Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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Monday, December 27, 2010

Procter & Gamble

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She will be replaced by Christophet Hassall, currently vice president of corporate communications and reputation and North Americawexternal relations, according to a news release. 55, will step down from her positiojnJuly 1, then serve as a speciall assistant to Chairman A.G. Lafley until February. Part of her duties will includse assisting Lafley in his role as chairma of the 2009 United Way of Greater Cincinnatiannuao campaign. “Charlotte Otto leaves a track record of resultx in leveraging external relations to builc andprotect P&G’s businesseas and reputation,” said Lafley in the A native of Duluth, Minn., Otto has spenf her entire career with P&G.
She joinedd the company in 1976 as a brand assistant on the Prell haircare line. She worked on variouws brands, from Sure to before moving to advertising and then publicx affairsin 1989. By 1991 she was promoted to vice presidentg of public relationsfor P&G USA, and in 1996 becamed senior vice president of public affairs for all of the In 2000 she assumed her curreny title as global external relations Otto has also been active in community affairs, including takinb a leadership role with the public/private partnership Cincinnati Center City Development (3CDC). Hassall, 55, will take the global externall relations jobJuly 1.
He returneed to Cincinnati in November 2008 aftefr working four years in China as vice president of external relationefor P&G Greater China and Asia. he helped the China business, which P&G entered in 1988 as a smalll operation, grow to the company's second-largesyt global market by volume. Procter Gamble (NYSE: PG), headquartered in Cincinnati, develops, manufactures and markete consumer productsand pharmaceuticals.

Friday, December 24, 2010

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

YRC shareholders approve option plans, directors - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Shareholders of the Overland Park-based company YRCW) also approved the entire slatd ofcompany directors, including Chairmam and CEO Bill Zollars. The board will remainh at nine directors instead of 10 following the retiremengtof 32-year board memberr John McKelvey, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. Around 12:30 p.m. the company’s stock was trading at $3.31, up 37 or 12.6 percent, according to . New York City-basee RiskMetrics had said shareholders should reject the plans becausee they cost shareholderstoo much, YRC with the Securitiesx and Exchange Commission.
If shareholders had rejected the YRC said inthe letter, the stock options employees receivedf would have ended, and stock appreciation granted with the options, would have remained Most of those rights can be exercised as soon as and all must be settlex in cash. The employee stock option s are tied to an agreement earlh this year to offer employees a 22 percent stake in YRCWorldwide Inc. in exchange for wage RiskMetrics also had recommended that shareholdersrejecgt YRC’s nominees for the board compensatiojn committee, saying they acted poorly in providing for tax gross-u p on Zollars’ use of corporat e aircraft, an amount less than $10,000.
A gross-u is a payment to cover taxesson compensation. YRC lost $257.4 or $4.34 a share, in the first quarter, compareed with a loss of $46.37 million, or 82 cent a share, in the same quarterr a year earlier. YRC ranks No. 2 on the Kansas City Businesd Journal ’s list of area public companies.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Cooper proposes domicile move to Ireland - Denver Business Journal:

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The electrical products maker’s board has approved moving the company’s domicilse to Ireland from Bermuda. “The decision to changse Cooper’s place of incorporation was impacted by the unprecedented globa l economic conditions that have led to a dramatic reductio in global demand in virtually all markets that we serve and was made tomaintainn Cooper’s global competitive position,” Kirk Hachigian, chairman and chiec executive officer, said Tuesday in a statement. Cooper CBE) said it had established tax residench in Ireland as ofDecember 2008. The which has its administrative headquarters in is asking shareholders to approvethe switch.
If approved, a new Irishj entity known as Cooper Industries plc will replacs CooperIndustries Ltd. as the parent Cooper’s move to change its placde of incorporation follows several othefr Houston companiesincluding , and , though Cooper is the firstt non-energy company to make the move. Another high-profile local energy company, (NYSE: NBR), remains incorporated in Bermuda.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Think tank ranks Colorado least attractive state for oil, gas investment - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The latest survey was issued June 24. It’s been conducteed annually for three years by the Fraset Institutein Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Arizona was left off the list for lack of The survey ranks states as well asother countries. The firs t survey, in 2007, ranked Colorado at the top of the list of placesw executives considered positively for oil andgas investment. By the state’s ranking had fallen to No. 52 out of 81 locationas aroundthe world. The June 2008 surveuy said executives had grown wary ofthe state’s efforts to tighten rules governing oil and gas operationss here. The new rules took effect Aprip 1.
This year, the survety received 577 responses and covered 143 jurisdictions around the world. Colorado ranked No. 81, beloe California and Mozambique, and above the Canadia n province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the natio nof Greenland. All three surveys by the instituts solicitedanonymous responses. According to the institute’s the 10 most attractive jurisdictions for investment this according tothe survey, are: Arkansas, Alabama, Austria, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Texas, Oklahoma, and Indiana. The 10 least attractive jurisdictionds for investmentare Bolivia, Niger, Ecuador, Sudan, Russia, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Ethiopia.
Respondents rankedd provinces, states and countries by investment barriersa such as hightax rates, costly regulatory and security threats, among other factors. Scores were based on the proportionm of negatives response ajurisdiction received; the greater the proportionn of negative responses, the greater the perceived investmentr barriers and therefore the lower the jurisdictiobn ranked, according to the survey report.
The report said investorsa listed several reasons for shifting investmentx toother areas, rangingb from high tax rates, laborr shortages, or costly and time-consuming The survey quoted an unnamed executive saying that in “operational, legal, and air quality rules and regulationas are being instituted at a dizzying It is hard to keep up with as an operator. Most of the regulatorse instituting and enforcing these new rules have little or no experience in the industry and do notunderstansd operations. Often they cannort answer questionsor help, even with their own Colorado’s new oil and gas regulations were backed by Gov.
Bill Rittef and environmental groups as needed toprotect Colorado’z wildlife, environment and public healtg assets. The new rules have been opposesd byindustry executives, who have said they will raisde the costs of operating in Colorado. “Thix study demonstrates the harsh realitt of an inconsistentregulatory regime, and these numbers run contraryt to the belief of some policy makerws that Colorado’s energy industry will grow no matter the constraint placed upon it,” said Meg president of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, in a But Theo Stein, spokesman for the Colorado Departmenrt of Natural Resources, which overseesw the agency that regulates oil and gas operations, pointe to Colorado investments by big energhy companies such as interested in getting at the state’e natural gas.
ExxonMobil announced June 22 it had doublef its natural gas processing capacity on the Western Slope and planned to drill more wells in the area over the nextseverak years. “Actions speak louder than words,” Steinj said. “Some of the largest Nortuh American and global energy companies are busy workinyg and investingin Colorado’s future. They are planninf to be here producing clean-burning natural gas for decades.” But stater Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, said companies like ExxonMobi have the money needed to complywith Colorado’sz new rules.
“They can absorb the higher costs of production that are associateed with the oil andgas rules,” McNulty “But what the Ritter administration has done is priced out the mid- and small-levelo companies that were looking to do business in Colorado.” The Fraser Institute is a thinkm tank and research center that advocates “a free and prosperouss world through choice, markets and .

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Tourism industry needs to exploit Oprah visit - AdNews

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Lembis expect to sell apartment buildings for loss - San Francisco Business Times:

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Trophy Properties, one of severall corporations controlled by Frank andWaltef Lembi, is seeking to generate $43 million by selling 12 properties with a totall of 232 units, according to of Alan Pinel Realtors Managingt Director Stephen Pugh, who has the listings along with Mark If the properties sell, it would be significang because selling would give investors concrete data on how far valuesd for multifamily buildings have plummeted since the recessionn started 18 months ago. Only a handful of San Franciscoo buildings with 10 units or more have sold in the past not enough to establish fairmarkey value, investors say.
Between 2003 and the dominated the San Franciscomultifamilty market, shelling out $1.2 billion for more than 200 propertiezs and outbidding competitors by 20 percentt to 30 percent in many cases. “There has not been an opportunity for local investors to purchasw properties of this kind at theswe locationsat today’s values,” said Pugh. “We had to go back as far as 2003 to find valuess that were appropriatefor today’s market.” The listinges come at a time when the Lembi family’d vast apartment holdings — at its heigh t 307 buildings with 8,000p apartments — have been deteriorating.
In January, the Business Timea reported that the Lembis had given 51 building back to the Swiss Bank in lieuof foreclosure, a 1,500-unity portfolio that Lembi Grou p Managing Director Walter Lembi said was losing $3 millio n a month. In March, an affiliat e of Los Angeles-based , HAL SF Portfolio LP, initiated foreclosure on another 23 Lembi The buildings the familh is attempting to sell include 2185Bay St., a 24-uniy complex the Lembis bought in late 2007 for $7.9 The asking price on the building is $5.9 Another building, 1305 Lombard St. sold for $2.6 million in 2007 and is pricexat $1.9 million. A third property, the 14-unit 2050 Powelo St., sold for $3.
4 millionj in 2006 and is pricedat $2.9 Investor Craig Lipton of Maven Investments said he is skepticaol the buildings will sell at asking prices. Many investora are waiting to see what will happen to the 51 properties UBS foreclosed on as well as otherf properties lenders have initiatedforeclosure on. “Thes market is still very weak. Therw are very few buyers and there is a lot of big moneh sitting on the sidelines waiting for a lot of the Lembi stuff to come tothe market,” said investotr Lipton. David Gruber, who owns 13 multifamil buildings inSan Francisco, said rents have droppe 10 percent to 15 and he is seeing an increase in request s for rent adjustments.
“Brokers are trying to bring pricew back down to a leve l they think willgenerate activity,” he said. “We’rd all watching to see who will make thefirst move.”

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Aurora opening Summit clinic early - Houston Business Journal:

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The Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic will open October 26 and will replac the current Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic at 915Summitr Ave. in Oconomowoc, although urgent care servicews will continue to be offered The new clinic also will replace the Aurora Wilkinson Women’s Center and the Auroraw Vision Center, both currently in Oconomowoc. The otherd Aurora Wilkinson Medical Cliniclocationx – in Hartland, Dousman, Delafield, Wales and Waukesha – will continuse to serve patients. “October 26 will represent the stargt of a new era in health care in this said Dr. David Ulery, president of Auroraw WilkinsonMedical Clinic.
“The opening of our new clinicx and cancer center will move us closer to a fullyt integrated system of care for the people of wester nWaukesha County.” Meanwhile, the hospita l part of the project remainws on schedule to open in early 2010, Aurorqa officials said. The Wilkinson clinic will open at the same time as the new Vincde Lombardi Cancer Clinic on theSummiyt campus. The new Aurora Medical Centee campus in the Town of Summi is at the southeast corner of Interstate 94 andHighwag 67.
The new Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic will be on the west side of the and the new Vince Lombardi Cancerr Clinic is on thesouth

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Wikileaks cables: US looks to prosecute Julian Assange - The Guardian

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

GM to identify 14 plant closures but probably not Wentzville - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The announcement could coincidewith GM’sa bankruptcy filing, an unnamed source told The Associate Press. Four vehicle assembly plants, along with partsw stamping, engine and transmission factories, will be shuttered, the AP GM’s plant in Wentzville, Mo., could be spareds because it’s the only planyt where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vansare made, said Haig Stoddard, an auto industrt analyst with . “I wouldf think that they would keep that product he said. “In the long run they are commercial vehicles and there is usefor them.
They are used for constructioh jobs, fleets for major utility companies, independent contactors and electriciansw andshuttle vehicles.” If GM were to move Wentzville’xs operations to another plant, it woule have to redesign the vans to fit the platformj of other vehicles because the vans do not sharse parts with light trucks, for example, Stoddarr said. Robert Wheeler, a spokesman for GM’z Wentzville plant, said he does not know which facilities willbe “Unfortunately, we will likely hear this news at the same he said.
A representative from Unite d Auto Worker Local whichrepresents 1,700 workers at the Wentzvilld plant, was not immediately available to comment becausde union members were busy voting Thursday on UAW contractt concessions.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Indian shares rise on growth outlook; ONGC gains - Reuters

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