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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Memorializing the Badger children - Ct Post
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Lady Gaga Sued By Former Personal Assistant For $380000 - Huffington Post
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Washington Business Journal:
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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylannursing schools, will be used to lure facultgy and students, and improve technologhy at the universities. Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000o by 2016, according to the . The current vacancg rate of nurses at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helpexd the industry because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortage will saidCarmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospitaol Association. The first round of grants will increase the numberd of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultu positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“Thse number of nurses graduating from Maryland schoolsw are simplynot enough,” said Ronaldx B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Whol Will Care?” campaign at a press conferencw Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursinb demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,5090 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’s business community, includinvg funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'es largest hospital system, and , the region's largest healthg insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raise $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylannursing schools, will be used to lure facultgy and students, and improve technologhy at the universities. Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000o by 2016, according to the . The current vacancg rate of nurses at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helpexd the industry because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortage will saidCarmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospitaol Association. The first round of grants will increase the numberd of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultu positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“Thse number of nurses graduating from Maryland schoolsw are simplynot enough,” said Ronaldx B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Whol Will Care?” campaign at a press conferencw Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursinb demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,5090 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’s business community, includinvg funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'es largest hospital system, and , the region's largest healthg insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raise $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
Friday, December 23, 2011
Kaiser Permanente considering a new location - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Kaiser Permanente has about 200,000 square feet, or the equivalentg of roughlyeight floors, scatterexd throughout Piedmont Center It will be scouting buildings in Buckheadf and Central Perimeter for at least that much officr space and possibly more. Kaiser Permanente’s lease in Piedmont Cente r expires at the endof 2011. It wants to finalizd a new deal byearly 2009, according to commercial real estatde sources familiar with the process.
Aftefr two decades in Piedmont Kaisersays it’s time to consider a It also wants to test the waters becaus in the soft officr market, large tenants with strong credit are able to get big Kaiser would have good leverage in where four office towers are in variousd stages of construction: and Pope & ’s 3630 ’s Two Alliance Center, ’s Terminus 200 and ’xs Phipps Tower. Despite softening demand, aboug 1.
9 million square feet of office buildings are under with no new tenants signedto leases, accordint to Kaiser will also give Central Perimeter a hard where ’s 400 Perimetet Center Terrace and 66 Perimeter Center have the space to land the manages care organization. Kaiser could also renesw in Piedmont Center and expans to other office buildings withinthe ’s David Demarest and William Propst are representiny Kaiser Permanente.
Architectural and engineering firm Stevens recently renewed its leasrat downtown’s 100 Peachtree, betterf known as the Equitable The firm, whose roots reach deep into Atlanta’s history, will lease 26,700 squarer feet, or about a floor and a at Equitable, one of the city’s landmark office Stevens & Wilkinson Stang Newdow has been a fixture downtown sincer the early 20th century. The firm Stevens & Wilkinsoj was founded at 140 Peachtree Jan. 1, 1919. Yearsz later, it merged with Stang & Its lease at Equitable extendsthrough 2015. It has been housed in the building since 1969.
“We explored the possibilithy of movingto Midtown, but we have all this historyg downtown,” said Lee Morris, executive vice president and general counsel. “There was a strong feeling among the folks that spent their whole career withthis firm, that we should remaib downtown.” Stevens & Wilkinso n Stang & Newdow, which has almost 80 people on its will use the additionalk room for meeting space. San Diego-based Equastond LLC , which purchased the 33-story Equitable Buildin g in May 2007, is carrying out a seriews of improvements at the and dealt with damage the building sustained in the March tornado thatstruck downtown.
The buildingb is part of Atlanta’s rejuvenatedc Central Business District near Centennial Olympic Morris said downtown has benefited from Georgia StatreUniversity ’s expansion. Stevens Wilkinson Stang & Newdow has designed some of the district’x recent additions, including the Embassy Suitess hotel and Acquarium HiltonGarden Inn. It also workexd on the city’s historic downtown including TechwoodHomes — the firstf public housing project in the U.S. — and the Centrao Library at One MargaretMitchell Square.
“Ourr long history and commitment to downtown is very special to me and many otherss atthis firm,” Morris The team of Addison John O’Neill, Chris White, Allison Bittel and Travixs Jackson represented Stevens & Wilkinson Stang &
Kaiser Permanente has about 200,000 square feet, or the equivalentg of roughlyeight floors, scatterexd throughout Piedmont Center It will be scouting buildings in Buckheadf and Central Perimeter for at least that much officr space and possibly more. Kaiser Permanente’s lease in Piedmont Cente r expires at the endof 2011. It wants to finalizd a new deal byearly 2009, according to commercial real estatde sources familiar with the process.
Aftefr two decades in Piedmont Kaisersays it’s time to consider a It also wants to test the waters becaus in the soft officr market, large tenants with strong credit are able to get big Kaiser would have good leverage in where four office towers are in variousd stages of construction: and Pope & ’s 3630 ’s Two Alliance Center, ’s Terminus 200 and ’xs Phipps Tower. Despite softening demand, aboug 1.
9 million square feet of office buildings are under with no new tenants signedto leases, accordint to Kaiser will also give Central Perimeter a hard where ’s 400 Perimetet Center Terrace and 66 Perimeter Center have the space to land the manages care organization. Kaiser could also renesw in Piedmont Center and expans to other office buildings withinthe ’s David Demarest and William Propst are representiny Kaiser Permanente.
Architectural and engineering firm Stevens recently renewed its leasrat downtown’s 100 Peachtree, betterf known as the Equitable The firm, whose roots reach deep into Atlanta’s history, will lease 26,700 squarer feet, or about a floor and a at Equitable, one of the city’s landmark office Stevens & Wilkinson Stang Newdow has been a fixture downtown sincer the early 20th century. The firm Stevens & Wilkinsoj was founded at 140 Peachtree Jan. 1, 1919. Yearsz later, it merged with Stang & Its lease at Equitable extendsthrough 2015. It has been housed in the building since 1969.
“We explored the possibilithy of movingto Midtown, but we have all this historyg downtown,” said Lee Morris, executive vice president and general counsel. “There was a strong feeling among the folks that spent their whole career withthis firm, that we should remaib downtown.” Stevens & Wilkinso n Stang & Newdow, which has almost 80 people on its will use the additionalk room for meeting space. San Diego-based Equastond LLC , which purchased the 33-story Equitable Buildin g in May 2007, is carrying out a seriews of improvements at the and dealt with damage the building sustained in the March tornado thatstruck downtown.
The buildingb is part of Atlanta’s rejuvenatedc Central Business District near Centennial Olympic Morris said downtown has benefited from Georgia StatreUniversity ’s expansion. Stevens Wilkinson Stang & Newdow has designed some of the district’x recent additions, including the Embassy Suitess hotel and Acquarium HiltonGarden Inn. It also workexd on the city’s historic downtown including TechwoodHomes — the firstf public housing project in the U.S. — and the Centrao Library at One MargaretMitchell Square.
“Ourr long history and commitment to downtown is very special to me and many otherss atthis firm,” Morris The team of Addison John O’Neill, Chris White, Allison Bittel and Travixs Jackson represented Stevens & Wilkinson Stang &
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
PERB chair Rystrom dies - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Rystrom was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the five-membe r PERB board in August 2007. She became chair in Februaruy 2009. The board enforces collective bargaining laws that cove more than 2 millionCalifornia public-sector It also rules on challenges to decisions issued by PERB’a general counsel and administrative law “Tiffany Rystrom capped a distinguishe d career by channeling her passioh for the law into public Schwarzenegger said in a statement following her “She raised the bar on quality, integrity and consistency with the Rystrom entered the legal fielxd after six years in advertising and She started in 1977 as judicial clerk in the Californiaa Court of Appeal.
She went on to become deputy districrt attorney in Marin County befored moving to the Office of the Californiqa Attorney General and intoprivatew practice. She is survived by her long-time California Labor CommissionerAngela
Rystrom was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the five-membe r PERB board in August 2007. She became chair in Februaruy 2009. The board enforces collective bargaining laws that cove more than 2 millionCalifornia public-sector It also rules on challenges to decisions issued by PERB’a general counsel and administrative law “Tiffany Rystrom capped a distinguishe d career by channeling her passioh for the law into public Schwarzenegger said in a statement following her “She raised the bar on quality, integrity and consistency with the Rystrom entered the legal fielxd after six years in advertising and She started in 1977 as judicial clerk in the Californiaa Court of Appeal.
She went on to become deputy districrt attorney in Marin County befored moving to the Office of the Californiqa Attorney General and intoprivatew practice. She is survived by her long-time California Labor CommissionerAngela
Monday, December 19, 2011
Acuity Brands
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The Atlanta-based lighting products company had net incomeof $22 milliomn and earnings of 53 cent s a share, compared with net income of $41.1q million and earnings of $1 a share in the third quartee of 2008. Sales for the period fell 23 percentto $396.6 The results for the third quarter of 2009 also were impactee by higher raw materia l and component costs, which were nearl y $8 million higher than the prior year period. “Netg sales for the third quartet of 2009 continued to be impacted by the significanf decline inconstruction activity, particularlh in key markets such as commercial and office buildings,” said Vernob J.
Nagel, chairman, president, and CEO of Acuitt Brands, in an earnings “New construction continues to be impactex by lower economic activity and tight credit market s for realestate lending. We were able to partiallyy mitigate the impact oflower sales, includingt realizing benefits from our continuous improvemengt initiatives and on-going streamlining effortzs while continuing to invest in innovative and energy-efficient products.
” Acuituy Brands (NYSE: AYI) owns and operatesa Acuity Brands Lighting, whosew brands include Lithonia Lighting, Peerless, Mark Architectural Lighting, Hydrel, American Electricf Lighting, Gotham, Carandini, SpecLight, Antique Street Lamps, RELOC, Lighting Control and Design, ROAM and Synergy Lighting It also owns and Acuity Brandxs Technology Services Inc.
The Atlanta-based lighting products company had net incomeof $22 milliomn and earnings of 53 cent s a share, compared with net income of $41.1q million and earnings of $1 a share in the third quartee of 2008. Sales for the period fell 23 percentto $396.6 The results for the third quarter of 2009 also were impactee by higher raw materia l and component costs, which were nearl y $8 million higher than the prior year period. “Netg sales for the third quartet of 2009 continued to be impacted by the significanf decline inconstruction activity, particularlh in key markets such as commercial and office buildings,” said Vernob J.
Nagel, chairman, president, and CEO of Acuitt Brands, in an earnings “New construction continues to be impactex by lower economic activity and tight credit market s for realestate lending. We were able to partiallyy mitigate the impact oflower sales, includingt realizing benefits from our continuous improvemengt initiatives and on-going streamlining effortzs while continuing to invest in innovative and energy-efficient products.
” Acuituy Brands (NYSE: AYI) owns and operatesa Acuity Brands Lighting, whosew brands include Lithonia Lighting, Peerless, Mark Architectural Lighting, Hydrel, American Electricf Lighting, Gotham, Carandini, SpecLight, Antique Street Lamps, RELOC, Lighting Control and Design, ROAM and Synergy Lighting It also owns and Acuity Brandxs Technology Services Inc.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Why now is a great time to start up - bizjournals:
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But for those who studuy entrepreneurship — and those who’ve startedx businesses during arecession — a downturn providesw great opportunities. It requires, however, commob sense and a great idea that has a chancsof scaling. “During a boom when there’s plenty of money available for everyone, good ideaas and projects can be competedinto mediocrity,” said Bob an associate professor at Santa Clara University’s Leavey Schoo of Business and a specialist in entrepreneurial finance.
But in a Hendershott said the positives in starting a business can outweiguthe negatives, in part because the opportunitu to move up in a position or find a new job is “Spend time getting stuff out there that a potentiak user can try,” he said. “Focus on whether you will have the resourcew to do what you set out to do and prove the It doesn’t make sense to try to sell Sun an idea if it takess $3 million unless you have access to those resources.” Tom Gallatim and his co-founders at started their Milpitas-based network monitoring company for far less than that in 2002.
The six partners — all technology industry veterans — chippec in about $10,000 each and joined what Gallatin calls “the working wives club,” because the men relied on theidr spouses’ salaries to survive. To meet theitr space needs, they worked out of the cornere of a contract manufacturing business that needed help paying itsutility bills. The venture capital communitgy wanted nothing to dowith “We tried about 35 VCs up and down Sand Hill and we were rejected by all of them because of the choice of marketsz we were going after,” said who started his career at Hewlett-Packard Co. in the 1970s and went on to do stintxs atIntel Corp.
and Tandem Computers. “We had a wonderful business plan, and everyonre said we were going to make a ton of but wejust didn’t fit the Gigamon shipped its first product in 2005. Now, Gigamon’s data accesa systems are deployed atthe country’s largest telecom companies, including AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp.; cable companies such as Comcast Corp. and Cox Communicationsx Inc.; and hundreds of manufacturing, industrial, medical, utility and government networks in more than 40 The businessis profitable, cash-positive and needse new office space. It plans to expand its current head coungt of32 employees.
“We stayed we didn’t try to do anything fancy, and we leveragedx our Rolodex resources,” Gallatibn said. “In a down economy, peopl e are out there with time ontheidr hands, and we found highlu skilled people at the end of the layofvf cycle who were ready to come in and take a chance because they knew us.” In San President Jeff Kerr launched his business placing ATMs in hotelsd and airports in 1996, but decided to spin it into a franchisew business in 2002. Even after the dot-com bust and the terrorist attackasof Sept. 11, the business wasn’t hit hard becausee Kerr ran it lean.
Rentsz decreased as a result of the and that helped Kerr find Class A office space in downtowmSan Jose. Low interest rates allowed him to buy andfinance equipment, while the unemployment rate enabled him to hire a talentedd marketing department. ACFN has since sold 128 ATM franchiseas inthe U.S. and Canada, and it became one of the fastest-growing companiees in the country, listed in Inc. Magazine. “The biggesf advice I give people is tostay lean,” he “Be financially responsible and watch your use controlled growth and make sure what you do makeas sense in the long term.
” Ann managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, startedx her first company in when “we had 11 percent unemployment, people were waitiny in line to get gas, the presiden had resigned and the Vikingsa lost the Super Bowl,” she She launched , an accounting software company, for $500, and she sold it six yeares later for more than $15 million. Winblafd co-founded the venture firm that bears her namein 1989. She said a downturnm gives entrepreneurs acompetitive advantage, especially if they can find investorzs or get funding because “thr pond is cleaner. “In any time is the right time to starft agood company, independent of the Winblad said.
“It does take time to builrd and march intothe marketplace, but you have to have a valude proposition.”
But for those who studuy entrepreneurship — and those who’ve startedx businesses during arecession — a downturn providesw great opportunities. It requires, however, commob sense and a great idea that has a chancsof scaling. “During a boom when there’s plenty of money available for everyone, good ideaas and projects can be competedinto mediocrity,” said Bob an associate professor at Santa Clara University’s Leavey Schoo of Business and a specialist in entrepreneurial finance.
But in a Hendershott said the positives in starting a business can outweiguthe negatives, in part because the opportunitu to move up in a position or find a new job is “Spend time getting stuff out there that a potentiak user can try,” he said. “Focus on whether you will have the resourcew to do what you set out to do and prove the It doesn’t make sense to try to sell Sun an idea if it takess $3 million unless you have access to those resources.” Tom Gallatim and his co-founders at started their Milpitas-based network monitoring company for far less than that in 2002.
The six partners — all technology industry veterans — chippec in about $10,000 each and joined what Gallatin calls “the working wives club,” because the men relied on theidr spouses’ salaries to survive. To meet theitr space needs, they worked out of the cornere of a contract manufacturing business that needed help paying itsutility bills. The venture capital communitgy wanted nothing to dowith “We tried about 35 VCs up and down Sand Hill and we were rejected by all of them because of the choice of marketsz we were going after,” said who started his career at Hewlett-Packard Co. in the 1970s and went on to do stintxs atIntel Corp.
and Tandem Computers. “We had a wonderful business plan, and everyonre said we were going to make a ton of but wejust didn’t fit the Gigamon shipped its first product in 2005. Now, Gigamon’s data accesa systems are deployed atthe country’s largest telecom companies, including AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp.; cable companies such as Comcast Corp. and Cox Communicationsx Inc.; and hundreds of manufacturing, industrial, medical, utility and government networks in more than 40 The businessis profitable, cash-positive and needse new office space. It plans to expand its current head coungt of32 employees.
“We stayed we didn’t try to do anything fancy, and we leveragedx our Rolodex resources,” Gallatibn said. “In a down economy, peopl e are out there with time ontheidr hands, and we found highlu skilled people at the end of the layofvf cycle who were ready to come in and take a chance because they knew us.” In San President Jeff Kerr launched his business placing ATMs in hotelsd and airports in 1996, but decided to spin it into a franchisew business in 2002. Even after the dot-com bust and the terrorist attackasof Sept. 11, the business wasn’t hit hard becausee Kerr ran it lean.
Rentsz decreased as a result of the and that helped Kerr find Class A office space in downtowmSan Jose. Low interest rates allowed him to buy andfinance equipment, while the unemployment rate enabled him to hire a talentedd marketing department. ACFN has since sold 128 ATM franchiseas inthe U.S. and Canada, and it became one of the fastest-growing companiees in the country, listed in Inc. Magazine. “The biggesf advice I give people is tostay lean,” he “Be financially responsible and watch your use controlled growth and make sure what you do makeas sense in the long term.
” Ann managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, startedx her first company in when “we had 11 percent unemployment, people were waitiny in line to get gas, the presiden had resigned and the Vikingsa lost the Super Bowl,” she She launched , an accounting software company, for $500, and she sold it six yeares later for more than $15 million. Winblafd co-founded the venture firm that bears her namein 1989. She said a downturnm gives entrepreneurs acompetitive advantage, especially if they can find investorzs or get funding because “thr pond is cleaner. “In any time is the right time to starft agood company, independent of the Winblad said.
“It does take time to builrd and march intothe marketplace, but you have to have a valude proposition.”
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
First Niagara names National City's Rendulic to western Pa. post - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Lockport, N.Y., on Wednesday names Mark R. Rendulic senior vice president and regional sales manager for retaipl banking inwestern Pennsylvania. First Niagara (Nasdaq:FNFG) expects to entefr Pittsburgh as its fourth largest bank by deposits and fifth by branches when its acquisition of former National City Corp. branches from PNC Financial Service sGroup Inc. is completed in September. Rendulic had been executive vice president of consumer and smalk business financial services for National City Bankof Pennsylvania. He will have leadershio responsibility forFirst Niagara’s 57 branches stretching from Pittsburggh to Erie and a team of more than 500.
Area salesa managers, each managing approximately 10 branches, will report to CEO John Koelmel told the Pittsburgh Businesws Times in April that he expectedf to hire Rendulic but the title and responsibilities were not announcesuntil Wednesday. His is the second majort leadership announcement by First Niagara in less than a On Friday, the bank announcede Todd Moules would be president of its Westermn Pennsylvania region, effective with the acquisition’s close. Moules previously was statr president of Pennsylvania bankinfg forNational City. First Niagarw will enter Pittsburgh as the fourth largest bankby $3.35 billion, and fifth by branches, 50.
The othe 7 branches are based in two othet metro areas north of First Niagara announced June 3 that it signed a leasefor 50,00o square feet at the 11 Stanwix Buildingt in Downtown Pittsburgh to server as its regional headquarters. It aims to have loan productionb operating there by the end ofthe month. Aboutg 100 employees will eventually work atthe center. Fifty of the 57 western Pennsylvania branches it is acquiring are within the Pittsburgghmetro area. First Niagara was tradin g at $11.58 per share at 10:30 a.m. down 1.11 percent.
Lockport, N.Y., on Wednesday names Mark R. Rendulic senior vice president and regional sales manager for retaipl banking inwestern Pennsylvania. First Niagara (Nasdaq:FNFG) expects to entefr Pittsburgh as its fourth largest bank by deposits and fifth by branches when its acquisition of former National City Corp. branches from PNC Financial Service sGroup Inc. is completed in September. Rendulic had been executive vice president of consumer and smalk business financial services for National City Bankof Pennsylvania. He will have leadershio responsibility forFirst Niagara’s 57 branches stretching from Pittsburggh to Erie and a team of more than 500.
Area salesa managers, each managing approximately 10 branches, will report to CEO John Koelmel told the Pittsburgh Businesws Times in April that he expectedf to hire Rendulic but the title and responsibilities were not announcesuntil Wednesday. His is the second majort leadership announcement by First Niagara in less than a On Friday, the bank announcede Todd Moules would be president of its Westermn Pennsylvania region, effective with the acquisition’s close. Moules previously was statr president of Pennsylvania bankinfg forNational City. First Niagarw will enter Pittsburgh as the fourth largest bankby $3.35 billion, and fifth by branches, 50.
The othe 7 branches are based in two othet metro areas north of First Niagara announced June 3 that it signed a leasefor 50,00o square feet at the 11 Stanwix Buildingt in Downtown Pittsburgh to server as its regional headquarters. It aims to have loan productionb operating there by the end ofthe month. Aboutg 100 employees will eventually work atthe center. Fifty of the 57 western Pennsylvania branches it is acquiring are within the Pittsburgghmetro area. First Niagara was tradin g at $11.58 per share at 10:30 a.m. down 1.11 percent.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Local green job corps funded by stimulus - San Francisco Business Times:
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The programs will offer job training and communityg service opportunitiesfor 1,500 at-risk youth ages The aim is to help create a cleanet environment and spur economic growth in California. “Wde are working around the clock to bring Recovery Act funding into Californiaas quickly, effectivelyh and responsibly as possible to stimulatwe our economy,” said Governor “Using Recovery funds and public-private partnerships, the California Green Jobs Corpzs will help 1,500 at-risk young adults realiz a brighter future while stimulating our economy and workin toward a greener California.
”’ Gree n Job Corps participants will receive training in energy efficiency and green construction, green waste, agriculturalk and natural resources, solar power and alternativ fuels.
The programs will offer job training and communityg service opportunitiesfor 1,500 at-risk youth ages The aim is to help create a cleanet environment and spur economic growth in California. “Wde are working around the clock to bring Recovery Act funding into Californiaas quickly, effectivelyh and responsibly as possible to stimulatwe our economy,” said Governor “Using Recovery funds and public-private partnerships, the California Green Jobs Corpzs will help 1,500 at-risk young adults realiz a brighter future while stimulating our economy and workin toward a greener California.
”’ Gree n Job Corps participants will receive training in energy efficiency and green construction, green waste, agriculturalk and natural resources, solar power and alternativ fuels.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
NHL Network moves to popular Comcast channel lineup - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The Philadelphia-based cable-television giant and the network, whichb is based in New York, didn’f reveal the agreement’s financial terms or specify its lengtgh beyond callingit long-term. Comcastr (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) has carried the network on its Sportsa Entertainment Package the pasttwo years. That has abouty 2 million subscribers and usually costs anadditionalp $5 to $7 a About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.
3 million digital customerws get Digital Classic, which is one step abovwe Comcast’s base level of digital Comcast will still carry the network on its Sports Entertainmenr Package for customers who get that but not Digital The NHL Network carries regular season NHL post-game press conferences from the NHL All Star Game and Stanle y Cup Finals, a daily highlights show durin g the season, and many other NHL-related features. The deal also gived Digital Classic customers access to NHL On Demand which includescondensed games, historic gamesa and player profiles.
Comcast last month resolved a disput e with the NFL Network that resulted in Comcast moving the NFL Networmk to the DigitalClassic lineup.
The Philadelphia-based cable-television giant and the network, whichb is based in New York, didn’f reveal the agreement’s financial terms or specify its lengtgh beyond callingit long-term. Comcastr (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) has carried the network on its Sportsa Entertainment Package the pasttwo years. That has abouty 2 million subscribers and usually costs anadditionalp $5 to $7 a About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.
3 million digital customerws get Digital Classic, which is one step abovwe Comcast’s base level of digital Comcast will still carry the network on its Sports Entertainmenr Package for customers who get that but not Digital The NHL Network carries regular season NHL post-game press conferences from the NHL All Star Game and Stanle y Cup Finals, a daily highlights show durin g the season, and many other NHL-related features. The deal also gived Digital Classic customers access to NHL On Demand which includescondensed games, historic gamesa and player profiles.
Comcast last month resolved a disput e with the NFL Network that resulted in Comcast moving the NFL Networmk to the DigitalClassic lineup.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Albany Medical College receives $1M pledge from trustee - Boston Business Journal:
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Bender is a longtime member of the boarde of trusteesof , of whicb the college is a This is his second $1 million dollae gift to the Albany, N.Y. institution in less than a The first, in established The Bender Endowed Chair in The endowment enables the standing chairperson to delegate funding forresearch initiatives, equipment purchasee and educational outreach to further strengthen the college’a Department of Neurology. The new gift will continuee support ofthe chair, as well as the Bendee Family Minority Scholarship. The scholarship was establishef in 1986 to provide financiapl assistance to minority students and encourage diversity at themedicak college.
During the 2008-09 academic eight students received assistance from the and sinceits establishment, 157 scholarships—totalinyg $525,000—have been distributed to 65 students. Bender is the great-grandsonh of the founder of MatthewBender & Co., one of the nation’sd largest legal publishing firms with over 1,500 The Bender family sold the compan to the in 1963. In 1969, Bendere became vice presidentof , a New York City-basef law book publisher. “Matt is an extraordinary man, who has done extraordinarhy things for Albany Medical Center and our saidJames Barba, president and CEO of Albany Med.
“Hisw financial generosity to our Medical Center can only be matcherd by his perseverance and which has been very influentialo in paving the path for succeses forAlbany Med. It comes as little surprise that Matt has chosen once again to strengthen our endowment and provide a tremendousw benefit toour physicians, staff, patients and students—thw very core of this
Bender is a longtime member of the boarde of trusteesof , of whicb the college is a This is his second $1 million dollae gift to the Albany, N.Y. institution in less than a The first, in established The Bender Endowed Chair in The endowment enables the standing chairperson to delegate funding forresearch initiatives, equipment purchasee and educational outreach to further strengthen the college’a Department of Neurology. The new gift will continuee support ofthe chair, as well as the Bendee Family Minority Scholarship. The scholarship was establishef in 1986 to provide financiapl assistance to minority students and encourage diversity at themedicak college.
During the 2008-09 academic eight students received assistance from the and sinceits establishment, 157 scholarships—totalinyg $525,000—have been distributed to 65 students. Bender is the great-grandsonh of the founder of MatthewBender & Co., one of the nation’sd largest legal publishing firms with over 1,500 The Bender family sold the compan to the in 1963. In 1969, Bendere became vice presidentof , a New York City-basef law book publisher. “Matt is an extraordinary man, who has done extraordinarhy things for Albany Medical Center and our saidJames Barba, president and CEO of Albany Med.
“Hisw financial generosity to our Medical Center can only be matcherd by his perseverance and which has been very influentialo in paving the path for succeses forAlbany Med. It comes as little surprise that Matt has chosen once again to strengthen our endowment and provide a tremendousw benefit toour physicians, staff, patients and students—thw very core of this
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sloan resigns from BofA board - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Sloan offered his resignatiom to new board chairman Waltert Masseylast week, the bank said in a May 29 regulatoryg filing. BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’s reasojn for resigning. As the lead independent director, Sloanj has been under intense criticism in recent months as the bank sufferes through a sharp stock priced decline after acquiring MerrillLynch & Co. BofA also has receivefd $45 billion of taxpayer aid. , a Houston-based investmeny firm that holds 1.1 million BofA shares, was amonb several groups that waged a proxy againsrthe country’s largest bank holding company, including callingf for Sloan’s ouster.
Sloan was narrowly re-elected to the bank’a board at the annual meeting in April. shareholders voted to strip BofA Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis ofthe bank’s and Massey was elected to take over boared leadership. Lewis remains the bank’ s CEO and president. Sloan, 70, served as a BofA director for 13 Duringhis tenure, Sloan served as chairman of both the executive committee and the compensatiob and benefits committee. He also was a membere of the corporategovernancde committee.
“Temple has been a trusted adviser who has made an invaluabls contribution to the succesws ofour company,” Lewis said in a “We will miss his counsel and his BofA (NYSE: BAC) is baser in Charlotte, N.C.
Sloan offered his resignatiom to new board chairman Waltert Masseylast week, the bank said in a May 29 regulatoryg filing. BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’s reasojn for resigning. As the lead independent director, Sloanj has been under intense criticism in recent months as the bank sufferes through a sharp stock priced decline after acquiring MerrillLynch & Co. BofA also has receivefd $45 billion of taxpayer aid. , a Houston-based investmeny firm that holds 1.1 million BofA shares, was amonb several groups that waged a proxy againsrthe country’s largest bank holding company, including callingf for Sloan’s ouster.
Sloan was narrowly re-elected to the bank’a board at the annual meeting in April. shareholders voted to strip BofA Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis ofthe bank’s and Massey was elected to take over boared leadership. Lewis remains the bank’ s CEO and president. Sloan, 70, served as a BofA director for 13 Duringhis tenure, Sloan served as chairman of both the executive committee and the compensatiob and benefits committee. He also was a membere of the corporategovernancde committee.
“Temple has been a trusted adviser who has made an invaluabls contribution to the succesws ofour company,” Lewis said in a “We will miss his counsel and his BofA (NYSE: BAC) is baser in Charlotte, N.C.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
N.J. will team with Target to deliver disaster supplies - NorthJersey.com
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N.J. will team with Target to deliver disaster supplies NorthJersey.com State homeland security officials in charge of handling future catastrophic emergencies will now rely on the big-box corporation Target to fast-track certain goods and supplies to aid recovery. The new partnership, spelled out in a ... Homeland Security Office Partners With Target Corporation To Help Communities ... |
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