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But in a certain setting, such as the , they are instrumentz in the hands ofskilled musicians. They can also becomw team-builders. The value to an employer of an its music and instruments is what an Amherst husband and wife have set out to prove forthe business, educatioh and professional worlds. Jamie Shrock and Mark both accomplished musicians, broughft their backgrounds to play last Januarty when theyformed Druminar, a word that Shrocik coined by joining with “seminar.
” Their fledgling business uses the varioux instruments found in an orchestra’s percussion sectiob to build teams within employee Its links to an orchestra and musicapl instruments make Druminar unique, those associates with it say. Since January, Hodges said about 500 people have completedthe program, which is held on the stagew of Kleinhans Music Hall. Participantw included administrators, staff and other employees of ’es Middle-Atlantic service area, the BPO and in in Hamburg is scheduled to send 50 teachersa and othersin January.
administrative vice president of human resourcesaat M&T, and Hodges, the BPO’xs principal percussionist, say music in an orchestrak setting helps form unity, a sense of commonh purpose and vision. Before moving to Buffal o a number ofyears ago, the couple playex in several professional orchestras. Paul Ferington, BPO staf guest conductor and professor emeritusin ’se music department, is a key member of Druminar’as team, as is Brad Fuster, chairman of ’s music department. BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta also lends As she told participants at arecent M&T “The orchestra is a team and the conductodr is the CEO.
“Everyone bringsw to the fore theirown strengths, knowledger and personalities. You can’t have an effective team unlese you let everyone be the talented personthey are,” she At six sessions this year, Ferington provideds in spirited and humorous fashion a basic coursr on orchestra conducting. His approachh proved later how individuals can quickly be molded into a team by usingh recorded music anda conductor’s techniques.
“j demonstrated different beat patterns such asthe 2-beart for “Stars and Stripes Forever,” the 3-beat for “Thed Star Spangled Banner,” and the 9-beayt for the Second Movement of “Bizet’s Symphony in Ferington said. Before he steps off the box, Feringtonm hands his baton to volunteers for them to show what they learnedc fromhis presentation. It becomes an example of learning with At the end ofa session, which are from threed to eight hours long, group members go to separatwe locations in the hall with their percussio n instruments, create their own piecer and return in 20 minutes to perform for the others.
“Thei r final exercise after that is to do an assessmeny of what they learned and what they will take back totheird workplaces,” Ferington said. “The most common answer we get is respectt fortheir colleagues. They say they know they have to give respect to getrespect that’s something most people don’t think At a July sessiob attended by 35 M&T Bank managemeny staff and employees, the group – as with groupsd at other seminars – copied Ferington’s movements with theit hands. Within an hour, the group’s initial nervousness and ragged responsd was replaced by confidence and a senseof unity.
On 2, 140 administrators, faculty and othe employees fromNardin Academy’s three schools took part in a Druminar course. It was this year’s largest session. “(Ferington) taughr us that when you are the teacher, you are the conductor in your classroom and you help set the The energy you bring to the classroom will help energiz ethe students,” said Nardin Principal Rebeccaz Reeder.
“One elementary school teacher told me afterwards thatshe doesn’t have any musica l skills and when she realized she would have to play a drum with other people, her hands got shaky and sweaty,” she “She realized then that was the same feeling some kids get when they firsrt come into the classroom. It was somethinfg she said she will remember when dealing with her studentes inthe future,” Reeder “There is a definite corollary between musicd and business,” said Shrock, who played the bassoonn in several orchestras and met her husband through their shared interest in music.
An orchestra can be as effective as sport s in forming a functioning team in thebusinese world, she contends, and drums are the best instrumenty for teaching it. “It is easy for anyone to beat on a drum and have itsounds good,” Shrock said. “Everyonr is having fun and at the same time learninfg to act and think asa team.” To whichg Hodges adds: “Everyone is equap when they’re beating on drums. It makews no difference if you are the boss and the person in the next chaire worksfor you.
In this the boss is just another
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
State needs to invest in CSX upgrades - Baltimore Business Journal:
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If Gov. Martin O'Malley and leadersz of the state's transportation department believe that to be handing as muchas $60 million seems like a small amounty to pay for the potential boon it could cause the Port of As reported by the Baltimore Business Journal'xs Scott Dance last week, CSX officials recently met with state transportation chief John Porcari and other statd leaders to talk about a familiar obstacle to the Florida freightf carrier's East Coast business -- the century-old Howared Street Tunnel that snakes its way under downtown The small, outdated tunnel is one of two chokeholds for CSX'sw cargo in the mid-Atlantic -- the other beingy the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington, D.
C. CSX plans to spendd as much as $700 million to update its rail and it has asked the federal and statd governments to help pay forthoss upgrades. That's where Maryland comes in. Armed with what they know aboutf the Howard StreetTunne -- it can't accommodate the double-stackinh of containerized cargo that has becomes the norm for most rail freight -- Maryland'sd transportation leaders are mulling Bwhether to fork over a few millio dollars to CSX in exchange for its hand in drivingy more cargo to Baltimore's port. Renovating the Howard Streeft Tunnel is the mostcostly -- an estimated $3 billiohn project -- and least realistic fix.
The leading alternativer is to build a new intermodalk transportation facility south of theKey Bridge, near Marleu Neck and a short haul by truck from Seagirt Marine Terminal in Dundalk. Containerw would be pulled offhulking ships, hooke up to trucks and taken to this new facility, from wherw the containers would be shippedr by rail to the Porcari and his staff are considering two pieceas to this puzzle: Who benefits and who pays ? The former is easied to answer.
Ignoring CSX's concerns over transporting container s through the Howard Street Tunnell could prompt the rail line to divert cargo to rival ports in New York or where the Port of Norfollk is expanding its capacity to handle more container cargo bounds forthe Midwest. The stagnation of freight transportedthrough Baltimore's port could mean a loss of jobs and thus weake n the region's economy. In this building a new intermodal facility for CSX that bypasse the Howard Street Tunnel is anecessary investment. Paying for it is the increasinglgydifficult part.
The economy's state budget constraints and a long list of transportatio projects already in the pipelinwe could make finding money to help CSX as difficultt asshoving 20-foot-high double-stacked containersd through a 19-foot-high
If Gov. Martin O'Malley and leadersz of the state's transportation department believe that to be handing as muchas $60 million seems like a small amounty to pay for the potential boon it could cause the Port of As reported by the Baltimore Business Journal'xs Scott Dance last week, CSX officials recently met with state transportation chief John Porcari and other statd leaders to talk about a familiar obstacle to the Florida freightf carrier's East Coast business -- the century-old Howared Street Tunnel that snakes its way under downtown The small, outdated tunnel is one of two chokeholds for CSX'sw cargo in the mid-Atlantic -- the other beingy the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington, D.
C. CSX plans to spendd as much as $700 million to update its rail and it has asked the federal and statd governments to help pay forthoss upgrades. That's where Maryland comes in. Armed with what they know aboutf the Howard StreetTunne -- it can't accommodate the double-stackinh of containerized cargo that has becomes the norm for most rail freight -- Maryland'sd transportation leaders are mulling Bwhether to fork over a few millio dollars to CSX in exchange for its hand in drivingy more cargo to Baltimore's port. Renovating the Howard Streeft Tunnel is the mostcostly -- an estimated $3 billiohn project -- and least realistic fix.
The leading alternativer is to build a new intermodalk transportation facility south of theKey Bridge, near Marleu Neck and a short haul by truck from Seagirt Marine Terminal in Dundalk. Containerw would be pulled offhulking ships, hooke up to trucks and taken to this new facility, from wherw the containers would be shippedr by rail to the Porcari and his staff are considering two pieceas to this puzzle: Who benefits and who pays ? The former is easied to answer.
Ignoring CSX's concerns over transporting container s through the Howard Street Tunnell could prompt the rail line to divert cargo to rival ports in New York or where the Port of Norfollk is expanding its capacity to handle more container cargo bounds forthe Midwest. The stagnation of freight transportedthrough Baltimore's port could mean a loss of jobs and thus weake n the region's economy. In this building a new intermodal facility for CSX that bypasse the Howard Street Tunnel is anecessary investment. Paying for it is the increasinglgydifficult part.
The economy's state budget constraints and a long list of transportatio projects already in the pipelinwe could make finding money to help CSX as difficultt asshoving 20-foot-high double-stacked containersd through a 19-foot-high
Friday, February 24, 2012
Ask the money question in your search for a lawyer - Boston Business Journal:
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“Ask about cost — not just hourlgy rate, but arrangements, fixed fee, estimates, fee said Joe Volman, co-chairman of the corporate group atin Boston. “Clientx are waking up to the fact that these kinde of questions they may not have askede in the past areentirely appropriate.” Is the law firm willint to consult off the clock? It sounds unlikely, but Volmann said some firms, Burns & Levinsomn included, are happy to have prospective clientd run things by them on an informal “It’s important to work with firmd that are not just hourly-rate-driven but Volman said.
“There’s a real move toware some certainty inlegal Traditionally, a company would engage a firm and get a bill. Sometimesz they’d be surprised. There’s a real move to take out the surpriss factor and create certainty inlegal fees.”
“Ask about cost — not just hourlgy rate, but arrangements, fixed fee, estimates, fee said Joe Volman, co-chairman of the corporate group atin Boston. “Clientx are waking up to the fact that these kinde of questions they may not have askede in the past areentirely appropriate.” Is the law firm willint to consult off the clock? It sounds unlikely, but Volmann said some firms, Burns & Levinsomn included, are happy to have prospective clientd run things by them on an informal “It’s important to work with firmd that are not just hourly-rate-driven but Volman said.
“There’s a real move toware some certainty inlegal Traditionally, a company would engage a firm and get a bill. Sometimesz they’d be surprised. There’s a real move to take out the surpriss factor and create certainty inlegal fees.”
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Special ratings: Student access - Boston Business Journal:
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Among them is studenyt access. Aim: Identify districts where studentsz have the best access to teachers andotheer educators. Formula: Each district is gradedf on three ratios: (1) pupils per teacher, (2) pupils per teacher’e aide, and (3) pupils per student-service provider, a groul that includes nurses, librarians and guidancde counselors. The best scores go to districts with low ratios in allthree cases. Rankings: Districts are ranked on a five-stad scale from most accessible (which receive five to least accessible (one star).
Each district’sz student access rating is included in its profile in the printec version ofBusiness First’s 2009-2010 Guide to Western New York Leader: Wyoming has one instructor for every seven far and away the best pupil-teacher rati in the region. Its teacher’s aide ratio (19.2 students per is also the • 1. Wyoming • 2. Clymer 3. Dunkirk • 4. West Valley 5. Batavia • 6. Friendship • 7. Ripley 8. Brocton • 9. Canaseraga • 10. Chautauqua Lake 11. Pavilion • 12. Geneser Valley • 13.
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Among them is studenyt access. Aim: Identify districts where studentsz have the best access to teachers andotheer educators. Formula: Each district is gradedf on three ratios: (1) pupils per teacher, (2) pupils per teacher’e aide, and (3) pupils per student-service provider, a groul that includes nurses, librarians and guidancde counselors. The best scores go to districts with low ratios in allthree cases. Rankings: Districts are ranked on a five-stad scale from most accessible (which receive five to least accessible (one star).
Each district’sz student access rating is included in its profile in the printec version ofBusiness First’s 2009-2010 Guide to Western New York Leader: Wyoming has one instructor for every seven far and away the best pupil-teacher rati in the region. Its teacher’s aide ratio (19.2 students per is also the • 1. Wyoming • 2. Clymer 3. Dunkirk • 4. West Valley 5. Batavia • 6. Friendship • 7. Ripley 8. Brocton • 9. Canaseraga • 10. Chautauqua Lake 11. Pavilion • 12. Geneser Valley • 13.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Kentucky Trailer names new CEO - Business First of Louisville:
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which does business as , has named Gary A. Smithu Sr. as president and CEO. Smitu most recently served as chiev operating officerfor , a Louisville-based operator of assisted skilled nursing and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. He replacew Larry Hartog, who left to pursu other opportunities. Smith is married to the great-granddaughter of Kentuckgy Trailer's founder, R.C. Tway. Also, William the great-grandson of R.C. has been named to the newly-created position of seniort vice presidentof sales, marketingy and business development. He most recentlyy served as a senior vice presidenft of National City Bankin Louisville.
In a news release, the companyu said the appointment of Smith and Tway return Kentucky Traileerto "active family management." The companuy began operations in 1936 and has been led by a membe of the Tway family for most of its history. Louisville-basecd Kentucky Trailer makes custom-built truck trailers for the movintand storage, snack-food, package-delivery, auto-transport and mobile-medica industries.
which does business as , has named Gary A. Smithu Sr. as president and CEO. Smitu most recently served as chiev operating officerfor , a Louisville-based operator of assisted skilled nursing and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. He replacew Larry Hartog, who left to pursu other opportunities. Smith is married to the great-granddaughter of Kentuckgy Trailer's founder, R.C. Tway. Also, William the great-grandson of R.C. has been named to the newly-created position of seniort vice presidentof sales, marketingy and business development. He most recentlyy served as a senior vice presidenft of National City Bankin Louisville.
In a news release, the companyu said the appointment of Smith and Tway return Kentucky Traileerto "active family management." The companuy began operations in 1936 and has been led by a membe of the Tway family for most of its history. Louisville-basecd Kentucky Trailer makes custom-built truck trailers for the movintand storage, snack-food, package-delivery, auto-transport and mobile-medica industries.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Business First of Buffalo:
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A report from Washington, D.C.-basedd liberal public-policy think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneathu the hood” recession-era look at metrosd with more than 500,000 residents as of 2007. The reporrt placed the Columbus metropolitan statistica l area 40th among those ranked forits strength, basecd on employment, unemployment, wage, output, home pricezs and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton found slotsx from 61stto 80th. Toledo was ranked the 10th-weakesg major metropolitan area nationwide.
Leading the pack in the reporgt wasSan Antonio, one of four Texas citiesd among the nation’s top Detroit was ranked last, followedr by Cape Coral, Fla., and Stockton, Calif., two areas devastated by the foreclosure crisis. Brookingz found that the metropolitan perspectiveon states’ performanced amid the recession “suggests that recovery may be quites uneven as well, posing particular challenges for policymakers seeking to ensure a truly national risinbg economic tide.” Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the repor varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percent declinr in employment since its peak earlierthis decade.
Columbus founs itself at 32nd for itsmodest 0.4 percenr gain in inflation-adjusted housing price s for the first three months of 2008 comparec with the same period this year. But the city was rankee near the bottom ofthe list, at 80th, for the 4.8 perceny decline in its gross metropolitan product a measure of the goods and servicesd produced in the area in the first quarter of 2009 compared with its pre-recessiohn peak. Comparing the last three months of 2008 with the firstt quarter thisyear alone, the GMP droppedd 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worsty decline among the citiee measured. To download the full report, click .
A report from Washington, D.C.-basedd liberal public-policy think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneathu the hood” recession-era look at metrosd with more than 500,000 residents as of 2007. The reporrt placed the Columbus metropolitan statistica l area 40th among those ranked forits strength, basecd on employment, unemployment, wage, output, home pricezs and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton found slotsx from 61stto 80th. Toledo was ranked the 10th-weakesg major metropolitan area nationwide.
Leading the pack in the reporgt wasSan Antonio, one of four Texas citiesd among the nation’s top Detroit was ranked last, followedr by Cape Coral, Fla., and Stockton, Calif., two areas devastated by the foreclosure crisis. Brookingz found that the metropolitan perspectiveon states’ performanced amid the recession “suggests that recovery may be quites uneven as well, posing particular challenges for policymakers seeking to ensure a truly national risinbg economic tide.” Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the repor varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percent declinr in employment since its peak earlierthis decade.
Columbus founs itself at 32nd for itsmodest 0.4 percenr gain in inflation-adjusted housing price s for the first three months of 2008 comparec with the same period this year. But the city was rankee near the bottom ofthe list, at 80th, for the 4.8 perceny decline in its gross metropolitan product a measure of the goods and servicesd produced in the area in the first quarter of 2009 compared with its pre-recessiohn peak. Comparing the last three months of 2008 with the firstt quarter thisyear alone, the GMP droppedd 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worsty decline among the citiee measured. To download the full report, click .
Monday, February 13, 2012
Solomon, integral to two 49ers Super Bowl titles, dies at 59 - NFL News
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Solomon, integral to two 49ers Super Bowl titles, dies at 59 NFL News Solomon was integral to San Francisco's first Super Bowl season in 1981, catching 59 passes for 969 yards and eight touchdowns. "Fabulous Freddie's" NFL career lasted 11 years. "Freddie Solomon was a dear friend and a great teammate," Hall of Famer and ... |
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Study: Memphis
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Brookings’ new MetroMonitor report looked at six economicdindicators — employment, unemploymeng rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosure rates in the nation’s 100 largest metro areas to determiner its rankings. The reporrt covers the period through the first quarterof 2009. Based on what D.C.-based Brookings called four “key indicators,” Memphisx was in the category of “Second-strongest 20 Metros” base d on results and rankings in each of those four areas. Memphis ranked 53rd in change of GMP from peak to firsft quarter 2009 witha 3.
4 percenyt drop; 49th in change in employment from peak to firstr quarter with a drop of 2.8 30th in unemployment change from fourthy quarter to first quarterf with 2.9 percentage point and 38th in real percent change in housing prices with a 0.0 percentr drop from first quarter 2008 to first quartef 2009. The city rankerd No. 38 overall. General findingw showed that all of the largest metros lost jobs duringythe recession, ranging from 0.2 percent in Oklahomq City to 13.5 percent in Cape Fla. 10 of the 15 largest metros with job losse arein California, Florida and Also, just more than one-thirdd of the metros avoided declines in home price s in the last year.
Lastly, only 10 of the 100 metroxs are showing signs of economic recovery asof March. “Metrp areas are the country’s economic The 100 largest contain two-thirds of our jobs and generater three-quarters of U.S. GDP,” Alan Berube, research director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookingsxand co-author of the report, stated in a “Only by monitoring their individual trajectories will we know wher e and how the country begins to emerge from this deep as well as which areas will need more intensive assistance to turn the corner.” Four of the top five rankedd cities in the repor t are located in Texas: San Antonio, Houston, Austib and Dallas.
Little Rock, Ark., was rankex No. 6. Detroit rankedr last, and six of the bottom 10 ranked citiea are locatedin Florida: Cape Coral, Tampa, Palm Bay, Lakeland and Jacksonville. Click to view the full report.
Brookings’ new MetroMonitor report looked at six economicdindicators — employment, unemploymeng rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosure rates in the nation’s 100 largest metro areas to determiner its rankings. The reporrt covers the period through the first quarterof 2009. Based on what D.C.-based Brookings called four “key indicators,” Memphisx was in the category of “Second-strongest 20 Metros” base d on results and rankings in each of those four areas. Memphis ranked 53rd in change of GMP from peak to firsft quarter 2009 witha 3.
4 percenyt drop; 49th in change in employment from peak to firstr quarter with a drop of 2.8 30th in unemployment change from fourthy quarter to first quarterf with 2.9 percentage point and 38th in real percent change in housing prices with a 0.0 percentr drop from first quarter 2008 to first quartef 2009. The city rankerd No. 38 overall. General findingw showed that all of the largest metros lost jobs duringythe recession, ranging from 0.2 percent in Oklahomq City to 13.5 percent in Cape Fla. 10 of the 15 largest metros with job losse arein California, Florida and Also, just more than one-thirdd of the metros avoided declines in home price s in the last year.
Lastly, only 10 of the 100 metroxs are showing signs of economic recovery asof March. “Metrp areas are the country’s economic The 100 largest contain two-thirds of our jobs and generater three-quarters of U.S. GDP,” Alan Berube, research director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookingsxand co-author of the report, stated in a “Only by monitoring their individual trajectories will we know wher e and how the country begins to emerge from this deep as well as which areas will need more intensive assistance to turn the corner.” Four of the top five rankedd cities in the repor t are located in Texas: San Antonio, Houston, Austib and Dallas.
Little Rock, Ark., was rankex No. 6. Detroit rankedr last, and six of the bottom 10 ranked citiea are locatedin Florida: Cape Coral, Tampa, Palm Bay, Lakeland and Jacksonville. Click to view the full report.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Networking Calendar - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. Stevenh Scheeler, 480-330-7457. Business by Referral, weekly, 7:15 a.m., Crackeres & Co. Cafe, 1325 N. Greenfield Ste. 101, Mesa. Michael Petrone, or www.bbraz.com. Professional Referral Organization-Mesa, 7:30 a.m., M&I Bank, 1755 S. Greenfield Road, Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Business Connection Leads Chandler Chamberof Commerce, weekly, 7:30 Wildflower Bread Co., 3111 W. Chandler Blvd., Free. 480-963-4571, ext. 205. Deer Valley weekly, 7:30 a.m., Deer Valley Airport 702 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix. Carl Ulbrich, 602-674-5676 or carl@jirehcom.com. Jackalope Professional weekly, 8 a.m., Hill Insurance Group, 14201 N. 87th St.
, Ste. Scottsdale. Jim, 602-434-8261, or Corporate Office Centers Network, weekly, 8:15 a.m., 3420 E. Shea Ste. 200, Phoenix. Free. Rebecca Zmek, Christian Business Networking-North Scottsdale, weekly, 11:1r a.m., Carlos O’Brien’s, 7111 E. Bell Scottsdale. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. LeTip-West Valley Professionals, 11:30 a.m., Black Bear Diner, 6059 W. Bell Glendale. Gary Truax, 623-876-2700. Lunch Bunch, Glendale Chambef of Commerce, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Old Country 17125 N. 79th Ave., Glendale. Professional Referral Organization-North Phoenix, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Copper Star Bank, 20565 N. 19th Ave., Bob Katz, 602-692-7686.
Old Town weekly, noon, Scottsdale Center for the 4301 N. Scottsdale Road, second floor. 480-227-569t6 or oldtown.freetoasthost.net. BNI-Airpark of Scottsdale, weekly, Cantina Laredo promenade, 7361 E. Frankl Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale. $12. 602-570-1096. Souty Mountain Toastmasters Club, weekly, 12:30 p.m., Re/Maxd New Heights Resource 6437 S. Central Ave., Phoenix. sglueck@phoenixchamber.com or 602-402-6086. Central Phoenix 11:30 a.m. June 10, Ritz-Carlton 2401 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. Reservations: 602-263-3589 or www.centralphoenixwomen.org. Mixer/Professional A New Impression, 5:30 p.m. June 10, Euro Dream 8670 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale. Reservations: www.anewimpression.
com. North Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce first Wednesday ofthe month, 7 a.m., locations $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Registration www.northscottsdalechamber.org or 480-889-8987. Empowered Womenn Network, first Wednesday of the month, 11:30 Olive Garden, 3380 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Donnaw Adams, 480-969-7144. Association of Fundraisin g Professionals, first Wednesday of the 11:30 a.m., Downtown Phoenix Sheraton, 340 N. Third St., www.afpgreateraz.afpnet.org or 480-609-3999. Cashflow 101 & first Wednesday of the 6 p.m., locations vary. Free. www.linkedpromotions.
com or
Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. Stevenh Scheeler, 480-330-7457. Business by Referral, weekly, 7:15 a.m., Crackeres & Co. Cafe, 1325 N. Greenfield Ste. 101, Mesa. Michael Petrone, or www.bbraz.com. Professional Referral Organization-Mesa, 7:30 a.m., M&I Bank, 1755 S. Greenfield Road, Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Business Connection Leads Chandler Chamberof Commerce, weekly, 7:30 Wildflower Bread Co., 3111 W. Chandler Blvd., Free. 480-963-4571, ext. 205. Deer Valley weekly, 7:30 a.m., Deer Valley Airport 702 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix. Carl Ulbrich, 602-674-5676 or carl@jirehcom.com. Jackalope Professional weekly, 8 a.m., Hill Insurance Group, 14201 N. 87th St.
, Ste. Scottsdale. Jim, 602-434-8261, or Corporate Office Centers Network, weekly, 8:15 a.m., 3420 E. Shea Ste. 200, Phoenix. Free. Rebecca Zmek, Christian Business Networking-North Scottsdale, weekly, 11:1r a.m., Carlos O’Brien’s, 7111 E. Bell Scottsdale. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. LeTip-West Valley Professionals, 11:30 a.m., Black Bear Diner, 6059 W. Bell Glendale. Gary Truax, 623-876-2700. Lunch Bunch, Glendale Chambef of Commerce, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Old Country 17125 N. 79th Ave., Glendale. Professional Referral Organization-North Phoenix, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Copper Star Bank, 20565 N. 19th Ave., Bob Katz, 602-692-7686.
Old Town weekly, noon, Scottsdale Center for the 4301 N. Scottsdale Road, second floor. 480-227-569t6 or oldtown.freetoasthost.net. BNI-Airpark of Scottsdale, weekly, Cantina Laredo promenade, 7361 E. Frankl Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale. $12. 602-570-1096. Souty Mountain Toastmasters Club, weekly, 12:30 p.m., Re/Maxd New Heights Resource 6437 S. Central Ave., Phoenix. sglueck@phoenixchamber.com or 602-402-6086. Central Phoenix 11:30 a.m. June 10, Ritz-Carlton 2401 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. Reservations: 602-263-3589 or www.centralphoenixwomen.org. Mixer/Professional A New Impression, 5:30 p.m. June 10, Euro Dream 8670 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale. Reservations: www.anewimpression.
com. North Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce first Wednesday ofthe month, 7 a.m., locations $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Registration www.northscottsdalechamber.org or 480-889-8987. Empowered Womenn Network, first Wednesday of the month, 11:30 Olive Garden, 3380 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Donnaw Adams, 480-969-7144. Association of Fundraisin g Professionals, first Wednesday of the 11:30 a.m., Downtown Phoenix Sheraton, 340 N. Third St., www.afpgreateraz.afpnet.org or 480-609-3999. Cashflow 101 & first Wednesday of the 6 p.m., locations vary. Free. www.linkedpromotions.
com or
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Amerijet acquires interest in Nations Express - South Florida Business Journal:
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Amerijet recently announced its acquisitio n ofSRX Transcontinental, a Florida-based companuy specializing in ground handling operations throughoutf Central Asia, and owner of , an Uzbekistahn certificated airline. Florida-based Amerijet servese destinations throughoutthe America’s, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and the Middl e East. Its primary hub is at , with 210,000-square-footf export and 100,000-square-foot imports air cargo handlint facilities anda 50,000-square-foot ocean cargo
Amerijet recently announced its acquisitio n ofSRX Transcontinental, a Florida-based companuy specializing in ground handling operations throughoutf Central Asia, and owner of , an Uzbekistahn certificated airline. Florida-based Amerijet servese destinations throughoutthe America’s, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and the Middl e East. Its primary hub is at , with 210,000-square-footf export and 100,000-square-foot imports air cargo handlint facilities anda 50,000-square-foot ocean cargo
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Deere announces leadership changes - Kansas City Business Journal:
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which employs hundreds of people at an office in Cary and a factoryhin Fuquay-Varina, tapped longtime employee Samuel R. Allem as its new leadef on Monday. Allen, 55, was named chief operating officer and a membef of the board of directors effectivsJune 1. He also will become chief executives officeron Aug. 1. The companyu said that Chairman and CEORobert W. 59, will continue to serve as chairmanm of the boarduntil Allen's expected succession as chairman.
"The Deere boare has completed an 18-montnh systematic process to choose Deere'ws ninth chief executive officer inits 172-yeaer history," Lane said in a written "The board recognizes, as I do, that Sam is a smart, ethical executive, a wise and uncommonlgy capable leader, and someone with the proven experience and ability to effectivelyg lead John Deere in growing a great, sustainable, globa l business." Allen, who has worked at the compant for 34 years, has served as president of the Worldwidw Construction & Forestry Divisiohn since 2005 and has been responsible for the global operationxs of the since 2003.
The firm also announcedd several other majorpersonnel moves, including: * Michaeo J. Mack Jr., who has served as senioer vice president and chief financial officersincse 2006, is now the president of the Worldwide Constructionj & Forestry Division; * James M. Field, who untilk recently served as president of the WorldwideCommerciao & Consumer Division, has been moved to the positio of senior vice president and chief financial and * Jean Gilles, who has serverd as senior vice president of Deere Powetr Systems Group, is now the senior vice president of that groulp as well as , and as senio r VP of Advanced Technology and Innovation.
Investors reacted favorably to the pushing the stock upby 7.6 percent, to in late morning trading. The founded in 1837 and basedin Moline, Ill., is a provideer of advanced products and servicese for agriculture, forestry, construction, lawn and turf landscaping and irrigation. It also provides financial servicee worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used inheavt equipment.
which employs hundreds of people at an office in Cary and a factoryhin Fuquay-Varina, tapped longtime employee Samuel R. Allem as its new leadef on Monday. Allen, 55, was named chief operating officer and a membef of the board of directors effectivsJune 1. He also will become chief executives officeron Aug. 1. The companyu said that Chairman and CEORobert W. 59, will continue to serve as chairmanm of the boarduntil Allen's expected succession as chairman.
"The Deere boare has completed an 18-montnh systematic process to choose Deere'ws ninth chief executive officer inits 172-yeaer history," Lane said in a written "The board recognizes, as I do, that Sam is a smart, ethical executive, a wise and uncommonlgy capable leader, and someone with the proven experience and ability to effectivelyg lead John Deere in growing a great, sustainable, globa l business." Allen, who has worked at the compant for 34 years, has served as president of the Worldwidw Construction & Forestry Divisiohn since 2005 and has been responsible for the global operationxs of the since 2003.
The firm also announcedd several other majorpersonnel moves, including: * Michaeo J. Mack Jr., who has served as senioer vice president and chief financial officersincse 2006, is now the president of the Worldwide Constructionj & Forestry Division; * James M. Field, who untilk recently served as president of the WorldwideCommerciao & Consumer Division, has been moved to the positio of senior vice president and chief financial and * Jean Gilles, who has serverd as senior vice president of Deere Powetr Systems Group, is now the senior vice president of that groulp as well as , and as senio r VP of Advanced Technology and Innovation.
Investors reacted favorably to the pushing the stock upby 7.6 percent, to in late morning trading. The founded in 1837 and basedin Moline, Ill., is a provideer of advanced products and servicese for agriculture, forestry, construction, lawn and turf landscaping and irrigation. It also provides financial servicee worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used inheavt equipment.
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