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He was 24 years old, with a businesws and economics degreein hand. Marshall was interviewingy to becomea stockbroker, and thingss were going great. He was asked to come back the next day for apersonalit test. The test was designed to determine aptitudertoward salesmanship; being a go-getter. A sample When at a party, do you prefet to stay with a group of friends or meet everyonee atthe party? "Now, I wouldn'yt mind meeting a couple people at the Marshall says. "But you know, I wanted to be with my with my guys. And that's how I answered And that's probably why Marshall is not astockbroked today.
"The guy tells me, 'You I've been doing this for 29 yearwand I've never had a better interview. But you failee that test miserably,' " Marshall "So he didn't hire me. And if he'd have 'Come work for us,' that's what I would have Marshall finisheda master's degrer in sports administration and went to work for a resorft in Florida. His job included hiding the item s forscavenger hunts. "Basically I was like a pool boy; a cabanaq boy," Marshall says. "I literally dresse up in a gorilla suit one time and had to come in and whiso awaythis lady. So I did, and she' s screaming because she's frightened. That's when I told myself, 'This is not what I want to do.
' He had given up his career as an assistanrt coach for his smallalma mater, , having run out of patienc e waiting for an Division I opportunity. Now here he was, unhappy and on the spending his only day off pleadinvg to his old college coach overthe phone. "II was like, 'Man, you've got to get me out of here, ' " Marshall says. "But I'm also thinking nobody'ds going to hire me. School has started. Practicd had started. It's October." finallh called. It wasn't Division I, but it was a good progranm that would advance to the NAIA Tournament that Marshall never strayed fromcoaching again.
"At one point I probablgy thought I was going to go out and set the worlde on fire in some type ofbusinessw endeavor," Marshall says. "Many of my friends and teammatees diddo that. One's on Wall Street. Another friend startes owning his ownhealth clubs. I was out coaching for $10,000p a year and eating pinto beane withpicante sauce. It was a tough existences for awhile." A side note: Just days after Marshalo returned to coachingin 1987, the stoco market crashed. "Black saw the largest one-day percentage declinre in stockmarket history. I don't know if being a stockbroked would have treatedme well," Marshalpl says.
Marshall is the first Shocker coach since 1992 not to have playesd DivisionI basketball. He's not part of an exclusivre coaching tree. "My dad's not a coach," Marshallo says. "I didn't play at a very high profiled program andI didn'tr play in the NBA. It's more difficult." Marshalll was able to get his foot in Divisioj I by takingan assistant's position with the . It was an NAIA but was becomingDivisiomn I. "Gregg would be a greatg salesperson," says Marshall's former teammate Rod Wood, now the head men's basketball coach at the .
"Hw recruits so well because he's very likable and he's very I often joke that I can'tr leave Gregg alone with my wife, or he'lo recruit her." In Charleston received an at-largr berth into the NCAA The Cougars followed that up with NIT berthse in 1995and 1996.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Common Cause finds oil vote-contribution correlation - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The report, released in is the latest in a seried of studies compiled by Commojn Cause that analyze how political contributions by various industrie might impactpublic policy, said Statwe Director Steven Allen. “We found that legislators who voted on legislationh friendly to oil andgas received, on average, two-to-fives times more campaign contributions than legislators who voterd in a manner unfriendly to the oil and gas industry,” Allen said.
However, President Bob Gallagher said campaigncontributions don’t buy “Our companies look for pro-businesss candidates, whether they be Republicans or Democrats, to creates a stable business environment in New Gallagher said. “We need pro-business representatives, and they need to spendf money toget elected. It’s that simple. But that doesn’t get us any Gallagher said political contributions are like buying insurance on an offics building toprotect one’s “You spend money on a candidate to protect your assets with peoplew who are pro-business,” Gallagher said.
“Withu billions of dollars in assets inNew we’ll do everything we can to protect it. Wouldn’ t you?” The report, based on statistics from the in Statr Politics and the New Mexico Secretaryuof State’s Web says oil and gas businesses were among the larges political contributors in New Mexicpo in every year of the past decade. Contributions totalef $5.369 million from 1998 to 2008, with about 41 percent going to Democrats and the rest to Last year, oil and gas companies contributed more than $1 or 15.6 percent of all contributions in 2008 the most from any single industry.
The single largest contributort last yearwas , an Albuquerque-baser oil and gas investmentr company, with $250,000 for two candidates, the reporft said. was third largest with $140,000. The report analyzedd votes on various oil and gas bills in recent years and correlated the positions of individuakl legislators with the amouny they receivedin contributions. “Contributions to legislatorz whose votes were friendly to industr y on averagetotaled $4,577,” the report stated. “Contribution s to legislators whosevotes weren’t friendly to industrty on average totaled $1,793. For both chambers and all billxs analyzed, industry-friendly voting is associated with 2.
6 timeds more O&G funding than industry-unfriendly voting.” Sen. John Arthur a Deming Democrat and chairman of the Senate Finance saidthe industry’s impact on New Mexico finances is the critical factotr influencing legislative decisions. “Frankly, we’rde far too dependent on oil and Smith said. “It’s too volatile, and we’re right now suffering a backlashg from the industry In the past five oil and gas accounted for betweeb 15 and 21 percent of general fund with morethan $10 billion in taxess and charges paid by industry between 2002 and 2007.
The plummeg in oil and gas prices, however, has lowerec energy-related revenue projections to just 12 percent for fiscal year 2010 the lowest percentage since according to the LegislativeFinance Committee. The revenuee decline contributed toa $450 million deficit in the currenty FY 2009 budget, and a projectedd $400 million deficit for 2010. As for politicakl contributions, Smith said it’s the overall cost of electiones that needs to be addressed rathed than any alleged influence earned byindividuapl contributions.
“I’ve never been influenced by it and all other legislatords will tell youthe same, but you can’t run an electorao race without contributions,” Smit h said. “I guess it’s the cost of elections that bothersdme most. The worstf thing in politics is havingt toraise money. I’d like to see limits on but I don’t know how you do that withougt impairing freedomof speech.
”
The report, released in is the latest in a seried of studies compiled by Commojn Cause that analyze how political contributions by various industrie might impactpublic policy, said Statwe Director Steven Allen. “We found that legislators who voted on legislationh friendly to oil andgas received, on average, two-to-fives times more campaign contributions than legislators who voterd in a manner unfriendly to the oil and gas industry,” Allen said.
However, President Bob Gallagher said campaigncontributions don’t buy “Our companies look for pro-businesss candidates, whether they be Republicans or Democrats, to creates a stable business environment in New Gallagher said. “We need pro-business representatives, and they need to spendf money toget elected. It’s that simple. But that doesn’t get us any Gallagher said political contributions are like buying insurance on an offics building toprotect one’s “You spend money on a candidate to protect your assets with peoplew who are pro-business,” Gallagher said.
“Withu billions of dollars in assets inNew we’ll do everything we can to protect it. Wouldn’ t you?” The report, based on statistics from the in Statr Politics and the New Mexico Secretaryuof State’s Web says oil and gas businesses were among the larges political contributors in New Mexicpo in every year of the past decade. Contributions totalef $5.369 million from 1998 to 2008, with about 41 percent going to Democrats and the rest to Last year, oil and gas companies contributed more than $1 or 15.6 percent of all contributions in 2008 the most from any single industry.
The single largest contributort last yearwas , an Albuquerque-baser oil and gas investmentr company, with $250,000 for two candidates, the reporft said. was third largest with $140,000. The report analyzedd votes on various oil and gas bills in recent years and correlated the positions of individuakl legislators with the amouny they receivedin contributions. “Contributions to legislatorz whose votes were friendly to industr y on averagetotaled $4,577,” the report stated. “Contribution s to legislators whosevotes weren’t friendly to industrty on average totaled $1,793. For both chambers and all billxs analyzed, industry-friendly voting is associated with 2.
6 timeds more O&G funding than industry-unfriendly voting.” Sen. John Arthur a Deming Democrat and chairman of the Senate Finance saidthe industry’s impact on New Mexico finances is the critical factotr influencing legislative decisions. “Frankly, we’rde far too dependent on oil and Smith said. “It’s too volatile, and we’re right now suffering a backlashg from the industry In the past five oil and gas accounted for betweeb 15 and 21 percent of general fund with morethan $10 billion in taxess and charges paid by industry between 2002 and 2007.
The plummeg in oil and gas prices, however, has lowerec energy-related revenue projections to just 12 percent for fiscal year 2010 the lowest percentage since according to the LegislativeFinance Committee. The revenuee decline contributed toa $450 million deficit in the currenty FY 2009 budget, and a projectedd $400 million deficit for 2010. As for politicakl contributions, Smith said it’s the overall cost of electiones that needs to be addressed rathed than any alleged influence earned byindividuapl contributions.
“I’ve never been influenced by it and all other legislatords will tell youthe same, but you can’t run an electorao race without contributions,” Smit h said. “I guess it’s the cost of elections that bothersdme most. The worstf thing in politics is havingt toraise money. I’d like to see limits on but I don’t know how you do that withougt impairing freedomof speech.
”
Friday, October 26, 2012
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
CareWorks deal for Plannet Group shines amid dull economy - Business First of Columbus:
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, a homegrown tech companu with agrowing clientele, was acquired May 21 by Dublin-basefd , which plans to add high-paying jobs to supportg the purchase over the coming year. Terms of the deal betweebn the privately heldcompanies weren’t The sale also frees Plannet Group founder Jim Mazotas to start another tech operatiohn that could begin hiring over the coming year as well. “Thisd first rush to the finisy line ended on apositive note,” Mazotas “And it looks like there is gointg to be another one past this.” The 39-year-oldd Mazotas has been running the race for seven years. He foundef Plannet Group in 2002 to develop network security andmanagement software.
He starte the business after becoming unhappy with the direction of the softwar development company where had he Mazotas decided to focus on developingb a program that could help computer networl managers visually managetheir environment, rather than forcing them to searchy through lines of code for problems. He callexd the program Mission Control and financed Plannetf Groupwith $70,000 from savings and a secondc mortgage. He focused on government clientss – including the city of Columbuw and CuyahogaCounty – because of the large computeer networks they maintain.
Mazotas also moved into the gaminh industry in March after signing a contractwith , owner of the Indianq Live Casino outside Indianapolis. Mission Controp is what attractedCareWorks Technologies, said President Todd Part of the CareWorks Family of Companies, a compensation management company in Dublin, CareWorks Technologiex provides information technology services to a broadee client base than the parent company. Cameron said the additiom of Plannet Group and its services should increases revenue at CareWorks Technologies by 25 percent this year, although he declined to be specificc about either company’s financials.
“We hope it grows exponentiallytafter that,” Cameron said. “(Mazotas) doesn’t have a sales team at all andwe do. It’s a diamond in the Mazotas said the lack of a sales team athis 10-employee company was one of the reasonws he decided to sell. He said the firm reachec a “tipping point” in early 2008 after hearingf interest from other companies looking to purchaserPlannet Group, including one from out of state. “Should we continure as we were or take the next Mazotas said. “We wantedx to get (Plannet Group) to the maturity that couldf be found by linking up with a companylike CareWorks.
” It’d fortunate for the region and its tech community that a loca company bought Plannet Group, said Ted Ford, CEO of , the industru advocacy group that housed Plannetg Group at its business incubator from 2005 to 2008. “If you definre success as keeping jobs in the area and continuinb with a foundation for then this isa success,” Ford said. “Thre goal is to grow technologtyjobs here, and Columbue is becoming a very good place to do that sort of All of Plannet Group’s Hilliard-based employees have joinecd CareWorks in Dublin and, over the next likely will be joined by five to 10 hires, Cameronj said.
Those jobs likely will pay between $70,000 and $100,000 a While Mazotas is joining CareWorks, he does so as a consultant. His primarh focus will be on his nextventure . Mazotas is building OnGuard around a behavioralo analysis security tool that flagsw suspicious patterns that could harm a computer A patent is being sought onthe technology, Mazotas and CareWorks Technologies has invested in the new business. By the time the producgt is ready for general releasein 2010, Mazotas hoped to have a 25- to 30-workedr payroll. Mazotas hopes he will be tellin g a similar story a yearfrom now. “It just goes to show that littld guys can have a home he said. “Even in this economy.
”
, a homegrown tech companu with agrowing clientele, was acquired May 21 by Dublin-basefd , which plans to add high-paying jobs to supportg the purchase over the coming year. Terms of the deal betweebn the privately heldcompanies weren’t The sale also frees Plannet Group founder Jim Mazotas to start another tech operatiohn that could begin hiring over the coming year as well. “Thisd first rush to the finisy line ended on apositive note,” Mazotas “And it looks like there is gointg to be another one past this.” The 39-year-oldd Mazotas has been running the race for seven years. He foundef Plannet Group in 2002 to develop network security andmanagement software.
He starte the business after becoming unhappy with the direction of the softwar development company where had he Mazotas decided to focus on developingb a program that could help computer networl managers visually managetheir environment, rather than forcing them to searchy through lines of code for problems. He callexd the program Mission Control and financed Plannetf Groupwith $70,000 from savings and a secondc mortgage. He focused on government clientss – including the city of Columbuw and CuyahogaCounty – because of the large computeer networks they maintain.
Mazotas also moved into the gaminh industry in March after signing a contractwith , owner of the Indianq Live Casino outside Indianapolis. Mission Controp is what attractedCareWorks Technologies, said President Todd Part of the CareWorks Family of Companies, a compensation management company in Dublin, CareWorks Technologiex provides information technology services to a broadee client base than the parent company. Cameron said the additiom of Plannet Group and its services should increases revenue at CareWorks Technologies by 25 percent this year, although he declined to be specificc about either company’s financials.
“We hope it grows exponentiallytafter that,” Cameron said. “(Mazotas) doesn’t have a sales team at all andwe do. It’s a diamond in the Mazotas said the lack of a sales team athis 10-employee company was one of the reasonws he decided to sell. He said the firm reachec a “tipping point” in early 2008 after hearingf interest from other companies looking to purchaserPlannet Group, including one from out of state. “Should we continure as we were or take the next Mazotas said. “We wantedx to get (Plannet Group) to the maturity that couldf be found by linking up with a companylike CareWorks.
” It’d fortunate for the region and its tech community that a loca company bought Plannet Group, said Ted Ford, CEO of , the industru advocacy group that housed Plannetg Group at its business incubator from 2005 to 2008. “If you definre success as keeping jobs in the area and continuinb with a foundation for then this isa success,” Ford said. “Thre goal is to grow technologtyjobs here, and Columbue is becoming a very good place to do that sort of All of Plannet Group’s Hilliard-based employees have joinecd CareWorks in Dublin and, over the next likely will be joined by five to 10 hires, Cameronj said.
Those jobs likely will pay between $70,000 and $100,000 a While Mazotas is joining CareWorks, he does so as a consultant. His primarh focus will be on his nextventure . Mazotas is building OnGuard around a behavioralo analysis security tool that flagsw suspicious patterns that could harm a computer A patent is being sought onthe technology, Mazotas and CareWorks Technologies has invested in the new business. By the time the producgt is ready for general releasein 2010, Mazotas hoped to have a 25- to 30-workedr payroll. Mazotas hopes he will be tellin g a similar story a yearfrom now. “It just goes to show that littld guys can have a home he said. “Even in this economy.
”
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
GM Tonawanda hosting recycling event - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The one-day event June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plantt 5 on Vulcan Street, is co-sponsored by Erie Buffalo and the Northwest Solid Waste Management Last year’s event received 56,325 pounds of electronicv equipment, 247 bicycles and a truck full of Electronics equipment is a source of recycle lead, steel, plastic, copper and Items being accepted this year TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, fluorescent cell phones, rechargeable batteries, VCRs, and DVD clothing, textiles, and bicycles. Clothing and textiles will be reusex at Goodwill retail locationsor recycled. Bicycles will be used for bike safety education or recycledf by Blue Bicycleand Recycle-a-Bicycle programs.
New for this Buffalo ReUse will accept used or new shop andgarden tools, such as rakes, ladders, wheelbarrows, hammers and saws. “Thias is a natural extension of what we do at Plant Manager Steve Finch said ina “Our plant has been landfill-fre e in manufacturing since 2006. We recycle or reuser all of our waste, so this eventt to help the community recycle is a natural fit for us atGenerap Motors,” he said.
The one-day event June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plantt 5 on Vulcan Street, is co-sponsored by Erie Buffalo and the Northwest Solid Waste Management Last year’s event received 56,325 pounds of electronicv equipment, 247 bicycles and a truck full of Electronics equipment is a source of recycle lead, steel, plastic, copper and Items being accepted this year TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, fluorescent cell phones, rechargeable batteries, VCRs, and DVD clothing, textiles, and bicycles. Clothing and textiles will be reusex at Goodwill retail locationsor recycled. Bicycles will be used for bike safety education or recycledf by Blue Bicycleand Recycle-a-Bicycle programs.
New for this Buffalo ReUse will accept used or new shop andgarden tools, such as rakes, ladders, wheelbarrows, hammers and saws. “Thias is a natural extension of what we do at Plant Manager Steve Finch said ina “Our plant has been landfill-fre e in manufacturing since 2006. We recycle or reuser all of our waste, so this eventt to help the community recycle is a natural fit for us atGenerap Motors,” he said.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Analysis: Defying doomsayers, China to avoid Japan-style bubble - Chicago Tribune
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Analysis: Defying doomsayers, China to avoid Japan-style bubble Chicago Tribune Whether China succeeds in avoiding an economic crash depends on how far it can turn its maturing, export-driven economy into one more geared to services and domestic consumption, a transition the World Bank says must happen well before 2030. |
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Charlotte lands HQ - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Sources confirm that , a division of Netherlands Antilles-based N.V., has leased 7,5009 square feet of office space in the Huntersville Businessz Park and is working on an agreemeng with Wake Forest University to set up a researchn and developmentplant there. The headquarters of the 370-employee company is movingy from Richardson, Texas. Orthofix's medical-device manufacturing operation will remain in Richardson, where the companyg employs about 215 people. The Huntersvilled office will employ about25 people, including salew staff, and will be headed by the recentl hired president of Orthofix, Charles who also is a senior vice president of Orthofix International.
Federico says details for bothmovea aren't finalized, but local sources say the Huntersville leasde has been signed. Federicp confirms he was in Huntersville March 25 reviewing the The Winston-Salem move "is still in the investigation he says. In a writtenh statement, Orthofix acknowledged its "intention to increase its researcb and development expenditures and creatw an environment for enhanced research withseveral U.S. The U.S. subsidiary is in discussions with several universities regardingresearcg partnerships, the release says.
Federicko joined Orthofix last October aftef 15 yearswith arthroscopic-device kingpin Dyonics of Andover, Local commercial real estate sources say Federick was "very impressed" with the Huntersville Business Park after visitint it two years ago while lookingt for a relocation spot for Dyonics when it was known as Smith & Nephew Dyonicsw Inc. The park was apparently on his mind when Orthofixx International recently decided to restructuree and downsize itsTexas operation, wher sources say it has excess space and has alreadyy leased out half of its Richardsoh office facility.
Orthofix International manufactures braces and other devices to set brokenn limbs and expedite healing ofbone injuries. It also supplies partx and accessories forits products. The compang does business in 70 countries, with 40% of its sales cominf in the United States. According to financia analysispublication Morningstar, Orthofix is the leadintg manufacturer of external fixation devices for fractures and limb lengthening by having doubled its product line since becoming incorporated in 1987. The company, which has struggleds financially at times inits 10-year history, reported revenuews exceeding $77 million for 1996, up 48% compared with more than $52 millionh for 1995.
The increased sale s were largely attributed to the inclusion of the results of the former American MedicalElectronics Inc., which was acquirex by Orthofix International in August 1995 and renamed Orthoficx Inc. A company release dated Marcu 13 indicatesthat Federico's appointment prompted a revieqw of all of Orthofix'z North American operations, resulting in a "significant of its business in the United States.
The release goes on to say that its salezs force was being reorganizedto "focuzs more on individual business and that it would expand its sales force from 67 to 105 by "The company expects the restructuring to be substantiallyg completed by the end of the firsgt quarter 1997," according to the release.
Sources confirm that , a division of Netherlands Antilles-based N.V., has leased 7,5009 square feet of office space in the Huntersville Businessz Park and is working on an agreemeng with Wake Forest University to set up a researchn and developmentplant there. The headquarters of the 370-employee company is movingy from Richardson, Texas. Orthofix's medical-device manufacturing operation will remain in Richardson, where the companyg employs about 215 people. The Huntersvilled office will employ about25 people, including salew staff, and will be headed by the recentl hired president of Orthofix, Charles who also is a senior vice president of Orthofix International.
Federico says details for bothmovea aren't finalized, but local sources say the Huntersville leasde has been signed. Federicp confirms he was in Huntersville March 25 reviewing the The Winston-Salem move "is still in the investigation he says. In a writtenh statement, Orthofix acknowledged its "intention to increase its researcb and development expenditures and creatw an environment for enhanced research withseveral U.S. The U.S. subsidiary is in discussions with several universities regardingresearcg partnerships, the release says.
Federicko joined Orthofix last October aftef 15 yearswith arthroscopic-device kingpin Dyonics of Andover, Local commercial real estate sources say Federick was "very impressed" with the Huntersville Business Park after visitint it two years ago while lookingt for a relocation spot for Dyonics when it was known as Smith & Nephew Dyonicsw Inc. The park was apparently on his mind when Orthofixx International recently decided to restructuree and downsize itsTexas operation, wher sources say it has excess space and has alreadyy leased out half of its Richardsoh office facility.
Orthofix International manufactures braces and other devices to set brokenn limbs and expedite healing ofbone injuries. It also supplies partx and accessories forits products. The compang does business in 70 countries, with 40% of its sales cominf in the United States. According to financia analysispublication Morningstar, Orthofix is the leadintg manufacturer of external fixation devices for fractures and limb lengthening by having doubled its product line since becoming incorporated in 1987. The company, which has struggleds financially at times inits 10-year history, reported revenuews exceeding $77 million for 1996, up 48% compared with more than $52 millionh for 1995.
The increased sale s were largely attributed to the inclusion of the results of the former American MedicalElectronics Inc., which was acquirex by Orthofix International in August 1995 and renamed Orthoficx Inc. A company release dated Marcu 13 indicatesthat Federico's appointment prompted a revieqw of all of Orthofix'z North American operations, resulting in a "significant of its business in the United States.
The release goes on to say that its salezs force was being reorganizedto "focuzs more on individual business and that it would expand its sales force from 67 to 105 by "The company expects the restructuring to be substantiallyg completed by the end of the firsgt quarter 1997," according to the release.
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