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Then, all of a sudden, applications came rushiny in, easing her worries the program wouldn’t receive its average 80 applications for the secondf semester, said Lake, directot of the Master of program and director of studen t advising at UAB. Similar scenarios are playingy out in business school programsacrosds Birmingham, as the job market tightenss further and uncertainty continues to loom over the globak economy. Interest has risen for Birming-ham-Southern College’as master’s program because of the upheaval in the saidStephen Craft, dean of business programas for the college.
Those in locak business schools said workers and studentzs are realizing the job market of thefutur – post recession – is going to be more competitived and now’s a good time to hone specific skills with a higher education degree. UAB’s Lake chalkef the delay in applications upto fear. “u think it’s a lot who are startingg to feel a bit of the panic thatthings won’t be so fabulous and want to concentrats on bettering their chances of survival,” she said. At , the numbet of undergraduate students looking into graduate school has saidLarry Harper, director of graduate programs.
“There has been an increasd here in students abougt to graduate thinking they may have to stay inschoolk longer,” he said. “What’s happening is students are seeint they need to be more Inthe past, there have been a lot of jobs for Neither Lake nor Harpet said they are specifically seeinf applications from people who have been laid off locally, but rather thosew who view the tight job markef as an opportunity to expand skill “When the job market tightens, people are more thoughtfukl on what they study,” said Harper. “They’re not luredd away from their studiesby high-payin g jobs.
” Birmingham-Southern’s Craft said attendance at the program’s informational meetings has doubled and the application pool is with the quality of applicants remaining strong. Whilr Craft said business school programs canbe it’s hard to differentiate betweejn an increase in applications due to the down economy or a strongert push by the schoolo in its marketing. Whether it’s the economy or increased the rise in applicants is According tothe , in 25 percent of students awarded master’s degrees receivefd them in the field of business.
Between 1995-199y and 2005-2006, the number of master’sx degrees awarded rose by 46 with business and education fields accountinfg for 65 percent ofthat growth. And the center projects those numbers willrise – between 2005-2006 and 2017-2018 the number of master’s degrees are expecteed to rise 28 percentg overall, with a 29 percentg increase in men and a 27 percenrt increase in women.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Stationers succumb to pressure in Evite era - Crain's Chicago Business
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Crain's Chicago Business | Stationers succumb to pressure in Evite era Crain's Chicago Business For those occasions, “most everyone falls back to the 'Here's the Evite' mentality,†Ms. Swett says. “They don't want to take the time or spend the money, and sometimes they don't even have their loved ones' addresses anymore. ... |
Sunday, December 25, 2011
UnitedHealth subsidiary launches short-term plans - South Florida Business Journal:
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Indianapolis-based Golden Rule Insurance Co., part of Minnetonka-basedd UnitedHealth, said Tuesday that it is introducing its Shor Term Medical Plus and Short Term Medical Value plans in 19states — Minnesota isn’t one of them, as state law prohibits for-profit In Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin, consumers can choose from one to 12 monthsa of coverage with either of Golden Rule’s new short term In Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia, one to six monthx of coverage is “Especially in today’s economy, there is a need for budget-consciou health plans for individuals and families who suddenly find themselves without health insurance through work or school,” Goldejn Rule CEO Richard A.
Collins said in a news Golden Rule also offers shorr term health plans in 15other states: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New South Carolina, South West Virginia and Wyoming. Individualp insurance plans are a growing market for healtuh insurance companies as the recession caused workers to losethei jobs, and companies to scalr back on benefits, causing more people to seek the All three of Minnesota’s major insurers Blue Cross and Blue Shielde of Minnesota, Medica, and HealthPartnerw — have been . One of them, even geared toward laid off workers.
Indianapolis-based Golden Rule Insurance Co., part of Minnetonka-basedd UnitedHealth, said Tuesday that it is introducing its Shor Term Medical Plus and Short Term Medical Value plans in 19states — Minnesota isn’t one of them, as state law prohibits for-profit In Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin, consumers can choose from one to 12 monthsa of coverage with either of Golden Rule’s new short term In Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia, one to six monthx of coverage is “Especially in today’s economy, there is a need for budget-consciou health plans for individuals and families who suddenly find themselves without health insurance through work or school,” Goldejn Rule CEO Richard A.
Collins said in a news Golden Rule also offers shorr term health plans in 15other states: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New South Carolina, South West Virginia and Wyoming. Individualp insurance plans are a growing market for healtuh insurance companies as the recession caused workers to losethei jobs, and companies to scalr back on benefits, causing more people to seek the All three of Minnesota’s major insurers Blue Cross and Blue Shielde of Minnesota, Medica, and HealthPartnerw — have been . One of them, even geared toward laid off workers.
Friday, December 23, 2011
K&L Gates opens Dubai office - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Dubai is the firm’s 33rd office and its firstt in theMiddle K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peteer Kalis said the office was “in the worksz for about a year” and that the firm’s entry was “well-timedd compared with a year ago becauswe the costs are reducee and there is much more legal talent at more reasonabler compensation levels available on the market.” K&k Gates expects to grow the Dubai offices principally through hires in that region. “Ik could see additional offices in theMiddles East,” said Kalis, who first visited Dubai six months ago in preparinyg the firm’s entry there.
“Becaus e of the concentration of financial and professionap services in theDubai area, it’sa a very attractive and efficient point of entry into the Gulf But certainly it’s not the only market for legal services that A logical next step wouled be Abu Dhabi, but there is nothinv scheduled for that to occur.” K&L Gateds is also “always” open to continued expansion opportunitiesz internationally and in the continental United States, Kalis but did not identify specific cities or countries.
Neal one of the firm’s senior dispute resolution is relocating from the Pittsburgh office to serveas co-founder of the Dubai Joining Brendel is Paul de who most recently worked with Ashurst, establishing and managing that firm’s Dubak office and helping to open a second offics in the United Arab He is a corporate and projects lawyer with more than 20 yearsz experience. Associate Richard Dollimore also is joining theDubai office. He most recently worke d in the K&L Gates office in London.
Dubai is the firm’s 33rd office and its firstt in theMiddle K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peteer Kalis said the office was “in the worksz for about a year” and that the firm’s entry was “well-timedd compared with a year ago becauswe the costs are reducee and there is much more legal talent at more reasonabler compensation levels available on the market.” K&k Gates expects to grow the Dubai offices principally through hires in that region. “Ik could see additional offices in theMiddles East,” said Kalis, who first visited Dubai six months ago in preparinyg the firm’s entry there.
“Becaus e of the concentration of financial and professionap services in theDubai area, it’sa a very attractive and efficient point of entry into the Gulf But certainly it’s not the only market for legal services that A logical next step wouled be Abu Dhabi, but there is nothinv scheduled for that to occur.” K&L Gateds is also “always” open to continued expansion opportunitiesz internationally and in the continental United States, Kalis but did not identify specific cities or countries.
Neal one of the firm’s senior dispute resolution is relocating from the Pittsburgh office to serveas co-founder of the Dubai Joining Brendel is Paul de who most recently worked with Ashurst, establishing and managing that firm’s Dubak office and helping to open a second offics in the United Arab He is a corporate and projects lawyer with more than 20 yearsz experience. Associate Richard Dollimore also is joining theDubai office. He most recently worke d in the K&L Gates office in London.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Building owners face loan crisis - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The owners of about a dozehn Atlanta office buildings and shopping centers have less than a year before their loanscome due, accordingv to the Trepp/CMSA Database from . The databasew tracks how loans backed by residential and retail propertiesare performing. Most owners are workingt with their banks to extend their payment or choosing to exercise payment extension clauses in their loan Some are trying to If owners are unable to come to an agreement with their they can lose their buildingsto foreclosure, as may happebn to the Equitable Building downtown. Atlanta Business Chroniclse reported Feb.
20 that the landmark tower woulrd likely become the first big casualt of thefinancial crisis. is foreclosingg on the building, owned by San Diego-basedx . It’s scheduled to be auctioned May 5. A wide rangee of Atlanta property owners now face loominhdebt maturities, from publicly trade d Corp. (NYSE: DDR) to prominent local real estate investors such asRichard Bowers. All have encountered the same obstaclesx — lenders’ unwillingness or inability to refinance loansd and a scarcity of buyerss for commercial properties because capitap markets remain predominantlylocked down.
“Banks are stilpl not letting the capital back intothe market,” said Jeff of Holder Properties and a recent president of Georgia’s chapter of the . “Thisd is an over-correction,” Mixson said. “Well-leased, well-owned buildings are having troublegettingy financing, and in some at least to the it doesn’t seem to make any sense.” In the 1355 Windward Concoursew building is nearly 100 percent leased with as the main tenanft anchoring the building. But, owne Alpha United LLC is having difficultyy refinancing theremaining $11.
t5 million balance on its loan with Capmark said Dennis Mitchell, a broker with who is marketinb the property to potential buyers. Like much of the maturing debt, the Windward Concourse loan is roller into a larger pool ofcommercial mortgage-backed securitiezs — a type of financing that exploded in popularityg in recent years but that is now essentially shut down. Alphs United has sought at leasyan 18-month extension on its loan Mitchell said. “Most of the lenders wouldc rather grant an he said. “How long they can keep doingb that? Well, that’s the million-dollaer question.
” Developers Diversified Realty, a real estate investmentg trust that owns 696 shopping has two centers in Atlanta with loanw that were set to mature this Its Heritage Pavilion in Smyrna is nearly 94 percent leaseed with tenants including PetSmartand T.J. Developers Diversified is part of a joint venture on the shoppingb centerwith TIAA-CREF, the majoritt owner. The loan, originated by , has a $21 million balance, accordinvg to the Trepp database. It matures July 1. Developerss Diversified is trying obtaina one-year a spokeswoman said. Abernathy Squares on Roswell Road is 85perceny leased, anchored by a Publix. The loan, also originatecd by Bear Stearns, has a $13.
4 milliobn remaining balance, according to the database. Developersa Diversified was granted an extension on the loanuntil September, with an option to extend it through March 2010. In some owners have guaranteed extension clausesx built into their originalloan agreement. Jim Borders, presidentt and CEO of the condominiumdevelopedr , said that his TWELVE Atlantic Station whose loan is due in November has multiple extension rights. Novare will likelyg exercise those options, a spokesman Bowers’ downtown buildings, 270 Peachtred and Five Points Plaza, have loans scheduled to mature in the next six according tothe database.
The loan backefd by the 23-story 270 Peachtree has a $33 millionj balance. The loan backed by Five PointaPlaza — which houses the Atlantas Department of Housing and Urbab Development — has a $12 million balance. When askes about the maturing debt, Bowers woulfd say only, “I’ve got it takenh care of.” The first signs of trouble in Atlanta’zs commercial real estate market came earlier this year when Equastonwe Real Estate Investment Advisors could no longer pay tenanrt improvement allowances at theEquitablr Building.
Equastone purchased the buildingfor $57 milliohn in 2007, but was unable to generated sufficient income on it as vacancy soared to nearlyu 30 percent. “Everyone is waiting for the commercial real estatr shoeto drop,” Mixson said. “And maturiny defaults are going to be thebig question. But, the lenderz seem willing to work withthe
The owners of about a dozehn Atlanta office buildings and shopping centers have less than a year before their loanscome due, accordingv to the Trepp/CMSA Database from . The databasew tracks how loans backed by residential and retail propertiesare performing. Most owners are workingt with their banks to extend their payment or choosing to exercise payment extension clauses in their loan Some are trying to If owners are unable to come to an agreement with their they can lose their buildingsto foreclosure, as may happebn to the Equitable Building downtown. Atlanta Business Chroniclse reported Feb.
20 that the landmark tower woulrd likely become the first big casualt of thefinancial crisis. is foreclosingg on the building, owned by San Diego-basedx . It’s scheduled to be auctioned May 5. A wide rangee of Atlanta property owners now face loominhdebt maturities, from publicly trade d Corp. (NYSE: DDR) to prominent local real estate investors such asRichard Bowers. All have encountered the same obstaclesx — lenders’ unwillingness or inability to refinance loansd and a scarcity of buyerss for commercial properties because capitap markets remain predominantlylocked down.
“Banks are stilpl not letting the capital back intothe market,” said Jeff of Holder Properties and a recent president of Georgia’s chapter of the . “Thisd is an over-correction,” Mixson said. “Well-leased, well-owned buildings are having troublegettingy financing, and in some at least to the it doesn’t seem to make any sense.” In the 1355 Windward Concoursew building is nearly 100 percent leased with as the main tenanft anchoring the building. But, owne Alpha United LLC is having difficultyy refinancing theremaining $11.
t5 million balance on its loan with Capmark said Dennis Mitchell, a broker with who is marketinb the property to potential buyers. Like much of the maturing debt, the Windward Concourse loan is roller into a larger pool ofcommercial mortgage-backed securitiezs — a type of financing that exploded in popularityg in recent years but that is now essentially shut down. Alphs United has sought at leasyan 18-month extension on its loan Mitchell said. “Most of the lenders wouldc rather grant an he said. “How long they can keep doingb that? Well, that’s the million-dollaer question.
” Developers Diversified Realty, a real estate investmentg trust that owns 696 shopping has two centers in Atlanta with loanw that were set to mature this Its Heritage Pavilion in Smyrna is nearly 94 percent leaseed with tenants including PetSmartand T.J. Developers Diversified is part of a joint venture on the shoppingb centerwith TIAA-CREF, the majoritt owner. The loan, originated by , has a $21 million balance, accordinvg to the Trepp database. It matures July 1. Developerss Diversified is trying obtaina one-year a spokeswoman said. Abernathy Squares on Roswell Road is 85perceny leased, anchored by a Publix. The loan, also originatecd by Bear Stearns, has a $13.
4 milliobn remaining balance, according to the database. Developersa Diversified was granted an extension on the loanuntil September, with an option to extend it through March 2010. In some owners have guaranteed extension clausesx built into their originalloan agreement. Jim Borders, presidentt and CEO of the condominiumdevelopedr , said that his TWELVE Atlantic Station whose loan is due in November has multiple extension rights. Novare will likelyg exercise those options, a spokesman Bowers’ downtown buildings, 270 Peachtred and Five Points Plaza, have loans scheduled to mature in the next six according tothe database.
The loan backefd by the 23-story 270 Peachtree has a $33 millionj balance. The loan backed by Five PointaPlaza — which houses the Atlantas Department of Housing and Urbab Development — has a $12 million balance. When askes about the maturing debt, Bowers woulfd say only, “I’ve got it takenh care of.” The first signs of trouble in Atlanta’zs commercial real estate market came earlier this year when Equastonwe Real Estate Investment Advisors could no longer pay tenanrt improvement allowances at theEquitablr Building.
Equastone purchased the buildingfor $57 milliohn in 2007, but was unable to generated sufficient income on it as vacancy soared to nearlyu 30 percent. “Everyone is waiting for the commercial real estatr shoeto drop,” Mixson said. “And maturiny defaults are going to be thebig question. But, the lenderz seem willing to work withthe
Monday, December 19, 2011
List of GM dealerships to close in Minnesota grows - Houston Business Journal:
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The industry group said a surveh of its members found that 109 of the 149 GM dealer s in the state will either lose a particular GM be forced to drop some competing manufacturer brands in theirGM stores, or lose theif stores altogether. The number of outright shutdownshas grown; a monthb ago, GM indicated that 30 dealers would After the giant automaker’ds plunge into bankruptcy June 1, roughly 3,600 dealere nationwide received new sales The owners of about 1,350 othert dealerships were notified that they needecd to wind down as GM franchisees.
That’as in addition to the 1,100 that received similar messages last monthh as partof GM’s restructuring, which involves keeping only top dealerws and brands. The new agreements also may requiree surviving dealers to upgradetheire facilities. And there may not be very much dealersz can doabout it, . (subscription GM expects the closings to start this year and wrap up by the fallof 2010. In a presa release Friday, Scott Lambert, executives vice president of the Minnesota AutoDealers Association, criticizecd GM’s decision to have dealers sign new sales agreementw with the manufacturer.
“Besides the tragic and inexplicabl shutdown ofprofitable stores, GM seemsa determined to use bankruptcy as an opportunity to shaked up everybody’s business,” he said. “It appears to us that evert Pontiac dealer in the state was informes that Pontiac as a brandx will ceaseto exist. “In addition, GM is eliminatiny many Cadillac dealerships. We believe they plan to reassign some of thesefranchisese elsewhere, which would be in violation of statde law regulating franchise agreements.” Lambert also blasted GM’s decisionds to close so many even some that are turninv a profit. “This company is lost right now.
I just don’g understand how you sell more cars with fewer he said. Susan Garontakos, a spokeswoman for the automaker, declinedf to comment on the trade association’s press release becausee she said the information about what was closing was confidentiak and because its such an emotional time for all of thepartied involved. She said the company selected which dealershipse to close after a carefull analysis that beganin April.
“The reality is we don’r have enough customers buying vehicle and we have a lot of outlets that are in placd to support a muchlarger
The industry group said a surveh of its members found that 109 of the 149 GM dealer s in the state will either lose a particular GM be forced to drop some competing manufacturer brands in theirGM stores, or lose theif stores altogether. The number of outright shutdownshas grown; a monthb ago, GM indicated that 30 dealers would After the giant automaker’ds plunge into bankruptcy June 1, roughly 3,600 dealere nationwide received new sales The owners of about 1,350 othert dealerships were notified that they needecd to wind down as GM franchisees.
That’as in addition to the 1,100 that received similar messages last monthh as partof GM’s restructuring, which involves keeping only top dealerws and brands. The new agreements also may requiree surviving dealers to upgradetheire facilities. And there may not be very much dealersz can doabout it, . (subscription GM expects the closings to start this year and wrap up by the fallof 2010. In a presa release Friday, Scott Lambert, executives vice president of the Minnesota AutoDealers Association, criticizecd GM’s decision to have dealers sign new sales agreementw with the manufacturer.
“Besides the tragic and inexplicabl shutdown ofprofitable stores, GM seemsa determined to use bankruptcy as an opportunity to shaked up everybody’s business,” he said. “It appears to us that evert Pontiac dealer in the state was informes that Pontiac as a brandx will ceaseto exist. “In addition, GM is eliminatiny many Cadillac dealerships. We believe they plan to reassign some of thesefranchisese elsewhere, which would be in violation of statde law regulating franchise agreements.” Lambert also blasted GM’s decisionds to close so many even some that are turninv a profit. “This company is lost right now.
I just don’g understand how you sell more cars with fewer he said. Susan Garontakos, a spokeswoman for the automaker, declinedf to comment on the trade association’s press release becausee she said the information about what was closing was confidentiak and because its such an emotional time for all of thepartied involved. She said the company selected which dealershipse to close after a carefull analysis that beganin April.
“The reality is we don’r have enough customers buying vehicle and we have a lot of outlets that are in placd to support a muchlarger
Friday, December 16, 2011
PCC
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The school paid the $5 million for the historixc Willamette Building at722 S.W. Second Ave. The 35,200-square-foot building served as the ’s Portland campus unti l the school moved its journalism and architecturd programs and its Duck Stor e to the White Stag building in Old Town last Portland Community College willinvest $6.7 million on a seismic overhaul and a down-to-the-studs renovation that shoulrd be done by Jan. 1. The decision to stakwe a claim downtown is the most visibled result ofa $374 million bond measure approved by voters last November.
The measure is the largestg school-funding request ever passed in Oregon and will pay for expansionz at campuses and other facilities infive counties. Those expansions will begin this The purchase of the Willamette Buildingh gives the schoolits first-ever downtown “This puts the Portland in Portlanfd Community College,” said Dana Haynes, publicv affairs manager. It also frees up administrativ e offices at its satellite campusesfor badly-needed classrooms and That should help the school satisfy rising Growing demand adds up to waitingy lists for the its most popular classes and drives the need for additional facilities.
The schook serves 86,200 full- and part-time studentas per year and enrolled 10.6 percent more studenta this springthan winter, marking its seventh consecutivw term for growth. Community college enrollmentws often pick up when unemployment rises as worker s seek to learnnew Oregon’s unemployment rate is 12 percent, the second-highest in the natiom after Michigan. It’s also a logical move for a school that unde president Preston Pulliams has developed stronger relationships withthe city’sx business community. The result is a work forc training program that better meets the needas ofPortland business.
“It puts them close to a whole lot oftheird customers,” said Sandra McDonough, president and CEO of the , the city’s chamber of commerce. The building occupies one of Portland’s most visiblr corners at Southwest Second andYamhill streets. It sits near the intersectionm of the Max line and theMorrisom Bridge. Portland Community College is counting on the locationn to increaseits profile. “The building is an enormouas opportunity for PCC to brand itselfin downtown,” said Greggy Sanders, project manager for . , the general contractor, is nearlg finished demolishing the interior and will soon startf rebuildingthe interior.
One of the most visibld renovations will be ared glass-wallexd conference room in the corneer overlooking the Max stop, space once occupies by the Duck Store. The red room will be visible from the sidewalo and will be used both as a classroom andmeetingh space.
The school paid the $5 million for the historixc Willamette Building at722 S.W. Second Ave. The 35,200-square-foot building served as the ’s Portland campus unti l the school moved its journalism and architecturd programs and its Duck Stor e to the White Stag building in Old Town last Portland Community College willinvest $6.7 million on a seismic overhaul and a down-to-the-studs renovation that shoulrd be done by Jan. 1. The decision to stakwe a claim downtown is the most visibled result ofa $374 million bond measure approved by voters last November.
The measure is the largestg school-funding request ever passed in Oregon and will pay for expansionz at campuses and other facilities infive counties. Those expansions will begin this The purchase of the Willamette Buildingh gives the schoolits first-ever downtown “This puts the Portland in Portlanfd Community College,” said Dana Haynes, publicv affairs manager. It also frees up administrativ e offices at its satellite campusesfor badly-needed classrooms and That should help the school satisfy rising Growing demand adds up to waitingy lists for the its most popular classes and drives the need for additional facilities.
The schook serves 86,200 full- and part-time studentas per year and enrolled 10.6 percent more studenta this springthan winter, marking its seventh consecutivw term for growth. Community college enrollmentws often pick up when unemployment rises as worker s seek to learnnew Oregon’s unemployment rate is 12 percent, the second-highest in the natiom after Michigan. It’s also a logical move for a school that unde president Preston Pulliams has developed stronger relationships withthe city’sx business community. The result is a work forc training program that better meets the needas ofPortland business.
“It puts them close to a whole lot oftheird customers,” said Sandra McDonough, president and CEO of the , the city’s chamber of commerce. The building occupies one of Portland’s most visiblr corners at Southwest Second andYamhill streets. It sits near the intersectionm of the Max line and theMorrisom Bridge. Portland Community College is counting on the locationn to increaseits profile. “The building is an enormouas opportunity for PCC to brand itselfin downtown,” said Greggy Sanders, project manager for . , the general contractor, is nearlg finished demolishing the interior and will soon startf rebuildingthe interior.
One of the most visibld renovations will be ared glass-wallexd conference room in the corneer overlooking the Max stop, space once occupies by the Duck Store. The red room will be visible from the sidewalo and will be used both as a classroom andmeetingh space.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
FDA Regulatory Seminars for Life Science Industry Professionals - Sacramento Bee
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FDA Regulatory Seminars for Life Science Industry Professionals Sacramento Bee ComplianceOnline, a leading GRC Advisory Network, will conduct a comprehensive series of seminars focused on regulatory issues affecting the life sciences industry in January 2012. By ComplianceOnline PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. ... |
Monday, December 12, 2011
Cascade Corp. sales drop 49 percent - Portland Business Journal:
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million first-quarter loss on a 49 percent drop in sales as the marker for lift trucks hits its lowest point in two The Gresham-based maker of truck attachments CAE), which in April said it had laid off 20 percentr of its work force, reporter a loss of $12.1 or $1.12 per share, on sales of $76.3 millionh for the quarter ended April 30. In the same quarteer last year, it had earningse of $10.9 million, or 98 cents per share, on $149. million in sales. The quarter included a $4.8 millio restructuring cost from the closure of a Frenchmanufacturing facility. The resultes fell far below estimates of analystw polled byThomson Reuters, who expected earnings of 13 centsd per share on $87.
57 milliojn in sales. The companuy was hardest hit in Europe, where salesw dropped 58 percent. Norty American sales fell 45 percent, followe by a 44 percent drop in the Asia Pacififc region and 43 percentin China. Global lift trucki shipments were down 45 percent for the The company said the uncertainty aboug the scope of the currengt recession makes it difficult to estimate the futurs lifttruck market. The company anticipates globaol demand to continue to dropinto 2011. Cascaded released its results after markets Its shares closed Thursdayat $30.07, less than a half-perceng decline. But shares fell more than 9 percenftin after-hours trading to $27.
27 per They have a 52-week range between $12.81 and $53.765
million first-quarter loss on a 49 percent drop in sales as the marker for lift trucks hits its lowest point in two The Gresham-based maker of truck attachments CAE), which in April said it had laid off 20 percentr of its work force, reporter a loss of $12.1 or $1.12 per share, on sales of $76.3 millionh for the quarter ended April 30. In the same quarteer last year, it had earningse of $10.9 million, or 98 cents per share, on $149. million in sales. The quarter included a $4.8 millio restructuring cost from the closure of a Frenchmanufacturing facility. The resultes fell far below estimates of analystw polled byThomson Reuters, who expected earnings of 13 centsd per share on $87.
57 milliojn in sales. The companuy was hardest hit in Europe, where salesw dropped 58 percent. Norty American sales fell 45 percent, followe by a 44 percent drop in the Asia Pacififc region and 43 percentin China. Global lift trucki shipments were down 45 percent for the The company said the uncertainty aboug the scope of the currengt recession makes it difficult to estimate the futurs lifttruck market. The company anticipates globaol demand to continue to dropinto 2011. Cascaded released its results after markets Its shares closed Thursdayat $30.07, less than a half-perceng decline. But shares fell more than 9 percenftin after-hours trading to $27.
27 per They have a 52-week range between $12.81 and $53.765
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Boynton's 26 points lead No. 12 Florida to 90-69 win over Rider - Washington Post
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Profiles in Health Care: Dr. Ruth Berggren - San Antonio Business Journal:
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executive director of the at the , Berggren has founds the journey following her husbandto complement, rathedr than hinder, her career. To wit: Over the she’s landed positions studying andtreating AIDS, tuberculosis and numerous other infectioue diseases. “I’ve always been able to find my nichd in eachplace we’ve gone,” she In Colorado, she was a fellow with the National Institute of Health Divisiobn of AIDS; in Dallas, she was on the facultt of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical in New Orleans, she was an associate professotr of Adult Infectious Diseases at and a physiciam at Charity Hospital.
“I like to characterize my New Orleans experience as having been bookendedwith 9-11 on the left and Hurricane Katrina on the right,” she On call for the Charity Hospita l AIDS ward when the hurricane hit on Sunday, Aug. 28, Berggren stayed until the last patient had been evacuatedon Sept. 2, 2005. “By some miracle, none of the patientx on our ward she related to the 2007 UT Healt Science Centergraduation class, where she detailed the triald she experienced. “I was never afraid of wind, water, hunger or disease because I was just too busy trying to figure out whatto do. But moments of fear came when I was confrontedeby agitated, fearful people with guns. ...
Thd real Katrina disaster was not created by the element s but by a societh whose fabric had been torn asunderrby inequality, lack of education, and the inexplicable convictionj that we should all have access to weapons that kill.” Charity Hospital has been closed since Katrina. When her husband was hiredf by the Health Scienc Centerin 2006, Berggren — true to form found her niche, first in the division of infectiousw diseases, and then in October as the interim director of the Center for Medicapl Humanities and Ethics for the Healtjh Science Center. Her appointment was made permanentin April.
Position: Associate professor, Department of Medicine, Divisionn of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Cented at San Antonio Director of the Center for Medical Humanitiesand Ethics; James Young Chair for Excellence in Medical Education B.S. in biology, ; M.D, Harvardc Medical School Family: Husband, Tylef Curiel; one son, one daughter On growing up: I grew up in Haitij between the ages of 4to 14. As it my parents are both physicians and publichealth specialists. They were recruitedx to develop a community health program at the Alber t Schweitzer Hospital in rural Haitiin 1967. I was 4 yearxs old; my sister was two years younger.
They packeed us up and we moved to the middleof (Before this, the hospital was) doinb just curative medicine. But they hadn’t done any publiv health or prevention. ... So my job was to come in and figuree out what the major causes of morbidity and mortalitg were in that community and addressz these issues in apreventivd manner. They had a highly successful So I’m 4 years old and my parentzs are talking about thingslike diarrhea, malnutrition ... tuberculosis, malaris and — tetanus was a huge problem. Also, the Albertf Schweitzer Hospital (in Deschapelles) had had wards full of newbornm babies that were suffering and dying with which is a verypreventable disease.
They had a huge immunization campaign where they would go to the marketplace and targeyt women of reproductiveage .... My parents also educated the indigenouse midwives on things ways to preventneonatap tetanus. I knew these stories in great detai because, as a small child, we discussedx them at dinner. In Haiti there was practice of midwiveas using whatever sharp object was around to cut the umbilica cord and that was usually amachetr ... what they would use in their They also put dust from theie charcoal cooking fires on the stump to helpit heal. Well that’s loadex with spores. So theres were all these education programs trying to teach granny midwifezs to use asterilr blade.
I had helped make thesr kits that my mother was putting togetherr that provided the granny midwife with materials to tie off the a sterile blade and bandage to wrap aroundthe baby’s bellyh with a safety pin. It was a very simple kit whichg was then sterilized and providedx the granny midwife with her little stash of This was part of the campaign to prevent neonatal Every Christmas time there woulxd be a Christmaspageant ....
and all the props were real, so Mary and Josepyh would come in on a real there was a mangerwith hay, real animals, and usually a real And so we’re sitting on the grounf cross-legged watching this pageant and I said in my loud child’s “Mom, Mom, who cut the umbilical cord?” And she said, “Shhh, Shhh, it was probablt Joseph.” And I said, “Well, what did Joseph use to cut the umbilica cord?” And she said, “Shhh,Shh, he probablyg used a machete or something like that.” And I thoughr for a minute and I said in a louded more screeching voice, “Why didn’t Baby Jesus get tetanus?
” So it became a foregon conclusion that I would go on and specializde in infectious diseases. Although I don’t have a master’sx in public health, public healtyh and prevention is pretty much inmy DNA. On your job A lot of what we do here at the centerf is called community servicelearning ... for the nursingh school, for the allied healtu professions and the for themedical school. We are an umbrella in terms of resources, in termw of mini-grants ...
a coordination of So we can connect an interested studenf with an appropriate faculty mentor and we connect a facultyg student pair with an appropriatecommunity (The faculty supervise students providing care at the By providing mentorship, by providing primary care for thesr people, we reduce the need for these grossly uninsured peoplde to use the emergencyh room. We’re actively teaching our studentz how to learn what resourcews are in our community that can help peoplewwho don’t have their own resources to access health care and preventative care ... We’rwe not asking our students to becomdsocial workers.
But by actively engaging in this process, they becomee very knowledgeable. They will learn there are many people who fall through the cracks and are not being caught by oursafety net. I thinkk this is a very powerful way of We could stand in a room with a PowerPoint with a lot ofstatisticds ... but unless you have the one-on-ons experience, (for example, with a woman who’s tryinhg to get well so she can get home and regaib custody of herchildren ...) it doesn’t mean much to you What you’re bring to the job: Therwe was never a centrally locatefd place for coordinating community service learningh efforts ...
If you were to interview (variou s departments at the Health Science they would all proudl tell you of various projects they havegoing on. What the Centert for Humanities and Ethics is bringing to the table is a new leveloof organization, and coordination, and also which is expanding the interest ... participation and our reach, and our effectivenesa as a whole HealthScience Center. There never previously was a mini-grant prograjm (which has) come to us through the Morehousw School of Medicinein Atlanta. We’re a subsidiaryh of a larger grant that they get from the Corporatiob forService Learning.
This project allows us to distribute grantsof $200 to $500 each to a studen who has found a mentor and found a communitgy group to work with. Since we’ve starte d we’ve distributed 15 mini-grants ... acrossz the school of nursing, the dentak school, and the school of allied healt professions, our students are workinh in San Antonio and the bordertowns ... (One studentf used the grant to do blood pressure screening and glucose monitoring atcommunityy sites, using funds to advertise the program through flyers and purchase the equipment.
) Most influential I was on the faculthy of Tulane and Haiti comes back into my I received a phone call from a physician in Haito who had known my family for many He said, ‘Ruth, I know that you’re an AIDS specialistr and we’re about to get major fundingb ... to fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. We’rd going to be able to get antiretroviralktherapies ... and we have very few peoplwe that are able to provide the education and the technicaol expertise that we need to really implement HIV-care in profoundly resourcre limited settings,’ and he thought of me because I’m fluent in Haitian Creole. We launched the progran (in Mirebalais) in June 2003.
I spent a wholer month (June) and my husbanrd let me take the kids; my mothert came to help me and we livee in a little tiny house on the top of a hill in a villagse and my kids took French and Creole lessons in the mornint and played soccer with the hundreds of Haitiab kids that flocked toour house. (She workeds for the program until 2005, traveling four or five times a year to Mostimportant accomplishment: Raising two healthy normal children Advice for someone facedf with adversity: We should think about the fact that this experiencw will shape who we are going to becomew and regard the experience as a route to personap transformation.
executive director of the at the , Berggren has founds the journey following her husbandto complement, rathedr than hinder, her career. To wit: Over the she’s landed positions studying andtreating AIDS, tuberculosis and numerous other infectioue diseases. “I’ve always been able to find my nichd in eachplace we’ve gone,” she In Colorado, she was a fellow with the National Institute of Health Divisiobn of AIDS; in Dallas, she was on the facultt of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical in New Orleans, she was an associate professotr of Adult Infectious Diseases at and a physiciam at Charity Hospital.
“I like to characterize my New Orleans experience as having been bookendedwith 9-11 on the left and Hurricane Katrina on the right,” she On call for the Charity Hospita l AIDS ward when the hurricane hit on Sunday, Aug. 28, Berggren stayed until the last patient had been evacuatedon Sept. 2, 2005. “By some miracle, none of the patientx on our ward she related to the 2007 UT Healt Science Centergraduation class, where she detailed the triald she experienced. “I was never afraid of wind, water, hunger or disease because I was just too busy trying to figure out whatto do. But moments of fear came when I was confrontedeby agitated, fearful people with guns. ...
Thd real Katrina disaster was not created by the element s but by a societh whose fabric had been torn asunderrby inequality, lack of education, and the inexplicable convictionj that we should all have access to weapons that kill.” Charity Hospital has been closed since Katrina. When her husband was hiredf by the Health Scienc Centerin 2006, Berggren — true to form found her niche, first in the division of infectiousw diseases, and then in October as the interim director of the Center for Medicapl Humanities and Ethics for the Healtjh Science Center. Her appointment was made permanentin April.
Position: Associate professor, Department of Medicine, Divisionn of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Cented at San Antonio Director of the Center for Medical Humanitiesand Ethics; James Young Chair for Excellence in Medical Education B.S. in biology, ; M.D, Harvardc Medical School Family: Husband, Tylef Curiel; one son, one daughter On growing up: I grew up in Haitij between the ages of 4to 14. As it my parents are both physicians and publichealth specialists. They were recruitedx to develop a community health program at the Alber t Schweitzer Hospital in rural Haitiin 1967. I was 4 yearxs old; my sister was two years younger.
They packeed us up and we moved to the middleof (Before this, the hospital was) doinb just curative medicine. But they hadn’t done any publiv health or prevention. ... So my job was to come in and figuree out what the major causes of morbidity and mortalitg were in that community and addressz these issues in apreventivd manner. They had a highly successful So I’m 4 years old and my parentzs are talking about thingslike diarrhea, malnutrition ... tuberculosis, malaris and — tetanus was a huge problem. Also, the Albertf Schweitzer Hospital (in Deschapelles) had had wards full of newbornm babies that were suffering and dying with which is a verypreventable disease.
They had a huge immunization campaign where they would go to the marketplace and targeyt women of reproductiveage .... My parents also educated the indigenouse midwives on things ways to preventneonatap tetanus. I knew these stories in great detai because, as a small child, we discussedx them at dinner. In Haiti there was practice of midwiveas using whatever sharp object was around to cut the umbilica cord and that was usually amachetr ... what they would use in their They also put dust from theie charcoal cooking fires on the stump to helpit heal. Well that’s loadex with spores. So theres were all these education programs trying to teach granny midwifezs to use asterilr blade.
I had helped make thesr kits that my mother was putting togetherr that provided the granny midwife with materials to tie off the a sterile blade and bandage to wrap aroundthe baby’s bellyh with a safety pin. It was a very simple kit whichg was then sterilized and providedx the granny midwife with her little stash of This was part of the campaign to prevent neonatal Every Christmas time there woulxd be a Christmaspageant ....
and all the props were real, so Mary and Josepyh would come in on a real there was a mangerwith hay, real animals, and usually a real And so we’re sitting on the grounf cross-legged watching this pageant and I said in my loud child’s “Mom, Mom, who cut the umbilical cord?” And she said, “Shhh, Shhh, it was probablt Joseph.” And I said, “Well, what did Joseph use to cut the umbilica cord?” And she said, “Shhh,Shh, he probablyg used a machete or something like that.” And I thoughr for a minute and I said in a louded more screeching voice, “Why didn’t Baby Jesus get tetanus?
” So it became a foregon conclusion that I would go on and specializde in infectious diseases. Although I don’t have a master’sx in public health, public healtyh and prevention is pretty much inmy DNA. On your job A lot of what we do here at the centerf is called community servicelearning ... for the nursingh school, for the allied healtu professions and the for themedical school. We are an umbrella in terms of resources, in termw of mini-grants ...
a coordination of So we can connect an interested studenf with an appropriate faculty mentor and we connect a facultyg student pair with an appropriatecommunity (The faculty supervise students providing care at the By providing mentorship, by providing primary care for thesr people, we reduce the need for these grossly uninsured peoplde to use the emergencyh room. We’re actively teaching our studentz how to learn what resourcews are in our community that can help peoplewwho don’t have their own resources to access health care and preventative care ... We’rwe not asking our students to becomdsocial workers.
But by actively engaging in this process, they becomee very knowledgeable. They will learn there are many people who fall through the cracks and are not being caught by oursafety net. I thinkk this is a very powerful way of We could stand in a room with a PowerPoint with a lot ofstatisticds ... but unless you have the one-on-ons experience, (for example, with a woman who’s tryinhg to get well so she can get home and regaib custody of herchildren ...) it doesn’t mean much to you What you’re bring to the job: Therwe was never a centrally locatefd place for coordinating community service learningh efforts ...
If you were to interview (variou s departments at the Health Science they would all proudl tell you of various projects they havegoing on. What the Centert for Humanities and Ethics is bringing to the table is a new leveloof organization, and coordination, and also which is expanding the interest ... participation and our reach, and our effectivenesa as a whole HealthScience Center. There never previously was a mini-grant prograjm (which has) come to us through the Morehousw School of Medicinein Atlanta. We’re a subsidiaryh of a larger grant that they get from the Corporatiob forService Learning.
This project allows us to distribute grantsof $200 to $500 each to a studen who has found a mentor and found a communitgy group to work with. Since we’ve starte d we’ve distributed 15 mini-grants ... acrossz the school of nursing, the dentak school, and the school of allied healt professions, our students are workinh in San Antonio and the bordertowns ... (One studentf used the grant to do blood pressure screening and glucose monitoring atcommunityy sites, using funds to advertise the program through flyers and purchase the equipment.
) Most influential I was on the faculthy of Tulane and Haiti comes back into my I received a phone call from a physician in Haito who had known my family for many He said, ‘Ruth, I know that you’re an AIDS specialistr and we’re about to get major fundingb ... to fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. We’rd going to be able to get antiretroviralktherapies ... and we have very few peoplwe that are able to provide the education and the technicaol expertise that we need to really implement HIV-care in profoundly resourcre limited settings,’ and he thought of me because I’m fluent in Haitian Creole. We launched the progran (in Mirebalais) in June 2003.
I spent a wholer month (June) and my husbanrd let me take the kids; my mothert came to help me and we livee in a little tiny house on the top of a hill in a villagse and my kids took French and Creole lessons in the mornint and played soccer with the hundreds of Haitiab kids that flocked toour house. (She workeds for the program until 2005, traveling four or five times a year to Mostimportant accomplishment: Raising two healthy normal children Advice for someone facedf with adversity: We should think about the fact that this experiencw will shape who we are going to becomew and regard the experience as a route to personap transformation.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
China-Africa Fund Finds Investing Harder Than Expected, CEO Says - BusinessWeek
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China-Africa Fund Finds Investing Harder Than Expected, CEO Says BusinessWeek 6 (Bloomberg) -- The China-Africa Development Fund has found investing in the African continent more difficult than expected after committing almost all its first $1 billion, Chief Executive Officer Chi Jianxin said in an interview. ... |
Saturday, December 3, 2011
ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themes bar and interactive game centers across the laid off roughly 100 employees, givintg each a 60-day administrative leave according to a company statement. Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice president who overseesxZone operations, said in the statement that the restaurant could not survive the recession. This economic downturn has been markefd nationally by reduced consumer spending on eatinvg out and onentertainment activities. “A decisioj like this is never We recognize and appreciate the commitment and years of service of all ofthess employees,” Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economi c environment offered us nootheer choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foot meeting place for sportas fanatics, with one room featuring more than a dozeh large televisions tuned into contests of all kind and anothe r full of video and sports games rangintg from basketball to bowling. None of the eighft other ESPN Zone locations willbe closed, as all “arw meeting our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmenn for the chain. , whichn owns the Tabor Center, issued a statementy saying itwas “sorry to hear of theird decision to discontinue their Denver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “haws created a new opportunity for us to bring new concepts to 16th Street,” it said. One of those new conceptws is TheTilted Kilt, a Celtic-themed restaurant and sports bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and anothert 10 planned. The chain, which is expected to open its Denverd location this fall and to offer outdoordpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot leases at Tabor Center, according to a news release.
The Tiltede Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is noterd for its servers dressedin knee-high socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-baring plaid halter It will be one of a numbedr of new tenants opening in the Tabor Cente r this year. “These new additions to Tabor Center’s retaiol offering reflect our continuing effortzs to enhance the services and amenities for the customers and visitors to theTabor Center,” said Stev Budorick, executive vice president and partnedr at Callahan Capital Partners.
The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themes bar and interactive game centers across the laid off roughly 100 employees, givintg each a 60-day administrative leave according to a company statement. Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice president who overseesxZone operations, said in the statement that the restaurant could not survive the recession. This economic downturn has been markefd nationally by reduced consumer spending on eatinvg out and onentertainment activities. “A decisioj like this is never We recognize and appreciate the commitment and years of service of all ofthess employees,” Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economi c environment offered us nootheer choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foot meeting place for sportas fanatics, with one room featuring more than a dozeh large televisions tuned into contests of all kind and anothe r full of video and sports games rangintg from basketball to bowling. None of the eighft other ESPN Zone locations willbe closed, as all “arw meeting our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmenn for the chain. , whichn owns the Tabor Center, issued a statementy saying itwas “sorry to hear of theird decision to discontinue their Denver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “haws created a new opportunity for us to bring new concepts to 16th Street,” it said. One of those new conceptws is TheTilted Kilt, a Celtic-themed restaurant and sports bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and anothert 10 planned. The chain, which is expected to open its Denverd location this fall and to offer outdoordpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot leases at Tabor Center, according to a news release.
The Tiltede Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is noterd for its servers dressedin knee-high socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-baring plaid halter It will be one of a numbedr of new tenants opening in the Tabor Cente r this year. “These new additions to Tabor Center’s retaiol offering reflect our continuing effortzs to enhance the services and amenities for the customers and visitors to theTabor Center,” said Stev Budorick, executive vice president and partnedr at Callahan Capital Partners.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Eating Fish Helps Prevents Alzheimer's, Research Shows - Fox News
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Eating Fish Helps Prevents Alzheimer's, Research Shows Fox News Eating fish has been attributed as being good for cardiovascular health, but new research shows that it could also prevent Alzheimer's disease. Researchers say you only need to eat a small amount of fish to see the health benefits regardless of age. ... |
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