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City residents must vote by mail on Measure C beforr July 22 on whether to bumpthe city’s transit occupanchy tax by 3 percent, to 14 Half of the revenue from the tax increase will fund the CVB, whichy lost all city funding at the end of 2008 and has been survivinhg on its cash reserves since then. The other half will be dividex evenlyamong , , the and generalk support for arts and culture in Oakland. Manette CEO of the Oakland CVB, said she expects the tax, if will bring in $3 million in 2010. If the CVB gets $1.5 that will more than replace the funding it received from the The four cultural groups could be poisesd toreceive $375,000 each.
The TOT budgetr measure replaces an earlier plan to create a Tourism Businesd Improvement District similar to the one San Franciscl passedlast fall. “In the end, (the TOT increase) providees about the same amount of money to the bureah asthe TBID, more people benefit, and it provides a dedicated source of fundingb for everybody,” Belliveau said. The ballot measure faces no organized opposition andrequires two-thirdw of the vote to Should it fail, the Tourism BID is still an option, Belliveau said. “Thisx will be an important piece of replacint andadding to” lost city funding, said Alex an Oakland CVB board member and executiver director of Chabot.
Chabot’e earned revenue is up 7 percenthis year, Zwissler said, but contributed incomde is off by 20 percent, putting greatr strain on the museum’s $10 millionm budget. Oakland has close to 5,200 hotel which have suffered with the Few conventionshave cancelled, but attendance is down at leasg 20 percent, with some groups down more than that. Transit occupancy tax a combination of occupancy androom rates, are down 18 percentg year to date, Belliveau added. “In the past ... we wouldf not know where our money was coming from twoyears out.” Belliveau said. “This allow us to lay some groundwork longer termfor Oakland.
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вторник, 31 июля 2012 г.
понедельник, 30 июля 2012 г.
BlogHer blogging network has big plans for $7M venture infusion - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Stone, the first Internet journalist awarded a Neimam fellowship byHarvard University; Page, a marketintg executive and business blogger; and Des Jardins, a writet and media strategist, knew the women were out there. So the used their credit cards to rent out some space at the TechMart in Santa Clara and formeed LLC with the idea of holding a conferencr forwomen bloggers. What started as a singlre conference with 300 attendees has become a series that routinelysells out, a networjk of 2,500 bloggers that enables participants to generate revenue througn advertising, and a venture-backed company with 30 employees that just raisee its third round of funding and is shootinf for profitability by 2010.
Redwood City-based BlogHer has raise d $15.5 million, including a Series C round of $7 milliom in May. Azure Capital Partners joined Venrock andPeacocik Equity, an NBC Universal fund, in the thirs round, which Stone said would be used to buils more tools to help womeb bloggers make money and invest in better research and advertising technology. “Wee bootstrapped and then we had twopainfu years. We had major sponsors who said welove you, but we need you to be Stone said. “We needed to becomw a nice little conference or we neededto grow.
” They’ver been able to grow through the fundamental understanding of a few basic women control 83 percent of household and thanks to the economy, they’re now thinking more aboutf how and where to spend that money, the companty says. BlogHer reaches 15 million womenha month, Stone said. For its the company takes 10 percen t off the top froman advertiser, and splitds the remaining 90 percent with bloggersd who feature a company’s ads. Contributors to the BlogHe r siteearn $50 a post. “What we have always tried to do is put the user We designed BlogHer around what she wanted to do and gave her a way to take it to Stone said.
“We have an understanding of what the femalwe consumer wants and developed a way for marketers to work with Onesuch blogger, Gia Lipa, writes about personall finance at the sites thedigeratilife.co and thesmarterwallet.com under the moniker “Silicon Valle Blogger.” Lipa said she now makes more as a bloggefr than she did as a software engineed with 18 years in high tech. “Ij have investigated other networks, and I think BlogHerf has pretty good payouts and they have a lot of conten t that isvery empowering,” Lipa “People are hungry for David Siminoff, a BlogHer board membee and investor, was introduced to BlogHer’a management team by venture capitalist Ann In less than a week, he had drawnb up a term sheet and gave “thde gals,” as he calls them, their first venture investment.
“I likecd the story. I knew BlogHer wouldf fill a hole being created inthe ecosystem,” Siminof said. The biggest earluy challenge was that the managementteam wasn’t made up of technicall people, he said. “It was a bad news, good news The bad news is that it was an ugly but the good news was they had all this traffic and Siminoff said. “They’ve become a brand on the Web and will continuedgrowing big.” Mike founding general partner at Azure Capital Partners, said the key to a successfull online business is finding a consistent, relevang way to serve the needs of its targetec customers. BlogHer is “laser focused” on its he said.
“That focusz is what’s helped the company show continuex growth and momentum via reach and even as new social media phenomena have joinedthe scene, such as Facebook and Kwatinetz said. “We think BlogHer’s on track to continu to innovate inthis space.” Jeremiau Owyang, a social computinbg and interactive marketing analyst with Forrester said BlogHer’s bloggers are very influential because so many brandsd are trying to reach womeb online.
Owyang said that BlogHer must keep up the level oftransparenc it’s now established in defining “sponsored conversations,” a technique in which marketerx provide financial or material compensation to bloggers in exchangd for their posting content about a brand, according to a recently releaseed study by Forrester.
Stone, the first Internet journalist awarded a Neimam fellowship byHarvard University; Page, a marketintg executive and business blogger; and Des Jardins, a writet and media strategist, knew the women were out there. So the used their credit cards to rent out some space at the TechMart in Santa Clara and formeed LLC with the idea of holding a conferencr forwomen bloggers. What started as a singlre conference with 300 attendees has become a series that routinelysells out, a networjk of 2,500 bloggers that enables participants to generate revenue througn advertising, and a venture-backed company with 30 employees that just raisee its third round of funding and is shootinf for profitability by 2010.
Redwood City-based BlogHer has raise d $15.5 million, including a Series C round of $7 milliom in May. Azure Capital Partners joined Venrock andPeacocik Equity, an NBC Universal fund, in the thirs round, which Stone said would be used to buils more tools to help womeb bloggers make money and invest in better research and advertising technology. “Wee bootstrapped and then we had twopainfu years. We had major sponsors who said welove you, but we need you to be Stone said. “We needed to becomw a nice little conference or we neededto grow.
” They’ver been able to grow through the fundamental understanding of a few basic women control 83 percent of household and thanks to the economy, they’re now thinking more aboutf how and where to spend that money, the companty says. BlogHer reaches 15 million womenha month, Stone said. For its the company takes 10 percen t off the top froman advertiser, and splitds the remaining 90 percent with bloggersd who feature a company’s ads. Contributors to the BlogHe r siteearn $50 a post. “What we have always tried to do is put the user We designed BlogHer around what she wanted to do and gave her a way to take it to Stone said.
“We have an understanding of what the femalwe consumer wants and developed a way for marketers to work with Onesuch blogger, Gia Lipa, writes about personall finance at the sites thedigeratilife.co and thesmarterwallet.com under the moniker “Silicon Valle Blogger.” Lipa said she now makes more as a bloggefr than she did as a software engineed with 18 years in high tech. “Ij have investigated other networks, and I think BlogHerf has pretty good payouts and they have a lot of conten t that isvery empowering,” Lipa “People are hungry for David Siminoff, a BlogHer board membee and investor, was introduced to BlogHer’a management team by venture capitalist Ann In less than a week, he had drawnb up a term sheet and gave “thde gals,” as he calls them, their first venture investment.
“I likecd the story. I knew BlogHer wouldf fill a hole being created inthe ecosystem,” Siminof said. The biggest earluy challenge was that the managementteam wasn’t made up of technicall people, he said. “It was a bad news, good news The bad news is that it was an ugly but the good news was they had all this traffic and Siminoff said. “They’ve become a brand on the Web and will continuedgrowing big.” Mike founding general partner at Azure Capital Partners, said the key to a successfull online business is finding a consistent, relevang way to serve the needs of its targetec customers. BlogHer is “laser focused” on its he said.
“That focusz is what’s helped the company show continuex growth and momentum via reach and even as new social media phenomena have joinedthe scene, such as Facebook and Kwatinetz said. “We think BlogHer’s on track to continu to innovate inthis space.” Jeremiau Owyang, a social computinbg and interactive marketing analyst with Forrester said BlogHer’s bloggers are very influential because so many brandsd are trying to reach womeb online.
Owyang said that BlogHer must keep up the level oftransparenc it’s now established in defining “sponsored conversations,” a technique in which marketerx provide financial or material compensation to bloggers in exchangd for their posting content about a brand, according to a recently releaseed study by Forrester.
воскресенье, 29 июля 2012 г.
Aegon to cut 138 positions in Louisville - Denver Business Journal:
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a subsidiary of Netherlands-based insurer Aegon N.V., will cut 138 positionz from its Louisville offices atAegon Tower. Subsidiaryt Aegon USA Investment Management will eliminate 13 positions duringy the nextfew weeks, the company said in an e-mailed The company also will cut 125 position s handling certain life insurance administrative functions. Thoss duties will be transitioned to an Aegoj office inCedar Rapids, during the next several months, according to the “We are always exploringt ways to improve efficiency and leverage the scalw we have in our variouzs U.S. locations,” the company said in the statement. Aegon is the parent company of Transamericaz LifeInsurance Co.
, Transamerica Financia Life Insurance Co., Monumental Life Insurance Co., Stonebridge Casualty Insurance Co., Stonebridgee Life Insurance Co., Western Reservde Life Assurance Co. of Ohio, Transamerica Life and Seguros Argos, A.S. de C.V. According to the company’s Web site, Aegon U.S. has more than 600 employeed in Louisville among several operating including individual savingsand retirement, institutional, life and protection, pensionsx and asset management and reinsurance.
a subsidiary of Netherlands-based insurer Aegon N.V., will cut 138 positionz from its Louisville offices atAegon Tower. Subsidiaryt Aegon USA Investment Management will eliminate 13 positions duringy the nextfew weeks, the company said in an e-mailed The company also will cut 125 position s handling certain life insurance administrative functions. Thoss duties will be transitioned to an Aegoj office inCedar Rapids, during the next several months, according to the “We are always exploringt ways to improve efficiency and leverage the scalw we have in our variouzs U.S. locations,” the company said in the statement. Aegon is the parent company of Transamericaz LifeInsurance Co.
, Transamerica Financia Life Insurance Co., Monumental Life Insurance Co., Stonebridge Casualty Insurance Co., Stonebridgee Life Insurance Co., Western Reservde Life Assurance Co. of Ohio, Transamerica Life and Seguros Argos, A.S. de C.V. According to the company’s Web site, Aegon U.S. has more than 600 employeed in Louisville among several operating including individual savingsand retirement, institutional, life and protection, pensionsx and asset management and reinsurance.
пятница, 27 июля 2012 г.
Winds continue to fuel Cudahy fire - Memphis Business Journal:
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Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urged all businesses in the city to reduce water usage and called on residents of the neighborinfg communityof St. Francis to conserve water. “We are running short on McCue said. More than 8.5 million gallons of waterr had been used by in an attemptt to douse a fire in one of the buildings that make up the Patrickj Cudahy meat processing complex at OneSweetr Apple-Wood Lane, just off of Layton Mayor Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. press conference at Parkvie w Elementary School, 5555 S. Nicholson Ave., withib site of the huge plumes of smoke billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukeew also has allowed Cudahy to tap into its wate supply to aid in fightintg thestubborn blaze, McCue said. The fire fightiny effort has been expanded to includr 130 firefighters from27 departments, he “The fire continues to flare McCue said. “The wind has not been our Also, 75 law enforcemeny officers are on patrol inthe city. McCue declarerd a state of emergency earlier in the day and indicatef at that time that the Nationalk Guard could be called in to patroolcity streets.
However, Cudahy Policre Chief Thomas Poellot saidthe city, along with assistancd from other communities and the state, has “adequate” resources to keep the city safe as firefighterx continue to battle the blaze. “W e don’t anticipate needing the National he said.
Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urged all businesses in the city to reduce water usage and called on residents of the neighborinfg communityof St. Francis to conserve water. “We are running short on McCue said. More than 8.5 million gallons of waterr had been used by in an attemptt to douse a fire in one of the buildings that make up the Patrickj Cudahy meat processing complex at OneSweetr Apple-Wood Lane, just off of Layton Mayor Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. press conference at Parkvie w Elementary School, 5555 S. Nicholson Ave., withib site of the huge plumes of smoke billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukeew also has allowed Cudahy to tap into its wate supply to aid in fightintg thestubborn blaze, McCue said. The fire fightiny effort has been expanded to includr 130 firefighters from27 departments, he “The fire continues to flare McCue said. “The wind has not been our Also, 75 law enforcemeny officers are on patrol inthe city. McCue declarerd a state of emergency earlier in the day and indicatef at that time that the Nationalk Guard could be called in to patroolcity streets.
However, Cudahy Policre Chief Thomas Poellot saidthe city, along with assistancd from other communities and the state, has “adequate” resources to keep the city safe as firefighterx continue to battle the blaze. “W e don’t anticipate needing the National he said.
вторник, 24 июля 2012 г.
'Dear colleague': Let's talk vampires, cooking frogs - Politico
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Politico | 'Dear colleague': Let's talk vampires, cooking frogs Politico It's fair to say that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver has a way with words. The Congressional Black Caucus chairman â€" who famously described last August's debt deal as a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich†â€" now has a fan club of members from across the political ... |
понедельник, 23 июля 2012 г.
Report: Litigation strong in 2008 - Triangle Business Journal:
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And despite the fact that many law firms have reducexd staffor merged, the overall growtn in litigation suggests that “corporations continud to view litigation as important both as offensiv and defensive tactics in theirr overall business strategy,” according to the issued by Law360 Litigation “We expect this trensd to accelerate in 2009, thanks to fallout from the financial crisis and the expected increase in new regulatiomn under the incoming Obama administration," said Margare Daisley, a research analyst at Law360's parent . • Class actions hit a new peak in 2008, risinvg 8 percent from the previous year.
The economic crisis sparked a surge in corporate bankruptchy filingsin 2008, while credit conditions also forced more companiez to resort to quick, nontraditional bankruptcies. • Antitrusrt filings grew 27 percent. A look at the 2008 courg dockets found a slew of casee againstchocolate makers, egg product packaged ice distributors and many others, all filed soon afted a government investigation was disclosed. • The numbed of federal environmental lawsuits filed in 2008 rose for the firstr timesince 2005. • The number of intellectual property lawsuita declined 11 percentin 2008, largely due to a drop-offc in copyright litigation instigateds by the recording industry.
• Employment litigatiohn rose 6 percent in marking a reversal in the gradual declind in employment litigation seen over the previousfour years. Product liability filings grew by 20 percentin 2008. • Securities litigationj fell 8 percentin 2008. But, with financial marketd and titans collapsing at breakneck speed in the summer and securities attorneys are preparing for a wave and they're expecting it to last for a long • In real estate practicea much of the legal work now stemzs from buyers backing out of loans failing to come through and lenders seekingg to foreclose.
• Tax litigation remains stablebut low, with the majoritgy of disputes settling administratively.
And despite the fact that many law firms have reducexd staffor merged, the overall growtn in litigation suggests that “corporations continud to view litigation as important both as offensiv and defensive tactics in theirr overall business strategy,” according to the issued by Law360 Litigation “We expect this trensd to accelerate in 2009, thanks to fallout from the financial crisis and the expected increase in new regulatiomn under the incoming Obama administration," said Margare Daisley, a research analyst at Law360's parent . • Class actions hit a new peak in 2008, risinvg 8 percent from the previous year.
The economic crisis sparked a surge in corporate bankruptchy filingsin 2008, while credit conditions also forced more companiez to resort to quick, nontraditional bankruptcies. • Antitrusrt filings grew 27 percent. A look at the 2008 courg dockets found a slew of casee againstchocolate makers, egg product packaged ice distributors and many others, all filed soon afted a government investigation was disclosed. • The numbed of federal environmental lawsuits filed in 2008 rose for the firstr timesince 2005. • The number of intellectual property lawsuita declined 11 percentin 2008, largely due to a drop-offc in copyright litigation instigateds by the recording industry.
• Employment litigatiohn rose 6 percent in marking a reversal in the gradual declind in employment litigation seen over the previousfour years. Product liability filings grew by 20 percentin 2008. • Securities litigationj fell 8 percentin 2008. But, with financial marketd and titans collapsing at breakneck speed in the summer and securities attorneys are preparing for a wave and they're expecting it to last for a long • In real estate practicea much of the legal work now stemzs from buyers backing out of loans failing to come through and lenders seekingg to foreclose.
• Tax litigation remains stablebut low, with the majoritgy of disputes settling administratively.
воскресенье, 22 июля 2012 г.
Car auction to support K-State - Wichita Business Journal:
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The program, called , will let car owners use Purple Wave Auction at no cost to sell their vehicle and donatethe sale’s net proceeds to the K-Statwe fund of their choice througn the KSU Foundation. “It’s a perfect opportunity for folk who need to find homes for vehiclew they no longer use or need while contributing funds to help continuw the tradition of excellence at Russ Briggs, president of and founded of KansasStateCars.com, said in a release. “We’re committesd to giving back to the university in many and we’re excited to partner with Purplew Wave Auction to help managre this program and generate support for K-State.
” Purples Wave Auction, which is headquartered Manhattan and has a saleas office in Derby, will waive all seller commissiomn fees for the automobilesw auctioned through the Cars for Cats will issue each selle a receipt for their donation. Sellers can then deduct the net proceedx of the vehicle sale as a charitable donationj on theirincome taxes. “Cars for Cats is an ideal way for alumnij and friendsof K-State to contribute the proceedzs from a vehicle auction to K-State,” said Alan CFO of the KSU Foundation, in a writte statement. “Donors may designate any college or programat K-State to receive their funds.
Contributing the proceedz from a vehicle auctionhelps K-Stated grow and generates a charitable deduction for the individual’ss income tax.”
The program, called , will let car owners use Purple Wave Auction at no cost to sell their vehicle and donatethe sale’s net proceeds to the K-Statwe fund of their choice througn the KSU Foundation. “It’s a perfect opportunity for folk who need to find homes for vehiclew they no longer use or need while contributing funds to help continuw the tradition of excellence at Russ Briggs, president of and founded of KansasStateCars.com, said in a release. “We’re committesd to giving back to the university in many and we’re excited to partner with Purplew Wave Auction to help managre this program and generate support for K-State.
” Purples Wave Auction, which is headquartered Manhattan and has a saleas office in Derby, will waive all seller commissiomn fees for the automobilesw auctioned through the Cars for Cats will issue each selle a receipt for their donation. Sellers can then deduct the net proceedx of the vehicle sale as a charitable donationj on theirincome taxes. “Cars for Cats is an ideal way for alumnij and friendsof K-State to contribute the proceedzs from a vehicle auction to K-State,” said Alan CFO of the KSU Foundation, in a writte statement. “Donors may designate any college or programat K-State to receive their funds.
Contributing the proceedz from a vehicle auctionhelps K-Stated grow and generates a charitable deduction for the individual’ss income tax.”
пятница, 20 июля 2012 г.
Poll: Siena nips Fearrington to top hotel vote - Triangle Business Journal:
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From Nov. 29 through Dec. 5, our readerzs were asked, "If you had a chance to stay in anyTriangle hotel, which one would you Out of 735 votes, The Siena claimed the largest garnering 194 votes, or more than 26 percen t of the total. The Fearrington House Country Inn finishes a close second with 182 or nearly 25 percent ofthe total. Nearly 18 percent of respondents, or 131 voters, said they woul stay at the in while43 participants, or about 6 percent, sidexd with the in Cary. About 3 or 22 voters, picked the Raleigb Hotel, while 21 respondentss selected the Sheraton Imperial hoteo near ResearchTriangle Park.
More than 19 or 142 participants, selected as their choice, and voter comments voicedc support for a number ofother hotels, with the most mentionws going to the Crabtree Valley and the both in Raleigh. Listed below is a sampling of ourpoll comments, which were made anonymously. "Thew Crabtree Valley Marriott ismy favorite. It is in a greatt location and their newly renovatede roomsare fabulous!" "Love the charj and character of the , especially when it is decoratede for the holidays." "I'd like to try the new on the SAS Campues in Cary. From the pictures I've it looks pretty plush! That would be my firsrt choice.
" "Sheraton Raleigh gets my vote. I like the fact that it is withinn walking distance of many of myfavorite "The Siena is a fantastic hotel and "I recently stayed at the Washington Duke Inn and the renovationxs are fabulous! I was amazedx at the new space. Absolutely "Just the name 'Fearrington House' exudes luxury ... Stayint there would just be extremely coolI
From Nov. 29 through Dec. 5, our readerzs were asked, "If you had a chance to stay in anyTriangle hotel, which one would you Out of 735 votes, The Siena claimed the largest garnering 194 votes, or more than 26 percen t of the total. The Fearrington House Country Inn finishes a close second with 182 or nearly 25 percent ofthe total. Nearly 18 percent of respondents, or 131 voters, said they woul stay at the in while43 participants, or about 6 percent, sidexd with the in Cary. About 3 or 22 voters, picked the Raleigb Hotel, while 21 respondentss selected the Sheraton Imperial hoteo near ResearchTriangle Park.
More than 19 or 142 participants, selected as their choice, and voter comments voicedc support for a number ofother hotels, with the most mentionws going to the Crabtree Valley and the both in Raleigh. Listed below is a sampling of ourpoll comments, which were made anonymously. "Thew Crabtree Valley Marriott ismy favorite. It is in a greatt location and their newly renovatede roomsare fabulous!" "Love the charj and character of the , especially when it is decoratede for the holidays." "I'd like to try the new on the SAS Campues in Cary. From the pictures I've it looks pretty plush! That would be my firsrt choice.
" "Sheraton Raleigh gets my vote. I like the fact that it is withinn walking distance of many of myfavorite "The Siena is a fantastic hotel and "I recently stayed at the Washington Duke Inn and the renovationxs are fabulous! I was amazedx at the new space. Absolutely "Just the name 'Fearrington House' exudes luxury ... Stayint there would just be extremely coolI
четверг, 19 июля 2012 г.
Horton PR: And they're off! Tirol cycles to London 2012 - MarketWatch (press release)
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Horton PR: And they're off! Tirol cycles to London 2012 MarketWatch (press release) Over the next 8 days the Tirol cycle team will ride 1300km through Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium before crossing from Ostend to Ramsgate. Spending an average 6-8 hours on the road and covering up to 200km per day, they will arrive at Tower Bridge ... |
вторник, 17 июля 2012 г.
Online 'shopping mall' for health care eyes Wisconsin - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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After a successful launch in the Paul marketin January, is exploring entering Milwaukese and the Fox Valleyg area, said Jim a spokesman with the Bloomington, Minn.-based company. Anecdotalo interviews with area health care system show little progress has been made to bring Carol.com to Milwaukee, but system officials say they are willinhg to talk. Carol.com offers “care put together by health care providers on medicakl conditions such asback pain, heart disease, diabetes and women’ss health so consumers can see how serviceas and price vary among the different providers.
For a woman could schedule a mammogram, annuall physical exam and dentalk visit using the site and find out what all of thosee exams wouldcost her. The servicse is free to consumers and paid for by participatinhhealth providers, who pay a monthlyu fee to be listesd on the Web site and a transaction fee if a customee schedules an appointment to see one of the Poulter said the site gets 800 to 1,000 hits dailuy in Minneapolis. The Web site is one more tool that couled become more valuable to as employers optfor high-deductibles insurance plans that require consumers to pay out-of-pocket for more of theif own health costs.
If so-called “consumer-driven” healtj care is going to be successful, it has to be consumeer friendly, said Andy president of the Healt h Care System Consultants divisionof , “What makes this (Web site) attractiv e is it’s set up along the same lines as how you would shop for wedding gifts online,” Seriok said. “This makes purchasing health care like anyothef commodity, and that’s ultimately where health care has to At least one area health care system — in Waukeshza — is interested in learning more aboutt Carol.com. “This is something we would beinginvolved in, said Sandra Peterson, spokeswomanh for ProHealth.
“We are aware of the site and followingf its developmentwith Carol.com moved into the Seattle market earlier this Web site officials hope to continue to move to areasx like Milwaukee, where the market is highl y competitive but at the same time doesn’t have too many smal providers, said Poulter. Carol.com was foundecd by Tony Miller, former chief executivse officerof , whicu was acquired by Minneapolis-based in 2004. The push for transparencty in health care has prompted Wisconsin and several commercial insurance companies to offer a service similarto Carol.comm on their Web sites. For earlier this year, UnitedHealthcare, Louisville, Ky.
-based and and Blue Shiel d of Wisconsin began offering customers cost comparison toole onWeb sites. , Fitchburg, operatesd PricePoint, a Web site that uses voluntaryu information from hospital systemz to compare the cost of variouxsinpatient procedures.
After a successful launch in the Paul marketin January, is exploring entering Milwaukese and the Fox Valleyg area, said Jim a spokesman with the Bloomington, Minn.-based company. Anecdotalo interviews with area health care system show little progress has been made to bring Carol.com to Milwaukee, but system officials say they are willinhg to talk. Carol.com offers “care put together by health care providers on medicakl conditions such asback pain, heart disease, diabetes and women’ss health so consumers can see how serviceas and price vary among the different providers.
For a woman could schedule a mammogram, annuall physical exam and dentalk visit using the site and find out what all of thosee exams wouldcost her. The servicse is free to consumers and paid for by participatinhhealth providers, who pay a monthlyu fee to be listesd on the Web site and a transaction fee if a customee schedules an appointment to see one of the Poulter said the site gets 800 to 1,000 hits dailuy in Minneapolis. The Web site is one more tool that couled become more valuable to as employers optfor high-deductibles insurance plans that require consumers to pay out-of-pocket for more of theif own health costs.
If so-called “consumer-driven” healtj care is going to be successful, it has to be consumeer friendly, said Andy president of the Healt h Care System Consultants divisionof , “What makes this (Web site) attractiv e is it’s set up along the same lines as how you would shop for wedding gifts online,” Seriok said. “This makes purchasing health care like anyothef commodity, and that’s ultimately where health care has to At least one area health care system — in Waukeshza — is interested in learning more aboutt Carol.com. “This is something we would beinginvolved in, said Sandra Peterson, spokeswomanh for ProHealth.
“We are aware of the site and followingf its developmentwith Carol.com moved into the Seattle market earlier this Web site officials hope to continue to move to areasx like Milwaukee, where the market is highl y competitive but at the same time doesn’t have too many smal providers, said Poulter. Carol.com was foundecd by Tony Miller, former chief executivse officerof , whicu was acquired by Minneapolis-based in 2004. The push for transparencty in health care has prompted Wisconsin and several commercial insurance companies to offer a service similarto Carol.comm on their Web sites. For earlier this year, UnitedHealthcare, Louisville, Ky.
-based and and Blue Shiel d of Wisconsin began offering customers cost comparison toole onWeb sites. , Fitchburg, operatesd PricePoint, a Web site that uses voluntaryu information from hospital systemz to compare the cost of variouxsinpatient procedures.
понедельник, 16 июля 2012 г.
Advanta agrees to refund customers up to $35M in FDIC agreements - Orlando Business Journal:
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That agreement addresses charges that theSprintg House, Pa.-based company violated federal tradee laws through its pricing strategies on business credit and in its marketing of cash-back rewards on the cards. Advanta said it did not admiy wrongdoing and that it entered theagreements “in the interesrt of expediency and to avoid litigation.” Advanta said it took a $14 millionb charge to cover refunds tied to the alleged marketing violations in third-quarter 2008 and will take a second-quarter 2009 charge to cover refundas over its pricing strategies, which it said coulf total $21 million. Advanta also agreed to a $150,000o fine.
In a separate agreement with the Advanta’s ability to use cash and pay dividends hasbeen restricted. The company must submit a plan toremaijn "well-capitalized," and submit a plan to terminat its deposit-taking operations and deposit insurance once its deposits are repaid in a process expected to take a few years. The second agreement with the FDIC places restrictionsaon Advanta’s use of its cash assets, paymenf of dividends and transactions that would materially alterf its balance sheet compositiob and taking of brokeresd deposits.
Advanta said the second order does not in any way restricft it from continuing to service itsmanagedd credit-card accounts and receivables. In an effort to limift losses and erosion of its capital ascredity deteriorates, Advanta said in early May that its securitizationj trust will go into early amortization — wherde the company uses receivables from customers to acceleratw payment to investor bondholders. While that protects investors from prolonged exposures to a pool of receivablexs whose credit performancehas deteriorated, Advantas would have needed an alternativs way to fund new purchases on its credit cards. So it had to shut down future use, effectivde May 30.
It has since referred some customersa to AmericanExpress Co. Advanta’s stock closede 2 7 percent lower Wednesday at42 cents.
That agreement addresses charges that theSprintg House, Pa.-based company violated federal tradee laws through its pricing strategies on business credit and in its marketing of cash-back rewards on the cards. Advanta said it did not admiy wrongdoing and that it entered theagreements “in the interesrt of expediency and to avoid litigation.” Advanta said it took a $14 millionb charge to cover refunds tied to the alleged marketing violations in third-quarter 2008 and will take a second-quarter 2009 charge to cover refundas over its pricing strategies, which it said coulf total $21 million. Advanta also agreed to a $150,000o fine.
In a separate agreement with the Advanta’s ability to use cash and pay dividends hasbeen restricted. The company must submit a plan toremaijn "well-capitalized," and submit a plan to terminat its deposit-taking operations and deposit insurance once its deposits are repaid in a process expected to take a few years. The second agreement with the FDIC places restrictionsaon Advanta’s use of its cash assets, paymenf of dividends and transactions that would materially alterf its balance sheet compositiob and taking of brokeresd deposits.
Advanta said the second order does not in any way restricft it from continuing to service itsmanagedd credit-card accounts and receivables. In an effort to limift losses and erosion of its capital ascredity deteriorates, Advanta said in early May that its securitizationj trust will go into early amortization — wherde the company uses receivables from customers to acceleratw payment to investor bondholders. While that protects investors from prolonged exposures to a pool of receivablexs whose credit performancehas deteriorated, Advantas would have needed an alternativs way to fund new purchases on its credit cards. So it had to shut down future use, effectivde May 30.
It has since referred some customersa to AmericanExpress Co. Advanta’s stock closede 2 7 percent lower Wednesday at42 cents.
воскресенье, 15 июля 2012 г.
It's official: 15 General Motors dealers in Colorado to lose franchises - St. Louis Business Journal:
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It was the first definitiv statement of exactly how many GM dealers in the statw were informed thay will lose theit franchise agreementsin 2010. The Colorado Automobile Dealers Associationm previously had estimated the numberf at 13 to 15 based on report sfrom dealers. GM still is not releasinyg the names ofthe 1,323 dealers it plans to drop nationwide, including the 15 in The information came in a list released by the House Energty and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, basefd on information provided by GM. Executives of GM and which plans to shed 14Colorado dealers, testified beforde Congress about their dealer planzs Friday.
GM's car lines include Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Saab, Saturn and Hummer. It has some 6,000 dealerships Letters sent in mid-Mayt to GM dealers the company plannedto drop, a copy of whichj was obtained by the Denver Busineszs Journal, said the automaker reviewed each of its sales volume, profitability, capitalization, location and facilities alonf with other "market patterns." . "Based on our review and currenf and foreseeable market conditions andyour dealership'zs historical performance, we do not see that GM can have a productivwe business relationship with [name of dealership] over the long said the letter, dated May 14.
About 92 of Colorado's 264 auto dealershipsa sell one or more GM said Tim Jackson of the state autodealers group. Additionao dealers may lose theirfranchises later, GM has
It was the first definitiv statement of exactly how many GM dealers in the statw were informed thay will lose theit franchise agreementsin 2010. The Colorado Automobile Dealers Associationm previously had estimated the numberf at 13 to 15 based on report sfrom dealers. GM still is not releasinyg the names ofthe 1,323 dealers it plans to drop nationwide, including the 15 in The information came in a list released by the House Energty and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, basefd on information provided by GM. Executives of GM and which plans to shed 14Colorado dealers, testified beforde Congress about their dealer planzs Friday.
GM's car lines include Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Saab, Saturn and Hummer. It has some 6,000 dealerships Letters sent in mid-Mayt to GM dealers the company plannedto drop, a copy of whichj was obtained by the Denver Busineszs Journal, said the automaker reviewed each of its sales volume, profitability, capitalization, location and facilities alonf with other "market patterns." . "Based on our review and currenf and foreseeable market conditions andyour dealership'zs historical performance, we do not see that GM can have a productivwe business relationship with [name of dealership] over the long said the letter, dated May 14.
About 92 of Colorado's 264 auto dealershipsa sell one or more GM said Tim Jackson of the state autodealers group. Additionao dealers may lose theirfranchises later, GM has
пятница, 13 июля 2012 г.
Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Baltimore Business Journal:
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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberak public-policy think tank dubbes the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the recession-era look at metros with more than 500,000 residentws as of 2007. The report placed the Columbus metropolitan statisticap area 40th among those ranked for its basedon employment, unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Daytonj found slots from 61stto 80th. Toledoo was ranked the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area Leading the pack in the report was San one of four Texas citiese amongthe nation’s top five. Detroig was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla.
, and Stockton, Calif., two areas devastated by the foreclosure Brookings found that the metropolitan perspectiveon states’ performancre amid the recession “suggests that recoveru may be quite uneven as posing particular challenges for policymakers seekin to ensure a truly national risin economic tide.” Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the repory varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percent declind in employment since its peak earlierthis decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodes 0.
4 percent gain in inflation-adjusted housing prices for the firstt three months of 2008 compared with the same period this But the city was ranked near the bottom of the list, at for the 4.8 percent decline in its gross metropolitan product – a measure of the goodw and services produced in the area – in the firstg quarter of 2009 comparex with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last thred months of 2008 with the first quarter this year the GMPdropped 1.7 percent, representinyg the 14th-worst decline among the citiez measured. To download the full report, clic .
A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberak public-policy think tank dubbes the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the recession-era look at metros with more than 500,000 residentws as of 2007. The report placed the Columbus metropolitan statisticap area 40th among those ranked for its basedon employment, unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Daytonj found slots from 61stto 80th. Toledoo was ranked the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area Leading the pack in the report was San one of four Texas citiese amongthe nation’s top five. Detroig was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla.
, and Stockton, Calif., two areas devastated by the foreclosure Brookings found that the metropolitan perspectiveon states’ performancre amid the recession “suggests that recoveru may be quite uneven as posing particular challenges for policymakers seekin to ensure a truly national risin economic tide.” Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the repory varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percent declind in employment since its peak earlierthis decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodes 0.
4 percent gain in inflation-adjusted housing prices for the firstt three months of 2008 compared with the same period this But the city was ranked near the bottom of the list, at for the 4.8 percent decline in its gross metropolitan product – a measure of the goodw and services produced in the area – in the firstg quarter of 2009 comparex with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last thred months of 2008 with the first quarter this year the GMPdropped 1.7 percent, representinyg the 14th-worst decline among the citiez measured. To download the full report, clic .
четверг, 12 июля 2012 г.
Orange resort tax collections sink 16% - Orlando Business Journal:
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The tax, collected primarily from hotelsand motels, is used to pay for tourism promotion campaigns, operations at the and construction of three downtown Orlando sports and entertainment Collection fell to $13.3 million in Aprilk from $15.9 million a year ago. The drop reflects the downturn in travel that is a byproducty onthe recession. Revenue per availablew room in April droppedto $69.612 from $84.17 last year, a 17.3 percenft decline, according to Smith Travel Research. The Smitg Travel numbers, however, do not includer hotels operated by andHarris Rosen’s sevej hotels.
Orange Comptroller Martha Haynie said her officd generally combines March and Apri l results together to compensat e for the shift in when the Easteholiday falls. Using the two months, collections fell 22 percent yearover “While this is hardly cause for celebration, it is a bit bettert than the 30 percent declines we saw earlied this year,” Haynie said in a statement accompanying the Rich Maladecki, president of the , said the losses in hotel revenue that resulted in the decline in tax revenuw are having a broad impact on the economy. He said hotelsz and companies that service hotels and tourists are cutting employeesw asrevenues decline.
“This is both a loss of revenue and jobs for our Maladecki said. “There is a domino effect. One in everyh five jobs in our regioj is related directly or indirectly to thehospitality
The tax, collected primarily from hotelsand motels, is used to pay for tourism promotion campaigns, operations at the and construction of three downtown Orlando sports and entertainment Collection fell to $13.3 million in Aprilk from $15.9 million a year ago. The drop reflects the downturn in travel that is a byproducty onthe recession. Revenue per availablew room in April droppedto $69.612 from $84.17 last year, a 17.3 percenft decline, according to Smith Travel Research. The Smitg Travel numbers, however, do not includer hotels operated by andHarris Rosen’s sevej hotels.
Orange Comptroller Martha Haynie said her officd generally combines March and Apri l results together to compensat e for the shift in when the Easteholiday falls. Using the two months, collections fell 22 percent yearover “While this is hardly cause for celebration, it is a bit bettert than the 30 percent declines we saw earlied this year,” Haynie said in a statement accompanying the Rich Maladecki, president of the , said the losses in hotel revenue that resulted in the decline in tax revenuw are having a broad impact on the economy. He said hotelsz and companies that service hotels and tourists are cutting employeesw asrevenues decline.
“This is both a loss of revenue and jobs for our Maladecki said. “There is a domino effect. One in everyh five jobs in our regioj is related directly or indirectly to thehospitality
вторник, 10 июля 2012 г.
Lane Bryant parent's 1Q loss bests expectations - Business First of Columbus:
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For the quarter ended May 2, Charminb Shoppes (NASDAQ:CHRS) had a loss of $6.6 million, or 6 centa a share, compared to a year-earlier loss of or a penny a share. The compan had given guidance forecasting a loss of 9 to 13 centssa share, and shares were trading 4 percent higher at $3.734 Wednesday. Sales in the quarter totaled $538.1 They were down 16 percenyt from $641.3 million a year and down 13 percen t at the same stores that were open inthe year-earlierf period. Sales declined at all three majotrbrands — Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug and Catherines.
“While our performance for the first quartetr reflected a difficult retail environment and did exceed ourearningss guidance, our results were nevertheless disappointing. Our results reflectr comparable store sales performance that was not on par with other and a disappointing level of earningb power for our saidJim Fogarty, president and CEO. In the first Charming took a noncash restructuring chargeof $11.6 including $8.7 million related to accelerated depreciation on discontinued or divested catalogh businesses. Charming Shoppes, which is based in Pa.
, owns 2,272 stores in 48
For the quarter ended May 2, Charminb Shoppes (NASDAQ:CHRS) had a loss of $6.6 million, or 6 centa a share, compared to a year-earlier loss of or a penny a share. The compan had given guidance forecasting a loss of 9 to 13 centssa share, and shares were trading 4 percent higher at $3.734 Wednesday. Sales in the quarter totaled $538.1 They were down 16 percenyt from $641.3 million a year and down 13 percen t at the same stores that were open inthe year-earlierf period. Sales declined at all three majotrbrands — Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug and Catherines.
“While our performance for the first quartetr reflected a difficult retail environment and did exceed ourearningss guidance, our results were nevertheless disappointing. Our results reflectr comparable store sales performance that was not on par with other and a disappointing level of earningb power for our saidJim Fogarty, president and CEO. In the first Charming took a noncash restructuring chargeof $11.6 including $8.7 million related to accelerated depreciation on discontinued or divested catalogh businesses. Charming Shoppes, which is based in Pa.
, owns 2,272 stores in 48
понедельник, 9 июля 2012 г.
Convention bureaus forced to trim - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Hotel occupancy rates and revenue have fallen sharply in recent monthss as leisure and busineszs travelers cancelled or scaledback trips. That has led to declinint room-tax revenue — a significant funding sourcse forlocal CVBs, the groups chargeds with boosting hospitality business in their “We’re funded from a dedicated portionm of the hotel-lodging tax, and lodging taxes are only paid by said Bonnie Carlson, president and CEO of the Bloomingto n Convention & Visitors Bureau. “So if there aren’t any certainly we’ll be directly Bloomington isn’t alone. The state’e other largest CVBs — those in Minneapolis, St.
Duluth and Rochester — also cut or held flat theidr 2009 budgets and started preparing for additional cutsin 2010.
Hotel occupancy rates and revenue have fallen sharply in recent monthss as leisure and busineszs travelers cancelled or scaledback trips. That has led to declinint room-tax revenue — a significant funding sourcse forlocal CVBs, the groups chargeds with boosting hospitality business in their “We’re funded from a dedicated portionm of the hotel-lodging tax, and lodging taxes are only paid by said Bonnie Carlson, president and CEO of the Bloomingto n Convention & Visitors Bureau. “So if there aren’t any certainly we’ll be directly Bloomington isn’t alone. The state’e other largest CVBs — those in Minneapolis, St.
Duluth and Rochester — also cut or held flat theidr 2009 budgets and started preparing for additional cutsin 2010.
воскресенье, 8 июля 2012 г.
Memphis Business Journal:
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But just because businesses owners know they shoulddo it, that doesn'f mean they are doing it. Jeff Porter runs the data managemen forum for the Storage NetworkingIndustryt Association, an international standards organizatiomn for electronic storage companies. He said there hasn't been a noticeable increases in the number of businesses backing up their file ssince Katrina. "I don't think it takeds a lot to convince people now of the need to back theitrfiles up," Porter said. "But it's still very difficult to convincw them totake action." He said that's becausee it is such a tedious task.
Even though there are plenthy of firms that specialize in storing othercompanies information, the nature of the processe demands hundreds of "executive" hours, accordinvg to Porter. "It's not so much the cost that keeps companies fromdoing it," Porter said. "It's the fact that the company'ws decision-makers have to spend their own time figuriny out what needsto happen. It's something that can't be delegated. " But Porter, along with other national organizations, say there are several steps companies can take to make the process less of a Before a company even starts looking for a third partystorage vendor, it needzs to figure out what information is vitao enough to be stored.
"There has to be a formalized collaboratiohnbetween management, operations and any business partners involved, he said. "Don't expect it to be a quick process. It's going to take a lot of meeting between a lotof divisions." Once a company figureas out what information needs to be kept safe, Portefr said it must decide how the information should be He explained that there are differing degrees of access to the informationb for a business. For example, an insurancre company would want recent claims to be more accessible than thosd made 10years ago. Portedr said that once this is decided, a company can startt looking for astorage vendor.
He said the best place to startg searching is throughhis organization's directory, whicb he said is unbiased and Other trade organizations, such as Enterprise Content Management Association, also represent hundreds of storage vendors and make thosw lists available online. Porter also recommends getting customee reviews and making sure a vendor hasgood press. He said if a company should test a vendor out by doinb smalltrial installations. Porter explained that companiesd often use more thanone "Some vendors are better for storinh long-term information," he said. "Others are better at giving you immediate You have to find the righyt fit for each portion ofdata you're storing.
" To get the lowestf cost, Porter said many companies try to get several vendors into a bidding war. "But cost isn' the most important thing here," he said. "If somethingg happened and you had to depensd onthe vendor's services to stay in business, the last thingg you'd want is to have compromised qualityy just so you saved some costs." When it comed to how far away a company shoulf electronically store its backup data, 15 miles used to be the rule of But after the widespread destruction of experts say information should be stored in geographidc regions that won't be affected by the same disaster.
"Katrinw not only increased awareness," Porter "It also rewrote a lot of the rules we used to It showed our industrty what needed tobe improved." One of those improvements, accordinyg to Porter, is how often a companu should test its backup plan. He explained that many Katrina-affected companiex had backup plans, but discovered they were out-of-date when the disastedr actually hit. "A business is constantlhy evolving," he said. "And, consequently, so are your backup needs. " Porter said a company should, with the assistance of its refresh its backup plan at least He said many companies actuallytest quarterly, dividin g the process up into separate divisions.
But Ported said the biggest mistakecompanies make, and one that Katrin a highlighted, is that they focuw too much on storage and not enough on "When you initially sit down you need to figurew out how fast you need to recovedr when something happens," he "You may back everythinhg up properly, but then it takes you 30 days to access it and be up and runninfg again. Many companies can't survive that kind of delay.
"" Computers, Technology and Telecommunications
But just because businesses owners know they shoulddo it, that doesn'f mean they are doing it. Jeff Porter runs the data managemen forum for the Storage NetworkingIndustryt Association, an international standards organizatiomn for electronic storage companies. He said there hasn't been a noticeable increases in the number of businesses backing up their file ssince Katrina. "I don't think it takeds a lot to convince people now of the need to back theitrfiles up," Porter said. "But it's still very difficult to convincw them totake action." He said that's becausee it is such a tedious task.
Even though there are plenthy of firms that specialize in storing othercompanies information, the nature of the processe demands hundreds of "executive" hours, accordinvg to Porter. "It's not so much the cost that keeps companies fromdoing it," Porter said. "It's the fact that the company'ws decision-makers have to spend their own time figuriny out what needsto happen. It's something that can't be delegated. " But Porter, along with other national organizations, say there are several steps companies can take to make the process less of a Before a company even starts looking for a third partystorage vendor, it needzs to figure out what information is vitao enough to be stored.
"There has to be a formalized collaboratiohnbetween management, operations and any business partners involved, he said. "Don't expect it to be a quick process. It's going to take a lot of meeting between a lotof divisions." Once a company figureas out what information needs to be kept safe, Portefr said it must decide how the information should be He explained that there are differing degrees of access to the informationb for a business. For example, an insurancre company would want recent claims to be more accessible than thosd made 10years ago. Portedr said that once this is decided, a company can startt looking for astorage vendor.
He said the best place to startg searching is throughhis organization's directory, whicb he said is unbiased and Other trade organizations, such as Enterprise Content Management Association, also represent hundreds of storage vendors and make thosw lists available online. Porter also recommends getting customee reviews and making sure a vendor hasgood press. He said if a company should test a vendor out by doinb smalltrial installations. Porter explained that companiesd often use more thanone "Some vendors are better for storinh long-term information," he said. "Others are better at giving you immediate You have to find the righyt fit for each portion ofdata you're storing.
" To get the lowestf cost, Porter said many companies try to get several vendors into a bidding war. "But cost isn' the most important thing here," he said. "If somethingg happened and you had to depensd onthe vendor's services to stay in business, the last thingg you'd want is to have compromised qualityy just so you saved some costs." When it comed to how far away a company shoulf electronically store its backup data, 15 miles used to be the rule of But after the widespread destruction of experts say information should be stored in geographidc regions that won't be affected by the same disaster.
"Katrinw not only increased awareness," Porter "It also rewrote a lot of the rules we used to It showed our industrty what needed tobe improved." One of those improvements, accordinyg to Porter, is how often a companu should test its backup plan. He explained that many Katrina-affected companiex had backup plans, but discovered they were out-of-date when the disastedr actually hit. "A business is constantlhy evolving," he said. "And, consequently, so are your backup needs. " Porter said a company should, with the assistance of its refresh its backup plan at least He said many companies actuallytest quarterly, dividin g the process up into separate divisions.
But Ported said the biggest mistakecompanies make, and one that Katrin a highlighted, is that they focuw too much on storage and not enough on "When you initially sit down you need to figurew out how fast you need to recovedr when something happens," he "You may back everythinhg up properly, but then it takes you 30 days to access it and be up and runninfg again. Many companies can't survive that kind of delay.
"" Computers, Technology and Telecommunications
пятница, 6 июля 2012 г.
Padres hang walk-off loss on Reds - Cincinnati.com
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Boston.com | Padres hang walk-off loss on Reds Cincinnati.com The Reds' 2-1 loss to the Padres had it » |
четверг, 5 июля 2012 г.
Loews Hotels
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It’s bad enough that the economhycrimped business, but oceanfront hotelsw were portrayed as portals of corporat excess. There’s been a “tremendous amount of Tisch said during an interview while he was in Miamki Beach forthe ’s Pow Wow convention. “Everty time a meeting is canceled, we run the risk of layinvg off employees,” he said. A few weekd ago, Tisch and other industry leaders, includingh Bill Marriott, met with President Barack Obama to press their point. “We asked him to understand the importance of travepland tourism,” Tisch said.
He thinks the strategy is working becauss some elected officials are backing off the demonizatiobn of the travel and tourism The , one of his family’s 18 properties, is a key cog for the With 842 rooms, it’s second to the Fontainebleau Miamij Beach (which has 1,504) and has a strategic location near the , Lincolnb Road and the Art Deco district. The hoteo will undergo a $35 million to $40 millionb renovation startingthis summer, Tischb said. A new watefr wall feature will greet and the lobby staircase will be removed to creatwe more roomfor retail, an ice cream parlod and an aquarium wall. Bathrooms will be redone, and hallways and rooms will have softcolorf themes.
“The consumer will walk into the room and feel they will be in a bit of a Tisch said. A couple of yearw ago, $21 million was invested to creatr the and other areas ofthe hotel, and $1 milliomn was spent last year on the the Sushi SoBe, and Nautilus Bar and Stuart Blumberg, president and CEO of the Greater Miamoi and the Beaches Hotel Association, said the latest renovationsx are a sign of how competitivse the industry is. “You gotta keep the produc fresh,” he said. “Yoy can’t sit back and say ‘we’re Loews, we’r e South Beach, we don’t have to do Ten years ago, the Loews openinv came at a critical time for South Blumberg said.
While the Art Deco hotels were making a no new major hotels had openersince 1967. “What it triggered was everything thatfollowedr since,” said Blumberg, mentioning the nearby , South Beac h and the Mandarin Oriental, Miamik on Brickell Key. The willingness to invesg now appears to be partly basedon Tisch’ss long-term understanding of the competitiv landscape in South Florida. His familyy built the Americana which evolved into the the site of which is undetr redevelopment asa St.
Blumberg said he started his career as a bellhop at the and Tisch’s father, Bob, was his
It’s bad enough that the economhycrimped business, but oceanfront hotelsw were portrayed as portals of corporat excess. There’s been a “tremendous amount of Tisch said during an interview while he was in Miamki Beach forthe ’s Pow Wow convention. “Everty time a meeting is canceled, we run the risk of layinvg off employees,” he said. A few weekd ago, Tisch and other industry leaders, includingh Bill Marriott, met with President Barack Obama to press their point. “We asked him to understand the importance of travepland tourism,” Tisch said.
He thinks the strategy is working becauss some elected officials are backing off the demonizatiobn of the travel and tourism The , one of his family’s 18 properties, is a key cog for the With 842 rooms, it’s second to the Fontainebleau Miamij Beach (which has 1,504) and has a strategic location near the , Lincolnb Road and the Art Deco district. The hoteo will undergo a $35 million to $40 millionb renovation startingthis summer, Tischb said. A new watefr wall feature will greet and the lobby staircase will be removed to creatwe more roomfor retail, an ice cream parlod and an aquarium wall. Bathrooms will be redone, and hallways and rooms will have softcolorf themes.
“The consumer will walk into the room and feel they will be in a bit of a Tisch said. A couple of yearw ago, $21 million was invested to creatr the and other areas ofthe hotel, and $1 milliomn was spent last year on the the Sushi SoBe, and Nautilus Bar and Stuart Blumberg, president and CEO of the Greater Miamoi and the Beaches Hotel Association, said the latest renovationsx are a sign of how competitivse the industry is. “You gotta keep the produc fresh,” he said. “Yoy can’t sit back and say ‘we’re Loews, we’r e South Beach, we don’t have to do Ten years ago, the Loews openinv came at a critical time for South Blumberg said.
While the Art Deco hotels were making a no new major hotels had openersince 1967. “What it triggered was everything thatfollowedr since,” said Blumberg, mentioning the nearby , South Beac h and the Mandarin Oriental, Miamik on Brickell Key. The willingness to invesg now appears to be partly basedon Tisch’ss long-term understanding of the competitiv landscape in South Florida. His familyy built the Americana which evolved into the the site of which is undetr redevelopment asa St.
Blumberg said he started his career as a bellhop at the and Tisch’s father, Bob, was his
вторник, 3 июля 2012 г.
Overbrook Farm to sell off most of its horses - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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plans to sell off its Thoroughbred yearlings, breeding stock and most of its horsesdin training, starting at Kenneland’s yearling sale in “Over a period of more than 30 years my fathe r developed Overbrook Farm into one of the most successfulk and respected breeding operations in the said owner Bill Young Jr. in a news “The decision to disperses is a personal one that came after a great deal of Isimply don’t have the passion for the thoroughbrec sport that my father did, despite my respect for the business.
” Overbrool champions include 1996 Kentucky Derby winner 1999 Breeder’s Cup Classic winner Cat dual classic winner Tabasco Cat, Preaknesd Stakes winner Timber Country and Belmon Stakes winner Editor’s Note. The dispersal will includee about200 horses. The farm will continues as a small racing stable under the directioof Young’s son, Chris Young. “Oudr goal is to leasr the farm as aThoroughbree operation,” Bill Young said in the release. The yearlingd will be sold at Keeneland’s Septembe r Sale, which begins 14.
The weanlings, broodmares and horsexs of racing age will be sold during the November BreedingStock Sale, and the dispersal will continu e during the January Horses of All Ages
plans to sell off its Thoroughbred yearlings, breeding stock and most of its horsesdin training, starting at Kenneland’s yearling sale in “Over a period of more than 30 years my fathe r developed Overbrook Farm into one of the most successfulk and respected breeding operations in the said owner Bill Young Jr. in a news “The decision to disperses is a personal one that came after a great deal of Isimply don’t have the passion for the thoroughbrec sport that my father did, despite my respect for the business.
” Overbrool champions include 1996 Kentucky Derby winner 1999 Breeder’s Cup Classic winner Cat dual classic winner Tabasco Cat, Preaknesd Stakes winner Timber Country and Belmon Stakes winner Editor’s Note. The dispersal will includee about200 horses. The farm will continues as a small racing stable under the directioof Young’s son, Chris Young. “Oudr goal is to leasr the farm as aThoroughbree operation,” Bill Young said in the release. The yearlingd will be sold at Keeneland’s Septembe r Sale, which begins 14.
The weanlings, broodmares and horsexs of racing age will be sold during the November BreedingStock Sale, and the dispersal will continu e during the January Horses of All Ages
понедельник, 2 июля 2012 г.
воскресенье, 1 июля 2012 г.
Fire officials warn of dangers posed by fireworks use - Enid News & Eagle
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Bakersfield Now | Fire officials warn of dangers posed by fireworks use Enid News & Eagle Officials are warning those celebrating the holidays to exercise caution while using fireworks to avoid grass fires. “We haven't had a lo. Fireworks still OK in Cascade County |
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