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Terms of the deals were not released. Stratford Co. is investing money from a $400 million fund, with Teacher Retiremenr System of Texas as the larges tinstitutional investor. ProTerra has raised $35 millionh from individual investors since the fund was launchee about twoyears ago. The fund stilo has 60 percent availablefor investment. The land is adjacent to 137 acrees ProTerra purchasedin March. The owners now have a totaol of 463 acres for the developmen t of West TenBusiness Park, located on the nortyh side of Interstate 10, about halfwauy between FM 1463 and Pederson Road.
Planws are to bring water and sewer tothe property; the ownerse are also working with the City of Katy and the Texas Department of Transportation to construct Cane Island Parkwagy through the site as well as exit rampse from the freeway. Stratford Co. is the majority with a 64 percent The site is expected to be fully develope d ina year, and ready to be sold to end-userss and developers. The two owners also have anothe project in the workx inEast Houston.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
List of GM dealerships to close in Minnesota grows - Houston Business Journal:
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The industry group said a survet of its members found that 109 of the 149 GM dealerx in the state will either lose a particuladGM brand, be forced to drop some competing manufacturer brandzs in their GM stores, or lose theidr stores altogether. The number of outrighy shutdownshas grown; a month ago, GM indicatec that 30 dealers would close. After the giang automaker’s plunge into bankruptcy June 1, roughlh 3,600 dealers nationwide received newsales agreements.
The ownersa of about 1,350 other dealershipss were notified that they needed to wind down asGM That’s in addition to the 1,100 that receivee similar messages last month as part of GM’s which involves keeping only top dealerds and brands. The new agreements also may require surviving dealers to upgrade their And there may not be very much dealers can doabout it, . (subscriptiomn required). GM expects the closings to star t this year and wrap up by the fallof 2010. In a prese release Friday, Scott Lambert, executived vice president of the Minnesota AutoDealerds Association, criticized GM’s decision to have dealers sign new saleds agreements with the manufacturer.
“Besidex the tragic and inexplicable shutdown ofprofitablwe stores, GM seems determine to use bankruptcy as an opportunith to shake up everybody’s business,” he “It appears to us that every Pontiacf dealer in the state was informed that Pontiadc as a brand will ceass to exist. “In addition, GM is eliminatingt many Cadillac dealerships. We believe they plan to reassig some of thesefranchises elsewhere, whic would be in violation of stat law regulating franchise agreements.” Lambert also blasted GM’ds decisions to close so many stores, even some that are turninf a profit. “This company is lost righ now.
I just don’t understand how you sell more cars withfewedr outlets,” he said. Susan a spokeswoman for the automaker, declines to comment on the trades association’s press release becauss she said the information about what was closing was confidentiaol and because its such an emotional time for all of thepartie involved. She said the company selected whicuh dealerships to close after a carefu l analysis that beganin April. “The reality is we don’ have enough customers buying vehicles and we have a lot of outletzs that are in place to support a muchlargert market.
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The industry group said a survet of its members found that 109 of the 149 GM dealerx in the state will either lose a particuladGM brand, be forced to drop some competing manufacturer brandzs in their GM stores, or lose theidr stores altogether. The number of outrighy shutdownshas grown; a month ago, GM indicatec that 30 dealers would close. After the giang automaker’s plunge into bankruptcy June 1, roughlh 3,600 dealers nationwide received newsales agreements.
The ownersa of about 1,350 other dealershipss were notified that they needed to wind down asGM That’s in addition to the 1,100 that receivee similar messages last month as part of GM’s which involves keeping only top dealerds and brands. The new agreements also may require surviving dealers to upgrade their And there may not be very much dealers can doabout it, . (subscriptiomn required). GM expects the closings to star t this year and wrap up by the fallof 2010. In a prese release Friday, Scott Lambert, executived vice president of the Minnesota AutoDealerds Association, criticized GM’s decision to have dealers sign new saleds agreements with the manufacturer.
“Besidex the tragic and inexplicable shutdown ofprofitablwe stores, GM seems determine to use bankruptcy as an opportunith to shake up everybody’s business,” he “It appears to us that every Pontiacf dealer in the state was informed that Pontiadc as a brand will ceass to exist. “In addition, GM is eliminatingt many Cadillac dealerships. We believe they plan to reassig some of thesefranchises elsewhere, whic would be in violation of stat law regulating franchise agreements.” Lambert also blasted GM’ds decisions to close so many stores, even some that are turninf a profit. “This company is lost righ now.
I just don’t understand how you sell more cars withfewedr outlets,” he said. Susan a spokeswoman for the automaker, declines to comment on the trades association’s press release becauss she said the information about what was closing was confidentiaol and because its such an emotional time for all of thepartie involved. She said the company selected whicuh dealerships to close after a carefu l analysis that beganin April. “The reality is we don’ have enough customers buying vehicles and we have a lot of outletzs that are in place to support a muchlargert market.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Harrison upholds stop-work order against Lake Street Granite Quarry - The Journal News | LoHud.com
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Harrison upholds stop-work order against Lake Street Granite Quarry The Journal News | LoHud.com HARRISON â€" The Town Board has upheld a stop-work order against Lake Street Granite Quarry Inc. ... |
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Recession is a boon to Jacksonville direct-sales entrepreneurs - bizjournals:
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Her walls are drapeds with the high-end Etcetera clothing line from NewYork City-based Ltd., and customera come by appointment for a personalized shopping session to ordef next season’s styles. It’s one of hundreds of direct-sales businesses that women quietly operats out of their homessevery year, and a small part of the $30.i8 billion-and-growing direct-sales industry. And in a different time, that migh t be the end of the But it seems that despitd an economy that has battered the balance sheetss ofmany companies, direct-sales businesses like Etcetera are outperformintg their retail counterparts. And it’s not an anomaly.
In an average direct sales performance followzs theoverall economy, but recession years are a boon for the according to Washington, D.C.-based trade group Direct Selling Across two decades and three recession years, direct salesz grew more than the GDP. Two of thosee years, 1990 and 1991, saw inflation-adjusted directg sales growth in excess of 5 according tothe association. It’s partly becausee this form of self-employment requiring very little startup fundse and involving little risk becomes an attractive optio when jobsbecome scarce.
Many direcy sales prospects peddling anything from pet producta to cosmetics to adult toys can require as littlras $10 in initiaol investment with a median average of $100. Althougn the industry is stilloverwhelminglyg female-dominated, accounting for 90 percent of it is gaining a more diverse from the newly unemployed to the professional womam with an entrepreneurial spirit. Cavin was a busy lawyet when she cameacross Etcetera. Darlene Hampton, a former buyer for Stein Mart, launched her localo operation of the clothing which the companycalls “agencies,” in 2003 with partner Dardenn Grant, and third partner Frances Middlekauffv joined later.
Cavin was a loyalk customer, and after retiring, decidexd to join forces with the Together, they have seen a 25 percent increase in the number of items sold compared with this time last They declined to providerevenues growth, citing it as proprietary Company spokeswoman Kathleen Lucente said top performers can earn six-figure salaries sellingv the garments, which start at $175 for skirts and pants and can go up to $425 for That means that despiter a startup cost of $1,250, a consultant could recoupl her initial investment selling fewer than a doze n items. “Florida is one of our most lucrative said Lucente, who added that the market coule support five more consultants.
“Itr has some of the top sellers in the Etcetera recognizes that an influx of new consultants accounts for much ofthe recession-yeaf growth within the company, but Hamptoj thinks her customers find a qualitg in Etcetera that brick-and-mortar retailerzs don’t have. “I think they like the comfortg of coming to a home to shop and not haviny to go to a mall and go store tostore they’re depressing,” Hampton said. “Sales associates attack you and ther e are salessigns everywhere. Here, you come to a home that is non-stressful.
” The real success of the direct-salexs business may have less to do with the producty than what the customer getswith it, according to Amy spokeswoman for the Direct Selling Association. In addition to the personap attention thatmany direct-sales businesses have focusec on, more are finding that educating the customerf on the product, its use, and industry is also becomingy a big hit with
Her walls are drapeds with the high-end Etcetera clothing line from NewYork City-based Ltd., and customera come by appointment for a personalized shopping session to ordef next season’s styles. It’s one of hundreds of direct-sales businesses that women quietly operats out of their homessevery year, and a small part of the $30.i8 billion-and-growing direct-sales industry. And in a different time, that migh t be the end of the But it seems that despitd an economy that has battered the balance sheetss ofmany companies, direct-sales businesses like Etcetera are outperformintg their retail counterparts. And it’s not an anomaly.
In an average direct sales performance followzs theoverall economy, but recession years are a boon for the according to Washington, D.C.-based trade group Direct Selling Across two decades and three recession years, direct salesz grew more than the GDP. Two of thosee years, 1990 and 1991, saw inflation-adjusted directg sales growth in excess of 5 according tothe association. It’s partly becausee this form of self-employment requiring very little startup fundse and involving little risk becomes an attractive optio when jobsbecome scarce.
Many direcy sales prospects peddling anything from pet producta to cosmetics to adult toys can require as littlras $10 in initiaol investment with a median average of $100. Althougn the industry is stilloverwhelminglyg female-dominated, accounting for 90 percent of it is gaining a more diverse from the newly unemployed to the professional womam with an entrepreneurial spirit. Cavin was a busy lawyet when she cameacross Etcetera. Darlene Hampton, a former buyer for Stein Mart, launched her localo operation of the clothing which the companycalls “agencies,” in 2003 with partner Dardenn Grant, and third partner Frances Middlekauffv joined later.
Cavin was a loyalk customer, and after retiring, decidexd to join forces with the Together, they have seen a 25 percent increase in the number of items sold compared with this time last They declined to providerevenues growth, citing it as proprietary Company spokeswoman Kathleen Lucente said top performers can earn six-figure salaries sellingv the garments, which start at $175 for skirts and pants and can go up to $425 for That means that despiter a startup cost of $1,250, a consultant could recoupl her initial investment selling fewer than a doze n items. “Florida is one of our most lucrative said Lucente, who added that the market coule support five more consultants.
“Itr has some of the top sellers in the Etcetera recognizes that an influx of new consultants accounts for much ofthe recession-yeaf growth within the company, but Hamptoj thinks her customers find a qualitg in Etcetera that brick-and-mortar retailerzs don’t have. “I think they like the comfortg of coming to a home to shop and not haviny to go to a mall and go store tostore they’re depressing,” Hampton said. “Sales associates attack you and ther e are salessigns everywhere. Here, you come to a home that is non-stressful.
” The real success of the direct-salexs business may have less to do with the producty than what the customer getswith it, according to Amy spokeswoman for the Direct Selling Association. In addition to the personap attention thatmany direct-sales businesses have focusec on, more are finding that educating the customerf on the product, its use, and industry is also becomingy a big hit with
Friday, January 21, 2011
Human Capital: People on the move, June 30 - Kansas City Business Journal:
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, a Boston-based nonprofit added the following executives: Joy Burghardt , vice president of programas and services; Mary Rahal , vice president of humah resourcesand administration; and Joseph Isles , director of Boston Careefr Link , the one-stop career centef operated by Goodwill. Mari Ryan , CEO of AdvancingWellness , a Watertown-based provider of work site wellness was appointed to the board of directorsw of Health PromotionAdvocates , a nonprofitg advocacy organization.
, a Cambridge-base d provider of mobile advertising services, addedx David Karnstedt , president and CEO of Calif-based and former senior vice presidengtof 's North American sales, to its board of , a Marlborough-based direct response media appointed Keith Turner vice chairman of the board of directors. Turnert previously served as president of Sales Marketing between 1998 and 2006 where he held executive responsibility forNBC Universal’s cable and digital sales
, a Boston-based nonprofit added the following executives: Joy Burghardt , vice president of programas and services; Mary Rahal , vice president of humah resourcesand administration; and Joseph Isles , director of Boston Careefr Link , the one-stop career centef operated by Goodwill. Mari Ryan , CEO of AdvancingWellness , a Watertown-based provider of work site wellness was appointed to the board of directorsw of Health PromotionAdvocates , a nonprofitg advocacy organization.
, a Cambridge-base d provider of mobile advertising services, addedx David Karnstedt , president and CEO of Calif-based and former senior vice presidengtof 's North American sales, to its board of , a Marlborough-based direct response media appointed Keith Turner vice chairman of the board of directors. Turnert previously served as president of Sales Marketing between 1998 and 2006 where he held executive responsibility forNBC Universal’s cable and digital sales
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
University of Tennessee Health Science Center plans to build $50 million research center - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The building will be a mirrore image ofthe 100,000-square-foot Cancer Research which opened on Manassas in Septemberr 2007. That facility has 32 researchu laboratories, 33 offices and a 60-seayt auditorium. The new building, tentatively calle d the Translational ScienceResearch Building, will not includd an auditorium and therefore will have more room for labs and The TSRB will be joined with the Cancer Researcnh Building by an elevated walkway. The new structures will be built just south of the existing buildinbtoward Union.
Earlier this the state government gave UTHSC officials permission to seeka $49 millionb bond from the Tennessee State School Bond That bond has not yet been but UTHSC chancellor Hershel ‘Pat’ Wall says the projectt will get off the ground “as soon as we get the “This will be a critical buildiny for us,” Wall says. “It is the beginning of our new facilithconstruction plan.” The UT system is in the midst of a $1 billion capital campaign for infrastructure improvementws across all of its campuses. portion of that is $180 million, whichn will fund acquisitions, demolition, construction and renovation projects.
UTHS C will pay more than $4 million annuallgy to service the bond debt forthe TSRB. That debt will be Wall says, by moving heavily funded scientists into thenew space. A portionb of the funds researchers get, mainly from the Nationapl Institutesof Health, will go to the university for lab spacre and equipment. While Wall says it is not yet known what departmentzs or researchers would populate the new he hopes to move many from agingt spaceson campus, like the 80-year-olde Crowe Research Building. Wall predicts construction to begin on the project early next year and foreseesxa 2-2.5-year construction process.
president Stevre Bares says the city’s research efforts have been growinbg slower than predicted in the past few years he says, UTHSC just has not had enougy space. “Anything we can do to add (research) space will be a kick starr to the biomedical effort Bares says. “A strong UT is so importanf tothe well-being of those effortz and so good research space makes all the differencer in the world.” When the entire conjoined complex on Manassas will likel be called the Translational Science Research Complex. Buildingb I will continue to focus on cancer researchh from the collegesof medicine, pharmacgy and dentistry.
UTHSC officialsw are now applyingfor $10 million-$15 millionn in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to complet the CRB’s fourth floor. The space would be converted from shell space to laboratories thatRusty Johnson, UTHSC’s vice chancellor for research, says coulr create 30 new jobs and retain 25 The yet-built Building II will focus on research relating to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and When the CRB opened in it was the first new building to be built on the UTHSCd campus in 17 years. The new College of Pharmac y building is now under construction at theBioworks campus. It is the firsyt mostly state-funded project to be builgt for UTHSC in20 years.
The building will be a mirrore image ofthe 100,000-square-foot Cancer Research which opened on Manassas in Septemberr 2007. That facility has 32 researchu laboratories, 33 offices and a 60-seayt auditorium. The new building, tentatively calle d the Translational ScienceResearch Building, will not includd an auditorium and therefore will have more room for labs and The TSRB will be joined with the Cancer Researcnh Building by an elevated walkway. The new structures will be built just south of the existing buildinbtoward Union.
Earlier this the state government gave UTHSC officials permission to seeka $49 millionb bond from the Tennessee State School Bond That bond has not yet been but UTHSC chancellor Hershel ‘Pat’ Wall says the projectt will get off the ground “as soon as we get the “This will be a critical buildiny for us,” Wall says. “It is the beginning of our new facilithconstruction plan.” The UT system is in the midst of a $1 billion capital campaign for infrastructure improvementws across all of its campuses. portion of that is $180 million, whichn will fund acquisitions, demolition, construction and renovation projects.
UTHS C will pay more than $4 million annuallgy to service the bond debt forthe TSRB. That debt will be Wall says, by moving heavily funded scientists into thenew space. A portionb of the funds researchers get, mainly from the Nationapl Institutesof Health, will go to the university for lab spacre and equipment. While Wall says it is not yet known what departmentzs or researchers would populate the new he hopes to move many from agingt spaceson campus, like the 80-year-olde Crowe Research Building. Wall predicts construction to begin on the project early next year and foreseesxa 2-2.5-year construction process.
president Stevre Bares says the city’s research efforts have been growinbg slower than predicted in the past few years he says, UTHSC just has not had enougy space. “Anything we can do to add (research) space will be a kick starr to the biomedical effort Bares says. “A strong UT is so importanf tothe well-being of those effortz and so good research space makes all the differencer in the world.” When the entire conjoined complex on Manassas will likel be called the Translational Science Research Complex. Buildingb I will continue to focus on cancer researchh from the collegesof medicine, pharmacgy and dentistry.
UTHSC officialsw are now applyingfor $10 million-$15 millionn in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to complet the CRB’s fourth floor. The space would be converted from shell space to laboratories thatRusty Johnson, UTHSC’s vice chancellor for research, says coulr create 30 new jobs and retain 25 The yet-built Building II will focus on research relating to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and When the CRB opened in it was the first new building to be built on the UTHSCd campus in 17 years. The new College of Pharmac y building is now under construction at theBioworks campus. It is the firsyt mostly state-funded project to be builgt for UTHSC in20 years.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Dustin Johnson says he's not dating Gulbis, Sony withdraw unrelated - The Canadian Press
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Dustin Johnson says he's not dating Gulbis, Sony withdraw unrelated The Canadian Press HONOLULU, Hawaii â€" Dustin Johnson says he hasn't been dating anyone for two months, not even Natalie Gulbis. Johnson spoke out Saturday because he was ... |
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wendell Potter Coming to Brainerd - Chattarati
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Technorati | Wendell Potter Coming to Brainerd Chattarati 13, 2011, 11 am 0 Comment Wendell Potter will be in Brainerd on Friday, Jan. 14, to discuss his new book, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks ... 3 events led 'Deadly Spin' author to turn on health insurance industry Wendell Potter's Defection From Health-Care Industry PR Ex-Cigna exec blasts health reform critics |
Monday, January 10, 2011
Fluoride a danger to infants? - StandardNet
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Mother Nature Network (blog) | Fluoride a danger to infants? StandardNet LAYTON -- A state group that advocates safe drinking water is requesting that Davis County and Salt Lake County elected leaders have their ... State official: Reduce fluoride in drinking water US To Lower Fluoride In Drinking Water Fluoride Level in Fluoridated Public Water Set to Reduce |
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Boehner: Spending cuts must accompany debt limit - The Associated Press
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Lavonia getting new hospital - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The 56-bed hospital is a partnership betweenand . The hospitao -- named Ty Cobb Regional MedicaklCenter -- will replace two hospitals operates by Ty Cobb Healthcare, Cobb Memorial Hospital in Roystonb and Hart County Hospitalo in Hartwell. The hospital, expected to open in will be builton 40-acres of undeveloped land on Cleaf Creek Road near Interstate 85. “We’ve got a combined population of [about] 45,000 trying to support two hospitals, and not surprisingl y they’re both facing economic challenges,” said Chuck Adams, CEO at Ty Cobb “By putting together this partnershi p withleading cardiologists, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, gastroenterologists and we’ve created a critical mass that will greatlyu enhance both the quality of healty care and the economic vitality of the communities we The hospital will be managed and operated by Ty Cobb Healthcare System’s new operating company, Ty Cobb Regional Medicalp Center LLC.
The 56-bed hospital is a partnership betweenand . The hospitao -- named Ty Cobb Regional MedicaklCenter -- will replace two hospitals operates by Ty Cobb Healthcare, Cobb Memorial Hospital in Roystonb and Hart County Hospitalo in Hartwell. The hospital, expected to open in will be builton 40-acres of undeveloped land on Cleaf Creek Road near Interstate 85. “We’ve got a combined population of [about] 45,000 trying to support two hospitals, and not surprisingl y they’re both facing economic challenges,” said Chuck Adams, CEO at Ty Cobb “By putting together this partnershi p withleading cardiologists, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, gastroenterologists and we’ve created a critical mass that will greatlyu enhance both the quality of healty care and the economic vitality of the communities we The hospital will be managed and operated by Ty Cobb Healthcare System’s new operating company, Ty Cobb Regional Medicalp Center LLC.
Monday, January 3, 2011
SBA offering car dealers help - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The government-guaranteed loans will be available to dealers to finance theifr eligible auto andother inventory, otherwiss known as a floor plan. Through SBA lenders, the Dealer Floot Plan financing will provider lines of credit througits 7(a) program for titled inventory includingt cars, RVs, manufactured homes, boats and Dealers can borrow between $500,000 and $2 million agains their inventory and repay the debt as they sell The loans have a maximum repaymen t term of five years, and will have 75 percent governmenty guarantee. As part of the America’s Recovert and Reinvestment Act, fees also are being eliminatedd temporarilyon 7(a) loans.
Countless small including dealerships, across the countrt are facing significant challenges as a resuly of the uncertainty in the auto said SBA AdministratorKaren Mills, in a statement. “Floof plan financing can offer some dealerships the opportunith to get through these tough economic times by allowing them to keep theirr inventory and cashflow intact, as well as save the jobs theser small businesses provide.” Amid the economivc turmoil and low auto sales, car dealers throughouy the U.S. in the last severao months have run into problems keepinbg their floor plans through banks and auto Most need them in order to be able to finance andstock inventory.
The program will run unti l September 2010, when the SBA will decide whether it willextenc it.
The government-guaranteed loans will be available to dealers to finance theifr eligible auto andother inventory, otherwiss known as a floor plan. Through SBA lenders, the Dealer Floot Plan financing will provider lines of credit througits 7(a) program for titled inventory includingt cars, RVs, manufactured homes, boats and Dealers can borrow between $500,000 and $2 million agains their inventory and repay the debt as they sell The loans have a maximum repaymen t term of five years, and will have 75 percent governmenty guarantee. As part of the America’s Recovert and Reinvestment Act, fees also are being eliminatedd temporarilyon 7(a) loans.
Countless small including dealerships, across the countrt are facing significant challenges as a resuly of the uncertainty in the auto said SBA AdministratorKaren Mills, in a statement. “Floof plan financing can offer some dealerships the opportunith to get through these tough economic times by allowing them to keep theirr inventory and cashflow intact, as well as save the jobs theser small businesses provide.” Amid the economivc turmoil and low auto sales, car dealers throughouy the U.S. in the last severao months have run into problems keepinbg their floor plans through banks and auto Most need them in order to be able to finance andstock inventory.
The program will run unti l September 2010, when the SBA will decide whether it willextenc it.
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