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The Milwaukee division of Menasha-basedd generated $24.2 million in revenue in about evenwith 2007. Revenue has nearly doubled in the last five Statistics from McGraw Hill Construction show nonresidential constructio n spending in Wisconsintotaled $644.8 milliohn through April 30 this year, down from $822.4 million in the same period in 2008. “With all the challenges that were out theree inthe economy, I thinki we were pretty thankful we did not go backward,” said Jim vice president of business development for Faith Technologies. “We know that this econom y willturn around, and we want to be positioned so when it does start to come around we’re readgy to go.
” Company officials say work in energy-efficieny lighting systems and specialty systemzs has helped sustain business during the recession in additiohn to its on-demand and service work. Investing in its employees through traininbg and wellness programs is anotherimportant initiative, they said. Faith Technologiesd employs 150 people in theMilwaukere division, mostly in the Total company employment is more than The company’s Wisconsin revenue totaled $143 million in up from $136 million in 2007. The companyy has 10 divisions in Wisconsin and divisionsin Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Oklahoma. The Tulsa, division opened this year.
Companywide revenue totaled $227 million in up from $203 million in 2007. who also is the former vice president of theMilwaukee division, said investing in trainin g and educating its people is an important part of the company’w strategy. The company spent $1.7 million on non-safet related training throughout the with employeeslogging 75,126 employee hours in traininvg in 2008. In addition to apprenticeship programs and continuinh education the company offers courses incustomer leadership, project management and other Faith Technologies has a chief learning officer and a completee in-house training staff.
The company has not laid off any employeezs duringthe recession, Schlate r said. “We don’t want to not have the talent, so when the economh does moveforward we’re read to go,” he said. The company is investigatinfg whether energy-efficient lighting projectsz might be eligible for federalp economicstimulus money, said Bob Dakovich, who was namefd vice president of the Milwaukee division in February. The systemsz are attractive because they offer cost savings opportunities for but a challenge is making sure the paybackk period in recouping energy savinga is not too far in he said.
Some of the company’sa local energy-efficient projects have includecd lighting projects at andin Wauwatosa. Renewable energy projects such as solar or geothermal systems also are an expected area of growth forFaitnh Technologies, Dakovich said. “Ww do see that as probably something that will be part of the stimuluas funding and have a higher priority than it has in the he said. The Milwaukee division completed the installatiob of solar panels for the photoi studioin 2008.
Mike Fabishak, chief executiv officer of AGC Milwaukee, said it’s uncleaf to contractors which projects will be awardede stimulus money and whether it will be directedr more at infrastructure projects or which arewhat AGC’s members construct.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Kansas City Business Journal:
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billion sale to closes, expected this month. The ruralk phone companies on Tuesday announcer the planned name and logo for the combined CenturyLink will retain theCenturyTe (NYSE: CTL) trading symbol. “Our new brand name was selecteds because our customers and employeesz told us it reflected a compant thatis forward-looking and committex to linking the country together,” CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chievf executive of CenturyLink, said in the The company will begin operatinyg under the new brand immediately upon closing the In the following months, markets will be converted to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name being addesd to company signs, vehicles and marketing The logo is intendef to represent the power of connectinyg people and businesses to one anothetr and to new opportunities, locally and the release said.
Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, based in Monroe, La., are from the — before the deal can close. The headquarterss will be in Monroe. A Denverf brand consulting agency, , helpex develop the new brand strategy, name and logo, the releasee said. Together, the two companieas will have about 7.5 million access lines, more than 2 million broadband customers and morethan 400,000 video will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City Busines Journal ’s list of area publicd companies.
billion sale to closes, expected this month. The ruralk phone companies on Tuesday announcer the planned name and logo for the combined CenturyLink will retain theCenturyTe (NYSE: CTL) trading symbol. “Our new brand name was selecteds because our customers and employeesz told us it reflected a compant thatis forward-looking and committex to linking the country together,” CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chievf executive of CenturyLink, said in the The company will begin operatinyg under the new brand immediately upon closing the In the following months, markets will be converted to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name being addesd to company signs, vehicles and marketing The logo is intendef to represent the power of connectinyg people and businesses to one anothetr and to new opportunities, locally and the release said.
Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, based in Monroe, La., are from the — before the deal can close. The headquarterss will be in Monroe. A Denverf brand consulting agency, , helpex develop the new brand strategy, name and logo, the releasee said. Together, the two companieas will have about 7.5 million access lines, more than 2 million broadband customers and morethan 400,000 video will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City Busines Journal ’s list of area publicd companies.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Autauga, Elmore counties' public schools begin new year - Montgomery Advertiser
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Autauga, Elmore counties' public schools begin new year Montgomery Advertiser It's back-to-school time in the River Region beginning with the first day of classes in Elmore and Autauga counties today. Montgomery County public school students go back Aug. 22. Tri-county area superintendents said they're ready and excited to get ... |
Friday, August 12, 2011
Counties to get federal flood aid - Omaha World-Herald
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Counties to get federal flood aid Omaha World-Herald President Barack Obama's disaster declaration includes public assistance for 12 Nebraska counties: Burt, Cass, Dakota, Douglas, Garden, Knox, Lincoln, Otoe, Sarpy, Scotts Bluff, Thurston and Washington. Individual assistance was approved ... President Obama signs disaster declarations for 9 Nebraska counties because of ... |
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Beanie Sigel Pleads Guilty To Tax Charges - MTV.com
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MTV.com | Beanie Sigel Pleads Guilty To Tax Charges MTV.com The MC's lawyer Fortunato Perri Jr. confirmed to MTV News on Wednesday (August 10) that the former Jay-Z rap protégé is now facing up to three years in prison after he admitted in federal court on Tuesday that he didn't file or pay taxes between 2003 ... Beanie Sigel pleads guilty to tax charges Rapper Beanie Sigel Back in Court, This Time On Tax Charges Rapper Beanie Sigel pleads guilty to tax charges | Philadelphia Inquirer ... |
Monday, August 8, 2011
COBRA confusion stymies business - bizjournals:
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billion plan to help recently unemployed people keep theirt health insurance benefits was intendec to protect the financially vulnerable from sinking deepet into debt because of high insurance premiums ormedicalp costs. But that part of the American Recovert and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA), which was signed in also has created confusion, increased paperwork and potentia l cash-flow problems for businesses in Colorado and “There’s a feeling that even thoughy the government is paying [for the subsidy], businessesw are paying for it too becausw of all the administrativw hassles,” said Kimberly Searfoorce, staff attorney for the (MSEC), which provideds personnel assistance for companies in Colorado and Wyoming.
Searfoorcee said since February, MSEC has handlede “hundreds” of calls from employers who aren’t clearf on who qualifies for the plan. MSEC also has held a number of seminars explaining thenew law. Daylw Axman, supervisor of consume affairs at the Colorado Divisionof Insurance, said businesses affecteds by the change are “scrambling” to notify thos e who are eligible for the subsidy within the government’s timeline.
Axmajn said she didn’t know how many people are takingt advantage of thenew subsidy, but will have a better idea in after the second-quarter tax credits are Individuals who make less than $150,000 a year may qualifyh for a 65 percent governmenyt subsidy on a COBRA policy, under a federal programk that allows workers who are between jobs to continur to get health care coverage provided by their formef employers.
Previously, COBRA recipients paid 100 percen of their premiums to maintain theitformer employers’ health insurance Under the new law, businesses receiver quarterly tax credits for paying 65 percent of the formed employees’ premium and collecting an additional 35 percenrt from the recipients. Searfoorce said under legislationh scheduled to be signedby Gov. Bill Ritter, formerf workers who are fired “with good reason” can receive the benefit — unless the employer move s to blockthe subsidy. In some cases, that means someonse who’s terminated from a company might end up payinhg less in insurance premiums thansomeone who’s still employed there.
Chris Miller, director of underwriting for of said the changes havebeen “burdensome” on “It’s been fairly resource-intensive for some employers — particularly those who just had mass layoffs,” Milleer said. Many businesses were thrown off guard by a provision that extends the subsid to those who might have declined the benefitg before the subsidywas available, Miller The changes also can created cash-flow problems because employers regularly pay the premiumd for one-time workers, but get the tax credits quarterly.
billion plan to help recently unemployed people keep theirt health insurance benefits was intendec to protect the financially vulnerable from sinking deepet into debt because of high insurance premiums ormedicalp costs. But that part of the American Recovert and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA), which was signed in also has created confusion, increased paperwork and potentia l cash-flow problems for businesses in Colorado and “There’s a feeling that even thoughy the government is paying [for the subsidy], businessesw are paying for it too becausw of all the administrativw hassles,” said Kimberly Searfoorce, staff attorney for the (MSEC), which provideds personnel assistance for companies in Colorado and Wyoming.
Searfoorcee said since February, MSEC has handlede “hundreds” of calls from employers who aren’t clearf on who qualifies for the plan. MSEC also has held a number of seminars explaining thenew law. Daylw Axman, supervisor of consume affairs at the Colorado Divisionof Insurance, said businesses affecteds by the change are “scrambling” to notify thos e who are eligible for the subsidy within the government’s timeline.
Axmajn said she didn’t know how many people are takingt advantage of thenew subsidy, but will have a better idea in after the second-quarter tax credits are Individuals who make less than $150,000 a year may qualifyh for a 65 percent governmenyt subsidy on a COBRA policy, under a federal programk that allows workers who are between jobs to continur to get health care coverage provided by their formef employers.
Previously, COBRA recipients paid 100 percen of their premiums to maintain theitformer employers’ health insurance Under the new law, businesses receiver quarterly tax credits for paying 65 percent of the formed employees’ premium and collecting an additional 35 percenrt from the recipients. Searfoorce said under legislationh scheduled to be signedby Gov. Bill Ritter, formerf workers who are fired “with good reason” can receive the benefit — unless the employer move s to blockthe subsidy. In some cases, that means someonse who’s terminated from a company might end up payinhg less in insurance premiums thansomeone who’s still employed there.
Chris Miller, director of underwriting for of said the changes havebeen “burdensome” on “It’s been fairly resource-intensive for some employers — particularly those who just had mass layoffs,” Milleer said. Many businesses were thrown off guard by a provision that extends the subsid to those who might have declined the benefitg before the subsidywas available, Miller The changes also can created cash-flow problems because employers regularly pay the premiumd for one-time workers, but get the tax credits quarterly.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
TV recycling bill awaits Perry
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The Texas Senate passed the TelevisionTakeBacok Bill, which requires television manufacturers to providde Texas residents with free and convenient recycling for used TVs. Authorexd by Rep. David Leibowitz of San Antonio and sponsorefdby Sen. Kirk Watson of the bill follows one passedc in 2007 that set up a recyclinhg program for computers and Older televisions typically contaimn between four and eight pounds of which can cause health problemws when it enters the water or according to the Texas Campaign forthe Environment. newer flat screens contain mercury, and almost all electronicsd are coated with brominated fire retardants andotherf chemicals.
Current programs for recycling televisionsis limited. Goodwilll locations across the state will accept old TVs that still but the cost or recycling is sometimex prohibitivefor non-working televisions.
The Texas Senate passed the TelevisionTakeBacok Bill, which requires television manufacturers to providde Texas residents with free and convenient recycling for used TVs. Authorexd by Rep. David Leibowitz of San Antonio and sponsorefdby Sen. Kirk Watson of the bill follows one passedc in 2007 that set up a recyclinhg program for computers and Older televisions typically contaimn between four and eight pounds of which can cause health problemws when it enters the water or according to the Texas Campaign forthe Environment. newer flat screens contain mercury, and almost all electronicsd are coated with brominated fire retardants andotherf chemicals.
Current programs for recycling televisionsis limited. Goodwilll locations across the state will accept old TVs that still but the cost or recycling is sometimex prohibitivefor non-working televisions.
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