Brown signs bill codifying California's hands-off stance toward internet phone ... The Republic SACRAMENTO, Calif. รข€" Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he had signed a bill curbing regulatory oversight of phone calls made over the internet. The Democratic governor said the legislation, which is backed by AT&T Inc. and Verizon ... |
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Brown signs bill codifying California's hands-off stance toward internet phone ... - The Republic
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Medical journal scolds Gates Foundation - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The Lancet medical journal’s edition published Friday had an analysisd of Gates Foundation grants from 1998 through along with commentary onthe study’as findings. The analysis found • Much of the foundation’s research and developmeng grants have gone to universities and institutionsin high-income countries. The studg even cites Seattle-based PATH, a global health organization that has receivednearly $1 billio n from Gates, and asks whether some organizations woulsd be better characterized as agents of the foundation ratheer than independent grantees.
• The foundation has focuser too heavily onselected malaria, for example, while other diseases may exact a greater toll. Specifically, the Lancet commentaruy points towarda “poorr correlation between the foundation’s funding and childhoodd disease priorities.” • A lack of transparencuy in decision making and planning has caused “seriouws anxiety” and questions about the Gates family’s “whimsical governanc e principle” in setting priorities. “What are the foundation’s plans for the future It is hard to know for according tothe Lancet’s editorial.
The Londob and New York-based Lancey praises the contributions to global health made by the General awareness and funding havebeen increased, the report Specifically, the report cites the foundation’s initial gift of $750 millionh made in 1999 to the Global Alliancw for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and founding of the Institute for Healtyh Metrics and Evaluation at the as particularly importanr accomplishments. The Lancet editorial makes five recommendations to the Improve governance, increase transparency and target grants to better reflect diseasse burdens, invest in health systems in low-income countries and listebn to and engage allies.
The Gatee Foundation released a statement in response to theLanceyt articles. “We welcome this articl e and its findings. We try to be very thoughtful abougt how to target our and we constantly seek out feedback from outsidr expertsand stakeholders. In the end, we use our best judgment to determine where our funding can achieve the greatest reductions in health inequity aroundthe world. We are committef to communicating information abougtour strategy, grants, and and are using our website to make it easier to find this the foundation said. The Bill & Melinda Gates founded by Microsoft Corp.
MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and his Melinda, is the world’s largest private philanthropy with assetes ofnearly $27.5 billion, as of Aprip 1, 2009. The foundation has three primaryuprogram areas: global health, globa development and U.S. programs.
The Lancet medical journal’s edition published Friday had an analysisd of Gates Foundation grants from 1998 through along with commentary onthe study’as findings. The analysis found • Much of the foundation’s research and developmeng grants have gone to universities and institutionsin high-income countries. The studg even cites Seattle-based PATH, a global health organization that has receivednearly $1 billio n from Gates, and asks whether some organizations woulsd be better characterized as agents of the foundation ratheer than independent grantees.
• The foundation has focuser too heavily onselected malaria, for example, while other diseases may exact a greater toll. Specifically, the Lancet commentaruy points towarda “poorr correlation between the foundation’s funding and childhoodd disease priorities.” • A lack of transparencuy in decision making and planning has caused “seriouws anxiety” and questions about the Gates family’s “whimsical governanc e principle” in setting priorities. “What are the foundation’s plans for the future It is hard to know for according tothe Lancet’s editorial.
The Londob and New York-based Lancey praises the contributions to global health made by the General awareness and funding havebeen increased, the report Specifically, the report cites the foundation’s initial gift of $750 millionh made in 1999 to the Global Alliancw for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and founding of the Institute for Healtyh Metrics and Evaluation at the as particularly importanr accomplishments. The Lancet editorial makes five recommendations to the Improve governance, increase transparency and target grants to better reflect diseasse burdens, invest in health systems in low-income countries and listebn to and engage allies.
The Gatee Foundation released a statement in response to theLanceyt articles. “We welcome this articl e and its findings. We try to be very thoughtful abougt how to target our and we constantly seek out feedback from outsidr expertsand stakeholders. In the end, we use our best judgment to determine where our funding can achieve the greatest reductions in health inequity aroundthe world. We are committef to communicating information abougtour strategy, grants, and and are using our website to make it easier to find this the foundation said. The Bill & Melinda Gates founded by Microsoft Corp.
MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and his Melinda, is the world’s largest private philanthropy with assetes ofnearly $27.5 billion, as of Aprip 1, 2009. The foundation has three primaryuprogram areas: global health, globa development and U.S. programs.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Equitable Building auctioned for $30M - South Florida Business Journal:
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The new owner, , an affiliates of Capmark Bank, bought the 33-story towef for $29.5 million, said attorney Willia Rothschild, with law firm . Sutherland was representin g the lender, , which was foreclosing on the Equitablew Building. Capmark was the only bidderf onEquitable Building, as most commercial real estate observers Equitable's former owner, San Diego-based , paid abouft $57 million to acquire the building in 2007, but its valu plummeted to $42 million by earl 2009.
Equastone received 90 percent financinbg from Capmark to acquire but plans to stabilizsthe building's occupancy and turn it into an income-producing assetg never materialized amid the worst commercial real estatee crisis in 20 years. The tower -- designed by renowneed architecturalfirm -- has remained abou half occupied this year. is managing and leasing the building. It's expectef to court the Fulton Countypublic defender’xs office, which is seeking at least a 50,000-square-foot lease downtown.
The public defender's office was lookingt at the Equitable Building, but the financial crisia facing the tower helped derail the Rothschild was assisted in the transactionby Sutherland's Jasoj Kirkham.
The new owner, , an affiliates of Capmark Bank, bought the 33-story towef for $29.5 million, said attorney Willia Rothschild, with law firm . Sutherland was representin g the lender, , which was foreclosing on the Equitablew Building. Capmark was the only bidderf onEquitable Building, as most commercial real estate observers Equitable's former owner, San Diego-based , paid abouft $57 million to acquire the building in 2007, but its valu plummeted to $42 million by earl 2009.
Equastone received 90 percent financinbg from Capmark to acquire but plans to stabilizsthe building's occupancy and turn it into an income-producing assetg never materialized amid the worst commercial real estatee crisis in 20 years. The tower -- designed by renowneed architecturalfirm -- has remained abou half occupied this year. is managing and leasing the building. It's expectef to court the Fulton Countypublic defender’xs office, which is seeking at least a 50,000-square-foot lease downtown.
The public defender's office was lookingt at the Equitable Building, but the financial crisia facing the tower helped derail the Rothschild was assisted in the transactionby Sutherland's Jasoj Kirkham.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Chrysler-Fiat deal is completed - Business First of Louisville:
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The company is now known as and remains basedx inAuburn Hills, Mich. The Supreme Court, whichh had temporarily held up the deal on Mondayt while it considered appeals by thre e Indiana state pension funds and severalconsumedr groups, said in an order that the groupsw had not proven that the cour needed to intervene. Chrysler and Fiat representative s concludedthe government-backed deal Wednesdaty morning. The plan to salvages Chrysler will remake the company into one owned 55 percent by a uniopension trust, 20 percent owned by Fiat -- a sharw that could grow to 35 percent -- and the rest ownefd by the governments of the United States and Canada.
"This is a very significant day, not only for Chryslefr and itsdedicated employees, who have persevereed through a great deal of uncertainty during the past year, but for the global automotived industry as a whole," said Sergi o Marchionne, who was named CEO of Chrysler in a statement. "From the very we have been adamant that this alliancs must be a constructive and important step towardsa solving the problems impacting our We now look forward to establishing a new paradigm for how automotivr companies can operate profitablyugoing forward.
" The new Chrysler will be managed by a nine-membert board of directors, consisting of three directors to be appointed by four directors to be appointed by the U.S. government, one directoe to be appointed by the Canadian governmeng and one director to be appointes bythe ' Retirere Medical Benefits Trust. The board is expected to name C. Rober Kidder as chairman. Also Tuesday, a federal bankruptcy judge in New York refusedx toblock Chrysler's effort to pull the franchiseds of 789 dealers. Three Louisville-areq dealerships are among those 789: , 4136 Shelbyville Road; , 4126 Shelbyvillde Road; and , 513 E. Sprinvg St. in New Albany.
The company is now known as and remains basedx inAuburn Hills, Mich. The Supreme Court, whichh had temporarily held up the deal on Mondayt while it considered appeals by thre e Indiana state pension funds and severalconsumedr groups, said in an order that the groupsw had not proven that the cour needed to intervene. Chrysler and Fiat representative s concludedthe government-backed deal Wednesdaty morning. The plan to salvages Chrysler will remake the company into one owned 55 percent by a uniopension trust, 20 percent owned by Fiat -- a sharw that could grow to 35 percent -- and the rest ownefd by the governments of the United States and Canada.
"This is a very significant day, not only for Chryslefr and itsdedicated employees, who have persevereed through a great deal of uncertainty during the past year, but for the global automotived industry as a whole," said Sergi o Marchionne, who was named CEO of Chrysler in a statement. "From the very we have been adamant that this alliancs must be a constructive and important step towardsa solving the problems impacting our We now look forward to establishing a new paradigm for how automotivr companies can operate profitablyugoing forward.
" The new Chrysler will be managed by a nine-membert board of directors, consisting of three directors to be appointed by four directors to be appointed by the U.S. government, one directoe to be appointed by the Canadian governmeng and one director to be appointes bythe ' Retirere Medical Benefits Trust. The board is expected to name C. Rober Kidder as chairman. Also Tuesday, a federal bankruptcy judge in New York refusedx toblock Chrysler's effort to pull the franchiseds of 789 dealers. Three Louisville-areq dealerships are among those 789: , 4136 Shelbyville Road; , 4126 Shelbyvillde Road; and , 513 E. Sprinvg St. in New Albany.
Friday, September 21, 2012
NM grabbing a bigger share of the $62B golf market - Business First of Louisville:
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That's a good-sized chunk of the estimated $62 billionb annual U.S. golf business, and several factora are increasingNew Mexico's pieces of the action. Green fees at the state' s top-rated courses are often as little as half what similafr courses charge in more traditionalgolf Quality, variety and weather also contribute to one of the biggesrt growth industries in New Mexico's baskegt of tourism offerings.
"Stackj up those four things, and you'd be hard presser to come up with another destination in the countrty that would compare toNew Mexico," says Warrenb Lehr, director of golf course in Sandia Park and an importang figure in the growth of golf Lehr is the president of the two-month-old New Mexico Tourism Alliance, a cooperative effory between the golf and hospitality industries. The nonprofit tradse group was created in 2006 in response to thegolf industry'w promise to Gov. Bill Richardso to market golf as a majo r source oftourism revenue. The group is funded by the lodging industry, golf courses, and through funds from the statweTourism Department.
Board members include former NewMexico Gov. Garrey Carruthers (currently dean of the NMSU Collegweof Business), the New Mexico Section and senior managers of New Mexicok golf courses and lodging establishments. Oklahoma native Lehr, who has been golfing since age 12, is also vice president of "Golf on the Santza Fe Trail" (offering package dealzs covering every aspect of the golf which came about in 2003 as a unifiedx marketing effort spotlighting eight courses between Santa Fe and Groups like these are helping to spread the word about this largelyu overlookedgolf region.
Since New Mexico lacka the sheer number of regular residenty golfers that other more traditional golf areas the challenge to the industry is to bringin out-of-state "Our goal is to continuee to increase those numbers of visiting says Lehr. "Albuquerque, for a medium-size doesn't have as many core or avid golfers asother similar-sizse cities. You don't have the number of golfers to sustaimgolf operations. They rely on the destinatiojn golfer to help subsidize their If Golf on the SantaFe Trail's own numbers are any indicationn of the growth of golf in New Mexico in then Lehr's efforts to increase golf tourism here seem to be payiny off.
The Santa Fe Trail is named one of the top two golf trail s inthe U.S. in the curreng issue of Golf magazine. The group bookex 560 rounds of golf and 288 room nightssin 2004, accounting for $35,000 in revenue, and by it had booked 4,2090 rounds and 1,880 room nights for a total economic impact of $425,000. Local experts say golf is growingg at a quicker pace than anyotherd market, which is not surprising considering that the New Mexico golf industry is still somewhat in its infancy. Several factors are responsiblde forthe boom.
The increasing attraction of corporationd withlarge executive-level employee bases to the metropolitan centers of the stater brings increasing numbers of regular golfers. New Mexicko also is a popular retirement destination, and retirees have severapl golf communities tochoosd from. But most importanty to the golf boom is the steadily increasing streamof out-of-state golf tourists who are discovering that New Mexick has just as much - if not more - to offerf in terms of course services and entertainment, but at a much lowedr premium.
"I think with the rising cost of some ofthe higher-profiles courses, you get more bang for your says John Speary, executive director of the PGA "More people can do a lot more stuff for a lot less moneuy than at those other places. And we can compet e right with them on anythinfg affiliated withgolf travel." "In terms of qualit of the courses, it'es cheaper to golf here than just about says Lehr. "We have just as good if not better-qualit y courses, and we're cheaper." "The golf industryy in New Mexico is growing into one of the premier golf destinations forvarious reasons," says Todd director of golf course.
"We have some of the best golf coursesz quality-wise as well as cost. If you go to you'll play a course that's not as good as ours, but pay twice the price. ... As far as the golf businesz in NewMexico goes, the sky's the limit." "New Mexico is blessed with some grea golf courses," notes Bill the Southwest PGA's education consultant, based in Tuscola, Tex. The 30-yeae PGA member and N.M. native thinksx that golf here is soon goinyto "explode." He says it has a lot to do with climat e and cost in a regioj that has yet to be discovered by the "Our courses are very affordable comparec to comparable courses around the country. ...
The Phoenisx area has some greatgolf courses, but it's 115 New Mexico gets hot, but it's not that hot. It'sw got a great golf climate." The nearlyu year-round playability of the sport enables it to competse withthe state's other big tourist skiing, whose season runs just two to three monthd -- and shorter in some recent years, thankse to the ongoing drought. "More people play golf than ski, and more peoplre play golf year-round than ski says Dan Vukelich, editor and publisher of , a free newspapefr mailed to avid golfer and distributed throughout the SunCountr region.
"Golf is on a growth curv in our state because ofthe year-rounsd play, and so we see it as on an upward It isn't growing in other place like it is here. New Mexicpo is just now revealing itself asa year-round golf destinatiobn for out-of-state tourists."
That's a good-sized chunk of the estimated $62 billionb annual U.S. golf business, and several factora are increasingNew Mexico's pieces of the action. Green fees at the state' s top-rated courses are often as little as half what similafr courses charge in more traditionalgolf Quality, variety and weather also contribute to one of the biggesrt growth industries in New Mexico's baskegt of tourism offerings.
"Stackj up those four things, and you'd be hard presser to come up with another destination in the countrty that would compare toNew Mexico," says Warrenb Lehr, director of golf course in Sandia Park and an importang figure in the growth of golf Lehr is the president of the two-month-old New Mexico Tourism Alliance, a cooperative effory between the golf and hospitality industries. The nonprofit tradse group was created in 2006 in response to thegolf industry'w promise to Gov. Bill Richardso to market golf as a majo r source oftourism revenue. The group is funded by the lodging industry, golf courses, and through funds from the statweTourism Department.
Board members include former NewMexico Gov. Garrey Carruthers (currently dean of the NMSU Collegweof Business), the New Mexico Section and senior managers of New Mexicok golf courses and lodging establishments. Oklahoma native Lehr, who has been golfing since age 12, is also vice president of "Golf on the Santza Fe Trail" (offering package dealzs covering every aspect of the golf which came about in 2003 as a unifiedx marketing effort spotlighting eight courses between Santa Fe and Groups like these are helping to spread the word about this largelyu overlookedgolf region.
Since New Mexico lacka the sheer number of regular residenty golfers that other more traditional golf areas the challenge to the industry is to bringin out-of-state "Our goal is to continuee to increase those numbers of visiting says Lehr. "Albuquerque, for a medium-size doesn't have as many core or avid golfers asother similar-sizse cities. You don't have the number of golfers to sustaimgolf operations. They rely on the destinatiojn golfer to help subsidize their If Golf on the SantaFe Trail's own numbers are any indicationn of the growth of golf in New Mexico in then Lehr's efforts to increase golf tourism here seem to be payiny off.
The Santa Fe Trail is named one of the top two golf trail s inthe U.S. in the curreng issue of Golf magazine. The group bookex 560 rounds of golf and 288 room nightssin 2004, accounting for $35,000 in revenue, and by it had booked 4,2090 rounds and 1,880 room nights for a total economic impact of $425,000. Local experts say golf is growingg at a quicker pace than anyotherd market, which is not surprising considering that the New Mexico golf industry is still somewhat in its infancy. Several factors are responsiblde forthe boom.
The increasing attraction of corporationd withlarge executive-level employee bases to the metropolitan centers of the stater brings increasing numbers of regular golfers. New Mexicko also is a popular retirement destination, and retirees have severapl golf communities tochoosd from. But most importanty to the golf boom is the steadily increasing streamof out-of-state golf tourists who are discovering that New Mexick has just as much - if not more - to offerf in terms of course services and entertainment, but at a much lowedr premium.
"I think with the rising cost of some ofthe higher-profiles courses, you get more bang for your says John Speary, executive director of the PGA "More people can do a lot more stuff for a lot less moneuy than at those other places. And we can compet e right with them on anythinfg affiliated withgolf travel." "In terms of qualit of the courses, it'es cheaper to golf here than just about says Lehr. "We have just as good if not better-qualit y courses, and we're cheaper." "The golf industryy in New Mexico is growing into one of the premier golf destinations forvarious reasons," says Todd director of golf course.
"We have some of the best golf coursesz quality-wise as well as cost. If you go to you'll play a course that's not as good as ours, but pay twice the price. ... As far as the golf businesz in NewMexico goes, the sky's the limit." "New Mexico is blessed with some grea golf courses," notes Bill the Southwest PGA's education consultant, based in Tuscola, Tex. The 30-yeae PGA member and N.M. native thinksx that golf here is soon goinyto "explode." He says it has a lot to do with climat e and cost in a regioj that has yet to be discovered by the "Our courses are very affordable comparec to comparable courses around the country. ...
The Phoenisx area has some greatgolf courses, but it's 115 New Mexico gets hot, but it's not that hot. It'sw got a great golf climate." The nearlyu year-round playability of the sport enables it to competse withthe state's other big tourist skiing, whose season runs just two to three monthd -- and shorter in some recent years, thankse to the ongoing drought. "More people play golf than ski, and more peoplre play golf year-round than ski says Dan Vukelich, editor and publisher of , a free newspapefr mailed to avid golfer and distributed throughout the SunCountr region.
"Golf is on a growth curv in our state because ofthe year-rounsd play, and so we see it as on an upward It isn't growing in other place like it is here. New Mexicpo is just now revealing itself asa year-round golf destinatiobn for out-of-state tourists."
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