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Cuomo says the banks have and will continude to provide liquidityto investors. Last agreed to buy back as muchas $4.7 billion in auction-rate securities it sold to abouty 5,500 investors, small businesses and small charities before the market collapsed in February 2008. According to the Securitiesz andExchange Commission, the settlemenyt also required BofA to “use its best efforts” to provide up to $5 billionj in liquidity to businesses and institutional investors with accountes valued at $15 million or and charities with accounts valued at $25 million or The agreement resolved allegations that securities dealers made misrepresentations to customers during sales of auction-rate securities aboutg their safety and liquidity.
Auction-rated securities have interest rates that are reset at weeklu or monthly auctions run byinvestment firms. The $330 billiob market collapsed last year, when investors became alarmed at the prospects of the abilit of corporate borrowers covering debt service on the Many were left with securities they could not sell intothe Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
The SEC also has finalizef a settlement with BofA overthe
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Non-Mac App Store apps shut out of Apple's Design Awards '11 - CNET
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The Age | Non-Mac App Store apps shut out of Apple's Design Awards '11 CNET Mac OS developers who want to put an application into the running for an Apple Design Award now face an extra hurdle in that process: making sure it's on the Mac App Store. As part of this morning's dating and detailing of its ... ! Apple limits Design Awards to App Store residents Apple Design Awards to » |
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Arche Winery and Ancient ovens = great N. Texas getaway - Dallas Morning News (blog)
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Arche Winery and Ancient ovens = great N. Texas getaway Dallas Morning News (blog) When I traveled to Arche Winery and Ancient Ovens outside Saint Jo in January, I could hardly keep my mouth shut about the find. It was like something out of Italy, two places - a vineyard and winery and a restaurant doing a single fixed-price menu ... |
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Baptist Hospital East set to open $130 million tower - Business First of Louisville:
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The structure features 144 private, inpatient roomx and eight new surgery The project cost anestimate $130 million, including equipment and It was funded througgh government-sponsored bonds, private donations and a $1 milliohn pledge from the Baptist Hospitall East Auxiliary. The first floor includes Park Towere Cafe, which will sell gourmet coffee drinks andother beverages, wraps, salads and sushi. Lab spacwe also will be located on thefirst floor. An outpatient-surgert center will be located on the second floorr anda cancer-care center will be located on the thirfd floor of the facility. The fourt floor will offer palliative care and overfloew space for the canceercare center.
Neuroscience and women's health services will be offeredr on floors fiveand six, and the top two floors will be occupied by orthopedics. Waitinfg rooms on each floor includwe a small kitchen area with a refrigeratorand microwave. Two roomd on each floor are specially equippee forbariatric patients. There also is a ground-floor healing garden and an outdoor garde n area on thesecond floor. The surgeryh center will open in mid-August and patientt rooms on upper floors will be opened in beginning inlate August.
The structure features 144 private, inpatient roomx and eight new surgery The project cost anestimate $130 million, including equipment and It was funded througgh government-sponsored bonds, private donations and a $1 milliohn pledge from the Baptist Hospitall East Auxiliary. The first floor includes Park Towere Cafe, which will sell gourmet coffee drinks andother beverages, wraps, salads and sushi. Lab spacwe also will be located on thefirst floor. An outpatient-surgert center will be located on the second floorr anda cancer-care center will be located on the thirfd floor of the facility. The fourt floor will offer palliative care and overfloew space for the canceercare center.
Neuroscience and women's health services will be offeredr on floors fiveand six, and the top two floors will be occupied by orthopedics. Waitinfg rooms on each floor includwe a small kitchen area with a refrigeratorand microwave. Two roomd on each floor are specially equippee forbariatric patients. There also is a ground-floor healing garden and an outdoor garde n area on thesecond floor. The surgeryh center will open in mid-August and patientt rooms on upper floors will be opened in beginning inlate August.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
'The Proposal' wins at weekend box office - Boston Business Journal:
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The movie starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynoldzs brought in anestimated $34,114,000 in its opening weekend. It knocked off the reigning champion, "The Hangover," which brought in an estimatedc $26,855,000 during the weekend. "The Proposal" was show on about 4,100 screens at 3,056 according to a report on the Disney/ 's "Up" continued its strong coming in third over the weekendf with anestimated $21,336,000. The animated film is currently in secon placebehind Paramount's "Star Trek," for second-largest moviw of the summer.
Another new release, "Year One," brought in an estimatex $20,200,000 in its first weekend, placing it fourthb on the list. Another Sony Pictures release, "The Taking of Pelhamj 1 2 3" rounded out the top bringing in anestimated
The movie starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynoldzs brought in anestimated $34,114,000 in its opening weekend. It knocked off the reigning champion, "The Hangover," which brought in an estimatedc $26,855,000 during the weekend. "The Proposal" was show on about 4,100 screens at 3,056 according to a report on the Disney/ 's "Up" continued its strong coming in third over the weekendf with anestimated $21,336,000. The animated film is currently in secon placebehind Paramount's "Star Trek," for second-largest moviw of the summer.
Another new release, "Year One," brought in an estimatex $20,200,000 in its first weekend, placing it fourthb on the list. Another Sony Pictures release, "The Taking of Pelhamj 1 2 3" rounded out the top bringing in anestimated
Monday, March 21, 2011
Man dies as SUV hits trees in north Harris County - Houston Chronicle
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Man dies as SUV hits trees in north Harris County Houston Chronicle A man died in traffic wreck when his sports-utility vehicle plowed through a ditch and slammed into two trees in north Harris County last night. Erick A. Narvaez died in the single-vehicle crash, which occurred in the ... |
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Nardin remains No.1 among high schools - Business First of Columbus:
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“There’s always the question of what people woulf think if we diddrop down,” says who is Nardin’s principal. “But that’s not our main It can’t be. We go beyond lookingv at test results. We want to make certaij our students receivea well-rounded That strategy has paid off again this as Nardin once again ranks No. 1 among Western New York’sw high schools. The all-girls Catholic school has finishefd first for eight consecutiveyeare -- among private schools from 2002 to and on the combined list ever for the complete high schooo rankings. And for separate rankings for each sectio of Western New Williamsville East High Schoolis No.
2 in the 2009 just as it was ayear ago. Neighborinb Williamsville North High School holdas third placethis time, up from fifthh in 2008. Business First analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-countyh region, using four years of data from the New York Stater Education Department. The formula weighed each school’s Regents diploms rate, as well as its scores on a wide arrayh ofRegents exams. Nardinb emerged as the clear Ninety-nine percent of its 2008 graduates earned Regents diplomaw withadvanced designations, which are awarded to seniors who pass eightg Regents exams.
No other high schoo in the region did better than 85 Reeder says her goal is topush Nardin’es advanced diploma rate one point higher to 100 “We haven’t done it, but it continues to be somethintg that we shoot for,” she says. “We alwaysw try to challenge our students, and this is definitelyh one way todo it.” Williamsville East climbef to second place in 2008 -- its best finisg ever -- and remains there this It’s one of threr Western New York high schoolz where more than two-thirds of students posted superior scorees (85 or better) on Regents exams in math, global history and U.S. history.
(Nardin and Buffalio Academy of the Sacred Hearty arethe others.) “When you’ve done as well as we some people might think there’s no more room for says Neal Miller, Williamsville East’s principal. “But we’ved never thought that. Every year, we talk about ways that we can get The leader outside of Erie County is Notre Dame High which ranksseventh overall. The Bataviaw school, which has an enrollment of 172, drawa students from six Some live as far away as Brockportand Warsaw. “There’sd no secret,” says Joseph Scanlan, Notr Dame’s principal.
“We’re basically old We expect all of our kids to do Does thatalways happen? No, but it doesn’t mean that we let up.” Twenty-eigh high schools are winners of subject putting them among the top 10 percent in English/foreignb languages, math, science or social studies. for completew lists of subjectaward Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsvillwe North are the only schools to sweep all four subject while 12 institutions are honoref in a single field. Principal Kevibn Ryan credits longer class periods with helping Aldenn Senior High School win its sole subject awardin science.
“Inn both biology and earth science, we have an 80-minutew class every day alongh withan 80-minute lab every othee day,” he says. “That gives us some reallyh solid, concentrated time on science, which has had positivd results.” Private schools are not required to administer Regents exams, and Buffalo Seminary, Canisius High School, Nicholas School and Park School of Buffalo are among those that don’t.
They have been excluded from theacademiv rankings, since Business First lackes the necessary data to generate objective
“There’s always the question of what people woulf think if we diddrop down,” says who is Nardin’s principal. “But that’s not our main It can’t be. We go beyond lookingv at test results. We want to make certaij our students receivea well-rounded That strategy has paid off again this as Nardin once again ranks No. 1 among Western New York’sw high schools. The all-girls Catholic school has finishefd first for eight consecutiveyeare -- among private schools from 2002 to and on the combined list ever for the complete high schooo rankings. And for separate rankings for each sectio of Western New Williamsville East High Schoolis No.
2 in the 2009 just as it was ayear ago. Neighborinb Williamsville North High School holdas third placethis time, up from fifthh in 2008. Business First analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-countyh region, using four years of data from the New York Stater Education Department. The formula weighed each school’s Regents diploms rate, as well as its scores on a wide arrayh ofRegents exams. Nardinb emerged as the clear Ninety-nine percent of its 2008 graduates earned Regents diplomaw withadvanced designations, which are awarded to seniors who pass eightg Regents exams.
No other high schoo in the region did better than 85 Reeder says her goal is topush Nardin’es advanced diploma rate one point higher to 100 “We haven’t done it, but it continues to be somethintg that we shoot for,” she says. “We alwaysw try to challenge our students, and this is definitelyh one way todo it.” Williamsville East climbef to second place in 2008 -- its best finisg ever -- and remains there this It’s one of threr Western New York high schoolz where more than two-thirds of students posted superior scorees (85 or better) on Regents exams in math, global history and U.S. history.
(Nardin and Buffalio Academy of the Sacred Hearty arethe others.) “When you’ve done as well as we some people might think there’s no more room for says Neal Miller, Williamsville East’s principal. “But we’ved never thought that. Every year, we talk about ways that we can get The leader outside of Erie County is Notre Dame High which ranksseventh overall. The Bataviaw school, which has an enrollment of 172, drawa students from six Some live as far away as Brockportand Warsaw. “There’sd no secret,” says Joseph Scanlan, Notr Dame’s principal.
“We’re basically old We expect all of our kids to do Does thatalways happen? No, but it doesn’t mean that we let up.” Twenty-eigh high schools are winners of subject putting them among the top 10 percent in English/foreignb languages, math, science or social studies. for completew lists of subjectaward Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsvillwe North are the only schools to sweep all four subject while 12 institutions are honoref in a single field. Principal Kevibn Ryan credits longer class periods with helping Aldenn Senior High School win its sole subject awardin science.
“Inn both biology and earth science, we have an 80-minutew class every day alongh withan 80-minute lab every othee day,” he says. “That gives us some reallyh solid, concentrated time on science, which has had positivd results.” Private schools are not required to administer Regents exams, and Buffalo Seminary, Canisius High School, Nicholas School and Park School of Buffalo are among those that don’t.
They have been excluded from theacademiv rankings, since Business First lackes the necessary data to generate objective
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