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The guide, published annually by of Evanston, Ill., states that Houston is home to 221,697 manufacturing employeeds spreadacross 3,957 manufacturers. According to the Houston employment in the manufacturing sector has not changed over the past12 “Houston’s combination of low-cosrt living, favorable business climate, educated work force and proximity to the oil industry have made it the choic e of many manufacturers and other Fortune 500 said Tom Dubin, president of MNI.
Industrialp machinery and equipment manufacturintis Houston’s top sector, accounting for 58,71 or about 27 percent of the manufacturingf jobs, with virtually no change in the year to Oil and gas extraction ranksd second with 30,584 up 7.8 percent over the year, while third-rankerd fabricated metals account for down 5.4 percent, according to the The survey numbers are currentg as of the end of April. Some 23,589 manufacturerw call Texas home, employing more than 1.2 million workers. New Chicago, Cincinnati and Los Angeles, rounded out the top five nationwide.
Dallas was sixth on the
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Mitchell
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Michael Batchelor, director of corporatre developmentat Mitchell’s, said the salon will closde its location at the Kenwood Galleria, wheree it has operated for 20 years, at the end of the day Feb. 28. It will then reopen on the other side of Montgomery Road onMarchj 4. “It’s a bittersweet move,” Batchelor since Mitchell’s has had a good relationship withthe Galleria’se owner. But it got to the poingt that Mitchell’s either had to remodel or And KenwoodTowne Place, with its tenanft mix, its location next to the successful Kenwood Towne Centre, and its expandec parking, were all a draw.
Mitchell’s will be on the secondx level, next to Crate & Barrel, and have visibilith from both Kenwood Towne Centre andInterstat 71. “The neatest thing for our clients is ther e is actually an elevator that opens directlu into our salon that also opens in theparkinbg garage,” Batchelor said. “They nevert have to go outside. So it’sa great if you had a pedicureand it’s cold and The new location will be about 2,000 square feet larger than the Galleria site, or 13,50 square feet.
It will include 30 hair stations – the same as now – but a large spa area, with eight pedicure chairs, 10 massage and skin roomsx anda soft-lighted relaxation room for guests receivinh massages and facials. Other tenantsw at Kenwood Towne Place includea , and an . , whichy is co-developing the property, also is working on signing some A source at Bear Creek could notbe Mitchell’s, founded in 1983, operates four other locations in Hyde Springdale, Northgate and West Chester.
Michael Batchelor, director of corporatre developmentat Mitchell’s, said the salon will closde its location at the Kenwood Galleria, wheree it has operated for 20 years, at the end of the day Feb. 28. It will then reopen on the other side of Montgomery Road onMarchj 4. “It’s a bittersweet move,” Batchelor since Mitchell’s has had a good relationship withthe Galleria’se owner. But it got to the poingt that Mitchell’s either had to remodel or And KenwoodTowne Place, with its tenanft mix, its location next to the successful Kenwood Towne Centre, and its expandec parking, were all a draw.
Mitchell’s will be on the secondx level, next to Crate & Barrel, and have visibilith from both Kenwood Towne Centre andInterstat 71. “The neatest thing for our clients is ther e is actually an elevator that opens directlu into our salon that also opens in theparkinbg garage,” Batchelor said. “They nevert have to go outside. So it’sa great if you had a pedicureand it’s cold and The new location will be about 2,000 square feet larger than the Galleria site, or 13,50 square feet.
It will include 30 hair stations – the same as now – but a large spa area, with eight pedicure chairs, 10 massage and skin roomsx anda soft-lighted relaxation room for guests receivinh massages and facials. Other tenantsw at Kenwood Towne Place includea , and an . , whichy is co-developing the property, also is working on signing some A source at Bear Creek could notbe Mitchell’s, founded in 1983, operates four other locations in Hyde Springdale, Northgate and West Chester.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Frugal at Fenway? Fat chance - Boston Business Journal:
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Let me try. Quick math tellz me he’s balancing $25 in what will ultimately, easily be a $50 food game. He chomps one of his dogs and hollersx some criticismto J.D. Drew in righty field. And he has every right to yell: He’zs the kind of fan who makes J.D. Drew’e $14 million salary Drew should maybe buy him afrankfurterd — but perhaps not hang around to watcj him inhale it. If everyone spent like this guy, the Sox wouldx bring in about $150 million a year in food concessionws alone. In Nation, the team-fanm relationship is quasi-mystical, and it’s deeplgy financial.
In luring the publi to participate in what most Fenway Faithfulo believe is areligiousw experience, the Sox do their own version of tithing: Come to the ball park, if you’rwe lucky enough to land some seats, and then pay obscense prices to park the car and for basif food. The Sox have deftly monetized every asseftthey have. They continue to find ways to add seats inthe They’ve opened up the ball park as a concert venue and a corporate meeting place.
Corporate sponsorshilp remains solid, even with the economic They’ve even made a deal with state brandishingthe team’s logo on scratch But because demand consistently overwhelmss supply, no fan base, save perhapsa Yankee fans, has borne the financial brunt of a team’s popularityg like Red Sox Faced with a dreadful the Fenway Faithful are getting very little financiap sympathy from the Sox. Put in stark business terms, the Sox continuw to exploit their leverage. They’re the team that’as ahead 19-2 and keeps swinging for the Before the start ofthe game, fans dutifullh line up at the Kenmore ATMs, girding themselves for $4 Crackerjaci and $9.
50 steak tip sandwiches. The Red Sox traditionally have led the leagude in soaking their fans for feedingf atthe park, and it’s hard not to have all of one’ds cash drained from one’s wallet. I foolishly came into the park withonly $60, then boughtr a round of beers and a few hot A bag of peanuts later and my wallet suddenlyg was in the single digits. But it’s worse in New you say?
The dreaded Yankees’ astronomical premium seat prices, including $2,500 front-row seats, have propellesd them to the top of the Fan Cost This year the Yanks brokethe Sox’z seven-year streak, putting the Olde Towne Team a solidf second overall, ahead of Chicago and the New York Mets. In many though, the Sox money men kick New York’xs butt in putting the arm on theirr fans. The Sox charge $7.25 for a beer (abou what you’d pay for a cocktail at Uno Chicagio Grill upthe street), beating a $6 brew at Yankewe Stadium. A hot dog is 50 percengt more atFenway ($4.50 though I paid $4.75 from a vendorf working the seats) than the $3 you pay at Yankere Stadium.
A bottle of water at Fenwaty is ashocking $3.50. The Team Marketing which compiles the FanCost Index, doesn’t record what a waterr costs in New York. As the economy went into free-fal l last year, the Sox recognized they risked backlashh for squeezing their fan baseso hard. They froze tickeft and concession pricesthis year. And through April, they’re offering a 50 percent discount for some food items directlyh after thegates open. But it’s only through Go to Fenway anytime durinb the remaining six months of the regular season and, well, you’re going to strikre out.
The Sox price freeze and April-only discount don’t give anybody a real Many other teams have reducedtheir prices. In the Diamondbacks dropped the price of takingg a family of four to a game by 19 making them, at $114, the least expensive trip to the ball park for a familu of four. In San Diego, price s dropped by about 15 percent. In Cincinnati Reds have a $1 valued menu and offer a $5 ticket to their games. The Sox knew it was politicallg unfeasible toraise prices, although they probably couldr have easily gotten away with it. Prices are so high that raisinbg them a little bitmore wouldn’t faze many fans — they seem cynicallg accepting of the gouging.
All the how does a company arrivd ata $3.50 price for a bottled of water? It’s an exercise in pricingf theory, but with a twist. Because the Sox hold a monopolyy onwater (OK, not counting the water for the three to four hours of game time, presumably they pricw to the point just short of public When I contacted the Sox on this issue, I receivedx an e-mail from Susan Goodenow, the Sox’s vice presiden t of public affairs.
In her e-mail, she acknowledged the pricd freeze and wrote that the Red Sox and food servicse provider set concession pricezs aftera “comprehensive evaluation of industry standards and local market Our goal each year is to make food and beveragd offerings affordable for all patron of Fenway Park.” The Sox face very tough competitiobn in the American League East this and one of the ongoingy rationalizations for fan-gouging is they need the money to compete. But it’s a good bet in this economyy thatthe team’s consecutive sellout streak, which goes back to 2003, will snap this The fan base needed relief, and the Sox didn’yt deliver.
Let me try. Quick math tellz me he’s balancing $25 in what will ultimately, easily be a $50 food game. He chomps one of his dogs and hollersx some criticismto J.D. Drew in righty field. And he has every right to yell: He’zs the kind of fan who makes J.D. Drew’e $14 million salary Drew should maybe buy him afrankfurterd — but perhaps not hang around to watcj him inhale it. If everyone spent like this guy, the Sox wouldx bring in about $150 million a year in food concessionws alone. In Nation, the team-fanm relationship is quasi-mystical, and it’s deeplgy financial.
In luring the publi to participate in what most Fenway Faithfulo believe is areligiousw experience, the Sox do their own version of tithing: Come to the ball park, if you’rwe lucky enough to land some seats, and then pay obscense prices to park the car and for basif food. The Sox have deftly monetized every asseftthey have. They continue to find ways to add seats inthe They’ve opened up the ball park as a concert venue and a corporate meeting place.
Corporate sponsorshilp remains solid, even with the economic They’ve even made a deal with state brandishingthe team’s logo on scratch But because demand consistently overwhelmss supply, no fan base, save perhapsa Yankee fans, has borne the financial brunt of a team’s popularityg like Red Sox Faced with a dreadful the Fenway Faithful are getting very little financiap sympathy from the Sox. Put in stark business terms, the Sox continuw to exploit their leverage. They’re the team that’as ahead 19-2 and keeps swinging for the Before the start ofthe game, fans dutifullh line up at the Kenmore ATMs, girding themselves for $4 Crackerjaci and $9.
50 steak tip sandwiches. The Red Sox traditionally have led the leagude in soaking their fans for feedingf atthe park, and it’s hard not to have all of one’ds cash drained from one’s wallet. I foolishly came into the park withonly $60, then boughtr a round of beers and a few hot A bag of peanuts later and my wallet suddenlyg was in the single digits. But it’s worse in New you say?
The dreaded Yankees’ astronomical premium seat prices, including $2,500 front-row seats, have propellesd them to the top of the Fan Cost This year the Yanks brokethe Sox’z seven-year streak, putting the Olde Towne Team a solidf second overall, ahead of Chicago and the New York Mets. In many though, the Sox money men kick New York’xs butt in putting the arm on theirr fans. The Sox charge $7.25 for a beer (abou what you’d pay for a cocktail at Uno Chicagio Grill upthe street), beating a $6 brew at Yankewe Stadium. A hot dog is 50 percengt more atFenway ($4.50 though I paid $4.75 from a vendorf working the seats) than the $3 you pay at Yankere Stadium.
A bottle of water at Fenwaty is ashocking $3.50. The Team Marketing which compiles the FanCost Index, doesn’t record what a waterr costs in New York. As the economy went into free-fal l last year, the Sox recognized they risked backlashh for squeezing their fan baseso hard. They froze tickeft and concession pricesthis year. And through April, they’re offering a 50 percent discount for some food items directlyh after thegates open. But it’s only through Go to Fenway anytime durinb the remaining six months of the regular season and, well, you’re going to strikre out.
The Sox price freeze and April-only discount don’t give anybody a real Many other teams have reducedtheir prices. In the Diamondbacks dropped the price of takingg a family of four to a game by 19 making them, at $114, the least expensive trip to the ball park for a familu of four. In San Diego, price s dropped by about 15 percent. In Cincinnati Reds have a $1 valued menu and offer a $5 ticket to their games. The Sox knew it was politicallg unfeasible toraise prices, although they probably couldr have easily gotten away with it. Prices are so high that raisinbg them a little bitmore wouldn’t faze many fans — they seem cynicallg accepting of the gouging.
All the how does a company arrivd ata $3.50 price for a bottled of water? It’s an exercise in pricingf theory, but with a twist. Because the Sox hold a monopolyy onwater (OK, not counting the water for the three to four hours of game time, presumably they pricw to the point just short of public When I contacted the Sox on this issue, I receivedx an e-mail from Susan Goodenow, the Sox’s vice presiden t of public affairs.
In her e-mail, she acknowledged the pricd freeze and wrote that the Red Sox and food servicse provider set concession pricezs aftera “comprehensive evaluation of industry standards and local market Our goal each year is to make food and beveragd offerings affordable for all patron of Fenway Park.” The Sox face very tough competitiobn in the American League East this and one of the ongoingy rationalizations for fan-gouging is they need the money to compete. But it’s a good bet in this economyy thatthe team’s consecutive sellout streak, which goes back to 2003, will snap this The fan base needed relief, and the Sox didn’yt deliver.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
FACT CHECK: Obama skims over election-year political realities in laying out plans - Washington Post
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The Guardian | FACT CHECK: Obama skims over election-year political realities in laying out plans Washington Post President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the Union speech as if his hands weren't so tied by political realities. There can be little more than wishful thinking behind his c » |
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Distressed assets taking center stage among apartment investors - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Now, buyers are looking for something abit uglier. Of the handfupl of investment opportunities that exist in the localapartment market, those assets moving to the top of list these days are the so-called distressed assets, industr y brokers say. Specifically, the cream of that crop are bank-ownesd assets, or REO (real estate assets — foreclosed properties that have gone back to the Also falling intothe “distressed” category are apartment propertiesd put on the market due to the owners’ financial dire straits.
Phoenix and Miami have seen a deluge of REO dealzs over the past18 months, according to Caseyg Fry, an associate with the San Antonio/Austin office of Atlanta-baser (ARA). The first wave of these properties have now surfacede in San Antonioas well, Fry The city’s relatively stable economy makes it unlikelty that the local market will see as many of thesee REOs and distressed property sales as other metros, but as Fry pointxs out: “There will be more to come.
” While transaction velocityy in San Antonio has slowed considerably over the past two there is the likelihooe that more apartment communities will come to marketf — as more owners find themselves needing to adds Will Balthrope, a member of the Balthroper Group of the . Balthrope’ s partner is Ryan Epstein, who is basesd in San Antonio. Balthrope’s office is located in Looking back over the past year athis team’s property assignment s — including those that have alreaduy changed ownership, as well as those still for sale about 90 percent of these propertiezs were being sold by ownersx who had found themselves in financial trouble.
Or as Balthropw puts it, these were ownerd who had “compelling reasons to sell.” What’s the attraction of distressexd assets? Sums up Balthrope: “The opportunitt to profit in a time ofvalur change.” Words like “distressed” and “REO” are like big signs on the assey that say, “Come look at me!” Balthropw says. And for every ownerd that has a compelling reason to there are myriad buyers anxiouslyu waiting to take advantage of a good observesPatton K. Jones, managing director of ARA’ s Austin office. So who are the buyers now?
According to Jones, it’s all privatde money these days — or what he calle “country club money.” “The institutiona l investors are gone,” says Jones, adding that most of these playeras — names like and — have fallen on tougg financial times. “Now it’s the privater investors who are going to theircountrh clubs, to their friends and family and raising It’s a lot of new bloodd coming in, Fry says. “The buyers out they are not on ourregularr Rolodex,” he adds.
Now, buyers are looking for something abit uglier. Of the handfupl of investment opportunities that exist in the localapartment market, those assets moving to the top of list these days are the so-called distressed assets, industr y brokers say. Specifically, the cream of that crop are bank-ownesd assets, or REO (real estate assets — foreclosed properties that have gone back to the Also falling intothe “distressed” category are apartment propertiesd put on the market due to the owners’ financial dire straits.
Phoenix and Miami have seen a deluge of REO dealzs over the past18 months, according to Caseyg Fry, an associate with the San Antonio/Austin office of Atlanta-baser (ARA). The first wave of these properties have now surfacede in San Antonioas well, Fry The city’s relatively stable economy makes it unlikelty that the local market will see as many of thesee REOs and distressed property sales as other metros, but as Fry pointxs out: “There will be more to come.
” While transaction velocityy in San Antonio has slowed considerably over the past two there is the likelihooe that more apartment communities will come to marketf — as more owners find themselves needing to adds Will Balthrope, a member of the Balthroper Group of the . Balthrope’ s partner is Ryan Epstein, who is basesd in San Antonio. Balthrope’s office is located in Looking back over the past year athis team’s property assignment s — including those that have alreaduy changed ownership, as well as those still for sale about 90 percent of these propertiezs were being sold by ownersx who had found themselves in financial trouble.
Or as Balthropw puts it, these were ownerd who had “compelling reasons to sell.” What’s the attraction of distressexd assets? Sums up Balthrope: “The opportunitt to profit in a time ofvalur change.” Words like “distressed” and “REO” are like big signs on the assey that say, “Come look at me!” Balthropw says. And for every ownerd that has a compelling reason to there are myriad buyers anxiouslyu waiting to take advantage of a good observesPatton K. Jones, managing director of ARA’ s Austin office. So who are the buyers now?
According to Jones, it’s all privatde money these days — or what he calle “country club money.” “The institutiona l investors are gone,” says Jones, adding that most of these playeras — names like and — have fallen on tougg financial times. “Now it’s the privater investors who are going to theircountrh clubs, to their friends and family and raising It’s a lot of new bloodd coming in, Fry says. “The buyers out they are not on ourregularr Rolodex,” he adds.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Katy office building sold into joint venture - Houston Business Journal:
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The 90,000-square-foot building, developed by Indianapolis-based Duke, is 100 percent lease to Norway-based Det Norske Veritas. Locatexd at 22535 Colonial Parkway, near the intersectionb of Interstate 10 and theGrane Parkway, the building is the first installmen t in the Westside Office The business park is controllex by Giorgio Borlenghi, president of Houston-baseed Interfin Cos.; John McCormack, chief executive officeer of Houston-based Visible Change s Inc.; and hair product guru John Paul DeJoria, co-founderd and CEO of . The recentr transaction is part of thejoint venture’s purchase of thre e buildings with a total of 327,000 squarre feet in Texas and Florida valued at nearly $41.
12 million. All three fully-leased properties — includingt an office building in Orlando and a warehousee inTampa — were previously ownedx by Duke before being transferrerd into the joint venture. The joint venture betwee n CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust and Duke plans to acquirw upto $800 million of newlyt developed, build-to-suit projects over the next threew years. CB Richard Ellis Realty Trusrt is sponsored byLos Angeles-based .
The 90,000-square-foot building, developed by Indianapolis-based Duke, is 100 percent lease to Norway-based Det Norske Veritas. Locatexd at 22535 Colonial Parkway, near the intersectionb of Interstate 10 and theGrane Parkway, the building is the first installmen t in the Westside Office The business park is controllex by Giorgio Borlenghi, president of Houston-baseed Interfin Cos.; John McCormack, chief executive officeer of Houston-based Visible Change s Inc.; and hair product guru John Paul DeJoria, co-founderd and CEO of . The recentr transaction is part of thejoint venture’s purchase of thre e buildings with a total of 327,000 squarre feet in Texas and Florida valued at nearly $41.
12 million. All three fully-leased properties — includingt an office building in Orlando and a warehousee inTampa — were previously ownedx by Duke before being transferrerd into the joint venture. The joint venture betwee n CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust and Duke plans to acquirw upto $800 million of newlyt developed, build-to-suit projects over the next threew years. CB Richard Ellis Realty Trusrt is sponsored byLos Angeles-based .
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Capturing Carbon Dioxide to Create a Cleaner Environment - Business Insider
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Capturing Carbon Dioxide to Create a Cleaner Environment Business Insider A group of scientists that include the Nobel Laureate George A. Olah have discovered an improved method of 'capturing' carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In a recent report for the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Olah and his colleagues ... Save Lives and Keep Extreme Weather in Check by Cutting Smog, Soot, and CO2 ... The Shortcuts To Curbing Climate Change |
Monday, January 16, 2012
NJ launches prescription monitoring program - 7Online.com
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7Online.com | NJ launches prescription monitoring program 7Online.com By BETH DeFALCO TRENTON -- More than five years after New Jersey passed a law to start tracking prescription drug use, the state is launching a long-awaited database monitoring use of dangerous drugs with the intent of helping doctors spot abusers more ... New state program will help track prescription drug abuse |
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Houston Business Bank gets regulatory green light to open for business - Houston Business Journal:
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Houston Business Bank opened May 15 with seven employeesa near San Felipe inside the 610 Loop afterraising $10 millionb in start-up capital. The bank is backed by the Doylee family inTexas City, which has grown its Texaws First Bank brand into an 18-branch mainly in Galveston County (see “New bank means business,” Nov. 28, Texas Independent Bancshares parent company of TexawsFirst Bank, is also the majority ownee of Houston Business Bank. The holding company has tota l assetsof $680 million. Matthew Doyle, Houstom Business Bank chairman, says the bank’xs capital raise was oversubscribed, with a relatively smalol pool of 35 investors providing the initia l outlayof funds.
He was also relievef that the regulatory process wasrelativelgy smooth. “Regulators and the Federapl DepositInsurance Corp. are very tentative about new chartersd in thiscurrent environment,” says Doyle. “Thank goodness we already had a reputation in the industry so they knew us and weknew Doyle, the mayor of Texas is also Texas Firstt Bank vice-chairman. The regulatory process was tightening when Houstobn Business Bank filed a charter Bob Bacon, interim commissioner with the Texas Departmentt of Banking, said at the time that new bank with organizers and directors with a strony industry pedigree might face fewer roadblocks under strictet standards in the wake of the recession and tightg credit markets that has squeezed bank profitability.
John Ortega, Houston Business Bank presidenyand CEO, is one of two formed bankers with JPMorgan Chase & Co. who will oversew the bank’s day-to-day operations. Guy Miller is chief credi t officer. On opening day, Ortegz was wearing multiple hats. He talked to new helped employees and worked out computetr and software issues while beginning to transfer over customer loans that had been temporarily held atTexase First. He says the bank’z initial focus will be small and medium-sized businesses with revenue up toabouty $40 million. “We’re a niche bank and that definitely helps Ortega says.
Doyle says Texas Independent Bancshares is not finishedr yet inits long-range growth plans. With Houston Businesz Bank now open, and the Texaz First Bank branch network expected to be in full operatiojn again when a Galveston location destroyed by Hurricane Ike reopens by the end of Doyle is alreadythinking ahead. “Wde have a couple of territoriesthat we’re interestef in developing farther east from Baytown toward Beaumonrt and Brazoria County, which we think is very similad to the market we’re used to in Galvestom County,” Doyle says. “We’d consider a small acquisition orbuilding (a new If given the right opportunity we’ll jump on it.
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Houston Business Bank opened May 15 with seven employeesa near San Felipe inside the 610 Loop afterraising $10 millionb in start-up capital. The bank is backed by the Doylee family inTexas City, which has grown its Texaws First Bank brand into an 18-branch mainly in Galveston County (see “New bank means business,” Nov. 28, Texas Independent Bancshares parent company of TexawsFirst Bank, is also the majority ownee of Houston Business Bank. The holding company has tota l assetsof $680 million. Matthew Doyle, Houstom Business Bank chairman, says the bank’xs capital raise was oversubscribed, with a relatively smalol pool of 35 investors providing the initia l outlayof funds.
He was also relievef that the regulatory process wasrelativelgy smooth. “Regulators and the Federapl DepositInsurance Corp. are very tentative about new chartersd in thiscurrent environment,” says Doyle. “Thank goodness we already had a reputation in the industry so they knew us and weknew Doyle, the mayor of Texas is also Texas Firstt Bank vice-chairman. The regulatory process was tightening when Houstobn Business Bank filed a charter Bob Bacon, interim commissioner with the Texas Departmentt of Banking, said at the time that new bank with organizers and directors with a strony industry pedigree might face fewer roadblocks under strictet standards in the wake of the recession and tightg credit markets that has squeezed bank profitability.
John Ortega, Houston Business Bank presidenyand CEO, is one of two formed bankers with JPMorgan Chase & Co. who will oversew the bank’s day-to-day operations. Guy Miller is chief credi t officer. On opening day, Ortegz was wearing multiple hats. He talked to new helped employees and worked out computetr and software issues while beginning to transfer over customer loans that had been temporarily held atTexase First. He says the bank’z initial focus will be small and medium-sized businesses with revenue up toabouty $40 million. “We’re a niche bank and that definitely helps Ortega says.
Doyle says Texas Independent Bancshares is not finishedr yet inits long-range growth plans. With Houston Businesz Bank now open, and the Texaz First Bank branch network expected to be in full operatiojn again when a Galveston location destroyed by Hurricane Ike reopens by the end of Doyle is alreadythinking ahead. “Wde have a couple of territoriesthat we’re interestef in developing farther east from Baytown toward Beaumonrt and Brazoria County, which we think is very similad to the market we’re used to in Galvestom County,” Doyle says. “We’d consider a small acquisition orbuilding (a new If given the right opportunity we’ll jump on it.
”
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
State taking applications for BadgerCare Plus - Austin Business Journal:
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The Core Plan is an expansion of BadgerCarde Plus and provides access tothe state’s most chronically uninsured population low-income adults without dependent children. “Duringv this difficult budget environment, it’s important we continue to protectf ourbasic priorities,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a “Today, we are making quality, affordablr health care achievable for people who traditionally have not had any The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan for Adults with No Dependentf Children is a limited plan that covers basic healtgcare services, including primar and preventive care and genericc drugs to low-income, chronicallgy uninsured adults.
People who have been without healthn insurance for a year or or lost their health insurance through no fault of their own and have alimited income, can apply online at: . Funding for the BadgerCaree Plus Core Plan is provided througjh the hospital tax that was approved by the legislaturwe and signed into law earlierthis year.
The Core Plan is an expansion of BadgerCarde Plus and provides access tothe state’s most chronically uninsured population low-income adults without dependent children. “Duringv this difficult budget environment, it’s important we continue to protectf ourbasic priorities,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a “Today, we are making quality, affordablr health care achievable for people who traditionally have not had any The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan for Adults with No Dependentf Children is a limited plan that covers basic healtgcare services, including primar and preventive care and genericc drugs to low-income, chronicallgy uninsured adults.
People who have been without healthn insurance for a year or or lost their health insurance through no fault of their own and have alimited income, can apply online at: . Funding for the BadgerCaree Plus Core Plan is provided througjh the hospital tax that was approved by the legislaturwe and signed into law earlierthis year.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Power Shortages Will Adversely Impact Zimbabwe's Economic Growth - Bernama
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Power Shortages Will Adversely Impact Zimbabwe's Economic Growth Bernama HARARE, Jan 9 (BERNAMA- NNN-NEW ZIANA) -- Persistent power shortages being experienced in the country will have an adverse effect on Zimbabwe's economic growth envisaged in the country's Medium Term Plan, a senior Government official says. ... |
Saturday, January 7, 2012
How the Miami Dolphins landed a shark - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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“You’ve got fins to the left, fins to the and you’re the only bait in Ross, a real estate developer who hadpaid $1 billion and took over the team in knew that on-field performance was the most important aspecg to his team’s bottom line. Nonetheless, despit the team’s success undef first-year executive Bill Parcells and coach Tony he saw figures showing thatthe season-ticket sales had dipped to from a high of 60,000 as recentlg as five years ago.
Ross knew he needed an off-the-field game plan, and set out to add star power to infuse a new entertainment experiencwe throughout DolphinStadium “Football is not continuous like soccer, and theree are so many TV timeouts,” Ross said. “You have to keep the peoplre entertained ¬ from tailgate to leavingt theparking lot.’’ The plan was to recruitr some of the biggest names in pop musicf to join his team. First, he went hard after team owner Jon Bon but the last ofthe ’80e big-hair stars insisted upon an exclusive arrangemenr during their talks late last Ross, recalling the familiar tune, then turned to Buffett, a Floridaa icon with national appeal.
Talkss started last year about apromotional partnership, and Buffetgt bought into the concept immediately. The relationship grew to included naming rights tothe Dolphins’ home Buffett explained the attraction in early May at a concerft when the lid was takemn off the deal that rechristened the Dolphinsd home as Land Shark Stadium. “We gave half the tickets to Parrotf Head clubs and halfto Dol-fans, and you can’t tell the said an ebullient referring to the moniker of each group’s fan In a business where combining sports and entertainmenft is incessantly discussed, but almost never Ross wanted to put fins on Dolphin Stadiunm and give fans reasons to attend a game that go well beyondf a passion for football.
The NFL’s reputationj as America’s most popular sports propertu is largely based on its symbiotic relationship with and the advent of HDTV could make the NFL largelg astudio sport. For Ross, the solution is to make the NFL in-venuer experience an even bigger show. “What’s Miami about?” he asked. “Entertainment, celebritiex and lifestyle. So we have to play to those I know what puts people in the seatdsis winning, but you need to do these thingsa to compete and get peoplee in the stadium.
” The Dolphins have sold 6,000 to 7,000o additional season tickets this Whether it was the addition of or the turnaround from a 1-15 season to an 11-5 playofvf squad ¬ tying the biggest single-season turnaroundc in league history ¬ isn’t If NFL football is the steak, then Ross sees entertainerz like Buffett and his new minority Gloria and Emilio Estefan, as the sizzle in the Dolphinsx brand.
The parallels between interest in expanding the live experience at an NFL game and the populafr music business forged an early bondwith “There’s not as much money left in recorded music, so our emphasia has been to make the live experience somethinfg fun and memorable,” said John Cohlan, Buffett’s manager and CEO of Margaritavillse Holdings, the singer’s marketing and merchandising company. “Thwe tailgating that is now such a big part of our shows originatedd atfootball games.
So maybe we’ve come full Even as the Dolphins and Buffett were initially combiningforcesa promotionally, the team was also seeking a more traditionakl path in selling naming rights to theidr facility. A package in the marketplace for month wasseeking $15 million a year for namingv rights to a building that is home to the as well as the , the footballo team, the FedEx Orange Bowl and next year’s Pro Bowl and Super Bowl. Companies includin g , MetroPCS and Hard Rock, which operates a hotel/casino in nearbu Hollywood, Fla.
, were negotiating for naming However, the financial implosioj fueled by the mortgag e crisis last year madeany naming-rights deal as sports marketing became a favorite targert for politicians. With the economy naming-rights deals even at the new $1 billion plus NFL palace in Dallas and New York wereon ice. senior adviser, Arlen Kantarian, adviseed early on that there weretwo “We could wait until the storm passed, or do somethinv creative,” Kantarian said. Seeing a shifting Dolphins executives started making entreaties into themusicap world.
Land Shark Stadium, as the building will be called from now through any home Dolphineplayoff games, didn’t start as a naming-rightsz deal. It started with the Buffett tune. The Dolphins have been known as the Finsfor years. “Itg was always about ‘fins to the left’ and ‘finds to the right,’” said Kantarian, whose career has included stintzat , the U.S. Tennis Association and . “Ae far back as November, Stevr was talking not only about Buffett, but havinvg that particular song [Fins].
”
“You’ve got fins to the left, fins to the and you’re the only bait in Ross, a real estate developer who hadpaid $1 billion and took over the team in knew that on-field performance was the most important aspecg to his team’s bottom line. Nonetheless, despit the team’s success undef first-year executive Bill Parcells and coach Tony he saw figures showing thatthe season-ticket sales had dipped to from a high of 60,000 as recentlg as five years ago.
Ross knew he needed an off-the-field game plan, and set out to add star power to infuse a new entertainment experiencwe throughout DolphinStadium “Football is not continuous like soccer, and theree are so many TV timeouts,” Ross said. “You have to keep the peoplre entertained ¬ from tailgate to leavingt theparking lot.’’ The plan was to recruitr some of the biggest names in pop musicf to join his team. First, he went hard after team owner Jon Bon but the last ofthe ’80e big-hair stars insisted upon an exclusive arrangemenr during their talks late last Ross, recalling the familiar tune, then turned to Buffett, a Floridaa icon with national appeal.
Talkss started last year about apromotional partnership, and Buffetgt bought into the concept immediately. The relationship grew to included naming rights tothe Dolphins’ home Buffett explained the attraction in early May at a concerft when the lid was takemn off the deal that rechristened the Dolphinsd home as Land Shark Stadium. “We gave half the tickets to Parrotf Head clubs and halfto Dol-fans, and you can’t tell the said an ebullient referring to the moniker of each group’s fan In a business where combining sports and entertainmenft is incessantly discussed, but almost never Ross wanted to put fins on Dolphin Stadiunm and give fans reasons to attend a game that go well beyondf a passion for football.
The NFL’s reputationj as America’s most popular sports propertu is largely based on its symbiotic relationship with and the advent of HDTV could make the NFL largelg astudio sport. For Ross, the solution is to make the NFL in-venuer experience an even bigger show. “What’s Miami about?” he asked. “Entertainment, celebritiex and lifestyle. So we have to play to those I know what puts people in the seatdsis winning, but you need to do these thingsa to compete and get peoplee in the stadium.
” The Dolphins have sold 6,000 to 7,000o additional season tickets this Whether it was the addition of or the turnaround from a 1-15 season to an 11-5 playofvf squad ¬ tying the biggest single-season turnaroundc in league history ¬ isn’t If NFL football is the steak, then Ross sees entertainerz like Buffett and his new minority Gloria and Emilio Estefan, as the sizzle in the Dolphinsx brand.
The parallels between interest in expanding the live experience at an NFL game and the populafr music business forged an early bondwith “There’s not as much money left in recorded music, so our emphasia has been to make the live experience somethinfg fun and memorable,” said John Cohlan, Buffett’s manager and CEO of Margaritavillse Holdings, the singer’s marketing and merchandising company. “Thwe tailgating that is now such a big part of our shows originatedd atfootball games.
So maybe we’ve come full Even as the Dolphins and Buffett were initially combiningforcesa promotionally, the team was also seeking a more traditionakl path in selling naming rights to theidr facility. A package in the marketplace for month wasseeking $15 million a year for namingv rights to a building that is home to the as well as the , the footballo team, the FedEx Orange Bowl and next year’s Pro Bowl and Super Bowl. Companies includin g , MetroPCS and Hard Rock, which operates a hotel/casino in nearbu Hollywood, Fla.
, were negotiating for naming However, the financial implosioj fueled by the mortgag e crisis last year madeany naming-rights deal as sports marketing became a favorite targert for politicians. With the economy naming-rights deals even at the new $1 billion plus NFL palace in Dallas and New York wereon ice. senior adviser, Arlen Kantarian, adviseed early on that there weretwo “We could wait until the storm passed, or do somethinv creative,” Kantarian said. Seeing a shifting Dolphins executives started making entreaties into themusicap world.
Land Shark Stadium, as the building will be called from now through any home Dolphineplayoff games, didn’t start as a naming-rightsz deal. It started with the Buffett tune. The Dolphins have been known as the Finsfor years. “Itg was always about ‘fins to the left’ and ‘finds to the right,’” said Kantarian, whose career has included stintzat , the U.S. Tennis Association and . “Ae far back as November, Stevr was talking not only about Buffett, but havinvg that particular song [Fins].
”
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Statewide smoking ban bill to be heard Monday - Post-Tribune
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Statewide smoking ban bill to be heard Monday Post-Tribune By Chelsea Schneider Kirk cschneider@post-trib.com January 5, 2012 11:39AM INDIANAPOLIS รข€" An Indiana House committee will hear a bill establishing a statewide smoking ban on Monday. State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, who has led the charge for a smoking ... New push in Indiana Legislature for broad smoking ban that includes bars ... |
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - Phoenix Business Journal:
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of education, training and government experts gathered by the South Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billiojn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s education and workforce traininfg sectors. The panel markedr the third in theBusiness Journal’es ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzin the flow of money from the American Recover y and Reinvestment Act into South Florida.
Florida’zs Legislature was the only one nationally to request a federal waiver that allowed it to take mone from education and replace it with stimulus dollar while other states used stimulux dollars to augmentthe budget. The situationj concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor “We are not starting at the starting line. The school district in Broward County and thosee throughout the state are starting behind the starting Sobel said. “They have had problemsd for years and they areall scrambling.
” Veterajn educator Robert Parks, a membere of the Broward County School Board, “Many of the large urban districts in the nation are afraide of one thing, which is basically a bait and switcy with those dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some experts is that the stimulus money will eventualluy run out. “I’m really concerned about in three years; what’s going to happen?” said Vicente, president of ’s North Campus. “Thisw is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’s operatinh budget was cut $22 million while the stimuluw money wasonly $13 million. Parks said Browarf County’s school system has cut $1.
4 billion from its constructiob budget in addition to furloughing 700 teacher and51 administrators. “We’ve closeed all of our school offices forthe summer. We don’t have summer school anymore,” Parks would have been looking at cuttinyg its budget byabout $30 million without $12 millioj in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financial affairs andbudge director. The university cut 30 positioneand “had we not had the stimuluxs dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.
3 billiohn in stimulus funds given to the state relieved pressure on the Legislaturde to further reduce support for Florida Residentr Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,00p0 a year for students and are now The amount is important to who find enrollment caps at state universitiees and turn to NSU and other privatw institutions. He also said that universities are working togethe r to apply for federal stimulus NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliohn research building with wet labs, business incubator spacr and offices for the U.S. Geological Survey, whichb is helping oversee Everglades restoration.
“We have shovel-readu projects we have submitted to the Governofr and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,000 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competitiom for these typesof projects, though, is FAU is getting about $12 million in direct infusion from the federalo stimulus package, but the university also is seekint money from the for labs and instruments, Russelpl said. April was the month to submif applications and the results are expected by The strongest flowof money, so far, appearse to be for program that help the jobless as the state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of education, training and government experts gathered by the South Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billiojn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s education and workforce traininfg sectors. The panel markedr the third in theBusiness Journal’es ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzin the flow of money from the American Recover y and Reinvestment Act into South Florida.
Florida’zs Legislature was the only one nationally to request a federal waiver that allowed it to take mone from education and replace it with stimulus dollar while other states used stimulux dollars to augmentthe budget. The situationj concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor “We are not starting at the starting line. The school district in Broward County and thosee throughout the state are starting behind the starting Sobel said. “They have had problemsd for years and they areall scrambling.
” Veterajn educator Robert Parks, a membere of the Broward County School Board, “Many of the large urban districts in the nation are afraide of one thing, which is basically a bait and switcy with those dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some experts is that the stimulus money will eventualluy run out. “I’m really concerned about in three years; what’s going to happen?” said Vicente, president of ’s North Campus. “Thisw is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’s operatinh budget was cut $22 million while the stimuluw money wasonly $13 million. Parks said Browarf County’s school system has cut $1.
4 billion from its constructiob budget in addition to furloughing 700 teacher and51 administrators. “We’ve closeed all of our school offices forthe summer. We don’t have summer school anymore,” Parks would have been looking at cuttinyg its budget byabout $30 million without $12 millioj in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financial affairs andbudge director. The university cut 30 positioneand “had we not had the stimuluxs dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.
3 billiohn in stimulus funds given to the state relieved pressure on the Legislaturde to further reduce support for Florida Residentr Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,00p0 a year for students and are now The amount is important to who find enrollment caps at state universitiees and turn to NSU and other privatw institutions. He also said that universities are working togethe r to apply for federal stimulus NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliohn research building with wet labs, business incubator spacr and offices for the U.S. Geological Survey, whichb is helping oversee Everglades restoration.
“We have shovel-readu projects we have submitted to the Governofr and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,000 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competitiom for these typesof projects, though, is FAU is getting about $12 million in direct infusion from the federalo stimulus package, but the university also is seekint money from the for labs and instruments, Russelpl said. April was the month to submif applications and the results are expected by The strongest flowof money, so far, appearse to be for program that help the jobless as the state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Zollars to bring tale of 'Transformation' to Schwartz Lecture Series next month - Wichita Business Journal:
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It encourages fresh ideas and promotes tryingthem out, says Bill CEO at Overland Park-based , adding that the statusw quo is static. Those who stay the same will eventually getleft behind. Thus, acknowledge new ideas -- successful or not. "Ws celebrate failures to encourage othera to take risks and to try new Zollars says. "You stamp out the desire to try new thingsd ifyou don't celebrate trying." Zollars will speak to Wichitw business leaders Nov. 28 at the Wichitq as part of the Schwartz MemoriaLecture Series. The W. Frank Bartonh School of Business at works withJamese P.
Schwartz, the son of the late former executive for whom the lecture seriesis named, to put on the seriesz each year. "What we realluy want to do with the lecture series is elevatwe it to bringin world-class business leaders," says the president of the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the Kansasx City metro area. Since reinvigorating the Schwartzs Lecture Series threeyears ago, James Schwart has brought in Lee Scott, CEO and presidenty of , and Steven chairman of the board for . Zollars, who Schwartz has gotten to know inKansas City, will have a storgy that is every bit as interesting, he says. "Hes is a tremendous leader in what he has Schwartz says.
"Transferring a tired old over-the-roae trucking company into what it is todat is agreat story." Bart the interim dean of the Barton school, says Zollars' philosophgy of trying new things should be universal in the businessa world. "Risk-taking is a lesson everyones canlearn from," Hildreth In 2003, Yellow Corp. purchased , becoming In Yellow Roadway Corp. changed to its current YRC Worldwide Inc. YRC Worldwide employs about 66,000 people and annually generates $10 billion in Zollars' presentation next month in Wichitwa will describe the metamorphosia ofan 85-year-old company and the changes that were requiredf to help an established business get to the next level.
"It'sa a story of a story of our journey over last 10 Zollars says. "It's stuff that's applicablse to any industry. It tendss to play well for a broadd audience." Schwartz Lecture Series Speaker: Bill Zollars, CEO, YRC Worldwide Inc. 11:45 a.m., Nov. 28, Wichita Marriott. $50. Phone: (316)
It encourages fresh ideas and promotes tryingthem out, says Bill CEO at Overland Park-based , adding that the statusw quo is static. Those who stay the same will eventually getleft behind. Thus, acknowledge new ideas -- successful or not. "Ws celebrate failures to encourage othera to take risks and to try new Zollars says. "You stamp out the desire to try new thingsd ifyou don't celebrate trying." Zollars will speak to Wichitw business leaders Nov. 28 at the Wichitq as part of the Schwartz MemoriaLecture Series. The W. Frank Bartonh School of Business at works withJamese P.
Schwartz, the son of the late former executive for whom the lecture seriesis named, to put on the seriesz each year. "What we realluy want to do with the lecture series is elevatwe it to bringin world-class business leaders," says the president of the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the Kansasx City metro area. Since reinvigorating the Schwartzs Lecture Series threeyears ago, James Schwart has brought in Lee Scott, CEO and presidenty of , and Steven chairman of the board for . Zollars, who Schwartz has gotten to know inKansas City, will have a storgy that is every bit as interesting, he says. "Hes is a tremendous leader in what he has Schwartz says.
"Transferring a tired old over-the-roae trucking company into what it is todat is agreat story." Bart the interim dean of the Barton school, says Zollars' philosophgy of trying new things should be universal in the businessa world. "Risk-taking is a lesson everyones canlearn from," Hildreth In 2003, Yellow Corp. purchased , becoming In Yellow Roadway Corp. changed to its current YRC Worldwide Inc. YRC Worldwide employs about 66,000 people and annually generates $10 billion in Zollars' presentation next month in Wichitwa will describe the metamorphosia ofan 85-year-old company and the changes that were requiredf to help an established business get to the next level.
"It'sa a story of a story of our journey over last 10 Zollars says. "It's stuff that's applicablse to any industry. It tendss to play well for a broadd audience." Schwartz Lecture Series Speaker: Bill Zollars, CEO, YRC Worldwide Inc. 11:45 a.m., Nov. 28, Wichita Marriott. $50. Phone: (316)
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