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Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Lawrence A. Schwarts on Friday denied a motion to stop the county from sellingythe bonds. Schwartz ruled that while a pair Miam residents have standing to bring the lawsuit challengingthe stadium'ws construction, the county’s effory to sell construction bonds is “not The county had movedx the date of the bond sale from this week to June 29 and June 30 as a resulf of their motion. The counth had worried that the lawsuit would creatd a cloud of uncertainty that could have affected the interest rates. County spokeswoman Vickiu Mallette said Friday that the county would now move forwarx with the sale of the bondzas planned.
County Mayor Carloes Alvarez said early Friday that he was confiden the county would prevaill in the request foran injunction. Earl y Friday morning Miami-Dade County Commissioners approved threed measures designed to make possible the start of constructiojn on thenew stadium. Commissioners agreed to move up to the top of the list of creditorx to bepaid first. Wachovia is providing a $100 milliobn letter of credit to the countt for its variablerate bonds.
These types of bonds requirew a line of Commissioners also voted to move back the terminationm date to July 15 for eithetthe county, city or the Marlins to pull out of the deal and to conveyu property to the city of Miami for stadiumj garages. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez voted againstfprioritizing Wachovia's payback and changinh the termination date. He opposes the county'ws financing of the project, calling it "aw bad deal." The ballpark projecyt passed another technical hurdle at the city of Miamiion Thursday.
Miami city commissioners approved the termination date change as well as othert modifications that City Manager Pete Hernandez said would help protect the city inthe deal. * Giving the county until July 17 to terminated the deal if it has not closed on thebond sale. * Extendingh the date of the city'sz $13 million contribution to July 17. * Amending the deal to alloew the city to suspend deposit of its contribution to the projecy if there is a delay dueto litigation.
* Add a revertetr clause that gives the stadium land back to the city if the deal In April, county commissioners approved issuing bondd totaling a maximum of $536 million towarr construction of the $640 million, 37,000-seaf ballpark.
понедельник, 31 октября 2011 г.
суббота, 29 октября 2011 г.
'The Adventures of Tintin' Gets Mixed Reviews Overseas - Reuters
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The Guardian | 'The Adventures of Tintin' Gets Mixed Reviews Overseas Reuters "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn," Steven Spielberg's 3-D take on Georges Remi's treasured comic books, is already a hit overseas with audiences. But what about the critics? ... The Adventures of Tintin is great art crudely redrawn The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - The Game Review: The Adventures of Tintin |
четверг, 27 октября 2011 г.
UK-Gateshead: printing and related services - The Construction Index
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вторник, 25 октября 2011 г.
Collegiate appoints board members - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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• Nelea Absher, vice president and associate general • Anne-Marie Brown, founder, • Suzanne Oldham, founder, Tuffy Wood, managing director, Morgann Keegan & Co. • Cindy Skarbek, director of the Bashar Masri, director and senioe engineer of . Four trustees were reappointecd tothe school’s board. They are: • Marinee management consultantBarker Price, who will serve as board president for the 2009-1 school year; • Merrell Wall general manager of the Monogramm line for , and 1974 alumna, who will serve as vice president; • Formert Brown-Forman vice chairwoman and CFO Phoebe Wood, who will serve as treasurer; and • Former management consultang Leslie Geoghegan, who will serve as secretary.
Corrie president of the Louisville Collegiate School Parents Association, will serve as parent representative on the board. Formert Brown-Forman president Bill Street, whose term on the board expired, was named a director
• Nelea Absher, vice president and associate general • Anne-Marie Brown, founder, • Suzanne Oldham, founder, Tuffy Wood, managing director, Morgann Keegan & Co. • Cindy Skarbek, director of the Bashar Masri, director and senioe engineer of . Four trustees were reappointecd tothe school’s board. They are: • Marinee management consultantBarker Price, who will serve as board president for the 2009-1 school year; • Merrell Wall general manager of the Monogramm line for , and 1974 alumna, who will serve as vice president; • Formert Brown-Forman vice chairwoman and CFO Phoebe Wood, who will serve as treasurer; and • Former management consultang Leslie Geoghegan, who will serve as secretary.
Corrie president of the Louisville Collegiate School Parents Association, will serve as parent representative on the board. Formert Brown-Forman president Bill Street, whose term on the board expired, was named a director
суббота, 22 октября 2011 г.
Investors upset with American Kidney Stone over stock sale - Business First of Columbus:
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, a urology practice with operationsz in39 states, is fighting the allegations made by hospitapl operator and 29 former investors, all of whom claimn the practice lied to them durint a 2007 share redemption offer. The lawsuits allege Americamn Kidney Stone told investors it wanted to buy their shares to ensur compliance with a federal law requiring investors bepracticinf physicians. The company instead wanted to buythem out, the lawsuits claim, so it could bring in practicing physician s as investors who would refer patient to its clinics, boosting revenue.
“Ih truth, however, (the practice) is not only squeezintg out non-active urologists, but also is squeezing out activelyupracticing urologists, and for one reasomn only – those members do not refeer their patients to (its clinics),” the 29 investoras alleged in their June 3 lawsuit. “(American Kidnety Stone) has no comment beyond saying that it regardsz the action as wholly without merit and it will be aggressively defended,” said Jack the company’s outside counsel with the law firm Jones Day. Neithefr Newman nor practice representatives wouledcomment further.
According to its Web site, American Kidney Stone was founded in 1984 and has grown toa 1,500-physician network offering lithotripsy at clinicw in 39 states. Lithotripsy uses shock wavesz to break up painfulkidney stones. Kidneuy stones afflict 12 percent of American men and 7 percenyof women, according to a 2008 study publishexd in the Proceedings of the . The practicwe also provides treatment for prostate and renal cancer and orthopedix shockwave treatment. Like the lawsuit filed by the 29 OhioHealth claimed in its suit filedx in December that American Kidney Stone and its boarx approached some investors in April 2007 with a buybacko offer that wouldpay $70 a share.
They were giveb until May 4 to acceptthe offer, the lawsuity said. American Kidney Stone made the offer to urologistswho weren’f practicing and those who weren’r referring patients to its lithotripsy the lawsuit said. Meanwhile, the suit said, it was offerin to sell sharesat $51 to practicing doctorw who would send patients to its A year later, the company’s 13-member board passed a measure that allowed it to changs its operating agreement so only actively practicing urologist could be investors, the lawsuit The change also required all nonpracticing investorzs to sell their shares, but at $54 a the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit claimed American Kidneyt Stone shares were valuedat $122 as late as 2006. Columbus-basef OhioHealth, its political action committee and its owned acombinee 24,400 shares. The 29 investors ownesd as manyas 60,000 shares, said Kevin their attorney at Columbus-based . “A lot of thesew folks are relying on this investmen income for theirretirement years,” he said. “The company alwayz paid generous distributions.
” OhioHealth and the individual investors allege American Kidney Stone broke its contract with investors by changin gthe company’s operating agreement and that it breached its fiduciart duty by selling shares to new investores for less than they were worth and buyintg shares from former investors for less than fair markef value. They are asking their ownershil interests be reinstated and want American Kidney Stone to pay compensation in excessof $25,000, plus punitive McDermott is hoping the investors will have their case decided in a relatively quick 18 months becausw he filed to have the case assigned to Franklibn County’s new business docket, a specialized court designedf to handle only corporate disputes.
In an effor to increase the resolutionof business-to-business cases, the established specializedd business dockets in Franklin, Hamilton and Cuyahoga countiexs this year. The investors’ lawsuit also claims that by requiring practicinh urologists tobe investors, Americah Kidney Stone could be violatint federal laws designed to limit doctor referrals to clinics in whicg they have an ownership interest.
, a urology practice with operationsz in39 states, is fighting the allegations made by hospitapl operator and 29 former investors, all of whom claimn the practice lied to them durint a 2007 share redemption offer. The lawsuits allege Americamn Kidney Stone told investors it wanted to buy their shares to ensur compliance with a federal law requiring investors bepracticinf physicians. The company instead wanted to buythem out, the lawsuits claim, so it could bring in practicing physician s as investors who would refer patient to its clinics, boosting revenue.
“Ih truth, however, (the practice) is not only squeezintg out non-active urologists, but also is squeezing out activelyupracticing urologists, and for one reasomn only – those members do not refeer their patients to (its clinics),” the 29 investoras alleged in their June 3 lawsuit. “(American Kidnety Stone) has no comment beyond saying that it regardsz the action as wholly without merit and it will be aggressively defended,” said Jack the company’s outside counsel with the law firm Jones Day. Neithefr Newman nor practice representatives wouledcomment further.
According to its Web site, American Kidney Stone was founded in 1984 and has grown toa 1,500-physician network offering lithotripsy at clinicw in 39 states. Lithotripsy uses shock wavesz to break up painfulkidney stones. Kidneuy stones afflict 12 percent of American men and 7 percenyof women, according to a 2008 study publishexd in the Proceedings of the . The practicwe also provides treatment for prostate and renal cancer and orthopedix shockwave treatment. Like the lawsuit filed by the 29 OhioHealth claimed in its suit filedx in December that American Kidney Stone and its boarx approached some investors in April 2007 with a buybacko offer that wouldpay $70 a share.
They were giveb until May 4 to acceptthe offer, the lawsuity said. American Kidney Stone made the offer to urologistswho weren’f practicing and those who weren’r referring patients to its lithotripsy the lawsuit said. Meanwhile, the suit said, it was offerin to sell sharesat $51 to practicing doctorw who would send patients to its A year later, the company’s 13-member board passed a measure that allowed it to changs its operating agreement so only actively practicing urologist could be investors, the lawsuit The change also required all nonpracticing investorzs to sell their shares, but at $54 a the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit claimed American Kidneyt Stone shares were valuedat $122 as late as 2006. Columbus-basef OhioHealth, its political action committee and its owned acombinee 24,400 shares. The 29 investors ownesd as manyas 60,000 shares, said Kevin their attorney at Columbus-based . “A lot of thesew folks are relying on this investmen income for theirretirement years,” he said. “The company alwayz paid generous distributions.
” OhioHealth and the individual investors allege American Kidney Stone broke its contract with investors by changin gthe company’s operating agreement and that it breached its fiduciart duty by selling shares to new investores for less than they were worth and buyintg shares from former investors for less than fair markef value. They are asking their ownershil interests be reinstated and want American Kidney Stone to pay compensation in excessof $25,000, plus punitive McDermott is hoping the investors will have their case decided in a relatively quick 18 months becausw he filed to have the case assigned to Franklibn County’s new business docket, a specialized court designedf to handle only corporate disputes.
In an effor to increase the resolutionof business-to-business cases, the established specializedd business dockets in Franklin, Hamilton and Cuyahoga countiexs this year. The investors’ lawsuit also claims that by requiring practicinh urologists tobe investors, Americah Kidney Stone could be violatint federal laws designed to limit doctor referrals to clinics in whicg they have an ownership interest.
четверг, 20 октября 2011 г.
Kannapolis honored for economic strategy - Orlando Business Journal:
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The city received the award in the categoryh of Excellence in EconomicDiversification Strategies, whichg recognizes responses to planrt closures and other economic dislocations, that promotr economic diversification. The competition is open to local, state and regiona governments; and universities and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowan countiese lost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textilemanufacturere Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two years later, California billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Research Campues at the 350-acre former Pillowtex headquartersz andmanufacturing site.
The life-sciences hub includes the participationm ofDuke University, the UNC System, the N.C. Communitt College System, other educationak institutions andbusiness partners. The totakl investment is expected toreach $1.8 billion. Residentiao and commercial developments are rising arounr the campus with hopes ofturninfg Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotecb center.
The city received the award in the categoryh of Excellence in EconomicDiversification Strategies, whichg recognizes responses to planrt closures and other economic dislocations, that promotr economic diversification. The competition is open to local, state and regiona governments; and universities and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowan countiese lost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textilemanufacturere Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two years later, California billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Research Campues at the 350-acre former Pillowtex headquartersz andmanufacturing site.
The life-sciences hub includes the participationm ofDuke University, the UNC System, the N.C. Communitt College System, other educationak institutions andbusiness partners. The totakl investment is expected toreach $1.8 billion. Residentiao and commercial developments are rising arounr the campus with hopes ofturninfg Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotecb center.
вторник, 18 октября 2011 г.
Sealing the deal: If you can speak it, you can write it - bizjournals:
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There was nothing worse in high school than having your boyfriends or girlfriend say they wanted to seeothetr people. Ouch! In the we had a phrase about people who woul d take advantageof you: users. I have to admi t I was one of them. My frienxd in sixth grade, a neighbore named Eddie, had a built-in pool and his mom had a pantru of myfavorite snacks: appled pies, Yodels, you name it. I was a Eddie turned out to be a multimillionaire software Although I would love tocall him, I simplyy cannot. Many salespeople get used and abuseds in the sales process because prospects can be users who will even justifyg using your stuff to better themselves ortheif company.
It has happened to me a couplwof times, and I have to admit I felt like Eddis Money and wanted to sing, “Baby, Hold On to Me.” I even becamre the Bee Gees, just trying to stay As time went on in the saleas process, I realized I was being used. I adoptes one sentence that changesd everything: If you can speak it, you can write it. That sentencde has not guaranteed that I will close everyprospecyt — and I am not suggestiny that it will for you, either — but I guarantede you will never get used again. Many timea early in my career, my prospects would ask for something in writing and I would give themcustomized plans.
I mightr redo them several times, only to find out their cousin Vinny took all mystuff — and my commission, as To prevent this, ask one simple question: What will it take to make you a client ? After they mention price, you must get two more thingsa or you can starrt singing “Na Na, Hey Hey, After your prospect tells you what you have to do to earn his or her write down the specifi deliverables and initial each one. Have your prospecgt do the same and set your second Give yourself enough time between appointments to gatherthe deliverables. I usualluy recommend at least a week.
Set the TONE (touching on new Touch your prospect at least twice beforseyou meet, and remind them of your writtej agreement. Give them a good report that you are workiny onthe deliverables. Do not smother them or shove anything else downtheir throats. Be a motivator — not a menacre like Dennis, who lived at 627 Elm St. Do you remembere the look on Mr. Wilson’s face when Dennise would yell, “Hey, Mr. Wilson”? However, you may see that look when you show up forappointmengt No. 2. Here is the four R’s formula to closing your (When you’re done, you can look forwarf to another word with theletter R, relaxing.
) So now it’w show time — time to say, Mr. Wilson, I got the You may see that face once your prospect sees the sheet with his or her initialson it. you had the gatekeeper copy it. You will know you’re in the fight when, 60 seconda into your conversation, your prospect startzs backpedaling. In the 1980s, Sugar Ray Leonard fought MarvelousMarvin Hagler. No one gave Ray a chance. Ray showed up the fight in great shape and was winning until he started to trade blows with the morepowerful Hagler. Sugarf Ray’s trainer, Angelo Dundee, screamed at him that he was blowing it. Dundee screamed at him to jab andget out.
I am tellingv you: That’s what the 4 R’as are all about.
There was nothing worse in high school than having your boyfriends or girlfriend say they wanted to seeothetr people. Ouch! In the we had a phrase about people who woul d take advantageof you: users. I have to admi t I was one of them. My frienxd in sixth grade, a neighbore named Eddie, had a built-in pool and his mom had a pantru of myfavorite snacks: appled pies, Yodels, you name it. I was a Eddie turned out to be a multimillionaire software Although I would love tocall him, I simplyy cannot. Many salespeople get used and abuseds in the sales process because prospects can be users who will even justifyg using your stuff to better themselves ortheif company.
It has happened to me a couplwof times, and I have to admit I felt like Eddis Money and wanted to sing, “Baby, Hold On to Me.” I even becamre the Bee Gees, just trying to stay As time went on in the saleas process, I realized I was being used. I adoptes one sentence that changesd everything: If you can speak it, you can write it. That sentencde has not guaranteed that I will close everyprospecyt — and I am not suggestiny that it will for you, either — but I guarantede you will never get used again. Many timea early in my career, my prospects would ask for something in writing and I would give themcustomized plans.
I mightr redo them several times, only to find out their cousin Vinny took all mystuff — and my commission, as To prevent this, ask one simple question: What will it take to make you a client ? After they mention price, you must get two more thingsa or you can starrt singing “Na Na, Hey Hey, After your prospect tells you what you have to do to earn his or her write down the specifi deliverables and initial each one. Have your prospecgt do the same and set your second Give yourself enough time between appointments to gatherthe deliverables. I usualluy recommend at least a week.
Set the TONE (touching on new Touch your prospect at least twice beforseyou meet, and remind them of your writtej agreement. Give them a good report that you are workiny onthe deliverables. Do not smother them or shove anything else downtheir throats. Be a motivator — not a menacre like Dennis, who lived at 627 Elm St. Do you remembere the look on Mr. Wilson’s face when Dennise would yell, “Hey, Mr. Wilson”? However, you may see that look when you show up forappointmengt No. 2. Here is the four R’s formula to closing your (When you’re done, you can look forwarf to another word with theletter R, relaxing.
) So now it’w show time — time to say, Mr. Wilson, I got the You may see that face once your prospect sees the sheet with his or her initialson it. you had the gatekeeper copy it. You will know you’re in the fight when, 60 seconda into your conversation, your prospect startzs backpedaling. In the 1980s, Sugar Ray Leonard fought MarvelousMarvin Hagler. No one gave Ray a chance. Ray showed up the fight in great shape and was winning until he started to trade blows with the morepowerful Hagler. Sugarf Ray’s trainer, Angelo Dundee, screamed at him that he was blowing it. Dundee screamed at him to jab andget out.
I am tellingv you: That’s what the 4 R’as are all about.
воскресенье, 16 октября 2011 г.
Lee seeks 23% pay cut from Post-Dispatch union - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percent in thefirsft year, and 5 percent each in the secondd and third years of the contract, according to information posted on the St. Louis Newspapere Guild’s Web site. Lee declined to comment about the proposed concessions andcontracrt negotiations. “We have always refrained from making any commenft or discussing the substance of the saidDan Hayes, a spokesman for Lee.
On Thursday, Guild memberss voted 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughs but only if Lee agreesd to no layoffs duringcontract negotiations, accordinfg to the Guild Web Lee also proposed the followin contract changes, according to the Guilds Web site: • Cutting unpaid maternity leave in half, to 12 weeksa maximum • The right to fire employeesz on sick leave after three months of absence. The contract now allowsw 18 months.
The Guild proposed longe funeral leave for the deatj of spousesand children, a larger cell-phone reimbursement, a mileage increase, enhanced severance packagez after layoffs, additional a 401(k) match of up to 5 percenyt and overtime eligibility for columnists and outside ad Last month, the Post-Dispatch in its circulatiom and classified departments, whicu are
The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percent in thefirsft year, and 5 percent each in the secondd and third years of the contract, according to information posted on the St. Louis Newspapere Guild’s Web site. Lee declined to comment about the proposed concessions andcontracrt negotiations. “We have always refrained from making any commenft or discussing the substance of the saidDan Hayes, a spokesman for Lee.
On Thursday, Guild memberss voted 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughs but only if Lee agreesd to no layoffs duringcontract negotiations, accordinfg to the Guild Web Lee also proposed the followin contract changes, according to the Guilds Web site: • Cutting unpaid maternity leave in half, to 12 weeksa maximum • The right to fire employeesz on sick leave after three months of absence. The contract now allowsw 18 months.
The Guild proposed longe funeral leave for the deatj of spousesand children, a larger cell-phone reimbursement, a mileage increase, enhanced severance packagez after layoffs, additional a 401(k) match of up to 5 percenyt and overtime eligibility for columnists and outside ad Last month, the Post-Dispatch in its circulatiom and classified departments, whicu are
пятница, 14 октября 2011 г.
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Commercial real estate deal drought in Silicon Valley stuns industry - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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“There are loans coming due, and they may not be able to replacsethose loans,” Seligman said. Whether sellers lose big dependd on when they purchaseedthe property. If they boughty during the run-up from 2005 to the firsyt halfof 2008, Nadji said they coule lose 20 percent to 40 But if they bought in 2000 or the asset should show During the first quarter of LoopNet reported only two apartment dealss in the multifamily Saratoga Square in Santa Clara sold for $2.6 or $163,000 per unit, while 1191 Bracwe Ave. in Willow Glen sold for $2.5 or $196,000 a unit. The two office propertiee that sold were1290 N. Firstf St. in San Jose for $4.
8 million, or $252 a squarew foot, and 431 Dinah’ss Court in Palo Alto for $4 or $310 a square foot. The high-water mark in the industrialp sector wasthe 3,000-square-foot flex building at 130 Main St. in Los Altoas that sold for $3.5 million, or $1,194 a squarer foot. The low was 555-5598 Charcot Ave. in San Jose, whicbh sold for $5.2 million, or $59 a square
“There are loans coming due, and they may not be able to replacsethose loans,” Seligman said. Whether sellers lose big dependd on when they purchaseedthe property. If they boughty during the run-up from 2005 to the firsyt halfof 2008, Nadji said they coule lose 20 percent to 40 But if they bought in 2000 or the asset should show During the first quarter of LoopNet reported only two apartment dealss in the multifamily Saratoga Square in Santa Clara sold for $2.6 or $163,000 per unit, while 1191 Bracwe Ave. in Willow Glen sold for $2.5 or $196,000 a unit. The two office propertiee that sold were1290 N. Firstf St. in San Jose for $4.
8 million, or $252 a squarew foot, and 431 Dinah’ss Court in Palo Alto for $4 or $310 a square foot. The high-water mark in the industrialp sector wasthe 3,000-square-foot flex building at 130 Main St. in Los Altoas that sold for $3.5 million, or $1,194 a squarer foot. The low was 555-5598 Charcot Ave. in San Jose, whicbh sold for $5.2 million, or $59 a square
воскресенье, 9 октября 2011 г.
Missouri approves KCP&L rate increase - Business First of Columbus:
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million that KCP&L had PSC spokesman Gregg Ochoz said that the PSC staff estimated the increas e will raise a typicalresidential customer’s bill about $12.82 a month. A typical customer is considered to be one that uses 700 kilowattg hours of electricity a month in wintetrand 1,200 kWh a month in the summer, Ochoz said. “Our customers depend on us to provide affordable andreliable KCP&L CEO Mike Chesser said in a writtenm statement responding to the PSC approval.
“This rate increase will help us pay for environmentap investments we have already made to severalk ofour coal-fired power The installation of such pollution-control equipment will improves air quality for our region and allowe us to meet future federal environmentap mandates. We recognize that this is a challenginh time to ask customers to pay morefor electricity, and we didn’ t make this decision Kansas City-based (NYSE: KCP&L’s parent, that KCP&p had reached an agreement in principle with the PSC to settles its pending Missouri rate case. Great Plains Energyt ranks No. 5 on the Kansad City Business Journal ’s list of area public companies.
million that KCP&L had PSC spokesman Gregg Ochoz said that the PSC staff estimated the increas e will raise a typicalresidential customer’s bill about $12.82 a month. A typical customer is considered to be one that uses 700 kilowattg hours of electricity a month in wintetrand 1,200 kWh a month in the summer, Ochoz said. “Our customers depend on us to provide affordable andreliable KCP&L CEO Mike Chesser said in a writtenm statement responding to the PSC approval.
“This rate increase will help us pay for environmentap investments we have already made to severalk ofour coal-fired power The installation of such pollution-control equipment will improves air quality for our region and allowe us to meet future federal environmentap mandates. We recognize that this is a challenginh time to ask customers to pay morefor electricity, and we didn’ t make this decision Kansas City-based (NYSE: KCP&L’s parent, that KCP&p had reached an agreement in principle with the PSC to settles its pending Missouri rate case. Great Plains Energyt ranks No. 5 on the Kansad City Business Journal ’s list of area public companies.
пятница, 7 октября 2011 г.
Pattern of violence - Inquirer.net
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Pattern of violence Inquirer.net If Lacierda would rather not see a pattern in these incidents, he is entitled to his own version of realityâ€"but certainly not from his official perch as a Cabinet member whose duty is to provide his boss unblinkered policy advice and perspective. ... |
среда, 5 октября 2011 г.
Marijuana initiative qualifies for ballot - Houston Chronicle
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понедельник, 3 октября 2011 г.
Unions ready to set sights on cadres of techies - San Francisco Business Times:
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Major unions are backing passage of the Employese FreeChoice Act, a federal bill that would make it harder for companiex to combat union-organizing drives. Some labor lawyerss and union backers speculate that should the act pass a likely scenario given supportby President-elecft Barack Obama and many Democratic lawmakers it could spark round s of organizing efforts at tech companies, which typically have not seen much unioh activity. The bill’s passage will lead to “significanty organizing efforts in Silicon saidGarry Mathiason, a labor and employment attorneyh at Littler Mendelson P.C.
Silicon Valley’s tech employers “arde not immune merely because they are in technologuy or businesses where little union organizing hastaken place.” The federal bill woulfd confer new organizing powers on Labor groups would have the choice of askinbg workers to vote for representationj by signing cards instead of goinfg through secret-ballot elections. The so-called “care check” method is favored by unions sincde it can be done withoutan employer’e knowledge. Under traditional secret-ballot elections, companiess typically have months tomount opposition.
The bill also authorizes an arbitratoe to impose a first contract if a union failse to reach an agreement with management aftera union’s Under current law, if the two sidesz don’t reach a contract within a the union usually loses its right to be the exclusivw bargaining agent for the workers. Hopinv to reverse declines in union organized labor said the act wouldraise wages, helping the middle class. Businese groups are fighting the legislation, saying it would increas e costs, prompting layoffs. The Employee Free Choicr Act was not written with places like Silicon Valley in experts said. More likelyu early targets are workers at and other suchhourly employees.
But with the country’e political environment expected to becomr more favorable to unionsnext year, organizedx labor’s reach probably won’t be limited to traditional “Times are changing,” said Mark Ross, a labo r and employment lawyer at Seyfarth Shaw LLP. “We’re in a troubled People may be looking for otherr ways of protecting themselves and insurinv that they arecompensated appropriately.” Two employer groups that represenrt large numbers of tech companieas — the and Joint — declined to comment. The did not return a call for comment.
Bay Area technologu companies have long-term employment growth and unions have gotten little tractionj with themthus far, asidr from janitorial organizing in recent years. The region’zs shaky employment status could make union pitchexmore attractive. Consider some of the pain being felt by worker s justthis quarter: is cutting 8 percent of its is cutting 12 is cutting 10 percent; is cutting 18 percent and is cuttingt 10 percent. Unemployment in Silicon Valley has risento 6.9 up from 4.9 percent 12 months ago. In San Franciscok and San Mateo counties, unemploymentg is 5.6 percent, up from 4 percent a year ago. Unemploymentf in the East Bay is 7.1 up from 4.9 percent 12 months ago.
Companies are freezingt salaries tosave money. Workers at ., for will get year-end bonuses but will not get pay hikexsnext year. Union representation in tech is well below national averages. Across the country, 12.1 percent of privater employees are representedby unions. In the tech nothing comes close. Unions covef 4.8 percent of compute and mathematical occupations, according to the . Organized labor represent s 4.1 percent of computer and electronic productwsmanufacturing jobs. Among Internet service providers, 1.6 percenf of workers have union representation. In the Interne t publishing world, so few workerds are covered by unions thatthey don’t even registert in federal surveys.
Even as the economicf and political environment might favor union historic and cultural forced are working against widespread union acceptance intechnologgy fields. “Silicon Valley is reallu very liberterian politically,” said Jan a professor who studies the culturse ofthe region. “There is a strong narrative of individualds in garagesbeing successful, and that visioh is not something that lends itself to Unions, she said, “undermine the idea that I can do You have a couple of really big culturak reasons against organization.
” Union supporters are “A forward-thinking union could set up a web site to creat e a non-stop certification drive at an unlimited number of Silicobn Valley companies,” said John Miano, the foundedr and a board member of the Programmersa Guild, a professional society that advances the interests of workers in informationj technology fields. “This bill has the potential for havingf a major impact upon Silicon Valley andtechnology fields.
”
Major unions are backing passage of the Employese FreeChoice Act, a federal bill that would make it harder for companiex to combat union-organizing drives. Some labor lawyerss and union backers speculate that should the act pass a likely scenario given supportby President-elecft Barack Obama and many Democratic lawmakers it could spark round s of organizing efforts at tech companies, which typically have not seen much unioh activity. The bill’s passage will lead to “significanty organizing efforts in Silicon saidGarry Mathiason, a labor and employment attorneyh at Littler Mendelson P.C.
Silicon Valley’s tech employers “arde not immune merely because they are in technologuy or businesses where little union organizing hastaken place.” The federal bill woulfd confer new organizing powers on Labor groups would have the choice of askinbg workers to vote for representationj by signing cards instead of goinfg through secret-ballot elections. The so-called “care check” method is favored by unions sincde it can be done withoutan employer’e knowledge. Under traditional secret-ballot elections, companiess typically have months tomount opposition.
The bill also authorizes an arbitratoe to impose a first contract if a union failse to reach an agreement with management aftera union’s Under current law, if the two sidesz don’t reach a contract within a the union usually loses its right to be the exclusivw bargaining agent for the workers. Hopinv to reverse declines in union organized labor said the act wouldraise wages, helping the middle class. Businese groups are fighting the legislation, saying it would increas e costs, prompting layoffs. The Employee Free Choicr Act was not written with places like Silicon Valley in experts said. More likelyu early targets are workers at and other suchhourly employees.
But with the country’e political environment expected to becomr more favorable to unionsnext year, organizedx labor’s reach probably won’t be limited to traditional “Times are changing,” said Mark Ross, a labo r and employment lawyer at Seyfarth Shaw LLP. “We’re in a troubled People may be looking for otherr ways of protecting themselves and insurinv that they arecompensated appropriately.” Two employer groups that represenrt large numbers of tech companieas — the and Joint — declined to comment. The did not return a call for comment.
Bay Area technologu companies have long-term employment growth and unions have gotten little tractionj with themthus far, asidr from janitorial organizing in recent years. The region’zs shaky employment status could make union pitchexmore attractive. Consider some of the pain being felt by worker s justthis quarter: is cutting 8 percent of its is cutting 12 is cutting 10 percent; is cutting 18 percent and is cuttingt 10 percent. Unemployment in Silicon Valley has risento 6.9 up from 4.9 percent 12 months ago. In San Franciscok and San Mateo counties, unemploymentg is 5.6 percent, up from 4 percent a year ago. Unemploymentf in the East Bay is 7.1 up from 4.9 percent 12 months ago.
Companies are freezingt salaries tosave money. Workers at ., for will get year-end bonuses but will not get pay hikexsnext year. Union representation in tech is well below national averages. Across the country, 12.1 percent of privater employees are representedby unions. In the tech nothing comes close. Unions covef 4.8 percent of compute and mathematical occupations, according to the . Organized labor represent s 4.1 percent of computer and electronic productwsmanufacturing jobs. Among Internet service providers, 1.6 percenf of workers have union representation. In the Interne t publishing world, so few workerds are covered by unions thatthey don’t even registert in federal surveys.
Even as the economicf and political environment might favor union historic and cultural forced are working against widespread union acceptance intechnologgy fields. “Silicon Valley is reallu very liberterian politically,” said Jan a professor who studies the culturse ofthe region. “There is a strong narrative of individualds in garagesbeing successful, and that visioh is not something that lends itself to Unions, she said, “undermine the idea that I can do You have a couple of really big culturak reasons against organization.
” Union supporters are “A forward-thinking union could set up a web site to creat e a non-stop certification drive at an unlimited number of Silicobn Valley companies,” said John Miano, the foundedr and a board member of the Programmersa Guild, a professional society that advances the interests of workers in informationj technology fields. “This bill has the potential for havingf a major impact upon Silicon Valley andtechnology fields.
”
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Suspended Wing feels 'terrible' about illegal hit - NHL.com
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Chicago Tribune | Suspended Wing feels 'terrible' about illegal hit NHL.com The Chicago Blackhawks' Ben Smith is still dealing with the physical ramifications of the shoulder-to-head blow at 5:26 of the third period in Wednesday's 4-3 victory over the visiting Detroit Red Wings. Meanwhile, the Red Wings' Brendan Smith is ... Red Wings' Brendan Smith hit with 5-game suspension; 'I was never targeting ... Wings' Smith's punishment fits crime Wings' Brendan Smith draws 8-game suspension |
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