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He held an afternoon meeting with GE Consumer Industrial officials, as well as Kentuck Gov. Steve Beshear and Louisvill Metro MayorJerry Abramson, said Kim director of public relations for Louisville-based GE Consumerd & Industrial. “He will talk with them about producft reviews and the future ofthe operations,” Freeman said. She added that no major announcements were expected to come fromthe Immelt’s visit to Louisville comes less than two weeks after Fairfield, Conn.-based GE GE) reported a 35 percent drop in first-quartef net income. It fell to $2.9 billion, or 26 centds per share, compared with $4.5 or 43 cents per share in the firsf quarterof 2008.
GE’s first quarteer revenue slipped9 percent, to $38.5 billion from $42.2 billion. First-quarter profirt for GE Consumer & Industrial, whic includes GE’s appliances, lighting and industriakl power generationequipment divisions, declined 75 percentg over the year-ago period, to $36 millio n from $144 million. Revenue for the divisioj declined22 percent, to $2.2 billion, from $2.9 billion a year ago. Aftere months of trying to sell or spin off the appliancese business or find a joint venture partner tooperate it, GE in December decided to keep the as well as the entire Consumer & Industrial intact. Led by James P.
Campbell, it employs 43,000 people including about 5,000 people in Louisville.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Quiksilver secures $150M term loan, posts 2Q profit - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The Huntington Beach company (NYSE: ZQK) also posted second-quarter earnings of $2.8 million. The five-yeat term loan with private-equityy firm Rhone was made toimprovse Quiksilver's liquidity and solidify its banking relationships. As part of the termw of the loan, Quiksilver will name a pair of Rhond appointees to its boardof directors. Quiksilvefr also refinanced its credit facilituy with anew three-year, $200 million facility led by and . The companu is also in discussions with its French banking partners to consolidate its European debts into anew multi-year facility.
In the company's earningsz report, the company swung to profitability in theseconfd quarter, posting the earnings of 2 cents a share, which includes several one-time items. Without the items, the earnings per share woul d have been 5 centsa share. Analyst estimates placeed the earnings at 9 centxa share. Sales dropped 17 coming in at $494.w2 million. In the second quarter a year ago, the companyy lost $206.2 million, or $1.59 a share, on sales of $596.4 million. That quarter included losses of $244.9 million from discontinued Quiksilver is an apparel and accessories Its core brandsare Quiksilver, Roxy and DC.
A renewes focus on those core brands are the focud ofthe company's long-term plan to improvde profits.
The Huntington Beach company (NYSE: ZQK) also posted second-quarter earnings of $2.8 million. The five-yeat term loan with private-equityy firm Rhone was made toimprovse Quiksilver's liquidity and solidify its banking relationships. As part of the termw of the loan, Quiksilver will name a pair of Rhond appointees to its boardof directors. Quiksilvefr also refinanced its credit facilituy with anew three-year, $200 million facility led by and . The companu is also in discussions with its French banking partners to consolidate its European debts into anew multi-year facility.
In the company's earningsz report, the company swung to profitability in theseconfd quarter, posting the earnings of 2 cents a share, which includes several one-time items. Without the items, the earnings per share woul d have been 5 centsa share. Analyst estimates placeed the earnings at 9 centxa share. Sales dropped 17 coming in at $494.w2 million. In the second quarter a year ago, the companyy lost $206.2 million, or $1.59 a share, on sales of $596.4 million. That quarter included losses of $244.9 million from discontinued Quiksilver is an apparel and accessories Its core brandsare Quiksilver, Roxy and DC.
A renewes focus on those core brands are the focud ofthe company's long-term plan to improvde profits.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Koster balks at GM reorganization agreement - Business First of Buffalo:
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Koster said GM’s bankruptcy agreemenyt will not extend product liability requirements for the companyy thattakes GM’s place. That means customers who bough t GM cars before the bankruptcy settlement lose protections undef lemon laws and productliability requirements, Kostetr said. Koster also objected to provisions that alloq a reorganized GM to alterd dealership contracts with no sayfrom dealerships. “Thre current agreement is terribly unfair to thesdealership owners, many of whom have been loyal GM dealersz for decades and have invested their life savingsz in these family businesses,” Koster said in a Mondayh release.
“It is unconscionable to force a dealership to waivwe its rights under Missouri law simply because GMhas floundered.” Severa other attorneys general from other including Kansas, have raised similar objections.
Koster said GM’s bankruptcy agreemenyt will not extend product liability requirements for the companyy thattakes GM’s place. That means customers who bough t GM cars before the bankruptcy settlement lose protections undef lemon laws and productliability requirements, Kostetr said. Koster also objected to provisions that alloq a reorganized GM to alterd dealership contracts with no sayfrom dealerships. “Thre current agreement is terribly unfair to thesdealership owners, many of whom have been loyal GM dealersz for decades and have invested their life savingsz in these family businesses,” Koster said in a Mondayh release.
“It is unconscionable to force a dealership to waivwe its rights under Missouri law simply because GMhas floundered.” Severa other attorneys general from other including Kansas, have raised similar objections.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Airstrikes Not Deterring Gaddafi Ground Offensive - NewsTime
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Reuters | Airstrikes Not Deterring Gaddafi Ground Offensive NewsTime The Libyan air strikes, being carried on by coalition forces to implement the United Nation Security Council resolution, continued for a fifth consecutive night without deterring Muammar al-Gaddafi from continuing his attacks against rebels on Thursday ... Kadafi forces step up attacks amid » |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Women's Fund, partners give $65K in grants for financial literacy programs - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The Women’s Fund, along with corporate partnerse andBBVA Compass, awarded a tota l of $65,000 in grants to the program. The classe s will benefit an estimated 600 participanta in the GreaterBirminghaj area, according to a news release. Regionse underwrote a $10,000 grant to the Birminghakm Homeownership Center, which will provide financial counselin g and classes to 40 new BBVA Compass has partnered withGirlz Inc. to provide a series of age-appropriatw classes about fiscal responsibility. In addition to the Birminghamm Homeownership Centerand , nine nonprofits also received grants. These nonprofits were: the Central Alabam a Women’s Business Center, Children’s Village Inc.
, Gateway Consumer Credit Counseling, Girl Scouts North-Central Alabama, , M-Power Need a Chance Inc. and Funding financial programs reflectsthe fund’s core mission, said Virginia executive director of The Women’s Fund. “The Women’s Fund’s overarchinhg goal is to help women move out of povertyy so that they and their childremn can reach theirfull potential,” Sweet “Children who are raised in poverty are less likelu to finish high schoo l and more likely to continue the cyclee of poverty.
Learning money management skill is a step toward earning enough money tobe
The Women’s Fund, along with corporate partnerse andBBVA Compass, awarded a tota l of $65,000 in grants to the program. The classe s will benefit an estimated 600 participanta in the GreaterBirminghaj area, according to a news release. Regionse underwrote a $10,000 grant to the Birminghakm Homeownership Center, which will provide financial counselin g and classes to 40 new BBVA Compass has partnered withGirlz Inc. to provide a series of age-appropriatw classes about fiscal responsibility. In addition to the Birminghamm Homeownership Centerand , nine nonprofits also received grants. These nonprofits were: the Central Alabam a Women’s Business Center, Children’s Village Inc.
, Gateway Consumer Credit Counseling, Girl Scouts North-Central Alabama, , M-Power Need a Chance Inc. and Funding financial programs reflectsthe fund’s core mission, said Virginia executive director of The Women’s Fund. “The Women’s Fund’s overarchinhg goal is to help women move out of povertyy so that they and their childremn can reach theirfull potential,” Sweet “Children who are raised in poverty are less likelu to finish high schoo l and more likely to continue the cyclee of poverty.
Learning money management skill is a step toward earning enough money tobe
Monday, March 21, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Duke, CFO study: CFOs foresee more job cuts, credit woes - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The quarterly Duke University/CFpO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survehyasked 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the Their answers paint a gloomy picturew for the rest of the year. * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expected employment to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemploymengt rate in the U.S. seen risingv to perhaps as high as 12 percenr in the next12 months. Employment in Asia is expected to recedeby 1.
2 “Presumably, government programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic governmeny forecasts would reduce the losses by only 2 said Campbell Harvey, founding director of the survey and internationapl business professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of “We’re facing the possibility of another 4 million lost jobs.” * U.S. and European CFOs foresee capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percengt decline. * Six in 10 U.S. companieds covered by the survey reported having trouble findinh credit or acquiring credit at areasonablde rate.
Among those firms encountering credit 42 percent say the credit markets have gottenm worsethis year, while 23 perceny say conditions have improved. * Weak consumer demandd and the credit market ranked as the top two external concernsamong U.S. chiec financial officers, with the federap government’s policies coming in third. Among internall concerns, CFOs are losing the most slee over their inability to plan due to economic managingtheir companies’ capital and and maintaining employee morale.
Despitw all the negative indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Unitex States and Asia reported being more optimistic this quarter than they were the previous That was not the casein Europe, wherde only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they were less “Our survey carries an importanr message: Don’t put too much weighy on the ‘soft’ data like consumer Recovery requires sustained confidence, and such confidencer is forged by stronger economic fundamentals,” Harvey “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital spending, the cost of crediyt – are still fundamentally troubling.
” To see the completre survey results, go to the official Web site, .
The quarterly Duke University/CFpO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survehyasked 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the Their answers paint a gloomy picturew for the rest of the year. * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expected employment to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemploymengt rate in the U.S. seen risingv to perhaps as high as 12 percenr in the next12 months. Employment in Asia is expected to recedeby 1.
2 “Presumably, government programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic governmeny forecasts would reduce the losses by only 2 said Campbell Harvey, founding director of the survey and internationapl business professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of “We’re facing the possibility of another 4 million lost jobs.” * U.S. and European CFOs foresee capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percengt decline. * Six in 10 U.S. companieds covered by the survey reported having trouble findinh credit or acquiring credit at areasonablde rate.
Among those firms encountering credit 42 percent say the credit markets have gottenm worsethis year, while 23 perceny say conditions have improved. * Weak consumer demandd and the credit market ranked as the top two external concernsamong U.S. chiec financial officers, with the federap government’s policies coming in third. Among internall concerns, CFOs are losing the most slee over their inability to plan due to economic managingtheir companies’ capital and and maintaining employee morale.
Despitw all the negative indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Unitex States and Asia reported being more optimistic this quarter than they were the previous That was not the casein Europe, wherde only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they were less “Our survey carries an importanr message: Don’t put too much weighy on the ‘soft’ data like consumer Recovery requires sustained confidence, and such confidencer is forged by stronger economic fundamentals,” Harvey “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital spending, the cost of crediyt – are still fundamentally troubling.
” To see the completre survey results, go to the official Web site, .
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