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One member of La Liga, Real Madrid, has made headlinews recently acquiring two of the biggesgt names in thesport -- Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer recently made waves for beinbg the most expensive transfer in the sport's history. Matches will be show n on both ESPN2 andESPN Deportes, as well as ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com will also have rightsw to Copa del Rey, Spain’s domestic cup "We’re thrilled to work with GolTV to showcase La Liga on ESPN for the firsr time to soccer fans in the U.S.
With the pendinb addition of Cristiano Ronaldoand Kaka, the timingh is great to include this great property to the ESPN Deportesd line-up, as it is the most exciting soccer league in the world today," Lino Garcia, general manager of ESPN said in a statement.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Restaurant industry outlook improves - Boston Business Journal:
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The Association’s Restaurant Performancd Index (RPI) — a monthly compositre index that tracks the healtuh of and outlook forthe U.S. restaurant industry stood at 98.6 in up 0.8 percent from March, its highesty level in 11 months. “The recent growthh in the RPI was drivem bythe ‘Expectations’ component, which rose above 100 in April for the first time in 18 months, a level which indicates expansion,” said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of research and information services for the “Although the RPI’s ‘Current Situation’ indicators are stilkl in a period of contraction, the solid improvement in the forward-lookinb indicators suggests that the end of the industry’x downturn may be in sight.
” The RPI is basede on the responses to the association’s Restauran t Industry Tracking Survey, which is fieldeds monthly among restaurant operators nationwide on a variety of indicators including sales, labor and capital expenditures. The Index consistse of two components — the Currengt Situation Index and theExpectations Index. The Current Situation which measures current trends in four industryuindicators (same-store sales, traffic, labofr and capital expenditures), stood at 97.0 in up 0.9 percent from March and its highes level since August 2008.
However, April representex the 20th consecutive monthbelow 100, which continues to signify contraction in the current situation indicators. Restauranr operators reported negative customer traffic levelsa for the 20th consecutiv monthin April. About 23 percent of restaurantg operators reported an increase in customer traffifc between April 2008 andAprilp 2009, up from 20 percent who reported similarly in March. 60 percent of operators reported a traffic declineein April, down from 63 percent who reported similarlty in March.
Restaurant operators also continue to grow more optimisticf aboutthe economy, with 37 percentg saying they expect economi conditions to improve in six up from 30 percent who reporterd similarly last month and the highesy level in three In comparison, only 16 percent of operators expec t economic conditions to worsen in six down from 21 percent last Founded in 1919, the Washington, D.C.-baseed National Restaurant Association is a business association for the restaurant industry, comprisint 945,000 restaurant and foodservice outlet s and a work force of 13 milliomn employees.
The Association’s Restaurant Performancd Index (RPI) — a monthly compositre index that tracks the healtuh of and outlook forthe U.S. restaurant industry stood at 98.6 in up 0.8 percent from March, its highesty level in 11 months. “The recent growthh in the RPI was drivem bythe ‘Expectations’ component, which rose above 100 in April for the first time in 18 months, a level which indicates expansion,” said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of research and information services for the “Although the RPI’s ‘Current Situation’ indicators are stilkl in a period of contraction, the solid improvement in the forward-lookinb indicators suggests that the end of the industry’x downturn may be in sight.
” The RPI is basede on the responses to the association’s Restauran t Industry Tracking Survey, which is fieldeds monthly among restaurant operators nationwide on a variety of indicators including sales, labor and capital expenditures. The Index consistse of two components — the Currengt Situation Index and theExpectations Index. The Current Situation which measures current trends in four industryuindicators (same-store sales, traffic, labofr and capital expenditures), stood at 97.0 in up 0.9 percent from March and its highes level since August 2008.
However, April representex the 20th consecutive monthbelow 100, which continues to signify contraction in the current situation indicators. Restauranr operators reported negative customer traffic levelsa for the 20th consecutiv monthin April. About 23 percent of restaurantg operators reported an increase in customer traffifc between April 2008 andAprilp 2009, up from 20 percent who reported similarly in March. 60 percent of operators reported a traffic declineein April, down from 63 percent who reported similarlty in March.
Restaurant operators also continue to grow more optimisticf aboutthe economy, with 37 percentg saying they expect economi conditions to improve in six up from 30 percent who reporterd similarly last month and the highesy level in three In comparison, only 16 percent of operators expec t economic conditions to worsen in six down from 21 percent last Founded in 1919, the Washington, D.C.-baseed National Restaurant Association is a business association for the restaurant industry, comprisint 945,000 restaurant and foodservice outlet s and a work force of 13 milliomn employees.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
St. Regis and Paces 88 set for April 11 opening - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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in Buckhead is re-creating the American bistro with a Souther n flair for itspremier fourth-floo restaurant. Paces 88 will be a Southern-influenced farm-to-table bistrlo featuring locallysourced ingredients. The restaurant and hotel at 88 West Pacez Ferry Road will celebrated its grand openingApril 11. “The idea was to creatde a neighborhood-restaurant feel, a place you could come two to three times a where everyone knowsyour name,” hoteol General Manager Simon Rusconi That Paces 88 is a bistrlo is a rarity for the St.
Regis mark, which was founded in 1904 by John Astor in New York Hotel Director of Food and Beverage Megan Gray saidthe ultra-chi c hotel company, known for its five-star amenitiea like personal butler service, wanted a luxurious yet approachable concept. Entrées will run the gamu from steak frites to duck and shrimp grits with a Cabernet reduction. Prices will range from $12 to $27 for lunch and from $26 to $44 at dinner. The restauranyt will also serve breakfast. The dininh experience “will be innovative but Gray said “The menu will feature older classicsw but with a twist withSoutherhn influences.
” Jonathan Jerusalmy has been name the hotel’s executive chef. Jerusalmyu is the acclaimed former executive chef ofthe five-starr St. Regis Resort in Monarch Calif., and executive banquet and sous chef atthe . Joining Jerusalmy is a bevy of locaklAtlanta talent. Mark Alba, former executiv e chef at Food Studio and sous chef for Concentricx Restaurantsand Canoe, has been named chef de And Herve Pennequin, former sommelier at Nikolai’s Roof, will be the St. wine director. The 140-seat restaurangt features a luxuriousdining room, accentuated by Venetian plaster walls, and a striking patio dining Paces 88 also boasts two privatr dining rooms.
It is also linked to a posh wine lounge. Paces 88 will be the firsg of two restaurants insidethe 26-story which is managed by Inc. has signed a leaswe to operate Pano’s, a re-creation of its flagship Pano’s & Paul’sa restaurant, which is slated to open in the fall. is gettin g creative to drum up business for thenorthern suburb’ws hotels. The bureau is inviting each of Alpharetta’s 23 hotels to send a sale associate to a tradeshow onthe bureau’s The Alpharetta CVB will pick up the tab for accommodations and convention registration, and the hotel gets exclusivw use of any leads they get.
Bureaju President and CEO Janet Rodgers said the programk isa win-win. Hotels generat e business free of cost and the city collectw occupancytax revenue. The Atlantaw Marriott Alpharetta was the first hotel to take the city up on its and will send a representative in August to the Nationalp Business Travel Association InternationalConventiob & Exposition in San Diego. A leading expert in labord law will hold a clinidc on the Employee Free ChoicreAct (EFCA) and its potentia l effect on the hospitality Arch Stokes, a partner with , is the featured guest for the 2009 Hospitalitty Labor Summit: Preparing for the Employee Free Choicw Act. The event will be Aprilo 7 from8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at . The which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008 but was filibusteredx by Republicans inthe Senate, has the suppor of President Barack Obama. The plan wouldd do away with the lengthyg secret ballot process in favor ofa “card system, wherein a union could form if a majorith of workers simply sign a card statinfg they are in favor of organization. The evengt is sponsored by the hospitality school atGeorgis State’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business and hote consultants PantherHospitality LLC. The eveny is $99 for members of the , the or the . It is $200 for Atlanta will soon receive another connectionhto London’s Heathrow Airport.
plans to shift its Atlanta-London route from Gatwick Airport to which will provide a greater number of links to otherdEuropean cities, a British Airways spokesman The switch will start Marcbh 29, with London-bound British Airways Boeing 777 jets parkingf at the carrier’s new Terminal 5 complex. Delta and other competitors to London now offerd service to Heathrow sincs theBritish government’s loosening of restrictions on BA’zs near-fortress hub. This has given BA incentive to shiftt even more service toHeathrow — a favorite of business travelers.
in Buckhead is re-creating the American bistro with a Souther n flair for itspremier fourth-floo restaurant. Paces 88 will be a Southern-influenced farm-to-table bistrlo featuring locallysourced ingredients. The restaurant and hotel at 88 West Pacez Ferry Road will celebrated its grand openingApril 11. “The idea was to creatde a neighborhood-restaurant feel, a place you could come two to three times a where everyone knowsyour name,” hoteol General Manager Simon Rusconi That Paces 88 is a bistrlo is a rarity for the St.
Regis mark, which was founded in 1904 by John Astor in New York Hotel Director of Food and Beverage Megan Gray saidthe ultra-chi c hotel company, known for its five-star amenitiea like personal butler service, wanted a luxurious yet approachable concept. Entrées will run the gamu from steak frites to duck and shrimp grits with a Cabernet reduction. Prices will range from $12 to $27 for lunch and from $26 to $44 at dinner. The restauranyt will also serve breakfast. The dininh experience “will be innovative but Gray said “The menu will feature older classicsw but with a twist withSoutherhn influences.
” Jonathan Jerusalmy has been name the hotel’s executive chef. Jerusalmyu is the acclaimed former executive chef ofthe five-starr St. Regis Resort in Monarch Calif., and executive banquet and sous chef atthe . Joining Jerusalmy is a bevy of locaklAtlanta talent. Mark Alba, former executiv e chef at Food Studio and sous chef for Concentricx Restaurantsand Canoe, has been named chef de And Herve Pennequin, former sommelier at Nikolai’s Roof, will be the St. wine director. The 140-seat restaurangt features a luxuriousdining room, accentuated by Venetian plaster walls, and a striking patio dining Paces 88 also boasts two privatr dining rooms.
It is also linked to a posh wine lounge. Paces 88 will be the firsg of two restaurants insidethe 26-story which is managed by Inc. has signed a leaswe to operate Pano’s, a re-creation of its flagship Pano’s & Paul’sa restaurant, which is slated to open in the fall. is gettin g creative to drum up business for thenorthern suburb’ws hotels. The bureau is inviting each of Alpharetta’s 23 hotels to send a sale associate to a tradeshow onthe bureau’s The Alpharetta CVB will pick up the tab for accommodations and convention registration, and the hotel gets exclusivw use of any leads they get.
Bureaju President and CEO Janet Rodgers said the programk isa win-win. Hotels generat e business free of cost and the city collectw occupancytax revenue. The Atlantaw Marriott Alpharetta was the first hotel to take the city up on its and will send a representative in August to the Nationalp Business Travel Association InternationalConventiob & Exposition in San Diego. A leading expert in labord law will hold a clinidc on the Employee Free ChoicreAct (EFCA) and its potentia l effect on the hospitality Arch Stokes, a partner with , is the featured guest for the 2009 Hospitalitty Labor Summit: Preparing for the Employee Free Choicw Act. The event will be Aprilo 7 from8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at . The which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008 but was filibusteredx by Republicans inthe Senate, has the suppor of President Barack Obama. The plan wouldd do away with the lengthyg secret ballot process in favor ofa “card system, wherein a union could form if a majorith of workers simply sign a card statinfg they are in favor of organization. The evengt is sponsored by the hospitality school atGeorgis State’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business and hote consultants PantherHospitality LLC. The eveny is $99 for members of the , the or the . It is $200 for Atlanta will soon receive another connectionhto London’s Heathrow Airport.
plans to shift its Atlanta-London route from Gatwick Airport to which will provide a greater number of links to otherdEuropean cities, a British Airways spokesman The switch will start Marcbh 29, with London-bound British Airways Boeing 777 jets parkingf at the carrier’s new Terminal 5 complex. Delta and other competitors to London now offerd service to Heathrow sincs theBritish government’s loosening of restrictions on BA’zs near-fortress hub. This has given BA incentive to shiftt even more service toHeathrow — a favorite of business travelers.
Monday, November 22, 2010
For Boeing, 'not bad' is good at Paris Air Show - Business First of Louisville:
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On the second day of the world’s oldestr and most important aircrafrttrade show, Boeing was againj shut out. At leasr its chief rival, , hasn’t done much though the European aircraft maker was able to eke out a couples of orders the lasttwo days. Rathert than talk about the kindsof multi-plans deals lined up in past years, Boeing CEO of Commercial Airplanes Scott E. Carson instead chose to focuz on howthings weren’t as bad as they mighrt seem. “At this poiny it appears to us that the economic conditionwshave bottomed,” Carson said, adding that the company’s commercial jet divisiob could begin growing again as early as 2010.
-- The long-delayedr 787 Dreamliner will fly bythe (thoughb it won’t be taking to the skies over Paris this week, as some had hoped). Jon of pegs the date for the first flight atJune 30. He cited multiple sources for the June30 -- Its new 747-8 freightere plane will fly its first flighy by the end of this year. -- To get back into the hunt fora $35 billiomn contract to supply fuel tankeres for the U.S. military, Boeinhg will reconfigure its 777 to increase fuel It had previously lost its tanker bid to the A350by -- Also on the defensde contracting front, the company it was forming a divisionj to oversee its unmanned aircraft programs.
This year’sa air show comes at a gloomy timefor aircraft. Both Boeintg and Airbus have had to deal with cancellations of orderwsfrom credit-crunched buyers. And both have had productiobn cutbacks. But Boeing has had the additional by its machinistxs within thelast year. The company has takenh hits to its militarhycontracting business, with the cancellation of the F-22 and the loss of the tankerr deal. And delays in getting its next-generatio 787 Dreamliner into the air have beena high-profiler embarrassment. So it was up to Carson to searcgh outthe positive. He said his company woulde not be cutting back assembly lineasthis year.
It will cut productioh of its wide-body 777 by 28 percent in and will not increase 767 and747 production. Airbus has cut productiomn of its A320 single aisld plane and its A380 and has shelved plans to increase production ofits wide-bodu A330. Carson said he expects the credit cruncg on airlines to ease towarca “more normal” environment in 2010. That would be good news for and itsrival Airbus, as Boeing’s boss also said that the compan has a current order book of around $265 billion, whichn means seven years of production, and Carsohn said he doesn’t expect the credit crisies to significantly affect that.
Some aerospace experte already see the logicbehind Carson’s “Boeing’s news was to say we think the recession’s bottoming and we’rew not going to see cuts for said Wayne Plucker, Frost & Sullivan’zs Aerospace & Defense Industry “The fact that they didn’gt have to quietly announce cancellations was a big thing. It’sd not a bad airshow considering the gloom anddoom that’w been around the industry for the last For Boeing, it’s not bad, and not bad is so to speak.
” Plucker added that good, or at leasgt not bad, news on the commerciao side of the business, would be a welcome given some of the defeats that Boeing has been handex in its military contracting business the loss of the tanker contract to the Airbuws consortium and the high-profile curtailment of governmenr plans to buy more F-22 fighters. “Heaven only they could use some good Plucker said. “Their defense side has takebn areal drubbing.
”
On the second day of the world’s oldestr and most important aircrafrttrade show, Boeing was againj shut out. At leasr its chief rival, , hasn’t done much though the European aircraft maker was able to eke out a couples of orders the lasttwo days. Rathert than talk about the kindsof multi-plans deals lined up in past years, Boeing CEO of Commercial Airplanes Scott E. Carson instead chose to focuz on howthings weren’t as bad as they mighrt seem. “At this poiny it appears to us that the economic conditionwshave bottomed,” Carson said, adding that the company’s commercial jet divisiob could begin growing again as early as 2010.
-- The long-delayedr 787 Dreamliner will fly bythe (thoughb it won’t be taking to the skies over Paris this week, as some had hoped). Jon of pegs the date for the first flight atJune 30. He cited multiple sources for the June30 -- Its new 747-8 freightere plane will fly its first flighy by the end of this year. -- To get back into the hunt fora $35 billiomn contract to supply fuel tankeres for the U.S. military, Boeinhg will reconfigure its 777 to increase fuel It had previously lost its tanker bid to the A350by -- Also on the defensde contracting front, the company it was forming a divisionj to oversee its unmanned aircraft programs.
This year’sa air show comes at a gloomy timefor aircraft. Both Boeintg and Airbus have had to deal with cancellations of orderwsfrom credit-crunched buyers. And both have had productiobn cutbacks. But Boeing has had the additional by its machinistxs within thelast year. The company has takenh hits to its militarhycontracting business, with the cancellation of the F-22 and the loss of the tankerr deal. And delays in getting its next-generatio 787 Dreamliner into the air have beena high-profiler embarrassment. So it was up to Carson to searcgh outthe positive. He said his company woulde not be cutting back assembly lineasthis year.
It will cut productioh of its wide-body 777 by 28 percent in and will not increase 767 and747 production. Airbus has cut productiomn of its A320 single aisld plane and its A380 and has shelved plans to increase production ofits wide-bodu A330. Carson said he expects the credit cruncg on airlines to ease towarca “more normal” environment in 2010. That would be good news for and itsrival Airbus, as Boeing’s boss also said that the compan has a current order book of around $265 billion, whichn means seven years of production, and Carsohn said he doesn’t expect the credit crisies to significantly affect that.
Some aerospace experte already see the logicbehind Carson’s “Boeing’s news was to say we think the recession’s bottoming and we’rew not going to see cuts for said Wayne Plucker, Frost & Sullivan’zs Aerospace & Defense Industry “The fact that they didn’gt have to quietly announce cancellations was a big thing. It’sd not a bad airshow considering the gloom anddoom that’w been around the industry for the last For Boeing, it’s not bad, and not bad is so to speak.
” Plucker added that good, or at leasgt not bad, news on the commerciao side of the business, would be a welcome given some of the defeats that Boeing has been handex in its military contracting business the loss of the tanker contract to the Airbuws consortium and the high-profile curtailment of governmenr plans to buy more F-22 fighters. “Heaven only they could use some good Plucker said. “Their defense side has takebn areal drubbing.
”
Sunday, November 21, 2010
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The projected 9 percent cost increase is slightlyh lower thanthe 9.2 percent increasew in 2009 and 9.9 percent increase in 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopera says. Medical-cost increases continue to outpace inflation and wage The report suggests that medicap costs continue to climbbecause U.S. workers are acceleratinvg their useof health-care services in anticipationm of losing their jobs and, their insurance. Rising an increased numbers of individuals with little or no insurance and a growinb percentage of the population on Medicaid further rampup medical-costg trends — the figures actuaries use to set futurre health-insurance premiums.
Employers surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers said they will push more of the costzs of health insurance to their workersin 2010. Employers also say they expec workers to take more responsibilityh for managing theirpersonal
The projected 9 percent cost increase is slightlyh lower thanthe 9.2 percent increasew in 2009 and 9.9 percent increase in 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopera says. Medical-cost increases continue to outpace inflation and wage The report suggests that medicap costs continue to climbbecause U.S. workers are acceleratinvg their useof health-care services in anticipationm of losing their jobs and, their insurance. Rising an increased numbers of individuals with little or no insurance and a growinb percentage of the population on Medicaid further rampup medical-costg trends — the figures actuaries use to set futurre health-insurance premiums.
Employers surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers said they will push more of the costzs of health insurance to their workersin 2010. Employers also say they expec workers to take more responsibilityh for managing theirpersonal
Friday, November 19, 2010
Transportation chief weathering ethics allegations - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The adjourned after a two-hour executive session withou taking actionagainst Evans, accuseed in recent ethics complaints and media reportds of inappropriate relationships with co-workers and contractors on statre projects while she was with the and the . “Anytime a story like this comes out, there are concerns,” board Chairmamn Bill Kuhlke of Augusta said afterthe “(But) these things took placr a number of years ago … What we need to pay attentio to is her performance as DOT commissioner.” Evands took the reins at the Department of Transportation last bringing with her a reputation for reform that Gov.
Sonn Perdue and other political leadersx said was badly needed atthe department. She has tackledr an ambitious agenda, beginning to overhaul an agency bookkeeping process that was harshly criticized in an audig released this week and prioritize a long list of highwayg and transit projects with a pricr tag far beyond what the state can But Evans also has run into probleme resulting from her personapl life spilling over into herprofessionapl duties.
She was reprimanded last Aprilk for failing to inform board members that she was developing a romantixc relationshipwith then-board Chairman Mike He resigned from the board to avoid a conflicy of interest, and the former Gena Abraham and Evanse were married last summer. Kuhlke said the board had a “thorough discussion” of the charges against Evans duringv Thursday’s meeting but took no He said the issuew was not placed on any futurboard agenda. “The commissioner is a brightr lady,” he said. “She has the abilityt to lead this Kuhlke said Evans was not presenf duringthe meeting.
The adjourned after a two-hour executive session withou taking actionagainst Evans, accuseed in recent ethics complaints and media reportds of inappropriate relationships with co-workers and contractors on statre projects while she was with the and the . “Anytime a story like this comes out, there are concerns,” board Chairmamn Bill Kuhlke of Augusta said afterthe “(But) these things took placr a number of years ago … What we need to pay attentio to is her performance as DOT commissioner.” Evands took the reins at the Department of Transportation last bringing with her a reputation for reform that Gov.
Sonn Perdue and other political leadersx said was badly needed atthe department. She has tackledr an ambitious agenda, beginning to overhaul an agency bookkeeping process that was harshly criticized in an audig released this week and prioritize a long list of highwayg and transit projects with a pricr tag far beyond what the state can But Evans also has run into probleme resulting from her personapl life spilling over into herprofessionapl duties.
She was reprimanded last Aprilk for failing to inform board members that she was developing a romantixc relationshipwith then-board Chairman Mike He resigned from the board to avoid a conflicy of interest, and the former Gena Abraham and Evanse were married last summer. Kuhlke said the board had a “thorough discussion” of the charges against Evans duringv Thursday’s meeting but took no He said the issuew was not placed on any futurboard agenda. “The commissioner is a brightr lady,” he said. “She has the abilityt to lead this Kuhlke said Evans was not presenf duringthe meeting.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Missouri, Kansas rank low in anti-smoking spending - Kansas City Star
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TopNews United Kingdom | Missouri, Kansas rank low in anti-smoking spending Kansas City Star Missouri ranks 48th and Kansas 41st in the amount of state money spent for anti-smoking programs, according to a national report. ... Report raises Oklahoma's rank in anti-tobacco spending Missouri Ranks 48th In Smoking Prevention Report: Missouri Ranks Low in Tobacco Prevention Funding |
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