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In June 11 memo to Delta's 70,0000 employees, CEO Richard Anderson and Presideny Ed Bastian said passenger revenues dropperd 20 percent in the first four months of compared with the same periodin 2008. The fallingg revenues will overtake the morethan $6 billion in total benefite Delta expected this year from lower year-over-year fuel prices, benefitas from the merger with Northwest and capacity reductions. the Atlanta-based carrier will reduce its systemn capacity by 10 percent compared to 2008 startingin September.
It also will cut internationa l capacity by an additional 5 percent from what it announcecin March, for a 15 percentf total reduction in international The capacity cuts were predicted by some including , which In March predicted domesticx carriers would slash capacity anothef 8 percent to 10 percent beyonsd previously announced cuts as passenger revenue continuedc to decline. Boyd predictex Delta would be forced to slash flights in additiojn to the 10 percent in international capacity cuts plannedffor September.
These cuts includd suspending nonstop service from Atlantas to Seoul and Shanghai and instead routing customers for these flights over Detroitor Tokyo, or on nonstolp SkyTeam partner flights. And it includes reducing weekly frequencie connecting Atlanta toMexico City. The memo also noted jobs cuts coulds be onthe horizon. “The additional capacity reductionsx mean we again must reassesdsstaffing needs,” the memo “While the challenges of the current environmentf preclude us from making guarantees, our goal remain to avoid any involuntaryy furloughs of frontline employees.” Delta (NYSE: DAL), which is the thirr largest carrier at , has already cut its work forcd 6.
6 percent since February 2008 from 48,500 full-time equivalenty workers to 45,300, according recent data from the Bureauy of Transportation Statistics. We are all seeing negativ impacts from the global recessio and rising oil prices not only in the but also in our communities andpersonal finances. the airline industry is not immune. Industry passenger revenues have declined nearly 20 percent in the first four monthsx of the year compared to the same periodin 2008. That trened is expected to continue in thenear term.
On top of cost pressures from rising jet fuel prices - up more than 20 percent since the start of the year - couplec with softer travel demand due to the spread of the H1N1 have created a difficult business These forces that are affecting the industry are creatinh significant headwinds for Delta. Declining revenues will overtakes the morethan $6 billion in total benefites we expected this year from lower year-over-yeat fuel prices, merger synergies and capacitu reductions.
This morning, at an investor conference in New we will announce additional steps to alignm our capacity with market preserve liquidity, and ensure Delta's long-term This plan includes reducing our systemn capacity by 10 percent compared to 2008. Capacityy reductions will beginin September. In this our merger makes more sense than ever and we will continue to acceleratreour integration, as it gives us a competitive advantaged and strengthens our financial foundation. We also will maintain tight controls on our costs andcapital spending. Customer demand for international traveol hasfallen significantly.
we plan to reduce our international capacity by an additionaol 5 percent from what we announceddin March, for a 15 percent total reduction in international capacity. This fall's capacity reductions will targer routes that have experienced losses in the current economic climate and with higherfuel prices, including: Suspendinh nonstop service from Atlanta to Seoul and Shanghai and insteaed routing customers for these flights over Detroitf or Tokyo, or on nonstol SkyTeam partner flights. Suspending nonstop flightsx from Cincinnati to Frankfurtand London-Gatwick.
Cincinnatk customers will still be able to reach thesed and many other international destinations via our other European Suspending nonstop service betweenNew York-JFl and Edinburgh. Reducing weekly frequencies connectintg Atlanta and Detroit to Mexico City and postponing some previously planned seasonal servicwbetween non-hub cities and Mexicamn beach destinations due to the impact of the H1N1 virusz on customers' travel plans. In keeping with our long-terj business plan, we continue to grow the global footprint that is a cornerstone of oursuccessful strategy.
While we must reduce capacitythis year, our international capacituy this fall will still be more than 20 percenr larger than it was before our global expansion bega n in 2005, and we are adding more than 20 new markets to our internationapl network in 2009, including: By leveraging the unique strengths of our hub structure and alliances, we continue to provid e the most travel options for our customers. Additional detailas of network changes are availablweon DeltaNet. The additionak capacity reductions mean we again must reassessstaffing needs.
While the challenges of the current environmentr preclude us frommaking guarantees, our goal remains to avoisd any involuntary furloughs of frontline employees. We will not alloww the economy to negatively affect our mergerfintegration - in fact, the curren environment gives additional urgency to accelerates our efforts. You will see us move more quicklu to rebrand andconsolidate facilities, repaint aircraft and ramp-up our frontline traininhg activities. These are tougnh times and people often ask what they can do to Your most important contribution is to stay focusefd on doing yourjob well.
We must all continue to delived excellentcustomer service, run a stronfg operation and execute our Flight The entire industry is dealing with a difficulg economy and rising fuel but no one else has the opportunities and the people to matchb Delta in successfully navigatin this crisis. Do what you do and we have no doubt that wewill win. Thanki you for the incredible work you do for our customersdevery day. Together, we are building a stronger Delta.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Country incentive - ABC Online
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Country incentive ABC Online BILL WEST, COWRA MAYOR: There has been a significant number of years where the youngest, and I wouldn't say the brightest, but a lot of young people left ... |
Monday, September 27, 2010
Eddie Bauer would be area
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The Bellevue-based retailer has seen a mountaim of losses and struggled with servicing its debt as salezs have dropped during theeconomic downturn. According to several news sources, includingv the Wall Street Journal and Bloombergv News Company executives have scramble for months looking for relieffrom creditors. Eddie Bauer (NASDAQ: had reported having $268 million in outstandingh debt, including $193 million in term loanx and $75 million in convertiblre notes, which company executives have been trying to convert into sharesd ofthe company. “The single biggest issue facingt this company is ourdebt burden.
Our capital structure simplyu has too much debt for the economicv reality wenow face,” Eddie Bauer CEO Neil Fiske told industrg analysts in a May 14 conference according to a According to filings with the Securities and Exchangee Commission, Eddie Bauer had total assets of $525.221 million as of April. The compan y listed total liabilitiesof $448.9 million. Eddie Bauer reporterd net lossesof $165.5 million in fisca l year 2008, part of a total of $478.7 millionn in losses during the past three fiscal In the first quarter that ended in April, the companyy reported net losses of 44.5 million.
Greg Charleston, an Atlanta-basee consultant for Conway MacKenzie who works with financiallyg stressed retailers lookingto restructure, said Eddie Bauer is facing the same recession-relater issues as most other retailersw in this economy. Salew are down and so is revenue. The big difference for some retailer — like Eddie Bauer — is that as revenuer has tankedthe company’s heavy debt becomes more difficulty to service, he said. “Virtually every retailetr is experiencing the same thing asEddie Bauer,” Charleston said. “Maybe because of their debt Eddi e Bauer is feeling the pain more than the but they are all going through it.
” If Eddie Bauer does seek bankruptcy it would be another remindedr of how the recession is hitting When WaMu filed for bankruptcty in September, it was the largest failure in U.S. bankingh history. WaMu listed debts of about $8 billiob and assets of $32 billion, although it later said some of its assetas were tied tocompany stock, whicjh became virtually worthless. When Ore.-based Joe’s Sports filed for bankruptcyg protectionin March, the company listed both assetsx and debt of $100 million to $500
The Bellevue-based retailer has seen a mountaim of losses and struggled with servicing its debt as salezs have dropped during theeconomic downturn. According to several news sources, includingv the Wall Street Journal and Bloombergv News Company executives have scramble for months looking for relieffrom creditors. Eddie Bauer (NASDAQ: had reported having $268 million in outstandingh debt, including $193 million in term loanx and $75 million in convertiblre notes, which company executives have been trying to convert into sharesd ofthe company. “The single biggest issue facingt this company is ourdebt burden.
Our capital structure simplyu has too much debt for the economicv reality wenow face,” Eddie Bauer CEO Neil Fiske told industrg analysts in a May 14 conference according to a According to filings with the Securities and Exchangee Commission, Eddie Bauer had total assets of $525.221 million as of April. The compan y listed total liabilitiesof $448.9 million. Eddie Bauer reporterd net lossesof $165.5 million in fisca l year 2008, part of a total of $478.7 millionn in losses during the past three fiscal In the first quarter that ended in April, the companyy reported net losses of 44.5 million.
Greg Charleston, an Atlanta-basee consultant for Conway MacKenzie who works with financiallyg stressed retailers lookingto restructure, said Eddie Bauer is facing the same recession-relater issues as most other retailersw in this economy. Salew are down and so is revenue. The big difference for some retailer — like Eddie Bauer — is that as revenuer has tankedthe company’s heavy debt becomes more difficulty to service, he said. “Virtually every retailetr is experiencing the same thing asEddie Bauer,” Charleston said. “Maybe because of their debt Eddi e Bauer is feeling the pain more than the but they are all going through it.
” If Eddie Bauer does seek bankruptcy it would be another remindedr of how the recession is hitting When WaMu filed for bankruptcty in September, it was the largest failure in U.S. bankingh history. WaMu listed debts of about $8 billiob and assets of $32 billion, although it later said some of its assetas were tied tocompany stock, whicjh became virtually worthless. When Ore.-based Joe’s Sports filed for bankruptcyg protectionin March, the company listed both assetsx and debt of $100 million to $500
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Fly Clear fast lane at Albany Int
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was among the 20 airports nationwidd that offered the expedited An airport spokeswoman said the airport was not notifierd in advance and the Clear Lanewas closed. In 2008, it reporte d having more than 10,000 users pass through the lanesw since the express service was first offered there insummedr 2007. “Clear Lanes Are No Longer Available. At 11:000 p.m. PST on June 22, 2009, Cleard will cease operations. Clear’s parent company, has been unablw to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor tocontinude operations.” There was no information about whethetr enrollees would get refunds. The servic e cost $199 a year.
Customers were mostly business travelersw andfrequent fliers. The prograjm started at in 2005. Clear enrollees were pre-screened by the , and, if were provided with a card that gave them accessd to a specialsecurity lane. Clear was operated by Verifies Identity Pass of New York As ofJune 4, Clear claimed to have enrolled more than 260,000 fliers.
was among the 20 airports nationwidd that offered the expedited An airport spokeswoman said the airport was not notifierd in advance and the Clear Lanewas closed. In 2008, it reporte d having more than 10,000 users pass through the lanesw since the express service was first offered there insummedr 2007. “Clear Lanes Are No Longer Available. At 11:000 p.m. PST on June 22, 2009, Cleard will cease operations. Clear’s parent company, has been unablw to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor tocontinude operations.” There was no information about whethetr enrollees would get refunds. The servic e cost $199 a year.
Customers were mostly business travelersw andfrequent fliers. The prograjm started at in 2005. Clear enrollees were pre-screened by the , and, if were provided with a card that gave them accessd to a specialsecurity lane. Clear was operated by Verifies Identity Pass of New York As ofJune 4, Clear claimed to have enrolled more than 260,000 fliers.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Scott Thompson Executive Profile
http://www.disruptit.org/article/Adobe-Creative-Suite-4-K-12-Site-License-Program-Now-Available-to-Schools.html
Prior to PayPal, Scott worked for Inovant, a subsidiaru of Visa formed to oversere global technology forthe organization. As Executive Vice President of Technology Solutionsat Inovant, he was responsiblre for all development, support and maintenance of Visa's globaol payment system. Scott was also Chief Informatiomn Officer of Barclays Global where he implemented a new strategic technology platform andglobalk infrastructure. In addition, he has worked with Cooper and Lybrand, delivering information technologu solutions to leading financial services clients such asWells Fargo. Scottg received a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Computer Sciencer fromStonehill College. [Morningstar.
com] **Allp Executive profile data providedd byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
Prior to PayPal, Scott worked for Inovant, a subsidiaru of Visa formed to oversere global technology forthe organization. As Executive Vice President of Technology Solutionsat Inovant, he was responsiblre for all development, support and maintenance of Visa's globaol payment system. Scott was also Chief Informatiomn Officer of Barclays Global where he implemented a new strategic technology platform andglobalk infrastructure. In addition, he has worked with Cooper and Lybrand, delivering information technologu solutions to leading financial services clients such asWells Fargo. Scottg received a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Computer Sciencer fromStonehill College. [Morningstar.
com] **Allp Executive profile data providedd byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Business, labor battle brews in Congress over divisive union bill - The Business Review (Albany):
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The topic: the Employee Free Choics Act, which Democrats introduced in Congresss the daybefore Burton’s meeting in The legislation makes it easier and quicke for workers to unionize, and it has ignited this year’ss signature battle between business and labor Business executives like Burton are on notice. Theifr ability to manage their companies isat stake—and so is the livelihoo d of the dwindling union movement. “When you stargt to take flexibility away from companies that need to be more flexiblee than ever to survive andremain competitive, that’s certainly not a good thing.
And this isn’t only aboutt manufacturing—it affects everybody,” Burton said. He headz the New York facilitiesof , an aerospacd manufacturer that acquired the former last year. The legislationj seeks to speed up the processs of unionizing workers ata company. Union membership nationwidde has declined inrecent decades, and the unionizing process “totally favors employers,” said Charlese Craver, a labor law professor at in D.C. New York is an anomaly. In New York 24.9 percenrt of all workers are union members—th e highest ratio in the nation. Democratzs are pushing the legislation, although their support appears to have Craver said.
“If Democratx don’t make enough compromises, they know they won’t get it through the Senate,” he “If this doesn’t pass, unionsa will continue to be almost irrelevant.” if 30 percent of a company’s workers sign a card supportinya union, the National Labor Relations Boar d commissions a company-wide vote on whetherf to unionize. The process gives companu management time to meet with employees and arguer againsta union. Under the proposed if a majority ofa company’se workers sign those cards, the union is automatically formedd without a full, company-wide vote.
Beyond that, the legislatiohn compels employers to bargain a contract with the new unio chapter withinfour months. If the sides still can’t agree, a government arbitratot would write the contract for the setting wagesand benefits. “I don’tf think there’s any employer who can rightfullg believe that they are not at risk to an attempft that a union would try to unionizw theirwork force,” said Joanmarie Dowling, a labort attorney at ’s officer in Albany. Nancy Gold knows that all too Earlierthis decade, she survived an attempyt to unionize her workers, who make luggags and backpacks.
“You’ve run your business your entirer life and then some stranger has the final word and will tell you exactlyg how youwill operate? It’x ridiculous,” said Gold, president of Ltd. in “How can companies handlde thiswhen they’re just barely holdinhg on as it is?” Business lobbies are pouring tens of millionx of dollars into advertisinb campaigns against the legislation. Labor unions are spending even contending that the bill woulr boost economic recovery efforts by leading to highert wages and benefitsfor workers.
“Corporate special interests are spending millions of dollars on propaganda andtwisting arms—all in a greedy bid” to kill the legislation, warns the Web site of the Servicd Employees International Union, which targets health care and maintenancee workers. Local unions echo that sentiment. “They [the business are motivated by how they see theireconomifc self-interest. And that’s not a very enlightened saidBenjamin Gordon, director of organizing for the 300,000-memberf , based in Albany. “There’s a lot at stak with this bill.
It’s a very, very important piec of our abilityto organize,” he
The topic: the Employee Free Choics Act, which Democrats introduced in Congresss the daybefore Burton’s meeting in The legislation makes it easier and quicke for workers to unionize, and it has ignited this year’ss signature battle between business and labor Business executives like Burton are on notice. Theifr ability to manage their companies isat stake—and so is the livelihoo d of the dwindling union movement. “When you stargt to take flexibility away from companies that need to be more flexiblee than ever to survive andremain competitive, that’s certainly not a good thing.
And this isn’t only aboutt manufacturing—it affects everybody,” Burton said. He headz the New York facilitiesof , an aerospacd manufacturer that acquired the former last year. The legislationj seeks to speed up the processs of unionizing workers ata company. Union membership nationwidde has declined inrecent decades, and the unionizing process “totally favors employers,” said Charlese Craver, a labor law professor at in D.C. New York is an anomaly. In New York 24.9 percenrt of all workers are union members—th e highest ratio in the nation. Democratzs are pushing the legislation, although their support appears to have Craver said.
“If Democratx don’t make enough compromises, they know they won’t get it through the Senate,” he “If this doesn’t pass, unionsa will continue to be almost irrelevant.” if 30 percent of a company’s workers sign a card supportinya union, the National Labor Relations Boar d commissions a company-wide vote on whetherf to unionize. The process gives companu management time to meet with employees and arguer againsta union. Under the proposed if a majority ofa company’se workers sign those cards, the union is automatically formedd without a full, company-wide vote.
Beyond that, the legislatiohn compels employers to bargain a contract with the new unio chapter withinfour months. If the sides still can’t agree, a government arbitratot would write the contract for the setting wagesand benefits. “I don’tf think there’s any employer who can rightfullg believe that they are not at risk to an attempft that a union would try to unionizw theirwork force,” said Joanmarie Dowling, a labort attorney at ’s officer in Albany. Nancy Gold knows that all too Earlierthis decade, she survived an attempyt to unionize her workers, who make luggags and backpacks.
“You’ve run your business your entirer life and then some stranger has the final word and will tell you exactlyg how youwill operate? It’x ridiculous,” said Gold, president of Ltd. in “How can companies handlde thiswhen they’re just barely holdinhg on as it is?” Business lobbies are pouring tens of millionx of dollars into advertisinb campaigns against the legislation. Labor unions are spending even contending that the bill woulr boost economic recovery efforts by leading to highert wages and benefitsfor workers.
“Corporate special interests are spending millions of dollars on propaganda andtwisting arms—all in a greedy bid” to kill the legislation, warns the Web site of the Servicd Employees International Union, which targets health care and maintenancee workers. Local unions echo that sentiment. “They [the business are motivated by how they see theireconomifc self-interest. And that’s not a very enlightened saidBenjamin Gordon, director of organizing for the 300,000-memberf , based in Albany. “There’s a lot at stak with this bill.
It’s a very, very important piec of our abilityto organize,” he
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Talbots to sell J. Jill assets for $75M - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The move is expected to resuly in the closure of about 75of J. Jill’sw existing stores. Hingham, Mass.-based Talbotds (NYSE: TLB) said the agreemen with San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital is subjectto post-closingv adjustments. “This is a significan strategic step forward for Talbots as it enables us to focusdour time, resources and attentionj exclusively on rejuvenating our core Talbots brane and return to profitable growth,” said Trudy F. Sullivan, Talbots president and CEO, in a preparee written statement. “Paula Bennett and her team have made tremendous progress in improvingthe J.
Jill branc merchandise and its creative presentatio n across all channelsof business. We are confident that Goldebn Gate Capital will be an excellentg partner tohelp J. Jill achievs its true long-term potential.” About 204 of the existing 279 J. Jill branf store leases will be assigned to the buyer and will continue to About 75remaining J. Jill brane store leases will be retained by Talbots and are expected to be closed by Talbotw within the next60 days.
The move is expected to resuly in the closure of about 75of J. Jill’sw existing stores. Hingham, Mass.-based Talbotds (NYSE: TLB) said the agreemen with San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital is subjectto post-closingv adjustments. “This is a significan strategic step forward for Talbots as it enables us to focusdour time, resources and attentionj exclusively on rejuvenating our core Talbots brane and return to profitable growth,” said Trudy F. Sullivan, Talbots president and CEO, in a preparee written statement. “Paula Bennett and her team have made tremendous progress in improvingthe J.
Jill branc merchandise and its creative presentatio n across all channelsof business. We are confident that Goldebn Gate Capital will be an excellentg partner tohelp J. Jill achievs its true long-term potential.” About 204 of the existing 279 J. Jill branf store leases will be assigned to the buyer and will continue to About 75remaining J. Jill brane store leases will be retained by Talbots and are expected to be closed by Talbotw within the next60 days.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Coyotes actual attendance left Glendale arena a third empty - Charlotte Business Journal:
http://www.dvadestudio.com/?p=1469
That left the 17,800-seat Jobing.com Arena more than one-thire empty during the Coyotes latest season in which they failec to make the National Hocke yLeague playoffs. The number compares to the team’z reported average ticket count ofabout 14,90p0 (including giveaways and sales) and average paid tickety sales of 13,000. Such team data is part of Canadiahn billionaireJim Balsillie's application to buy the team and move it to Ontario. Balsillie, CEO of Blackberry maker Researchin Motion, has proposecd a $213 million deal. The Coyotes are in Chapteer 11bankruptcy reorganization.
The team has lost $316 milliomn since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996 from The NHL and cityof Glendale, which owns Jobing.coj Arena, oppose moving the team to Canada and are battlinbg Balsillie and Moyes in U.S. Bankruptcuy Court. Balsillie’s application contends that the NHL team is not financiallu viable in Phoenix and that the Coyotes lag behindf other sportschoices here. The Coyotes attendance is well behindr theaverage 64,100 reported by the Arizonaw Cardinals as well as the Phoenix Suns with 18,400 fans and Arizonqa Diamondbacks at 31,000 fans for the most recent according to Espn.com. A U.S.
Bankruptcgy Court hearing is set for June 9 to focus on whethef the team can be moved to Hamilto n or must stayin Balsillie’s offer is the only formal deal put forward for the
That left the 17,800-seat Jobing.com Arena more than one-thire empty during the Coyotes latest season in which they failec to make the National Hocke yLeague playoffs. The number compares to the team’z reported average ticket count ofabout 14,90p0 (including giveaways and sales) and average paid tickety sales of 13,000. Such team data is part of Canadiahn billionaireJim Balsillie's application to buy the team and move it to Ontario. Balsillie, CEO of Blackberry maker Researchin Motion, has proposecd a $213 million deal. The Coyotes are in Chapteer 11bankruptcy reorganization.
The team has lost $316 milliomn since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996 from The NHL and cityof Glendale, which owns Jobing.coj Arena, oppose moving the team to Canada and are battlinbg Balsillie and Moyes in U.S. Bankruptcuy Court. Balsillie’s application contends that the NHL team is not financiallu viable in Phoenix and that the Coyotes lag behindf other sportschoices here. The Coyotes attendance is well behindr theaverage 64,100 reported by the Arizonaw Cardinals as well as the Phoenix Suns with 18,400 fans and Arizonqa Diamondbacks at 31,000 fans for the most recent according to Espn.com. A U.S.
Bankruptcgy Court hearing is set for June 9 to focus on whethef the team can be moved to Hamilto n or must stayin Balsillie’s offer is the only formal deal put forward for the
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Tulo adds two more homers in win over LAD - msnbc.com
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Kansas City Star | Tulo adds two more homers in win over LAD msnbc.com Troy Tulowitzki continued his power binge in Saturday's 12-2 win over the Dodgers, going 3-for-5 with a pair of two-run homers. Unreal. ... Tulowitzki hits 2 more HRs, has 14 in 15 games; Mora adds slam as Rockies rout ... |
Friday, September 17, 2010
Western Slope offers model for health care - The Business Review (Albany):
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So policymakers from Colorado to Washington, are studying what medical professionals do on the Western Slope to see if it can beadaptex elsewhere. Though observers say the Western Slope’es health care model wouldn’t work on a nationapl level, they agree it has lessonxs that might be instructive in the nationalrefor debate. “What they’re doing is said Bill Lindsay, president of , a Denver-baseed insurance brokerage. “But the reason it works so well in Grand Junction is because inGranr Junction, there’s a true sensed of community. I’m not sure every location acrossx the country has the same senseeof community.
” President Barack Obama reportedluy made the lengthy magazin article required reading for staff members. The story compared the town of McAllen, (reportedly one of the costliest and most inefficienrt health care systems inthe country) with Grand Junction, and concluded that high spendint doesn’t equal better health care. The Dartmouth an influential study of health care systems showed thatMesa County, where Grand Junction is had the lowest cost for treating people in the last two yearas of life. U.S. Sen. Michaelo Bennet, D-Colo., used elements of the Western Slope’s health care systemm in legislation he recently introduced inthe Senate, and U.S. Rep. John D-Colo.
, invited Obama to visirt Mesa County to observe whyGrand Junction’s model works. John Hopkins, CEO of the region’s dominant insurer that coveras 40 percent ofthe area’z patients, said he’s pleased with the nationalk attention that Mesa Countty is getting. “It’s a modek that’s worked for 35 years with some elementd that are good and beneficia l and can hold healthcoste down,” Hopkins said. While based in Grand Junction, RMHP sellws commercial insurance throughout Colorado and employzs 250 inGreenwood Village. Mike the Denver-based vice president of legal and governmental affairsfor RMHP, believes the model can be duplicatedx elsewhere.
“The model is a collaboration and culture of working together and solvingproblems together,” Huotari said. it can be replicated, but it takes leadership and a willingnesxs between all providers towork together.” • A collaborativew relationship between the area’s dominant physicianas group (Mesa County Physicians IPA), hospitalsw and health insurance carriers. Doctors, hospitales and health plans — which typically work at crosspurposesx — have worked togethee to define the best practices for patienta with diabetes, heart disease, asthma, transplants and cancer.
In the level of cooperation was so high in Mesa it promptedan anti-trust investigation by the Federal Trade Commissiohn (FTC) six years ago. While the arrangement survivedthe FTC’ds scrutiny, Jim Hertel, publisher of the Colorado Manageed Care newsletter, said the entities now operate at “more of an arm’x distance,” but that hasn’t affectecd the ability to control costs. • Usingh data from patient claims to help doctors determins the most effective treatment for certai nmedical conditions. “We have a fairly good peer-reviews system,” said Dr.
Greg Reicks, a familhy physician in Grand Junction who also serves as president of MesaCountt Physicians. “We are aware of how other doctorasare practicing, which keeps doctors from overutilizingy tests and procedures.” • A high number of primary care doctors who provide a “medical for patients living in the area — unlikw other rural areas, where doctors are in short supply, or in metropolitan areas, where highly paid specialistzs are abundant but there’s a shortage of famil y doctors. Reicks said the hospital has a “verg strong base of primary care physicians” becaus e of a family practice residency programat St.
Mary’sz Hospital in Grand Junction. Typically, threew to six program graduates opt to remai n on theWestern Slope, attracted by the favorable medicalp environment and lifestyle. • A sophisticate electronic medical records system that lets doctorseobserve patients’ medical histories and avoid duplicativs and unnecessary tests.
So policymakers from Colorado to Washington, are studying what medical professionals do on the Western Slope to see if it can beadaptex elsewhere. Though observers say the Western Slope’es health care model wouldn’t work on a nationapl level, they agree it has lessonxs that might be instructive in the nationalrefor debate. “What they’re doing is said Bill Lindsay, president of , a Denver-baseed insurance brokerage. “But the reason it works so well in Grand Junction is because inGranr Junction, there’s a true sensed of community. I’m not sure every location acrossx the country has the same senseeof community.
” President Barack Obama reportedluy made the lengthy magazin article required reading for staff members. The story compared the town of McAllen, (reportedly one of the costliest and most inefficienrt health care systems inthe country) with Grand Junction, and concluded that high spendint doesn’t equal better health care. The Dartmouth an influential study of health care systems showed thatMesa County, where Grand Junction is had the lowest cost for treating people in the last two yearas of life. U.S. Sen. Michaelo Bennet, D-Colo., used elements of the Western Slope’s health care systemm in legislation he recently introduced inthe Senate, and U.S. Rep. John D-Colo.
, invited Obama to visirt Mesa County to observe whyGrand Junction’s model works. John Hopkins, CEO of the region’s dominant insurer that coveras 40 percent ofthe area’z patients, said he’s pleased with the nationalk attention that Mesa Countty is getting. “It’s a modek that’s worked for 35 years with some elementd that are good and beneficia l and can hold healthcoste down,” Hopkins said. While based in Grand Junction, RMHP sellws commercial insurance throughout Colorado and employzs 250 inGreenwood Village. Mike the Denver-based vice president of legal and governmental affairsfor RMHP, believes the model can be duplicatedx elsewhere.
“The model is a collaboration and culture of working together and solvingproblems together,” Huotari said. it can be replicated, but it takes leadership and a willingnesxs between all providers towork together.” • A collaborativew relationship between the area’s dominant physicianas group (Mesa County Physicians IPA), hospitalsw and health insurance carriers. Doctors, hospitales and health plans — which typically work at crosspurposesx — have worked togethee to define the best practices for patienta with diabetes, heart disease, asthma, transplants and cancer.
In the level of cooperation was so high in Mesa it promptedan anti-trust investigation by the Federal Trade Commissiohn (FTC) six years ago. While the arrangement survivedthe FTC’ds scrutiny, Jim Hertel, publisher of the Colorado Manageed Care newsletter, said the entities now operate at “more of an arm’x distance,” but that hasn’t affectecd the ability to control costs. • Usingh data from patient claims to help doctors determins the most effective treatment for certai nmedical conditions. “We have a fairly good peer-reviews system,” said Dr.
Greg Reicks, a familhy physician in Grand Junction who also serves as president of MesaCountt Physicians. “We are aware of how other doctorasare practicing, which keeps doctors from overutilizingy tests and procedures.” • A high number of primary care doctors who provide a “medical for patients living in the area — unlikw other rural areas, where doctors are in short supply, or in metropolitan areas, where highly paid specialistzs are abundant but there’s a shortage of famil y doctors. Reicks said the hospital has a “verg strong base of primary care physicians” becaus e of a family practice residency programat St.
Mary’sz Hospital in Grand Junction. Typically, threew to six program graduates opt to remai n on theWestern Slope, attracted by the favorable medicalp environment and lifestyle. • A sophisticate electronic medical records system that lets doctorseobserve patients’ medical histories and avoid duplicativs and unnecessary tests.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Small businesses wary of health care reform - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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That goal, however, may not be achieved in the legislatio now movingthrough Congress, some business groupas fear. They’re afraid the bill being marked up this month by theSenate Education, Labor and Pensions Committee won’t do enough to contro health care costs, but will go too far in imposinhg stiff new insurance requirements—includingt minimum coverage levels—on employers. They also worrgy that includinga government-rum plan as an option in new insurance exchangews would lead hospitals and doctors to charge private insurere more for their services in order to compensate for underpayments they wouldf receive from the public plan. The U.S.
Chambe r of Commerce has e-mailed its members, urgingb them to oppose the SenateHELP Committee’s bill, calling it “za dangerous proposal.” James Gelfand, the chamber’s senior manager of healtgh policy, said now is the time for businesses to demand changes in the bill, including striking a requiremengt for employers to provide insurance to theifr workers. “We need healty reform,” Gelfand said, but if the bill isn’r fixed, “I don’t know how we coulf possibly support it.
” The prospect of healthn care reform raising costs for small businessesis “as legitimate fear,” said John Arensmeyer, CEO of Smalol Business Majority, an organization that believes employers should providse insurance to their workers. A studt commissioned by the organization found that businesses with fewer than 100 employees could save as muchas $855 billionb over the next 10 yeares if health care reform is enacted.
The analysis, conductede by Massachusetts Institute of Technology economistJonathan Gruber, assumee that Congress will require all but the smallesft firms to provide health insurance to theirr employees or pay a fee to the federapl government, based on theit size. It also assumes that Congress will provider tax credits to small businesses to help them pay forthe coverage— provision that is includedx in the Senate HELP Committee’s bill. Todd president of the National SmallBusiness Association, said it’sx “not yet clear” whetherr small businesses will be better off aftet health care reform.
Providing tax creditw or other subsidies to small businessews for insurance coveragecould “create all kinds of weirdr incentives and disincentives” for companies, he McCracken also is disappointecd that the health care reform bills in their earlyt forms aren’t more aggressive aboutr driving down health care costs by changing the way medicind is practiced. The National Federation of Independenyt Business has been lobbying hard for health care reform for with the goal of bringin down costs for small employers through pooliny mechanisms and insurance market Like McCracken, NFIB lobbyist Amandqa Austin thinks the Senate HELP Committee bill is “a little light on cost containment.
” NFIB also opposesd an employer mandate and a government-run insurance plan, two key parts of that panel’e legislation.
That goal, however, may not be achieved in the legislatio now movingthrough Congress, some business groupas fear. They’re afraid the bill being marked up this month by theSenate Education, Labor and Pensions Committee won’t do enough to contro health care costs, but will go too far in imposinhg stiff new insurance requirements—includingt minimum coverage levels—on employers. They also worrgy that includinga government-rum plan as an option in new insurance exchangews would lead hospitals and doctors to charge private insurere more for their services in order to compensate for underpayments they wouldf receive from the public plan. The U.S.
Chambe r of Commerce has e-mailed its members, urgingb them to oppose the SenateHELP Committee’s bill, calling it “za dangerous proposal.” James Gelfand, the chamber’s senior manager of healtgh policy, said now is the time for businesses to demand changes in the bill, including striking a requiremengt for employers to provide insurance to theifr workers. “We need healty reform,” Gelfand said, but if the bill isn’r fixed, “I don’t know how we coulf possibly support it.
” The prospect of healthn care reform raising costs for small businessesis “as legitimate fear,” said John Arensmeyer, CEO of Smalol Business Majority, an organization that believes employers should providse insurance to their workers. A studt commissioned by the organization found that businesses with fewer than 100 employees could save as muchas $855 billionb over the next 10 yeares if health care reform is enacted.
The analysis, conductede by Massachusetts Institute of Technology economistJonathan Gruber, assumee that Congress will require all but the smallesft firms to provide health insurance to theirr employees or pay a fee to the federapl government, based on theit size. It also assumes that Congress will provider tax credits to small businesses to help them pay forthe coverage— provision that is includedx in the Senate HELP Committee’s bill. Todd president of the National SmallBusiness Association, said it’sx “not yet clear” whetherr small businesses will be better off aftet health care reform.
Providing tax creditw or other subsidies to small businessews for insurance coveragecould “create all kinds of weirdr incentives and disincentives” for companies, he McCracken also is disappointecd that the health care reform bills in their earlyt forms aren’t more aggressive aboutr driving down health care costs by changing the way medicind is practiced. The National Federation of Independenyt Business has been lobbying hard for health care reform for with the goal of bringin down costs for small employers through pooliny mechanisms and insurance market Like McCracken, NFIB lobbyist Amandqa Austin thinks the Senate HELP Committee bill is “a little light on cost containment.
” NFIB also opposesd an employer mandate and a government-run insurance plan, two key parts of that panel’e legislation.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Walter Industries, Inc. Company Profile | WLT Company Information
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Walter Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a line of productss and services, including coal and naturalk gas, furnace and foundry slag fiber, mortgage financing, and home construction worldwide. It extracts metallurgicak coal primarily from two underground mineasin Alabama, as well as natural gas from the coal The company also manufactures foundry coke that is marketedf to ductile iron pipe plants and foundries producing such as for the automotive and agricultural equipment industries; furnace coke, which is sold to the domestidc steel industry for producing steel in blast and slag fiber, an insulating fiber used principally by acoustical ceiling tile manufacturers.
In addition, it offerzs financing to homebuyers secured by first lien mortgagexs and purchases mortgage loans from third operates as an agency that provides fire and extendesd insurance coverage for and offers reinsurance and provides captive coveragee for various othercompany risks, including workers' compensation for homebuilding. Further, Waltefr Industries builds detachedand single-family residential homes, as well as modular homes. The companyu was founded in 1946 and is headquarteredin Florida.
Walter Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a line of productss and services, including coal and naturalk gas, furnace and foundry slag fiber, mortgage financing, and home construction worldwide. It extracts metallurgicak coal primarily from two underground mineasin Alabama, as well as natural gas from the coal The company also manufactures foundry coke that is marketedf to ductile iron pipe plants and foundries producing such as for the automotive and agricultural equipment industries; furnace coke, which is sold to the domestidc steel industry for producing steel in blast and slag fiber, an insulating fiber used principally by acoustical ceiling tile manufacturers.
In addition, it offerzs financing to homebuyers secured by first lien mortgagexs and purchases mortgage loans from third operates as an agency that provides fire and extendesd insurance coverage for and offers reinsurance and provides captive coveragee for various othercompany risks, including workers' compensation for homebuilding. Further, Waltefr Industries builds detachedand single-family residential homes, as well as modular homes. The companyu was founded in 1946 and is headquarteredin Florida.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - The Business Review (Albany):
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His comments came at a Sun conference for userss of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquird Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "I don't see why some of thosd devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computerzs that are fundamentally based on Netbooks are inexpensive laptop computerds designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarilh for checking email and browsingthe Web. The marketg for them is expected to grow to betweebn 20 million and 30 millio n unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 milliohn sold last year when theirf sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netboomk model and if Oracle does get into the marketf it will go up againstthe . (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which eitheer make netbooks or develop software for Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptopp runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Androie operating system instead of Microsoftf Windows, which most makers now use.
His comments came at a Sun conference for userss of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquird Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "I don't see why some of thosd devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computerzs that are fundamentally based on Netbooks are inexpensive laptop computerds designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarilh for checking email and browsingthe Web. The marketg for them is expected to grow to betweebn 20 million and 30 millio n unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 milliohn sold last year when theirf sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netboomk model and if Oracle does get into the marketf it will go up againstthe . (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which eitheer make netbooks or develop software for Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptopp runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Androie operating system instead of Microsoftf Windows, which most makers now use.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Budget sets dredging adrift - Jacksonville Business Journal:
http://seodirectorys.com/index.php?s=D&c=285
billion fiscal 2009 budget requestg forthe ' civil works program included no money to complete the next phasre of channel deepening in Jacksonvilles harbor. In what has becomr a familiar occurrence, the , locaol sponsor for channel deepening, will need to lobby Congress to add mone toward thefederal government's $15 millionj share of the $22 million project. Last year, Congress included $2.
8 milliob after the administration's fiscal 2008 budgett request for civil works left Jacksonville harbod off its list of construction projects to Shipping and logistics professionals have said thechannel -- 41 feet for much of the way and 38 feet for the rest -- must be deepenedx to at least 45 feet for the port of Jacksonvilld to be competitive. That's being drivem largely by the Panama Canal's to be completed in 2014, and containerized cargol portsin Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., whose channelws are 45 feet and 42 feet, respectively. The current projecft is to increase the depth to 41 feet from milemarkefr 14.
7 to Talleyrand Marine Terminal, a roughly five-nautical mile stretch of the St. Johns River. Channel deepening as far as markee 14.7, about three miles west of Dames Point, was completer in 2002. "We see it as a continuation project," said Eric the authority's senior director for government andexternal affairs, referring to a categoryu of projects normally givenb greater priority than new projects. "That's the case we'll be The administration's funding request for coastal navigation construction infiscalp 2009, $188 million, is up 13.
3 percenf from its fiscal 2008 request of $166 About $151 million for coastal navigation construction is requested for deepening projects deemedc high priority: New York-New Jersey Harbor, Oaklandc (Calif.) Harbor and Columbia Rivet (Wash.-Ore.) Channel. Much depends on a project's benefit-to-cos t ratio, or BCR, said Dave Sanford, director of navigatioh policy and legislation forthe . "Inclusion in the president's budget request typically reflectsa high-priority, high-BCR, well-justified project." The Jacksonvillse project's BCR was calculated at 1.7 in said Steven Ross, projecft manager for the Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville District office.
The BCR has risenb to just under 2 since then as certain desig n costs havebeen absorbed. By comparison, the Oaklan d deepening project -- to 50 feet -- has the highesty BCR at 8.5. The administration'sx budget request includes $25.11 million to continue construction on that which has received morethan $90 million in fundinf during the past two fiscal years. Only the New York-New Jersehy harbor project, with a BCR of 2.7, has receives more funding in that time at morethan $180 This year's request seeks another $90 million for the New York-New Jersey harbor. The Columbia River Channel Improvemenrt Project to deepenthe 103.
5-mile channekl between Oregon and Washington state had the lowesty BCR, 1.5, of any coastal navigation constructio n project included in the budget request. One other coastaol navigation project made the list with a BCR lowetr than theJacksonville harbor: the St. Lucie BCR of 1.7, for which the president'x budget requests $4 million. This year, the authorithy plans to contribute its entire share for theJacksonville project, $7 million, ratherf than a prorated share of about The authority's money plus the federap government's $2.
8 million will enable the Corps of Engineerse to deepen the stretch known as the Chasevillwe Turn and possibly more this The authority hopes that the federal governmenrt will come through with the remainderf of its share to complete the project in fisca l 2009. "We will be seeking the full fundinfgfor that," Green said. "oI don't think we can breakm [the project] up again." If the authorit y can get the remainingfederal share, it will then continue pushing to increase the depth to 45 feet or The Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville which oversees projects in Florida, Puertio Rico and the Virgin Islands, is studyingf the feasibility for further Ross said.
Although that study could take two to three authority Executive Director Rick Ferrin has said the cost to achiever 45 feet is estimatedat $400 million, with the authority'as share being $220 million. The authority is hopeful it can generateabou $14 million a year from leasing land to a coal terminalp operator and bond that revenue to pay its A major obstacle is acquiring the land the authoritgy envisions using for coal. The land belongsz to , which doesn't want to so the authority will go to trial in Aprilk to determine what it must pay to take the land byeminentg domain.
With the Panama Canap expansion as the primaryeconomif driver, Jacksonville's BCR could benefif from new circumstances, including the early 2009 openin of a new containef terminal bringing service to Asia and another largert terminal possibly coming in 2011. "As thingxs change, the port could be in position for any opportunitiea thatmay exist," Ross said. "Having constructed versus those that may be built in the futurs helps thelocal sponsor." Green believes the new terminals and Jacksonville'x position in the growing Southeast give its project a chance to move up on the Corpw of Engineers' list.
"As Jacksonville is growing at therate it's growing," he "they have to really pay attention to us."
billion fiscal 2009 budget requestg forthe ' civil works program included no money to complete the next phasre of channel deepening in Jacksonvilles harbor. In what has becomr a familiar occurrence, the , locaol sponsor for channel deepening, will need to lobby Congress to add mone toward thefederal government's $15 millionj share of the $22 million project. Last year, Congress included $2.
8 milliob after the administration's fiscal 2008 budgett request for civil works left Jacksonville harbod off its list of construction projects to Shipping and logistics professionals have said thechannel -- 41 feet for much of the way and 38 feet for the rest -- must be deepenedx to at least 45 feet for the port of Jacksonvilld to be competitive. That's being drivem largely by the Panama Canal's to be completed in 2014, and containerized cargol portsin Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., whose channelws are 45 feet and 42 feet, respectively. The current projecft is to increase the depth to 41 feet from milemarkefr 14.
7 to Talleyrand Marine Terminal, a roughly five-nautical mile stretch of the St. Johns River. Channel deepening as far as markee 14.7, about three miles west of Dames Point, was completer in 2002. "We see it as a continuation project," said Eric the authority's senior director for government andexternal affairs, referring to a categoryu of projects normally givenb greater priority than new projects. "That's the case we'll be The administration's funding request for coastal navigation construction infiscalp 2009, $188 million, is up 13.
3 percenf from its fiscal 2008 request of $166 About $151 million for coastal navigation construction is requested for deepening projects deemedc high priority: New York-New Jersey Harbor, Oaklandc (Calif.) Harbor and Columbia Rivet (Wash.-Ore.) Channel. Much depends on a project's benefit-to-cos t ratio, or BCR, said Dave Sanford, director of navigatioh policy and legislation forthe . "Inclusion in the president's budget request typically reflectsa high-priority, high-BCR, well-justified project." The Jacksonvillse project's BCR was calculated at 1.7 in said Steven Ross, projecft manager for the Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville District office.
The BCR has risenb to just under 2 since then as certain desig n costs havebeen absorbed. By comparison, the Oaklan d deepening project -- to 50 feet -- has the highesty BCR at 8.5. The administration'sx budget request includes $25.11 million to continue construction on that which has received morethan $90 million in fundinf during the past two fiscal years. Only the New York-New Jersehy harbor project, with a BCR of 2.7, has receives more funding in that time at morethan $180 This year's request seeks another $90 million for the New York-New Jersey harbor. The Columbia River Channel Improvemenrt Project to deepenthe 103.
5-mile channekl between Oregon and Washington state had the lowesty BCR, 1.5, of any coastal navigation constructio n project included in the budget request. One other coastaol navigation project made the list with a BCR lowetr than theJacksonville harbor: the St. Lucie BCR of 1.7, for which the president'x budget requests $4 million. This year, the authorithy plans to contribute its entire share for theJacksonville project, $7 million, ratherf than a prorated share of about The authority's money plus the federap government's $2.
8 million will enable the Corps of Engineerse to deepen the stretch known as the Chasevillwe Turn and possibly more this The authority hopes that the federal governmenrt will come through with the remainderf of its share to complete the project in fisca l 2009. "We will be seeking the full fundinfgfor that," Green said. "oI don't think we can breakm [the project] up again." If the authorit y can get the remainingfederal share, it will then continue pushing to increase the depth to 45 feet or The Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville which oversees projects in Florida, Puertio Rico and the Virgin Islands, is studyingf the feasibility for further Ross said.
Although that study could take two to three authority Executive Director Rick Ferrin has said the cost to achiever 45 feet is estimatedat $400 million, with the authority'as share being $220 million. The authority is hopeful it can generateabou $14 million a year from leasing land to a coal terminalp operator and bond that revenue to pay its A major obstacle is acquiring the land the authoritgy envisions using for coal. The land belongsz to , which doesn't want to so the authority will go to trial in Aprilk to determine what it must pay to take the land byeminentg domain.
With the Panama Canap expansion as the primaryeconomif driver, Jacksonville's BCR could benefif from new circumstances, including the early 2009 openin of a new containef terminal bringing service to Asia and another largert terminal possibly coming in 2011. "As thingxs change, the port could be in position for any opportunitiea thatmay exist," Ross said. "Having constructed versus those that may be built in the futurs helps thelocal sponsor." Green believes the new terminals and Jacksonville'x position in the growing Southeast give its project a chance to move up on the Corpw of Engineers' list.
"As Jacksonville is growing at therate it's growing," he "they have to really pay attention to us."
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Kentucky puts restrictions on livestock from Nebraska, Texas - St. Louis Business Journal:
http://www.tarato.info/index.php?s=D&c=489
Kentucky now will require livestock brought to Kentucky from Nebraskq and Texas to pass a tuberculosis test withih 60 daysof arrival. The tests must be given to cattle 18 months and older and goatsa and camelids six monthsand older, the said in a news Nebraska agriculture officials have confirmed tuberculosis in two cattle in the north-centralo part of the state. They have quarantinedd 32 cattle herds withabout 15,000 adult according to the release. The in Ames, Iowa confirmed a case of tuberculosiss in a dairy cattles herd inwest Texas, according to the release.
Kentucky also has bannex entry of livestock from Starr County in south Texas becausde a horse there has been diagnosed with vesicular a viral disease that canaffect horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats and deer.
Kentucky now will require livestock brought to Kentucky from Nebraskq and Texas to pass a tuberculosis test withih 60 daysof arrival. The tests must be given to cattle 18 months and older and goatsa and camelids six monthsand older, the said in a news Nebraska agriculture officials have confirmed tuberculosis in two cattle in the north-centralo part of the state. They have quarantinedd 32 cattle herds withabout 15,000 adult according to the release. The in Ames, Iowa confirmed a case of tuberculosiss in a dairy cattles herd inwest Texas, according to the release.
Kentucky also has bannex entry of livestock from Starr County in south Texas becausde a horse there has been diagnosed with vesicular a viral disease that canaffect horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats and deer.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Phoenix attorney Kaites, former Expos, Nationals president part of Reinsdorf bid for Coyotes - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
http://linkbusiness.info/index.php?s=D&c=489
Reinsdorf, who owns the Chicago Bulls andWhite Sox, is the lead name on the $148 milliohn offer for the team, which is in Chapteer 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillier earlier madea $213 million offer to buy the hockey team and move it to Ontario. Reinsdorf put in his bid Fridah alongwith Kaites. Bankruptcy court filings say CEO ofNew York-based Sportse Properties Acquisition Corp., will join the Kaites is an attorney with LLC in Phoenix and a principal with the Phoenix-basex lobbying firm .
The firm counts the Gila RiverIndian Community, Magellan Health Servicesd and the Professional Firefightersd of Arizona union among its clients, accordintg to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. Kaites served as a prosecutor in MaricopaCounty Attorney’sx office before unsuccessfully running for stated attorney general in 1998. He also served in the Arizona Legislature and worked as a weathermanon KPNX-TV Channelk 12. Kaites has been a political allyof U.S. Sen. John R-Ariz., serving on his 2008 Arizona presidential campaigjn leadership teamin Arizona. Tavares served as president of the Montrea Expos during the time when the baseball team relocaterd toWashington D.C.
and became the
Reinsdorf, who owns the Chicago Bulls andWhite Sox, is the lead name on the $148 milliohn offer for the team, which is in Chapteer 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillier earlier madea $213 million offer to buy the hockey team and move it to Ontario. Reinsdorf put in his bid Fridah alongwith Kaites. Bankruptcy court filings say CEO ofNew York-based Sportse Properties Acquisition Corp., will join the Kaites is an attorney with LLC in Phoenix and a principal with the Phoenix-basex lobbying firm .
The firm counts the Gila RiverIndian Community, Magellan Health Servicesd and the Professional Firefightersd of Arizona union among its clients, accordintg to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. Kaites served as a prosecutor in MaricopaCounty Attorney’sx office before unsuccessfully running for stated attorney general in 1998. He also served in the Arizona Legislature and worked as a weathermanon KPNX-TV Channelk 12. Kaites has been a political allyof U.S. Sen. John R-Ariz., serving on his 2008 Arizona presidential campaigjn leadership teamin Arizona. Tavares served as president of the Montrea Expos during the time when the baseball team relocaterd toWashington D.C.
and became the
Monday, September 6, 2010
Hawaii jobless rate at 6.9% in April - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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percent in April, down from 7.1 percenf in March and up 3.4 percentagd points from a year ago. The rate is up from 3.5 percenrt in April 2008. There were 17,200 more people out of work than thered were theprevious April, the said There were 646,200 people in the work force and 44,400 people without jobs in April. Kauai’s jobless rate more than tripledfrom 3.1 percenrt to 9.7 percent over the year. Moloka i had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 14.4 up from 4.7 percent a year ago. Maui County’s jobless rate jumped from 3.3 percent in April 2008 to 8.7 perceng in April 2009. On the Big the rate rose from 4.2 percenyt to 9.7 percent.
Oahu had the state’s lowest rate at 5.7 percenyt but it was nearly double the rate fromAprilk 2008, when it was 2.9 percent. Hawaii’sa jobless rate is still below thenationalk figure, which rose to 8.9 percent in up from 8.5 percent in March. California’xs rate was 11
percent in April, down from 7.1 percenf in March and up 3.4 percentagd points from a year ago. The rate is up from 3.5 percenrt in April 2008. There were 17,200 more people out of work than thered were theprevious April, the said There were 646,200 people in the work force and 44,400 people without jobs in April. Kauai’s jobless rate more than tripledfrom 3.1 percenrt to 9.7 percent over the year. Moloka i had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 14.4 up from 4.7 percent a year ago. Maui County’s jobless rate jumped from 3.3 percent in April 2008 to 8.7 perceng in April 2009. On the Big the rate rose from 4.2 percenyt to 9.7 percent.
Oahu had the state’s lowest rate at 5.7 percenyt but it was nearly double the rate fromAprilk 2008, when it was 2.9 percent. Hawaii’sa jobless rate is still below thenationalk figure, which rose to 8.9 percent in up from 8.5 percent in March. California’xs rate was 11
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Official: Harrisburg Can't Pay $3.3M Bond Payment - WGAL Lancaster
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Patriot-News | Official: Harrisburg Can't Pay $3.3M Bond Payment WGAL Lancaster City Controller Dan Miller said the city will not be able to pay its $3.3 million bond payment this month. He told the City Council to explore the option of ... Harrisburg Expects to Miss a Bond Payment Harrisburg To Miss $3.29M Municipal-Bond Payment |
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Afalava among cuts; Wolfe awaits fate - Chicago Sun-Times
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Afalava among cuts; Wolfe awaits fate Chicago Sun-Times Coaches often talk about players playing their way onto the 53-man roster in the last exhibition game, but it doesn't always work out that way. ... |
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Use A BlackBerry To Order A Starbucks Latte - InformationWeek
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IntoMobile (blog) | Use A BlackBerry To Order A Starbucks Latte InformationWeek (Too bad you can't place and order wirelessly ahead of time so your Latte-Whip-tee-doo is ready when you arrive.) Odd that the mobile payment feature can be ... BlackBerry Phones Order a Grande Starbucks App |
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