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University of North Carolina Board of Governors last week unanimouslyelectex Martin, 57, to succeed currenty Chancellor Stanley Battle. He will take over the positionh onJune 8. Martimn is a well-known quantity at N.C. A&T and in the Triac and his praises were being sung well before his selectionbwas official. He is a formef student, faculty member and administratorat N.C. and he was chancellor of from 2000to 2006. For the past threre years, he’s been the university system’s seniof vice president for academicx affairs.
But Martin brings heft scientific credentials to the job as His résumé lists dozens of engineering and science-related publications and gran t awards. He has also consulted with organizations and companies rangingfrom fuel-pumpo manufacturer in Greensboro to the in Rhode He even holds a patent for a metho of detecting and correcting errors betwee a computer’s central processor and memory. “He’ s uniquely positioned, I would say, to take A&T’s engineering and technical competence to new saidPat Danahy, CEO of the .
“One of the strongest partsx of the story we can tell about our Greensboro and Triard industry clusters is that technical With him inthat role, alonvg with his experience and there’s an exceptional possibilit y to move that forward.” And don’t expecty Martin to be shy about using that said Gayle Anderson, president of the Winston- Salem Chamber of Commerce, who worked with him on a numbet of technology and economic development initiatives during his time as chancellof there. Martin was one of the firsrt board members of the Piedmon t TriadResearch Park, she noted, and pushesd his faculty to engage activelyt with the chamber’s Technology Council.
“I thin he’ll be very active in advancinv science and technologyat N.C. A&T, and in makingt sure that its programs integrate well with plansat (Gateway Universituy Research Park) and with the other economicx development efforts of the she said. One challenge for Martin will be findingh ways to effectively buildon high-profil projects that are already well under way. for example, is a joint project with UNC-Greensboro that has already mappeds out a development plan tied largelu to the new Joint School of Nanosciences and Nanoengineering that is expecting to welcomed its first class in the upcomingschoo year.
But the new chancellor will still be importanf in chartingthe park’s future and promotingb it as a resource for private said Gateway Executive Director John Merrill. Both UNCG Chancellor Lindz Brady andoutgoing N.C. A&T Chancellor Battle have been supportivdeand effective, Merrill said, and Martin will be able to bringh fresh ideas without a long learning curve. “He can reall hit the ground running, and that’s something you can’tt really get with somebody coming fromthe outside,” Merrill Having been in charge of academic and research programse for all of the UNC system, “he’x already familiar with all the programs and projects we’ve got undert way and has been very active with the development of the (nanosciencw school).
So just beinf able to come in and help us keep up the paceis Martin’s science background may also amplify the amoun t and quality of research happening at N.C. A&T’ main campus, said Vice Chancellor for Researchj N. Radhakrishnan. His arrival also comes at a key time for the which scored a recent triumph when it was selectefd to lead a prestigious Engineering Research Cente by the NationalScience Foundation. N.C.
A&T is the first historicallh black institution chosen for such a The new research cente r holds the promise of a significant expansion in sponsored research forthe school, which Radhakrishnanb hopes will cross the $50 million mark this Outside sponsorship of research at N.C. A&T has nearlyg doubled in the past six yearsto $48.5 But it will take carefulp planning to go beyond that, he said, and Martin’s engineerinhg and science background should help him chart a “It’s time for us to look and see what we have to do to increaswe our capacity for because we’re peaking on our capacity now,” Radhakrishnan said.
One way Martin can quicklyg affect that capacity is by using his scientifiv background to recruita top-level dean for the engineerinyg school to replace the retiring Josepbh Monroe. Martin held that position himself from 1989to 1994. “Wd should be able to attract a great dean simply becaused ofthe (Engineering Research Center), but we can attract a greateer dean with a chancellor with that kind of Radhakrishnan said. “If I were applying as that’s something that woul d matterto me.
” What may ultimately mattert most not just to the tech industruy but to the broadert business community and to Aggies themselves is the promiser of stability, said Ralph CEO of Southeast Fuels in Greensborl and a former chair of N.C. A&T’s boared of trustees. Any initiatives undertaken now will face the extraq challenge of the shrinkingstate budget. Sheltobn said Martin’s popularity and familiarity should energize His Aggie pedigree will also start him off with a levell of trust not automatically conferred on past he added.
That should give him the cloug to move quickly to shore up university improve student performance and retention and tackle a long list of othetrpriorities ahead. “I’d be very surprised if he turnss out to bea short-term chancellor,” Shelton “I think he knows the challenges he needws to take on will take more than a couple of yeare to solve.”
Sunday 29 January 2012
Friday 27 January 2012
Survey: Manufacturers eye 2010 turnaround - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Forty-two percent of manufacturers said their businesses were compared to 12 percent ayear ago. Only 9 perceng of companies said their businesswas “thriving and down from 38 percent last The “2009 Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution National Survey” founs that about 52 percent of the 923 survey respondents plan to cut U.S. jobs in nearly double the percentage fromlast year’sd survey. But only 11 percent expect to cut jobs in 2010 and 44 percentg plan toadd employees. While fewer than 10 percent of respondentsw said they expected gross margins to increasedin 2009, 30 percent anticipatr improvements in 2010.
The online survey was conductedx from March 11 toAprilp 13. Bloomington, Minn.-based RSM McGladreyg is a professional services firm thatprovides accounting, tax and businesws consulting services.
Forty-two percent of manufacturers said their businesses were compared to 12 percent ayear ago. Only 9 perceng of companies said their businesswas “thriving and down from 38 percent last The “2009 Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution National Survey” founs that about 52 percent of the 923 survey respondents plan to cut U.S. jobs in nearly double the percentage fromlast year’sd survey. But only 11 percent expect to cut jobs in 2010 and 44 percentg plan toadd employees. While fewer than 10 percent of respondentsw said they expected gross margins to increasedin 2009, 30 percent anticipatr improvements in 2010.
The online survey was conductedx from March 11 toAprilp 13. Bloomington, Minn.-based RSM McGladreyg is a professional services firm thatprovides accounting, tax and businesws consulting services.
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Israeli IT company Minicom Advanced Systems signs on to Tech Data - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Minicom, based in Israel, is a developer of kernel-based virtual machines and digital It offers Internet protocol and analogbKVM switches, extenders and IT accese management services for server rooms and data centers. “Openinyg a direct relationship with Tech Data gives our customerwsbetter visibility” to the company’s said Saul Mishaan, Minicokm America’s president, in a Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD) joinsd (NYSE: SNX) and as national distributorsd selling Minicom’s products. Tech Data’s agreementf began May 1 and will cover the entire United States.
Last week, Tech Data acquired assets of Compumediin Spain, in Portugal, and in the United Kingdon to help make it the largesrt IT distributor in In March, it formed a distributioj agreement with (NASDAQ: DELL), allowing the Clearwatetr technology distributor to sell Dell products for the firsf time.
Minicom, based in Israel, is a developer of kernel-based virtual machines and digital It offers Internet protocol and analogbKVM switches, extenders and IT accese management services for server rooms and data centers. “Openinyg a direct relationship with Tech Data gives our customerwsbetter visibility” to the company’s said Saul Mishaan, Minicokm America’s president, in a Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD) joinsd (NYSE: SNX) and as national distributorsd selling Minicom’s products. Tech Data’s agreementf began May 1 and will cover the entire United States.
Last week, Tech Data acquired assets of Compumediin Spain, in Portugal, and in the United Kingdon to help make it the largesrt IT distributor in In March, it formed a distributioj agreement with (NASDAQ: DELL), allowing the Clearwatetr technology distributor to sell Dell products for the firsf time.
Monday 23 January 2012
Iraq December Crude Exports, Revenue Rise to 4-Month High - BusinessWeek
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AFP | Iraq December Crude Exports, Revenue Rise to 4-Month High BusinessWeek 23 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq, which is seeking to boost crude exports to rebuild its economy, said oil shipments climbed 3.7 percent in December to 66.5 million barrels, generating the highest revenue in four months, $7.06 billion. Iraq targets 2012 500000 bpd oil out put increase Iraq oil income in 2011 leaps by 60 percent Iraq's oil exports, revenues, increase slightly in December |
Saturday 21 January 2012
Do low taxes on capital gains spur growth? Not necessarily. - Washington Post (blog)
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ABC News | Do low taxes on capital gains spur growth? Not necessarily. Washington Post (blog) On Tuesday, Mitt Romney conceded that his taxes are low because he largely pays the 15 percent tax rate on investment income, rather than the higher 35 percent top rate on wage income. Those remarks renewed the debate over whether the tax on capital ... Why does Mitt Romney have money in the Caymans? Two potential reasons. Case of diminishing returns for Romney |
Thursday 19 January 2012
Exact to raise $8.2M, signs MAYO deal - Business First of Buffalo:
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million through a private stock sale and that it inkexd a licensing deal for exclusiver rightsto cancer-diagnostic technologies developed by the for Medicak Education and Research. The company said it had commenceds on June 11 the saleof 4.31 million shares of its commo stock at a purchase price of $1.90 a share. Meanwhile, Exacyt (Nasdaq: EXAS), based in Marlborough, Mass., announced a plan to acquired the worldwide licensing rights tothe blood- or stool-basedr cancer diagnostics and screening technologies developed the MAYO which is based in Minnesota.
Under the deals terms, Exactg will: • make upfront payments of $80,000 and a milestonre fee of $250,000 upon the commencementt of certainclinical trials. • pay a milestone fee of $500,00o0 if the approves any of the products coveredf bythe agreement. pay a minimum of $10,0090 on the deal’s third anniversary pay a minimum royaltyuof $25,000 on the fourth anniversaryu of the agreement • supporrt certain research projects to the tune of $500,00p — at a minimum — in the agreement’s first Exact is also obligateds to grant MAYO two warrants to purchase 1.25 million sharexs of its common stock.
The warrants have six-yea r terms and are exercisable at a priceof $1.9p0 per share, according to a regulatory
million through a private stock sale and that it inkexd a licensing deal for exclusiver rightsto cancer-diagnostic technologies developed by the for Medicak Education and Research. The company said it had commenceds on June 11 the saleof 4.31 million shares of its commo stock at a purchase price of $1.90 a share. Meanwhile, Exacyt (Nasdaq: EXAS), based in Marlborough, Mass., announced a plan to acquired the worldwide licensing rights tothe blood- or stool-basedr cancer diagnostics and screening technologies developed the MAYO which is based in Minnesota.
Under the deals terms, Exactg will: • make upfront payments of $80,000 and a milestonre fee of $250,000 upon the commencementt of certainclinical trials. • pay a milestone fee of $500,00o0 if the approves any of the products coveredf bythe agreement. pay a minimum of $10,0090 on the deal’s third anniversary pay a minimum royaltyuof $25,000 on the fourth anniversaryu of the agreement • supporrt certain research projects to the tune of $500,00p — at a minimum — in the agreement’s first Exact is also obligateds to grant MAYO two warrants to purchase 1.25 million sharexs of its common stock.
The warrants have six-yea r terms and are exercisable at a priceof $1.9p0 per share, according to a regulatory
Monday 16 January 2012
Miles never considered inserting Lee at QB - Alexandria Town Talk
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CBC.ca | Miles never considered inserting Lee at QB Alexandria Town Talk LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson (9) lays on the ground after being hit during the second half of the BCS National Championship college footb » |
Saturday 14 January 2012
New Romney ad argues job creation at Bain, while Obama team joins attacks by ... - Washington Post
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Los Angeles Times | New Romney ad argues job creation at Bain, while Obama team joins attacks by ... Washington Post ROCK HILL, SC â€" Attacked as a corporate raider, Mitt Romney defended his record in a new television ad Friday that accuses Republican presidential rivals who criticized his time at the helm of a private equity firm of “embarrassing themselves by .. . New Romney ad argues job creation at private equity firm, Obama team joins attacks Hitting back against Bain attacks, Romney ad argues his firm created jobs Obama campaign c » |
Thursday 12 January 2012
IATA: Global airlines to lose $9B in 2009 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The ’s (IATA) new forecast is staggeringly wors e thanits $4.7 billion collective loss forecasty made just three months ago. The air carriee trade group also downgraded its loss estimate for 2008to $10.45 billion from $8.5 billion. “There is no modern precedeny for today’s economic meltdown,” IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said in anews release. “The ground has shifted. Our industry has been shaken. This is the most difficultg situation that the industryhas faced.” Aftee the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, industry revenues fell by 7 percent, Bisignanio said, and took three years to reboundto pre-9/1q1 levels.
Revenues will fall to $448 billionn in 2009 from $528 billion in 2008 (15 percent), IATA Passenger yields will dip7 “This time we face a 15 percentg drop—a loss of revenues of $80 billion—ijn the middle of a global Bisignani said during IATA’s annualo industry summit. “Our future depends on a drastic reshapinhby partners, governments and industry. We cannot bear the cost of governmengt micro-regulation, crazy taxation and partners abusing their monopoly North American carriers will generallty fair better thanforeign carriers, IATA said, and shouldx narrow their losses for the North American airlines will lose $1 billion in dramatically less than the $5.
1 billion lost in 2008, as out-of-the-mone fuel hedges lapse and capacity cuts kick in to right capacityu with demand. Previously, IATA said North American carriersz would turn a modest profit forthe year. Asia-Pacific and European carriers are likely to take thebiggest hits, losing $3.3 billion and $1.8 respectively. Another heavily impacted air cargo, will declinr by 17 percent based ontons shipped. Cargl yields will decline 11 percent. Relaxed fuel pricexs over the first five months of 2009 have helped but prices have begujn to climb inrecent weeks. IATA projectws the industry fuel bill to fallfrom $165 billion in 2008 to $59 billiom in 2009, on a $56 per barrelo average price of oil.
“The risk that we have seen in recenrt weeks is that even the slightesy glimmer of economic hope sendse oilprices higher,” Bisignani "Greedy speculation must not hold the globall economy hostage. Failure to act by governmentz wouldbe irresponsible.” Globally, airlines are in a betterd cash position, with more liquidity than in past downturns. But, Bisignani warnefd “a long L-shaped recovery could drain the industrgyof cash.” Bisignani noted industrty consolidation, such as the merger betweej Atlanta-based (NYSE: DAL) and , that have made some playerds stronger.
But he railed against what he callesd “archaic limitations on that prevent the merging of carrierz fromdifferent countries.
The ’s (IATA) new forecast is staggeringly wors e thanits $4.7 billion collective loss forecasty made just three months ago. The air carriee trade group also downgraded its loss estimate for 2008to $10.45 billion from $8.5 billion. “There is no modern precedeny for today’s economic meltdown,” IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said in anews release. “The ground has shifted. Our industry has been shaken. This is the most difficultg situation that the industryhas faced.” Aftee the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, industry revenues fell by 7 percent, Bisignanio said, and took three years to reboundto pre-9/1q1 levels.
Revenues will fall to $448 billionn in 2009 from $528 billion in 2008 (15 percent), IATA Passenger yields will dip7 “This time we face a 15 percentg drop—a loss of revenues of $80 billion—ijn the middle of a global Bisignani said during IATA’s annualo industry summit. “Our future depends on a drastic reshapinhby partners, governments and industry. We cannot bear the cost of governmengt micro-regulation, crazy taxation and partners abusing their monopoly North American carriers will generallty fair better thanforeign carriers, IATA said, and shouldx narrow their losses for the North American airlines will lose $1 billion in dramatically less than the $5.
1 billion lost in 2008, as out-of-the-mone fuel hedges lapse and capacity cuts kick in to right capacityu with demand. Previously, IATA said North American carriersz would turn a modest profit forthe year. Asia-Pacific and European carriers are likely to take thebiggest hits, losing $3.3 billion and $1.8 respectively. Another heavily impacted air cargo, will declinr by 17 percent based ontons shipped. Cargl yields will decline 11 percent. Relaxed fuel pricexs over the first five months of 2009 have helped but prices have begujn to climb inrecent weeks. IATA projectws the industry fuel bill to fallfrom $165 billion in 2008 to $59 billiom in 2009, on a $56 per barrelo average price of oil.
“The risk that we have seen in recenrt weeks is that even the slightesy glimmer of economic hope sendse oilprices higher,” Bisignani "Greedy speculation must not hold the globall economy hostage. Failure to act by governmentz wouldbe irresponsible.” Globally, airlines are in a betterd cash position, with more liquidity than in past downturns. But, Bisignani warnefd “a long L-shaped recovery could drain the industrgyof cash.” Bisignani noted industrty consolidation, such as the merger betweej Atlanta-based (NYSE: DAL) and , that have made some playerds stronger.
But he railed against what he callesd “archaic limitations on that prevent the merging of carrierz fromdifferent countries.
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Take stock in sales process to avoid getting burned - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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He spent three months workinhg onthe sale, and if he got it he wouls make quota, get his bonues and finally be able to take his wife, on that trip to Europe he had promised her for Charlie had no reason to doubt the sale was his. The experiencef salesman for ABC Corp. knew Greg, the customer’s purchasingb agent, for most of a The two often spent long afternoona on theback nine, playing golf and sharing stories about their Both had two kids graduating from high school. When they met last Thursdayh for drinks, Greg did everything but promise Charli e that the order was inthe bag. But when Charlier heard the toneof Greg’s voice on the line, he knew something was terribly wrong.
“Charlie, I did everything I could and untik about four days ago I was sure that my recommendationj to give you the order wasa shoo-in,” explaineed Greg sheepishly. “But the CFO and the executive vice president of marketing intervened and decided that the sale shoule go toXYZ Corp. Your price was but the sales repat XYZ, Tom Robinson, showee us how his approach would increases our cash flow and revenue growth. Tom also had some good ideasz that our executive vice president of marketing said woulds help us to differentiateour I’m really disappointed.
In fact, I need to do a realityg checkon myself: I can’t help but wonder if I’mk losing credibility in the eyes of the Greg confessed. Charlie had seen Tom Robinson more than once atthe customer’se office talking with people Charlie had never met. “Wd had the cutting-edge technology, the lower pricre and better cost savingsfor Greg’sx company,” Charlie thought to “I was sure we woul d win. But Tom somehow beat me to the Charlie feltdeeply disappointed, but for the first he also felt anxious. His wife told him that the phone call seemed to age himfive years.
For the past 12 Charlie has been on the receiving end of four similafrcalls — all from thosed whom he had known and trusted the Suddenly, fear struck him to his He doubted himself in a way that he hadn’g for a very long time. “Have I lost my he wondered. He knew he had just lost his his bonus and that tripto Europe, but he didn’ty know whether he would still have his job this time next Nobody bats a thousand, but when you keep losing sales despite having great producta and services, it’s time to take a step back. You have to reconsidert what you’re trying to accomplish and how you’ree going about doing it.
In fact, it might be time to reinvent the wayyou sell. Considet that the traditional salesproces hasn’t changed much for more than a hundre years. Its roots are in a time when suppliess were tight and suppliers heldthe cards. Ordersd were booked months in advanceand customers, anxious for a steaduy supply of material and lacking informatioj about availability, had little room to negotiates price. Salespeople were basically ordet takers, but that now is the exceptiobn and notthe rule.
As the numbed of suppliers has increased, salespeople have evolveds from order takersto ambassadors, plying their social skills to learn what a customee needs and using their product knowledge to presenyt products and services to match those This is a great time to take stock of your sales proceszs to avoid walking in Charlie’s
He spent three months workinhg onthe sale, and if he got it he wouls make quota, get his bonues and finally be able to take his wife, on that trip to Europe he had promised her for Charlie had no reason to doubt the sale was his. The experiencef salesman for ABC Corp. knew Greg, the customer’s purchasingb agent, for most of a The two often spent long afternoona on theback nine, playing golf and sharing stories about their Both had two kids graduating from high school. When they met last Thursdayh for drinks, Greg did everything but promise Charli e that the order was inthe bag. But when Charlier heard the toneof Greg’s voice on the line, he knew something was terribly wrong.
“Charlie, I did everything I could and untik about four days ago I was sure that my recommendationj to give you the order wasa shoo-in,” explaineed Greg sheepishly. “But the CFO and the executive vice president of marketing intervened and decided that the sale shoule go toXYZ Corp. Your price was but the sales repat XYZ, Tom Robinson, showee us how his approach would increases our cash flow and revenue growth. Tom also had some good ideasz that our executive vice president of marketing said woulds help us to differentiateour I’m really disappointed.
In fact, I need to do a realityg checkon myself: I can’t help but wonder if I’mk losing credibility in the eyes of the Greg confessed. Charlie had seen Tom Robinson more than once atthe customer’se office talking with people Charlie had never met. “Wd had the cutting-edge technology, the lower pricre and better cost savingsfor Greg’sx company,” Charlie thought to “I was sure we woul d win. But Tom somehow beat me to the Charlie feltdeeply disappointed, but for the first he also felt anxious. His wife told him that the phone call seemed to age himfive years.
For the past 12 Charlie has been on the receiving end of four similafrcalls — all from thosed whom he had known and trusted the Suddenly, fear struck him to his He doubted himself in a way that he hadn’g for a very long time. “Have I lost my he wondered. He knew he had just lost his his bonus and that tripto Europe, but he didn’ty know whether he would still have his job this time next Nobody bats a thousand, but when you keep losing sales despite having great producta and services, it’s time to take a step back. You have to reconsidert what you’re trying to accomplish and how you’ree going about doing it.
In fact, it might be time to reinvent the wayyou sell. Considet that the traditional salesproces hasn’t changed much for more than a hundre years. Its roots are in a time when suppliess were tight and suppliers heldthe cards. Ordersd were booked months in advanceand customers, anxious for a steaduy supply of material and lacking informatioj about availability, had little room to negotiates price. Salespeople were basically ordet takers, but that now is the exceptiobn and notthe rule.
As the numbed of suppliers has increased, salespeople have evolveds from order takersto ambassadors, plying their social skills to learn what a customee needs and using their product knowledge to presenyt products and services to match those This is a great time to take stock of your sales proceszs to avoid walking in Charlie’s
Sunday 8 January 2012
N.C. foreclosure filings drop - Portland Business Journal:
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North Carolina ranked 36th in the nation for foreclosuree filingslast month. Foreclosure filings in the stat fellnearly 16.1 percent in May from April. Acrosss the country, foreclosure filings rose 18 percentr in May from ayear ago. Therde were 321,480 foreclosure filings nationwide, which affectesd one in every 398 U.S. households. Nevada, California and Floridaa posted the top foreclosurd rateslast month. Filings nationwidw fell 6 percent in Mayfrom Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac tracks default notices, auction-saled notices and bank repossessions. Its figures exceedx those compiled bythe N.C. Commissioner of Banks.
The compangy counts every foreclosure filing, including multiple filings for asinglr household. The commissioner counts each householdonly once, regardlessw of the number of filing s it receives.
North Carolina ranked 36th in the nation for foreclosuree filingslast month. Foreclosure filings in the stat fellnearly 16.1 percent in May from April. Acrosss the country, foreclosure filings rose 18 percentr in May from ayear ago. Therde were 321,480 foreclosure filings nationwide, which affectesd one in every 398 U.S. households. Nevada, California and Floridaa posted the top foreclosurd rateslast month. Filings nationwidw fell 6 percent in Mayfrom Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac tracks default notices, auction-saled notices and bank repossessions. Its figures exceedx those compiled bythe N.C. Commissioner of Banks.
The compangy counts every foreclosure filing, including multiple filings for asinglr household. The commissioner counts each householdonly once, regardlessw of the number of filing s it receives.
Friday 6 January 2012
Worker's sad story illustrates hypocrisy - Fresno Bee
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Worker's sad story illustrates hypocrisy Fresno Bee By Bill McEwen When a broken immigration system intersects with a patchwork health-care system -- as it does here in the San Joaquin Valley -- the inevitable result is the story of Marco Antonio Fuentes. After more than a year of life-saving care at ... |
Tuesday 3 January 2012
S. Fla. hotel occupancy dips in 2008 - Birmingham Business Journal:
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A study of nationwide hotepl trends released this week by Smith Travel Research showdsthat tri-county hotels saw modest declines in occupanc y from 2007 to 2008. when it came to average daily Miami actually hadslight increases. Year over full-service Miami-Dade hotels saw occupancy fall to 70 percenf in 2008from 71.8 percent in 2007. Limited-service hotels slippe d to 72.6 percent in 2008 from 73.8 percent in 2007. Smithu Travel Research defines full-service hotele as those in mid-priced, upscale or luxury range. They typicallhy have a restaurant, bell service and meeting space.
Limited-servics hotels are those that only offerr rooms and fall inthe “budget” While other destinations suffered, Miami-Dade remained relatively flat thanksd to its strong international business, said Ginnyt Gutierrez, director of communitg relations for the Greater Miami Convention Visitors Bureau. While both domestic businesws and leisure travel suffered in the fourth quarteer oflast year, with the U.S. economixc crisis, international business remained steady, she said. Occupancy numbersa might have been better ifMiami hadn’t seen so many new roomzs became available in the seconf half of the year, Gutierrea added.
The Fontainebleau and Eden Roc alone made thousands of newrooms available. Full-service Broward hotepl occupancy fellto 65.9 percent in 2008 from 66.6 perceng in 2007 Limited-service hotels fell to 65.5 percentg in 2008 from 67.9 percent in 2007. In Palm Beacb County, full-service hotel occupancy fell to 63.6 percent in 2008 from 66.7 percen t in 2007. Limited-service hotels went to 58.7 percenrt from 61.6 percent – a drop of 4.8 percent, the largestg slide in the region on a percentage Jorge Pesquera, president and CEO of the Palm Beacg County Convention & Visitors Bureau, said the area saw the largest drop s due to a calculated pullback from corporate travelers.
Thoughh Palm Beach County has a diverse mixof hotels, it has to fighft the perception that it is only for the he said. “The combination of the economy and the AIG effect has been nasty to us forsome time,” he referring to populist outrage at executives of the failerd financial company. “The corporate worle has becomevery tentative, very shy abour going to upscale resorts for fear of an images backlash.” Nationwide, full-service hotels reportedx an average occupancy rate of 67.4 percenrt in 2008. That declined 2.6 percent from 2007. The averagew daily rate charged for a roomat Miami’ss full-service hotels rose to $182.7u8 in 2008 from $181.30 in 2007, a 0.
8 percenr gain. Limited-service was up to $109.1e3 from $108.85. The most expensive average daily rate in 2008was $187.10 at Palm Beach full-service But, that slipped 1.3 percent from 2007. Limited service was down a half Broward’s limited-service hotels saw the biggest percentage decline in ratessto $92.64 in 2008 from $96.24 in down 3.7 percent. Full-service Broward hotels droppec 1.4 percent. “We are kind of trapperd in a downspiralingof rates,” said Nick i Grossman, president and CEO of the Greateer Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors “Part of that is that rates have gone up over the past few yeard so high, so fast.
” While it’sw hard to predict, Broward’s limited-servicse sector may bounce back faster than the full-service, she The reason: over the last few Broward has seen the most robusg growth in demand for limited-service rooms for passengers goinh on cruises and discount group-rate business. the average daily rate was $164.31 in down from $166.69 in 2007. Gutierrez said she was cautiouslyy optimistic that the worsf is overfor Miami-Dade. While occupancty declined in May compared to the same timelast year, the rate of declinee was no worse than in April. For months, the declinees had been getting worse, she said.
“It’s an indicationh that we’ve probably hit bottom,” she “What we are seeing is some stabilituy now.”
A study of nationwide hotepl trends released this week by Smith Travel Research showdsthat tri-county hotels saw modest declines in occupanc y from 2007 to 2008. when it came to average daily Miami actually hadslight increases. Year over full-service Miami-Dade hotels saw occupancy fall to 70 percenf in 2008from 71.8 percent in 2007. Limited-service hotels slippe d to 72.6 percent in 2008 from 73.8 percent in 2007. Smithu Travel Research defines full-service hotele as those in mid-priced, upscale or luxury range. They typicallhy have a restaurant, bell service and meeting space.
Limited-servics hotels are those that only offerr rooms and fall inthe “budget” While other destinations suffered, Miami-Dade remained relatively flat thanksd to its strong international business, said Ginnyt Gutierrez, director of communitg relations for the Greater Miami Convention Visitors Bureau. While both domestic businesws and leisure travel suffered in the fourth quarteer oflast year, with the U.S. economixc crisis, international business remained steady, she said. Occupancy numbersa might have been better ifMiami hadn’t seen so many new roomzs became available in the seconf half of the year, Gutierrea added.
The Fontainebleau and Eden Roc alone made thousands of newrooms available. Full-service Broward hotepl occupancy fellto 65.9 percent in 2008 from 66.6 perceng in 2007 Limited-service hotels fell to 65.5 percentg in 2008 from 67.9 percent in 2007. In Palm Beacb County, full-service hotel occupancy fell to 63.6 percent in 2008 from 66.7 percen t in 2007. Limited-service hotels went to 58.7 percenrt from 61.6 percent – a drop of 4.8 percent, the largestg slide in the region on a percentage Jorge Pesquera, president and CEO of the Palm Beacg County Convention & Visitors Bureau, said the area saw the largest drop s due to a calculated pullback from corporate travelers.
Thoughh Palm Beach County has a diverse mixof hotels, it has to fighft the perception that it is only for the he said. “The combination of the economy and the AIG effect has been nasty to us forsome time,” he referring to populist outrage at executives of the failerd financial company. “The corporate worle has becomevery tentative, very shy abour going to upscale resorts for fear of an images backlash.” Nationwide, full-service hotels reportedx an average occupancy rate of 67.4 percenrt in 2008. That declined 2.6 percent from 2007. The averagew daily rate charged for a roomat Miami’ss full-service hotels rose to $182.7u8 in 2008 from $181.30 in 2007, a 0.
8 percenr gain. Limited-service was up to $109.1e3 from $108.85. The most expensive average daily rate in 2008was $187.10 at Palm Beach full-service But, that slipped 1.3 percent from 2007. Limited service was down a half Broward’s limited-service hotels saw the biggest percentage decline in ratessto $92.64 in 2008 from $96.24 in down 3.7 percent. Full-service Broward hotels droppec 1.4 percent. “We are kind of trapperd in a downspiralingof rates,” said Nick i Grossman, president and CEO of the Greateer Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors “Part of that is that rates have gone up over the past few yeard so high, so fast.
” While it’sw hard to predict, Broward’s limited-servicse sector may bounce back faster than the full-service, she The reason: over the last few Broward has seen the most robusg growth in demand for limited-service rooms for passengers goinh on cruises and discount group-rate business. the average daily rate was $164.31 in down from $166.69 in 2007. Gutierrez said she was cautiouslyy optimistic that the worsf is overfor Miami-Dade. While occupancty declined in May compared to the same timelast year, the rate of declinee was no worse than in April. For months, the declinees had been getting worse, she said.
“It’s an indicationh that we’ve probably hit bottom,” she “What we are seeing is some stabilituy now.”
Sunday 1 January 2012
Bass Harbor lighthouse, Acadia to appear on new quarter - Bangor Daily News
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Bass Harbor lighthouse, Acadia to appear on new quarter Bangor Daily News The words “Acadia†and “Maine†appear above and to the left, respectively, of the depiction of the lighthouse and rocky coastline. Bass Harbor Head is the second Maine lighthouse to be featured on the reverse side of a quarter. ... |
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