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million over the next three yearsto . Portions of the fundinf will be used to increase the numbere of Teach For America teacherxs with math andscience backgrounds. It will also be used to providr resources for TeachFor America’s programs in Memphis and Fla. Medtronic operates its spinal and biologics units from Memphisx and also has operationsin Jacksonville. The fundiny will also support the possible expansion of Teacuh For Americainto Minnesota.
The Medtronic Foundationn has supported Teach For Americasince 1994, including providingf $1 million in 2007 and 2008 for the developmenr of the national math and science Teach For America launched in Memphis in 2006 and the city is alreadty considered one of the organization’s top sites. It has more than 100 teacherx in Memphis atlocal schools. Teacbh For America recruits successful college graduates to commit to teacbh for two years in inner city The organization’s goal is to attracyt more graduates to the teaching profession and also creatde a pool of potential school administrators.
Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teacg For America, says the expansion of the partnership betweenn her organization and Medtronic will allow Teacjh For America to provide enhanced training tothe 2,00 teachers it currently “By placing committed, well-prepared math and science teachers in areas of greatest need, we will increase student performance and spark student interest in theser fields, which is so critical to our nation’s Kopp said in a statement.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Corporate legal spending to return in 2009 - Houston Business Journal:
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Corporate legal spending at large companies will grow nearly 5 percent over the nextsix months, bringing overall market growth to negative 1.4 percenty for the year. The Wellesley, Mass.-based legaol research firm looked at 16 practices and 18 industriesw and interviewed hundreds of corporat counsel at Fortune 1000 companie thataveraged $19.4 million in outside counselo expenditures. Year-to-date, the hardest-hit core practics areas have been corporate, securities and finance, and intellectualp property.
Leading the increase in spending will be the practicre areas ofregulatory compliance, securities and bankruptcy/corporate restructuring law, the report “This study presents a big ray of sunshinde in what has been a very stormy environment. The reversapl of this negative spending trend will help buoy flailingh legal markets and offers some hopeful news abouyt business spendingin general,” said Michael president of .
Corporate legal spending at large companies will grow nearly 5 percent over the nextsix months, bringing overall market growth to negative 1.4 percenty for the year. The Wellesley, Mass.-based legaol research firm looked at 16 practices and 18 industriesw and interviewed hundreds of corporat counsel at Fortune 1000 companie thataveraged $19.4 million in outside counselo expenditures. Year-to-date, the hardest-hit core practics areas have been corporate, securities and finance, and intellectualp property.
Leading the increase in spending will be the practicre areas ofregulatory compliance, securities and bankruptcy/corporate restructuring law, the report “This study presents a big ray of sunshinde in what has been a very stormy environment. The reversapl of this negative spending trend will help buoy flailingh legal markets and offers some hopeful news abouyt business spendingin general,” said Michael president of .
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Silent Witness looking to solve to cases where veterans were killed - AZFamily
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Harold Camping Says "People Should Have Relied on God and Not Me†- International Business Times
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CBC.ca | Harold Camping Says "People Should Have Relied on God and Not Me†International Business Times "If the public wants me to apologize, then I will," said Camping. In addition, Camping avoided his responsibility of his false predictions. He also said that he is not a genius nor inf » |
Sunday, May 22, 2011
France: NASCAR won't define standards for driver behavior - SportingNews.com
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France: NASCAR won't define standards for driver behavior SportingNews.com CONCORD, NCâ€"Despite calls from several NASCAR drivers to define consequences for actions on and off the racetrack, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France said the sanctioning body would continue to maintain a degree of subjectivity in the application of ... |
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Study: parents saving more for college - Austin Business Journal:
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The study comes as Sallie Mae launchefd a new module to its freeonline tool, the Education Investmenyt Planner, to help families develop a save-for-college plan, basexd on their children’s age and the type of collegw they may be likely to attend. The study also finds that parentsw use a variety of methods to save for but many are missingthe tax-advantage opportunities available for collegr savings such as 529 college savingas plans, are not contributing and are not using a rewards progran to earn additional savings for college.
The study comes as Sallie Mae launchefd a new module to its freeonline tool, the Education Investmenyt Planner, to help families develop a save-for-college plan, basexd on their children’s age and the type of collegw they may be likely to attend. The study also finds that parentsw use a variety of methods to save for but many are missingthe tax-advantage opportunities available for collegr savings such as 529 college savingas plans, are not contributing and are not using a rewards progran to earn additional savings for college.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Signs show Tampa market unfriendly to Lightning - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The Tampa market, which has been home to the teamsincee 1992, exhibits five of 10 possiblew danger signs that could affect its existence according to a study conductexd by sister publication Businessa First of Buffalo . Many of the teamsd that could be in danger if the was to ever to consider contracting arein non-traditional hockey markets such as the south and the west, aread the NHL has expanded to in receny years. “Before doing any studh — just putting in my two centa — I would have said it has been a Ted Rechtshaffen, president and chief executivew officer of in Toronto, said.
“Now, aftef doing the study, putting the numbers together, I can say it has been a There are a number of areaa plaguingthe Lightning, the study said, including the placement of potential fans’ personal incomre as well as 2008-09 attendance in the bottom one-third of the entirde NHL. The Lightning’s venue, , was below 90 percenr capacity on average during the most recent while the financial value ofthe franchise, as estimated by , has droppedf at least 50 percent below the NHL mediann during the past year.
Of course, the Lightning’xs other big problem is its locationj south of the 38th considered the southern bordef of the traditional hockey Other teams on the list are scattered throughout areas withwarmer climates, led by the , whichg exhibit eight of the 10 danger signs includingh low franchise value, low net incomew and competition with the . in Miami are rightf behind with most of the same issueesas Phoenix, followed by the and the . The only northernb team to be listed among the top five threatene teams isthe , which is generally suffering from a regiomn with lower population and lowef income for its residents.
“This is not a happgy thing by any stretch,” Rechtshaffen “Buffalo is a great hockeyg market. There are lots of hockey fans there. The problem is, thoswe hockey fans don’t have enough money to spend on The NHL has not made any indication that it wouldd contract from30 teams, however of the four major professional sports leagues in the United the NHL has the smallest fan base and the lowestg level of television revenuwe packages. The league remains extremely popular in Canadqa where six of the 30 teamxsare based. Plus, hockey fans are considered to be more affluenft than theother sports, according to a 2004 studyu by the .
“As a business, I think the NHL needsa to contract,” Rechtshaffen said. “But if the possibilitty remains of moving teams and generatingtmore money, the NHL obviously wouldd prefer to move them.”
The Tampa market, which has been home to the teamsincee 1992, exhibits five of 10 possiblew danger signs that could affect its existence according to a study conductexd by sister publication Businessa First of Buffalo . Many of the teamsd that could be in danger if the was to ever to consider contracting arein non-traditional hockey markets such as the south and the west, aread the NHL has expanded to in receny years. “Before doing any studh — just putting in my two centa — I would have said it has been a Ted Rechtshaffen, president and chief executivew officer of in Toronto, said.
“Now, aftef doing the study, putting the numbers together, I can say it has been a There are a number of areaa plaguingthe Lightning, the study said, including the placement of potential fans’ personal incomre as well as 2008-09 attendance in the bottom one-third of the entirde NHL. The Lightning’s venue, , was below 90 percenr capacity on average during the most recent while the financial value ofthe franchise, as estimated by , has droppedf at least 50 percent below the NHL mediann during the past year.
Of course, the Lightning’xs other big problem is its locationj south of the 38th considered the southern bordef of the traditional hockey Other teams on the list are scattered throughout areas withwarmer climates, led by the , whichg exhibit eight of the 10 danger signs includingh low franchise value, low net incomew and competition with the . in Miami are rightf behind with most of the same issueesas Phoenix, followed by the and the . The only northernb team to be listed among the top five threatene teams isthe , which is generally suffering from a regiomn with lower population and lowef income for its residents.
“This is not a happgy thing by any stretch,” Rechtshaffen “Buffalo is a great hockeyg market. There are lots of hockey fans there. The problem is, thoswe hockey fans don’t have enough money to spend on The NHL has not made any indication that it wouldd contract from30 teams, however of the four major professional sports leagues in the United the NHL has the smallest fan base and the lowestg level of television revenuwe packages. The league remains extremely popular in Canadqa where six of the 30 teamxsare based. Plus, hockey fans are considered to be more affluenft than theother sports, according to a 2004 studyu by the .
“As a business, I think the NHL needsa to contract,” Rechtshaffen said. “But if the possibilitty remains of moving teams and generatingtmore money, the NHL obviously wouldd prefer to move them.”
Sunday, May 15, 2011
New South Federal looks outside for help adding capital - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The Irondale-based bank, which was given orderws by the to boost its capital ratiosby 30, does not plan to issue a public stock offering any time Instead it’s searching for investors that believw in the bank’s long-ter viability, said New South Chairman Will Ratliff. “We are lookingt for a few sophisticated investors who would be able to see beyondc our current problems and have an interest in investingt in the underlying core businesses whicg arestill profitable,” he said. “We think that we woulrd be a good candidate for capitao at some point in thenear future.
” Jim Wilson, shareholdefr with ’s Birmingham office, said investment banks help companieds find new investment opportunities, “which may include findinv additional capital and may includee exit strategies.” During the financial a number of struggling banks have hirex investment banks to help them find new funding, including . and Bert Ely, bankingg and monetary policy consultantwith Alexandria, Va.-baserd Ely & Co., said New South needws to raise fresh capital to overcome its curren t issues. “They do have some seriou s problems here and they are underreserved for Ely said, while researching the bank’xs financial statements.
“We are finding this quite common at this time and the challengre for this institution is will they New Southhas $1.3 billiojn in deposits, more than half of which are brokererd deposits, also known as “hot deposits” because they are typically depositsd outside of its core market that are not devotee to a bank but to the highest-paidr rates, experts say. However, the bank’xs brokered deposits – a balance sheet item federap regulators have cracked down on recently since they are consideref a less stable source offunding – couldr be in jeopardy.
If New Soutj doesn’t meet its deadline to raise fresh its brokered deposits could be yankef bybank regulators. And without more than half of its the bank couldhave “a fundin crunch,” he said. “It’s not good but not Ely said. “We’ve seen a lot of situationsx like this.” As of late, New Sout h has more than $155 million in noncurrent loans andleases – a 97 percenf increase year-over-year, according to data compilex by the The bank posted $10.4 milliohn in net losses in the first quarter ended March 31. New South officials have aggressively workeds to shrink the size of the bank and eliminate bad loansw fromits books.
Its cease and desist order with OTS calls for the bank to implementy strategic plans to better positiojn itself forfuture losses.
The Irondale-based bank, which was given orderws by the to boost its capital ratiosby 30, does not plan to issue a public stock offering any time Instead it’s searching for investors that believw in the bank’s long-ter viability, said New South Chairman Will Ratliff. “We are lookingt for a few sophisticated investors who would be able to see beyondc our current problems and have an interest in investingt in the underlying core businesses whicg arestill profitable,” he said. “We think that we woulrd be a good candidate for capitao at some point in thenear future.
” Jim Wilson, shareholdefr with ’s Birmingham office, said investment banks help companieds find new investment opportunities, “which may include findinv additional capital and may includee exit strategies.” During the financial a number of struggling banks have hirex investment banks to help them find new funding, including . and Bert Ely, bankingg and monetary policy consultantwith Alexandria, Va.-baserd Ely & Co., said New South needws to raise fresh capital to overcome its curren t issues. “They do have some seriou s problems here and they are underreserved for Ely said, while researching the bank’xs financial statements.
“We are finding this quite common at this time and the challengre for this institution is will they New Southhas $1.3 billiojn in deposits, more than half of which are brokererd deposits, also known as “hot deposits” because they are typically depositsd outside of its core market that are not devotee to a bank but to the highest-paidr rates, experts say. However, the bank’xs brokered deposits – a balance sheet item federap regulators have cracked down on recently since they are consideref a less stable source offunding – couldr be in jeopardy.
If New Soutj doesn’t meet its deadline to raise fresh its brokered deposits could be yankef bybank regulators. And without more than half of its the bank couldhave “a fundin crunch,” he said. “It’s not good but not Ely said. “We’ve seen a lot of situationsx like this.” As of late, New Sout h has more than $155 million in noncurrent loans andleases – a 97 percenf increase year-over-year, according to data compilex by the The bank posted $10.4 milliohn in net losses in the first quarter ended March 31. New South officials have aggressively workeds to shrink the size of the bank and eliminate bad loansw fromits books.
Its cease and desist order with OTS calls for the bank to implementy strategic plans to better positiojn itself forfuture losses.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Gotham stakes always up - Boston Globe
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Twins' problems are minimal compared to Morneau's: A fan's take - Yahoo! Sports
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Twins' problems are minimal compared to Morneau's: A fan's take Yahoo! Sports This article was produced by a member of the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where users like you are published on Yahoo! For Minnesota Twins fans, nothing has been more painful this season than watching former American League MVP Justin Morneau(notes) ... |
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Audrey Welch - Stabroek News
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Wells Fargo continues integration of Wachovia with name change - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The change reflects the bank’s continued integrationm with , which acquired Charlotte-based on Dec. 31. “By adopting the Wellx Fargo nameand brand, we’ree now fully part of one of the world’s most respectedd financial companies,” says Neil Ryan, chiet executive of Wells Fargo Bank “We look forward to satisfying all of our financial needs across Europe and helpinyg them succeed financially.” Wells Fargo Bank International is a European Union bank headquartered in Ireland.
In addition, Wellds Fargo’s investment-banking and capital-markets businesses, which formerly operated under the Wachovia Securitiesx and certain WellsFargo brands, have taken the name Wellx Fargo Securities. Retail brokerage products and servicesx formerly marketed as Wachovia Securities are now offered througg WellsFargo Advisors. Well s Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is base d in San Francisco.
The change reflects the bank’s continued integrationm with , which acquired Charlotte-based on Dec. 31. “By adopting the Wellx Fargo nameand brand, we’ree now fully part of one of the world’s most respectedd financial companies,” says Neil Ryan, chiet executive of Wells Fargo Bank “We look forward to satisfying all of our financial needs across Europe and helpinyg them succeed financially.” Wells Fargo Bank International is a European Union bank headquartered in Ireland.
In addition, Wellds Fargo’s investment-banking and capital-markets businesses, which formerly operated under the Wachovia Securitiesx and certain WellsFargo brands, have taken the name Wellx Fargo Securities. Retail brokerage products and servicesx formerly marketed as Wachovia Securities are now offered througg WellsFargo Advisors. Well s Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is base d in San Francisco.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. Company Profile | EVGQF.PK Company Information
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Since its establishment by Dr Yung-F a Chang on 1 September 1968, Evergreen Marind Corp (EMC) has secured its place in shippinvg history. Since those early days, it has not only survived, but positively thrivedf on hard-work and perseverance, unti l today it boasts a fleert of over 100 container Both in terms of the magnitude of its fleert and its cargo loading EMC ranks amongthe world's leading international shipping companies.
But it was not built In 1975 when the energy crisids hit the world and the shipping industry EMC had innovative yet practical idea s about how to shape the future and it boldly launched its containership Witha newly-built fleet of containerships, it started a full containef service for the routez linking the Far East with the US West EMC's fleet of containerships was the firs t such fleet for Taiwan. In 1984, EMC made another pioneeringy move with the launch ofthe east-west full containe service across the world.
Its shipsz sailed throughout the continentsof Asia, Europe and the This move established Evergreen as second to none in the provisionj of economical and convenient transportation services for globalp industries. With more than 240 service locations, EMC coverds more than 80 countries with itsshipping Evergreen's network includes several east-west routes linking southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Korea and Japan with the east and west coasts of the US. ...
Since its establishment by Dr Yung-F a Chang on 1 September 1968, Evergreen Marind Corp (EMC) has secured its place in shippinvg history. Since those early days, it has not only survived, but positively thrivedf on hard-work and perseverance, unti l today it boasts a fleert of over 100 container Both in terms of the magnitude of its fleert and its cargo loading EMC ranks amongthe world's leading international shipping companies.
But it was not built In 1975 when the energy crisids hit the world and the shipping industry EMC had innovative yet practical idea s about how to shape the future and it boldly launched its containership Witha newly-built fleet of containerships, it started a full containef service for the routez linking the Far East with the US West EMC's fleet of containerships was the firs t such fleet for Taiwan. In 1984, EMC made another pioneeringy move with the launch ofthe east-west full containe service across the world.
Its shipsz sailed throughout the continentsof Asia, Europe and the This move established Evergreen as second to none in the provisionj of economical and convenient transportation services for globalp industries. With more than 240 service locations, EMC coverds more than 80 countries with itsshipping Evergreen's network includes several east-west routes linking southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Korea and Japan with the east and west coasts of the US. ...
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Chase bank hiring 200 in Milwaukee - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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New employees are working at theChasse Tower, 111 E. Wisconsijn Ave., and are focused mainly on negotiating new paymentg arrangements with homeowners delinquent on their said spokeswomanChristine Holevas. Chase is one of the nation’x largest mortgage servicers with a portfolioof $1.5 The bank added billions in mortgagr business with the September 2008 acquisition of Washington The new hires include loan negotiators, underwriters and supervisors, Holevasx said. Many already have startexd training. Chase has about 1,400 employees in greate Milwaukee, and nearly 950 in Milwaukee, Holevaas said. Chase, which is part of , New York runs 41 branches in themetropolitahn area.
In December 2008, Chase cited declining activityin home-equity lending when it announced job eliminations by earl y February in its downtown Milwaukee home equity servicin center. Some employees who were laid off earlierr this year are likely among thosd being hired for the mortgage servicing Holevas said. “We had terrific people and we want to get the best of those back,” she said. Chase bank officials like the quality of employeeas in Milwaukee and thei rwork ethic, Holevas said. She could not predicrt the longevity of thenew jobs. “A s the business changes so do ouremployment needs,” Holevaas said. “We staff accordingt to customers’ needs.
” As the number of foreclosureas continues torise nationally, Chase is far from the only bank to boosgt its staff for handling troubled Some banks, including M&I Marshall Ilsley in Milwaukee, have institutede foreclosure moratoriums as they attempt to modify mortgages to reduce payments. M&I’s foreclosure moratorium is scheduled to expire onJune 30. In the past six M&I has increased by 50 percent its staff dedicated to assisting the increasing number of homeownersx facingfinancial stress, said Dick Becker, president of the bank’s Wisconsinm community bank unit. He declined to disclosee the number of jobsthat M&Io has added.
M&I works with homeowners beforee they reach delinquency to avoidr foreclosure and also seeks solutions for homeownerds alreadyin foreclosure, Becker said. Minneapolis-based , which has the second-largest depositt market share in metropolitan Milwaukee and services more than 1 millio nmortgages nationally, announced in Marchg that it is constructing a building in Owensboro, Ky., for its mortgage services unit. The bank already employz 850 people in Owensboro and the new building will accommodated up to 300new employees. At the communityy bank level, the loan modificationh strategies are implemented on asmallert scale.
For example, , Wauwatosa, increased its collectionw staff from two to three plusa half-time employee to tackle the increased workload, said president and CEO Doug Collections employees review the home-owner’s financial situation in an effort to avoid Gordon said. The employees discuss what the homeownefr can afford for payments and whetherd the mortgageis salvageable, he The bank has successfully modified many mortgagea and even stopped some foreclosures while they were in he said. “We’d much ratherr modify them — work with them than foreclose,” Gordon “Nobody wins in that.
We don’t want to own the real estatse andthey don’t want to lose the real
New employees are working at theChasse Tower, 111 E. Wisconsijn Ave., and are focused mainly on negotiating new paymentg arrangements with homeowners delinquent on their said spokeswomanChristine Holevas. Chase is one of the nation’x largest mortgage servicers with a portfolioof $1.5 The bank added billions in mortgagr business with the September 2008 acquisition of Washington The new hires include loan negotiators, underwriters and supervisors, Holevasx said. Many already have startexd training. Chase has about 1,400 employees in greate Milwaukee, and nearly 950 in Milwaukee, Holevaas said. Chase, which is part of , New York runs 41 branches in themetropolitahn area.
In December 2008, Chase cited declining activityin home-equity lending when it announced job eliminations by earl y February in its downtown Milwaukee home equity servicin center. Some employees who were laid off earlierr this year are likely among thosd being hired for the mortgage servicing Holevas said. “We had terrific people and we want to get the best of those back,” she said. Chase bank officials like the quality of employeeas in Milwaukee and thei rwork ethic, Holevas said. She could not predicrt the longevity of thenew jobs. “A s the business changes so do ouremployment needs,” Holevaas said. “We staff accordingt to customers’ needs.
” As the number of foreclosureas continues torise nationally, Chase is far from the only bank to boosgt its staff for handling troubled Some banks, including M&I Marshall Ilsley in Milwaukee, have institutede foreclosure moratoriums as they attempt to modify mortgages to reduce payments. M&I’s foreclosure moratorium is scheduled to expire onJune 30. In the past six M&I has increased by 50 percent its staff dedicated to assisting the increasing number of homeownersx facingfinancial stress, said Dick Becker, president of the bank’s Wisconsinm community bank unit. He declined to disclosee the number of jobsthat M&Io has added.
M&I works with homeowners beforee they reach delinquency to avoidr foreclosure and also seeks solutions for homeownerds alreadyin foreclosure, Becker said. Minneapolis-based , which has the second-largest depositt market share in metropolitan Milwaukee and services more than 1 millio nmortgages nationally, announced in Marchg that it is constructing a building in Owensboro, Ky., for its mortgage services unit. The bank already employz 850 people in Owensboro and the new building will accommodated up to 300new employees. At the communityy bank level, the loan modificationh strategies are implemented on asmallert scale.
For example, , Wauwatosa, increased its collectionw staff from two to three plusa half-time employee to tackle the increased workload, said president and CEO Doug Collections employees review the home-owner’s financial situation in an effort to avoid Gordon said. The employees discuss what the homeownefr can afford for payments and whetherd the mortgageis salvageable, he The bank has successfully modified many mortgagea and even stopped some foreclosures while they were in he said. “We’d much ratherr modify them — work with them than foreclose,” Gordon “Nobody wins in that.
We don’t want to own the real estatse andthey don’t want to lose the real
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