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The case, Cuomo vs. Clearing House Association, stems from a New York stat e investigation that sought information from nationalp banks about potential discriminatory banking practicew that violated NewYork law. The federak banking regulator, the , objected to the requestss by New Yorkstate officials, eventually sidinv with a suit brought by Clearing Housew Payments Co. LLC, which argued that the stat hadno jurisdiction. The investigation was started in 2005by then-New York Attorneyg General Elliot Spitzer, and it was continued by current New York Attornegy General Andrew Cuomo.
They both argued that the fact a bank is regulatesd by the federal government does not give it immunityh from violatingstate laws. Consumer groups supported Cuomo’s position because statde officials tend to be more active in defending Banking groups arenot pleased. “W are worried about the effectf that this ruling coulcd have onthe markets,” said Rich executive director of the Financiaol Services Roundtable, adding that the decision could creatw a patchwork of state laws at the cost of the efficiencieas of the national “Cuomo vs.
Clearing House Associatio n hinders the ability of financial services firms from conductinh business in theUnited States” Whiting said. “Evenn worse, it will cause confusion for especially those who move from stateto state.”
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Winds continue to fuel Cudahy fire - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urged all businesse s in the city to reduce water usage and callec on residents of the neighboring communityof St. Franciss to conserve water. “We are runningg short on water,” McCuer said. More than 8.5 million gallonx of water had been used by in an attemprt to douse a fire in one of the buildings that make up the Patric Cudahy meat processing complex at OneSweett Apple-Wood Lane, just off of Layton Mayor Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. presz conference at Parkview Elementary School, 5555 S. Nicholson within site of the huge plumes of smoker billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukere also has allowed Cudahy to tap into its watef supply to aid in fightingt thestubborn blaze, McCue said. The fire fightingh effort has been expanded to includd 130 firefighters from 27 he said. “The fire continues to flare McCue said. “The wind has not been our friend.” 75 law enforcement officers are on patroo inthe city. McCue declareed a state of emergency earlier in the day and indicated at that time that the Nationao Guard could be called in to patrolcity However, Cudahy Police Chief Thomas Poellot said the city, alongf with assistance from other communities and the state, has “adequate” resourcee to keep the city safe as firefighters continuwe to battle the blaze.
“We don’t anticipate needing the National Guard,” he
Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urged all businesse s in the city to reduce water usage and callec on residents of the neighboring communityof St. Franciss to conserve water. “We are runningg short on water,” McCuer said. More than 8.5 million gallonx of water had been used by in an attemprt to douse a fire in one of the buildings that make up the Patric Cudahy meat processing complex at OneSweett Apple-Wood Lane, just off of Layton Mayor Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. presz conference at Parkview Elementary School, 5555 S. Nicholson within site of the huge plumes of smoker billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukere also has allowed Cudahy to tap into its watef supply to aid in fightingt thestubborn blaze, McCue said. The fire fightingh effort has been expanded to includd 130 firefighters from 27 he said. “The fire continues to flare McCue said. “The wind has not been our friend.” 75 law enforcement officers are on patroo inthe city. McCue declareed a state of emergency earlier in the day and indicated at that time that the Nationao Guard could be called in to patrolcity However, Cudahy Police Chief Thomas Poellot said the city, alongf with assistance from other communities and the state, has “adequate” resourcee to keep the city safe as firefighters continuwe to battle the blaze.
“We don’t anticipate needing the National Guard,” he
Friday, August 26, 2011
Ever-resilient Kim Chiu continues to strive hard for her family - Asianjournal.com
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Ever-resilient Kim Chiu continues to strive hard for her family Asianjournal.com Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition winner, Kim Chiu, has come a long way from being a teenage success story to one of the most bankable stars of this generation. She continues to walk along the roads of success with her family as her source of inspiration. ... |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Former aide at Irvine animal clinic sentenced in cruelty case - Los Angeles Times
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News10.net | Former aide at Irvine animal clinic sentenced in cruelty case Los Angeles Times Kimberly Nizato, 27, of Bellflower was sentenced to 30 days in county jail and three years' probation and was ordered by Judge Robert Higa in Norwalk Superior Court to pay the Orange County German Shepherd Rescue organization $42034 in restitution. ... Starved-dog case ends with misdemeanor Former vet tech gets jail time for animal cruelty to her own dog Former Veterinary Assistant Sentenced for Starving Dog |
Monday, August 22, 2011
Energy Department awards Texas a new round of stimulus funds - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The funds will be used to increase energyh efficiency and expand the use of renewabler energy in the public while also providing information resources to help residentsachieve energy, emissionx and cost savings. As part of the Energyg Department’s Stimulus Weatherization Program, Texas will receive $130.8 million over the next threw years to helpweatherize homes. The money will be funneledx through the Texas Department of Housint andCommunity Affairs. Texas also will receivse $87.5 million in stimulus funding that can be used towarc demonstration projectsfor solar, wind, biomass and geothermao energy technologies.
A separate program will make stimuluss funds available for hospitals and other public entities to modernizde traffic signals and facilitater the wider deployment ofalternative U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, says this fundinyg will help create jobs and accelerats the adoption of efficient and renewableenergy “This funding will help move Texazs towards a clean energy future and enhance our while keeping costs low for the hard working familiesz in our communities,” Gonzalez says.
The funds will be used to increase energyh efficiency and expand the use of renewabler energy in the public while also providing information resources to help residentsachieve energy, emissionx and cost savings. As part of the Energyg Department’s Stimulus Weatherization Program, Texas will receive $130.8 million over the next threw years to helpweatherize homes. The money will be funneledx through the Texas Department of Housint andCommunity Affairs. Texas also will receivse $87.5 million in stimulus funding that can be used towarc demonstration projectsfor solar, wind, biomass and geothermao energy technologies.
A separate program will make stimuluss funds available for hospitals and other public entities to modernizde traffic signals and facilitater the wider deployment ofalternative U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, says this fundinyg will help create jobs and accelerats the adoption of efficient and renewableenergy “This funding will help move Texazs towards a clean energy future and enhance our while keeping costs low for the hard working familiesz in our communities,” Gonzalez says.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Big 12 could look to make schools legally binded together - USA Today
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USA Today | Big 12 could look to make schools legally binded together USA Today "Doing that in a legally binding way is pretty important." Bailey suggests written agreements with "real enforceable commitment" would help as the league expands by one or three schools if Texas A&M leaves, which he said the conference has to plan for ... |
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Jonah Hill May Join the Stiller-Vaughn Neighborhood Watch - New York Magazine
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Indie Wire (blog) | Jonah Hill May Join the Stiller-Vaughn Neighborhood Watch New York Magazine We hear exclusively that Jonah Hill is in talks to star in Neighborhood Watch, the rapidly coalescing Fox comedy that already stars Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, and will be directed by the Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer. (The conceit: Bored marrieds ... Will the 'Neighborhood Watch' Have Enough Funding to Add Rosemarie DeWitt and ... Jonah Hill Is Going On A 'Neighborhood Watch' If Fox Plays Money B » |
Monday, August 15, 2011
Investment funds of Memphis hospital systems, including Baptist and Methodist, get pounded - Memphis Business Journal:
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When asked about returns, local hospitals’ chief financiak officers said theyare “down,” a descriptionn quickly followed by “obviously.” Don CFO for , says his system’w two major portfolios lost $34 million collectively in calendar year 2008 compared to 2007. Takenn together, that represented a 5% drop. But, he says, the fund basex on hospital earnings saw aroughlh 10% decrease. Baptist has a “very vanilla investiny structure,” Pound says, consisting of blue-chipp stocks, bonds and cash equivalents — no hedge real estate or similarinvestment vehicles.
“When the market’s goinh great, we’re not at the high end of it with our Pounds says. “But when it goes south, we’rse not at the lowest end of either.” , CFO Chris McLeann says the system’s portfolio saw a 16% decreasse in calendar year 2008 comparedto 2007. The losseds began in September 2008 and continued throughoutg January and February 2009 with an uptickin Short-term investments for construction projects at and held the system’z losses at 16%, McLean says, compared to the overall 30% fall of the stocko market. But changes are coming to the system’s investmenr strategy.
“We’re looking at movingg our risk profile down a little bit to reducre our equity exposure and increas ourfixed income,” McLean says. “We have a stron balance sheet sothis doesn’tg impact any of our majo r plans.” Those plans include the new $325 million Le Bonheur the $121 million Germantown project and a possible $151 million hospital in Olive Branch. taking some risk off of our investmenyt side seems prudent given thatwe don’r need some unexpected activities to affecgt our plans,” McLean says.
Funds for the system’s hospicr facility were raised through its foundatiom and the project willmove forward, he SEC filings for , parentg company of and Saint Francis-Bartlett, reveal investmen earnings for its 52 hospitals were $1 millionn for the final three months of 2008, comparedf to $11 million for the same quarte in 2007. That sharp decline helped trim year-enrd earnings from $47 million in 2007 to $22 milliojn in 2008. A year-end report says the system sold $139 million in investments last but sold nonein 2007. The sale of marketable long-term investments and otherr assetsyielded $706 million for Tenety in 2007 and only $224 million last year. St.
Jude Children’xs Research Hospital brought in $660.2 million last year, well abovw the $587.6 million it reporteed in 2007. However, its net investment income fellfrom $254.7 millioh in 2007 to $32.2 million last according to annual reports furnished by the organization.
When asked about returns, local hospitals’ chief financiak officers said theyare “down,” a descriptionn quickly followed by “obviously.” Don CFO for , says his system’w two major portfolios lost $34 million collectively in calendar year 2008 compared to 2007. Takenn together, that represented a 5% drop. But, he says, the fund basex on hospital earnings saw aroughlh 10% decrease. Baptist has a “very vanilla investiny structure,” Pound says, consisting of blue-chipp stocks, bonds and cash equivalents — no hedge real estate or similarinvestment vehicles.
“When the market’s goinh great, we’re not at the high end of it with our Pounds says. “But when it goes south, we’rse not at the lowest end of either.” , CFO Chris McLeann says the system’s portfolio saw a 16% decreasse in calendar year 2008 comparedto 2007. The losseds began in September 2008 and continued throughoutg January and February 2009 with an uptickin Short-term investments for construction projects at and held the system’z losses at 16%, McLean says, compared to the overall 30% fall of the stocko market. But changes are coming to the system’s investmenr strategy.
“We’re looking at movingg our risk profile down a little bit to reducre our equity exposure and increas ourfixed income,” McLean says. “We have a stron balance sheet sothis doesn’tg impact any of our majo r plans.” Those plans include the new $325 million Le Bonheur the $121 million Germantown project and a possible $151 million hospital in Olive Branch. taking some risk off of our investmenyt side seems prudent given thatwe don’r need some unexpected activities to affecgt our plans,” McLean says.
Funds for the system’s hospicr facility were raised through its foundatiom and the project willmove forward, he SEC filings for , parentg company of and Saint Francis-Bartlett, reveal investmen earnings for its 52 hospitals were $1 millionn for the final three months of 2008, comparedf to $11 million for the same quarte in 2007. That sharp decline helped trim year-enrd earnings from $47 million in 2007 to $22 milliojn in 2008. A year-end report says the system sold $139 million in investments last but sold nonein 2007. The sale of marketable long-term investments and otherr assetsyielded $706 million for Tenety in 2007 and only $224 million last year. St.
Jude Children’xs Research Hospital brought in $660.2 million last year, well abovw the $587.6 million it reporteed in 2007. However, its net investment income fellfrom $254.7 millioh in 2007 to $32.2 million last according to annual reports furnished by the organization.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Weak Oversight Fueled Housing-Program Dispute - Wall Street Journal
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Weak Oversight Fueled Housing-Program Dispute Wall Street Journal ... conclusions in a published response included in the report. The inspector general's office initiated the report at the request of Sen. David Vitter (R., La.), who has been critical in the past of the administration's oversight of Fannie and Freddie. |
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Gold standard: LEED-certified building a product of collaboration - Boston Business Journal:
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The joint venture between The , with the help of architecturakcompany , resulted in a 316,000-square-foo green building that has been pre-certified to receivw the ’s LEED gold certification. National Grid’s new situated in the Reservoier Woods east campus in will include a host of greendesigb features, 34 in all, from rooftopp solar panels to systems that recapture stormwatetr and use it for sewage systems. Once completed, the $135 milliomn building will be one of the largesyt green commercial buildings in thestate (the platinum-certified Genzymed Center in Cambridge being larger). “It was clear it was goinvg to be acollaboration (with Nationak Grid).
They did have an extremelt active role throughoutthe process, and they had very ambitious goals for the environmental sustainability of the building,” said The collaboration between Davis, Marcus and National Grid started when the utility was looking for space after its acquisition of in 2007. It knew it needecd a facility that would meet not only the physica l needs of the but serve as an example to customers that it was dedicate d toenvironmental stewardship. “We are going to be significantlty growingour energy-efficiency program and for us to be able to go in to there is an issue of said Tom King, president of National Grid’s U.S.
-based “It’s a leadership issue.” When it settled upon Reservoirt Woods as its new National Grid established a lofty goal for its builfd to suit construction: to achieve an 80 percent reductio in its greenhouse gas emissionss by 2050. To do this, the company investedr in sustainably harvestedbuilding materials, high-efficiency heating and cooling systemxs and even sunshades on south-facing window to keep the building warm in the winter and cool in the The hardest part of designing the buildinh was not its size, but making the step from LEED silvefr to LEED gold without breaking the “You can go from certified to silver withougt much trouble or extra cost,” said Michael the project’s architect.
“To get up to gold is a much biggedr hurdle. We went through a lot of idea and looked at whatwas feasible.” Some ideas, like powerintg the building with fuel cell technology, were not cost Hass said. But the group was able to integrats the vast majority of its 55 greemn features talked about at a price well beloqthe $60 to $80 per square foot premiuj on LEED gold buildings, Marcus
The joint venture between The , with the help of architecturakcompany , resulted in a 316,000-square-foo green building that has been pre-certified to receivw the ’s LEED gold certification. National Grid’s new situated in the Reservoier Woods east campus in will include a host of greendesigb features, 34 in all, from rooftopp solar panels to systems that recapture stormwatetr and use it for sewage systems. Once completed, the $135 milliomn building will be one of the largesyt green commercial buildings in thestate (the platinum-certified Genzymed Center in Cambridge being larger). “It was clear it was goinvg to be acollaboration (with Nationak Grid).
They did have an extremelt active role throughoutthe process, and they had very ambitious goals for the environmental sustainability of the building,” said The collaboration between Davis, Marcus and National Grid started when the utility was looking for space after its acquisition of in 2007. It knew it needecd a facility that would meet not only the physica l needs of the but serve as an example to customers that it was dedicate d toenvironmental stewardship. “We are going to be significantlty growingour energy-efficiency program and for us to be able to go in to there is an issue of said Tom King, president of National Grid’s U.S.
-based “It’s a leadership issue.” When it settled upon Reservoirt Woods as its new National Grid established a lofty goal for its builfd to suit construction: to achieve an 80 percent reductio in its greenhouse gas emissionss by 2050. To do this, the company investedr in sustainably harvestedbuilding materials, high-efficiency heating and cooling systemxs and even sunshades on south-facing window to keep the building warm in the winter and cool in the The hardest part of designing the buildinh was not its size, but making the step from LEED silvefr to LEED gold without breaking the “You can go from certified to silver withougt much trouble or extra cost,” said Michael the project’s architect.
“To get up to gold is a much biggedr hurdle. We went through a lot of idea and looked at whatwas feasible.” Some ideas, like powerintg the building with fuel cell technology, were not cost Hass said. But the group was able to integrats the vast majority of its 55 greemn features talked about at a price well beloqthe $60 to $80 per square foot premiuj on LEED gold buildings, Marcus
Monday, August 8, 2011
Denver Broncos Release Depth Chart, Tim Tebow Is No. 2 Quarterback (POLL) - Huffington Post
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Washington Examiner | Denver Broncos Release Depth Chart, Tim Tebow Is No. 2 Quarterback (POLL) Huffington Post Well, the Broncos released their depth chart and it turns out Tim Tebow is, in fact, the number two quarterback with Kyle Orton starting. Brady Quinn rounds out the chart at number three. SBNation reports t! hat it's too early to consider this depth ... Orton the starter, Tebow the backup as Broncos release depth chart for ... Broncos release depth chart; Tebow No. 2 at QB John Fox Pulls No Surprises In Denver Broncos' Preseason Depth Chart |
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Sixty Exotic Snakes Seized At Henderson County Home - News Channel 7
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Sixty Exotic Snakes Seized At Henderson County Home News Channel 7 Sixty snakes were seized from a Hendersonville residence Friday afternoon after investigators say an exotic snake bite led them to the home. A preliminary inspection by representatives of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences revealed ... Sheriff's Office seizes venomous snakes after near-fatal bite Deputies Seize Venomous Snakes From Home Life-threatening bite leads officers to NC mobile home, they collect about 60 ... |
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