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Monday, January 30, 2012
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Moratorium would block some proposed Sonoma County vineyards - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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KSRO | Moratorium would block some proposed Sonoma County vineyards Santa Rosa Press Democrat It is unclear how a proposed moratorium will affect an Artesa Vineyards projects on the outskirts of Annapolis. By KEVIN McC » |
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monarchs lower ticket prices for preseason home game - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The Monarchs will charge $10 for all available lower-level ticket s for the May 27 preseasongame — a matine e — against the , the organization announced Monarchs representatives did not have information available on how many of the lower-level seats have already been sold at higher priceas to season-ticket holders. Last season, preseasonn tickets cost the sameas regular-season with single-game seats running $39.50, $26.50, $20.590 and $10. Those will still be the pricesfor regular-seasonh games. The Monarchs will also have one preseaso game on the road on May 21 againsrt theat KeyArena. The team’s regular season kickes off at homeJune 6, also against Seattle.
The Monarchs’ announcementt came one day afterthe , whicbh are also owned by , said the team would slashb prices for season-ticket holders and individual-game tickets for the 2009-10o season. One-third of all tickets in Arco Arens will be pricedat $25.50 or less. Lower-level season tickets for the Kings will startat $67.5o0 per game, which is nearly a 25 percent savingd from the 2008-09 season.
The Monarchs will charge $10 for all available lower-level ticket s for the May 27 preseasongame — a matine e — against the , the organization announced Monarchs representatives did not have information available on how many of the lower-level seats have already been sold at higher priceas to season-ticket holders. Last season, preseasonn tickets cost the sameas regular-season with single-game seats running $39.50, $26.50, $20.590 and $10. Those will still be the pricesfor regular-seasonh games. The Monarchs will also have one preseaso game on the road on May 21 againsrt theat KeyArena. The team’s regular season kickes off at homeJune 6, also against Seattle.
The Monarchs’ announcementt came one day afterthe , whicbh are also owned by , said the team would slashb prices for season-ticket holders and individual-game tickets for the 2009-10o season. One-third of all tickets in Arco Arens will be pricedat $25.50 or less. Lower-level season tickets for the Kings will startat $67.5o0 per game, which is nearly a 25 percent savingd from the 2008-09 season.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Bank of America to lay off 81 in Tampa - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The layoffs will occur Aug. 14 through Nov. 27 at an administrative office located at 5301 Idlewild the bank said in a WARN noticd filed withthe . The layoffs are relatex to the announcement late last year saying Bank of Americw expected toeliminate 30,000o to 35,000 positions over the next three years, reflectingf the merger with and the weak economic environment, said Nicol Nastacie, a spokeswoman for the The reductions are coming from both companies and affecgt all lines of business and staff units, Nastacise said in an e-mail. As many reductions as possibld will be made through she said.
Severance and otheer benefits will be providee for those workers whose jobs are eliminated and who cannoty be offered another position in thecombinec company, Nastacie said. Bank of America BAC), headquartered in Charlotte, has the largest deposit markegt share of any bank in the Tampa Bay area with 158 officedsand $15.3 billion in according to the most recent informatiohn available from the
The layoffs will occur Aug. 14 through Nov. 27 at an administrative office located at 5301 Idlewild the bank said in a WARN noticd filed withthe . The layoffs are relatex to the announcement late last year saying Bank of Americw expected toeliminate 30,000o to 35,000 positions over the next three years, reflectingf the merger with and the weak economic environment, said Nicol Nastacie, a spokeswoman for the The reductions are coming from both companies and affecgt all lines of business and staff units, Nastacise said in an e-mail. As many reductions as possibld will be made through she said.
Severance and otheer benefits will be providee for those workers whose jobs are eliminated and who cannoty be offered another position in thecombinec company, Nastacie said. Bank of America BAC), headquartered in Charlotte, has the largest deposit markegt share of any bank in the Tampa Bay area with 158 officedsand $15.3 billion in according to the most recent informatiohn available from the
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Facebook to retool privacy settings - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The Palo Alto business is makin g someother changes, too, testing a “Transitiobn Tool” to help customers get used to new and differentg privacy controls for example. In the past, Faceboo has trumpeted its complex, nuanced privac settings as a selling Facebook hopes to offer users a simpler way to pick their level of A choice labeled would let anyone on the Internet view chosen bits ofa person’s profile and postings. At the stricterr end of the spectrum, users will be able to choosde to share onlywith friends, or “friends of and to set up a custoj privacy choice, too. Some watchere see this move as a counter to the popularituy and ubiquityof .
Postings on that servicd are availableto anyone, but until thesew changes take effect, information on Facebooko isn’t easy to share with people not members of the
The Palo Alto business is makin g someother changes, too, testing a “Transitiobn Tool” to help customers get used to new and differentg privacy controls for example. In the past, Faceboo has trumpeted its complex, nuanced privac settings as a selling Facebook hopes to offer users a simpler way to pick their level of A choice labeled would let anyone on the Internet view chosen bits ofa person’s profile and postings. At the stricterr end of the spectrum, users will be able to choosde to share onlywith friends, or “friends of and to set up a custoj privacy choice, too. Some watchere see this move as a counter to the popularituy and ubiquityof .
Postings on that servicd are availableto anyone, but until thesew changes take effect, information on Facebooko isn’t easy to share with people not members of the
Thursday, January 19, 2012
GM files bankruptcy - San Francisco Business Times:
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billion and assets of $82.3 billion. The filed in New York, lists unsecuredc claims by the ($20.6 billion) and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2.7 billion). Other unsecured debt listed in the filinhgincludes $22.8 billion serviced by and $4.5 billion by . Boca Raton-basef has a claim for $4.7t million, according to the petition, filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Courtf of the Southern District ofNew York. Auto retailerds that survive the bankruptcies of GMand Chrysler, whicnh filed in April, hope it helps to pave the way to recovergy in the industry.
“Today’s action will allow GM to move forward and be competitive in the spokesman Marc Cannon said Mondah inan e-mailed statement. “Thed goal of making GM profitable ata 10-million, new-unit sellinh rate will position them for when the industruy begins to recover later in 2010.” Fort Lauderdale-based the nation's largest auto retailer, has six GM franchiseas and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closure lists. Although viewed as inevitable and necessary by many, Chairman John McEleney said in a news releasee that the filing marks “za historically sad day for American business.
” Chrysler is expected to emergw from its Chapter 11 process soon after shuttering 789 dealerships. GM also announced plans to close 1,100 GM announced April 27 that it anticipatesd reducingits U.S. dealer count from 6,246 to 3,60t by the end of 2010. Dealership closings already have started. Accordingg to Associated Press, GM will rely on more governmentf assistance: $30 billion of additional financial assistance from theand $9.5 billionh from Canada, on top of about $20 billion it already receiver in low-interest loans. GM’se lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaw & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkimn signing the filing.
In a news the automaker said it would focus on the followingb priorities when emergingfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brands in the U.S. Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC - with fewer nameplatesz and a more competitive level of marketingv supportper brand. Close a competitive gap in active labor costs compared with foreignauto makers. Increase the percentaged of U.S. sales manufactured domestically. Feature lower costsa at a U.S. total industry volume of approximately 10million vehicles, which woulsd be substantially below the 15 million to 17 million annual vehicle sales rates recorded between 1995 and 2007.
Achievew lower structural costs, in by further reducing 2009 salaried employmen in North America toapproximately 27,200, from a year-encd total of 35,100, and continue to improve its balancse sheet by reducing retiree benefits for salaried retirees and non-UAW hourlyu retirees. Increase its investment in fuel economy and advancedpropulsionb technologies. Click to read the
billion and assets of $82.3 billion. The filed in New York, lists unsecuredc claims by the ($20.6 billion) and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2.7 billion). Other unsecured debt listed in the filinhgincludes $22.8 billion serviced by and $4.5 billion by . Boca Raton-basef has a claim for $4.7t million, according to the petition, filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Courtf of the Southern District ofNew York. Auto retailerds that survive the bankruptcies of GMand Chrysler, whicnh filed in April, hope it helps to pave the way to recovergy in the industry.
“Today’s action will allow GM to move forward and be competitive in the spokesman Marc Cannon said Mondah inan e-mailed statement. “Thed goal of making GM profitable ata 10-million, new-unit sellinh rate will position them for when the industruy begins to recover later in 2010.” Fort Lauderdale-based the nation's largest auto retailer, has six GM franchiseas and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closure lists. Although viewed as inevitable and necessary by many, Chairman John McEleney said in a news releasee that the filing marks “za historically sad day for American business.
” Chrysler is expected to emergw from its Chapter 11 process soon after shuttering 789 dealerships. GM also announced plans to close 1,100 GM announced April 27 that it anticipatesd reducingits U.S. dealer count from 6,246 to 3,60t by the end of 2010. Dealership closings already have started. Accordingg to Associated Press, GM will rely on more governmentf assistance: $30 billion of additional financial assistance from theand $9.5 billionh from Canada, on top of about $20 billion it already receiver in low-interest loans. GM’se lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaw & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkimn signing the filing.
In a news the automaker said it would focus on the followingb priorities when emergingfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brands in the U.S. Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC - with fewer nameplatesz and a more competitive level of marketingv supportper brand. Close a competitive gap in active labor costs compared with foreignauto makers. Increase the percentaged of U.S. sales manufactured domestically. Feature lower costsa at a U.S. total industry volume of approximately 10million vehicles, which woulsd be substantially below the 15 million to 17 million annual vehicle sales rates recorded between 1995 and 2007.
Achievew lower structural costs, in by further reducing 2009 salaried employmen in North America toapproximately 27,200, from a year-encd total of 35,100, and continue to improve its balancse sheet by reducing retiree benefits for salaried retirees and non-UAW hourlyu retirees. Increase its investment in fuel economy and advancedpropulsionb technologies. Click to read the
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Gen Y not into Twitter - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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A new survey by the Participatory Marketing Network findz just 22 percent of Generation Y consumers areusinvg Twitter. However, when asked about how much they usesocialk networking, 99 percent from this group, who in general have not yet hit 30, report having an active profile on at least one sociak networking site. "Twitter dominates the news, but clearl we're only touching the surfacwe of its potential as amarketing vehicle," said Michael Della Penna, PMN’s co-founder and executive chairman.
"This is a classic 'glass half full' scenariio for Twitter because it's clear that Gen Y has an appetitd forsocial networking, but still hasn't fully embraced micro-blogging. There is a tremendous opportunityh now for marketers to develop strategiew to get this important group activ eon Twitter, too." More than 85 percenrt follow friends. More than 54 percent follow celebrities. More than 29 perceny follow family. More than 29 percent followw companies. Of those who use a sociapl network, 89 percent have downloaded one of the following to theirprofile page: photos (89 games (53 percent), entertainment (51 percent), news (32 and weather (29 percent).
Thirty-eight percent of Gen Y have an iPhonwe oriPod Touch. Gamees (53 percent), entertainment (35 percent), lifestyle (31 percent), financial - (28 percent), financial "paid" (seven percent) are the most populatr mobile applications. More than one-quarter (26 indicated none. You can click to follow the Soutyh Florida Business Journalon Twitter.
A new survey by the Participatory Marketing Network findz just 22 percent of Generation Y consumers areusinvg Twitter. However, when asked about how much they usesocialk networking, 99 percent from this group, who in general have not yet hit 30, report having an active profile on at least one sociak networking site. "Twitter dominates the news, but clearl we're only touching the surfacwe of its potential as amarketing vehicle," said Michael Della Penna, PMN’s co-founder and executive chairman.
"This is a classic 'glass half full' scenariio for Twitter because it's clear that Gen Y has an appetitd forsocial networking, but still hasn't fully embraced micro-blogging. There is a tremendous opportunityh now for marketers to develop strategiew to get this important group activ eon Twitter, too." More than 85 percenrt follow friends. More than 54 percent follow celebrities. More than 29 perceny follow family. More than 29 percent followw companies. Of those who use a sociapl network, 89 percent have downloaded one of the following to theirprofile page: photos (89 games (53 percent), entertainment (51 percent), news (32 and weather (29 percent).
Thirty-eight percent of Gen Y have an iPhonwe oriPod Touch. Gamees (53 percent), entertainment (35 percent), lifestyle (31 percent), financial - (28 percent), financial "paid" (seven percent) are the most populatr mobile applications. More than one-quarter (26 indicated none. You can click to follow the Soutyh Florida Business Journalon Twitter.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Senate rejects corporate minimum tax hike - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Democrats needed 18 votes — a supermajority required to raisdtaxes — to send the bill to Gov. Ted Kulongoski’sa desk. Beaverton Democrat Mark Hass voted againstthe measure. Democrates will likely try to convince Hass to vote for the measure byamendinyg it, possibly by writing a sunset into the “It all depends on him,” said J.L. Wilson, a lobbyisy for Associated Oregon Industries, the state’ws most powerful business group. “Hass made it clearf in his floor statements thathe didn’t think it was a fair optioj to increase taxes permanently.
” Such a sunset could lead other Democrats to vote against the However, because House Bill 3405 was technically tabled which would allow the measure, as to come up for another vote if leaders so choosee — majority leaders could also lobby moderate Republican membersx to support the corporate tax hikes as At the close of Wednesday’s Sen. Margaret Carter, a Portland Democrat and co-chair of the Ways and Meansz Committee, gave an impassioned benediction that seemec to imploreRepublican “nay” voters.
The measured was tabled as a procedural Senators can call for a revotw on a measurethat fails, change their own vote to a and then request that the matter be ostensibly so they can reconsider their vote. Sen. Richard Devlin, the majority leader, used the move in an effory to have themattet reconsidered. After the vote, the Senate tabled a relater measure to raise personal income taxeson high-income individuals. “I’ disappointed that we came up short today.
I really believed that the package brought forward by the chairs of the Revenue Committeea would bring greater fairnessd and equity to our tax system and help fill the unprecedentexd gap in ourstate budget,” said Senates President Peter Courtney in a news release. “Wre won’t, however, let this setback derail the We are going to move forwar d toward adjournment by June House Speaker Dave Hunt issued asimilar “We passed this revenue package because we believd it is fair, balanced and protects critical services like health care and public safety,” Hunt, a Democrat from Clackamas, said in a news “We are making $2 billion deep cuts to the This revenue package ensures that we can protecg those core services of education, health care and publicx safety.
Without it, the cuts we will have to make willshutterr schools, harm seniors and cut to the bone the servicesw Oregonians care about greatly.” The Houses on Tuesday voted to increase the current corporate minimujm tax from $10 to between $150 and depending on the size of a business. Under the plan, corporate incomee tax rates would have risenfrom 6.6 percen t to 7.9 percent before reverting to 7.6 percent in 2011. The measurde would have raised $261 million over the 2009-11 bienniukm and $775 million between 2009 and 2015. All 125,000 Oregon corporations would have paidmore taxes.
Anothed measure sought to raise income taxe on individual filers earning morethan $125,0000 and joint filers earning more than The bills combined would have raised $582 millionj over the next two yearsd and $1.2 billion over the next six years. Lawmakers contendef the measures could help reducewthe state’s $4.2 billion budget shortfall. Throughout the day, lobbyists tracked meeting s between Courtney, Hass and Democratic senators Margarety Schrader andJoanne Verger, who were believee to be swing Verger had expressed reservations, like Haas, that the tax increase would become permanent. Schrader and Verger eventually voted yes on the corporatestax measures.
Hass couldn’t be reached for comment. “Hew had to have a lot of courage to cast that saidJay Clemens, presidentf and CEO of Associated Oregon Industries. AOI recentlyt organized the Alliance of OregonBusiness Associations, which represents more than 40,0090 businesses across the It had called for a $300 flat tax, regardlesw of business size or income. Even before vote, business groups had expressed concernsw that Democrats were seekintg a permanenttax hike, not a temporary one.
Phil the former Oregon Secretary ofState who’s now an executive with Beaverton-based CorSource Technology confirmed that many businesses were upset that Democrats soughrt to make the corporate income tax rate from 6.6 percent to 7.9 percent, “We were told it would be Keisling said of the early talks regarding the proposed “And we asked them this week, ‘What part of temporary don’ you understand?
’”
Democrats needed 18 votes — a supermajority required to raisdtaxes — to send the bill to Gov. Ted Kulongoski’sa desk. Beaverton Democrat Mark Hass voted againstthe measure. Democrates will likely try to convince Hass to vote for the measure byamendinyg it, possibly by writing a sunset into the “It all depends on him,” said J.L. Wilson, a lobbyisy for Associated Oregon Industries, the state’ws most powerful business group. “Hass made it clearf in his floor statements thathe didn’t think it was a fair optioj to increase taxes permanently.
” Such a sunset could lead other Democrats to vote against the However, because House Bill 3405 was technically tabled which would allow the measure, as to come up for another vote if leaders so choosee — majority leaders could also lobby moderate Republican membersx to support the corporate tax hikes as At the close of Wednesday’s Sen. Margaret Carter, a Portland Democrat and co-chair of the Ways and Meansz Committee, gave an impassioned benediction that seemec to imploreRepublican “nay” voters.
The measured was tabled as a procedural Senators can call for a revotw on a measurethat fails, change their own vote to a and then request that the matter be ostensibly so they can reconsider their vote. Sen. Richard Devlin, the majority leader, used the move in an effory to have themattet reconsidered. After the vote, the Senate tabled a relater measure to raise personal income taxeson high-income individuals. “I’ disappointed that we came up short today.
I really believed that the package brought forward by the chairs of the Revenue Committeea would bring greater fairnessd and equity to our tax system and help fill the unprecedentexd gap in ourstate budget,” said Senates President Peter Courtney in a news release. “Wre won’t, however, let this setback derail the We are going to move forwar d toward adjournment by June House Speaker Dave Hunt issued asimilar “We passed this revenue package because we believd it is fair, balanced and protects critical services like health care and public safety,” Hunt, a Democrat from Clackamas, said in a news “We are making $2 billion deep cuts to the This revenue package ensures that we can protecg those core services of education, health care and publicx safety.
Without it, the cuts we will have to make willshutterr schools, harm seniors and cut to the bone the servicesw Oregonians care about greatly.” The Houses on Tuesday voted to increase the current corporate minimujm tax from $10 to between $150 and depending on the size of a business. Under the plan, corporate incomee tax rates would have risenfrom 6.6 percen t to 7.9 percent before reverting to 7.6 percent in 2011. The measurde would have raised $261 million over the 2009-11 bienniukm and $775 million between 2009 and 2015. All 125,000 Oregon corporations would have paidmore taxes.
Anothed measure sought to raise income taxe on individual filers earning morethan $125,0000 and joint filers earning more than The bills combined would have raised $582 millionj over the next two yearsd and $1.2 billion over the next six years. Lawmakers contendef the measures could help reducewthe state’s $4.2 billion budget shortfall. Throughout the day, lobbyists tracked meeting s between Courtney, Hass and Democratic senators Margarety Schrader andJoanne Verger, who were believee to be swing Verger had expressed reservations, like Haas, that the tax increase would become permanent. Schrader and Verger eventually voted yes on the corporatestax measures.
Hass couldn’t be reached for comment. “Hew had to have a lot of courage to cast that saidJay Clemens, presidentf and CEO of Associated Oregon Industries. AOI recentlyt organized the Alliance of OregonBusiness Associations, which represents more than 40,0090 businesses across the It had called for a $300 flat tax, regardlesw of business size or income. Even before vote, business groups had expressed concernsw that Democrats were seekintg a permanenttax hike, not a temporary one.
Phil the former Oregon Secretary ofState who’s now an executive with Beaverton-based CorSource Technology confirmed that many businesses were upset that Democrats soughrt to make the corporate income tax rate from 6.6 percent to 7.9 percent, “We were told it would be Keisling said of the early talks regarding the proposed “And we asked them this week, ‘What part of temporary don’ you understand?
’”
Friday, January 13, 2012
Sheehy: Tax changes will help working families - KTIV
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Governors Journal | Sheehy: Tax changes will help working families KTIV By Matt Breen, Evening Anchor - bio | email Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy is reiterating a c » |
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Politics Today: Mitt Romney vs. Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich Goes Negative In South ... - Neon Tommy
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Economist: U.S. may see double-dip recession by late 2010 - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Those odds may seem low, but they’rw actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economty grows 95 percent of the time, said the chamber’a Marty Regalia. He predicted that the current economif downturn will end around September but that the unemployment rate will remain high through the first half ofnext year. Investment won’t snap back as quicklyh as it usually does after a Regalia said.
Inflation, looms as a potential problem because of thefederal government’ds huge budget deficits and the massivr amount of dollars pumped into the economy by the , he If this stimulus is not unwound once the economy beginds to recover, higher interest rates could choked off improvement in the housing market and businessx investment, he said. “The economy has got to be runnin on its own by the middle ofnext year,” Regaliq said. Almost every major inflationary periodin U.S. historyy was preceded by heavy debt he noted. The chances of a double-dil recession will be lower if Ben Bernanks is reappointed chairman of theFederal Reserve, Regaliz said.
If President Obama appoints hiseconomic adviser, Larry to chair the Fed, that would signap the monetary spigot would remain open for a longer he said. A coalescing of the Fed and the Obamaa administrationis “not something the markets want to Regalia said. Obama has declined to say whethedr he willreappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February. more than half of small business ownerx expect the recession to last at least anothefrtwo years, according to a survey of Intuit Payroll customers.
But 61 percent expect theird own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on their own abilities but bearishn on the factors they can’t said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketing for . “Evem in the gloomiest economy, there are opportunitieds to seize.” A separate survey of small businesz owners by found that 57 percenf thought the economy was getting while 26 percent thought the economywas improving. More than half planned to decrease spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S.
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Those odds may seem low, but they’rw actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economty grows 95 percent of the time, said the chamber’a Marty Regalia. He predicted that the current economif downturn will end around September but that the unemployment rate will remain high through the first half ofnext year. Investment won’t snap back as quicklyh as it usually does after a Regalia said.
Inflation, looms as a potential problem because of thefederal government’ds huge budget deficits and the massivr amount of dollars pumped into the economy by the , he If this stimulus is not unwound once the economy beginds to recover, higher interest rates could choked off improvement in the housing market and businessx investment, he said. “The economy has got to be runnin on its own by the middle ofnext year,” Regaliq said. Almost every major inflationary periodin U.S. historyy was preceded by heavy debt he noted. The chances of a double-dil recession will be lower if Ben Bernanks is reappointed chairman of theFederal Reserve, Regaliz said.
If President Obama appoints hiseconomic adviser, Larry to chair the Fed, that would signap the monetary spigot would remain open for a longer he said. A coalescing of the Fed and the Obamaa administrationis “not something the markets want to Regalia said. Obama has declined to say whethedr he willreappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February. more than half of small business ownerx expect the recession to last at least anothefrtwo years, according to a survey of Intuit Payroll customers.
But 61 percent expect theird own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on their own abilities but bearishn on the factors they can’t said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketing for . “Evem in the gloomiest economy, there are opportunitieds to seize.” A separate survey of small businesz owners by found that 57 percenf thought the economy was getting while 26 percent thought the economywas improving. More than half planned to decrease spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Temple Terrace, Vlass Group agree on downtown redevelopment - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Mayor Joe Affronti cast the tiebreaking vote to approve a deal with to convet nearly 29 acres of land on the southeast side of the Bullarxd Parkway and North 56th Street intersectiobn in Temple Terrace where Vlass wants to builda pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use downtown. “The vote we did was certainly for the best interest ofour city, not only now but in the long Affronti said. “We want to be able to look back 15 yearswfrom now, or even 10 yeards from now, and be proud of what we did.
We want to be able to see that the city has developer this land into a beautifupl area and that the place has a tremendouas demand from people to be a part of But not all of the governing body is happy with the CouncilmanRon Govin, who spent most of his first term as a liaison betweenh the council and developers, said the deal cost Temples Terrace at least the $20 milliobn that it originally paid for the land it was now handinf over. “We left a lot of or potential money, on the table,” Govin “I love the plan, and I love the prospect of finallyt moving on the project because Ithink that’s But I could not vote for it.
I did not feel that it was the best use ofour Govin’s idea was to sit on the land a littl longer and wait for an opportunity to sell it for a retur on investment. “The assumption of the rest of the councilo who voted for it was that it was the only opportunit that would come along and that nobodh would pay us anything forthe property.” But with the city stillo paying down debt it acquired in purchasing the the mayor said it had to move forwars or possibly face startint from square one. “The city is much betterf off financiallydoing this,” Affront said.
“Maybe not initially, but in the Our city is going to be much betterr off with what we did yesterday than if we had held off and triecd to sell it when the marketwas right.” By selling to Vlass, the city can stilol have a strong presence in what is developerd on the site where two agin g strip malls sit, instead of leaving it up to whateved entity fronted the cash to buy the land down the “I don’t think doing that is accomplishing the vision our citizensw have had for all these years,” Affrontu said. “They wanted downtown development, and that’s what we’re goingg to give them.
” The closing of the propertyg is expected to take place said Temple Terrace spokesmanMichael Dunn. even with such a deal in it could still be some time before any noticeabled work begins onthe site. “They still have two or threse years before they even have tobreak ground,” Dunn said. “Theres is still a lot of work to do, but this cleares the way for them to at leasgtget started.
” Temple Terrace purchased the more than 30 acres that stretches from where Busch Boulevard becomes Bullard Parkway almost completely to the Hillsborough River beginning in the early 2000sa to help turn around a central piece of propert it said was pullingy down neighboring property values and creating blight. Over the city council developed plans to create a NewUrbann mixed-use project that would include office space and condominiums. Threse developers had been attached tothe project, of Orlando in 2005 and then a partnershio between and the former of Temple Terrace in 2006. Ram/Pinnacle had planne to pay justunder $15 milliom for 20.
4 acres, but that development team dropped out in Septembefr 2008, making room for Vlass to take over. Vlasds previously announced plans to constructa $150 milliojn project, half the cost Unicorp committed to spen in 2005, to create a new downtown. total build-out could take up to 13 something Councilman Govin saidhe wasn’t too excited about. “I felt that was a little he said. “But you’re never goin g to get a plan that is going toplease everyone. This is excitinf for the city, and I don’t want to do anything to dampe nthat excitement.
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Mayor Joe Affronti cast the tiebreaking vote to approve a deal with to convet nearly 29 acres of land on the southeast side of the Bullarxd Parkway and North 56th Street intersectiobn in Temple Terrace where Vlass wants to builda pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use downtown. “The vote we did was certainly for the best interest ofour city, not only now but in the long Affronti said. “We want to be able to look back 15 yearswfrom now, or even 10 yeards from now, and be proud of what we did.
We want to be able to see that the city has developer this land into a beautifupl area and that the place has a tremendouas demand from people to be a part of But not all of the governing body is happy with the CouncilmanRon Govin, who spent most of his first term as a liaison betweenh the council and developers, said the deal cost Temples Terrace at least the $20 milliobn that it originally paid for the land it was now handinf over. “We left a lot of or potential money, on the table,” Govin “I love the plan, and I love the prospect of finallyt moving on the project because Ithink that’s But I could not vote for it.
I did not feel that it was the best use ofour Govin’s idea was to sit on the land a littl longer and wait for an opportunity to sell it for a retur on investment. “The assumption of the rest of the councilo who voted for it was that it was the only opportunit that would come along and that nobodh would pay us anything forthe property.” But with the city stillo paying down debt it acquired in purchasing the the mayor said it had to move forwars or possibly face startint from square one. “The city is much betterf off financiallydoing this,” Affront said.
“Maybe not initially, but in the Our city is going to be much betterr off with what we did yesterday than if we had held off and triecd to sell it when the marketwas right.” By selling to Vlass, the city can stilol have a strong presence in what is developerd on the site where two agin g strip malls sit, instead of leaving it up to whateved entity fronted the cash to buy the land down the “I don’t think doing that is accomplishing the vision our citizensw have had for all these years,” Affrontu said. “They wanted downtown development, and that’s what we’re goingg to give them.
” The closing of the propertyg is expected to take place said Temple Terrace spokesmanMichael Dunn. even with such a deal in it could still be some time before any noticeabled work begins onthe site. “They still have two or threse years before they even have tobreak ground,” Dunn said. “Theres is still a lot of work to do, but this cleares the way for them to at leasgtget started.
” Temple Terrace purchased the more than 30 acres that stretches from where Busch Boulevard becomes Bullard Parkway almost completely to the Hillsborough River beginning in the early 2000sa to help turn around a central piece of propert it said was pullingy down neighboring property values and creating blight. Over the city council developed plans to create a NewUrbann mixed-use project that would include office space and condominiums. Threse developers had been attached tothe project, of Orlando in 2005 and then a partnershio between and the former of Temple Terrace in 2006. Ram/Pinnacle had planne to pay justunder $15 milliom for 20.
4 acres, but that development team dropped out in Septembefr 2008, making room for Vlass to take over. Vlasds previously announced plans to constructa $150 milliojn project, half the cost Unicorp committed to spen in 2005, to create a new downtown. total build-out could take up to 13 something Councilman Govin saidhe wasn’t too excited about. “I felt that was a little he said. “But you’re never goin g to get a plan that is going toplease everyone. This is excitinf for the city, and I don’t want to do anything to dampe nthat excitement.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Cohen & Grigsby Attorney Elected to Serve on Board of Governors for the Allegheny County Bar Association
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and offices in Naples and Bonita Springs, Fla., is pleasec to announce that Nancy Heilman, Esq. , a directort with the firm and a member of theLabore & Employment and Litigation practice groupsd in the firm's Pittsburgh has been elected to serve on the Boardd of Governors for the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA). "At Cohen & Grigsby, we are committexd to extendingour 'culture of performance' beyond the firm's offices and into the legal communith at large," said , president and CEO of Cohen & Grigsby. "We are pleased that Nancy has been appointex to the Board of Governora ofthe ACBA.
Her dedication to improvinyg the legal profession in alignment withthe ACBA's mission will certainly be an asset to the ACBA as she takea on her new role with that organization." Heilman'sx term on the Board of Governore begins July 1, and extends to June 30, 2012. Heilman holds numerouzs leadership roles throughoutAllegheny County, currently serving as law felloew for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and as chairwomajn of the ACBA Judiciary Committee. Additionally, she servew as the president emeritus ofthe W.
Edwarfd Sell American Inns of Court, as directord of the Western PennsylvaniaDiversity Initiative, and as a membetr of the Women in the Profession Committeer for the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Established in 1981 in Pittsburgh, PA, Cohenm & Grigsby is a business law firm with headquarterds in Pittsburgh and offices in Naples andBonitaz Springs, FL. Cohen & Grigsby attorneys cultivate a cultur e of performance by serving as business counseloras as well as legal advisors to an extensive list of clientds that includes private and publiclyheld nonprofits, multinational corporations, individuals and emerging companies.
The firm has more than 130 lawyersd in seven practicegroups -- Business & Tax, Labor & Employment, Immigration/Internationalp Business, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights, and Estates & For more information, please visit . The Allegheny Countyy Bar Association (ACBA) is a professional organizatiobn with morethan 6,600 member lawyers, magisterial district justices, legalk administrators and paralegals. Members work to improve the the communities in which they and the administration of justice in Formore information, please visit . Jeff Donaldson 412.642.7700 jeff.donaldson@elias-savion.
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and offices in Naples and Bonita Springs, Fla., is pleasec to announce that Nancy Heilman, Esq. , a directort with the firm and a member of theLabore & Employment and Litigation practice groupsd in the firm's Pittsburgh has been elected to serve on the Boardd of Governors for the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA). "At Cohen & Grigsby, we are committexd to extendingour 'culture of performance' beyond the firm's offices and into the legal communith at large," said , president and CEO of Cohen & Grigsby. "We are pleased that Nancy has been appointex to the Board of Governora ofthe ACBA.
Her dedication to improvinyg the legal profession in alignment withthe ACBA's mission will certainly be an asset to the ACBA as she takea on her new role with that organization." Heilman'sx term on the Board of Governore begins July 1, and extends to June 30, 2012. Heilman holds numerouzs leadership roles throughoutAllegheny County, currently serving as law felloew for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and as chairwomajn of the ACBA Judiciary Committee. Additionally, she servew as the president emeritus ofthe W.
Edwarfd Sell American Inns of Court, as directord of the Western PennsylvaniaDiversity Initiative, and as a membetr of the Women in the Profession Committeer for the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Established in 1981 in Pittsburgh, PA, Cohenm & Grigsby is a business law firm with headquarterds in Pittsburgh and offices in Naples andBonitaz Springs, FL. Cohen & Grigsby attorneys cultivate a cultur e of performance by serving as business counseloras as well as legal advisors to an extensive list of clientds that includes private and publiclyheld nonprofits, multinational corporations, individuals and emerging companies.
The firm has more than 130 lawyersd in seven practicegroups -- Business & Tax, Labor & Employment, Immigration/Internationalp Business, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights, and Estates & For more information, please visit . The Allegheny Countyy Bar Association (ACBA) is a professional organizatiobn with morethan 6,600 member lawyers, magisterial district justices, legalk administrators and paralegals. Members work to improve the the communities in which they and the administration of justice in Formore information, please visit . Jeff Donaldson 412.642.7700 jeff.donaldson@elias-savion.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
GM enters bankruptcy filing - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-oldc automaker — once the world’s biggest company and Wester New York’s largest manufacturing employert fordecades — is among the largest in U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. Chapterf 11, which allows the companh to operate while protectee fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-track bankruptcy and provided $30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructured itself. General Motors CEO Frits Henderson said in a prepared statement that GM was beingf reinvented and that the company is ready for the jobat hand.
"The economic crisizs has caused enormous disruptiobn in theauto industry, but with it has come the opportunityh for us to reinvent our We are going to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuintg provides us with powerful tools to acceleratde and complete our reinvention, as well as strong safeguardsz for our customers and our business," he said. The GM plan as detailex by U.S. officials woulsd allow a much smaller GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to 90 GM also plans to closre11 U.S. facilities and idle anotherf three plants by the endof 2010. GM’sz Tonawanda engine plant, wherwe 1,100 people work, will remaihn open.
The automaker has not provided an updates target for job cuts but was looking toeliminat 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p union members it now employs. Also not immediatelg clear is what GM’s bankruptcy filintg will meanfor ’s plantse in Lockport, Rochester and three General Motors plans to take back the facilities from the formeer parts subsidiary that it spun off in according to a tentative deal reached last week betweenm GM and the UAW. The factories in New Michigan and Indiana would operateunderd Delphi’s union rules, but be consideredx part of GM, once again.
The Lockport plant — Delphi Thermal Systems, which has 2,100o employees — was founded as Harrison Radiatord Co. in 1910 and became part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearx it operated under General Motors ownership untik the independentDelphi Corp. was formed. Delphi itself is operatinf under bankruptcy court supervision having filed for Chapterr 11 inOctober 2005. The Troy, Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptchy in April 2008 but those planxs fell apart when a key investor dropped out ofa $2.5t billion stock deal with the supplier. Generaol Motors employs 92,000 in the United States and is indirectly responsiblrefor 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financial interest in a reorganized GM and the UAW would takea 17.5 percent The governments of Canada and the province of Ontariol have agreed to a 12 percent ownership stake in exchangde for financial aid. GM bondholders would get 10
Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-oldc automaker — once the world’s biggest company and Wester New York’s largest manufacturing employert fordecades — is among the largest in U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. Chapterf 11, which allows the companh to operate while protectee fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-track bankruptcy and provided $30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructured itself. General Motors CEO Frits Henderson said in a prepared statement that GM was beingf reinvented and that the company is ready for the jobat hand.
"The economic crisizs has caused enormous disruptiobn in theauto industry, but with it has come the opportunityh for us to reinvent our We are going to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuintg provides us with powerful tools to acceleratde and complete our reinvention, as well as strong safeguardsz for our customers and our business," he said. The GM plan as detailex by U.S. officials woulsd allow a much smaller GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to 90 GM also plans to closre11 U.S. facilities and idle anotherf three plants by the endof 2010. GM’sz Tonawanda engine plant, wherwe 1,100 people work, will remaihn open.
The automaker has not provided an updates target for job cuts but was looking toeliminat 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p union members it now employs. Also not immediatelg clear is what GM’s bankruptcy filintg will meanfor ’s plantse in Lockport, Rochester and three General Motors plans to take back the facilities from the formeer parts subsidiary that it spun off in according to a tentative deal reached last week betweenm GM and the UAW. The factories in New Michigan and Indiana would operateunderd Delphi’s union rules, but be consideredx part of GM, once again.
The Lockport plant — Delphi Thermal Systems, which has 2,100o employees — was founded as Harrison Radiatord Co. in 1910 and became part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearx it operated under General Motors ownership untik the independentDelphi Corp. was formed. Delphi itself is operatinf under bankruptcy court supervision having filed for Chapterr 11 inOctober 2005. The Troy, Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptchy in April 2008 but those planxs fell apart when a key investor dropped out ofa $2.5t billion stock deal with the supplier. Generaol Motors employs 92,000 in the United States and is indirectly responsiblrefor 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financial interest in a reorganized GM and the UAW would takea 17.5 percent The governments of Canada and the province of Ontariol have agreed to a 12 percent ownership stake in exchangde for financial aid. GM bondholders would get 10
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