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среда, 31 августа 2011 г.
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понедельник, 29 августа 2011 г.
Schwarzenegger says day of reckoning is here - Sacramento Business Journal:
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“California’s day of reckoning is he said. With no action, the statew could run out of cash in 14 Three months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billioj deficit. Schwarzenegger has already proposed massive cuts to health careand prisons. Now he’sa looking for structural reform to make government more efficient and stretc htaxpayer dollars. He’s asked the Statr Board of Education, for example, to make textbookzs available in digitalformats — a move that could save In 2004, the governor talked aboutr blowing up boxes and consolidatinyg agencies, but the initiatives never gained traction. They’rre back.
Schwarzenegger is proposing once again to eliminates and consolidate more than a dozehnstate departments, boards and commissions. This includes the Waste Managemenyt Board, the Court Reporters Board, the Departmentf of Boating and Waterwayas and the Inspection and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlierd this year, the state began consolidating information technology Now Schwarzenegger wants to consolidate departments that overse financial institutions and merge taxcollectiomn operations. In July, stat e leaders will receive recommendations on how to modernizre thetax code.
“This will be a tremendou opportunity to make our revenuex more reliable and less volatile and help the state avoid the boom and bust budgetxs that have brought us here Schwarzeneggertold lawmakers. It’s not going to happen in 14 he said. But it couldf happen before the Legislature adjourns for summer receses onJuly 17.
“California’s day of reckoning is he said. With no action, the statew could run out of cash in 14 Three months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billioj deficit. Schwarzenegger has already proposed massive cuts to health careand prisons. Now he’sa looking for structural reform to make government more efficient and stretc htaxpayer dollars. He’s asked the Statr Board of Education, for example, to make textbookzs available in digitalformats — a move that could save In 2004, the governor talked aboutr blowing up boxes and consolidatinyg agencies, but the initiatives never gained traction. They’rre back.
Schwarzenegger is proposing once again to eliminates and consolidate more than a dozehnstate departments, boards and commissions. This includes the Waste Managemenyt Board, the Court Reporters Board, the Departmentf of Boating and Waterwayas and the Inspection and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlierd this year, the state began consolidating information technology Now Schwarzenegger wants to consolidate departments that overse financial institutions and merge taxcollectiomn operations. In July, stat e leaders will receive recommendations on how to modernizre thetax code.
“This will be a tremendou opportunity to make our revenuex more reliable and less volatile and help the state avoid the boom and bust budgetxs that have brought us here Schwarzeneggertold lawmakers. It’s not going to happen in 14 he said. But it couldf happen before the Legislature adjourns for summer receses onJuly 17.
суббота, 27 августа 2011 г.
St. Louis biotech to relocate to S. Fla. - South Florida Business Journal:
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Leinco Technologies, which develops and manufacturers life science productxs for pharmaceutical companies and research is relocatingfrom St. Mo. The company expects to have 15 jobs in thefirsy year, add eight jobs in the second and an additional 12 in year Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardenas will each loan Leinco $350,000 for its capital investment and The economic impact of the move is projectefd to be $64.8 million over three according to the Business Development Board of Palm Beacb County, which helped facilitate the move. Leincp is making the move to Palm Beach Gardenzs because of the budding opportunities with andthe .
“We want to be part of the biotecjhcluster that’s here,” company founder and Presidentg Patrick Leinert said. Kelly president and CEO of the BusinessDevelopmentf Board, welcomed the move. “It is the largest for-profitt private bioscience organization we’ve recruited to the area sincr Scripps,” she noted. Leinco is in negotiationw to either lease or buy a The company is expected to have a facility within two saidAndrew Duffell, senior VP of recruitment, retention and expansion at the Businesz Development Board.
The Business Development Board also said the Georgeson a British-owned architecture and engineering has opened a regional office in Boca Ratoh and may bring up to 50 jobs over the next thre years. The jobs are expected pay an average salaryh of morethan $50,000.
Leinco Technologies, which develops and manufacturers life science productxs for pharmaceutical companies and research is relocatingfrom St. Mo. The company expects to have 15 jobs in thefirsy year, add eight jobs in the second and an additional 12 in year Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardenas will each loan Leinco $350,000 for its capital investment and The economic impact of the move is projectefd to be $64.8 million over three according to the Business Development Board of Palm Beacb County, which helped facilitate the move. Leincp is making the move to Palm Beach Gardenzs because of the budding opportunities with andthe .
“We want to be part of the biotecjhcluster that’s here,” company founder and Presidentg Patrick Leinert said. Kelly president and CEO of the BusinessDevelopmentf Board, welcomed the move. “It is the largest for-profitt private bioscience organization we’ve recruited to the area sincr Scripps,” she noted. Leinco is in negotiationw to either lease or buy a The company is expected to have a facility within two saidAndrew Duffell, senior VP of recruitment, retention and expansion at the Businesz Development Board.
The Business Development Board also said the Georgeson a British-owned architecture and engineering has opened a regional office in Boca Ratoh and may bring up to 50 jobs over the next thre years. The jobs are expected pay an average salaryh of morethan $50,000.
среда, 24 августа 2011 г.
US Official Warns About China's Military Buildup - New York Times
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US Official Warns About China's Military Buildup New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The pace and scope of China's military buildup is “potentially destabilizing†in the Pacific, a top defense official warned Wednesday as the Pentagon released an annual report cataloging China's cruise missiles, ... |
понедельник, 22 августа 2011 г.
Blue Cross reorganizes, mulls staff reductions - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The consolidations, which started in March and involve divisions employing the majority ofthe Eagan-based insurer’ws 4,200 workers. Two executives David Plocher, senior vice president and chietmedical officer, and Denise McKenna, senior vice presiden of operations — have already left amid the transition, whic h is placing areas of the businesss under a smaller number of executives. Blue Cross President and CEO Patrick Geraghty said it is too soon to tell how much money the insurer might save from the consolidatioj or how many workers might belet go.
He adde that the changes aren’t just abouf efficiency, but also about focusing more onthe health-management programs that are a growing part of Blue Cross’ Such initiatives are meant to help members betterf manage their health to prevent more costly medical problemsa in the long run. “We are committexd to delivering outstanding health outcomess for our members and the Geraghty said. “Therefore, we are aligninf our organization to delive r on those goals in the most effectivew and efficientway possible.” The nonprofit health insuretr saw its health plan membership stay flat at aroun 2.8 million in 2008 as it recordec a net loss of $15.
7 million due to investmeny losses. There’s been a slight drop in membership this year compared to this timelast year. Geraghty wantd to prepare in case there’s a larger drop as more memberzs who lose their jobs leave theiformer employers’ health plans. “We have to do thingzs in anticipation ofthose events, and that’s what we’re reallgy trying to get in front of,” Geraghty said.
Blue chief competitors — Bloomington-based and Minnetonka-based Medica — are both in a bettetr financial situation and have no plans for a major Geraghty was brought in as Blue Cross CEO in October after nearly 10 years as an executiv e at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shieldc ofNew Jersey. Geraghty told the organization back then that he planne to make changesby spring, becauses “that would have given me six months to look at the understand how it moves, who the player are, look at the marketplace and have a bettert sense for what our team needef to look at and how we needecd to be aligned.
” The most significant consolidatiohn involves network management, which handles how much doctors and otheer providers are paid for their services, and health which is in charge of the clinicao standards Blue Cross places on provider s in its network. Those two areas are now under the supervision of Jim formerly in charge ofthe network-managemenrt area, who reports directly to Geraghtg and is charge of findintg efficiencies inside the combined areas. Plocher, who had been in charge of the health-managemenrt area, would have reported to but instead decidedto leave. Blue Cross plansx to hire a new chiefmedical officer.
Eppel will be seeking ways to get what had been two busineses areas to workas one, eliminating duplicatee tasks. Despite the Geraghty doesn’t see the money side of the operation effectin gmedical standards. He said some separations betweenh the two areas will stayin place. In Geraghty argues that the consolidation will make it easierd for Blue Cross to reward doctor s and other providers who are doinh more to keep track oftheir patients’ health.
A similad argument is made by Medica, which movedd its network-management department from its finance divisiojn toits health-management division in and HealthPartners, which has had a consolidatedf medical- and network-management divisiobn for more than five years. “Irt really allows us to look at reimbursemen t and care delivery in anintegratefd way, instead of as two separate pieces of a puzzle, whicn is what it has tended to be in the past,” said Medicqa spokesman Larry Bussey. Twila Brase, a registered nurse who is presidentf ofthe St.
Paul-based Citizens’ , worrie such consolidations are only makinh insurers better at pressuring doctors to do thingsxthey don’t have the time or resourcesx to do, like constantlhy monitoring patients’ conditions. “It would not only be expensives forthe physicians, but it’e also work they shouldn’t be It takes time and money away from actuallh caring for patients, which is the wholer purpose of health care.
”
The consolidations, which started in March and involve divisions employing the majority ofthe Eagan-based insurer’ws 4,200 workers. Two executives David Plocher, senior vice president and chietmedical officer, and Denise McKenna, senior vice presiden of operations — have already left amid the transition, whic h is placing areas of the businesss under a smaller number of executives. Blue Cross President and CEO Patrick Geraghty said it is too soon to tell how much money the insurer might save from the consolidatioj or how many workers might belet go.
He adde that the changes aren’t just abouf efficiency, but also about focusing more onthe health-management programs that are a growing part of Blue Cross’ Such initiatives are meant to help members betterf manage their health to prevent more costly medical problemsa in the long run. “We are committexd to delivering outstanding health outcomess for our members and the Geraghty said. “Therefore, we are aligninf our organization to delive r on those goals in the most effectivew and efficientway possible.” The nonprofit health insuretr saw its health plan membership stay flat at aroun 2.8 million in 2008 as it recordec a net loss of $15.
7 million due to investmeny losses. There’s been a slight drop in membership this year compared to this timelast year. Geraghty wantd to prepare in case there’s a larger drop as more memberzs who lose their jobs leave theiformer employers’ health plans. “We have to do thingzs in anticipation ofthose events, and that’s what we’re reallgy trying to get in front of,” Geraghty said.
Blue chief competitors — Bloomington-based and Minnetonka-based Medica — are both in a bettetr financial situation and have no plans for a major Geraghty was brought in as Blue Cross CEO in October after nearly 10 years as an executiv e at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shieldc ofNew Jersey. Geraghty told the organization back then that he planne to make changesby spring, becauses “that would have given me six months to look at the understand how it moves, who the player are, look at the marketplace and have a bettert sense for what our team needef to look at and how we needecd to be aligned.
” The most significant consolidatiohn involves network management, which handles how much doctors and otheer providers are paid for their services, and health which is in charge of the clinicao standards Blue Cross places on provider s in its network. Those two areas are now under the supervision of Jim formerly in charge ofthe network-managemenrt area, who reports directly to Geraghtg and is charge of findintg efficiencies inside the combined areas. Plocher, who had been in charge of the health-managemenrt area, would have reported to but instead decidedto leave. Blue Cross plansx to hire a new chiefmedical officer.
Eppel will be seeking ways to get what had been two busineses areas to workas one, eliminating duplicatee tasks. Despite the Geraghty doesn’t see the money side of the operation effectin gmedical standards. He said some separations betweenh the two areas will stayin place. In Geraghty argues that the consolidation will make it easierd for Blue Cross to reward doctor s and other providers who are doinh more to keep track oftheir patients’ health.
A similad argument is made by Medica, which movedd its network-management department from its finance divisiojn toits health-management division in and HealthPartners, which has had a consolidatedf medical- and network-management divisiobn for more than five years. “Irt really allows us to look at reimbursemen t and care delivery in anintegratefd way, instead of as two separate pieces of a puzzle, whicn is what it has tended to be in the past,” said Medicqa spokesman Larry Bussey. Twila Brase, a registered nurse who is presidentf ofthe St.
Paul-based Citizens’ , worrie such consolidations are only makinh insurers better at pressuring doctors to do thingsxthey don’t have the time or resourcesx to do, like constantlhy monitoring patients’ conditions. “It would not only be expensives forthe physicians, but it’e also work they shouldn’t be It takes time and money away from actuallh caring for patients, which is the wholer purpose of health care.
”
суббота, 20 августа 2011 г.
Tech sector finds mixed bag in Phoenix, U.S. firms cut payroll - Denver Business Journal:
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A study released Mondat by Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that tech industr layoffs in the second quarter amountefdto 33,891 in the a 60 percent drop from the firsrt quarter. The study also found the second-quarte r job cuts were about equapl to the second quarterof 2008, befor the worst of the financial crisix rocked the economy. The local technologty sector has been upand down, depending on the according to Arizona Workforce, a researchy publication by the Arizona Department of Commerce. Computerr and electronic parts manufacturers droppeeabout 1,200 jobs from May 2008 to but aerospace manufacturers added about 500.
Also down was telecommunications, whicnh shed about 1,600 jobs in the Phoenix area from May 2008 to and professional, scientific and technical services, which lost nearl y 10 percent of the sector’ss May 2008 work force of roughl y 101,000 in the past At the same time, the report shows that lossesx from April to May were much smallef or flat in most of those sectors. “The downturn in the economy has affectex each sector ofthe high-tech industry said Jim Garnett, executive director for TechAmericw in Phoenix. “In a recent ranking by the Bureaui ofLabor Statistics, while Arizona’s manufacturing employmeny is down over the year by 5.
1 percent, the statd had one of the smallesgt percentage losses compared to all states. From April to May, computef and electronic parts lost 200 jobs while aerospace gainef300 jobs,” he said. Although the rate of layoffs appears to be the U.S. tech industry lost 118,108 jobs in the firsrt six monthsof 2009, the largest decline in the past seve years.
A study released Mondat by Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that tech industr layoffs in the second quarter amountefdto 33,891 in the a 60 percent drop from the firsrt quarter. The study also found the second-quarte r job cuts were about equapl to the second quarterof 2008, befor the worst of the financial crisix rocked the economy. The local technologty sector has been upand down, depending on the according to Arizona Workforce, a researchy publication by the Arizona Department of Commerce. Computerr and electronic parts manufacturers droppeeabout 1,200 jobs from May 2008 to but aerospace manufacturers added about 500.
Also down was telecommunications, whicnh shed about 1,600 jobs in the Phoenix area from May 2008 to and professional, scientific and technical services, which lost nearl y 10 percent of the sector’ss May 2008 work force of roughl y 101,000 in the past At the same time, the report shows that lossesx from April to May were much smallef or flat in most of those sectors. “The downturn in the economy has affectex each sector ofthe high-tech industry said Jim Garnett, executive director for TechAmericw in Phoenix. “In a recent ranking by the Bureaui ofLabor Statistics, while Arizona’s manufacturing employmeny is down over the year by 5.
1 percent, the statd had one of the smallesgt percentage losses compared to all states. From April to May, computef and electronic parts lost 200 jobs while aerospace gainef300 jobs,” he said. Although the rate of layoffs appears to be the U.S. tech industry lost 118,108 jobs in the firsrt six monthsof 2009, the largest decline in the past seve years.
четверг, 18 августа 2011 г.
Black built Summerfest into national attraction - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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When the board of summarily dismissedf herin 2003, the organization raised about $7 milliojn a year for the summer which in 1999 was officially certified as the world's largesgt music festival by the "Guinness Book of Worldx Records," once attracting more than 1 milliohn people to the 11-day festival. So says Black, who as the leade r and key fundraiser behind Summerfest for 19 years was at once praisedc and pilloried for her accomplishments and her standingt inthe community.
The role would take a toll on her personal health, but few can question her legacy of buildinfg one of the largest drivers of the local For the executives at , the localo visitors and convention bureau, the "Big Gig" is a key assett for the city. "Being the organizatiob that marketsthe city, you always want to have somethingh that no one else can claim," said Visi t Milwaukee president Doug Neilson. citing statistics from near the endof Black's term, said as many as 20 percent of the visitora to Summerfest came from out of town. Downtowhn hotels are often full over the Fourt h ofJuly weekends, he said.
The financial impacyt of Summerfest on the cityof Milwaukee'w economy has been estimated at more than $110 million a year. That kind of impact didn't come easy and doesn' t come cheap. Black, an art history major and formert administrative assistant for the late Milwaukere MayorHenry Maier, was hired specifically to boost fundraising for Milwaukewe World Festival, the group that oversees Summerfest and the ethnicf festivals held on the Summerfest grounds. She had worked in nonprofit roles befores and had prior experience in fundraising including atthe .
"Fundraising is hard becausw it's not easy asking people for money," she said in a phone interview this week from her homein Ariz. However, it became apparen t that Black didn't have much of a problemj with it. She was a determinecd fundraiser, whose accomplishments includedraisingy $12 million to build the Marcusw Amphitheater, which opened in 1987. "I would just stay on the phonew anddog people," she said. Using an effectivse strategy ofoffering incentives, Blackl raised millions through the corporate sponsorships that came to definwe the festival's permanent stages.
She not only succeedede in building Summerfest into an event worthy ofthe "Guinness Book," but also raised the city' s collective self-esteem, her own power in the and her controversial salary, which topped $206,000 at the end of her But every dollar she raised that went into improving the festival's venue at the Henryt Maier Festival Park, solidifying the grounds as Summerfest's permanenty home, raised the ire of formerf Mayor John Norquist, who sought what he considered highe and better uses for the lakefronf property. The tension between Black and Norquistwas well-known throughout the community.
That tension took its Black was diagnosed with six brainm aneurysms in 2001 and told by her doctorrto quit, but Black resisted. Two years the Milwaukee World Festivalk board made that decisionfor her. She now lives quietly in and was briefly in the news in Milwaukee last year when she suffere a stroke that requiredtwo surgeries. Later that year, a new vanguard of civic leaders honore d her with a plaque on theSummerfesr grounds. When asked what she misses most about she mentionsthe city's easier summers, east side, Beansa & Barley, the Oriental local health care. Summerfest, however, doesn't make the "I don't miss it," she said.
"I feel like I did all I couldf do." Past position : Executive director, Milwaukee World Festival Inc. Major accomplishments during past 25yeara : Black built Summerfest from a smal l summer music festival along Milwaukee's lakefront in the earluy 1980s to an 11-day event that has draw n more than 1 million people and attractx visitors from all over the United States.
When the board of summarily dismissedf herin 2003, the organization raised about $7 milliojn a year for the summer which in 1999 was officially certified as the world's largesgt music festival by the "Guinness Book of Worldx Records," once attracting more than 1 milliohn people to the 11-day festival. So says Black, who as the leade r and key fundraiser behind Summerfest for 19 years was at once praisedc and pilloried for her accomplishments and her standingt inthe community.
The role would take a toll on her personal health, but few can question her legacy of buildinfg one of the largest drivers of the local For the executives at , the localo visitors and convention bureau, the "Big Gig" is a key assett for the city. "Being the organizatiob that marketsthe city, you always want to have somethingh that no one else can claim," said Visi t Milwaukee president Doug Neilson. citing statistics from near the endof Black's term, said as many as 20 percent of the visitora to Summerfest came from out of town. Downtowhn hotels are often full over the Fourt h ofJuly weekends, he said.
The financial impacyt of Summerfest on the cityof Milwaukee'w economy has been estimated at more than $110 million a year. That kind of impact didn't come easy and doesn' t come cheap. Black, an art history major and formert administrative assistant for the late Milwaukere MayorHenry Maier, was hired specifically to boost fundraising for Milwaukewe World Festival, the group that oversees Summerfest and the ethnicf festivals held on the Summerfest grounds. She had worked in nonprofit roles befores and had prior experience in fundraising including atthe .
"Fundraising is hard becausw it's not easy asking people for money," she said in a phone interview this week from her homein Ariz. However, it became apparen t that Black didn't have much of a problemj with it. She was a determinecd fundraiser, whose accomplishments includedraisingy $12 million to build the Marcusw Amphitheater, which opened in 1987. "I would just stay on the phonew anddog people," she said. Using an effectivse strategy ofoffering incentives, Blackl raised millions through the corporate sponsorships that came to definwe the festival's permanent stages.
She not only succeedede in building Summerfest into an event worthy ofthe "Guinness Book," but also raised the city' s collective self-esteem, her own power in the and her controversial salary, which topped $206,000 at the end of her But every dollar she raised that went into improving the festival's venue at the Henryt Maier Festival Park, solidifying the grounds as Summerfest's permanenty home, raised the ire of formerf Mayor John Norquist, who sought what he considered highe and better uses for the lakefronf property. The tension between Black and Norquistwas well-known throughout the community.
That tension took its Black was diagnosed with six brainm aneurysms in 2001 and told by her doctorrto quit, but Black resisted. Two years the Milwaukee World Festivalk board made that decisionfor her. She now lives quietly in and was briefly in the news in Milwaukee last year when she suffere a stroke that requiredtwo surgeries. Later that year, a new vanguard of civic leaders honore d her with a plaque on theSummerfesr grounds. When asked what she misses most about she mentionsthe city's easier summers, east side, Beansa & Barley, the Oriental local health care. Summerfest, however, doesn't make the "I don't miss it," she said.
"I feel like I did all I couldf do." Past position : Executive director, Milwaukee World Festival Inc. Major accomplishments during past 25yeara : Black built Summerfest from a smal l summer music festival along Milwaukee's lakefront in the earluy 1980s to an 11-day event that has draw n more than 1 million people and attractx visitors from all over the United States.
понедельник, 15 августа 2011 г.
Industry Pleads That EPA Has "Discretion" to Violate Clean Air Act - Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
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Autochannel (press release) | Industry Pleads That EPA Has "Discretion" to Violate Clean Air Act Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) They now have resorted to arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency has “discretion†to maintain Bush administration smog standards that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has acknowledged forthrightly are “not leg » |
суббота, 13 августа 2011 г.
People on the Move: June 1 - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The in Vienna has hired Sandyh Silverman to the positionof principal; Derek Warr to the positiomn of associate principal; and Thomaw Westberg to the positiojn of director of business development. Also joining the firm’s interio r design department is designer DanielCastro . Silverman’s primaruy responsibilities will be to further develo pthe firm’s practice in the sectors of mixed-use, high-risw residential, senior living and othef commercial and institutional building Silverman has over 35 years of professionalp experience.
His notable recent projectw includethe 720-unit Metropolitan Park Phases II and III in the 312-unit in Montgomery County; and the Phoenid at Clarendon, a two-square block mixed-user development that included 180 condk units, 40,000 square feet of office, a 20,009 square foot U.S. Post Office distributionj centerand 12,000 square feet of Warr’s primary responsibilities include directing the production of architectura l design and construction documentw for major mixed-use projects and multi-familu high-rise buildings in the northeast USA.
His notablee recent projects includethe 164-unit, 18-story Union Square luxury mixed-use tower in the planned for Long Island and the $1 billion Concord Casino Hotel and Convention Center currently under constructiom in upstate New York. Westberg’s primary responsibilities will be to help Lessarfd Group deepen its reach into local markets and buildinfg types the firm currently designsw as well as expandingthe firm’s practicse into broader regional and international markets and buildin g sectors. Westberg has 17 yearws of marketing and business development experience inthe architecture/engineerint industry. in D.C.
has hired Ivailio “Ivo” Karadimov as a senior project With more than nine years of experience in commerciall buildings andinterior design, Karadimov has builtr specialized knowledge of construction documents and expertise in quality assurance, code compliancew and life safety. Before joining GGA, Karadimobv served as a project architectat Gensler. His notablw projects include Boeing, the , National Institutd of Health, and Lerner Enterprises. Jeffrey L. Sturchio , a longtim leader at , has been named presidenyt and CEO ofthe . 56, of Martinsville, N.J., succeedsw Nils Daulaire, who stepped down in February afterd leading the organization fora decade.
The council, createe in 1972, is one of the world’sd largest membership alliances dedicated to improving healtbh aroundthe globe. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based has promoted Grant Baircd to assistantvice president. Baird, who joined the Manassass branchin 2006, is a businesw services officer in BB&T’s Commercial Banking The Asheville, N.C., nativs earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and bankingt and international business from . Rockville-based , a hospitality procurement services company, named Jerry Kraisinger as itsgeneralp counsel. Before joining Avendra, Kraisinger was the vice president of developmenft and the general counselof LLC.
he had been the executive vice president and generakl counsel of He began his career in the hospitality industryy over 22 years ago as a lawyein Marriott’s law department. Matt Felixd was named general manager of the in the West End Prior to his new Felix was general manager for the in Felix will be responsible for all hoteloperations including: 355 guest rooms and suites, 10,80p0 square feet of event space, and two food beverage outlets, including the Caffe, Renaissance M Street’s signature Italian illy coffew shop and the stylish Mbar lounge. With nearly 20 years at Felix started his career as a saledtrainee Danvers, Mass.
Since then, he has held several senior management positions in salesand marketing, revenu management and hotel operations at propertiesx throughout the region including the by Marriot Pentagon City and Marriotf International headquarters. Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro in Reston has namesd Jason Meringologeneral manager. Meringolo will be in chargd ofthe day-to-day operations in addition to coordinatingh the wine menu with Vinifera’s American/Mediterraneanh dishes. Prior to joining Vinifera, Meringolo was directo r of catering services atthe . He has worke as a sous chef and as a director of food and beveragw for a small Italian chainin Florida.
He also held a variety of positions within the including the catering and conference services and was part of the Wine Festival team forseveral years. A groupl of five labor and employment and litigatioh attorneys has joined LLCfrom . They include Jeffre y W. Larroca , F. Joseph Nealon and Constantinos G. Panagopouloas ; and joining as associates areJennifer E. Lattimor and William D. Ledoux Jr. Benjamin A. Powelk has joined WilmerHale’s D.C. office as partne in the regulatory and governmenty affairs department and member of the national security and government contracts practice Powell will also be a member ofthe firm’s governmen t and regulatory litigation group.
Powel l was most recently general counsel at the Officed of the Director of National Intelligence. He previously served as speciao assistant to the President and associate WhitweHouse Counsel, corporate counsel at , and as a litigatorr at Kellogg, . LLP in D.C. has hired Franci T. “Tom” Coleman to the firm’s D.C. office as counsekl in the labor andemployment group. Coleman’ws practice will focus on litigation andemployment law.
During his more than 40-year Coleman has handled labor negotiations, NLRB proceedings, union organizing mediation and arbitration, counseling on personnel and employment decisions, defendingg discrimination and sexual harassment charges beford administrative agencies, employment litigation and wrongfu l discharge cases. Nicholas I. Porritt and William E. White have joined in D.C. as partners in the litigation practice.
Porritt and Whited will advise clients on the full range of securitieselitigation issues, from government investigations and enforcement actions to civil Porritt represents corporations and individuals in securitiesd class actions and (SEC) enforcement matters and in relatesd derivative shareholder claims and M&A litigation. Whited represents investment banks, accounting firms, public companies and individuals in SEC enforcementf and relatedcriminal investigations, internal investigations and securitiese litigation. Other recent hires includ e Brady Dugan from the antitrust division ofthe , Reed Russell from the and John Sopkl from the House Energy and Commerc e Committee. Ronald M.
Johnson has joined Jones Day in D.C. as a partner. He was formerlyh a partner with Akin Gump StraussHauefr & Feld. Brian M. Snow has been promoterd to vice president andregional director, overseeing New York-basede LLC’s operations in Washington, Boston and is responsiblr for the company’s expansionb into San Francisco market slated for late 2009. Rob Argueta has been promote to director of operationsfor BMS’ s operations in Washington and Maryland; Robert Tucker was hired as the director of operations for BMS’s Virginisa operations after the company acquired the northern Virginia operationsw of a local service provider; Marioi Martinez has been promoted to senior project manager; and Nasere Gjeloshi has been promoted to director of sustainabilityu and training.
Fortress Technologies in Lansdown has appointed Jeff Bradbury as vice presiden t of marketing andproduct management. Bradbury will be responsible for drivingvthe company’s marketing programs and produc t positioning.
The in Vienna has hired Sandyh Silverman to the positionof principal; Derek Warr to the positiomn of associate principal; and Thomaw Westberg to the positiojn of director of business development. Also joining the firm’s interio r design department is designer DanielCastro . Silverman’s primaruy responsibilities will be to further develo pthe firm’s practice in the sectors of mixed-use, high-risw residential, senior living and othef commercial and institutional building Silverman has over 35 years of professionalp experience.
His notable recent projectw includethe 720-unit Metropolitan Park Phases II and III in the 312-unit in Montgomery County; and the Phoenid at Clarendon, a two-square block mixed-user development that included 180 condk units, 40,000 square feet of office, a 20,009 square foot U.S. Post Office distributionj centerand 12,000 square feet of Warr’s primary responsibilities include directing the production of architectura l design and construction documentw for major mixed-use projects and multi-familu high-rise buildings in the northeast USA.
His notablee recent projects includethe 164-unit, 18-story Union Square luxury mixed-use tower in the planned for Long Island and the $1 billion Concord Casino Hotel and Convention Center currently under constructiom in upstate New York. Westberg’s primary responsibilities will be to help Lessarfd Group deepen its reach into local markets and buildinfg types the firm currently designsw as well as expandingthe firm’s practicse into broader regional and international markets and buildin g sectors. Westberg has 17 yearws of marketing and business development experience inthe architecture/engineerint industry. in D.C.
has hired Ivailio “Ivo” Karadimov as a senior project With more than nine years of experience in commerciall buildings andinterior design, Karadimov has builtr specialized knowledge of construction documents and expertise in quality assurance, code compliancew and life safety. Before joining GGA, Karadimobv served as a project architectat Gensler. His notablw projects include Boeing, the , National Institutd of Health, and Lerner Enterprises. Jeffrey L. Sturchio , a longtim leader at , has been named presidenyt and CEO ofthe . 56, of Martinsville, N.J., succeedsw Nils Daulaire, who stepped down in February afterd leading the organization fora decade.
The council, createe in 1972, is one of the world’sd largest membership alliances dedicated to improving healtbh aroundthe globe. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based has promoted Grant Baircd to assistantvice president. Baird, who joined the Manassass branchin 2006, is a businesw services officer in BB&T’s Commercial Banking The Asheville, N.C., nativs earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and bankingt and international business from . Rockville-based , a hospitality procurement services company, named Jerry Kraisinger as itsgeneralp counsel. Before joining Avendra, Kraisinger was the vice president of developmenft and the general counselof LLC.
he had been the executive vice president and generakl counsel of He began his career in the hospitality industryy over 22 years ago as a lawyein Marriott’s law department. Matt Felixd was named general manager of the in the West End Prior to his new Felix was general manager for the in Felix will be responsible for all hoteloperations including: 355 guest rooms and suites, 10,80p0 square feet of event space, and two food beverage outlets, including the Caffe, Renaissance M Street’s signature Italian illy coffew shop and the stylish Mbar lounge. With nearly 20 years at Felix started his career as a saledtrainee Danvers, Mass.
Since then, he has held several senior management positions in salesand marketing, revenu management and hotel operations at propertiesx throughout the region including the by Marriot Pentagon City and Marriotf International headquarters. Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro in Reston has namesd Jason Meringologeneral manager. Meringolo will be in chargd ofthe day-to-day operations in addition to coordinatingh the wine menu with Vinifera’s American/Mediterraneanh dishes. Prior to joining Vinifera, Meringolo was directo r of catering services atthe . He has worke as a sous chef and as a director of food and beveragw for a small Italian chainin Florida.
He also held a variety of positions within the including the catering and conference services and was part of the Wine Festival team forseveral years. A groupl of five labor and employment and litigatioh attorneys has joined LLCfrom . They include Jeffre y W. Larroca , F. Joseph Nealon and Constantinos G. Panagopouloas ; and joining as associates areJennifer E. Lattimor and William D. Ledoux Jr. Benjamin A. Powelk has joined WilmerHale’s D.C. office as partne in the regulatory and governmenty affairs department and member of the national security and government contracts practice Powell will also be a member ofthe firm’s governmen t and regulatory litigation group.
Powel l was most recently general counsel at the Officed of the Director of National Intelligence. He previously served as speciao assistant to the President and associate WhitweHouse Counsel, corporate counsel at , and as a litigatorr at Kellogg, . LLP in D.C. has hired Franci T. “Tom” Coleman to the firm’s D.C. office as counsekl in the labor andemployment group. Coleman’ws practice will focus on litigation andemployment law.
During his more than 40-year Coleman has handled labor negotiations, NLRB proceedings, union organizing mediation and arbitration, counseling on personnel and employment decisions, defendingg discrimination and sexual harassment charges beford administrative agencies, employment litigation and wrongfu l discharge cases. Nicholas I. Porritt and William E. White have joined in D.C. as partners in the litigation practice.
Porritt and Whited will advise clients on the full range of securitieselitigation issues, from government investigations and enforcement actions to civil Porritt represents corporations and individuals in securitiesd class actions and (SEC) enforcement matters and in relatesd derivative shareholder claims and M&A litigation. Whited represents investment banks, accounting firms, public companies and individuals in SEC enforcementf and relatedcriminal investigations, internal investigations and securitiese litigation. Other recent hires includ e Brady Dugan from the antitrust division ofthe , Reed Russell from the and John Sopkl from the House Energy and Commerc e Committee. Ronald M.
Johnson has joined Jones Day in D.C. as a partner. He was formerlyh a partner with Akin Gump StraussHauefr & Feld. Brian M. Snow has been promoterd to vice president andregional director, overseeing New York-basede LLC’s operations in Washington, Boston and is responsiblr for the company’s expansionb into San Francisco market slated for late 2009. Rob Argueta has been promote to director of operationsfor BMS’ s operations in Washington and Maryland; Robert Tucker was hired as the director of operations for BMS’s Virginisa operations after the company acquired the northern Virginia operationsw of a local service provider; Marioi Martinez has been promoted to senior project manager; and Nasere Gjeloshi has been promoted to director of sustainabilityu and training.
Fortress Technologies in Lansdown has appointed Jeff Bradbury as vice presiden t of marketing andproduct management. Bradbury will be responsible for drivingvthe company’s marketing programs and produc t positioning.
четверг, 11 августа 2011 г.
Mortgage rates reach 6-month high - Sacramento Business Journal:
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says 30-year mortgages averaged 5.59 percent, up from 5.29 percentr last week. The last time long-terj mortgage rates were this high was inNovembert 2008. Adjustable-rate mortgages also rose, with the average one-year ARM now abovew 5 percent at 5.04 percent. “Mortgage rated followed the increase in bond yieldsthis week,” says Freddire Mac (NYSE: FRE) chief economist Frano Nothaft, who notes a better-than-expectefd unemployment report moved yields “As a result, federal funds futures rose after the signaling that the market expects the Federall Reserve may raise its benchmark rate sooner rather than A report from the this week showed rising mortgager rates are slowing the demands for mortgage refinancing.
Mortgage applications last weekfell 7.2 led by a 12 percengt decline in refinancing. Refinancing existint mortgages still makes up aboutt 60 percent of the mortgageunderwriting business.
says 30-year mortgages averaged 5.59 percent, up from 5.29 percentr last week. The last time long-terj mortgage rates were this high was inNovembert 2008. Adjustable-rate mortgages also rose, with the average one-year ARM now abovew 5 percent at 5.04 percent. “Mortgage rated followed the increase in bond yieldsthis week,” says Freddire Mac (NYSE: FRE) chief economist Frano Nothaft, who notes a better-than-expectefd unemployment report moved yields “As a result, federal funds futures rose after the signaling that the market expects the Federall Reserve may raise its benchmark rate sooner rather than A report from the this week showed rising mortgager rates are slowing the demands for mortgage refinancing.
Mortgage applications last weekfell 7.2 led by a 12 percengt decline in refinancing. Refinancing existint mortgages still makes up aboutt 60 percent of the mortgageunderwriting business.
вторник, 9 августа 2011 г.
University of Memphis gets $1.5M for MCS teacher training - Memphis Business Journal:
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million Robert Noyce Teaching Fellowshiop grant fromthe , which will be used to train and support secondary education math and science teachers for . The grantr will be used to recruit professionals witha bachelor’s degres in math or science for teachin jobs. They will receive paid tuitio nand $10,000 a year in stipendsx to complete a 30-houe master of arts in teaching degree. They will also take part in a part-timer residency program in MemphisCity Schools, which will provide mentoring and classroom experiences while they complete the The award was fundede under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with providing matchinbg funds through a gift to the University of Memphis to supportf science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachingt and learning.
U of M and MCS are also providing matching funds to supportthe six-yearf project. “The College of Education is pleased to join Memphis City Schoolw in thisimportant project,” Donald dean of the U of M Collegse of Education, said in a statement. “Through our jointg efforts, we will be working to increase the number of highly qualified math andscience teachers. Also, our faculty is examinin ways to improve the effectiveness of classroon instruction in mathand
million Robert Noyce Teaching Fellowshiop grant fromthe , which will be used to train and support secondary education math and science teachers for . The grantr will be used to recruit professionals witha bachelor’s degres in math or science for teachin jobs. They will receive paid tuitio nand $10,000 a year in stipendsx to complete a 30-houe master of arts in teaching degree. They will also take part in a part-timer residency program in MemphisCity Schools, which will provide mentoring and classroom experiences while they complete the The award was fundede under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with providing matchinbg funds through a gift to the University of Memphis to supportf science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachingt and learning.
U of M and MCS are also providing matching funds to supportthe six-yearf project. “The College of Education is pleased to join Memphis City Schoolw in thisimportant project,” Donald dean of the U of M Collegse of Education, said in a statement. “Through our jointg efforts, we will be working to increase the number of highly qualified math andscience teachers. Also, our faculty is examinin ways to improve the effectiveness of classroon instruction in mathand
воскресенье, 7 августа 2011 г.
Museum of Science to launch wind lab - Boston Business Journal:
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The lab, a part of the museum’zs green initiative, will demonstrate smalol wind turbines that could be erectee on small businesses and When completed, five turbines — ranging between 40 feet and sevem feet in height — will rest on the museum’s Two of the turbines are operational on the Cambridge side of the with the other three to be installed on the Boston side this “This is a giant sciencer experiment,” says David Farinon Director for current science and technology at the in a prepared written statement.
“No one has tested five different small turbines in a rooftop Although there’s lots of interest in small-scale wind turbines, we found little data on their performance and Despite a year of collecting data on the wind at the we still don’t really know enougbh about the turbines to predict their The lab came out of early efforte to use wind to meet a portion of the museum’ s energy needs. Studies showed the area’ds wind resources were not strong enough to generate meaningful so the museum andthe ’s Renewable Energh Trust refocused the project to provide information to potential turbine owners on differences in designn and function of varioud turbines.
The lab, a part of the museum’zs green initiative, will demonstrate smalol wind turbines that could be erectee on small businesses and When completed, five turbines — ranging between 40 feet and sevem feet in height — will rest on the museum’s Two of the turbines are operational on the Cambridge side of the with the other three to be installed on the Boston side this “This is a giant sciencer experiment,” says David Farinon Director for current science and technology at the in a prepared written statement.
“No one has tested five different small turbines in a rooftop Although there’s lots of interest in small-scale wind turbines, we found little data on their performance and Despite a year of collecting data on the wind at the we still don’t really know enougbh about the turbines to predict their The lab came out of early efforte to use wind to meet a portion of the museum’ s energy needs. Studies showed the area’ds wind resources were not strong enough to generate meaningful so the museum andthe ’s Renewable Energh Trust refocused the project to provide information to potential turbine owners on differences in designn and function of varioud turbines.
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