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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Transparency International says corruption key in triggering Arab Spring protests - Washington Post
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Maggie Daley celebrated, then laid to rest - Chicago Tribune
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
5 Who Thrive: Aloha Salads grows by staying true to its mission - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The signature salad dressings are among the reasons forthe company’sa success. Aloha Salads continues to despite the weak and is expected to gross morethan $1 million this year. A third location is set to open in Juneat , followerd by another in the by October. There are pland to franchise AlohaSalads nationally. And a California food group has agreed to bottle four of the six salard dressings forretail distribution. The success is due to a number of They open stores onlyin high-profile locations and form businessx partnerships with trusted people. They also stick to their core which is toserve quick, healthy foodse using local ingredients.
Now theirt goal is to expand strategically in anticipatio n ofthe economy’s rebound in 2010. “We have to continue reinventintg ourselves to keep things fresh for customers and attractnew customers, as well,” Chris “We’re not going to rush in. We’re goin to make sure we make the right decisionsmoving forward.” Careful growth has been the company’as philosophy from the In December 2004, after seven years away from the Lufranos returned to Hawaii from where she was a patent lawyer and he worked in For more than a they scouted potential store locations on Oahu and experimented with recipe s at Sara’s parents’ home in Kahala.
The couplde opened their first Aloha Saladz in May 2006 ina 440-square-foot space in the , usinb personal capital and a $50,000 loan guarantees by the U.S. Small Business The company’s creative salads — “Aloha Mediterranean,” “Maui and “The Goddess” — instantlhy drew loyal customers. One customer was local contractor Freddie owner ofBEK Inc., whose buildingv credits include Waikiki DFS Galleria, Neiman Marcus and Tony Auto-plex. He strucmk up a friendship with the Lufranos and two years latee helped designAloha Salads’ secondx location in .
The mall which opened in March 2008, briefly experienceds a double-digit drop in sales aftedr health-food chain Whole Foods openedd nearby latelast year. Salexs have climbed since then but are slightly below Chris said. Franco, now an equal partner in the provided the capital to build the Kapolei location set to opennext “Kapolei should be really good because there’s nothing out there,” he said. “We’vs been getting lots of calls askingwhen we’re going to buildc in their area.” The 1,200-square-foot store is uniqu in that it will have wine pairings with salads and a mezzaniner level for dine-in Franco said.
As Aloha Salads continuesd to expand, the ability to quickly change menu items to fit tastes will be For instance, roast beef sandwichews that did not sell well in the Kailua store have been replacerd with pastrami sandwiches. Periodically introducing creative menu itemes also is crucialto survival. This month, the Kahalsa Mall location beganserving “design-your-own” omelettes, organiv coffees, fruit bowls and fresh-squeeze juices. The response has been overwhelming, and therd are plans to serve breakfast inother locations. “We realluy care about the food that goes out to Sara said.
“People get used to what they’red eating and don’t realize there coulds be so manygood options.”
The signature salad dressings are among the reasons forthe company’sa success. Aloha Salads continues to despite the weak and is expected to gross morethan $1 million this year. A third location is set to open in Juneat , followerd by another in the by October. There are pland to franchise AlohaSalads nationally. And a California food group has agreed to bottle four of the six salard dressings forretail distribution. The success is due to a number of They open stores onlyin high-profile locations and form businessx partnerships with trusted people. They also stick to their core which is toserve quick, healthy foodse using local ingredients.
Now theirt goal is to expand strategically in anticipatio n ofthe economy’s rebound in 2010. “We have to continue reinventintg ourselves to keep things fresh for customers and attractnew customers, as well,” Chris “We’re not going to rush in. We’re goin to make sure we make the right decisionsmoving forward.” Careful growth has been the company’as philosophy from the In December 2004, after seven years away from the Lufranos returned to Hawaii from where she was a patent lawyer and he worked in For more than a they scouted potential store locations on Oahu and experimented with recipe s at Sara’s parents’ home in Kahala.
The couplde opened their first Aloha Saladz in May 2006 ina 440-square-foot space in the , usinb personal capital and a $50,000 loan guarantees by the U.S. Small Business The company’s creative salads — “Aloha Mediterranean,” “Maui and “The Goddess” — instantlhy drew loyal customers. One customer was local contractor Freddie owner ofBEK Inc., whose buildingv credits include Waikiki DFS Galleria, Neiman Marcus and Tony Auto-plex. He strucmk up a friendship with the Lufranos and two years latee helped designAloha Salads’ secondx location in .
The mall which opened in March 2008, briefly experienceds a double-digit drop in sales aftedr health-food chain Whole Foods openedd nearby latelast year. Salexs have climbed since then but are slightly below Chris said. Franco, now an equal partner in the provided the capital to build the Kapolei location set to opennext “Kapolei should be really good because there’s nothing out there,” he said. “We’vs been getting lots of calls askingwhen we’re going to buildc in their area.” The 1,200-square-foot store is uniqu in that it will have wine pairings with salads and a mezzaniner level for dine-in Franco said.
As Aloha Salads continuesd to expand, the ability to quickly change menu items to fit tastes will be For instance, roast beef sandwichews that did not sell well in the Kailua store have been replacerd with pastrami sandwiches. Periodically introducing creative menu itemes also is crucialto survival. This month, the Kahalsa Mall location beganserving “design-your-own” omelettes, organiv coffees, fruit bowls and fresh-squeeze juices. The response has been overwhelming, and therd are plans to serve breakfast inother locations. “We realluy care about the food that goes out to Sara said.
“People get used to what they’red eating and don’t realize there coulds be so manygood options.”
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Gates Foundation funds manufacturing training at Alamo Colleges - San Antonio Business Journal:
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million grant from the to creat a national skills certification system to raiswe up a manufacturing workforceamong low-income Community colleges throughout the country will participate in teachingv the Manufacturing Skills Certification System — which is endorsedx by the . Alamo Collegesa in San Antonio will be one of the firsft community colleges in the country to implementthis curriculum. These educational programs will help prepare particularly low-income young adults and transitioning workers, with entry-levepl skills needed to succeed in a career in “We need to get kids engaged in learning, and we need to give them says NAM President John “Moving these industry-recognized skills certifications into communit y college programs will provide meaningful, relevantg education for students and ultimately produce a highlyg skilled and mobile workforce – making us more competit ivew in the global economy.
” The Manufacturing Skills Certification Systek will help prepare individualsd for manufacturing careers in a rangwe of fields including alternative computers, aerospace and pharmaceuticals. The Manufacturingf Institute isa 501(c)3 affiliate of the Nationakl Association of Manufacturers. It is based in D.C.
million grant from the to creat a national skills certification system to raiswe up a manufacturing workforceamong low-income Community colleges throughout the country will participate in teachingv the Manufacturing Skills Certification System — which is endorsedx by the . Alamo Collegesa in San Antonio will be one of the firsft community colleges in the country to implementthis curriculum. These educational programs will help prepare particularly low-income young adults and transitioning workers, with entry-levepl skills needed to succeed in a career in “We need to get kids engaged in learning, and we need to give them says NAM President John “Moving these industry-recognized skills certifications into communit y college programs will provide meaningful, relevantg education for students and ultimately produce a highlyg skilled and mobile workforce – making us more competit ivew in the global economy.
” The Manufacturing Skills Certification Systek will help prepare individualsd for manufacturing careers in a rangwe of fields including alternative computers, aerospace and pharmaceuticals. The Manufacturingf Institute isa 501(c)3 affiliate of the Nationakl Association of Manufacturers. It is based in D.C.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Larijani: Highest rate of human rights violations occurring in US, Canada - Islamic Republic News Agency
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Islamic Republic News Agency | Larijani: Highest rate of human rights violations occurring in US, Canada Islamic Republic News Agency Citing some cases of human rights violations occurring in the West, he said no one could deny the rapid growth of Islomaphobia and neglect the fact that very basic rights of Muslims are regularly denied in western countries. He al so referred to daily ... |
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Fair Trade importer Alter Eco cultivates growth - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Its from this office that Alter Eco Americasw is bringing Fair Trade and organic goods from acrosas the worldto U.S. grocery stores while trying to make a dent inglobal poverty. The startu has more than quadrupled its revenue over threed yearsto $1.5 million in 2008 by landinf distribution for products such as quinow and jasmine rice in major groceruy chains. One grocer that carries its products isWholee Foods, which has increased its Fair Trades offerings to more than 1,000 products in the last two including Alter Eco’s organi c extra virgin olive oil from Palestine.
“Moree consumers are interested in the stories behinrdtheir food,” said Edouard Rollet, co-founder and chiegf operations officer of Alter Eco Americas, in explainin g the company’s explosive growth. Alter Eco Americas was started in 2004 in San Franciscop as aseparate company, but spun out of Alterr Eco, which was foundedf in France a decade ago to import and distribute goodx from marginalized farmers in countriesw like Bolivia, Peru and Ghana. “Most of them own about one to two acreof land, so there’s betweenm $500 and $800 a year for them and theirr family,” Rollet said. “And the problem is that they don’t have direcr access to markets.
They have to sell to local buyerw who setthe price.” Altetr Eco Americas changed that by promising a fair pricse to groups of farmers that wouldn’t put them into Rollet and co-founder Mathieu Senards opened Alter Eco Americas in 2004 aftere showing some of the company’s product s at a natural food store in Los The two chose San Francisco because of its proximitu to a major port where goods can be shipped from its supplierf countries and to venture capital firmds that could potentially fund the company. The company has raised $750,000 from angel investors, and the foundersw are seeking $1.5 million more.
“It’s also, for naturaol food and specialty food, one of the most pioneerinhg areas ofthe U.S.,” Rollet said. Alte r Eco imports 150 products, including coffe from Peru, Ethiopia and Mexico, cocoa from Ghanz and Bolivia, unrefined sugar from the Philippines, rice from Thailanx and other foods under its Alter Eco Americas has introduced 26 of thosw to theUnited States. Most products carry the Fair Tradew label, which certifies that companies pay their workers fair wages and providwe decentworking conditions, among other things.
It buys its producta from small farmers organizedinto co-opws and sells to 1,800 grocery stores across the country, including Andronico’s, Rainbow Whole Foods and other specialty food stores like New Leaf Grocergy in Santa Cruz. Alter Eco Americas also offset the carbon emissions for the life cycle of the Payingfair wages, offsetting the carbon emissionxs and requiring products to meet organic standards squeezes margins. “In the we’re competing against brands that don’t have the same said Senard. “We have to be competitively priced even thoughg we pay ourfarmers more.
” Rollet said reaching $5 millionh in revenue will help ease some of the margib pressure, something he aims to do over the next severalo years. Still, the company is committed to doingv theright thing, said Cate Baril, directoer of business development for Oakland-based Transfaidr USA, which certifies Fair Trade products. “I you were looking for a company that reallyt embodies what FairTrade is, that’s really what Alter Eco is all Baril said. “Some companies buy ingredients from a supplier and make the productzs inthe U.S. Alterf Eco feels like they havea mission, and because of they’re having the food produced where it’s grown.
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Its from this office that Alter Eco Americasw is bringing Fair Trade and organic goods from acrosas the worldto U.S. grocery stores while trying to make a dent inglobal poverty. The startu has more than quadrupled its revenue over threed yearsto $1.5 million in 2008 by landinf distribution for products such as quinow and jasmine rice in major groceruy chains. One grocer that carries its products isWholee Foods, which has increased its Fair Trades offerings to more than 1,000 products in the last two including Alter Eco’s organi c extra virgin olive oil from Palestine.
“Moree consumers are interested in the stories behinrdtheir food,” said Edouard Rollet, co-founder and chiegf operations officer of Alter Eco Americas, in explainin g the company’s explosive growth. Alter Eco Americas was started in 2004 in San Franciscop as aseparate company, but spun out of Alterr Eco, which was foundedf in France a decade ago to import and distribute goodx from marginalized farmers in countriesw like Bolivia, Peru and Ghana. “Most of them own about one to two acreof land, so there’s betweenm $500 and $800 a year for them and theirr family,” Rollet said. “And the problem is that they don’t have direcr access to markets.
They have to sell to local buyerw who setthe price.” Altetr Eco Americas changed that by promising a fair pricse to groups of farmers that wouldn’t put them into Rollet and co-founder Mathieu Senards opened Alter Eco Americas in 2004 aftere showing some of the company’s product s at a natural food store in Los The two chose San Francisco because of its proximitu to a major port where goods can be shipped from its supplierf countries and to venture capital firmds that could potentially fund the company. The company has raised $750,000 from angel investors, and the foundersw are seeking $1.5 million more.
“It’s also, for naturaol food and specialty food, one of the most pioneerinhg areas ofthe U.S.,” Rollet said. Alte r Eco imports 150 products, including coffe from Peru, Ethiopia and Mexico, cocoa from Ghanz and Bolivia, unrefined sugar from the Philippines, rice from Thailanx and other foods under its Alter Eco Americas has introduced 26 of thosw to theUnited States. Most products carry the Fair Tradew label, which certifies that companies pay their workers fair wages and providwe decentworking conditions, among other things.
It buys its producta from small farmers organizedinto co-opws and sells to 1,800 grocery stores across the country, including Andronico’s, Rainbow Whole Foods and other specialty food stores like New Leaf Grocergy in Santa Cruz. Alter Eco Americas also offset the carbon emissions for the life cycle of the Payingfair wages, offsetting the carbon emissionxs and requiring products to meet organic standards squeezes margins. “In the we’re competing against brands that don’t have the same said Senard. “We have to be competitively priced even thoughg we pay ourfarmers more.
” Rollet said reaching $5 millionh in revenue will help ease some of the margib pressure, something he aims to do over the next severalo years. Still, the company is committed to doingv theright thing, said Cate Baril, directoer of business development for Oakland-based Transfaidr USA, which certifies Fair Trade products. “I you were looking for a company that reallyt embodies what FairTrade is, that’s really what Alter Eco is all Baril said. “Some companies buy ingredients from a supplier and make the productzs inthe U.S. Alterf Eco feels like they havea mission, and because of they’re having the food produced where it’s grown.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Online gaming seen as cheap entertainment in recession - Washington Business Journal:
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Reston-based (NASDAQ: SCOR) says it found a significan t increase in the size of the gaming audience duringb thepast year, driven in part by the reality of economic challenges. The category attractes 87 million U.S. visitors in May, up 22 percent versuxs year ago. In its report comScore says that Yahoo!! Games ranked No. 1 in the category with 19.4 millio n visitors, representing a 6 percent increase over the past followed by EA Online with 18 millionmvisitors (up 34 percent), Nickelodeon Casual Gamesx with 14.8 million visitors, and WildTangentg Network with 13.8 million (up 16 percent).
GSN Games Networks achieved particularly strong gains in thepast year, growingt 563 percent to 6 milliobn visitors, due primarily to the additionzs of entities such as WorldWinner.coj and CrazyMonkeyGames.com. "Online gaming continues to be one of the top gaininfg categories over the past year growing at ten times the rate of the total U.S. Internet population and reaching nearly one out of ever y twoInternet users," said Edward Hunter, comScord director of gaming solutions. "And the growtuh in the category is occurring not only at the top gamingdestinatioj sites, but also through viral distribution including widgets and applications.
In fact, some onliner gaming companies that distributed their games across sitesz are reaching as many people as the top onlineegaming sites."
Reston-based (NASDAQ: SCOR) says it found a significan t increase in the size of the gaming audience duringb thepast year, driven in part by the reality of economic challenges. The category attractes 87 million U.S. visitors in May, up 22 percent versuxs year ago. In its report comScore says that Yahoo!! Games ranked No. 1 in the category with 19.4 millio n visitors, representing a 6 percent increase over the past followed by EA Online with 18 millionmvisitors (up 34 percent), Nickelodeon Casual Gamesx with 14.8 million visitors, and WildTangentg Network with 13.8 million (up 16 percent).
GSN Games Networks achieved particularly strong gains in thepast year, growingt 563 percent to 6 milliobn visitors, due primarily to the additionzs of entities such as WorldWinner.coj and CrazyMonkeyGames.com. "Online gaming continues to be one of the top gaininfg categories over the past year growing at ten times the rate of the total U.S. Internet population and reaching nearly one out of ever y twoInternet users," said Edward Hunter, comScord director of gaming solutions. "And the growtuh in the category is occurring not only at the top gamingdestinatioj sites, but also through viral distribution including widgets and applications.
In fact, some onliner gaming companies that distributed their games across sitesz are reaching as many people as the top onlineegaming sites."
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
FAA pushes regional airline safety - Dallas Business Journal:
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Babbitt said the FAA is callingon U.S. airlinesd to send in specific plans on how they will enhance safety guideline at both regional and major The agency wants the airlines and theidr labor unions to respond byJuly 31. The FAA also said airlinese are now charged with obtaining all pilotr records filed withthe FAA. Babbittt announced earlier in the year that the crash of a flighrt over Buffalo prompted additional discussionx about training and safett compliance within regionalair carriers. On June 15, Babbittf and U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood met with airlined safety executives and pilots unions to discuss ways to reducd risk at regional airlines while promotingv best practices frommajoer airlines. Of the two Metroplex-based airlines, only Fort Worth-based operates a regional subsidiary, . Dallas-based LUV) does not operate a regional subsidiary. Piloy fatigue is a top priority, Babbittg said Monday, and the FAA is working to creater new flight time and rest rulexs that are based on scientific findingse relatedto fatigue.
In addition, FAA inspectore are studying airline procedures for identifyingf pilots that show a need for additional traininy or who have failecertain evaluations, the FAA said. The FAA addedf that it expects airlinese that have contracts with regionalk airlines to develop programs in which safety data is In addition, the FAA askedx carriers to implement a policy to mandate that pilotr applicants release all records held by the FAA to theirt prospective employers during the hiring process.
Babbitt said the FAA is callingon U.S. airlinesd to send in specific plans on how they will enhance safety guideline at both regional and major The agency wants the airlines and theidr labor unions to respond byJuly 31. The FAA also said airlinese are now charged with obtaining all pilotr records filed withthe FAA. Babbittt announced earlier in the year that the crash of a flighrt over Buffalo prompted additional discussionx about training and safett compliance within regionalair carriers. On June 15, Babbittf and U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood met with airlined safety executives and pilots unions to discuss ways to reducd risk at regional airlines while promotingv best practices frommajoer airlines. Of the two Metroplex-based airlines, only Fort Worth-based operates a regional subsidiary, . Dallas-based LUV) does not operate a regional subsidiary. Piloy fatigue is a top priority, Babbittg said Monday, and the FAA is working to creater new flight time and rest rulexs that are based on scientific findingse relatedto fatigue.
In addition, FAA inspectore are studying airline procedures for identifyingf pilots that show a need for additional traininy or who have failecertain evaluations, the FAA said. The FAA addedf that it expects airlinese that have contracts with regionalk airlines to develop programs in which safety data is In addition, the FAA askedx carriers to implement a policy to mandate that pilotr applicants release all records held by the FAA to theirt prospective employers during the hiring process.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Lenovo buys Seattle startup, adds former Microsoft VP - Dallas Business Journal:
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Lenovo won’t say how much it paid for , but of course, isn’t unusual. What is different is that Lenovo also won’t talk about what Switchbox Labs other than to say that the compangy deals in consumer products. For its Switchbox has said that it was workingh on new consumer techologies but that its projects were confidential. What is known is that Switchbox’xs co-founders – Michael Sievert, Robert Dickinson and Blaker Ramsdell – have joined Lenovo. Sievert, who will report to Lenovo CEOWilliam Amelio, led Microsoft’es marketing efforts for the launcu of the Windows Vistqa operating system. He left Microsofrt (Nasdaq: MSFT) in 2008.
“Switchbox Labs is doingt some interesting work, and we are pleased that Switchbox and Mike arejoiningv Lenovo,” Amelio said in a statement. The Switchbox purchase is a change of pace from the steady stream of bad news that has been flowinyg around Lenovo inrecent weeks. The companu said earlier this month that it would worldwids in the wake of earnings that failecd to meet ChairmanYang Yuanqing’es expectations. Then a pair of new reportx said that Lenovo had to its competitore in the worldPC market.
Lenovo’s officia corporate headquarters is in Morrisville but the majority ofthe company’s operationsd are in China, where it was founded, and Lenovo stock still trade on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Lenovo came to the Trianglee when it bought the ResearcghTriangle Park-based PC division of IBM in 2005. The companty then landed a lucrative incentives packaged to build a campus in whereabout 1,550 workers will work after the current round of layoffs is completed.
Lenovo won’t say how much it paid for , but of course, isn’t unusual. What is different is that Lenovo also won’t talk about what Switchbox Labs other than to say that the compangy deals in consumer products. For its Switchbox has said that it was workingh on new consumer techologies but that its projects were confidential. What is known is that Switchbox’xs co-founders – Michael Sievert, Robert Dickinson and Blaker Ramsdell – have joined Lenovo. Sievert, who will report to Lenovo CEOWilliam Amelio, led Microsoft’es marketing efforts for the launcu of the Windows Vistqa operating system. He left Microsofrt (Nasdaq: MSFT) in 2008.
“Switchbox Labs is doingt some interesting work, and we are pleased that Switchbox and Mike arejoiningv Lenovo,” Amelio said in a statement. The Switchbox purchase is a change of pace from the steady stream of bad news that has been flowinyg around Lenovo inrecent weeks. The companu said earlier this month that it would worldwids in the wake of earnings that failecd to meet ChairmanYang Yuanqing’es expectations. Then a pair of new reportx said that Lenovo had to its competitore in the worldPC market.
Lenovo’s officia corporate headquarters is in Morrisville but the majority ofthe company’s operationsd are in China, where it was founded, and Lenovo stock still trade on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Lenovo came to the Trianglee when it bought the ResearcghTriangle Park-based PC division of IBM in 2005. The companty then landed a lucrative incentives packaged to build a campus in whereabout 1,550 workers will work after the current round of layoffs is completed.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Belk earnings down 90% - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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million. Revenue fell to $760.9 million in the latest quarteefrom $817.3 million a year earlier. Salea at stores in operatioj for at least a yeardecreased 7.7 percent. The companh cites continued weakness in consumerretail “First-quarter results were in line with our says Tim Belk, chiecf executive. “Although results continue to reflecrt theweakened economy, we have begun to see some stabilization in the operatiny environment, which is positive.” He says the company’s balance sheet remains strong, with more than $250 million of cash at the end of the almost twice the amount of a year earlier.
The department-storre chain opened three stores during the latest quartet in Georgiaand Kentucky. On Aprip 1, Belk’s board approved a self-tendert offer to purchase up to 500,000 sharees of common stock at $11.909 per share. On May 20, Belk acceptee for purchase 241,664 shares of stockj for $2.9 million. Belk is the nation’s largesyt privately owned department-store company. It operates 308 storex in 16 Southern states.
million. Revenue fell to $760.9 million in the latest quarteefrom $817.3 million a year earlier. Salea at stores in operatioj for at least a yeardecreased 7.7 percent. The companh cites continued weakness in consumerretail “First-quarter results were in line with our says Tim Belk, chiecf executive. “Although results continue to reflecrt theweakened economy, we have begun to see some stabilization in the operatiny environment, which is positive.” He says the company’s balance sheet remains strong, with more than $250 million of cash at the end of the almost twice the amount of a year earlier.
The department-storre chain opened three stores during the latest quartet in Georgiaand Kentucky. On Aprip 1, Belk’s board approved a self-tendert offer to purchase up to 500,000 sharees of common stock at $11.909 per share. On May 20, Belk acceptee for purchase 241,664 shares of stockj for $2.9 million. Belk is the nation’s largesyt privately owned department-store company. It operates 308 storex in 16 Southern states.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Barrett starts six-year campaign to drop infant mortality rates - Newsradio 620
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Monday, November 7, 2011
BlackBerry more popular than iPhone in Q1 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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RIM’s consumer smartphone market shar e increased 15 percent to nearly 50 percent of the smartphond market in the firstt quarter versus thepriodr quarter, as Cupertino-based ’s and Sunnyvale-based ’s (NASDAQ:PALM) sharwe both declined 10 percent each. Port N.Y.-based “Verizon Wireless’s aggressive marketingf of the BlackBerry Storm andits buy-one-get-onr BlackBerry promotion to its large customere base contributed to RIM capturing thred of the top five positions,” said Ross director of industry analysis at The NPD Group.
“Thr more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from thesed giveaways and was able to leapfrog the due to its broader availability on the fourmajoer U.S. national carriers.” Smartphones, whicgh represented just 17 percen t of handset sales volume in the first quarterof 2008, now make up 23 percenyt of sales. “Even in this challenging economy, consumers are migrating toward Web-capable handset and t1eir supporting data plans to accesse more information and entertainment onthe go.” Rubihn said.
RIM’s consumer smartphone market shar e increased 15 percent to nearly 50 percent of the smartphond market in the firstt quarter versus thepriodr quarter, as Cupertino-based ’s and Sunnyvale-based ’s (NASDAQ:PALM) sharwe both declined 10 percent each. Port N.Y.-based “Verizon Wireless’s aggressive marketingf of the BlackBerry Storm andits buy-one-get-onr BlackBerry promotion to its large customere base contributed to RIM capturing thred of the top five positions,” said Ross director of industry analysis at The NPD Group.
“Thr more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from thesed giveaways and was able to leapfrog the due to its broader availability on the fourmajoer U.S. national carriers.” Smartphones, whicgh represented just 17 percen t of handset sales volume in the first quarterof 2008, now make up 23 percenyt of sales. “Even in this challenging economy, consumers are migrating toward Web-capable handset and t1eir supporting data plans to accesse more information and entertainment onthe go.” Rubihn said.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
MathStar eyes merger with private company - Portland Business Journal:
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The Hillsboro-based fabless semiconductor company (Pink Sheets: MATH), whichj shut down operations more than ayear ago, said it is considerint a merger with a privately-held company that coulds use MathStar’s cash reserves for according to a filing made Frida with the federal Securities and Exchange MathStar said it is also considering a move to restarty operations thanks to an opportunituy to acquire a new video technologyh similar to one previously created by MathStar. MathStatr was once a developer of a promising programmablre semiconductor technology that drew interestfrom high-profil customers such as LG Electronics USA and Arro w Electronics Inc.
But the company shut down its semiconductor operations in May 2008 afterd raisingabout $137 million from investora and never recording a It ended 2008 with a $14.t6 million loss. Investors — including the company’s two largesr shareholders — have been pressuring the companyto liquidate. A prox vote on the issue is scheduled to take plac e atthe company’s annual shareholders meetingv on June 29 in Minneapolis.
MathSta has been opposed to saying it preferred to merge with anothef semiconductor company that could make use ofits $14 milliohn cash balance as of Marchn 31 and $140 million net operating In the SEC filing, MathStar’s board urger stockholders to reject a tender offer made last montb by LLC of $1.14 per share. Besides the company’ss other strategic alternatives, the board said Tiberiuss only wants to acquire 51 percentof shares, the benefit of MathStar’as net operating losses would likely be eliminated in the acquisition, and the offefr is far less than the company’s estimated $1.40 per sharee liquidation value.
Meanwhile, Minnesota-based , which makes buildingv performance software, last week made its fourthy offer for the offering $1.28 per share. MathSta r has previously rejected PureChoice on the groundsw that it prefers merging with anothertsemiconductor company. It seems history will repeat In the SEC MathStar said the unidentified private company it is nowconsiderinv “meets many of the criteria the Boardc set forth earlier regarding potential strategic MathStar shares were unmoved Friday at $1.22 per share.
They have a 52-weeo range between 63 cents and
The Hillsboro-based fabless semiconductor company (Pink Sheets: MATH), whichj shut down operations more than ayear ago, said it is considerint a merger with a privately-held company that coulds use MathStar’s cash reserves for according to a filing made Frida with the federal Securities and Exchange MathStar said it is also considering a move to restarty operations thanks to an opportunituy to acquire a new video technologyh similar to one previously created by MathStar. MathStatr was once a developer of a promising programmablre semiconductor technology that drew interestfrom high-profil customers such as LG Electronics USA and Arro w Electronics Inc.
But the company shut down its semiconductor operations in May 2008 afterd raisingabout $137 million from investora and never recording a It ended 2008 with a $14.t6 million loss. Investors — including the company’s two largesr shareholders — have been pressuring the companyto liquidate. A prox vote on the issue is scheduled to take plac e atthe company’s annual shareholders meetingv on June 29 in Minneapolis.
MathSta has been opposed to saying it preferred to merge with anothef semiconductor company that could make use ofits $14 milliohn cash balance as of Marchn 31 and $140 million net operating In the SEC filing, MathStar’s board urger stockholders to reject a tender offer made last montb by LLC of $1.14 per share. Besides the company’ss other strategic alternatives, the board said Tiberiuss only wants to acquire 51 percentof shares, the benefit of MathStar’as net operating losses would likely be eliminated in the acquisition, and the offefr is far less than the company’s estimated $1.40 per sharee liquidation value.
Meanwhile, Minnesota-based , which makes buildingv performance software, last week made its fourthy offer for the offering $1.28 per share. MathSta r has previously rejected PureChoice on the groundsw that it prefers merging with anothertsemiconductor company. It seems history will repeat In the SEC MathStar said the unidentified private company it is nowconsiderinv “meets many of the criteria the Boardc set forth earlier regarding potential strategic MathStar shares were unmoved Friday at $1.22 per share.
They have a 52-weeo range between 63 cents and
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
State gets $77.6 million in ARRA clean water funds - St. Louis Business Journal:
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million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for state and local governments to finance overdue improvementz tothe state’s clean watedr infrastructure. $56.9 million of the funds will gothe state’sw Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. It provides low-interest loanxs for water quality protection projects forwastewater treatment, non-pointy source pollution control and watershed and estuary management. The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund prograk willget $20.
2 milliom from the EPA for low-interest loans to financw drinking water infrastructure The program focuses on giving funds to small and disadvantaged communities and to program s that encourage pollution prevention as a tool for ensurint safe drinking water. The funds are a portion of $6 billion in ARRA money that will be givenm to fund water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the For more information about acces sthese funds, contact Kara Bells at (404) 562-8322 or belle.kara@epa.gov.
million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for state and local governments to finance overdue improvementz tothe state’s clean watedr infrastructure. $56.9 million of the funds will gothe state’sw Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. It provides low-interest loanxs for water quality protection projects forwastewater treatment, non-pointy source pollution control and watershed and estuary management. The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund prograk willget $20.
2 milliom from the EPA for low-interest loans to financw drinking water infrastructure The program focuses on giving funds to small and disadvantaged communities and to program s that encourage pollution prevention as a tool for ensurint safe drinking water. The funds are a portion of $6 billion in ARRA money that will be givenm to fund water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the For more information about acces sthese funds, contact Kara Bells at (404) 562-8322 or belle.kara@epa.gov.
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