GreenHunter Energy tapped for inclusion in Russell 3000 Index - Houston Business Journal:

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GreenHunter (AMEX: GRH) will remain on the index for at least one and is automatically includecd inthe small-cap Russell 200 Index. Greenhunter'e inclusion in the index beginson Friday. The Russel l 3000 Index is used as a measurinh tool forinvestment strategies. It is the U.S. componengt to the Russell Global Index. "The investment community is takiny note of the fact that GreenHunter Energyt is the only publiclu traded portfolio company of renewable power and fuelse assets in theUnited States," said Chairman and Chieft Executive Officer Gary C. Evans.
"GreenHunter Energy's management team has beguh successfully executing on an aggressive business plan with the top prioritu being to maximize the returns on ourcapita employed." Grapevine-based GreenHunter Energy is focusedx on the renewable energy sectors of wind, hydro, solar, biofuels, and biomass powet plants. Its assets include the nation's larges t biodiesel refinery, which is locatefd in Houston.
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The three-year agreement is the latest development inDuke Energy’s effor t to convert its analog electricith infrastructure into a digital syste that reduces energy use and boosts reliability. The architectured will be basedon Internet-protoco standards that will adapt to new communications “Our goal is to rapidly transform the way electricit y is delivered to, and used by, the 11 millio people we serve in five states,” says Todd senior vice president for smart grid and customer systemss at Duke Energy. In addition, Cisco will work with Duke Energyg to develop and installhome energy-management devicese to help customers control and reduce their electricitt consumption.
Financial terms of the agreement weren’tf disclosed. Charlotte-based Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) includes Duke Energy Carolinas and the formeer CincinnatiGas & Electric Co. in Ohio, Unionn Light, Heat and Power in Kentucky and PSI Energytin Indiana. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is a California-based designer and manufacturerf ofnetworking technology.

Desire for efficiency has designers thinking small - Business First of Columbus:

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The Eco moniker, explained M/I Chief Marketingt Officer Bill McDonough, stands for economical living, eco-friendly and The house costs less to buyand maintain, has a smallet impact on the environment and incorporates the latest technology to help homeowners managr their increasingly Internet-dependent lives. Becaus of its size, the Eco homes incorporates someof Susanka’s philosophies. “We have fewer rooms because people are livingmore efficiently,” McDonougb said. “The flexibility is builr in.” M/I’s Eco homes are modest in price and size they startat $120,000 and range from 1,266 to 2,350 square feet.
“People want smaller homes and want to livemore efficiently,” McDonough said the company’s consumer researcyh found. Beyond the desire of a growingg minority, economic reasons are reducing the footprint of new Smaller homes appealto first-tim home buyers who can’tf necessarily afford a largre home, McDonough said. And first-time buyers are the ones the entirse home building industry is focusing on now becausethey don’tr need to sell a home to buy one. Not only McDonough said first-time buyers have a built-in down paymentf in the form ofan $8,000 tax credif they will receive from the federal government as part of the economixc stimulus package.
Still, M/I isn’t abandoninv its high-end homes The company’s latest entry to the 2009 ’ds Parade of Homes in Dublin isa 4,700-square-foog Georgian listed for $799,999. Another client of Doug Covell, said he and his wife Eileen probably could have affordedsa high-end Parade of Homes house, but when they decidex to build new five years ago, they came away decidedlh against the concept. “What we saw in a typical spec home was more of a focusa on dramathan livability,” Doug Covell said. But the Covellx didn’t exactly go small, or at least as smallo as they wanted.
The Covellsa worked with Taylor to desigj aCape Cod-style home in Powell that totalw has 2,800 square feet. The Covells wanted only 2,400 squaree feet, but the neighborhood building code forced them tobuild bigger. “We absolutely did not want what is referred to as a Covell said.

DynCorp lands $915M aviation contract - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Falls Church-based DynCorp (NYSE: DCP) will providr the Department of State with aviation and aviation supporty services in Iraq under the terms of the deal whichj has one base year andfour one-year If all options are exerciseed the total value of the project is $915 million. DynCorl reported $813 million in its latesr quarter. “This award is a tremendously importang opportunity for DynCorp International to support the safet and securityof U.S. diplomaticd personnel serving in Iraq,” said DynCorpl CEO William L. Ballhaus.
“It’s an honor to contribute to our government’s efforts to promote peace and stability in for us as a company and for everty person who serves with DynCorp saidthe award, to provide ground and flight operations, as well as basinh and maintenance of rotary wing and fixed air assets, begab with a transition period June 15, 2009 and will reacnh full operation on September 4, 2009.

1 of 3 houses owned by Chang family trust to be demolished - MassLive.com

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1 of 3 houses owned by Chang family trust to be demolished MassLive.com DEERFIELD â€" One of two homes owned by the Chang Family Trust of Amherst used to house farm workers will be razed while another property in Whatley is under review after the state last month declared them unfit for habitation. Housing Court Associate ...

La Madeleine chooses new HQ site in Dallas - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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La Madeleine said it will relocateinto 17,00o0 square feet at 12201 Merit Drivde in Dallas. The building that will house the restaurany chain is a Class A building that just recentltyunderwent renovation. Le Madeleine signed a 10-year lease with Parmenter Two Fores t LP for the La Madeleine said it was attracted to the spacs because the facility provides the company with the room needecd to grow withthe Dallas-based architectural firm Benson and Hlavaty will desigm the interior space. The facility is scheduledd to be ready for its new tenantsin mid-July. La Madeleine'ds current headquarters is at 6688 N. Centralp Exwy, Ste. 700 in Dallas.
La Madeleins was represented byJosh White, seniof vice president with ; and Sharrob Morrison, principal with Transwestern. The landlorx was represented by Matt vice presidentwith .

Sika expects most Grandview layoffs to be permanent - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Cheryl McNally, human resources director for the basedin Lyndhurst, N.J., wouldn’rt say Thursday how many employees remainh at the Grandview plant, 14201 Botts Road. McNally said in an e-mail that the layoffs began Dec. 14. Recenft bankruptcy filings by and , along with GM’sz decision to stop productioj forthe summer, promptesd Sika to make the majority of the Grandviesw layoffs permanent, she The Grandview plant opened in May 2000. The companyu said at the time thatthe 225,000-square-foot plant produced acoustical products for the automotive parts industry and sealantsx used in the construction of metal buildings.
The $12 millionj facility housed a work forceof 300, and companyu officials said at the time that Sika would add anothed 100 employees in the following 18 months. Sika employs more than 900 people in sevenmanufacturing plants, two research-and-development facilities, and salews and marketing offices throughou t the country, according to the company’s Web site. It is the largest company of theSika Group, a global leader in specialty chemicalw for construction, industrial and automotive The Sika Group is part of Sika AG, basee in Baar, Switzerland.

Commuter newspaper BostonNOW shuts down - Washington Business Journal:

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The paper ceased operations Monday, accordingh to Russel Pergament, BostonNOW's CEO. Whiles the paper was growing, the closurre is due to the financial difficultiee its primary investoris facing. The paper'zs main financial backer is Iceland-based telecom and media holdingcompanu . Baugur Group said last week it planned to sell its technology and financial investments to focuss on its coreretail market. "Thiss healthy, growing 119,000-circulation daily is suddenly compelled to halt operationz due to rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in Iceland wherde interest ratesreached 15.
5 percent Thursday, the their currency, has declined over 20 percent against the dollar since January, and inflation is now at 8.7 percent," BostonNOW officialsd said in a release on the closure. "Thre death of any newspaper is asad thing," said Pergament, in a statemen t "But the death of a flourishing newspaper because of economic turmoil thousandsz of miles away is beyonfd sad and is something we neved anticipated and for which we were totallt unprepared." Since launching on April 17th last BostonNOW has grown from 59,000 daily circulationb to a CAC auditedf daily circulation of 119,000.
The publication includecd , , , , , among its BostonNOW was up againstrival free-daily , whicjh also used newsstands and a legiohn of hawkers to target the city' s rail and bus commuters. BostonNOW officials said that management'sa primary concern right now is to help its suddenlyydisplaced employees. A series of both on premises and off, are beintg set up with local medisa companies. The paper had 52 full-time and 100 part-timde employees.

Ed Whitacre named new GM chairman - Nashville Business Journal:

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former chairman and CEO of , to becom e the new chairman ofthe U.S. automaker once it completezs itsbankruptcy reorganization, says interin Chairman Kent Kresa. Kresa will continue to serve as interin chairman until Whitacre takesthe helm. GM says Whitacrew and Kresa — along with presideny and CEO Frederick Henderson and boarxd membersPhilip Laskawy, Kathryn Marinello, Errolll Davis Jr. and Neville Isdell — will serve as the nucleus of the new GM GM has launched a selection processw to identify four more directors who will servw on the board of thereorganized company.
The Canadianb government and the new UnitedAuto Workers’ Voluntaryt Employee Benefit Association will each nominat e one director, bringing the total numbed of directors for the company to 13. On June 1, GM announcesd that the company’s three domestid subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for relief undef chapter 11 of the United Statews Bankruptcy Code inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Courft for the Southern District of New The company’s reorganization plan includes selling substantiallyy all of its global assetss to a new entity that will take on the GM That sale is subject to the approval of the “The appointment of Ed Whitacrde as chairman represents a very auspicious beginning for the new GM,” Kresaz says.
“We look forward to working with him to completed the reinvention of GM and maximizd the enormous potential of thisnew Whitacre, 67, was chairman and CEO of AT&T Inc. and its predecessofr companies from 1990to 2007. Durin g his tenure, which began with Southwestern Bell, Whitacres led the company through a series of mergers and One of the more prominent acquisitionswas AT&T. Whitacrre retired from AT&T in 2007, handinyg over the reins of the company toRandalkl Stephenson. AT&T (NYSE: T) subsequently relocatede headquarters to Dallasin 2008. Whitacre maintainse an office inSan Antonio.
Following his retirement, Whitacrs accepted a teaching position on the business faculty at Texaz Lutheran Universityin Seguin, Texas, near San “I am honored to be able to servw GM at this critical juncture and take part in its Whitacre says. GM was founded in 1908. The Detroit-basedd company now manufactures cars and trucks in34

Obama picks venture capitalist for SBA advocacy office - bizjournals:

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Winslow Sargeant , a managing director in the technology practiceof Madison, Wis.-base Venture Investors , is Obama’s choice to head the Office of The office is an independen entity inside SBA that ensures that federaol agencies consider the impacr of their regulations on small businesses. The office also conductss research on smallbusiness issues. Sargeant, who earned a in electrical engineering at the University of worked as a seniotr engineer at several largew corporationsbefore co-founding Aanetcom, a fabless semiconductor chip compan y that later was acquired by PMC-Sierra.
From 2001 to 2005, he serve as program manager for the Small Business Innovation Research programj at the NationalScience Foundation’s engineering He is the second venture capitalist to be selectecd for a top post at the SBA. Agenct Administrator Karen Mills worked as a principal in privatde equity and venture capital firmws for 26 years before she took over the SBAin Sargeant’s lack of legal training means he will have to rely heavilg on the attorneys at the Office of Much of the office’s work involves analyzing whether government agenciee have followed federal laws that require them to analyz the economic impact that proposef rules would have on small businesses.
The offics also makes sure that regulatorx hear the opinions of smallo businessesabout regulations. In fiscal 2008, this input saved small businessesabout $11 billion in foregonre regulatory costs, according to the The office’s current acting counsel, Shawnee Carter McGibbon , has been an attornegy for 20 years and joined the officre in 1994, during the Clinton administration. She previously workexd for a Democratic member of An unnamed Obamaadministration official, however, characterizeds her to reporters as a “Bush holdover” duringb a controversy over an interagency review of the Environmenta l Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouss gas emissions pose a public health hazard.
The Office of Advocacyh concluded that regulating carbon dioxide under the Cleabn Air Act wouldlikely “have seriousw economic consequences” on small businesses and othet regulated entities. Initial reports attributed the office’sw comments to the Office of Management and which works directly for the White This led some Republicans to contend that there was dissension insid the Obama administration about the EPA OMB officials quickly said they had no problem withthe ruling, and several preszs accounts quoted anonymous administration officials who said Advocacy’as criticism of the EPA findin g came from an office “still stocked with Bush in the words of the Los Angeles This dismissal of the office’s opinion upseft Rep.
Darrell Issa of California, the ranking Republican on the Hous eOversight & Government Reform Committee. “There are hundredsa of civil servants serving in a similarr capacity throughout the federal government who could also be characterizedfas ‘Bush holdovers,’” Issa wrotwe in a May 14 letter to Obama. “uI sincerely hope that their professional advice and decisions will not be discounteds merely because they also worked for the federal government under PresidenyGeorge W. Bush.
” Obama memo against pre-emption couldr lead to more lawsuits: Business groups criticized President Obamq for encouraging regulatory agencies to refraihnfrom pre-empting state laws when issuingt new regulations. A May 20 memo from Obamaz also directed agencies to review regulationsz issued during the past 10 years to see if theycontained pre-emptionz that are not justified. If they do, agenciezs should consider amending the thememo stated.
“Pre-emption of state law by executivd departments and agencies should be undertaken only with full considerationn of the legitimate prerogatives of the states and with a sufficient legak basisfor pre-emption,” the memo During the Bush administration, regulatory agencies sometimezs included pre-emption language in the preambles of regulations. Obama’sz policy against federal pre-emption of states laws will result in more lawsuitszagainst businesses, particularly in the area of product according to the National Associationn of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commercwe .
“Manufacturers sell productds into anational market, and a national regulatory standard helps ensure predictable treatmeny in the courts,” said NAM Vice Presidentr Rosario Palmieri . “It’s unwise to replace a regulatory system based on objectives science and agency experts witha 50-statse patchwork of often arbitrary jury decisions. “Th litigation industry is thrilled at the prospect of bringing more lawsuits and findint venues where frivolous suits stand a better chanceeof success,” Palmieri said. Lisa Rickard , president of the U.S. Chamberr Institute for Legal Reform , said the memo was a gift to lawyers.

D.C-area SBA lending rebounds in April - bizjournals:

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There were 41 SBA loans made to Washington-area businessesd in April — 58 percent more than the averages number of loans during the previouxsthree months. Lenders chalk the improvementf up to the March 16 movesa by the SBA to eliminate feeson 7(a) and 504 loanz and to increase the maximumm government guarantee to 90 percent from 85 percent. The changes were part of the federal stimulus packager and led to an immediats nationwide bump inSBA lending.
Additionakl measures — including initiatives aimedc at unsticking the secondary market for SBA loansa and a program of temporary bridge loans to help struggling companiess make paymentson non-SBA loans are expected to be implemented in (See story on Page 9.) “Thw fee reduction, in particular, has caused smalk businesses to step up that might otherwise not have bought buildingxs in this economy,” said Sally Robertson, president of Fairfax-basec Business Finance Group Inc., the largesg local SBA lender. One of those businesses was CorkWine Bar, whic on May 20 closed on a loan of more than $1 milliohn from Business Finance Group to buy a nearbu building for expansion.
When Cork heard about the fee waiver for SBA the company sped up its expansion to make sure it couldf take advantage ofthe waiver, said Khalie Pitts, co-owner. He and co-owner Diane Gross approached for a loan but were told not tobothe applying, he said. They then went to Bethesda-baseed EagleBank, which referred them to Businesa Finance Group and its SBA 504 which fund real estate orequipmentf purchases. When the recessiojn set in last year, demand for 504 loans tankedf as small business grew wary of makinglarge investments. Cork is an examplew of how, to some that mindset is Robertson said. “Business owners are finally seeing thatmaybe we’ve hit the she said.
“Real estate prices are good. Combinre that with a low interest rate and low fees and it now makews a lot of sense for businesses to In April, Business Finance Group got nine loanw approved through the SBA, up from three to five loans during the previous several months. The company is on pace to get at leasg 14 loans approvedin May. But Robertsohn hesitates to call thisa turnaround. “k tend to be a glass three-quarters-full she said. “But we are definitelg seeing signs that thingsare improving.” Robertson and othe r local lenders, however, believe there is still a ways to go beforew lending reaches “normal” levels.
The number of SBA loans made to Washington-areza companies plummeted 44 percent during the fiscaol year that endedin September. So far, this fiscal year is down an additional61 percent. And despite last month’xs gains, the number of loans stilpl was 64 percent belowApriol 2007. A December study by the found that economicc uncertainty was atan all-time high and a third of small businesses couldn’t obtain adequatw financing to run their The NSBA has not done any follow-up surveys yet, but “thw outlook is probably less dismakl than it was,” said Molly Brogan, spokeswomajn for the organization.
“The SBA numberes are a glimmer of hope in the mindzs ofsmall businesses. But there is stillk some [bad news] out there that’s probablhy preventing a broad upsurgein optimism.” That also is the view of Dan group president of the Washingtonb region for BB&T, the region’s largest lender of SBA 7(a) guarantee loans, which fund startups, expansion, acquisitions and workingv capital.
While BB&T has seen increased SBA loan volume the past couplrof months, small businesses are stilo being very cautious, he “They’re doing mission-critical I don’t think anybody’s overly optimistic and willing to step out therwe and take a big ol’ gamble,” Waetjemn said. “They’ve probably learned that’s not a good thinh to do.” EagleBank, the largest locally based bank SBA also has seen a bump inSBA loans, said CEO Ron “It’s hopefully an indicator that the programas the government is puttinv into place are he said.
EagleBank sells a lot of its SBA loansx into thesecondary market, which pretty much collapsed last fall. In the SBA plans to begij making loansto broker-dealers who purchase 7(a) loans from lenders and pool them into securities. The SBA also will guarantee poolsof first-lien 504 loans sold on the secondary

RPA operations receive an upgrade - DVIDS

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RPA operations receive an upgrade DVIDS HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. â€" Team Holloman airmen moved a satellite communications terminal at the 849th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, to help improve remotely piloted aircraft operations, Aug. 22-23. Planning for this move began one month ...

Lower material costs an incentive for builders who have money to build - Memphis Business Journal:

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In the past year, fuel price upheavak caused the pricesof petro-dependent materials such as steel and shingles to spikse and fall in Meanwhile, the cost of lumber has dropped along with the demanr for new buildings. Still, constructio n costs are much lower right now than inrecenty history, making it a tempting time to builcd for those who have the cash. Jim Whittington Jr., president of , says lumbe r costs have fallen dramatically duringthe recession. “Lumbeer is at record lows,” he says. “There’s just no demanfd for it.
” The averagee yearly price for framing lumber per thousandd board feetwas $252 in 2008, according to Randomn Lengths, an industry In 2004, the average price was $404. Whittington says the recessionn has caused a number of lumbe r mills to close because of a lack of but also because some companies are trying to reducd supply in order to artificially boost prices. Whittington says the business slowdown is nothing new for lumberyards as the industry has been in a downwarf cycle for the lastthree “Naturally, our business is way he says. Norris Bruff, ownedr of , says business has been slow for abouyta year, with the main culprite being lack of demand and fuel pricse fluctuations.
High fuel affects more than justtransportatioj costs, as many materials used in construction are petroleumk based such as shingles, steelo and nails. “A lot of the productw we sell have been severely affected by the priceeof fuel,” Bruff says. “Even though business wasn’t great, prices have gone up.” For Bruff says last year they sold a square of shinglesfor $32.95, a product that now goes for $54.95. “We’ve got the best of both Bruff says, sarcastically. “Slow business and the pricre isgoing up.” The most dramatic fluctuatioh in pricing has been for steel and steel-based says Wayne Smith, president of .
“I haven’t seen anything that really shocked me other than he says. “That affects a lot of things othefr thansteel itself.” The price of steel has been difficulyt to predict. Medium steel section per metric ton toppex out in July at but have since dropped thanks to lower fuel accordingto Steelonthenet.com. Medium steel sections cost $859 per metric ton in Decembetr 2007 but had droppedto $780 in December 2008. Lowetr labor and materials costs from the lack of demandf make right now the best time to saysChris Woods, president of , Inc. “It’s a combinatiom of everything right he says.
“We’ve seen decreases in materiap prices thatwe haven’t seen since 2000. Right now, you can builr a building at 2005 prices.” According to Woods, the recent price drop has been the sharpesy he has seen in his 35 years inthe industry. “Iu don’t believe we will ever see buildinfg costs any less than theyare now,” he “I think once the economt turns around and building starts back up, we’rer going to see the rise in costse again.” Smith says the ultra-competitive labor marketg will also help keep prices low for prospective Whittington believes construction demand will eventually rebound.
“Things were good for a while there and then thinge justgot overbuilt,” he says. “It’llk come back because of the numbersof people. Peoples have to have places to live. It’lk pick up.”

University of Hawaii names Greenwood new president - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Greenwood, an administrator with the , was one of threee finalists considered for the position tooversewe UH’s 10-campus system. "I am proud and very pleasee to be joining such afine institution, one that is and will continuse to be, a vital resource to the state of Hawaii, the Asia-Pacificx region and the worldwidre community," Greenwood said in a prepare d statement. "With an integrated and adaptable system ofhigherd education, Hawaii can overcome our current difficulties, create new knowledge, processes and componentsz for our future innovation, businesses and The university’s board of regentxs voted 12-0 Wednesday to hire Greenwood at an annuao salary of $475,008.
Current UH President Davifd McClain, whose term ends July 31, was paid $392,409 last year. Her contract also includes a $5,00o monthly housing allowance while College Hill is closed for anda $326 monthly automobile allowance. The othere two candidates had both withdrawn their names inrecen weeks, leaving Greenwood as the sole remaining candidate. Following the withdrawals, UH’s presidential searchh committee had recommended that the Board of Regents consider Greenwood insteax of starting the search process Greenwood is atthe UC-Davis campus as directord of the Foods for Health Initiative and a professoer of nutrition and internal medicine.

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King Soopers, workers heading back to bargaining table - Business First of Louisville:

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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventatives health-care programs and a wage as well as a decrease in pension King Soopers spokeswoman Dianee Mulligan said. However, workers had protested the pensionbenefig cuts, with the United Food and Commercial Workersa Union Local No. 7 warninb that some could lose $100,000 over the life of the and said the wage increases werenot enough. “Ww are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargainingh table if the corporation is willing to meetus halfway,” King Soopersd worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releasre put out by the union. “All we’re askingf for is a fair deal.
And we reall hope they don’t lock us out for askin for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizes our contributionj tocompany profits.” About 17,000 unionj workers from the area’s three larges grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and have been in negotiations with the grocer since April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safewau workers have voted to extend theidr contract untilJune 26, which Albertsone and King Soopers employees currently are workinvg without contracts. The rejection of the latesg King Soopers contract proposal came quicklgy after votingbegan Monday.
Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmonty and Boulder are voting today, whiler Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballotas Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligab said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibld effect onstore operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the but we look forward to getting back to Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-based

Oak Creek's Nordco sold - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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an Oak Creek manufacturer of railroad maintenance has been acquired by a privater equity manager of oneof Canada's largest pensiojn funds, of Toronto. acquired the businesz from funds represented by Financial terms were not Nordco operates factories in Oak Creekand Ontario. Nordco companies also include of Ridgefield, Nordco Rail Services of Lee's Summit, Mo.; Shuttlewagon of Mo.; and J.E.R. Overhaul of Ill.
Acquisition financing was providedby , and "Nordco is a great addition to our North American portfoliko with its market-leading position and long historyy of responding to the demands of its said Paul Renaud, president and CEO of OMERS Private "We look forward to working closely with the management team to continue the growth and financial successa of the business." OMERS Private Equityh is the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwidee group of companies and managex the private equity activities of OMERS Administrative Corp. and currently has $4 billion of investmentw under management. OMERS Administrative Corp.
administers the pensionj plan and provides retirement benefits to morethan 390,000 memberw operating across the municipal government sector in the province of Ontario.

ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwid chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themed bar and interactiv game centers across the country, laid off roughly 100 giving each a 60-day administrative leave package, according to a company statement. Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice presidengt who overseesZone operations, said in the statement that the restaurant could not survive the This economic downturn has been markexd nationally by reduced consumer spending on eating out and on entertainmenf activities. “A decision like this is never We recognize and appreciatd the commitment and years of servicer of all ofthese employees,” Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economif environment offered us noothere choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-footy meeting place for sports fanatics, with one room featurinyg more than a dozen large televisions tune d into contests of all kind and anotheer full of video and sports games ranging from basketball to None of the eight other ESPN Zone locationws will be closed, as all “are meeting our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmen for the , which owns the Tabor Center, issued a statemeny saying it was “sorry to hear of theitr decision to discontinue their Denver But the closing of ESPN Zone “hasw created a new opportunity for us to bringt new concepts to 16th it said.
One of those new concepts is TheTiltec Kilt, a Celtic-themed restaurant and sportsx bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and another 10 planned. The which is expected to open its Denvet location this fall and to offer outdoorpatio seating, has signeed an 8,300-square-foot lease at Tabor according to a news release. The Tiltexd Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is noter for its servers dressedin knee-high socks, shortf plaid kilts and midriff-bariny plaid halter tops. It will be one of a number of new tenants opening in the Tabor Centerthis year.
“These new additiona to Tabor Center’s retail offeringv reflect our continuing efforts to enhance the services and amenitiews forthe tenants, customers and visitors to the Tabod Center,” said Steve Budorick, executive vice president and partner at Callahan Capital Partners.

Politicians want answers as rumors swirl NCR to leave Dayton - Dayton Business Journal:

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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR NCR) is planning to move its headquarterds and 1,300 employees to the Atlantqa area and make an announcement about the move this NCR Global Spokesperson Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmed that an effort was made for Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandf and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturdauy that heis “continuing to reacgh out to the company to have a direcf conversation.
” When asked abouty NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Maton said the company does not responrd to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mailk message Saturday that read: “We have no announcement today.” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumorzs of its relocation and affirmj its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly soughg information from the company since Thursday, but NCR had not responde to their requests as of Friday evening, a developmeng department spokesperson said. Montgomery County Commissionet Dan Foley said he is frustrate by the lackof communication.
Foley said he has askedf multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responed to the rumors, but has yet to receive any Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Daytob officials, have met with NCR representatives in the past in an effor t to safeguard NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that thei statushas changed,” Foley said Saturday. “Ik have to assume that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayingt in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that companh up tobe world-class and will continue to do Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economid development officials said they reachede a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seeking about 100,00p square feet of office space in .
NCR is believed to have looked at sitezsin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga. Based on the squarde footage estimates, the operation could house abouty 300 to400 people, according to real estatw sources. Georgia government and economic development officials remained tight-lipped on any potential development. In October, NCR said it wouldc move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarterws to anAtlanta suburb, investinfg $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtrer City and Deluth.
The state of Georgia providexd morethan $8 million in incentives, according to NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Daytomn region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employeese and $5.3 billion in revenure in 2008. The company, which sellsw ATMs and retail automation is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 At one time, the company had more than 18,00o0 employees in the Dayton but that number has dwindled during the past severakl decades. As recently as two years ago, NCR had aboutt 2,000 Dayton employees.
That number has declined by abou t 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announcec it was relocating its executive officew to New York City and leasing an entirde floor of the 7 World Tradde Center building. But, on paper, its headquarterse remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoingf a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amounr of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it was just

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