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announced a week ago that televisio and radio ads were being droppeds after complaints that the spots perpetuated stereotypes of Italiansas mobsters. The ads have continueed to run in heavyt rotationsince MillerCoors, a joint venture formed last year by Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. and Cooras Brewing Co., Golden, made public the decision to pullthe spots. “Thwe ads should be coming off the airthis week,” MillerCoors spokesmabn Pete Marino said in an e-mail. The televisionh spots feature veteran character actor Frank who portrayed Phil Leotardo on the HBOseriee “The Sopranos.
” Vincent’s character and another approach a bartender in one spot and a store clerl in another making an offer of Radio advertisements also have been running. The ads were createfd to highlight the improverd bottle caps and can lids for Millet Lite designed to protectt the freshness ofthe beer. MillerCoorse management has stated that theads weren’tt meant to be offensive in any way.

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Online job postings up in Honolulu - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Honolulu had 13,900 online job postingse in May, compared to 11,600 in April and up from 10,80 in May 2008. Job postings in Hawaii have been upsince January. The states was up 1,500 job postingsz in May to 17,100, a 1.5 percenyt increase from 15,600 in April. It’s down almost 23 percenf from 22,100 in May 2008. “The May bounced in labor demand is a verywelcome sign,” Conference Board senior economist Gad Levano said in a news release.
“While April was by May employers were placing ads for workers in numerouss locations across the Over the lastfour months, theree are now about a half dozen states wherd the drop in labor demand shows signes of leveling off and anothee handful of states show some very moderat increases.” The nonprofit Conference Board is a leading business membership and researchh organization. It produces the Consumer Confidence Index and Leading Economic Indicatores for the United States andmajor nations.

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Lewis: Feds pressured BofA on Merrill - Houston Business Journal:

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But some lawmakers questioned how much of the pressurwe was actually made by Lewis in an attempt to secure more taxpayer aid forhis “The Treasury Department provided $20 billioh for a shotgun wedding. But the question is, who was holdingy the shotgun?” Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-New York) said during the The hearing, conducted by the House Committer on Oversight andGovernment Reform, was focused on federao officials’ role in BofA’s purchase of Merrill Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) bought Merrill on Jan. 1 for $29. billion.
The deal resulted in BofA’s receiving an additionall $20 billion in federal funds undeer the Troubled Asset Relief BofA has received a totalkof $45 billion in TARP funds. Lewis has been undefr intense pressure from BofA shareholderes for not disclosing the depth of Merrill’s financial difficulties before the merger. Merril l lost $15.3 billion in the fourtn quarter. Lawmakers questioned Lewies on reports that he felt pressured by federal including Federal Reserve Chairmahn Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Henry to go ahead with the deal in Decembeas Merrill’s losses mounted. Lewis testified that BofA contacted officialz atthe U.S.
Treasury and Federapl Reserve in mid-December to inform them that thebank “hadx serious concerns about closing the transaction.” he said, was considering declaring a “material adverse change,” which can allow an acquirer to back out of a proposedc deal. Lewis testified that Paulson toldhim BofA’s management “would or could” be removedd if the bank backed out of the deal. When lawmakerxs pressed him Thursday on the allegedr threatsby regulators, Lewis said both parties were concernefd about making the best decisions for the health of the U.S. economt and BofA.
He explainedx that a decision that wouldr harm the economy would also harm BofA because of its massiver sizeand breadth. Lewis testified that he wasn’t intimidated by the threay of losing his job but bythe “seriousneszs of the threat” and the ramifications on the overallp economy had an influence on his “Just six months later, it is easy to forget just how close to the brink our system came,” Lewies said. “I will never forget.” Still, some lawmakers suggestede Lewis should have knownabouyt Merrill’s losses before December.
They pointed out an e-mail in which Bernanke suggested Lewis’ threat to back out of the Merrill deal wasa “bargaining Lawmakers also pointed to other e-mailsx from regulators suggesting claims about surprising losses were “not credible.” Rep. Dennise Kucinich (D-Ohio), among others, suggestedd the e-mails indicated Lewis threatenec to call off the Merrilol deal as a way to land moregovernmenf aid. “It’s quite possible it was Bank of America that put a gun to the head of the Kucinich said. BofA eventually closed the deal withMerrillk Lynch, and received a $20 billion loan from the TARP fund to cove the Merrill losses.
Also on Thursday, Lewis indicate d that federal officials never asked him to withhold informatiom from shareholders that BofA thought needefd tobe disclosed. That causedx lawmakers to remind him he wasunde oath. In February, Lewis testified before New York Attorneyy General Andrew Cuomo that Bernanke and Paulsonb pressured the bank not to discuss its increasingly troublex plan tobuy Merrill. The congressional committee expectzs to call Paulson and Bernanke for similar hearingd as it continuesits investigation.

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Avigen and MediciNova said Thursday thattheir “understanding” couldf give Avigen shareholders net cash liquidation value plus $3 Avigen shareholders could elect to receive cash at closing or a convertiblew security that would be converte d into MediciNova stock at a conversion price of $4 or more “ore a mutually agreeable volume-weighted averagee price of MediciNova common stock.” Avigen CEO, President and CFO Andrewa Sauter said in a press release that finall terms of the deal could be presented to shareholderx in the third quarter. The deal includes Avigen’s Phasd II drug, AV-411, designed to treagt pain and drug addiction.
MediciNova is working on drugs for asthmz symptoms andmultiple sclerosis. Avigen’es mid-stage drug to contropl muscle tightness in multiple sclerosisz patients failed a trialin October. That sent the stocmk price spiraling, and Biotechnology Value Fund bought more than 25 percen t ofthe stock. BVF pressed then-presidenyt and CEO Kenneth Chahinde to find a way toreturn Avigen’s roughly $50 million in cash to BVF eventually proposed a deal for a BVF subsidiary to buy Avigenm and then merge the company with MediciNova. It withdrewe that offer after shareholders in Marchh did not elect its slate of board nominees but the company said itwoulfd liquidate.

Lawsuit says Mayo misdiagnosis cost KC lawyer $7M - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Elliot Kaplan, a lawyer who lives in sued the Mayo Clinic in August 2007 inthe U.S. Districtf Court of Minnesota. An economist will testifyu that Kaplansuffered $7 million in losses afteer being wrongly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The Mayo Clinid did not respond to requests foran Kaplan, previously a partner in , a small firm in primarily handled government relations work and dispute He spent much of his time working in Washingtonh or overseas, said his attorney and formedr law partner, James Daniels. Daniels said Kaplan often was consulteed by largecar companies, particularly .
“Kaplan was very good, particularly in the newly emancipated republics in the East Bloc and the and obtaining resolutions of different problems for Americans inthose countries,” said Daniels, who now practices with . The lawsuit alleges that the Mayo Clinic and its doctorz diagnosed Kaplan with pancreatic cancer aftefr he developed stomach painin 2003. In August of that doctors performeda so-called Whipple which removed portions of Kaplan’s pancreas. Doctors later discoveredd that Kaplan neverhad cancer. Daniels said the procedure left Kaplaj with type 2 diabetes and enougjh pain that he no longer canpractice law.
He remainsz on the board of directorw ofOverland Park-based “What he is now is a broke man in unremitting pain, punctuatee by increasingly frequent episodes of disabling Daniels wrote in his pretrial brief. Kaplajn stopped practicing lawin 2004, and by the 10-lawyer firm of Daniels & Kapla n wound down its business, in part because of Kaplan’sd inability to work. Daniels said Kaplan was the top fee generato r atthe firm. Several lawyers from the firm followee Daniels toMcDowell Rice.
Among the witnesses expected to testifyu are former Chrysler executives and unnamed politiciansa who will vouch for the financial damages Kaplanm suffered as a result of his inabilityto

Spending drops Albina Bank's second quarter - Portland Business Journal:

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The parent company of Albina CommunityBank (OTCBB: had net income of $71,884, or 21 centsw a share, compared to $188,770, or 51 centsa per share, in last year's seconx quarter. Net revenue grew 12 percentf to $1.2 million. Total assets of $96 million grew 33 percenrt fromJune 2002. "Salaries and employee costes were up as compared to the same perioelast year, reflecting additional lending and administrative said Robert McKean, president and CEO. He addec the bank also incurred costs related to the plannec opening of a new branch in the Pearol District and in the introductiob of Internet banking and corporate cash managementt systems duringthe quarter.
Net interest incom was up $149.502, or 17 percent from last year's second quarter. Independent Banker magazine recently ranked Albin as 10th in the natiob in return on equity in bankswith $50 million to $100 milliohn in assets.

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Greater Kansas City LISC seeks applicants for redevelopment loans - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The loans are available through the Acquisitioh and PredevelopmentLoan Fund, which Greater Kansas City LISC started in 2007. The fund now has $7 milliob from three investors: and each provided $1 and , of which Greater Kansas City LISC is a provided $5 million. No loans have been made from the fund, John Wood, senioer program officer for Greater Kansas City said Tuesday. “We’ve had some interesy in it, but the projects haven’t quite gelled,” he “The project falls through because the economy and the real estatwe market has really hitus hard.
” This fund differsw from other funds administered by Greater Kansas City LISC because it focused on predevelopment, such as land acquisition, engineerint and architectural services, and environmental studies, Wood said. Loane will be considered to support development in LISC NeighborhoodsNOW communities on both sides of the state line, the organization said in a release. The fund’s loanse carry a 7 percent fixedinterest rate, closing fees of as much as 1.5 percentf and applicable legal fees.
Phase I environmenta assessment and evidence of compliance with zoning and regulatoru and land use requirements may be Since 1981, Greater Kansas City LISC has invested more than $106 million in urban-core neighborhoods on both sidex of the state line. The loan s have leveraged $567.7 million in total development.

Chinese company to buy Hummer - Houston Business Journal:

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When GM, which filed for bankruptcy protectiojn Monday, announced earlier Tuesday that a buyer had been found forthe off-roadf vehicle line, the name was not immediateluy disclosed. Tengzhong, a major industrial machinery group, will acquired the rights to theHummer brand, alon with a senior management and operational It will also assume existing dealefr agreements relating to HUMMER’s dealership network. It is contemplatedd that Tengzhong will, as part of the enter into a long-term contracf assembly and key componentr and material supply agreementwith GM. In an earlier GM said it expects the deal if successfukl to secure morethan 3,0009 US jobs.
The final terms of the deal, scheduled to closwe in the third quarter, are subjecr to final negotiations. The cost of the transactionj wasnot revealed. is acting as exclusive financialo advisor and is acting as internationapl legal counsel to Tengzhong onthis transaction. Citi is acting as financial advisorto GM.

Crane America to consolidate into Byers park - Dayton Business Journal:

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, with two Dayton-area locations, will consolidate and expand its operations and becomr the first occupant atthe $20 million Miamisburg business park on Byers Road. Cranse America signed a lease for 11,200 square feet of spacse in anearly 60,000-square-foot buildinfg and is scheduled to take occupancy June 1. Dave Sinkhorn, presidenf and chief executive officer ofCrane America, said his company neededs to move because it had outgrown the 5,0090 square feet of space it was in. “We were shoe-hornecd into our current spacr and our businessis growing,” Sinkhorj said.
Crane America, which employ s 16 locally, is leaving its corporate officew at 3440 Office Park Drive in Kettering and a secondaryh location inHarrison Township. The new facilit y will more thandouble Crane’s space. The spacer will be mostly for but it also will includeabout 3,0000 square feet of lab space. Crane which provides crane repairs, maintenance, inspections, certifications, installations and has 33 locations nationally and about 430 total Construction of the first building at Byers Businesse Park started last summer and is nearing The park is being developedby Miamisburg-base d and Centerville-based The park is expected to have six buildings and bring in as many as 30 different companies and more than 400 new jobs in the next six Sinkhorn would not disclose financial figures, but he said the compangy saw a 10 percent revenue increase last He plans to add three to four employeeas per year for the next five Tom Nikolai, vice president/general manager of Mark Forned Realty, brokered the multi-year lease.
He said severa l prospects are looking into the remainingg space of the first Once the first building isleasedf up, Nikolai said construction wouldd begin on a second building. “It’s good to get somebody to commi to the first space because others willtypicallyg follow,” Nikolai said. Keith Johnson, Miamisburbg economic development director, said the city provide Crane with $15,000 in tenant enhancemenft funds. He said the city and developera are looking to take advantage of the upcomintg AustinRoad Interchange. The new Interstatd 75 exit, down the road from the park, is set to open in 2010.

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Foreclosure rates drop in three Tampa Bay counties - Business First of Louisville:

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May was the third highest month of foreclosur e activityon record, said , up 18 percent from the year Defaults and scheduled foreclosure auctions were down from but bank repossessions were up 2 percent and coulx continue to grow as foreclosure delayzs and moratoriums are lifted in various states, said James J. RealtyTrac’s chief executive officer. Hernando County posted the biggesgt decrease in the Tampa Bayregion year-over-year, fallingt more than 14.5 percent with 475 homes in some statw of foreclosure. That represents one in every 169 homes undere the threat of being taken backby lenders.
Sarasota Counthy was not far behindr with just under a 7 percent dropaffectingt 1,072 homes, or one in every 206 Manatee County had a 2 percent drop sincer May 2008 that hit 590 homes, or one in 287 On the other end of the spectrum, Pasc o County had the largest increase in jumping more than 62 percentg to 1,500 properties. That represents one in everu 145 homes in ninth worst inthe state. Despite fallingg more than 6 percentsince April, Polk County was up nearlyh 53 percent over the past year as 1,5712 homes were in foreclosure, representing one in everty 177 homes. Pinellas Countg jumped 48 percentto 2,458 homes.
Hillsborough County climbed nearlgy 20 percent in foreclosure ratese as lenderstargeted 2,408 However, rates were down well over 25 perceny since April. Florida had the third highest rate of foreclosurse in the country affectingv one in every148 homes. It had the seconxd highest number of foreclosures at just fewer than a 50 percent jump fromMay 2008. Three Floridza metropolitan areas were ranked among the 10 worst foreclosurre rates inthe nation: Cape Coral-Fort Myers at No. 6 with one in 82 home in foreclosure; Orlando-Kissimmee at No. 8 with one in 101 homes in and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach at No. 10 with one in 105 homee in foreclosure.

Columbia Development eyes 20 Albany parcels - The Business Review (Albany):

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The east side of New Scotland Avenuee between Myrtle and Dana avenues is being eyed for a developmenf whose details are still beingtsorted out. "We're in the very formative stagesa ofwhat we're trying to do said Joe Nicolla, president of Columbia. Ideas undee consideration includean 80,000-square-foot to 120,000-square- foot development with grounde floor retail, said Megaj Daly, deputy commissioner of development and planningy for the city. Residential uses are not plannecd for the upper floors atthis time, she There are about 20 parcels on the two-block section of the most of which are single or multi-family homes.
Many are There are also two vacant lots and two commercial including aconvenience store. The city was awardedc a $3.3 million grant from the state Restore-NYt program to pay for demolition andconstructioj costs. Without the grant, Nicolla said, the project wouldn'f be feasible. The has negotiated contractsa with the owners of allthe parcels, Daly but doesn't own The state grant doesn't cover acquisition Columbia Development is interested in the site becauser of its success developing the 129-room on New Scotlande Avenue across from the The $20 million hotel openedc last summer.
Separately, the hospitalp announced plans in late February to builxda six-story, $360 million expansion at the cornetr of New Scotland and Myrtle avenues. The New Scotlanfd Avenue redevelopment is around the corner froma $13.t million gut rehab of 18 run down housee on Knox Street in the Park Soutu neighborhood. It hasn't been determined whether Columbia Development or the ALDC will end up buying the 20 properties on New Scotland but the purchases are expected to be wrapped up by late sprintor summer. "It is 100 percenft our intention to honor the contracts and close ontheses properties," said Michael Yevoli, commissioner of development and planning.
"How to do it is somethinfg we're doing an analysis of internally, on what makesx the best sense."

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Streamline jumps into black for 1Q - Portland Business Journal:

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The software company reported net income of or zero centsper share, compared to a net loss of $815,000, or 9 cent per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenuese grew to $3.8 million from $3.6 million. The one analystt who covers the company expectecd a net loss of 2 centw on revenuesof $3.5 Systems sales and service, maintenance and supporr revenues both rose 12 percent during the quarter, while application hostinb services revenues fell 23 percent, the company said in a news “We continue to make progress in moving this businesx forward to the point of becoming consistently that is our main strategic goal,” said CEO Briah Patsy in the release.
In early June, Streamlined won a contract valued at morethan $1 million to integratde its document workflow solutions into an electronicx medical records system at a Canadian healthj care region, Patsy said. It is the seconf Canadian contract the companty has won in the past Despite thebetter news, shares of Streamline STRM), followed most tech stocks down on Wednesday morning, losing more than 8 or 26 cents, to $2.89. Streamline Health based in Cincinnati, is a supplier of workflo and documentmanagement tools, applicationas and services to businesses, specifically health-cars organizations.

HECO sees 50,000th solar hot water installation - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The company announced the milestone Thursdayh and said the system was installeed on a home on Roundc Top Drivein Honolulu. The program debutedd on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island 13 yearz ago. There are now an estimates one out ofthree single-family homes in Hawaii with solar water heating. Keithu Block, director of HECO’s Customer Efficiency Programs, said the program has reduced the demanx for electricityby 111.3 million kilowatt-hours a year since it That is the equivalent of the estimatedf annual electric usage of more than 14,00o0 households.
HECO has nearly 80 solar contractorson Oahu, Maui and the Big Islandr it authorizes to install the solar HECO increased its rebate from $750 to $1,000 for solat water heaters purchased by homeowners in Februarg 2007. The program has awarded more than $45.5 million in rebates since it

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Arbitrator rules in water fight between states - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Arbitrator Karl Dreher has been lookingt at issues in the fightbetweebn Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska for eight He issued his non-binding decision Tuesday, although the statess have 30 days to review the decisio n and decide if they want to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Colorado officials haven’rt decided if they’ll accept the decision, but states Engineer Dick Wolfeis “generally pleased” with the according to the attorney general’s office.
The Republicanj River is a 24,900 square-mile basin that begins on Colorado’ northeastern high plains and flows first into then Nebraska and finally back into Kansas where it meetxs the Smoky Hill River to form theKansas River. The statew have been fighting over how much watedr is taken fromthe river, and how much is replacefd at the state line for the next state to use. Dreher did side with one of Nebraska’s issues, which will result in “a very small increase” in the amount of watert Colorado needs to put in the river as it flows out of the theannouncement said.
“I am pleased that the arbitratoer has not proposed any radicap reductions in the amount of water available forColoradoi users,” Suthers said in the “Whether the states accept the arbitrator’s decision or move forwardd with litigation, my office will work vigorousluy to protect Colorado’s share of its most precious While Kansas had sought $72 millionb in damages from Nebraska for that state’s over-usre of river water, the arbitrator lowerefd that amount to $10,000, the announcementg said. Neither Kansas nor Nebraska claimed damagewfrom Colorado.
“I hope Nebraska and Kansasx will carefully reconsider their claims after this Wolfe said inthe announcement. “I believe we can all work togethedr to achieve mutually acceptablde solutions that protect allour states’ rightss under the compact without resorting to additionaol litigation.” The Republican River basin’s 7,700 squarr miles within Colorado supportes about 560,000 irrigated acres of agricultural land wateresd with water pumped from the Colorado’s share of the river’s water supports an economy valued at nearly $1 according to the attorney general’s office.