has concentrated onresidentiap projects. It recently completed constructiomn of two large apartment projects with a total constructionm budgetof $150 million. Ladd Tower is a 332-uni project in downtown Portland and Park 19 isa 101-unit projecrt in Northwest Portland. "Wre have have a healthy balancde sheet," said Brian Owendoff, vice president and managef forOpus Northwest's Portland operations. Opus based in Rockville, Md., filed a petitiomn to liquidate its portfolio underChapter 7. In its filing in U.S. Bankruptcyu Court for the District of Opus East said it has betweenb 200 and999 creditors.
It listede assets between $50 million and $100 millionj and liabilities between $100 million and $500 It did not identify creditors. Opus West, based in anticipates filing a voluntary petition of Chapter 11 bankruptc y protection inearly “Declining real estate values and tight credit markets continue to impedd the refinancing of assets and restructuring of lending said Opus CEO Mark Rauenhorsg in a statement. “We regret that this action has proven to be necessarh despite the efforts of so A court-supervised process and transfer of distressex assets will assist Opus in reorganizing and focusa on the future.” Opus East has developedd more than 13.
3 million square feet of space since 1994. Opus West has developexd more than 52.7 million square feet sinced 1979. The company said Opus North and Opus Northwesrt have been less affected by the due to their mix of project healthy balance sheets andstronger markets. Opus said its developmeny activity has fallen tojust 4.8 million square feet in down from 34 million square feet in 2007 and 35 milliob square feet in 2008.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Genmar Holdings files for bankruptcy - Dayton Business Journal:
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The petition to reorganize theboat builder’s debts was filed Monday afternoon in in Minneapolis. The filing includes more than 20 ofthe company’sz subsidiaries, one of which is Murfreesboro-based Genmar Tennessew LLC. The company has a boat manufacturing and repair facility at theMurfreesboro location. Genmar Tennesseer has from 200to 1,000 creditorxs and assets between $50,000 and $100,000. The Tennessese company’s filing lists about $750,000p in unsecured debts owed to its 20largesg creditors.
The parent company lists its assets in the rageof $10 million to $50 million and its liabilitied between $100 million and $500 million, according to court Genmar Holdings’ only secured creditors are and , accordingt to a story in the Minneapolis Star Genmar said it has received commitment for a debtor-in-possession financing proposal from both banks. In a Genmar’s largest shareholder, Chairman and CEO Irwin Jacobs says sale ofthe company’s fishing luxury yachts and other products started to declinr in 2008, but worsened in recent The company’s sales in fiscal 2009, whicg ends in June, are likely to be about $460 off by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008, the company “If someone would have said to me as recently as even one month ago that Genmar woulf someday be filing for Chapter 11, I would have said it was not even a remots possibility,” Jacobs says.
Genmar had been making some strategy changed in recent months and recently announced plans to launch a lineof less-expensive aluminum boats.
The petition to reorganize theboat builder’s debts was filed Monday afternoon in in Minneapolis. The filing includes more than 20 ofthe company’sz subsidiaries, one of which is Murfreesboro-based Genmar Tennessew LLC. The company has a boat manufacturing and repair facility at theMurfreesboro location. Genmar Tennesseer has from 200to 1,000 creditorxs and assets between $50,000 and $100,000. The Tennessese company’s filing lists about $750,000p in unsecured debts owed to its 20largesg creditors.
The parent company lists its assets in the rageof $10 million to $50 million and its liabilitied between $100 million and $500 million, according to court Genmar Holdings’ only secured creditors are and , accordingt to a story in the Minneapolis Star Genmar said it has received commitment for a debtor-in-possession financing proposal from both banks. In a Genmar’s largest shareholder, Chairman and CEO Irwin Jacobs says sale ofthe company’s fishing luxury yachts and other products started to declinr in 2008, but worsened in recent The company’s sales in fiscal 2009, whicg ends in June, are likely to be about $460 off by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008, the company “If someone would have said to me as recently as even one month ago that Genmar woulf someday be filing for Chapter 11, I would have said it was not even a remots possibility,” Jacobs says.
Genmar had been making some strategy changed in recent months and recently announced plans to launch a lineof less-expensive aluminum boats.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Aloha Spirit – Getting To Know Your Hula Doll - Bolts by the Bay
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Bolts by the Bay | The Aloha Spirit â€" Getting To Know Your Hula Doll Bolts by the Bay Hello! My name is Dolly Kau'ionalani Reynolds, or many of you know me online as Hula Doll. I just wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i, but raised in Tampa since I was a baby. A true Tampanian! ... |
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Greater Phoenix CVB launches social media campaign - Business First of Louisville:
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The first contest offers a two-nighft stay at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa and a candlelirt dinner for two atthe resort’s restaurant, T. Cook’s. In subsequen t weeks, similar packages are expected to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carltonj Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa, Fairmont Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Westin Phoenician and Arizona Grand. The contesr is part of a sociao media marketing campaign by the Greater Phoenix CVB that also includesz anew blog, Twitter and Flickr accounts, and YouTubes videos. The blog, called the Hot is a frequently updated compendiumof restaurants, shopsw and activities.
The video project, calledx “Phoenix Dream Days,” featurees Phoenicians of local and national renown offering tours of theifr favoritelocal hangouts. The inaugural video is hosteed by celebrity chefMark Tarbell. Blog: Facebook: YouTube: Flickr:
The first contest offers a two-nighft stay at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa and a candlelirt dinner for two atthe resort’s restaurant, T. Cook’s. In subsequen t weeks, similar packages are expected to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carltonj Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa, Fairmont Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Westin Phoenician and Arizona Grand. The contesr is part of a sociao media marketing campaign by the Greater Phoenix CVB that also includesz anew blog, Twitter and Flickr accounts, and YouTubes videos. The blog, called the Hot is a frequently updated compendiumof restaurants, shopsw and activities.
The video project, calledx “Phoenix Dream Days,” featurees Phoenicians of local and national renown offering tours of theifr favoritelocal hangouts. The inaugural video is hosteed by celebrity chefMark Tarbell. Blog: Facebook: YouTube: Flickr:
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Metrolist: Denver's resale housing market showing hopeful signs - Orlando Business Journal:
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Single-family home sales in June, for example, were equally split between the lower price ranges that appeaolto first-time homebuyers and pricier houses that attract homebuyersd moving up to larger and/or more expensivs homes. "Earlier this year, the majorityu of resale home activitywas first-time homebuyers, distressecd properties and investor activity," independent Littletomn broker Gary Bauer said in a statement. "June appearw to be the transition to a normal Denvermarket -- a market with both first-timse homebuyer activity as well as activity." Resale homes are those that have sold at leas t once before.
Combined salees of single-family houses and condominiumsincreased 15.4 percent to 4,186 in June from 3,628 in May. Late springt and summer traditionally arethis country's prime home-sellinbg season, because families buying and sellingy homes try to complete deals and move when children are out of But June home sales this year were down 13.6 percent from 4,845 for the same monthj of 2008. In June, 3,328 single-family homes were sold, up from 2,8578 sales in May, but down from 3,847 for the year-priorf June. Last month, condo sales rose to 858 from 771 in but were down from 998 yearover year. Averagw sold price for both types of homerose 6.
34 percent to $258,434r in June from $243,022 in May. That pricwe was down 3.21 percent from June 2008's averagwe selling price of $267,005. Average sold price for single-family homes -- $283,312, which is up from $262,06 6 in May, but down from $286,887 from the year-priod June. Median sold price for single-family homea -- $237,500, up from both the previousa month ($220,000) and from June 2008 ($230,000). The median sold prics for a home is the middle price between highestgand lowest. It's considered a truer measure of pric than average by many real estatew professionalsbecause it's not skewed by highest and lowestf prices.
Average sold price for condos -- down from $172,454 in May and $190,366 year over year. Mediaj sold price for condos -- $139,837, up from $137,00o in May, but a drop from $148,345t for the year-prior Condos also are sellingfasterf lately, with an average of 97 days on the markeyt in June, down from 110 days in May and from 108 days year over For this year's first six total home sales and sold prices were down from the same periocd of 2008, according to Metrolist. Combinef sales of single-family homes and condoz decreased 17.5 percent to 19,363 from 23,471 for the first six months oflast year. Averagse selling price was down nearly 8 percentto $235,9390 from $256,408.
Average days on the market for both housing types dipped to 104through June, from 106 for the same perioc of 2008. Other year-to-date data through June, comparedx to the same period of 2008, include: Single-family homes sold -- down from 18,561. Average single-family home sold pricr -- $256,353, down from Median single-family home sold price -- $211,000, down from Condos sold -- 3,931, down from 4,910. Averagw sold price for condos -- $155,753, down from Median sold price forcondos -- down from $139,000. Based in Greenwood Metrolist ismetro Denver's Multiple Listing Service, which is an associatiob of real estate brokers that share property listings with each other.
Single-family home sales in June, for example, were equally split between the lower price ranges that appeaolto first-time homebuyers and pricier houses that attract homebuyersd moving up to larger and/or more expensivs homes. "Earlier this year, the majorityu of resale home activitywas first-time homebuyers, distressecd properties and investor activity," independent Littletomn broker Gary Bauer said in a statement. "June appearw to be the transition to a normal Denvermarket -- a market with both first-timse homebuyer activity as well as activity." Resale homes are those that have sold at leas t once before.
Combined salees of single-family houses and condominiumsincreased 15.4 percent to 4,186 in June from 3,628 in May. Late springt and summer traditionally arethis country's prime home-sellinbg season, because families buying and sellingy homes try to complete deals and move when children are out of But June home sales this year were down 13.6 percent from 4,845 for the same monthj of 2008. In June, 3,328 single-family homes were sold, up from 2,8578 sales in May, but down from 3,847 for the year-priorf June. Last month, condo sales rose to 858 from 771 in but were down from 998 yearover year. Averagw sold price for both types of homerose 6.
34 percent to $258,434r in June from $243,022 in May. That pricwe was down 3.21 percent from June 2008's averagwe selling price of $267,005. Average sold price for single-family homes -- $283,312, which is up from $262,06 6 in May, but down from $286,887 from the year-priod June. Median sold price for single-family homea -- $237,500, up from both the previousa month ($220,000) and from June 2008 ($230,000). The median sold prics for a home is the middle price between highestgand lowest. It's considered a truer measure of pric than average by many real estatew professionalsbecause it's not skewed by highest and lowestf prices.
Average sold price for condos -- down from $172,454 in May and $190,366 year over year. Mediaj sold price for condos -- $139,837, up from $137,00o in May, but a drop from $148,345t for the year-prior Condos also are sellingfasterf lately, with an average of 97 days on the markeyt in June, down from 110 days in May and from 108 days year over For this year's first six total home sales and sold prices were down from the same periocd of 2008, according to Metrolist. Combinef sales of single-family homes and condoz decreased 17.5 percent to 19,363 from 23,471 for the first six months oflast year. Averagse selling price was down nearly 8 percentto $235,9390 from $256,408.
Average days on the market for both housing types dipped to 104through June, from 106 for the same perioc of 2008. Other year-to-date data through June, comparedx to the same period of 2008, include: Single-family homes sold -- down from 18,561. Average single-family home sold pricr -- $256,353, down from Median single-family home sold price -- $211,000, down from Condos sold -- 3,931, down from 4,910. Averagw sold price for condos -- $155,753, down from Median sold price forcondos -- down from $139,000. Based in Greenwood Metrolist ismetro Denver's Multiple Listing Service, which is an associatiob of real estate brokers that share property listings with each other.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Palestinians set date for UN bid - BBC News
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Reuters | Palestinians set date for UN bid BBC News The Palestinians say they will ask for full membership at the UN next week, though they are still prepared to consider a "credible" alternative. Unless such an offer comes, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will submit the application on 23 September, ... Palestinians set date for ! UN statehood bid Palestinians set date for UN bid |
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