Maxophone, Accordo dei contrari e la Coscienza di zeno in concerto a Sori GenovaToday Seguiranno gli Accordo dei Contrari, prog band bolognese nata nel 2001 con all'attivo due album ("Kinesis" e "Kublai") il successo dei quali permetterà l'approdo al famoso Progday che si terrà negli USA a settembre 2012. Il concerto si chiuderà in ... |
jueves, 31 de mayo de 2012
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martes, 29 de mayo de 2012
Patrick Cudahy parent Smithfield to cut back hog production - Kansas City Business Journal:
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the parent of pork products companyin Cudahy, said it plansz to reduce its U.S. sow herd by 4 to 5 or 40,000 to 50,000 sows, under an efforr to cut back on costs. The cutbacks ultimately will resulgt in productionof 800,000 to 1 million fewe market hogs annually, Smithfield said. The company will begin phasinh in thereductions immediately. The Smithfield, Va.-based the largest hog producer in theUniter States, now raises 18 million market hogs annually. Smithfieldc (NYSE: SFD) president and CEO C. Larruy Pope blamed the cutbacks on record highgrain prices, which coul go even higher because of the U.S. government'zs policy of favoring corn forethanol production.
"Givebn the economics for raisinghogs today, we cannot continue on the currenyt path; something has to change," Pope "Today the economics are very challenging and we believed that these increased costs will translate eventuallu into still higher food costs for the American consumer."
the parent of pork products companyin Cudahy, said it plansz to reduce its U.S. sow herd by 4 to 5 or 40,000 to 50,000 sows, under an efforr to cut back on costs. The cutbacks ultimately will resulgt in productionof 800,000 to 1 million fewe market hogs annually, Smithfield said. The company will begin phasinh in thereductions immediately. The Smithfield, Va.-based the largest hog producer in theUniter States, now raises 18 million market hogs annually. Smithfieldc (NYSE: SFD) president and CEO C. Larruy Pope blamed the cutbacks on record highgrain prices, which coul go even higher because of the U.S. government'zs policy of favoring corn forethanol production.
"Givebn the economics for raisinghogs today, we cannot continue on the currenyt path; something has to change," Pope "Today the economics are very challenging and we believed that these increased costs will translate eventuallu into still higher food costs for the American consumer."
lunes, 28 de mayo de 2012
Syria Pressed on Peace Plan After UN Condemnation - New York Times
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Syria Pressed on Peace Plan After UN Condemnation New York Times He said Syrian government actions not only violate the cease-fire engineered by the former United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, but also jeopardize any effort at peace. In Moscow on Monday, the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, ... |
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million foreclosure lawsuit against the developer of theRivendelkl single-family home project in West The Miami-based bank filec the foreclosure action on June 9 against Miami-basex Crestview II, Marsol One LLC and managing memberr Marcial Solis, according to records. The complaintf targets 28 unsold homes and home sitesin Rivendell, which is along Miller Drive (Southwesf 56th Street) between Southwest 167th Avenue and the Miccosukee Golf and Countrg Club. After starting construction in 2004, Crestview II sold 103 home in Rivendell from 2005 through the most recent salein January. Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Charles Lichtman, who represents TotalBank in its demandfor $12.
q2 million on the outstanding did not immediately return a call seeking comment. TotalBank reported having $86.5 million in late or unpaid loans, or nearluy 6.5 percent of its total loans, as of March 31. In filed a foreclosure action against Crestview II and Solisx overa $2.1 million mortgage.
million foreclosure lawsuit against the developer of theRivendelkl single-family home project in West The Miami-based bank filec the foreclosure action on June 9 against Miami-basex Crestview II, Marsol One LLC and managing memberr Marcial Solis, according to records. The complaintf targets 28 unsold homes and home sitesin Rivendell, which is along Miller Drive (Southwesf 56th Street) between Southwest 167th Avenue and the Miccosukee Golf and Countrg Club. After starting construction in 2004, Crestview II sold 103 home in Rivendell from 2005 through the most recent salein January. Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Charles Lichtman, who represents TotalBank in its demandfor $12.
q2 million on the outstanding did not immediately return a call seeking comment. TotalBank reported having $86.5 million in late or unpaid loans, or nearluy 6.5 percent of its total loans, as of March 31. In filed a foreclosure action against Crestview II and Solisx overa $2.1 million mortgage.
miércoles, 23 de mayo de 2012
Colorado's economy grew faster in 2008, despite recession - Nashville Business Journal:
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reported Tuesday, suggesting that the recession'w impact hit Colorado later than most other parts of the Gross domestic product in Colorado grewby 2.9 percengt in 2008, up from 2.0 percent in 2007 and 2.7 percenft in 2006, the Commerce Department's Bureahu of Economic Analysis reported in its annual state-by-state breakdown of GDP. Colorado'w 2.9 percent GDP growth rate was fourth-highest among the 50 exceeded only by NorthDakotaw (7.3 percent growth), Wyominfg (4.4 percent) and South Dakota (3.5 percent). The last year Colorado'ss economy grew faster than 2008 was in witha 4.
3 percent GDP increase that year, BEA Colorado was one of only 12 states in 2008 wher e the rate of growth of GDP increasef from the previous year. In fact, 12 statee experienced GDP declinesin 2008, led by Alaskaa with a 2.0 percent drop. Averages growth in GDP among the 50 states slowedfrom 2.0 percentg in 2007 to 0.7 percent in 2008. (The GDP-by-statse figures differ from nationap GDP becausedifferent state-by-state methodologt is used.) The nationwide recessioh officially began at the star of 2008. The report said the biggest contributorsa to the growthof Colorado's GDP in 2008 were professionao and technical services, followed by information and government.
It said the biggest drags on the state'zs economy were construction, followed by transportation and .
reported Tuesday, suggesting that the recession'w impact hit Colorado later than most other parts of the Gross domestic product in Colorado grewby 2.9 percengt in 2008, up from 2.0 percent in 2007 and 2.7 percenft in 2006, the Commerce Department's Bureahu of Economic Analysis reported in its annual state-by-state breakdown of GDP. Colorado'w 2.9 percent GDP growth rate was fourth-highest among the 50 exceeded only by NorthDakotaw (7.3 percent growth), Wyominfg (4.4 percent) and South Dakota (3.5 percent). The last year Colorado'ss economy grew faster than 2008 was in witha 4.
3 percent GDP increase that year, BEA Colorado was one of only 12 states in 2008 wher e the rate of growth of GDP increasef from the previous year. In fact, 12 statee experienced GDP declinesin 2008, led by Alaskaa with a 2.0 percent drop. Averages growth in GDP among the 50 states slowedfrom 2.0 percentg in 2007 to 0.7 percent in 2008. (The GDP-by-statse figures differ from nationap GDP becausedifferent state-by-state methodologt is used.) The nationwide recessioh officially began at the star of 2008. The report said the biggest contributorsa to the growthof Colorado's GDP in 2008 were professionao and technical services, followed by information and government.
It said the biggest drags on the state'zs economy were construction, followed by transportation and .
martes, 22 de mayo de 2012
Banking on talent - Nashville Business Journal:
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“In one year, a songwriter can go from making $18,000 and waiting tables to makinh $150,000,” says Lisa Harless, senior vice president of ’x entertainment and sports division. “It’s amazing to see how quicklt their banking needs amplify along with the need to managerthose assets.” That’s the risk and reward — of banking with creativde types. But in the past few Nashville banks have made a push to accommodatw the unique needs of people in the entertainment from songwriters whose royalties have to suppory them during dry spells to singers at the top of theie careers running large businesses around theid band but knowing each hit coulfd betheir last.
The newest entrantsa in the fieldare ’s Nashville Entertainmenr Group, led by Danielle Lares-Bouharoun, and , which hirerd 22-year music business banking vetera n Karen Clark to start an entertainment specialty. “Thd products you use are not that different, it’s how you deliverr them,” Clark says. “You have to understanrd how the clientmakes money, respectr how they do it and how they earn it, and make it work so they can continuer to create.
” Lares-Bouharoun joined Wachovia Wealth Management, a divisionb of , as senior vice president and senior relationship manageer after 23 years at , where she worked with professionap athletes and entertainers from all genresd of music. “We’re talking about high-net worth individuals,” she says. “If you’re targeting the right types of there’s still money to be made. But we’re also talkiny about being with clients asthey grow. As you watcb them succeed, it’s like you’res a part of it.
” Bridgette Tatujm is one of those Music City The songwriter just had her real tasted of financial success when country singerf Jason Aldean took hersong “She’d Country” to No. 1 on the Billboard But it wasn’t long ago when her SunTrusty checking account had 17 centsin it. “That’s how fast it happens,” she says. Her nine-yeafr climb included scraping byon low-paying jobs whiles she honed her craft and hoped for a “I worked at cosmetic counters. I cleanedc houses. I deodorized cars anything to make a living while I took classees and wentto writers’ nights,” Tatum recalled befores celebrating at her No. 1 party.
“I got a lot of rame noodles onsomeone else’s card.” Now Tatum can eat steaik — at least for a Top 5 country hits can generatre a substantial amount of money — about $800,000 in radio airplay royalties, not counting royaltiez from record sales — before it is splift up among co-writers and publishers, accordingg to Barbara Cloyd, who coachee songwriters through her company Ready For the Row. Tatuk will split her proceeds with co-writer Dannty Myrick, who also toilef for years beforehitting No. 1. And she’lkl thank SunTrust for standingby her. “Io know them very well.
They’re at my writers’ nights,” she “They’re one of the only banks that will go with you on just a Services offered by such entertainmenyt divisionsinclude long-term financial planning, tour financing and “royaltyh loans.” “It’s like a securer loan,” says Cloyd, who hit No. 1 with a song for Lorrie Morgancalled “I Guess You Had to Be “You can spend the money before you get it, because they know the song’s on the charts generatingy royalties.” Others need advicw on how to make the moneyu last after their charting career fades, or advic e on how to invest the gainxs from selling a catalog of songs.
“Whether you’rw a Predator, a Titan or a new songwriter onMusic Row, you oftentimed have young people making unprecedented amounts of monet for short amounts of time,” Harless says. “Make hay whild the sun shines, but work with an entertainmeng banker to help you manage and preservsthose assets.” With two pro sportas teams and an ever-growing number of entertainment stars from every genre, almost every bank now has an entertainmen division.
“In one year, a songwriter can go from making $18,000 and waiting tables to makinh $150,000,” says Lisa Harless, senior vice president of ’x entertainment and sports division. “It’s amazing to see how quicklt their banking needs amplify along with the need to managerthose assets.” That’s the risk and reward — of banking with creativde types. But in the past few Nashville banks have made a push to accommodatw the unique needs of people in the entertainment from songwriters whose royalties have to suppory them during dry spells to singers at the top of theie careers running large businesses around theid band but knowing each hit coulfd betheir last.
The newest entrantsa in the fieldare ’s Nashville Entertainmenr Group, led by Danielle Lares-Bouharoun, and , which hirerd 22-year music business banking vetera n Karen Clark to start an entertainment specialty. “Thd products you use are not that different, it’s how you deliverr them,” Clark says. “You have to understanrd how the clientmakes money, respectr how they do it and how they earn it, and make it work so they can continuer to create.
” Lares-Bouharoun joined Wachovia Wealth Management, a divisionb of , as senior vice president and senior relationship manageer after 23 years at , where she worked with professionap athletes and entertainers from all genresd of music. “We’re talking about high-net worth individuals,” she says. “If you’re targeting the right types of there’s still money to be made. But we’re also talkiny about being with clients asthey grow. As you watcb them succeed, it’s like you’res a part of it.
” Bridgette Tatujm is one of those Music City The songwriter just had her real tasted of financial success when country singerf Jason Aldean took hersong “She’d Country” to No. 1 on the Billboard But it wasn’t long ago when her SunTrusty checking account had 17 centsin it. “That’s how fast it happens,” she says. Her nine-yeafr climb included scraping byon low-paying jobs whiles she honed her craft and hoped for a “I worked at cosmetic counters. I cleanedc houses. I deodorized cars anything to make a living while I took classees and wentto writers’ nights,” Tatum recalled befores celebrating at her No. 1 party.
“I got a lot of rame noodles onsomeone else’s card.” Now Tatum can eat steaik — at least for a Top 5 country hits can generatre a substantial amount of money — about $800,000 in radio airplay royalties, not counting royaltiez from record sales — before it is splift up among co-writers and publishers, accordingg to Barbara Cloyd, who coachee songwriters through her company Ready For the Row. Tatuk will split her proceeds with co-writer Dannty Myrick, who also toilef for years beforehitting No. 1. And she’lkl thank SunTrust for standingby her. “Io know them very well.
They’re at my writers’ nights,” she “They’re one of the only banks that will go with you on just a Services offered by such entertainmenyt divisionsinclude long-term financial planning, tour financing and “royaltyh loans.” “It’s like a securer loan,” says Cloyd, who hit No. 1 with a song for Lorrie Morgancalled “I Guess You Had to Be “You can spend the money before you get it, because they know the song’s on the charts generatingy royalties.” Others need advicw on how to make the moneyu last after their charting career fades, or advic e on how to invest the gainxs from selling a catalog of songs.
“Whether you’rw a Predator, a Titan or a new songwriter onMusic Row, you oftentimed have young people making unprecedented amounts of monet for short amounts of time,” Harless says. “Make hay whild the sun shines, but work with an entertainmeng banker to help you manage and preservsthose assets.” With two pro sportas teams and an ever-growing number of entertainment stars from every genre, almost every bank now has an entertainmen division.
domingo, 20 de mayo de 2012
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The foreclosure of the former Jeffersontown Clarion Hotel and Conventioj Center is just one piece in the nationwided collapseof Atlanta-based Kronos Hotela LLC. With about $9 million to be recovered, the hoteol has the potential to be one of the biggest foreclosures in Louisvillse inrecent history. But the court-orderecd sale of the property, scheduled for Aug. 4, is a relatively small part of the distressed properties that resulted fromthe company’x buying sprees. In 2007 and 2008, Kronos purchaser at least 24 hotels in at least seven states through a number of including Portfolio-Louisville LLC, which owned hotels in Louisvill e and Atlanta.
In recent months, the Royal Bank of Scotland foreclose d on a numberof Kronos-related including the $8.7 million to be recovered for the Louisvillwe property, according to court filings includedc in the Jefferson Circuit Court foreclosure. The bank is owed: $2 million for a Holiday Inn Expressin Ala.; • $1.5 million for an InnPlace Hotel in • $2.1 million for a Super 8 Augustq in Augusta, Ga.; • $2.37 million for a Clarion Inn in Brunswick, Ga. A courft in Macon, Ga., ordered a Ramadza Plaza there to be sold at a June 2 foreclosurwe auction after rulingagainst Portfolio-Macom LLC, another Kronos affiliate, according to media reports.
In a court in Cedar Rapids, ruled against Portfolio-Cedar Rapids LLC, whichn owns the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hote l inCedar Rapids, according to mediz reports. Portfolio-Cedar Rapids also is part of Kronos. In that the courts ruled thatthe LLC, has the right to recover $48.5 an amount which includes the Crowne Plazw as well as three hotels in Pennsylvania.
The foreclosure of the former Jeffersontown Clarion Hotel and Conventioj Center is just one piece in the nationwided collapseof Atlanta-based Kronos Hotela LLC. With about $9 million to be recovered, the hoteol has the potential to be one of the biggest foreclosures in Louisvillse inrecent history. But the court-orderecd sale of the property, scheduled for Aug. 4, is a relatively small part of the distressed properties that resulted fromthe company’x buying sprees. In 2007 and 2008, Kronos purchaser at least 24 hotels in at least seven states through a number of including Portfolio-Louisville LLC, which owned hotels in Louisvill e and Atlanta.
In recent months, the Royal Bank of Scotland foreclose d on a numberof Kronos-related including the $8.7 million to be recovered for the Louisvillwe property, according to court filings includedc in the Jefferson Circuit Court foreclosure. The bank is owed: $2 million for a Holiday Inn Expressin Ala.; • $1.5 million for an InnPlace Hotel in • $2.1 million for a Super 8 Augustq in Augusta, Ga.; • $2.37 million for a Clarion Inn in Brunswick, Ga. A courft in Macon, Ga., ordered a Ramadza Plaza there to be sold at a June 2 foreclosurwe auction after rulingagainst Portfolio-Macom LLC, another Kronos affiliate, according to media reports.
In a court in Cedar Rapids, ruled against Portfolio-Cedar Rapids LLC, whichn owns the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hote l inCedar Rapids, according to mediz reports. Portfolio-Cedar Rapids also is part of Kronos. In that the courts ruled thatthe LLC, has the right to recover $48.5 an amount which includes the Crowne Plazw as well as three hotels in Pennsylvania.
sábado, 19 de mayo de 2012
Stabbed Ohio woman's mother: Attacker was a friend - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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jueves, 17 de mayo de 2012
Crescent completes Circle at South End - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The $68 million project features studiosand one-, two- and three-bedroo m apartments ranging from 550 to 1,650 square feet. Charlotte-based Crescent pursued the $68 million project alonv the light-rail corridor in a partnershipo with Sarofim Realty Advisorsof Dallas. Crescenf Resources is seeking LEED certification for Circle atSouth End. The developmentt features water-efficient landscaping, energy-efficient appliances and recyclerdbuilding materials. This month, the real estate development company and 120 of its saddled with morethan $1 billio n in liabilities, filed for voluntary Chaptee 11 bankruptcy protection. Crescent has more than 5,000 according to its Chapter 11 filing.
Its assetx are estimated at morethan $1 billion. , , and are among Crescent’zs largest unsecured creditorsin Charlotte. The companyu — jointly owned by Charlotte-based (NYSE:DUK) and (NYSE:MS) — is best knowb here for high-end real estate communities such as The Peninsula and BallantynedCountry Club.
The $68 million project features studiosand one-, two- and three-bedroo m apartments ranging from 550 to 1,650 square feet. Charlotte-based Crescent pursued the $68 million project alonv the light-rail corridor in a partnershipo with Sarofim Realty Advisorsof Dallas. Crescenf Resources is seeking LEED certification for Circle atSouth End. The developmentt features water-efficient landscaping, energy-efficient appliances and recyclerdbuilding materials. This month, the real estate development company and 120 of its saddled with morethan $1 billio n in liabilities, filed for voluntary Chaptee 11 bankruptcy protection. Crescent has more than 5,000 according to its Chapter 11 filing.
Its assetx are estimated at morethan $1 billion. , , and are among Crescent’zs largest unsecured creditorsin Charlotte. The companyu — jointly owned by Charlotte-based (NYSE:DUK) and (NYSE:MS) — is best knowb here for high-end real estate communities such as The Peninsula and BallantynedCountry Club.
martes, 15 de mayo de 2012
Study: Eye care benefits save companies money - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Businesses that offer eye care benefits fromRancho Cordova-basedc VSP get these savings in the first year through lower health disability and employee termination costs due to early detection of hypertension and high cholesterol, according to a repory released Tuesday by VSP and in WY. “Vision benefits are often seen asa non-cored health care service, but the HCMS data show vision care benefitse help lower corporate long-term health care liabilities with early detectiom of chronic diseases for employees,” VSP chief executived officer Rob Lynch said in a presse release. More than a quarter of the 3.
6 million VSP visionh care members living with diabetes and hypertensionh who had an eye exam last year received early treatment for theirchronic disease, the study of healthb care costs for five major U.S. corporations with VSP coveragw found. When the findings of the studgy are applied to the past threer years for each of the five VSPcorporate clients, nearlhy 2,000 employees received early treatment for high cholesterol and hypertension as a result of annua l eye exams. The five companies each saved atleasgt $204,000 — and as much as $968,000 — durinv that time.
Businesses that offer eye care benefits fromRancho Cordova-basedc VSP get these savings in the first year through lower health disability and employee termination costs due to early detection of hypertension and high cholesterol, according to a repory released Tuesday by VSP and in WY. “Vision benefits are often seen asa non-cored health care service, but the HCMS data show vision care benefitse help lower corporate long-term health care liabilities with early detectiom of chronic diseases for employees,” VSP chief executived officer Rob Lynch said in a presse release. More than a quarter of the 3.
6 million VSP visionh care members living with diabetes and hypertensionh who had an eye exam last year received early treatment for theirchronic disease, the study of healthb care costs for five major U.S. corporations with VSP coveragw found. When the findings of the studgy are applied to the past threer years for each of the five VSPcorporate clients, nearlhy 2,000 employees received early treatment for high cholesterol and hypertension as a result of annua l eye exams. The five companies each saved atleasgt $204,000 — and as much as $968,000 — durinv that time.
lunes, 14 de mayo de 2012
Kingpin investors raise energy stakes - Triangle Business Journal:
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A bevy of high-profile asset managers and hedge fund gurus returned to buyinh mode after taking financial lumps in the second half of 2008 when the valuwe of energy company shares tankedf along with the price of oil andnatural gas. Prominenrt investors such as all-star asset manager Paul Tudor energymaverick T. Boone Pickens and hedg fund investor George Soros dipped their toes in the energ y pool once again and grabbed multiple stakess inHouston companies, according to regulatoryu statements filed this month. Jones, who oversees Tudoe Investment Corp.
, found bargains in 10 Houston-basesd energy companies or major players with a significanrt presence inthe region, and also took a new position in Waster Management Inc., still a big favoritd of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates. Pickens, who has spent the past 12 months lobbying for his plan to help the countrh kick the importedoil habit, still knows a fossil-fuelk bargain when he sees one. The Texaws oil maven took new positions in a wide rangre of energy companieswith beaten-dowb stock prices at the end of 2008, a year that the bellwetheer Philadelphia Oil Service Index dipped nearly 60 Pickens dabbled in services players such as Schlumberger Ltd. and Halliburtobn Co.
, natural gas shale producer ChesapeakeEnergyt Corp. and high-profile exploration and production companyu AnadarkoPetroleum Corp. Soros took even bigget bites inthe process, gaining new positions in services players Naborws Industries Ltd. and Weatherford Internationaol Inc. — after selling off his Schlumbergerfstake — while adding to his position in . Besides his substantiapl switchinto Weatherford, Soros made another big move in late Apripl involving a Houston-based company by adding 3 million more sharea of Plains Exploration and Production Co., boosting his stake to nearly 6.5 million shares.
Energy analystsa and asset investment manager s who follow these movers and shakers say that aftet energy stock prices kept climbing in 2007 towar d lofty highsin mid-2008, it’s been a whilew since the notion of value investing could be applied to the “Timing is everything,” says Eddiew Allen, senior partner with Eagle Global Advisors LLC. “There may have been an over-reactiom in the fall with the sell-off of oil stocks. There’s stilo a lot of volatility to deal but these investors did well in anticipatinyg therise (in oil prices) that we’ve seen so far this from the mid-$30s to $60.
” Allenn says that value investors are still playing a bit of a waitin g game. He notes that stock prices are natural gas has notfollowefd oil’s recovery in 2009, and there are concernas that prices could stay depressed as inventories There is also more speculation, he adds, abour possible consolidation as mid-cap exploration and production companies eye the pickings among smaller competitors. Dan Pickering, co-president and head of researcuat Tudor, Pickering, Holt Co. Securities Inc., says Pickens, Sorox and Tudor might have even added more shares during the quartefr if energy stocks had not rallier and moved a bit higherthan expected.
“Thed market took off so strongly in the firstr quarter that investors took a pausse waiting for a pullback that never They might have wanted more but the stocks got away a littl bit on the Pickering says. All things energy was the hottest investmentf gamein town. Says Pickering: “Thde overall theme here is that investorss became reengagedin energy, which dramatically out-performede the rest of the market in the first as people were just less terrifiedc about the state of the world The energy resurgence partt had some notable no-shows. While Pickens and Soros were pickingnew favorites, otherf big-name investors were still cleaningh house. Warren Buffett sold 13.
7 million ConocoPhillips shares in the quarter to reducer his stake to a stillsizablee 71.2 million shares. Buffet concedef to shareholders of his BerkshireHathaway Inc. asser management firm that his huge investment in ConocoPhillips last year when oil prices peakedat $147 a barrel was a mistake.
A bevy of high-profile asset managers and hedge fund gurus returned to buyinh mode after taking financial lumps in the second half of 2008 when the valuwe of energy company shares tankedf along with the price of oil andnatural gas. Prominenrt investors such as all-star asset manager Paul Tudor energymaverick T. Boone Pickens and hedg fund investor George Soros dipped their toes in the energ y pool once again and grabbed multiple stakess inHouston companies, according to regulatoryu statements filed this month. Jones, who oversees Tudoe Investment Corp.
, found bargains in 10 Houston-basesd energy companies or major players with a significanrt presence inthe region, and also took a new position in Waster Management Inc., still a big favoritd of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates. Pickens, who has spent the past 12 months lobbying for his plan to help the countrh kick the importedoil habit, still knows a fossil-fuelk bargain when he sees one. The Texaws oil maven took new positions in a wide rangre of energy companieswith beaten-dowb stock prices at the end of 2008, a year that the bellwetheer Philadelphia Oil Service Index dipped nearly 60 Pickens dabbled in services players such as Schlumberger Ltd. and Halliburtobn Co.
, natural gas shale producer ChesapeakeEnergyt Corp. and high-profile exploration and production companyu AnadarkoPetroleum Corp. Soros took even bigget bites inthe process, gaining new positions in services players Naborws Industries Ltd. and Weatherford Internationaol Inc. — after selling off his Schlumbergerfstake — while adding to his position in . Besides his substantiapl switchinto Weatherford, Soros made another big move in late Apripl involving a Houston-based company by adding 3 million more sharea of Plains Exploration and Production Co., boosting his stake to nearly 6.5 million shares.
Energy analystsa and asset investment manager s who follow these movers and shakers say that aftet energy stock prices kept climbing in 2007 towar d lofty highsin mid-2008, it’s been a whilew since the notion of value investing could be applied to the “Timing is everything,” says Eddiew Allen, senior partner with Eagle Global Advisors LLC. “There may have been an over-reactiom in the fall with the sell-off of oil stocks. There’s stilo a lot of volatility to deal but these investors did well in anticipatinyg therise (in oil prices) that we’ve seen so far this from the mid-$30s to $60.
” Allenn says that value investors are still playing a bit of a waitin g game. He notes that stock prices are natural gas has notfollowefd oil’s recovery in 2009, and there are concernas that prices could stay depressed as inventories There is also more speculation, he adds, abour possible consolidation as mid-cap exploration and production companies eye the pickings among smaller competitors. Dan Pickering, co-president and head of researcuat Tudor, Pickering, Holt Co. Securities Inc., says Pickens, Sorox and Tudor might have even added more shares during the quartefr if energy stocks had not rallier and moved a bit higherthan expected.
“Thed market took off so strongly in the firstr quarter that investors took a pausse waiting for a pullback that never They might have wanted more but the stocks got away a littl bit on the Pickering says. All things energy was the hottest investmentf gamein town. Says Pickering: “Thde overall theme here is that investorss became reengagedin energy, which dramatically out-performede the rest of the market in the first as people were just less terrifiedc about the state of the world The energy resurgence partt had some notable no-shows. While Pickens and Soros were pickingnew favorites, otherf big-name investors were still cleaningh house. Warren Buffett sold 13.
7 million ConocoPhillips shares in the quarter to reducer his stake to a stillsizablee 71.2 million shares. Buffet concedef to shareholders of his BerkshireHathaway Inc. asser management firm that his huge investment in ConocoPhillips last year when oil prices peakedat $147 a barrel was a mistake.
sábado, 12 de mayo de 2012
Fast Facts: Contractors must register under new law - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act was passed last year in an efforg to thwart unfairbusiness practices. In addition to the law requires contractors to obtainminimukm insurance, provide their registration number in their ads and and put in certain contract terms for home improvement There is a criminal penalty for home improvement fraued and a fine for contractors who performn work but are not registered.
Even subcontractors need to Any home improvement contractor who is not registerer by July 1 is prohibited working on any home Failure to register is a violation of the law and unregistere d contractors facelegal action, including civik penalties of $1,000 or more, according to the attorneh general.
The Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act was passed last year in an efforg to thwart unfairbusiness practices. In addition to the law requires contractors to obtainminimukm insurance, provide their registration number in their ads and and put in certain contract terms for home improvement There is a criminal penalty for home improvement fraued and a fine for contractors who performn work but are not registered.
Even subcontractors need to Any home improvement contractor who is not registerer by July 1 is prohibited working on any home Failure to register is a violation of the law and unregistere d contractors facelegal action, including civik penalties of $1,000 or more, according to the attorneh general.
viernes, 11 de mayo de 2012
1. Iggy's Free Style Seals Elimination Of Bulls - ESPN
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digibet.info | 1. Iggy's Free Style Seals Elimination Of Bulls ESPN A so-so free throw shooter on the best of nights, he averaged only 62 percent for the season. In close games, though -- an atrocity. NBA.com tells us that in the final three minutes of games within five points, this season Iguodala had hit two free ... Iguodala's late free throws propel Sixers into second round Iguodala's clutch free throws help Sixers advance Andre Iguodala hits 76ers' series-winning free throws: 'I thought of my son ... |
miércoles, 9 de mayo de 2012
Commercial real estate news- View Real estate news Across the US
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| CB Richard Ellis Memphis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commerciaol Alliance Management, LLC | | | | | | | | | | | | Crescent Resources LLC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke Energy Corporation | | | | | | | | | | | Fannire Mae | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grubv & Ellis Company | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | International Council of ShoppingCenters | | | | | | | | | | | | Joned Lang LaSalle Incorporated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Park Nationap Bank | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wachoviaq Corporation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
lunes, 7 de mayo de 2012
Facebook leads social networking space as Twitter growth skyrockets - Austin Business Journal:
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According to the new report, Facebook users loggedf 13.9 billion minutes on the site in making it the most popular sociak networking site onthe Web. was the second most popula r social networking site with about 5 billion minute spent loggedin April. Twitter logge d roughly 300 million minutes, and LinkedIn abouy 202 million. According to the Nielsen total minutes spent on social networkinyg sites has increased 83 percent Twitterhad far-and-away the fastest growthg over the past year -- with aboug 37-times more minutes spent on the site in Apriol 2009, compared to April of last year.
Facebook also poster rapid growth, with a seven-fold increase over last “We have seen some major growth in Facebook during the past and a subsequent declinein MySpace. Twittet has come on the scener in an explosive way perhaps changing the outlook for the entire saidJon Gibs, Nielsen vice online media and agency insights. “The one thing that is cleae about social networking is that regardless of how fast a site is growinbg or how bigit is, it can quickly fall out of favo r with consumers.” While Facebook has become the top dog in the sociaol networking space, MySpace is the leadef in online video. With 121 million videl streams, MySpace.com was the No.
1 socialp networking destination when ranked by streams and total minutee spentviewing video. MySpace visitords spent 384 million minutesz viewing video onthe site, with an average of 38.8 minuteas per viewer. In comparison, Facebook visitors spent only 114 million minutes viewing videoin April, with an average of 11.2 minutesw per video viewer. The Nielse n Co. is a global information and medis company specializing inconsumer information, television and other media measurement.
According to the new report, Facebook users loggedf 13.9 billion minutes on the site in making it the most popular sociak networking site onthe Web. was the second most popula r social networking site with about 5 billion minute spent loggedin April. Twitter logge d roughly 300 million minutes, and LinkedIn abouy 202 million. According to the Nielsen total minutes spent on social networkinyg sites has increased 83 percent Twitterhad far-and-away the fastest growthg over the past year -- with aboug 37-times more minutes spent on the site in Apriol 2009, compared to April of last year.
Facebook also poster rapid growth, with a seven-fold increase over last “We have seen some major growth in Facebook during the past and a subsequent declinein MySpace. Twittet has come on the scener in an explosive way perhaps changing the outlook for the entire saidJon Gibs, Nielsen vice online media and agency insights. “The one thing that is cleae about social networking is that regardless of how fast a site is growinbg or how bigit is, it can quickly fall out of favo r with consumers.” While Facebook has become the top dog in the sociaol networking space, MySpace is the leadef in online video. With 121 million videl streams, MySpace.com was the No.
1 socialp networking destination when ranked by streams and total minutee spentviewing video. MySpace visitords spent 384 million minutesz viewing video onthe site, with an average of 38.8 minuteas per viewer. In comparison, Facebook visitors spent only 114 million minutes viewing videoin April, with an average of 11.2 minutesw per video viewer. The Nielse n Co. is a global information and medis company specializing inconsumer information, television and other media measurement.
domingo, 6 de mayo de 2012
IBM beats Street, raises guidance - Austin Business Journal:
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Big Blue, which has about 10,500 employees in the Raleigh-Durhan area, posted a profit of $3.1 billion for the quarter ended June 30 a 12 percent gain overthe company’s profitg in the second quarter of 2008. IBM’s earnings of $2.321 per diluted share easily toppedthe $2.02 averagre estimate of analysts polled by . And showinhg confidence rarely sejen duringthis recession, IBM IBM) boosted its 2009 full-year earnings projection to at leasft $9.70, up from previous guidancew of $9.20 and well abovr the Thomson Reuters forecast of $9.15.
But whild IBM was flexing its muscles on the bottojm line and onthe horizon, the company did show a littls weakness on the top Revenue slipped to $23.32 billion, down 13 or 7 percent when adjusted for currencg fluctuations. The Thomson Financial consensus analystxs estimate had called for revenue ofalmosr $23.59 billion. IBM’s chairman, president and chief executive Samuel J. Palmisano, credited the stron earnings report to the heavy liftinf Big Blue has done in recentf months to restructure and realignbthe company’s massive resources. The process resulted in thousandaof layoffs, including several hundrec at the company’s campuzs in Research Triangle http://triangle.
bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/03/23/daily64.html But the company also invested in targeted such as its Smarter Planet efforts, businesd analytics and data centers for clousd computing, including one being built at RTP. "As a result of our strategic transformation, we have a very strony business model that is deliveringsuperior earnings, cash and clieng value,” Palmisano said. “…we are optimisticd about how IBM is positioner to make the most of current growt h opportunities as well as those that emergd as theeconomy recovers. We are well ahead of pace for our 2010 roadmalpof $10 to $11 per share.
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Big Blue, which has about 10,500 employees in the Raleigh-Durhan area, posted a profit of $3.1 billion for the quarter ended June 30 a 12 percent gain overthe company’s profitg in the second quarter of 2008. IBM’s earnings of $2.321 per diluted share easily toppedthe $2.02 averagre estimate of analysts polled by . And showinhg confidence rarely sejen duringthis recession, IBM IBM) boosted its 2009 full-year earnings projection to at leasft $9.70, up from previous guidancew of $9.20 and well abovr the Thomson Reuters forecast of $9.15.
But whild IBM was flexing its muscles on the bottojm line and onthe horizon, the company did show a littls weakness on the top Revenue slipped to $23.32 billion, down 13 or 7 percent when adjusted for currencg fluctuations. The Thomson Financial consensus analystxs estimate had called for revenue ofalmosr $23.59 billion. IBM’s chairman, president and chief executive Samuel J. Palmisano, credited the stron earnings report to the heavy liftinf Big Blue has done in recentf months to restructure and realignbthe company’s massive resources. The process resulted in thousandaof layoffs, including several hundrec at the company’s campuzs in Research Triangle http://triangle.
bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/03/23/daily64.html But the company also invested in targeted such as its Smarter Planet efforts, businesd analytics and data centers for clousd computing, including one being built at RTP. "As a result of our strategic transformation, we have a very strony business model that is deliveringsuperior earnings, cash and clieng value,” Palmisano said. “…we are optimisticd about how IBM is positioner to make the most of current growt h opportunities as well as those that emergd as theeconomy recovers. We are well ahead of pace for our 2010 roadmalpof $10 to $11 per share.
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viernes, 4 de mayo de 2012
Downsizings leave glut of local industrial space - Austin Business Journal:
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The total amount of leased industrial space in the Twin Cities declinedby 2.06 milliomn square feet, and it could fall by another 1 million squarde feet before the year is said Mike Ohmes, executive vice presideny of brokerage services for the Bloomington-based real estats firm. It is the biggest half-year decline in leasex industrial space that NorthMarq has ever Ohmes said. It begahn measuring that statisticin 1995. Ohmesa expected real estate demand to be down this year in lightr of the economy andjob losses, but he didn’t anticipate it would drop so sharply in the firsy half of the year.
“We thoughy it would be more evenly spread out over allof NorthMarq’s data shows that companies in the Twin Cities responded decisivelh to the economic climate through consolidations, closinv operations and downsizing.
The total amount of leased industrial space in the Twin Cities declinedby 2.06 milliomn square feet, and it could fall by another 1 million squarde feet before the year is said Mike Ohmes, executive vice presideny of brokerage services for the Bloomington-based real estats firm. It is the biggest half-year decline in leasex industrial space that NorthMarq has ever Ohmes said. It begahn measuring that statisticin 1995. Ohmesa expected real estate demand to be down this year in lightr of the economy andjob losses, but he didn’t anticipate it would drop so sharply in the firsy half of the year.
“We thoughy it would be more evenly spread out over allof NorthMarq’s data shows that companies in the Twin Cities responded decisivelh to the economic climate through consolidations, closinv operations and downsizing.
miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2012
Watson Wyatt to merge with Towers Perrin in $3.5B deal - South Florida Business Journal:
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the companies announced Sunday. The deal is valuesd at about $3.5 billion, based on Arlington, Va.-basesd Watson Wyatt’s (NYSE: WW) closing stock price and will create one of the largest HR consulting firmss in the nation with estimateed revenueof $3 billion. The companies are billingt the deal asa “merger of which will leave Watson Wyatyt CEO John Haley as CEO of the combined company and Towerzs Perrin CEO Mark Mactas as president. The combined companyt will be looking for anew headquarters, whic will likely not be in the Washingtobn area or in Towers Perrin’s home turf of Conn., a company spokesman said.
“The combination of Towersx Perrin and Watson Wyatt into Towersw Watson will create one ofthe world’s leadin g professional services firms, well positioned for sustained growth and profitability across all geographie and business segments,” Haley said in a “Towers Watson will have tremendouse global reach and service breadth to meet the growing needa of the world’s largest multinational As we provide more value for our clients, we in turn create value for our people and our shareholders.
” Under the termxs of the agreement, Watson Wyatt shareholders will be entitleds to receive 50 percent of the combined company’x shares on a fully diluted Towers Watson shares issued to Watson Wyatty shareholders in the merger will be freelty tradable, the companies said. Shareholder of privately held Towers Perrin, who are all active employeese ofTowers Perrin, plus a groulp of Towers Perrin employees to be designated to receive certain equity incentive will be entitled to receive 50 percent of the combined company’xs shares on a fullgy diluted basis.
Towers Watson shares issuee to Towers Perrin shareholders will be restricted sharew that become freely tradable over a period of one to four The companies aim to get shareholder approval in the fourth quartefr and to close the dealshortlgy thereafter. Watson Wyatt specializes in employee benefits consulting and advisesa pension plan sponsors and other institutions oninvestmenrt strategies. It has 7,700 employeexs in 34 countries.
Towes Perrin providesa managementof people, risk and It also works in the areas of humah capital strategy, program design and management, risk and capital insurance and reinsurance intermediary services, and actuarial It has 6,300 employees located in 26 countries including an office in Miami.
the companies announced Sunday. The deal is valuesd at about $3.5 billion, based on Arlington, Va.-basesd Watson Wyatt’s (NYSE: WW) closing stock price and will create one of the largest HR consulting firmss in the nation with estimateed revenueof $3 billion. The companies are billingt the deal asa “merger of which will leave Watson Wyatyt CEO John Haley as CEO of the combined company and Towerzs Perrin CEO Mark Mactas as president. The combined companyt will be looking for anew headquarters, whic will likely not be in the Washingtobn area or in Towers Perrin’s home turf of Conn., a company spokesman said.
“The combination of Towersx Perrin and Watson Wyatt into Towersw Watson will create one ofthe world’s leadin g professional services firms, well positioned for sustained growth and profitability across all geographie and business segments,” Haley said in a “Towers Watson will have tremendouse global reach and service breadth to meet the growing needa of the world’s largest multinational As we provide more value for our clients, we in turn create value for our people and our shareholders.
” Under the termxs of the agreement, Watson Wyatt shareholders will be entitleds to receive 50 percent of the combined company’x shares on a fully diluted Towers Watson shares issued to Watson Wyatty shareholders in the merger will be freelty tradable, the companies said. Shareholder of privately held Towers Perrin, who are all active employeese ofTowers Perrin, plus a groulp of Towers Perrin employees to be designated to receive certain equity incentive will be entitled to receive 50 percent of the combined company’xs shares on a fullgy diluted basis.
Towers Watson shares issuee to Towers Perrin shareholders will be restricted sharew that become freely tradable over a period of one to four The companies aim to get shareholder approval in the fourth quartefr and to close the dealshortlgy thereafter. Watson Wyatt specializes in employee benefits consulting and advisesa pension plan sponsors and other institutions oninvestmenrt strategies. It has 7,700 employeexs in 34 countries.
Towes Perrin providesa managementof people, risk and It also works in the areas of humah capital strategy, program design and management, risk and capital insurance and reinsurance intermediary services, and actuarial It has 6,300 employees located in 26 countries including an office in Miami.
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