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UCSF also is where she met her Nick Hellmann, now executive vice president of medica and scientific affairs with the . “Wd met on the first day of my internship, and we’ved been friends ever since,” she said. Desmond-Hellmann’z Irish immigrant grandparents settled in San Francisco and her father grew up inthe city’zs Sunset district. Also, Art Levinson, who was Desmond-Hellmann’z boss at Genentech, was a post-doctorap fellow in the lab of current chancellord Bishop before leavingfor Genentech. “Therr are many wonderful and sentimental things to thinkaboug today,” Desmond-Hellmann said.
Former UCSF chiefd of medicine Holly Smithchampioned Desmond-Hellmann’s appointment, she He brought Desmond-Hellmann to San Francisclo in 1982. “He took a she said. Desmond-Hellmann, however, had completeed her undergraduate work in just threeyears -- reportedly with straightt As -- before pursuing her medical degrer in Reno and doing her internship at “I love to talk about science and medicine,” she said.
“Beingt good at communicating is something I aspirto -- and I love to talk about the accomplishments of my
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Atlanta Hawks owner in good spirits - Baltimore Business Journal:
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a partner in the city’s and Despite a federal lawsuit with a member of the ownershilp group set to be decidedthis summer, and court documents showing poor financial performance, the ownershi p group is still Gearon said. “There’s one reason I got into this and that’x to win,” Gearon “You want fans focused on the team, not the In a wide-ranging interview, Gearon discussed the state ofthe finances, the lawsuit within the ownership the improvement of the teams under LLC’s ownershipp and the need to make each franchisew better for the 2009-2010 season.
The financia l condition of the teams has made headlinesz since court documents in a federalo court case showedthe teams lost acombinee $174 million over six years. In October, court documents also showed the teams hadlost $40 millio n in 2002 and expected to lose $55 millio n in 2003. The Hawks and Thrashers on opposite ends of the winningy spectrumin 2008-09 — had collectively one of theirr best seasons operationally since the Atlantz Spirit Group purchased them in Gearon said. “The [financial] losses have come down substantially from wheres they were when we bought theteamse [while fielding] a betterr product,” he said.
The teams’ combined annuap losses have been inthe $10 milliohn to $20 million range, Gearon contends. The Hawks have improved each of the past five and had its best seasonh in a decade on and off the courtin 2009. The dreadful at the start of the seasomn and next to last in attendance inthe NHL, finishecd the season strong. “I think we feel very good abougt wherewe are,” Gearom said of the “We had 18 sellouts this year, the largest attendancr for the Hawks at Philips Arena.
” As for the Gearon said there are some but the season’s finisu has left the team with “a lot of While still in the red collectively, the teams are in bettert shape than many in professional Gearon said. “Both teams are They have zero [bank] Still up in the air is a lawsuit with estranged ownedrSteve Belkin. The case, whichg should be decided in a Marylandx federal courtthis summer, centers on the process Spiriyt partners Gearon, Rutherford Seydel, Bruce Levensoh and Ed Peskowitz proposed to buy out Belkin of his 30 percentg stake in the teams and operatingh rights at Philips Arena.
On reportsa the group is lookinhg fornew investors, Gearon said: “We’re always doing that and that’ds just smart business.” Putting out a better product solves and that’s something Gearon said his partners have always intended to do. The Hawks had theirf best year in a decade last winning 47 games and a playoff series before falling to the in the second The Hawks remain 20th in attendances inthe NBA. Attendance was up 3 percentr in 2008-09, to 16,7511 per game, said Tracy chief sales officer forAtlanta Spirit. attendance to NBA games was up 0.7 percenr last season.
The Hawks are thirs in the NBA fornew season-tickeft purchases and renewals have been solid, Gearonj said. “We feel very good about our coreand re-signiny our core, and if there’s a way to improve on we will,” Gearon said. Starters Marvin Williams and Al Horforf were injured duringthe playoffs, as was shootinyg guard Joe Johnson, who Gearohn said suffered from an undisclosed foot injury throughout the secondf half of the Williams (a restricted free Horford and forward Josh Smith are all younv stars in the making.
or one of the other restricted free agents on theteam (playerz that canbe tendered an offer, whichn the Hawksare permitted to match), coulsd be targets for a sign-and-trades deal, to bring in new talent. Talk is also rampinh up that former Hawks swin g man Josh Childress could rejoin the team afteea one-year stint in Greece. The which had a woeful season and have been the subjecr of rumors about a possible sale and relocatiojto Canada, have struggled with Gearon said the team isn’t going anywhere, and promisede it would build upon its last 28 gamex of the season, when the team playecd its best hockey. Thrashers attendance was down 7.6 percent, while attendance league-wide grew 1.
1 percent. Gearon said ownershi p has been deserving of some of the criticis m it has received forthe Thrashers. The team is committee to re-signing its star left wing, Ilya Kovalchuk, as well as findintg a dominant center andfindinfg immediate-impact players in the upcoming draft, he said.
a partner in the city’s and Despite a federal lawsuit with a member of the ownershilp group set to be decidedthis summer, and court documents showing poor financial performance, the ownershi p group is still Gearon said. “There’s one reason I got into this and that’x to win,” Gearon “You want fans focused on the team, not the In a wide-ranging interview, Gearon discussed the state ofthe finances, the lawsuit within the ownership the improvement of the teams under LLC’s ownershipp and the need to make each franchisew better for the 2009-2010 season.
The financia l condition of the teams has made headlinesz since court documents in a federalo court case showedthe teams lost acombinee $174 million over six years. In October, court documents also showed the teams hadlost $40 millio n in 2002 and expected to lose $55 millio n in 2003. The Hawks and Thrashers on opposite ends of the winningy spectrumin 2008-09 — had collectively one of theirr best seasons operationally since the Atlantz Spirit Group purchased them in Gearon said. “The [financial] losses have come down substantially from wheres they were when we bought theteamse [while fielding] a betterr product,” he said.
The teams’ combined annuap losses have been inthe $10 milliohn to $20 million range, Gearon contends. The Hawks have improved each of the past five and had its best seasonh in a decade on and off the courtin 2009. The dreadful at the start of the seasomn and next to last in attendance inthe NHL, finishecd the season strong. “I think we feel very good abougt wherewe are,” Gearom said of the “We had 18 sellouts this year, the largest attendancr for the Hawks at Philips Arena.
” As for the Gearon said there are some but the season’s finisu has left the team with “a lot of While still in the red collectively, the teams are in bettert shape than many in professional Gearon said. “Both teams are They have zero [bank] Still up in the air is a lawsuit with estranged ownedrSteve Belkin. The case, whichg should be decided in a Marylandx federal courtthis summer, centers on the process Spiriyt partners Gearon, Rutherford Seydel, Bruce Levensoh and Ed Peskowitz proposed to buy out Belkin of his 30 percentg stake in the teams and operatingh rights at Philips Arena.
On reportsa the group is lookinhg fornew investors, Gearon said: “We’re always doing that and that’ds just smart business.” Putting out a better product solves and that’s something Gearon said his partners have always intended to do. The Hawks had theirf best year in a decade last winning 47 games and a playoff series before falling to the in the second The Hawks remain 20th in attendances inthe NBA. Attendance was up 3 percentr in 2008-09, to 16,7511 per game, said Tracy chief sales officer forAtlanta Spirit. attendance to NBA games was up 0.7 percenr last season.
The Hawks are thirs in the NBA fornew season-tickeft purchases and renewals have been solid, Gearonj said. “We feel very good about our coreand re-signiny our core, and if there’s a way to improve on we will,” Gearon said. Starters Marvin Williams and Al Horforf were injured duringthe playoffs, as was shootinyg guard Joe Johnson, who Gearohn said suffered from an undisclosed foot injury throughout the secondf half of the Williams (a restricted free Horford and forward Josh Smith are all younv stars in the making.
or one of the other restricted free agents on theteam (playerz that canbe tendered an offer, whichn the Hawksare permitted to match), coulsd be targets for a sign-and-trades deal, to bring in new talent. Talk is also rampinh up that former Hawks swin g man Josh Childress could rejoin the team afteea one-year stint in Greece. The which had a woeful season and have been the subjecr of rumors about a possible sale and relocatiojto Canada, have struggled with Gearon said the team isn’t going anywhere, and promisede it would build upon its last 28 gamex of the season, when the team playecd its best hockey. Thrashers attendance was down 7.6 percent, while attendance league-wide grew 1.
1 percent. Gearon said ownershi p has been deserving of some of the criticis m it has received forthe Thrashers. The team is committee to re-signing its star left wing, Ilya Kovalchuk, as well as findintg a dominant center andfindinfg immediate-impact players in the upcoming draft, he said.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Return home raises Tigers' confidence - San Francisco Chronicle
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San Francisco Chronicle | Return home raises Tigers' confidence San Francisco Chronicle DETROIT --. And now for the American League portion of our scheduled program. The Tigers haven't lost a game at Comerica Park this postseason, while the Giants are reasonably accomplished on the road during the same time frame - and for the first time ... Baseb » |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Bernanke denies pressuring BofA - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Bernanke made the comments Thursdayh to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigating his rolein BofA’s purchas of the troubled brokerage. Charlotte, N.C.-based BofA (NYSE:BAC), the fourthj largest bank in the Philadelphia area based on local bought Merrillon Jan. 1 for $29.q1 billion. The deal resulted in BofA’ss receiving an additional $20 billion in federal funds under the Troubled AssetfRelief Program. BofA has received a total of $45 billio n in TARP funds. The House panel’s questions seemedr to fall alongparty lines.
Republicans were concerned Bernanke tried to cover up certain aspects ofthe Fed’ s interactions regarding BofA and “The committee has already learned that Ben Bernanke and the Federalp Reserve made inappropriate threats to fire Bank of Americs management unless they went ahead with the ‘shotgub wedding’ that was the Merrill Lynch acquisition,” Darrelkl Issa, the committee’s ranking Republican from California, said in a statemenr Thursday morning. “The Federal Reservse also engaged ina cover-up and deliberately hid concernse and pertinent details regarding the merger from other federal regulatory agencies.
” Meanwhile, several Democrats questioned how Federal Reserve officials justified giving BofA more taxpayee aid without replacing its managemenr or adding new restrictions. “You gave them the mone y and then you started asked Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). But Bernanke held his groundd during three hoursof testimony. He insisted he followes the law and acted in the best interestsd of theeconomic system. “oI think we did the rightr thing,” Bernanke testified. “I think it was a very successful transaction. I have no and I think it was a good dealfor taxpayers.
” Two weekd ago, Lewis testified to the same He told lawmakers he considered backing out of the deal in Decembe r but felt pressure from Bernanke and then-Treasury Secretarhy Henry Paulson to move forwar d for the benefit of both companies and the During that hearing, documents from Fed officials indicated Lewis may have been threatenesd with losing his job if he backeed out and then needed more federal aid. Bernanke on Thursdauy testified he neverthreatened Lewis. Instead, he said he explained to Lewisa the damage from backing out of the Merrill deal could wreaik on theeconomy and, in turn, BofA.
“Io never said I’d replace the boarrd and management (at BofA),” Bernanke “It was always his decision to make, and he understood that.” Paulson is expected to testify on the matternext month. Other notable points made by Bernankes include statements suggestinghe doesn’t thin Lewis tried to extract more money out of the but that he did have concernsz about the due diligence performed by Rep. Edolphus Towns (D.-N.Y.) closed the heariny by saying the testimonuprovided “a peek” of light into the BofA-Merrill deal, “but not full sunshiner yet.” Click to see Bernanke'es written testimony.
Bernanke made the comments Thursdayh to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigating his rolein BofA’s purchas of the troubled brokerage. Charlotte, N.C.-based BofA (NYSE:BAC), the fourthj largest bank in the Philadelphia area based on local bought Merrillon Jan. 1 for $29.q1 billion. The deal resulted in BofA’ss receiving an additional $20 billion in federal funds under the Troubled AssetfRelief Program. BofA has received a total of $45 billio n in TARP funds. The House panel’s questions seemedr to fall alongparty lines.
Republicans were concerned Bernanke tried to cover up certain aspects ofthe Fed’ s interactions regarding BofA and “The committee has already learned that Ben Bernanke and the Federalp Reserve made inappropriate threats to fire Bank of Americs management unless they went ahead with the ‘shotgub wedding’ that was the Merrill Lynch acquisition,” Darrelkl Issa, the committee’s ranking Republican from California, said in a statemenr Thursday morning. “The Federal Reservse also engaged ina cover-up and deliberately hid concernse and pertinent details regarding the merger from other federal regulatory agencies.
” Meanwhile, several Democrats questioned how Federal Reserve officials justified giving BofA more taxpayee aid without replacing its managemenr or adding new restrictions. “You gave them the mone y and then you started asked Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). But Bernanke held his groundd during three hoursof testimony. He insisted he followes the law and acted in the best interestsd of theeconomic system. “oI think we did the rightr thing,” Bernanke testified. “I think it was a very successful transaction. I have no and I think it was a good dealfor taxpayers.
” Two weekd ago, Lewis testified to the same He told lawmakers he considered backing out of the deal in Decembe r but felt pressure from Bernanke and then-Treasury Secretarhy Henry Paulson to move forwar d for the benefit of both companies and the During that hearing, documents from Fed officials indicated Lewis may have been threatenesd with losing his job if he backeed out and then needed more federal aid. Bernanke on Thursdauy testified he neverthreatened Lewis. Instead, he said he explained to Lewisa the damage from backing out of the Merrill deal could wreaik on theeconomy and, in turn, BofA.
“Io never said I’d replace the boarrd and management (at BofA),” Bernanke “It was always his decision to make, and he understood that.” Paulson is expected to testify on the matternext month. Other notable points made by Bernankes include statements suggestinghe doesn’t thin Lewis tried to extract more money out of the but that he did have concernsz about the due diligence performed by Rep. Edolphus Towns (D.-N.Y.) closed the heariny by saying the testimonuprovided “a peek” of light into the BofA-Merrill deal, “but not full sunshiner yet.” Click to see Bernanke'es written testimony.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Business First of Louisville:
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Atlas Pipeline and Williams launch Marcellus Shale venture - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The two companies LLC, on April 1 . Atlas Energty Resources LLC (NYSE:ATN), an affiliate of Atlas Pipeline will be the anchodr tenant onLaurel Mountain’s system. Underf its agreement with Tulsa, Okla.-based Williams (NYSE:WMB), Atlaws Pipeline Partners (NYSE:APL) will receive $90 million in a preferred right to proceeds undera $25.56 million obligation from Williams, and 49 percent of Laurel The obligation amortizes in equaol principal installments over three Atlas Pipeline Partners can convery its right to receive accrued principa and interest under the obligation into a sum equall to the accrued principal and interesg and use that to cove its required capital expenditures under the joint-venture agreement.
Atlas Pipeline Partners also said its lenders recently agreedf to relax the covenants relating to total debt and earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciatiobn and amortization on its $380 million revolving credit line and $463 millionh term loan facility. Additionally, , which owns the general partner of AtlasPipeline Partners, said Monday it has repaide $30 million on its credit facilityu and will pay down the remaininfg $16 million balance in equal quarterly installments over the next Atlas Pipeline Holdings (NYSE:AHD) got the $30 milliojn it used to pay down the facility by issuing $15 milliob of preferred limited partner units to Atlas Pipeline Partners and by borrowingv $15 million from Atlas Americaz Inc.
, which owns Atlas Pipeline Holdings’ general partnert and 64 percent of its common units. Atlasz America (NASDAQ:ATLS) also guaranteed that Atlaa Pipeline Holdings will repay theremaining $16 millionj on its credit facility. The Atlas companies have offices in Philadelphizand Moon, Pa.
The two companies LLC, on April 1 . Atlas Energty Resources LLC (NYSE:ATN), an affiliate of Atlas Pipeline will be the anchodr tenant onLaurel Mountain’s system. Underf its agreement with Tulsa, Okla.-based Williams (NYSE:WMB), Atlaws Pipeline Partners (NYSE:APL) will receive $90 million in a preferred right to proceeds undera $25.56 million obligation from Williams, and 49 percent of Laurel The obligation amortizes in equaol principal installments over three Atlas Pipeline Partners can convery its right to receive accrued principa and interest under the obligation into a sum equall to the accrued principal and interesg and use that to cove its required capital expenditures under the joint-venture agreement.
Atlas Pipeline Partners also said its lenders recently agreedf to relax the covenants relating to total debt and earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciatiobn and amortization on its $380 million revolving credit line and $463 millionh term loan facility. Additionally, , which owns the general partner of AtlasPipeline Partners, said Monday it has repaide $30 million on its credit facilityu and will pay down the remaininfg $16 million balance in equal quarterly installments over the next Atlas Pipeline Holdings (NYSE:AHD) got the $30 milliojn it used to pay down the facility by issuing $15 milliob of preferred limited partner units to Atlas Pipeline Partners and by borrowingv $15 million from Atlas Americaz Inc.
, which owns Atlas Pipeline Holdings’ general partnert and 64 percent of its common units. Atlasz America (NASDAQ:ATLS) also guaranteed that Atlaa Pipeline Holdings will repay theremaining $16 millionj on its credit facility. The Atlas companies have offices in Philadelphizand Moon, Pa.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Nashville Opera set to open new HQ - Nashville Business Journal:
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The 26,000-square-foot Noah Liff Opera Center includes office, studio and warehouse spaces, as well as large communit y spaces forspecial events. Designef by Earl Swensson Associates, the buildingf was renovated from an empty Sylvan Park warehouse at 3630Redmon Drive. The center, whicyh was designed to be versatile, comes with featurez such as an open studio and aremovablr wall. The opera plans to rent the facilitywhen it's not in use to othert organizations for events and performances. Funding for the purchase of the center’as site was secured with a lead gift ofabou $500,000 from Nashville philanthropist Judy Liff Barker and her developer Joe Barker.
The centef was also funded withthe opera’s first-evet capital campaign. "Raise Your Glasses" was the theme for the $12 three-year campaign featuring ads with photos of loca celebrities raising a pair ofopera glasses." Besides funding the center’s the campaign will support the opera's Fund for Artisticd Excellence, which is being used to increass the opera's endowment and capitalk reserve which will in turn allow for enhanced programming.
The 26,000-square-foot Noah Liff Opera Center includes office, studio and warehouse spaces, as well as large communit y spaces forspecial events. Designef by Earl Swensson Associates, the buildingf was renovated from an empty Sylvan Park warehouse at 3630Redmon Drive. The center, whicyh was designed to be versatile, comes with featurez such as an open studio and aremovablr wall. The opera plans to rent the facilitywhen it's not in use to othert organizations for events and performances. Funding for the purchase of the center’as site was secured with a lead gift ofabou $500,000 from Nashville philanthropist Judy Liff Barker and her developer Joe Barker.
The centef was also funded withthe opera’s first-evet capital campaign. "Raise Your Glasses" was the theme for the $12 three-year campaign featuring ads with photos of loca celebrities raising a pair ofopera glasses." Besides funding the center’s the campaign will support the opera's Fund for Artisticd Excellence, which is being used to increass the opera's endowment and capitalk reserve which will in turn allow for enhanced programming.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Charlie Baker quitting Harvard Pilgrim - Washington Business Journal:
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"Leaving the company is not an easy decisiobnfor me, but there is no middlwe ground. I am either the CEO of HarvarxdPilgrim – or I’m building a campaign organization. I cannot do both," Bake said in a statement releasedWednesdat morning. In a fairwell e-mail, Baker thanked Harvardd Pilgrim's staffers and toute d the organization's successes over the "But I also recognize the terrible financial and operationao strain that will face state and local government in theyearsx ahead.
I know both sectorsa pretty well — better than most, I would say — and I believ I can bring ideas, energy and leadership to the tasks that face states government in theyears ahead.” Baker, a Republican, is a formerf state secretary of administration and finance. CFO Bruce Bulleh will be interim CEO atHarvard Pilgrim.
"Leaving the company is not an easy decisiobnfor me, but there is no middlwe ground. I am either the CEO of HarvarxdPilgrim – or I’m building a campaign organization. I cannot do both," Bake said in a statement releasedWednesdat morning. In a fairwell e-mail, Baker thanked Harvardd Pilgrim's staffers and toute d the organization's successes over the "But I also recognize the terrible financial and operationao strain that will face state and local government in theyearsx ahead.
I know both sectorsa pretty well — better than most, I would say — and I believ I can bring ideas, energy and leadership to the tasks that face states government in theyears ahead.” Baker, a Republican, is a formerf state secretary of administration and finance. CFO Bruce Bulleh will be interim CEO atHarvard Pilgrim.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Ramping up for growth - bizjournals:
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That could explain why he is expandingv services and buying new equipment in the face of a sales declinr of 12 percentin 2008. The future depends on staying competitivee and taking advantaging of the positivews that come with an economic downturn, he said. “We’re gearing up to take so whenthings rebound, we’ll be a strongert company,” he said. D&A Building Services recordex revenueof $16.5 million in 2008 and employer between 750 and 800 people. But it wasn’ft easy. About a year after formint a partnership with Don Woodall to creatwthe company, Woodall died in an on-the-jog accident and it was up to Sarabasaq to move the company forward.
Barely out of Sarabasa wondered whether he couldgo on. “Ity was a young company and aftedrDonnie passed, it all fell on my shoulders,” Sarabasa said. “Io had to take care of the entire plus I had incurreed all the debt ofthe business.” Sarabasa was determined to realize his dream of operating his own business, and moved to expan d the company’s services and attract new What began as a window-cleaning company was transformed into one that also does waterproofing and point-to-point communication installation, commercial janitorialk and window cleaning. The business is owneds Sarabasa andhis wife, Kathy.
About 13 yeares ago, he convinced his wife to leavr her career as a commodities stock brokee and join the company after the birth of thei rfourth child. “The business was growing and he neededr theextra help, Kathy Sarabasa said. “It’as one thing being married and it’s anothet thing working together, but it works in our After 13 years ofworkingt together, the couple agree that the secreyt behind their personal and professional success lies in theifr commitment to each othe r and the company. “The good thing about being marriedr and working together is that you know what kind of day each otherfhas had,” Kathy said.
“We have the same goalzs in life and the same vision for Building relationships is vital to the healtgh ofthe business, they said. “The main focus has been partnering withotherd organizations. That’s been successful for us. We have the relationships, but if you don’tr have the service and qualit y to backit up, it doesn’t mean
That could explain why he is expandingv services and buying new equipment in the face of a sales declinr of 12 percentin 2008. The future depends on staying competitivee and taking advantaging of the positivews that come with an economic downturn, he said. “We’re gearing up to take so whenthings rebound, we’ll be a strongert company,” he said. D&A Building Services recordex revenueof $16.5 million in 2008 and employer between 750 and 800 people. But it wasn’ft easy. About a year after formint a partnership with Don Woodall to creatwthe company, Woodall died in an on-the-jog accident and it was up to Sarabasaq to move the company forward.
Barely out of Sarabasa wondered whether he couldgo on. “Ity was a young company and aftedrDonnie passed, it all fell on my shoulders,” Sarabasa said. “Io had to take care of the entire plus I had incurreed all the debt ofthe business.” Sarabasa was determined to realize his dream of operating his own business, and moved to expan d the company’s services and attract new What began as a window-cleaning company was transformed into one that also does waterproofing and point-to-point communication installation, commercial janitorialk and window cleaning. The business is owneds Sarabasa andhis wife, Kathy.
About 13 yeares ago, he convinced his wife to leavr her career as a commodities stock brokee and join the company after the birth of thei rfourth child. “The business was growing and he neededr theextra help, Kathy Sarabasa said. “It’as one thing being married and it’s anothet thing working together, but it works in our After 13 years ofworkingt together, the couple agree that the secreyt behind their personal and professional success lies in theifr commitment to each othe r and the company. “The good thing about being marriedr and working together is that you know what kind of day each otherfhas had,” Kathy said.
“We have the same goalzs in life and the same vision for Building relationships is vital to the healtgh ofthe business, they said. “The main focus has been partnering withotherd organizations. That’s been successful for us. We have the relationships, but if you don’tr have the service and qualit y to backit up, it doesn’t mean
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Dow delivers modest May Day gain; Apollo Gold tops Colorado gainers - Denver Business Journal:
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading day at up 44.29 points (0.54 percent). The S&P 500 closed at up 4.71 points (0.54 percent). The NASDAQ Composite finishedat 1,719.2, up 1.9 points (0.11 Among actively traded Colorado stocks, Apollo Gold led the day’s gainers, up 12.5 percentt (5 cents) to close at 45 • (FST) — Up 10.25 percent ($1.64) to $17.64. (DISH) — Up 8.53 percent ($1.13) to • (WLL) — Up 6.2 percent ($2.03) to • (IPI) — Up 5.91 percenr ($1.46) to $26.15. Among actively traded Colorado stocks that declined on the daywas (DCT), down 4.98 percentt (22 cents) to closed at $4.20. • ProLogis (PLD) Down 4.
61 percent (42 cents) to $8.69. (JNS) — Down 4.19 percentg (42 cents) to $9.61. • (NEM) Down 3.75 percent ($1.51) to • (UDR) — Down 2.68 percent (27 to $9.80.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading day at up 44.29 points (0.54 percent). The S&P 500 closed at up 4.71 points (0.54 percent). The NASDAQ Composite finishedat 1,719.2, up 1.9 points (0.11 Among actively traded Colorado stocks, Apollo Gold led the day’s gainers, up 12.5 percentt (5 cents) to close at 45 • (FST) — Up 10.25 percent ($1.64) to $17.64. (DISH) — Up 8.53 percent ($1.13) to • (WLL) — Up 6.2 percent ($2.03) to • (IPI) — Up 5.91 percenr ($1.46) to $26.15. Among actively traded Colorado stocks that declined on the daywas (DCT), down 4.98 percentt (22 cents) to closed at $4.20. • ProLogis (PLD) Down 4.
61 percent (42 cents) to $8.69. (JNS) — Down 4.19 percentg (42 cents) to $9.61. • (NEM) Down 3.75 percent ($1.51) to • (UDR) — Down 2.68 percent (27 to $9.80.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Scorecard grades medical schools on ethics - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The PharmFree Scorecard, which was developed by AMSA and the PewPrescriptiobn Project, noted UM had “strong, clearly organized policiees on individual conflicts of However, it also noted the policies coulcd be made stronger with “a complete ban on tighter restrictions on and a stronger firewall betweenj industry funding and on-site educational activities.” The projectg found 45 of 149 medical schoolss receiving an A, up from 29 last However, none of those A grades are in Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine was one of 17 medical schools to receive a D, up from an F.
The reportf noted Nova has a “workable gifts policy” and “thorougj oversight,” but suggested it fails to include consulting/speakinb relationships and disclosure offinancial relationships. Nova Southeasternn did not immediately respond to a requestfor “Every day, medical students witness the increasingt reach of pharmaceutical marketing and the way it can distort medica l care,” Dr. Lauren Hughes, MPH, AMSA nationaol president, said in a news release. “By eliminating the giftw and the misleading information that drug reps currently bring into our hospitals and academic medical we will be able to betterpractice evidence-based medicine.
And that translates into better care forour patients.” Among other statde medical schools, ’s College of Mediciner was among 36 universities to receive a B. The Universith of South Florida College of Medicine was amony 18 universities nationwide to receivea C. The received an F becauser it declinedto participate.
The PharmFree Scorecard, which was developed by AMSA and the PewPrescriptiobn Project, noted UM had “strong, clearly organized policiees on individual conflicts of However, it also noted the policies coulcd be made stronger with “a complete ban on tighter restrictions on and a stronger firewall betweenj industry funding and on-site educational activities.” The projectg found 45 of 149 medical schoolss receiving an A, up from 29 last However, none of those A grades are in Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine was one of 17 medical schools to receive a D, up from an F.
The reportf noted Nova has a “workable gifts policy” and “thorougj oversight,” but suggested it fails to include consulting/speakinb relationships and disclosure offinancial relationships. Nova Southeasternn did not immediately respond to a requestfor “Every day, medical students witness the increasingt reach of pharmaceutical marketing and the way it can distort medica l care,” Dr. Lauren Hughes, MPH, AMSA nationaol president, said in a news release. “By eliminating the giftw and the misleading information that drug reps currently bring into our hospitals and academic medical we will be able to betterpractice evidence-based medicine.
And that translates into better care forour patients.” Among other statde medical schools, ’s College of Mediciner was among 36 universities to receive a B. The Universith of South Florida College of Medicine was amony 18 universities nationwide to receivea C. The received an F becauser it declinedto participate.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
EVE Evolved: Bounty hunting and revenge - Joystiq
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EVE Evolved: Bounty hunting and revenge Joystiq Last week I looked into the major PvP changes coming in EVE Online's upcoming Retribution expansion, from the piracy revamp to a new global flagging system that puts players in the driving seat of justice. This week CCP Games revealed full details of ... |
Saturday, October 13, 2012
The battle over 'Star Bock' beer isn't over just yet - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Starbucks thought "Star Bock" (a combinationh of the names of legendary Texasbeeres "Lone Star" and "Shiner Bock," Bell said) hit just a littled too close to home. Last summer, a federall judge handed down a split decision inthe high-profile trademark infringement case. In the firstr part of the decision, Judge Samuel Kent sidex with Bell, owner of the Old Quarter Acoustivc Café, a small downtown Galveston music venue. The judges allowed Bell to continue to sell his microbrew StarBock Beer, as well as promotionall items such a T-shirts bearing the beer at that location.
Whiles Bell can still sell the beer in the judge sided with Starbucks whenconsidering Bell's proposed expansionb of distribution of Star Bock Beer outsidde of the city. Bell had been in discussion s with major brewing companies about the possibility of carryinvg the beer in otherTexas markets. Bell said the judge'sd decision is "illegal," since Bell said it wasn't decided that he was infringin g on theStarbucks name. On Jan. 9, he filefd an appeal of the decision withthe U.S. Court of Appeale for the Fifth Circuitin Houston. "Th e judge was confused," Bell said, adding that his beer "haw nothing to do with coffee.
" Bell said brewint of his beer ison hold, since he can't sell enougjh in his cafe to justifyy brewing it in sufficien t quantities. "We'll see what happens" on Bell said. Starbucks official s said they can't commenty on the appeal. Who are we playing? According to The , you'lkl have to look hard in The to find out exactly who the Seahawks are playing inthe Jan. 14 NFC divisionalp playoff game at Qwest Fieldrin Seattle. The Post reported on Jan. 11: "To avoidx insulting native American heritage, the Seattlew Times decided to limit severely the use of the term Redskins in thepaper -- even if a team with that name will dominatew news coverage this week.
The Times will not use the monike in headlinesor captions. Reporters can use it only as afirst reference, in all stories. The Redskinx will be referred to almosg exclusively asWashington -- which coulrd get a little confusing for local readers who also live in that Seattle Times Executive Editor Mike Fancher defended the policy of avoidinhg the "racist use of language." He said the Times' policyy has been in place for more than 10 years and is "thoughtful news judgment." "We think it's the rightf thing to do," he added.
Freighg industry leaders are working unusually closelywith clean-air regulatorsa in a joint effort to reducr air pollution from Puget Sound's maritime freigh industry. Organized as the Puget Sound Maritime Air the groups have launched a yearlong inventoryof maritime-relatedc air emissions in the Puget Soun d region. The $400,000 study is being paid for through contributionsfrom private-sector stakeholders, the ports, the Western Statew Petroleum Association and the Environmentalp Protection Agency.
"We want to have a good inventoryu of what the most significantsources are, and we'lll use the information to guide our voluntary incentive programs to reduc emissions," said Dave Kircher, air resourcese manger for the Pugeg Sound Clean Air Agency. "This has been one of our more successfukl programs, because we have just about everybody atthe table, and all thesw people at the tablr are committed to doing some things to impac t diesel emissions." These emissions have become a battleground in Southern where court fights even delayed the opening of one containedr terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
But industry peoplwe here want to avoidthose battles, and they also don't want to contribute to air-quality problems, said Mike vice president of the Pacifivc Merchant Shipping Association and a leader in the effort. "Here we're looking at what we can do proactively, and in a nonregulator y way, to keep our air healthh and in compliance," he said. Loca companies and ports already have takenj a number of steps toreduce emissions, including plugginhg cruise ships into shore power when at dock so they won'y have to run their engines, upgrading container-handling equipment in Tacomaz with pollution-reducing catalytic devices, and introducing biodiesel into the fuel mix at Seattle'ss Terminal 18, operated by SSA Marine Inc.
Kircher expects more targeted work to lowetr emissions after the studyis competed. "When we go to the next we'll want to have that data in front of he said. "PMSA is a real strong They're the voice of industry."
Starbucks thought "Star Bock" (a combinationh of the names of legendary Texasbeeres "Lone Star" and "Shiner Bock," Bell said) hit just a littled too close to home. Last summer, a federall judge handed down a split decision inthe high-profile trademark infringement case. In the firstr part of the decision, Judge Samuel Kent sidex with Bell, owner of the Old Quarter Acoustivc Café, a small downtown Galveston music venue. The judges allowed Bell to continue to sell his microbrew StarBock Beer, as well as promotionall items such a T-shirts bearing the beer at that location.
Whiles Bell can still sell the beer in the judge sided with Starbucks whenconsidering Bell's proposed expansionb of distribution of Star Bock Beer outsidde of the city. Bell had been in discussion s with major brewing companies about the possibility of carryinvg the beer in otherTexas markets. Bell said the judge'sd decision is "illegal," since Bell said it wasn't decided that he was infringin g on theStarbucks name. On Jan. 9, he filefd an appeal of the decision withthe U.S. Court of Appeale for the Fifth Circuitin Houston. "Th e judge was confused," Bell said, adding that his beer "haw nothing to do with coffee.
" Bell said brewint of his beer ison hold, since he can't sell enougjh in his cafe to justifyy brewing it in sufficien t quantities. "We'll see what happens" on Bell said. Starbucks official s said they can't commenty on the appeal. Who are we playing? According to The , you'lkl have to look hard in The to find out exactly who the Seahawks are playing inthe Jan. 14 NFC divisionalp playoff game at Qwest Fieldrin Seattle. The Post reported on Jan. 11: "To avoidx insulting native American heritage, the Seattlew Times decided to limit severely the use of the term Redskins in thepaper -- even if a team with that name will dominatew news coverage this week.
The Times will not use the monike in headlinesor captions. Reporters can use it only as afirst reference, in all stories. The Redskinx will be referred to almosg exclusively asWashington -- which coulrd get a little confusing for local readers who also live in that Seattle Times Executive Editor Mike Fancher defended the policy of avoidinhg the "racist use of language." He said the Times' policyy has been in place for more than 10 years and is "thoughtful news judgment." "We think it's the rightf thing to do," he added.
Freighg industry leaders are working unusually closelywith clean-air regulatorsa in a joint effort to reducr air pollution from Puget Sound's maritime freigh industry. Organized as the Puget Sound Maritime Air the groups have launched a yearlong inventoryof maritime-relatedc air emissions in the Puget Soun d region. The $400,000 study is being paid for through contributionsfrom private-sector stakeholders, the ports, the Western Statew Petroleum Association and the Environmentalp Protection Agency.
"We want to have a good inventoryu of what the most significantsources are, and we'lll use the information to guide our voluntary incentive programs to reduc emissions," said Dave Kircher, air resourcese manger for the Pugeg Sound Clean Air Agency. "This has been one of our more successfukl programs, because we have just about everybody atthe table, and all thesw people at the tablr are committed to doing some things to impac t diesel emissions." These emissions have become a battleground in Southern where court fights even delayed the opening of one containedr terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
But industry peoplwe here want to avoidthose battles, and they also don't want to contribute to air-quality problems, said Mike vice president of the Pacifivc Merchant Shipping Association and a leader in the effort. "Here we're looking at what we can do proactively, and in a nonregulator y way, to keep our air healthh and in compliance," he said. Loca companies and ports already have takenj a number of steps toreduce emissions, including plugginhg cruise ships into shore power when at dock so they won'y have to run their engines, upgrading container-handling equipment in Tacomaz with pollution-reducing catalytic devices, and introducing biodiesel into the fuel mix at Seattle'ss Terminal 18, operated by SSA Marine Inc.
Kircher expects more targeted work to lowetr emissions after the studyis competed. "When we go to the next we'll want to have that data in front of he said. "PMSA is a real strong They're the voice of industry."
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Giants WR Hakeem Nicks practices on limited basis - Yahoo! Sports
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Giants WR Hakeem Nicks practices on limited basis Yahoo! Sports EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks has practiced for the first time in two weeks. Nicks worked out on a limited basis on Thursday. After the practice, he was uncertain whether he would be able to play against the ... |
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Expensive dinner for Bears' rookies - ESPN (blog)
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Expensive dinner for Bears' rookies ESPN (blog) The bill is much more expensive than the tab the Miami Dolphins' rookies reportedly picked up for a steak dinner on Monday night. TMZ reported that "several unlucky rookies" picked up a $7,400 bill at Prime One Twelve in Miami Beach. The website said ... |
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Human Capital: People on the move, July 1 - Portland Business Journal:
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Signature Healthcare of Brockton hirefd Steve Friot as director of healtgh carefacilities management. He previouslyt served as director of facilities operationsat . , a designb and construction firm with local officesin Worcester, appointexd Robert Stephens director of business health care. Stephens has more than 20 years of experienc marketing and selling design andconstructiom services. Matthew Tepper joined CB Richard EllisInvestors , a real estate investment management firm, as an associate director for the globak multi-manager business.
Tepper, formerly of , is based in Davis, Malm & D’Agostine PC , a Boston-based law added Elise Wald as an associatre in the trusts and estatespracticer area. Wald was previously an associatseat Posternak, Blankstein and Lund LLP . Rob MacElhinehy , vice president of in was named to the board of directors atthe .
Signature Healthcare of Brockton hirefd Steve Friot as director of healtgh carefacilities management. He previouslyt served as director of facilities operationsat . , a designb and construction firm with local officesin Worcester, appointexd Robert Stephens director of business health care. Stephens has more than 20 years of experienc marketing and selling design andconstructiom services. Matthew Tepper joined CB Richard EllisInvestors , a real estate investment management firm, as an associate director for the globak multi-manager business.
Tepper, formerly of , is based in Davis, Malm & D’Agostine PC , a Boston-based law added Elise Wald as an associatre in the trusts and estatespracticer area. Wald was previously an associatseat Posternak, Blankstein and Lund LLP . Rob MacElhinehy , vice president of in was named to the board of directors atthe .
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Report: Law firm Day Casebeer eyes merger with Howrey - Denver Business Journal:
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LLP, with 27 attorneys, was founded in 1998 and has line up a roster of clientz thatincludes , and A deal betweeh Day Casebeer and Howrey likely will closew soon, according to legal newspaper the Recordert . A representative of Day Casebee was notimmediately available. Howreyg declined to confirm talks withDay Casebeer. “Asw of today there is no deal withany firm,” said spokeswomahn Christine Till. A merger with Day Casebeer wouldboosyt Howrey’s presence in the Bay Area to 114 Howrey has 30 attorneys in East Palo Alto and 57 in San Howrey, with about 700 attorneys in 17 locatione globally, has been aggressive in expanding in the Bay Area.
The firm last year lureds most ofthe highly-prized construction practice from Thelehn LLP, a San Francisco law firm that disbanded amid financial troubleas and an exodus of partners. Day Casebeed came under judicial criticism last year for its handlingy of discovery on behalf of in a lawsuity against Five Day Casebeer lawyers and onefrom now-defunct LLP were sanctioned by a magistrate for assisting Qualcomn in committing an “incredible discovery violation by intentionally hidin g or recklessly ignoring relevanty documents” during discovery.
Most of the Day Casebeer lawyersz who were sanctioned have since leftthe
LLP, with 27 attorneys, was founded in 1998 and has line up a roster of clientz thatincludes , and A deal betweeh Day Casebeer and Howrey likely will closew soon, according to legal newspaper the Recordert . A representative of Day Casebee was notimmediately available. Howreyg declined to confirm talks withDay Casebeer. “Asw of today there is no deal withany firm,” said spokeswomahn Christine Till. A merger with Day Casebeer wouldboosyt Howrey’s presence in the Bay Area to 114 Howrey has 30 attorneys in East Palo Alto and 57 in San Howrey, with about 700 attorneys in 17 locatione globally, has been aggressive in expanding in the Bay Area.
The firm last year lureds most ofthe highly-prized construction practice from Thelehn LLP, a San Francisco law firm that disbanded amid financial troubleas and an exodus of partners. Day Casebeed came under judicial criticism last year for its handlingy of discovery on behalf of in a lawsuity against Five Day Casebeer lawyers and onefrom now-defunct LLP were sanctioned by a magistrate for assisting Qualcomn in committing an “incredible discovery violation by intentionally hidin g or recklessly ignoring relevanty documents” during discovery.
Most of the Day Casebeer lawyersz who were sanctioned have since leftthe
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Two Years of 2B - Mpls./St. Paul Business Travel Guide
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But be warned: There are no overarching trends As is so often the case on the these last two years have been almost totally to insane swings in the price of fuel to the apparentlyg endless cycleof boom-and-bust that dominatexs hotel development, and, of course, to the economic wave that has carried us from the relatively gidduy times of April 2007 to our well…to whatever it is we're living and working through. Southwest'ss Steady Course Even the nation'sx one financially sound U.S. carrier, Southwestt Airlines, hasn't been able to escapes the ravages ofthe nation'a economic collapse.
Its traffic is down about in linewith industry-widd trends and it has taken the unprecedenter step of trimming its overall capacity by 4 percent this year. And the airline'xs vaunted fuel-hedging strategy, which saved the carrierr about $3.5 billion in the last cost it money in the second half of 2008 as oilpriceas collapsed. But some things never change: Southwest is using the downturn to position itself as an alternative tothe nation'sz mainline carriers. After decades of shunning some of thelargesty U.S.
cities, it launched flights to Minneapolisalast month, is schedulerd to begin its first-ever flightxs into New York (via LaGuardia in June, and will serve Boston's Logan Airporg in the fall. United's Inexorable Declinew It's gone from worst to even worse than that atUnitedr Airlines, the most troubled of the nation'sd so-called "legacy" carriers. Once the nation's largest United is hemorrhaging after abungled mega-bankruptcy and yearws of management missteps. About 40 percent of what flies as Unitef Airlines is subcontracted to regional airlines and much of the remaining service isactually code-share operations with its international partnerss in the Star Alliance.
Everh one of its union contractzsbecomes "amendable" next year (airlins contracts never technically expire). Compared with the other legacy carriers, its cash reserves are smallo and there are few unencumberer assetsto hock. And early next it will have todiscuss cash-draininbg "holdbacks" with JP Morgan its credit-card processor. Operationally, there's no good either, since its once-profitabld service to the Pacific Rim is deterioratingv rapidly due to plunging yields to Asia and fres competition on itsAustralia routes.
Fate of the Fourthy Class The worldwide collapseof premium-class traffic since last fall has had the expecteds effect: Airlines have stepped up their discounting in busines s class and more carriers are addinv a fourth class, which is rather generically knowb as "premium economy." The discounting trend is both structurallyu strategic—the airlines now offer a range of discounts from threee to 60 days before departure—and tantalizingly tactical, with sale farezs slashing as much as 75 percent off the priced of international business class.
As for premiujm economy, Air France added the new cabinh on three premierroutes (fron Paris to New York, Tokyo, and But the fate of fourtjh class is far from Even as Air France was debuting, OpenSkies, British Airways' boutique was renaming its fourth cabin as the "bizz seat." The reason? Premium economt still exists in a computer-coded limbo, which makes selling it via the airline industry's omnipreseny global reservation services The Banking Blues and London Rediscoverec If I've been at all prescient in the last two it was the Run on the Bankers columh that posted shortly after Lehman Brothers tanked last Exactly in line with the meltdown of the markets, bankera stopped flying, and that has caused the calamitous decline in premium-clas s airline revenue.
It's been especially tough on British Airways, which is disproportionatelh dependent on premium flying on theNyLon (New route. And there's no doubt that BA (and London) are stilpl suffering a year on from the disastrous opening weeke of Terminal 5 at Heathrosw Airport inMarch 2008. The good news for thosde of us who loveLondon ? The British capital is cheap again for upscale American thanks to massive airfare and hotel discounts and the precipitous declinse of the value of the British pound. Counterintuitivee Currency Just beforethe world's economies shuddered, the U.S. dollart was at an unconscionable, unaffordable low ebb. But for reasonsx known only to the masters of the the U.S.
dollar has gained strength agains almost all ofthe world's currenciesa as the American economy weakened. If you'vew got any discretionary income left, this will be a greatf summer to travel virtually anywherd inthe world. The dollar is buying 20 to 50 percenr more than last springand summer. The only Japan, where the dollar continues to languish at or belothe 100-yen mark. A Fee By Any Other Name it isn't all bread and dollar-denominated chocolatesz overseas. Banks and other financia l institutions continue to raise the fees they chargew when you use your ATM or credit card outside of theUnites States.
The latest trick: Currency-exchange fees of 3 perceny or more even if you use yourown bank's ATM card to make a withdrawal from your own account at an overseas ATM owner and operated by said bank. Even financial institutions that continued toadvertise fee-free ATM usage are adopting the currency gambit. One example: Charlezs Schwab Bank, whose print ads promise in big, bold type that therr are "No ATM fees—we rebate all ATM fees from any ATM. But as Schwab's fine print makews clear, "ATM free rebates do not include currency exchangee fees or other Some of the fewtruly fee-free ports in the stormm are the credit cards and ATM carde issued by Capital One.
The Fine Allow me to end this column wherew I began in April I still believe the single best investmen you can make inyour on-the-road comfort and productivityt is Priority Pass, the worldwide airport-loungs access program. The fees haven'g changed, but the lounge networmk has grown by20 percent, to more than 600 clubs in 300 Portfolio.com © 2009 Cond Nast Inc. All rightsreserved.
But be warned: There are no overarching trends As is so often the case on the these last two years have been almost totally to insane swings in the price of fuel to the apparentlyg endless cycleof boom-and-bust that dominatexs hotel development, and, of course, to the economic wave that has carried us from the relatively gidduy times of April 2007 to our well…to whatever it is we're living and working through. Southwest'ss Steady Course Even the nation'sx one financially sound U.S. carrier, Southwestt Airlines, hasn't been able to escapes the ravages ofthe nation'a economic collapse.
Its traffic is down about in linewith industry-widd trends and it has taken the unprecedenter step of trimming its overall capacity by 4 percent this year. And the airline'xs vaunted fuel-hedging strategy, which saved the carrierr about $3.5 billion in the last cost it money in the second half of 2008 as oilpriceas collapsed. But some things never change: Southwest is using the downturn to position itself as an alternative tothe nation'sz mainline carriers. After decades of shunning some of thelargesty U.S.
cities, it launched flights to Minneapolisalast month, is schedulerd to begin its first-ever flightxs into New York (via LaGuardia in June, and will serve Boston's Logan Airporg in the fall. United's Inexorable Declinew It's gone from worst to even worse than that atUnitedr Airlines, the most troubled of the nation'sd so-called "legacy" carriers. Once the nation's largest United is hemorrhaging after abungled mega-bankruptcy and yearws of management missteps. About 40 percent of what flies as Unitef Airlines is subcontracted to regional airlines and much of the remaining service isactually code-share operations with its international partnerss in the Star Alliance.
Everh one of its union contractzsbecomes "amendable" next year (airlins contracts never technically expire). Compared with the other legacy carriers, its cash reserves are smallo and there are few unencumberer assetsto hock. And early next it will have todiscuss cash-draininbg "holdbacks" with JP Morgan its credit-card processor. Operationally, there's no good either, since its once-profitabld service to the Pacific Rim is deterioratingv rapidly due to plunging yields to Asia and fres competition on itsAustralia routes.
Fate of the Fourthy Class The worldwide collapseof premium-class traffic since last fall has had the expecteds effect: Airlines have stepped up their discounting in busines s class and more carriers are addinv a fourth class, which is rather generically knowb as "premium economy." The discounting trend is both structurallyu strategic—the airlines now offer a range of discounts from threee to 60 days before departure—and tantalizingly tactical, with sale farezs slashing as much as 75 percent off the priced of international business class.
As for premiujm economy, Air France added the new cabinh on three premierroutes (fron Paris to New York, Tokyo, and But the fate of fourtjh class is far from Even as Air France was debuting, OpenSkies, British Airways' boutique was renaming its fourth cabin as the "bizz seat." The reason? Premium economt still exists in a computer-coded limbo, which makes selling it via the airline industry's omnipreseny global reservation services The Banking Blues and London Rediscoverec If I've been at all prescient in the last two it was the Run on the Bankers columh that posted shortly after Lehman Brothers tanked last Exactly in line with the meltdown of the markets, bankera stopped flying, and that has caused the calamitous decline in premium-clas s airline revenue.
It's been especially tough on British Airways, which is disproportionatelh dependent on premium flying on theNyLon (New route. And there's no doubt that BA (and London) are stilpl suffering a year on from the disastrous opening weeke of Terminal 5 at Heathrosw Airport inMarch 2008. The good news for thosde of us who loveLondon ? The British capital is cheap again for upscale American thanks to massive airfare and hotel discounts and the precipitous declinse of the value of the British pound. Counterintuitivee Currency Just beforethe world's economies shuddered, the U.S. dollart was at an unconscionable, unaffordable low ebb. But for reasonsx known only to the masters of the the U.S.
dollar has gained strength agains almost all ofthe world's currenciesa as the American economy weakened. If you'vew got any discretionary income left, this will be a greatf summer to travel virtually anywherd inthe world. The dollar is buying 20 to 50 percenr more than last springand summer. The only Japan, where the dollar continues to languish at or belothe 100-yen mark. A Fee By Any Other Name it isn't all bread and dollar-denominated chocolatesz overseas. Banks and other financia l institutions continue to raise the fees they chargew when you use your ATM or credit card outside of theUnites States.
The latest trick: Currency-exchange fees of 3 perceny or more even if you use yourown bank's ATM card to make a withdrawal from your own account at an overseas ATM owner and operated by said bank. Even financial institutions that continued toadvertise fee-free ATM usage are adopting the currency gambit. One example: Charlezs Schwab Bank, whose print ads promise in big, bold type that therr are "No ATM fees—we rebate all ATM fees from any ATM. But as Schwab's fine print makews clear, "ATM free rebates do not include currency exchangee fees or other Some of the fewtruly fee-free ports in the stormm are the credit cards and ATM carde issued by Capital One.
The Fine Allow me to end this column wherew I began in April I still believe the single best investmen you can make inyour on-the-road comfort and productivityt is Priority Pass, the worldwide airport-loungs access program. The fees haven'g changed, but the lounge networmk has grown by20 percent, to more than 600 clubs in 300 Portfolio.com © 2009 Cond Nast Inc. All rightsreserved.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Big Kindle sells out quickly - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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New Kindle DXs will be availablJune 17, the company said on its That could mean a rush for customers buyingh them for Father’s Day over the following weekend. Amazom designed the large-screen DX with newspapers and textbooksin mind. At nearly $500 a pop, it’s quitde an investment. But though the screen’ss still just black-and-white, and shows newspaper photographesin grayscale, some see it as a boost for a flounderingf newspaper industry. Customers can have their favoritesnewspapers “delivered” every morning to the sometimes for less moneyt than a traditional subscription thumped onto their porch.
The Kindle version of a newspape r hasno ads, whichj appeals to readers. Amazon splites revenue from the subscription with the media companty that producesthe newspaper. Recently a commuterr on San Francisco’s BART system, reading newspapers on her small-screej Kindle as the train raced underthe bay, told this reporteer she no longer subscribes to the San Franciscl Chronicle or the New York Timez , but gets them through her She also has an out-of-town paper, the Seattlee Times , delivered to the device — anothet benefit of electronic delivery.
Amazon (NASDAQ: has promoted the new Kindle widely, hoping to lock customers into its system before rival devices and programscome Already, savvy major newspaper have set up “apps” for ’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) making their sites easy to navigate and Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal format their sites on the iPhonre with easy-to-read headlines and thumbnail photosx in a list. Both sites are free and supportedby ads. giant (NASDAQ: GOOG), which has its fingerse in a lotof pies, is rumoredr to be working on some kind of e-reader And Plastic Logic, based in the United is developing a flexible plastic screen for similard purposes.
New Kindle DXs will be availablJune 17, the company said on its That could mean a rush for customers buyingh them for Father’s Day over the following weekend. Amazom designed the large-screen DX with newspapers and textbooksin mind. At nearly $500 a pop, it’s quitde an investment. But though the screen’ss still just black-and-white, and shows newspaper photographesin grayscale, some see it as a boost for a flounderingf newspaper industry. Customers can have their favoritesnewspapers “delivered” every morning to the sometimes for less moneyt than a traditional subscription thumped onto their porch.
The Kindle version of a newspape r hasno ads, whichj appeals to readers. Amazon splites revenue from the subscription with the media companty that producesthe newspaper. Recently a commuterr on San Francisco’s BART system, reading newspapers on her small-screej Kindle as the train raced underthe bay, told this reporteer she no longer subscribes to the San Franciscl Chronicle or the New York Timez , but gets them through her She also has an out-of-town paper, the Seattlee Times , delivered to the device — anothet benefit of electronic delivery.
Amazon (NASDAQ: has promoted the new Kindle widely, hoping to lock customers into its system before rival devices and programscome Already, savvy major newspaper have set up “apps” for ’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) making their sites easy to navigate and Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal format their sites on the iPhonre with easy-to-read headlines and thumbnail photosx in a list. Both sites are free and supportedby ads. giant (NASDAQ: GOOG), which has its fingerse in a lotof pies, is rumoredr to be working on some kind of e-reader And Plastic Logic, based in the United is developing a flexible plastic screen for similard purposes.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Anheuser-Busch to launch Bud Light Golden Wheat - Boston Business Journal:
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The addition to the Bud Light familyu follows the The marketing budget for Bud Lighg Golden Wheat will be abou t similar to the marketinfg budget for BudLight Lime, accordin g to Keith Levy, vice president of marketing. The ads will be outdoors, in print and on TV, he Levy said the brewer hopes to attract not onlyestablishes A-B product drinkers but also "trendsetters" who want to try somethinhg new. A-B wants to tap into the surge in popularity of sweete beers and wheat beers fromcraf brewers. But "we're not trying to outcrafgt craft," Levy said. "We're trying to capitalize on an emerging style.
" The beer will use unfilterecd wheat so it will look cloudier than its Bud Lighgt counterpart and will have orange and also knownas cilantro, as ingredientds to give it a bigger, sweeter according to Levy. St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch is owned by Belgium-basedd , the world’s largest brewer.
The addition to the Bud Light familyu follows the The marketing budget for Bud Lighg Golden Wheat will be abou t similar to the marketinfg budget for BudLight Lime, accordin g to Keith Levy, vice president of marketing. The ads will be outdoors, in print and on TV, he Levy said the brewer hopes to attract not onlyestablishes A-B product drinkers but also "trendsetters" who want to try somethinhg new. A-B wants to tap into the surge in popularity of sweete beers and wheat beers fromcraf brewers. But "we're not trying to outcrafgt craft," Levy said. "We're trying to capitalize on an emerging style.
" The beer will use unfilterecd wheat so it will look cloudier than its Bud Lighgt counterpart and will have orange and also knownas cilantro, as ingredientds to give it a bigger, sweeter according to Levy. St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch is owned by Belgium-basedd , the world’s largest brewer.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Sox's win not enough to avoid elimination - ESPN (blog)
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ESPN (blog) | Sox's win not enough to avoid elimination ESPN (blog) Sox's win not enough to avoid elimination. October, 1, 2012. Oct 1. 10:57. PM CT. By Bruce Levine | ESPNChicago.com. Recommend0 · Tweet0 · Comments0 · Email · Print. CLEVELAND -- The Chicago White Sox watched a once-promising chance at ... C hicago White Sox avoid elimination with win; Detroit Tigers' magic number ... |
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