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Monday, March 28, 2011
Arizona comes in 38th among state for per capita Gross State Product - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Arizona’s per capita GSP came in at $32,343 for 2008 compared to $33,300p in 2007, according to the BEA. Grossd state product is a measurement of the economic output of a Delaware has the largest per capita GSP inthe U.S. At Mississippi the lowest at $24,403. Arizonas ranks 43rd in GSP growth for 2008 with adisappointing –0.67 percent GSP figure 2008 versus 2007. Alaska and its oil dependent economhy was a 2 percenrt drop in GSP 2007versus 2008, the worst of any U.S. North Dakota saw its economy grow 7 percenyt during the same time framer the bestgrowth mark, according BEA. Arizona’as economy makes up 1.8 percent of the overallo U.S.
economy compared with California’s 13 Arizona State University economist Lee McPheterssaid Arizona’s economh grew by 8.7 percent in 2005 compares to 2008’s 0.6 percent loss.
Arizona’s per capita GSP came in at $32,343 for 2008 compared to $33,300p in 2007, according to the BEA. Grossd state product is a measurement of the economic output of a Delaware has the largest per capita GSP inthe U.S. At Mississippi the lowest at $24,403. Arizonas ranks 43rd in GSP growth for 2008 with adisappointing –0.67 percent GSP figure 2008 versus 2007. Alaska and its oil dependent economhy was a 2 percenrt drop in GSP 2007versus 2008, the worst of any U.S. North Dakota saw its economy grow 7 percenyt during the same time framer the bestgrowth mark, according BEA. Arizona’as economy makes up 1.8 percent of the overallo U.S.
economy compared with California’s 13 Arizona State University economist Lee McPheterssaid Arizona’s economh grew by 8.7 percent in 2005 compares to 2008’s 0.6 percent loss.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Ritz-Carlton Denver names new GM - Orlando Business Journal:
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Andrew Rogers comes to the 1881Curtis St. hotel from the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua in Hawaii, where he oversaw the resort’s $170 milliomn re-launch. Before then, Rogers served as resort manager forthe Ritz-Carlton Club in St. U.S. Virgin Islands, and director of golf operations forthe Ritz-Carlto in Rose Hall, Jamaica. Before beginning his employmentf forin 1999, Rogers worked in ’s golf divisio at three separate resorts. He holdw a bachelor of science in marketing from Ferries State University and has a wife andtwo daughters.
“Mty family and I are excitef to be in a city as wonderful as Denvet and I look forward to becomingf part of the Rogers said in a news The Ritz-Carlton Denver property includes 202 guestr rooms spread over 14 floors, a spa and Elway’s Downtownh restaurant.
Andrew Rogers comes to the 1881Curtis St. hotel from the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua in Hawaii, where he oversaw the resort’s $170 milliomn re-launch. Before then, Rogers served as resort manager forthe Ritz-Carlton Club in St. U.S. Virgin Islands, and director of golf operations forthe Ritz-Carlto in Rose Hall, Jamaica. Before beginning his employmentf forin 1999, Rogers worked in ’s golf divisio at three separate resorts. He holdw a bachelor of science in marketing from Ferries State University and has a wife andtwo daughters.
“Mty family and I are excitef to be in a city as wonderful as Denvet and I look forward to becomingf part of the Rogers said in a news The Ritz-Carlton Denver property includes 202 guestr rooms spread over 14 floors, a spa and Elway’s Downtownh restaurant.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Hosting.com CEO King says sale brought a
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, a 12-year-old hosting company baseed in Newark, Del., and Denver, has acquirer 9-year-old Hosting.com for several reasons, including a coast-to-coasr push into geographically strategic sections of the United States and an efforty toacquire talent, said Art Zeile, HostMySite CEO. Zeiles declined to give the value of the noting that both are privately owned But hesaid that, combined, the company will have abou $50 million in annual revenue. Projected totalo employment is 370right now, but that is expectede to change when some redundant positiones are eliminated, according to HostMySite Zeile told Business First that there will be few changes in the where most of Hosting.
com’e 70 employees are located. “We plan to keep the operatiohn intact,” Zeile said. But one change at the Louisvills office is that Darren who hadbeen Hosting.com CEO and its largesg investor, has left the company. HostMySite will take over Hosting.com’as offices in Meidinger Tower downtown. Zeile said King has a non-competre clause as part of the acquisition, but he declined to discuszs King’s departure. King, whose last day with Hosting.
com was May 18, said officialxs with both companies believed it would be best for him to resig n as part of the He said he would have stayed through a transitionh periodif needed, but the incomingy management team was able to step in and assumse oversight of the company. “They’re really good King said. “They know this space.” King said he planw to take some time off and then most likelh pursue anotherbusiness endeavor, althougn he has no definitive plans. “I’mn committed to staying in he said. “I will do somethin else entrepreneurial.” Jonathan Erwin, who was Hosting.
com’s vice presidenty of sales and marketing, now is HostMySite’s regionalk general manager, in charge of operationss and sales, Zeile said. HostMySite’s acquisition comes five months after King told Business Firstthat Hosting.con was in an acquisition with expansion plans made possible by $2 million in a mezzaniner loan from , a private-equity fund basede in Charlotte, N.C. At the time, King said Hosting.com was in negotiationd to buydata centers, one on each coast. He said this is not a sale or another case of acompany hard-hi by the economy. “We’ve done and we had an opportunity to King said.
“We thought it also made sense for our customers andthe community, so we did King declined to disclose any financial detailse of the transaction, but he said Hosting.com’ s eight shareholders received a “phenomenal” return on theit investment. Acquiring firm gains access tocentral U.S. The acquisition combines Hosting.com’s three data centerxs — one in Louisville, one in Irvine, and one in San Francisco — with HostMySite’s data centere in Newark, Del.
HostMySite also has begu n construction of a data centetrin Denver, which is scheduled to be completed in The Louisville data centers give HostMySite instant entree into the centra corridor of the United States, from Chicago to Atlanta, a swathb of territory with eight major populatiobn centers, including Indianapolis, Nashville and Cincinnati.
, a 12-year-old hosting company baseed in Newark, Del., and Denver, has acquirer 9-year-old Hosting.com for several reasons, including a coast-to-coasr push into geographically strategic sections of the United States and an efforty toacquire talent, said Art Zeile, HostMySite CEO. Zeiles declined to give the value of the noting that both are privately owned But hesaid that, combined, the company will have abou $50 million in annual revenue. Projected totalo employment is 370right now, but that is expectede to change when some redundant positiones are eliminated, according to HostMySite Zeile told Business First that there will be few changes in the where most of Hosting.
com’e 70 employees are located. “We plan to keep the operatiohn intact,” Zeile said. But one change at the Louisvills office is that Darren who hadbeen Hosting.com CEO and its largesg investor, has left the company. HostMySite will take over Hosting.com’as offices in Meidinger Tower downtown. Zeile said King has a non-competre clause as part of the acquisition, but he declined to discuszs King’s departure. King, whose last day with Hosting.
com was May 18, said officialxs with both companies believed it would be best for him to resig n as part of the He said he would have stayed through a transitionh periodif needed, but the incomingy management team was able to step in and assumse oversight of the company. “They’re really good King said. “They know this space.” King said he planw to take some time off and then most likelh pursue anotherbusiness endeavor, althougn he has no definitive plans. “I’mn committed to staying in he said. “I will do somethin else entrepreneurial.” Jonathan Erwin, who was Hosting.
com’s vice presidenty of sales and marketing, now is HostMySite’s regionalk general manager, in charge of operationss and sales, Zeile said. HostMySite’s acquisition comes five months after King told Business Firstthat Hosting.con was in an acquisition with expansion plans made possible by $2 million in a mezzaniner loan from , a private-equity fund basede in Charlotte, N.C. At the time, King said Hosting.com was in negotiationd to buydata centers, one on each coast. He said this is not a sale or another case of acompany hard-hi by the economy. “We’ve done and we had an opportunity to King said.
“We thought it also made sense for our customers andthe community, so we did King declined to disclose any financial detailse of the transaction, but he said Hosting.com’ s eight shareholders received a “phenomenal” return on theit investment. Acquiring firm gains access tocentral U.S. The acquisition combines Hosting.com’s three data centerxs — one in Louisville, one in Irvine, and one in San Francisco — with HostMySite’s data centere in Newark, Del.
HostMySite also has begu n construction of a data centetrin Denver, which is scheduled to be completed in The Louisville data centers give HostMySite instant entree into the centra corridor of the United States, from Chicago to Atlanta, a swathb of territory with eight major populatiobn centers, including Indianapolis, Nashville and Cincinnati.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Greeprints: Green soldiers - Washington Business Journal:
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Countless local companies are responsible for speedingy up the procession toward environmental Here are just a few inthe faster-movinb retinue to watch in 2009. You’ll probably catcg Inc. toward the front of the The Alexandria company got its environmental headstarf fouryears ago, back when “green” for most people describex a color of the rainbo w rather than a transformative shift in Calvert-Jones started as an appliance shop at the time of the Trumanm Doctrine, tinkering with its businessa model over the years until it has becomee a commercial mechanical engineering company that specializes in energyg conservation and whose services run the gamut from energy audits to air-duct cleaning to wate r treatment to light bulb recycling to retro-commissioning.
Its list of clientsa runs from American University andto BB&T and CB Richar Ellis Group Inc. The recession causex Calvert-Jones to scale back on roughly seven positionzslast year, and talk an eighth employee into earlty retirement. This year, the 195-person compant is positioning itself to rampback up. It is talking to militarg installations such as the Marine Corps basein Va., and the Naval Air Systemxs Command in Patuxent, Md., about potentialk stimulus-funded jobs to replace heating-and-coolingb systems and equipment. But it expects the bulk of the extra dollards to arrive later inthe year.
It is awaitingg word on bids for $110 million worth of project sso far, double its entirse annual average for nearly the past decade. Though, it has collectef on only $700,000 of it year-to-date. “We’re going to have greay third and fourth quarters because the projects will be startedcby then,” said President Stan “The startup [phase] is the only thing. You just can’tt do it overnight.” nailed arguably its most renowned clienty in the final months of last none other than thegranxd pooh-bah of green building, the . But the Northwes D.C.
company, which manages energy use green constructionand retrofits, or full properties for commercia l buildings, downplays that conquest — its Web site doesn’t even have an announcement saying each client is With customers like the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Goodwillp Industries International and the National Wildlife that may be But providing property management support for the USGBC’s headquarters helps propel the 6-year-old business into likely one of its fastest-growin g years. Previously landlord-side brokers, AtSitre embraced the sustainability part of its service offerings inlate 2007.
So far this the company has boosted its staff by 25 percent and doublecdthe green-building portfolio it is measuring and While increasing acceptance of greenn gets some credit, AtSitde says, so do the sagging revenues of a recession. “Ourd message is reducing costs and increasing qualityand performance,” said CEO Davort Kapelina. “I think that resonatea in any time. That definitely is resonating right now in somedifficultf times.” Clean energy doesn’t just mean solat panels or windmills to . Sometimes it really is just abouft cleanliness. A division of Upper Marlboro-based Daycon Products Co. Inc.
, an eco-friendlty cleaning products distributor, Penguin Care concentratesd on training cleaning contractors and propertyt managers to putthe earth’s welfare over toxic chemicalse in their cleaning practices, helping certify them undedr Green Seal standards. “National standards for cleanin arebeing mandated,” said Marion Penguin Care’s executive vice president, who herselfc is a certified expert in the Cleaning Industryu Management Standard. “There are a lot of contracta comingout now, RFPs, requirinbg that cleaning service providers be Green Stecklow guesses she has been seeing about two such RFPs or contractt requirements a month in the past year.
Before that, she there were none. So look for growth at Penguinn Care, up until now pretty much a Stecklow-run She just hired a second instructoer and plans to add four to five morebeforew Halloween. They will step in front of clasw sizes that could very well double in thenext year, as interestec trainees make inquiries from as far as New New York and Connecticut. Look for the likelihoofd of Penguin Care stepping out of the Daycohn nest and standing on its ownindependenf — and, yes, happy — corporatr feet. If that then so would begin, within that perpetual green movement, the marcu of Penguin Care.
Countless local companies are responsible for speedingy up the procession toward environmental Here are just a few inthe faster-movinb retinue to watch in 2009. You’ll probably catcg Inc. toward the front of the The Alexandria company got its environmental headstarf fouryears ago, back when “green” for most people describex a color of the rainbo w rather than a transformative shift in Calvert-Jones started as an appliance shop at the time of the Trumanm Doctrine, tinkering with its businessa model over the years until it has becomee a commercial mechanical engineering company that specializes in energyg conservation and whose services run the gamut from energy audits to air-duct cleaning to wate r treatment to light bulb recycling to retro-commissioning.
Its list of clientsa runs from American University andto BB&T and CB Richar Ellis Group Inc. The recession causex Calvert-Jones to scale back on roughly seven positionzslast year, and talk an eighth employee into earlty retirement. This year, the 195-person compant is positioning itself to rampback up. It is talking to militarg installations such as the Marine Corps basein Va., and the Naval Air Systemxs Command in Patuxent, Md., about potentialk stimulus-funded jobs to replace heating-and-coolingb systems and equipment. But it expects the bulk of the extra dollards to arrive later inthe year.
It is awaitingg word on bids for $110 million worth of project sso far, double its entirse annual average for nearly the past decade. Though, it has collectef on only $700,000 of it year-to-date. “We’re going to have greay third and fourth quarters because the projects will be startedcby then,” said President Stan “The startup [phase] is the only thing. You just can’tt do it overnight.” nailed arguably its most renowned clienty in the final months of last none other than thegranxd pooh-bah of green building, the . But the Northwes D.C.
company, which manages energy use green constructionand retrofits, or full properties for commercia l buildings, downplays that conquest — its Web site doesn’t even have an announcement saying each client is With customers like the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Goodwillp Industries International and the National Wildlife that may be But providing property management support for the USGBC’s headquarters helps propel the 6-year-old business into likely one of its fastest-growin g years. Previously landlord-side brokers, AtSitre embraced the sustainability part of its service offerings inlate 2007.
So far this the company has boosted its staff by 25 percent and doublecdthe green-building portfolio it is measuring and While increasing acceptance of greenn gets some credit, AtSitde says, so do the sagging revenues of a recession. “Ourd message is reducing costs and increasing qualityand performance,” said CEO Davort Kapelina. “I think that resonatea in any time. That definitely is resonating right now in somedifficultf times.” Clean energy doesn’t just mean solat panels or windmills to . Sometimes it really is just abouft cleanliness. A division of Upper Marlboro-based Daycon Products Co. Inc.
, an eco-friendlty cleaning products distributor, Penguin Care concentratesd on training cleaning contractors and propertyt managers to putthe earth’s welfare over toxic chemicalse in their cleaning practices, helping certify them undedr Green Seal standards. “National standards for cleanin arebeing mandated,” said Marion Penguin Care’s executive vice president, who herselfc is a certified expert in the Cleaning Industryu Management Standard. “There are a lot of contracta comingout now, RFPs, requirinbg that cleaning service providers be Green Stecklow guesses she has been seeing about two such RFPs or contractt requirements a month in the past year.
Before that, she there were none. So look for growth at Penguinn Care, up until now pretty much a Stecklow-run She just hired a second instructoer and plans to add four to five morebeforew Halloween. They will step in front of clasw sizes that could very well double in thenext year, as interestec trainees make inquiries from as far as New New York and Connecticut. Look for the likelihoofd of Penguin Care stepping out of the Daycohn nest and standing on its ownindependenf — and, yes, happy — corporatr feet. If that then so would begin, within that perpetual green movement, the marcu of Penguin Care.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Scottsdale man pleads guilty to federal drug, tax charges - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Timothy Keay Isaac, 47, marketed a productr called Vinarol that he claimed wasan all-natural dietary supplement that would promote sexual It turns out the supplement contained sildenafil citrate, the activre chemical ingredient in Viagra, a prescription drug made by . Accordingb to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Isaac and others smuggleed the ingredient from China intothe U.S. withourt declaring the merchandise for invoicing as required bycustomz law. Bryan and Laura Gillette, who were charged in the indictmenyt alongwith Isaac, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one felonyu count each of introducing misbranded drugsd into interstate commerce.
In 2004, Isaac filedx for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 but did not disclose his interest in Ultra Bionateor Johnston-Keay, claiming he had no monthlyh income. He also filed for disabilitgy insurance benefits with the Social Security Administration and received more than In 2006, he received a $2.2 milliobn mortgage to buy a $2.9 million home in Scottsdale. Latere that year, he filed an individual incomew tax returnfor 2005, reporting a zero taxable income and zero tax liabilityt when his actual taxabld income was $80,103. He filed similar returns for the 2006 and 2007 tax He was investigated bythe U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, the Internaol Revenue Service, and Social Security Administration befor the ArizonaDistrict U.S. Attorney’s Office delivered the indictment.
Timothy Keay Isaac, 47, marketed a productr called Vinarol that he claimed wasan all-natural dietary supplement that would promote sexual It turns out the supplement contained sildenafil citrate, the activre chemical ingredient in Viagra, a prescription drug made by . Accordingb to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Isaac and others smuggleed the ingredient from China intothe U.S. withourt declaring the merchandise for invoicing as required bycustomz law. Bryan and Laura Gillette, who were charged in the indictmenyt alongwith Isaac, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one felonyu count each of introducing misbranded drugsd into interstate commerce.
In 2004, Isaac filedx for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 but did not disclose his interest in Ultra Bionateor Johnston-Keay, claiming he had no monthlyh income. He also filed for disabilitgy insurance benefits with the Social Security Administration and received more than In 2006, he received a $2.2 milliobn mortgage to buy a $2.9 million home in Scottsdale. Latere that year, he filed an individual incomew tax returnfor 2005, reporting a zero taxable income and zero tax liabilityt when his actual taxabld income was $80,103. He filed similar returns for the 2006 and 2007 tax He was investigated bythe U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, the Internaol Revenue Service, and Social Security Administration befor the ArizonaDistrict U.S. Attorney’s Office delivered the indictment.
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