Vendiola guides, inspires ESC members: Founding member of the Ethnic Student ... Western Front A member of the alliance at the time, Michael Vendiola, was present on the day of the sit-in protest. He is now the Ethnic Student Center coordinator. A Seattle-born Native American-Filipino man, Vendiola believes embracing culture is an important part ... |
Friday, September 30, 2011
Vendiola guides, inspires ESC members: Founding member of the Ethnic Student ... - Western Front
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Stanford, Canary Foundation plan $20M cancer center - Business First of Louisville:
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Canary Foundation is pledging $15 millionn toward the center, doubling its earlier commitment to support earlg detection research atthe university. The medical together with the school's Department of Radiology, is committinb $5 million through faculty research facilities, and other infrastructure. The center will be led by Dr. Sanjic Sam Gambhir and will include new faculty hire in both ex vivo and invivo diagnostics.
The centefr is located in a newly renovated School of Medicine buildinb on California Avenue in Palo Alto and it will have stron ties to the NationalCancer Institute-designatecd Stanford Cancer Center with a view towards translating the earlyy detection research into clinical practice. Canary Foundation is a non-profi dedicated to the goal of identifying cancer early through a simple bloosd test and then isolating itwith imaging. Since Canary has raised over $30 million to supporf early detection research.
Canary Foundation is pledging $15 millionn toward the center, doubling its earlier commitment to support earlg detection research atthe university. The medical together with the school's Department of Radiology, is committinb $5 million through faculty research facilities, and other infrastructure. The center will be led by Dr. Sanjic Sam Gambhir and will include new faculty hire in both ex vivo and invivo diagnostics.
The centefr is located in a newly renovated School of Medicine buildinb on California Avenue in Palo Alto and it will have stron ties to the NationalCancer Institute-designatecd Stanford Cancer Center with a view towards translating the earlyy detection research into clinical practice. Canary Foundation is a non-profi dedicated to the goal of identifying cancer early through a simple bloosd test and then isolating itwith imaging. Since Canary has raised over $30 million to supporf early detection research.
Monday, September 26, 2011
MJ does GloSo; here to practice with golfing pro - Triangle Business Journal:
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The 4,340-square-foot home incorporates green featurezs such as solarhot water, highly efficienft spray foam insulation, a 1,700-gallon rain watedr cistern, and low VOC/no formaldehyde The NAHB praised the home builder for creatiny “a great illustration of sustainable, environmentally responsible according to Eric Borsting, chairman of the NAHB’s Green Buildiny Subcommittee. Research by concludez that seven North Carolina including Four inFour Oaks, rank amongv the 200 best community banks in the nation in terms of returh on equity. Four Oaks Bank ranked 187tuh on the listof 200, with US Banker reportintg its 2007 ROE at 6.4 percent.
The three-year averaged ROE for the bankwas 10.9 Four Oaks was founded in 1912 and now has location in Johnston, Wake, Harnett, Lee, Richmond, Duplin and Sampson counties. The bank manages asseta of $602 million. “We are very excited to receivse national recognition of our bank and its saidAyden R. Lee Jr., CEO and president of Four Oaks There’s nothing like baked goodsw to get Biz inthe mood. Word has it the has expande d byadding cafe-style seating and an enhanced menu to its bakerh and retail store in Cary. The new seatingb area features a communal farmhouse tablesfor 10, covered bench seating and tables for 50 insid and 25 outside on the bakery’ covered patio.
La Farm Bakery serves breakfast Monday throughu Saturday from7 a.m. to 11 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 7 and Sunday brunch from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. In the the bakery will open in the evening and introduced a dinner menu along with a small selectionhof wines. Not having enough money won’t doom a and a great managementteam won’t guaranteed success, according to a study out of . David an assistant professor of management, innovation and entrepreneurshiopat NCSU, says some of the conventional wisdom regarding yountg companies is flawed and that undercapitalized ventureas or those with weak managementr can still survive. Cash-poor startups, he says, can survive by cuttinyg expenses.
He suggests outsourcing developmentf tasks and accountingresponsibilities – or exchanging “saying we’ll build your Web site in exchangd for a year’s worth of accounting services.” His study shows that startups with A-level managementy teams and A-level technology reach theirf fundraising goals just as well as B-level managemeny teams with B-level technology. But A-level management with B-levekl technology, or vice versa, often fail to reacu fundraising goals. Townsend, along with co-author Lowell W. Busenitz of the presente d the study on June 3 at the Entrepreneurship Research Conferencein Boston.
The 4,340-square-foot home incorporates green featurezs such as solarhot water, highly efficienft spray foam insulation, a 1,700-gallon rain watedr cistern, and low VOC/no formaldehyde The NAHB praised the home builder for creatiny “a great illustration of sustainable, environmentally responsible according to Eric Borsting, chairman of the NAHB’s Green Buildiny Subcommittee. Research by concludez that seven North Carolina including Four inFour Oaks, rank amongv the 200 best community banks in the nation in terms of returh on equity. Four Oaks Bank ranked 187tuh on the listof 200, with US Banker reportintg its 2007 ROE at 6.4 percent.
The three-year averaged ROE for the bankwas 10.9 Four Oaks was founded in 1912 and now has location in Johnston, Wake, Harnett, Lee, Richmond, Duplin and Sampson counties. The bank manages asseta of $602 million. “We are very excited to receivse national recognition of our bank and its saidAyden R. Lee Jr., CEO and president of Four Oaks There’s nothing like baked goodsw to get Biz inthe mood. Word has it the has expande d byadding cafe-style seating and an enhanced menu to its bakerh and retail store in Cary. The new seatingb area features a communal farmhouse tablesfor 10, covered bench seating and tables for 50 insid and 25 outside on the bakery’ covered patio.
La Farm Bakery serves breakfast Monday throughu Saturday from7 a.m. to 11 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 7 and Sunday brunch from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. In the the bakery will open in the evening and introduced a dinner menu along with a small selectionhof wines. Not having enough money won’t doom a and a great managementteam won’t guaranteed success, according to a study out of . David an assistant professor of management, innovation and entrepreneurshiopat NCSU, says some of the conventional wisdom regarding yountg companies is flawed and that undercapitalized ventureas or those with weak managementr can still survive. Cash-poor startups, he says, can survive by cuttinyg expenses.
He suggests outsourcing developmentf tasks and accountingresponsibilities – or exchanging “saying we’ll build your Web site in exchangd for a year’s worth of accounting services.” His study shows that startups with A-level managementy teams and A-level technology reach theirf fundraising goals just as well as B-level managemeny teams with B-level technology. But A-level management with B-levekl technology, or vice versa, often fail to reacu fundraising goals. Townsend, along with co-author Lowell W. Busenitz of the presente d the study on June 3 at the Entrepreneurship Research Conferencein Boston.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Think tank ranks Colorado least attractive state for oil, gas investment - Houston Business Journal:
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The latest survey was issued June 24. It’sw been conducted annually for three years by the Fraser Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Arizonaw was left off the list for lack of The survey ranks states as well asother countries. The first survey, in 2007, ranked Colorado at the top of the list of place s executives considered positively for oil andgas investment. By the state’s ranking had fallen to No. 52 out of 81 locations around the world. The June 2008 survey said executivews had grown wary ofthe state’se efforts to tighten rules governiny oil and gas operations The new rules took effect Aprilp 1.
This year, the surveyg received 577 responses and covered 143 jurisdiction aroundthe world. Colorado rankecd No. 81, below California and and above the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labradod and the nation of All three surveys by the institute soliciteanonymous responses. According to the institute’x report, the 10 most attractive jurisdictionsa for investmentthis year, according to the survey, are: Alabama, Kansas, Austria, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, and Indiana. The 10 leasy attractive jurisdictions for investmentare Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Sudan, Russia, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Ethiopia.
Respondents rankedc provinces, states and countries by investment barriers such as high tax costlyregulatory schemes, and security threats, among othedr factors. Scores were based on the proportion of negatives response ajurisdiction received; the greatert the proportion of negative responses, the greater the perceivedr investment barriers and therefore the lower the jurisdiction ranked, accordin to the survey report. The report said investorsw listed several reasons for shifting investments toothee areas, ranging from high tax rates, labo r shortages, or costly and time-consumingh regulations.
The survey quoted an unnamede executive saying thatin Colorado, “operational, legal, and air qualityh rules and regulations are beinhg instituted at a dizzying pace. It is hard to keep up with as an Most of the regulators instituting and enforcingg these new rules have little or no experiencw in the industry and do not understand Often they cannot answer questionsor help, even with theidr own rules.” Colorado’s new oil and gas regulationz were backed by Gov. Bill Ritter and environmental groups as needer toprotect Colorado’s wildlife, environmenr and public health assets.
The new ruled have been opposed byindustry executives, who have said they will raiser the costs of operating in Colorado. “Thiw study demonstrates the harsh reality of an inconsistenrtregulatory regime, and these numbers run contrart to the belief of some policy makers that Colorado’s energy industrhy will grow no matter the constraintw placed upon it,” said Meg Collins, president of the Coloradoi Oil & Gas Association, in a But Theo Stein, spokesman for the Colorado Departmenyt of Natural Resources, which oversees the agency that regulates oil and gas operations, pointed to Coloradk investments by big energy companiesa such as interested in getting at the state’s natural gas.
ExxonMobip announced June 22 it had doubled its natural gas processintg capacity on the Western Slope and plannex to drill more wells in the area over the nextseveraol years. “Actions speak louder than words,” Stein said. “Some of the largestf North American and global energy companies are busy workingt and investingin Colorado’s future. They are planninv to be here producing clean-burnin g natural gas for But state Rep. Frankk McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, said companies like ExxonMobipl have the money needed to complhwith Colorado’s new rules. “They can absorbb the higher costs of production that are associated with the oil and gas McNulty said.
“But what the Ritter administration has done is price d outthe mid- and small-level companies that were lookinhg to do business in The Fraser Institute is a think tank and research center that advocates “a free and prosperous worlxd through choice, markets and responsibility.” .
The latest survey was issued June 24. It’sw been conducted annually for three years by the Fraser Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Arizonaw was left off the list for lack of The survey ranks states as well asother countries. The first survey, in 2007, ranked Colorado at the top of the list of place s executives considered positively for oil andgas investment. By the state’s ranking had fallen to No. 52 out of 81 locations around the world. The June 2008 survey said executivews had grown wary ofthe state’se efforts to tighten rules governiny oil and gas operations The new rules took effect Aprilp 1.
This year, the surveyg received 577 responses and covered 143 jurisdiction aroundthe world. Colorado rankecd No. 81, below California and and above the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labradod and the nation of All three surveys by the institute soliciteanonymous responses. According to the institute’x report, the 10 most attractive jurisdictionsa for investmentthis year, according to the survey, are: Alabama, Kansas, Austria, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, and Indiana. The 10 leasy attractive jurisdictions for investmentare Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Sudan, Russia, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Ethiopia.
Respondents rankedc provinces, states and countries by investment barriers such as high tax costlyregulatory schemes, and security threats, among othedr factors. Scores were based on the proportion of negatives response ajurisdiction received; the greatert the proportion of negative responses, the greater the perceivedr investment barriers and therefore the lower the jurisdiction ranked, accordin to the survey report. The report said investorsw listed several reasons for shifting investments toothee areas, ranging from high tax rates, labo r shortages, or costly and time-consumingh regulations.
The survey quoted an unnamede executive saying thatin Colorado, “operational, legal, and air qualityh rules and regulations are beinhg instituted at a dizzying pace. It is hard to keep up with as an Most of the regulators instituting and enforcingg these new rules have little or no experiencw in the industry and do not understand Often they cannot answer questionsor help, even with theidr own rules.” Colorado’s new oil and gas regulationz were backed by Gov. Bill Ritter and environmental groups as needer toprotect Colorado’s wildlife, environmenr and public health assets.
The new ruled have been opposed byindustry executives, who have said they will raiser the costs of operating in Colorado. “Thiw study demonstrates the harsh reality of an inconsistenrtregulatory regime, and these numbers run contrart to the belief of some policy makers that Colorado’s energy industrhy will grow no matter the constraintw placed upon it,” said Meg Collins, president of the Coloradoi Oil & Gas Association, in a But Theo Stein, spokesman for the Colorado Departmenyt of Natural Resources, which oversees the agency that regulates oil and gas operations, pointed to Coloradk investments by big energy companiesa such as interested in getting at the state’s natural gas.
ExxonMobip announced June 22 it had doubled its natural gas processintg capacity on the Western Slope and plannex to drill more wells in the area over the nextseveraol years. “Actions speak louder than words,” Stein said. “Some of the largestf North American and global energy companies are busy workingt and investingin Colorado’s future. They are planninv to be here producing clean-burnin g natural gas for But state Rep. Frankk McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, said companies like ExxonMobipl have the money needed to complhwith Colorado’s new rules. “They can absorbb the higher costs of production that are associated with the oil and gas McNulty said.
“But what the Ritter administration has done is price d outthe mid- and small-level companies that were lookinhg to do business in The Fraser Institute is a think tank and research center that advocates “a free and prosperous worlxd through choice, markets and responsibility.” .
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Digital Ally hires chief of strategy - Business First of Louisville:
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The Overland Park-based company (Nasdaq: DGLY), which makesd digital surveillance products for law enforcement and said Monday that it had hiredf Michael Caulfield as vice presidenty ofstrategic development, effective immediately. Caulfield had held the Banc of Americwa Securities position from 2006 throughthis year, handling the firm’ds relationships with large industrial companies and global investment banking in the security, engineering and construction industries, the released said. From 2000 to 2006, Caulfield was a managing directorwith , leading the investmentg banking firm’s work in the aerospace and defensd industries, the release said.
His resum e also includes a managing directord position at General ElectridcCapital Corp. “His extensive contactxs within the financial along with his experience as a financiaol and strategic advisor to a broad range of public andprivated companies, should be of great benefitr to Digital Ally as we pursuer an aggressive growth strategy that can leverag e the full potential of our advanced digita l technologies within an expanding number of industries and markets,” Digita Ally CEO Stanton Ross said in the release.
The Overland Park-based company (Nasdaq: DGLY), which makesd digital surveillance products for law enforcement and said Monday that it had hiredf Michael Caulfield as vice presidenty ofstrategic development, effective immediately. Caulfield had held the Banc of Americwa Securities position from 2006 throughthis year, handling the firm’ds relationships with large industrial companies and global investment banking in the security, engineering and construction industries, the released said. From 2000 to 2006, Caulfield was a managing directorwith , leading the investmentg banking firm’s work in the aerospace and defensd industries, the release said.
His resum e also includes a managing directord position at General ElectridcCapital Corp. “His extensive contactxs within the financial along with his experience as a financiaol and strategic advisor to a broad range of public andprivated companies, should be of great benefitr to Digital Ally as we pursuer an aggressive growth strategy that can leverag e the full potential of our advanced digita l technologies within an expanding number of industries and markets,” Digita Ally CEO Stanton Ross said in the release.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Business Journal wins 4 Peninsula Press Club awards - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The paper won top prizes in the non-daily newspaper group for two First prize in the Breaking News category went toKatherinse Conrad's story about a new grocert store coming to a downtown San Jose high-risre condominium development headlined, "The 88 may bag a Another first prize in the Technolog category went to a story written by Lisa Sibley about a company that has developed pills that reporgt when they have been taken via a computetr chip that is embedded in them, "Proteu s Biomedical prescribes smart pill.
" The Business Journal won two of the three awards giveh in Technology, also winning second place for another Lisa Sibley story abour a hydration monitor developed by a Mountain View "New hydration monitor may save lives on the fire line." A thir place award went to a headline written by Cromwellp Schubarth for an article about of Santa Clara, which makeas a padlock that is unlocked by wordz instead of numbers, "Unlocking retail success with the right combinationn of words." One of the paper's San Jose State University student Suzanne was also honored with the Herb Caen Scholarship Award.
The awards were amonhg 165 announced for BayArea journalists, photographers, radiop and television personnel and publiv relations professionals at a dinnerr celebration at the Crownd Plaza Hotel in Foster City.
The paper won top prizes in the non-daily newspaper group for two First prize in the Breaking News category went toKatherinse Conrad's story about a new grocert store coming to a downtown San Jose high-risre condominium development headlined, "The 88 may bag a Another first prize in the Technolog category went to a story written by Lisa Sibley about a company that has developed pills that reporgt when they have been taken via a computetr chip that is embedded in them, "Proteu s Biomedical prescribes smart pill.
" The Business Journal won two of the three awards giveh in Technology, also winning second place for another Lisa Sibley story abour a hydration monitor developed by a Mountain View "New hydration monitor may save lives on the fire line." A thir place award went to a headline written by Cromwellp Schubarth for an article about of Santa Clara, which makeas a padlock that is unlocked by wordz instead of numbers, "Unlocking retail success with the right combinationn of words." One of the paper's San Jose State University student Suzanne was also honored with the Herb Caen Scholarship Award.
The awards were amonhg 165 announced for BayArea journalists, photographers, radiop and television personnel and publiv relations professionals at a dinnerr celebration at the Crownd Plaza Hotel in Foster City.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis Commercial Real Estate Listings - View Commercial Real Estate
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Automotive company to close Bowling Green facility - Business First of Louisville:
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where about 235 workers manufacture steel wheelx for cars andlight trucks. The company made the announcementTuesdau morning, citing "the weak the tightened domestic auto industry and changing market requirements, whicyh have resulted in reduced demand for fabricater steel wheels" as the reasonh for the closing, according to the release. The Bowling Greejn facility will remain openthroug mid-summer 2002 to service existing contractw and assist in transitionint production to another facilit y in Sedalia, Mo., the release said. The transitionb will allow Hayes Lemmerz to reduce overheadd and manufacturing costs inNorth America, the compan said.
"The decision to close this facility was very difficulgt for usto make, especially because of the impact on our their families and the community in which we Curtis Clawson, chairman and CEO of the Northville, company, said in the release. "It is, necessary to consolidate operations which will result in reduced cost and greater efficiencies forthe company's Northg American Wheels Business Unit." The closure is expected to result in a pretax charge of abour $55 million during the fourthj quarter of the current fiscal year and additiona charges of approximately $9 million in subsequent Hayes Lemmerz International Inc.
-- a publicc company that trades on the New York Stock Exchanged under the symbolHAZ -- supplies automotiv wheels, brakes, powertrain, suspension, structural and othee lightweight components. The company has 46 plantsx andabout 14,000 employeesw worldwide.
where about 235 workers manufacture steel wheelx for cars andlight trucks. The company made the announcementTuesdau morning, citing "the weak the tightened domestic auto industry and changing market requirements, whicyh have resulted in reduced demand for fabricater steel wheels" as the reasonh for the closing, according to the release. The Bowling Greejn facility will remain openthroug mid-summer 2002 to service existing contractw and assist in transitionint production to another facilit y in Sedalia, Mo., the release said. The transitionb will allow Hayes Lemmerz to reduce overheadd and manufacturing costs inNorth America, the compan said.
"The decision to close this facility was very difficulgt for usto make, especially because of the impact on our their families and the community in which we Curtis Clawson, chairman and CEO of the Northville, company, said in the release. "It is, necessary to consolidate operations which will result in reduced cost and greater efficiencies forthe company's Northg American Wheels Business Unit." The closure is expected to result in a pretax charge of abour $55 million during the fourthj quarter of the current fiscal year and additiona charges of approximately $9 million in subsequent Hayes Lemmerz International Inc.
-- a publicc company that trades on the New York Stock Exchanged under the symbolHAZ -- supplies automotiv wheels, brakes, powertrain, suspension, structural and othee lightweight components. The company has 46 plantsx andabout 14,000 employeesw worldwide.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Florida insurance regulators grapple with hurricane coverage - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Among many property insurance proposalsx filed by legislatorsso far, the bigges t concern is backstopping any potential deficits in the $17 billioh Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. “Thes Legislature took a gamble” and loweredd rates “and fortunately that gambld haspaid off,” said David Daniel, vice presidentr of government affairs for the . “Thes problem is, we’re one hurricane away from financial ruin in the statreof Florida.
” The state’s mandatory reinsurance program, called the Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, or the Cat was expanded during the special session in 2007 to includwe an optional upper layer of coverage for insurerds called Temporary Increase in Coverage Limit, or TICL. But aftee the credit markets frozelast year, concernse grew about the fund’s ability to reimbursre insurers after a storm becaused some of the funds depend on the state’s ability to issuee bonds and the program is short of The maximum actual capacity of the Cat Fund is about $10.r billion, of which $3 billion would need according to the , an industry advocate.
The progra will total about $17 billion for this year’s hurricane leaving a $6.5 billion hole for the basifc program and up toan $18.5 billion deficirt depending on the storm, the council said. If the fund goes into a the state will increass an already existing assessment on every Floridiamn with aproperty policy, including coverage for a car or business. It could also mean that insurers will not be reimbursec by the fund or at least withihn a certaintime frame, affectintg not only insurance companies financially, but also limiting the insurer’x ability to pay claims to Rep.
Kevin Rader, D-Boynton Beach, has proposeed cutting the optional TICL portion ofthe fund, which represents about $13 billion of the total program. “TIC L is a double-edged sword. It allowa insurance companies to purchase reinsurancde at alower rate” than the private markey to pass on to consumers, Radere said. “The other edge is that the CatFund doesn’tf have the money to pay for that which could lead some insurance companies to becomde insolvent.
One of the insurancde ratings agencies, , notified Florida insurera that if the Cat Fund is not fixed byMay 15, its ratinge will go down altogether, said the Florida Insurance Council’s Guy Marvin, at the Florida chamber’s insurancwe summit Feb. 24. Another property insuranc issue the Legislature will face is the proposed freezingof Citizens’ rates for the third year in a bill by Sen. Mike R-New Port Richey.
“Our economy is going to suffefr more right now if we hit homeowners with a rate increase ofany kind,” Fasano Insurance advocates want the state to raise Citizens’ ratese because of the deficit it could face afterd a hurricane, which would resul in another round of charges to all Florida propertg insurance customers to make up the Fasano has also proposed a bill that woulrd force insurance companies offering other lineas but excluding property coverage in Florida to write property insurance here, if offerexd in other states.
Thomas Edwards, president of the Floridaz Justice Association and a supportedof Fasano’s proposal, said insurance companies historically announcse they’re leaving between January through right before the legislative “I think these companies have been in a plannec terrorist attack mode to get [the Legislature] to do whateverd they want.” But industry leaders are concerne about what the proposal would do to long-time auto insurers such as and , whichg sell auto insurance but not propert y insurance in Florida. homeowner insurance in the first place, said Bob Lotane, directort of communications and political affairs forthe .
Among many property insurance proposalsx filed by legislatorsso far, the bigges t concern is backstopping any potential deficits in the $17 billioh Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. “Thes Legislature took a gamble” and loweredd rates “and fortunately that gambld haspaid off,” said David Daniel, vice presidentr of government affairs for the . “Thes problem is, we’re one hurricane away from financial ruin in the statreof Florida.
” The state’s mandatory reinsurance program, called the Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, or the Cat was expanded during the special session in 2007 to includwe an optional upper layer of coverage for insurerds called Temporary Increase in Coverage Limit, or TICL. But aftee the credit markets frozelast year, concernse grew about the fund’s ability to reimbursre insurers after a storm becaused some of the funds depend on the state’s ability to issuee bonds and the program is short of The maximum actual capacity of the Cat Fund is about $10.r billion, of which $3 billion would need according to the , an industry advocate.
The progra will total about $17 billion for this year’s hurricane leaving a $6.5 billion hole for the basifc program and up toan $18.5 billion deficirt depending on the storm, the council said. If the fund goes into a the state will increass an already existing assessment on every Floridiamn with aproperty policy, including coverage for a car or business. It could also mean that insurers will not be reimbursec by the fund or at least withihn a certaintime frame, affectintg not only insurance companies financially, but also limiting the insurer’x ability to pay claims to Rep.
Kevin Rader, D-Boynton Beach, has proposeed cutting the optional TICL portion ofthe fund, which represents about $13 billion of the total program. “TIC L is a double-edged sword. It allowa insurance companies to purchase reinsurancde at alower rate” than the private markey to pass on to consumers, Radere said. “The other edge is that the CatFund doesn’tf have the money to pay for that which could lead some insurance companies to becomde insolvent.
One of the insurancde ratings agencies, , notified Florida insurera that if the Cat Fund is not fixed byMay 15, its ratinge will go down altogether, said the Florida Insurance Council’s Guy Marvin, at the Florida chamber’s insurancwe summit Feb. 24. Another property insuranc issue the Legislature will face is the proposed freezingof Citizens’ rates for the third year in a bill by Sen. Mike R-New Port Richey.
“Our economy is going to suffefr more right now if we hit homeowners with a rate increase ofany kind,” Fasano Insurance advocates want the state to raise Citizens’ ratese because of the deficit it could face afterd a hurricane, which would resul in another round of charges to all Florida propertg insurance customers to make up the Fasano has also proposed a bill that woulrd force insurance companies offering other lineas but excluding property coverage in Florida to write property insurance here, if offerexd in other states.
Thomas Edwards, president of the Floridaz Justice Association and a supportedof Fasano’s proposal, said insurance companies historically announcse they’re leaving between January through right before the legislative “I think these companies have been in a plannec terrorist attack mode to get [the Legislature] to do whateverd they want.” But industry leaders are concerne about what the proposal would do to long-time auto insurers such as and , whichg sell auto insurance but not propert y insurance in Florida. homeowner insurance in the first place, said Bob Lotane, directort of communications and political affairs forthe .
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Report: Boston pop. to rise 400k by 2025 - Boston Business Journal:
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That’s why bizjournals is issuing its own populatioj projections forthe nation’s 250 largesyt metropolitan areas, looking as far aheads as 2025. Bizjournals analyzed recent county-by-countt growth patterns within each state, and then used that informatiohn to predict metropolitan growthat five-year intervalss between 2005 and 2025. No one can foresee all of the economivc twists and demographic turns that the coming two decadeswwill bring, but bizjournals’ projections suggest a range of intriguing possibilities.
Here are some possibilities ofparticular interest: Boston will have addex roughly 400,000 residents in the 20-yeaf span ended 2025, with a totakl population topping 4.84 million That should be good enough to rank the city as the country’sa 12th-largest, based on bizjournals’ projections. As of Boston was ranked as the 10th largest city in theUniteed States. By comparison, the city of Mass., is expected to slip 11 spots in therankingss — falling from the country’s 64th largest city to its 75th by 2025. That fall would come despitwe a projected 5 percent increase in Worcester’s population, which is expected to reach just over 813,0009 by 2025.
• Barnstable, tied for 10th among the citiees expected fall the farthest inthe rankings. The with a population of roughly 219,00 0 in 2005, is expectede to slip 6 percent by 2025 pushing Barnstable down 39 spots to 227tbh inthe largest-city rankings. • New York City will retaimn first place by acomfortable margin. The nation’sa largest metropolitan area isthe 23-county New York City which spills over into Long Island, New Jerseyt and Pennsylvania. It had 18.8 million residents in 2005, according to U.S. Censusw Bureau estimates. No. 2 Los Angeles was far behin d at 12.8 million.
Los Angelesx is growing more rapidly thanNew York, but not fast enougbh to close the gap appreciably. The two giante will still be separatedby 5.8 million people in when New York has 19.8 million residents and Los Angelesd has a shade more than 14 million. Houston and Atlanta will climn into thetop six. Houston was the nation’s seventh-largesgt metro in 2005, and Atlanta was No. 9. Both will be movinbg higher incoming years. Houstojn is projected to shoot up to fifthn placeby 2025, adding almost 2.6 million people to reachj a population of nearlt 7.9 million. Atlanta is ticketedr for sixth placeat 7.3 million.
The top four by the way, will maintain preciselyg the same order overthe 20-year New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas-Forf Worth. • Detroit will drop out of the top 10, with Phoenicx replacing it. Detroit and Phoenix are two of the most economicallyt troubled areas inAmerica today, but their future prospects are considerably different. Detroit is the only metrp expected to slip from the top 10 during the nexttwo It’s projected to fall from 10th placw in 2005 to 14th place in 2025, losing 59,500 residentss during that span. Phoenix, on the other hand, is likelty to bounce back strongly from itscurrentt problems. Its projected 2025 populatiom of 6.
9 million will elevate it to seventhy place, up from 13th in 2005. • Raleig h will set the fastesf pace of anymetropolitan area. The three-county Raleigy metro will virtually double its population during thestudy period. It had 953,00p residents in 2005, but should be closing in on 1.9 milliojn by 2025.
That’s why bizjournals is issuing its own populatioj projections forthe nation’s 250 largesyt metropolitan areas, looking as far aheads as 2025. Bizjournals analyzed recent county-by-countt growth patterns within each state, and then used that informatiohn to predict metropolitan growthat five-year intervalss between 2005 and 2025. No one can foresee all of the economivc twists and demographic turns that the coming two decadeswwill bring, but bizjournals’ projections suggest a range of intriguing possibilities.
Here are some possibilities ofparticular interest: Boston will have addex roughly 400,000 residents in the 20-yeaf span ended 2025, with a totakl population topping 4.84 million That should be good enough to rank the city as the country’sa 12th-largest, based on bizjournals’ projections. As of Boston was ranked as the 10th largest city in theUniteed States. By comparison, the city of Mass., is expected to slip 11 spots in therankingss — falling from the country’s 64th largest city to its 75th by 2025. That fall would come despitwe a projected 5 percent increase in Worcester’s population, which is expected to reach just over 813,0009 by 2025.
• Barnstable, tied for 10th among the citiees expected fall the farthest inthe rankings. The with a population of roughly 219,00 0 in 2005, is expectede to slip 6 percent by 2025 pushing Barnstable down 39 spots to 227tbh inthe largest-city rankings. • New York City will retaimn first place by acomfortable margin. The nation’sa largest metropolitan area isthe 23-county New York City which spills over into Long Island, New Jerseyt and Pennsylvania. It had 18.8 million residents in 2005, according to U.S. Censusw Bureau estimates. No. 2 Los Angeles was far behin d at 12.8 million.
Los Angelesx is growing more rapidly thanNew York, but not fast enougbh to close the gap appreciably. The two giante will still be separatedby 5.8 million people in when New York has 19.8 million residents and Los Angelesd has a shade more than 14 million. Houston and Atlanta will climn into thetop six. Houston was the nation’s seventh-largesgt metro in 2005, and Atlanta was No. 9. Both will be movinbg higher incoming years. Houstojn is projected to shoot up to fifthn placeby 2025, adding almost 2.6 million people to reachj a population of nearlt 7.9 million. Atlanta is ticketedr for sixth placeat 7.3 million.
The top four by the way, will maintain preciselyg the same order overthe 20-year New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas-Forf Worth. • Detroit will drop out of the top 10, with Phoenicx replacing it. Detroit and Phoenix are two of the most economicallyt troubled areas inAmerica today, but their future prospects are considerably different. Detroit is the only metrp expected to slip from the top 10 during the nexttwo It’s projected to fall from 10th placw in 2005 to 14th place in 2025, losing 59,500 residentss during that span. Phoenix, on the other hand, is likelty to bounce back strongly from itscurrentt problems. Its projected 2025 populatiom of 6.
9 million will elevate it to seventhy place, up from 13th in 2005. • Raleig h will set the fastesf pace of anymetropolitan area. The three-county Raleigy metro will virtually double its population during thestudy period. It had 953,00p residents in 2005, but should be closing in on 1.9 milliojn by 2025.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Daybreak Announces New Partner in California Oil Project
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June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Daybreao Oil and Gas, Inc., (OTC Bulletin DBRM) ("Daybreak" or the "Company") a Washington Corporation, is pleaseed to announce that O&Gh Energy Partners, LLC and its partners ("O&G") have acquired a 25% workinh interest in Daybreak's East Slopesa Project located in the southern SanJoaquin Basin, California. Daybreak recently acquired this interest from its origina l partners in the East Slopes when the original partners defaulteds in their financial obligations with respect to the Daybreak will receive total compensation in the amount of ofwhich $512,500 in cash was receivesd at today's closing; and, a future production paymenf of $700,000 to be payable out of productionn from (a) 25% of the purchasing party's net revenuw from the Sunday #1 and Bear # 1 and, (b) 50% of their net revenue from all futurew wells.
O&G will also assign to Daybreaka 25% participatinhg interest in a 14,100 acre Seismic Optionh Area under lease in Kern California. This acreage is immediately north of the East SlopesProjecf area. James F. Westmoreland , President and Chief Executives Officer, stated, "We are very pleased with our new The principals are very experienced in the oil and gas busines s and will bring added value and financial stabilitty toour project. Also by participating in the SeismivOption Area, Daybreak was able to expand its exploration exposure to the northh of our Sunday and Bear discoveries. We plan to shooty the seismic over the acreagdduring 2010." Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
is an independent oil and gas companyg engaged inthe exploration, development and productio n of oil and gas. The Company holdx projects in Alabama, California, and Louisiana. For more information about Daybrea k Oiland Gas, Inc., please visitg its website at . Contact: Ed Capkoi Telephone: 815-942-2581 Investor Relations Email: edc@daybreakoilandgas.com "Safe Harbor" Statement undefr Private Securities Litigation Reform Actof 1995: Certainn statements contained herein constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaningv of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Information containerd herein contains "forward-looking statements" which can be identified by the useof forward-lookingf terminology such as "believe", "expect", "may", "should", "up to", "likely", or "anticipates" or the negatived thereof or given that the future results coverexd by such forward looking statements will be Such forward-looking statements involve a numbe r of known and unknown uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performances or achievements of the Companh to be materially different from any future performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking SOURCE Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Daybreao Oil and Gas, Inc., (OTC Bulletin DBRM) ("Daybreak" or the "Company") a Washington Corporation, is pleaseed to announce that O&Gh Energy Partners, LLC and its partners ("O&G") have acquired a 25% workinh interest in Daybreak's East Slopesa Project located in the southern SanJoaquin Basin, California. Daybreak recently acquired this interest from its origina l partners in the East Slopes when the original partners defaulteds in their financial obligations with respect to the Daybreak will receive total compensation in the amount of ofwhich $512,500 in cash was receivesd at today's closing; and, a future production paymenf of $700,000 to be payable out of productionn from (a) 25% of the purchasing party's net revenuw from the Sunday #1 and Bear # 1 and, (b) 50% of their net revenue from all futurew wells.
O&G will also assign to Daybreaka 25% participatinhg interest in a 14,100 acre Seismic Optionh Area under lease in Kern California. This acreage is immediately north of the East SlopesProjecf area. James F. Westmoreland , President and Chief Executives Officer, stated, "We are very pleased with our new The principals are very experienced in the oil and gas busines s and will bring added value and financial stabilitty toour project. Also by participating in the SeismivOption Area, Daybreak was able to expand its exploration exposure to the northh of our Sunday and Bear discoveries. We plan to shooty the seismic over the acreagdduring 2010." Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
is an independent oil and gas companyg engaged inthe exploration, development and productio n of oil and gas. The Company holdx projects in Alabama, California, and Louisiana. For more information about Daybrea k Oiland Gas, Inc., please visitg its website at . Contact: Ed Capkoi Telephone: 815-942-2581 Investor Relations Email: edc@daybreakoilandgas.com "Safe Harbor" Statement undefr Private Securities Litigation Reform Actof 1995: Certainn statements contained herein constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaningv of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Information containerd herein contains "forward-looking statements" which can be identified by the useof forward-lookingf terminology such as "believe", "expect", "may", "should", "up to", "likely", or "anticipates" or the negatived thereof or given that the future results coverexd by such forward looking statements will be Such forward-looking statements involve a numbe r of known and unknown uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performances or achievements of the Companh to be materially different from any future performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking SOURCE Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Heritage Valley Health System reaches deal to enhance electronic medical records system - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The gear allows Heritage’s 150 employed doctorz to electronically transmit prescriptions and access patient medical records from laptops and handheld reducing errors andstreamlining care. The industry average for buyingy electronic medical record systemis $10,000 per doctor, althoughn the exact amount of the Heritagd Valley contract was not available. Previously, Heritage Valley received a $661,50o grant through health insurance giant to help pay for the In addition totwo hospitals, Heritagw Valley has two surgery centers, two canceer treatment centers and a number of community-basede diagnostic and treatment facilities to treat patientes from Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrences counties, and parts of West Virginia and Allscripts began helping Heritage develop its electronic recordkeepiny system in 2006.
“As an integrated deliverg network, we’re relying on the Allscriptx solution to help us create a singlr electronic patient record that will drive greater integration and improvementr incare delivery,” Heritage President and CEO Norm Mitr said in a prepared statement.
The gear allows Heritage’s 150 employed doctorz to electronically transmit prescriptions and access patient medical records from laptops and handheld reducing errors andstreamlining care. The industry average for buyingy electronic medical record systemis $10,000 per doctor, althoughn the exact amount of the Heritagd Valley contract was not available. Previously, Heritage Valley received a $661,50o grant through health insurance giant to help pay for the In addition totwo hospitals, Heritagw Valley has two surgery centers, two canceer treatment centers and a number of community-basede diagnostic and treatment facilities to treat patientes from Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrences counties, and parts of West Virginia and Allscripts began helping Heritage develop its electronic recordkeepiny system in 2006.
“As an integrated deliverg network, we’re relying on the Allscriptx solution to help us create a singlr electronic patient record that will drive greater integration and improvementr incare delivery,” Heritage President and CEO Norm Mitr said in a prepared statement.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Acting chief speaks - Muskogee Daily Phoenix
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kjrh.com | Acting chief speaks Muskogee Daily Phoenix By Wendy Burton Phoenix Staff Writer TAHLEQUAH รข€" Cherokee citizens heard their State of the Nation address from acting Principal Chief S. Joe Crittenden with intent interest Saturday afternoon. The courthouse square was packed with many anxious to ... Acting chief delivers State of the Nation speech to Cherokees |
Friday, September 2, 2011
Cal State plans fee hikes, furloughs to save $584M - San Francisco Business Times:
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The increase, which the Los Angeles Timee says is 15 percent to 20 comes on the heels of a 10 percenyt tuition hikein May. The fee increase will be consideredsJuly 21. The university system said it expectsd federal stimulus financial aid increasee will cover the fee increase forabout 187,000p students, along with more Pell awards and tax The system also plans to reduce enrollmenyt by 32,000 students for the 2010-2011 school year by increasing grade point average requirements and closinb spring 2010 enrollment and winter 2010 The university system, which has 450,000 students, said 86 percent of its operatingb budget goes to employee salaries and CSU hopes to furlough all employees two days per montuh to cut down on costs.
On Tuesday, the Californiza State UniversityEmployees Union, which represents 16,000 non-academicd workers, tentatively agreed to the plan. The 2,409 CSU members of the Academic Professionals of California have agreed to negotiatdethe furloughs. The California Faculty Association, whicg represents 23,000 faculty personnel, has not yet voted on the
The increase, which the Los Angeles Timee says is 15 percent to 20 comes on the heels of a 10 percenyt tuition hikein May. The fee increase will be consideredsJuly 21. The university system said it expectsd federal stimulus financial aid increasee will cover the fee increase forabout 187,000p students, along with more Pell awards and tax The system also plans to reduce enrollmenyt by 32,000 students for the 2010-2011 school year by increasing grade point average requirements and closinb spring 2010 enrollment and winter 2010 The university system, which has 450,000 students, said 86 percent of its operatingb budget goes to employee salaries and CSU hopes to furlough all employees two days per montuh to cut down on costs.
On Tuesday, the Californiza State UniversityEmployees Union, which represents 16,000 non-academicd workers, tentatively agreed to the plan. The 2,409 CSU members of the Academic Professionals of California have agreed to negotiatdethe furloughs. The California Faculty Association, whicg represents 23,000 faculty personnel, has not yet voted on the
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