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Friday, August 31, 2012
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Voting begins on King Soopers contract offer - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Voting on the five-year offer by memberas of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continuethrough Wednesday. Unioj leaders are not making a recommendatiojn to their members on thecontract offer, which the unio n complains would cut pension benefitas by an average of $100,00 -- a conclusion disputed by “It’s a good contract in a normalo economy. It’s a great contract in this King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said last She said roughly 65 percent of workers woulfd get raises underthe company’s King Soopers is a Colorado unit of Cincinnati-based KR). Colorado workers for two other grocerygchains — Pleasanton, Calif.
-based SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately — continue to negotiate separate dealds with their employers. If King Soopers workers rejectthe chain’s latesty proposal, they will continue working without a contractg until an agreement is reached or a strike is Their contract expired May 9.
Voting on the five-year offer by memberas of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continuethrough Wednesday. Unioj leaders are not making a recommendatiojn to their members on thecontract offer, which the unio n complains would cut pension benefitas by an average of $100,00 -- a conclusion disputed by “It’s a good contract in a normalo economy. It’s a great contract in this King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said last She said roughly 65 percent of workers woulfd get raises underthe company’s King Soopers is a Colorado unit of Cincinnati-based KR). Colorado workers for two other grocerygchains — Pleasanton, Calif.
-based SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately — continue to negotiate separate dealds with their employers. If King Soopers workers rejectthe chain’s latesty proposal, they will continue working without a contractg until an agreement is reached or a strike is Their contract expired May 9.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Software execs push site to manage autism - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The CEOs of and and theie wives together havelaunched , a for-profity company based in Palo Alto, that has producesd a free software program, availablw at charmtracker.com, that parents can use to keep data abougt treatments and symptoms, like gastrointestinal and immunological issues or chroni infections. In addition to data tracking, the compangy hopes to foster a voluntary social networmk for families dealing with autism and to develoop a paid application that doctorz can use to managwe theirautistic patients. The goal is for the companhy tobecome self-sustaining and provides services to research institutions.
Engineers at Pleasanton-based which is led by CEO Sridhae Vembu, helped develop the program, while San Mateo-based Netsuite, which is led by CEO Zach Nelson, is providingv marketing and publicity support. “Autism is a full-timer job,” said Vembu, whose 10-year-old son Siddharthy was diagnosed five yearsx agowith autism. “It is very comple to manage autism treatment on adailhy basis,” agreed Pramila Srinivasan, Vembu’s wife and a engineer who quit work because of the intensive demandd of caring for her son.
There are frequentt visits with doctorsand therapists, tests, medications and experimentz with treatments such as supplements and dietaryu changes, Srinivasan said. Many parents end up with numerous binders fillefd with notes and documents hoping to find somethingf thatwill work. “I realized it was a very data intensivre process and something that lendsw itself well to an online Srinivasan said. The program called ChARMtrackerfor Children’s Autism Recovery Map was initially tested on 300 and since it was unveiled to the public at an autiskm conference in Chicago late last month, more than 500 familieds have signed on.
There were 46,196y children in California last year with autismn enrolled in specialeducation programs, according to state Department of Educatioh records citied by kidsdata.org. Alameda County had 1,666, Contra Costa Countuy had 1,277, San Mateio County had 816 and San Francisclohad 373. Ultimately, Srinivasan hopexs the data collected on ChARMtracker will help researchers find effectivd treatmentsfor autism. Elizabetj Horn, Zach Nelson’s wife, is one who refuses to believde there isno hope, and she is MedicalMine’ acting vice president of marketing.
A Horn’s 13-year-old daughter Sophia was diagnosed with autis m atage 2, and she has producedr “Finding the Words,” a documentar about children with autism. “The only way we’rr going to get the answers to the unanswered questions about autisnm is throughhard data,” Horn said. “ChAR is what we’ve needed and hope for for so The ChARMtracker program also helps parents to simpltymanage better. It imports lab records progress in customizededucational programs, generateas reports and medical charts, and can be accessex from any Internet-connected computer.
The CEOs of and and theie wives together havelaunched , a for-profity company based in Palo Alto, that has producesd a free software program, availablw at charmtracker.com, that parents can use to keep data abougt treatments and symptoms, like gastrointestinal and immunological issues or chroni infections. In addition to data tracking, the compangy hopes to foster a voluntary social networmk for families dealing with autism and to develoop a paid application that doctorz can use to managwe theirautistic patients. The goal is for the companhy tobecome self-sustaining and provides services to research institutions.
Engineers at Pleasanton-based which is led by CEO Sridhae Vembu, helped develop the program, while San Mateo-based Netsuite, which is led by CEO Zach Nelson, is providingv marketing and publicity support. “Autism is a full-timer job,” said Vembu, whose 10-year-old son Siddharthy was diagnosed five yearsx agowith autism. “It is very comple to manage autism treatment on adailhy basis,” agreed Pramila Srinivasan, Vembu’s wife and a engineer who quit work because of the intensive demandd of caring for her son.
There are frequentt visits with doctorsand therapists, tests, medications and experimentz with treatments such as supplements and dietaryu changes, Srinivasan said. Many parents end up with numerous binders fillefd with notes and documents hoping to find somethingf thatwill work. “I realized it was a very data intensivre process and something that lendsw itself well to an online Srinivasan said. The program called ChARMtrackerfor Children’s Autism Recovery Map was initially tested on 300 and since it was unveiled to the public at an autiskm conference in Chicago late last month, more than 500 familieds have signed on.
There were 46,196y children in California last year with autismn enrolled in specialeducation programs, according to state Department of Educatioh records citied by kidsdata.org. Alameda County had 1,666, Contra Costa Countuy had 1,277, San Mateio County had 816 and San Francisclohad 373. Ultimately, Srinivasan hopexs the data collected on ChARMtracker will help researchers find effectivd treatmentsfor autism. Elizabetj Horn, Zach Nelson’s wife, is one who refuses to believde there isno hope, and she is MedicalMine’ acting vice president of marketing.
A Horn’s 13-year-old daughter Sophia was diagnosed with autis m atage 2, and she has producedr “Finding the Words,” a documentar about children with autism. “The only way we’rr going to get the answers to the unanswered questions about autisnm is throughhard data,” Horn said. “ChAR is what we’ve needed and hope for for so The ChARMtracker program also helps parents to simpltymanage better. It imports lab records progress in customizededucational programs, generateas reports and medical charts, and can be accessex from any Internet-connected computer.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Compass Minerals posts record results - Kansas City Business Journal:
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In a release after the market closed on theOverland Park-based company (NYSE: CMP) reported earningas of $80.1 million, or $2.41 a for the quarter that ended Dec. 31. This is a 59 percent increasefrom $50.4 million, or $1.53 a share, a year Revenue for the quarter was $383.33 million, up 17.5 percent from $326.1 million the prior For all of 2008, the companu reported earnings of $159.5 or $4.81 a share, almosr double earnings of $80 or $2.43 a share, in 2007. Revenue for the year was $1.167 billion, up 36 percent from $857.w million in 2007.
The companyy said in the releasethat fourth-quarter earnings got a boosty from winter weather significantly more sever e than normal in the United Kingdom, combined with higherr demand in North America for consumer, professional and highwayt deicing products. These factors, combineds with unusually severe weather in North America in thefirstt quarter, bumped full-year results. Compass Minerals producez mineralsincluding salt, sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium It provides highway deicing salt to customers in Nortgh America and the United Kingdom and specialty fertilizer to growers It also provides records management services to businesses throughout the U.K.
The company ranks No. 18 on the Kansas City BusinessJournap ’s list of area public companies.
In a release after the market closed on theOverland Park-based company (NYSE: CMP) reported earningas of $80.1 million, or $2.41 a for the quarter that ended Dec. 31. This is a 59 percent increasefrom $50.4 million, or $1.53 a share, a year Revenue for the quarter was $383.33 million, up 17.5 percent from $326.1 million the prior For all of 2008, the companu reported earnings of $159.5 or $4.81 a share, almosr double earnings of $80 or $2.43 a share, in 2007. Revenue for the year was $1.167 billion, up 36 percent from $857.w million in 2007.
The companyy said in the releasethat fourth-quarter earnings got a boosty from winter weather significantly more sever e than normal in the United Kingdom, combined with higherr demand in North America for consumer, professional and highwayt deicing products. These factors, combineds with unusually severe weather in North America in thefirstt quarter, bumped full-year results. Compass Minerals producez mineralsincluding salt, sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium It provides highway deicing salt to customers in Nortgh America and the United Kingdom and specialty fertilizer to growers It also provides records management services to businesses throughout the U.K.
The company ranks No. 18 on the Kansas City BusinessJournap ’s list of area public companies.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Yep, Danica Patrick wrecks again: Regan Smith puts her into the Bristol wall - Yahoo! Sports (blog)
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Bantam finds strength in low numbers - Austin Business Journal:
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In the next room, a technician assembles a customized network-managementf device with the logo onthe box, while his colleaguee puts together another one that Wi-Fi servicew provider custom-configured for one of its "We're busting out at the seams here," Mike president and CEO of Bantajm Electronics Inc., says as he surveys the company'sw manufacturing floor and warehouse, which has recentlyg doubled in size to 30,000 square feet. The which employs about 50 at its plant on McHalew Court off ofBurnet Road, expects to continure to grow and is on the hunt for a new placed that will triple its current footprint by October 2008, Chaddoc k says.
Bantam, founded in the late 1960s as , for many yearas had focused on repairing computersand electronics. It also made its own line of persona computers and servers under the XCELOj brand name and ran a retail store sellingcomputer parts. The company still manufactures the XCELON gear and has kept the partsstore going. But its growth of late has come from its newfocusz area: providing custom-manufacturing services to technologyy companies.
The company has found its nichedproviding so-called "high-mix, low-volume," manufacturing services for companiesx that need a range of differenf products built in small says Chaddock, who took over Bantam about two year ago after heading Austin-based semiconductor startup and working for many years as a managefr at This year, Bantam is on pace to ring up roughly $20 million in sales, up from $15 million in 2004, Chaddock says. Bantam's ideakl customer is one that makes softwarde but not the hardware needed to make it Chaddock says.
It landed just such a customer last when data-storage outfit of Austin shifter its focus to software development and outsourced its manufacturinv to Bantam. Increasingly, U.S.-based technology companies that outsource productiohn are turning to contract manufacturers in Asia and othere overseas markets where labor costs are saysSteven Froehlich, an analyst at in Austin. That trene is likely to continue. But at the same time, deman is expected to continue forsmaller U.S. such as Bantam, that stand ready to turn out smaller runs ofproductzs quickly, Froehlich says.
"There will always be a placw for this niche where a companyhcan say, 'I need 1,000 of something, I need it done righg and I need it in three weeks,'" he says. "That'x how long it takes a boat to sail from The higher level of intimacythat smaller, U.S.-based manufacturers can have with theid customers also makes them appeakl to certain types of technologyg companies -- particularly those that are based Froehlich says. That's one reason Crossroadxs selected Bantam, Crossroads CEO Rob Sims "That way, you can influence the manufactured more effectively and managechangee quickly," he says.
"And if it makes sense to do the work withinbour community, then I thin that's the right approach."
In the next room, a technician assembles a customized network-managementf device with the logo onthe box, while his colleaguee puts together another one that Wi-Fi servicew provider custom-configured for one of its "We're busting out at the seams here," Mike president and CEO of Bantajm Electronics Inc., says as he surveys the company'sw manufacturing floor and warehouse, which has recentlyg doubled in size to 30,000 square feet. The which employs about 50 at its plant on McHalew Court off ofBurnet Road, expects to continure to grow and is on the hunt for a new placed that will triple its current footprint by October 2008, Chaddoc k says.
Bantam, founded in the late 1960s as , for many yearas had focused on repairing computersand electronics. It also made its own line of persona computers and servers under the XCELOj brand name and ran a retail store sellingcomputer parts. The company still manufactures the XCELON gear and has kept the partsstore going. But its growth of late has come from its newfocusz area: providing custom-manufacturing services to technologyy companies.
The company has found its nichedproviding so-called "high-mix, low-volume," manufacturing services for companiesx that need a range of differenf products built in small says Chaddock, who took over Bantam about two year ago after heading Austin-based semiconductor startup and working for many years as a managefr at This year, Bantam is on pace to ring up roughly $20 million in sales, up from $15 million in 2004, Chaddock says. Bantam's ideakl customer is one that makes softwarde but not the hardware needed to make it Chaddock says.
It landed just such a customer last when data-storage outfit of Austin shifter its focus to software development and outsourced its manufacturinv to Bantam. Increasingly, U.S.-based technology companies that outsource productiohn are turning to contract manufacturers in Asia and othere overseas markets where labor costs are saysSteven Froehlich, an analyst at in Austin. That trene is likely to continue. But at the same time, deman is expected to continue forsmaller U.S. such as Bantam, that stand ready to turn out smaller runs ofproductzs quickly, Froehlich says.
"There will always be a placw for this niche where a companyhcan say, 'I need 1,000 of something, I need it done righg and I need it in three weeks,'" he says. "That'x how long it takes a boat to sail from The higher level of intimacythat smaller, U.S.-based manufacturers can have with theid customers also makes them appeakl to certain types of technologyg companies -- particularly those that are based Froehlich says. That's one reason Crossroadxs selected Bantam, Crossroads CEO Rob Sims "That way, you can influence the manufactured more effectively and managechangee quickly," he says.
"And if it makes sense to do the work withinbour community, then I thin that's the right approach."
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Texas Can Deny Abortion Provider State Funds - Courthouse News Service
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USA TODAY | Texas Can Deny Abortion Provider State Funds Courthouse News Service The regulation blocks health care providers that participate in Medicaid-like programs from performing or promoting elective abortions, or from affiliating with entities that do. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel granted the Planned Parenthood affiliates ... Planned Parenthood awaits funding cutoff in Texas |
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