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The $395,000 development plan, funded by individuals in the Houston-Galveston area, will be overseenj by the Historic Downtown Strand Seaport Partnership to help shape the island city’s recovery after Hurricane Ike and to develolp a sustainable long-range plan. The two-phase plan contractedf by Virginia Beach-based and of Charlottesville, Va., will develop specific projects to create a sustainablre community and attempt to reposition downtown Galveston as a vital competitor in a regional The areas of the study include 19th Streer to 26th Street and Winnie to the Galveston Ship Channel then down Harborsidwe to9th Street.
“We recognize the need to reinvent and restructurer downtown to be a welcominyg placefor businesses, visitors and residents,” said Craifg Brown, president of the partnership. “We hope this plan will help make downtownb Galveston a dynamic district where people can live and playonce again.” Planner hopes to encourage outside capitall investment and development, strengthen the retail diversify and expand the island’es job base and protecting core “We want people to know this is not just a beautificatioh plan or a study to sit on the said Lesley Sommer, partnership executivr director.
“This analysis will provide an action plan with component s forcity government, the private and all entities involved in the area to work Downtown has experienced a dramatic decline in visitor after Hurricane Ike forced much of the area to closw for repairs, though businesses are gradually reopening. A largd chunk of the island’s population — both permanentg residents and weekend propertyowners — has still not
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Ruins Alone, Yowie, Guzzlemug - Chicago Reader (blog)
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Chicago Reader (blog) | Ruins Alone, Yowie, Guzzlemug Chicago Reader (blog) ... hyperkinetic energy of 80s Japanese punk, resulting in insanely information-dense blasts of sound that make even the most baroque compositions of the post-King Crimson era seem laughably simple in comparison. â€"Miles Raymer Yowie and Guzzlemug open. |
Friday, April 27, 2012
Comcast, Panasonic announce new portable DVR - Denver Business Journal:
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The device, called the AnyPlay Portabl DVR, will allow users to record showe from their TV set and view them anyplace onits 8.5-inchj screen. It also plays digital videko discs andcompact discs. The portablr DVR was developed for Comcast by , which, like Panasonicc of North America, is a subsidiarg of Japanese conglomerate (NYSE:MC). It uses technologty developed by CableTelevision Laboratories, a nonprofif research-and-development consortium founded by cable companies in 1988. Comcast and Panasonic plan to roll it out earlgnext year.
The announcement was made at the Internationakl Consumer Electronics Show in Las The two companies also announcefd other products using theCableLabs technology, whicjh is called tru2way, a reference to the fact that it enables interactive communications. Panasonic expecta to be marketing later this year some models of its Vieraz HDTVwith tru2way. In conjunction with cable systems that also use they will allow their ownersz to access such interactive services as vide o on demand withouta set-top box. Panasonic expects to delivefr to Comcast later this yeara set-top-bosx for HD sets without tru2way It will let owners of the sets access interactivse services that use tru2way.
Comcast of Philadelphiaa is the nation's largest cable companyu with 24.2 million cable customers, 12.9 million high-speec Internet customers and 4.1 million phone It also owns cablse networks and a controlling interest sports teamxsand arenas.
The device, called the AnyPlay Portabl DVR, will allow users to record showe from their TV set and view them anyplace onits 8.5-inchj screen. It also plays digital videko discs andcompact discs. The portablr DVR was developed for Comcast by , which, like Panasonicc of North America, is a subsidiarg of Japanese conglomerate (NYSE:MC). It uses technologty developed by CableTelevision Laboratories, a nonprofif research-and-development consortium founded by cable companies in 1988. Comcast and Panasonic plan to roll it out earlgnext year.
The announcement was made at the Internationakl Consumer Electronics Show in Las The two companies also announcefd other products using theCableLabs technology, whicjh is called tru2way, a reference to the fact that it enables interactive communications. Panasonic expecta to be marketing later this year some models of its Vieraz HDTVwith tru2way. In conjunction with cable systems that also use they will allow their ownersz to access such interactive services as vide o on demand withouta set-top box. Panasonic expects to delivefr to Comcast later this yeara set-top-bosx for HD sets without tru2way It will let owners of the sets access interactivse services that use tru2way.
Comcast of Philadelphiaa is the nation's largest cable companyu with 24.2 million cable customers, 12.9 million high-speec Internet customers and 4.1 million phone It also owns cablse networks and a controlling interest sports teamxsand arenas.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Suns Charities nets record $1.1M - Triangle Business Journal:
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million to 119 Arizonaq nonprofits. This is the most successful season in the Phoenizx SunsCharities 20-year history of fundingy community projects for childrej and families, said Tom executive director of Phoenix Suns Charities. Most awardws are small, he said, but the big $100,0090 Playmaker Award went to , which provides free services to cancer survivorxs andtheir families. Paula executive director of The Wellness Community, said all fundinfg for the Phoenix nonprofit comess from individuals, corporations and This year it raised $1.7 million, compared with $783,000 last year.
“Our givingy has been really quite consistent,” she Nationally, however, contributions are down Total giving in 2008was $308 billion, down 2 percent from a recordf $314 billion in according to Giving USA which has conducted a giving survey since 1956. Two-thirds of public charitiee receiving donations saw decreasesin 2008, according to the “With the United States mirede in a recession throughout 2008, there was no doubtr in anyone’s mind that charitable giving woulds be down,” said Del chair of Glenview, Ill.-based Giving USA Foundation.
“However, what we find remarkable is that individuals, corporations and foundations still providecd morethan $307 billion to causes they support, despit e the economic conditions.” This Phoenix Suns Charities raises about $1.7 million from its various fundraising including $1.3 million from the Suns and Star s Gala — about the same amount as last Supporters gave about $26,000 in honor of Dave president of Phoenix Suns Charities who died hiking in For more: www.nba.com/suns/community.
million to 119 Arizonaq nonprofits. This is the most successful season in the Phoenizx SunsCharities 20-year history of fundingy community projects for childrej and families, said Tom executive director of Phoenix Suns Charities. Most awardws are small, he said, but the big $100,0090 Playmaker Award went to , which provides free services to cancer survivorxs andtheir families. Paula executive director of The Wellness Community, said all fundinfg for the Phoenix nonprofit comess from individuals, corporations and This year it raised $1.7 million, compared with $783,000 last year.
“Our givingy has been really quite consistent,” she Nationally, however, contributions are down Total giving in 2008was $308 billion, down 2 percent from a recordf $314 billion in according to Giving USA which has conducted a giving survey since 1956. Two-thirds of public charitiee receiving donations saw decreasesin 2008, according to the “With the United States mirede in a recession throughout 2008, there was no doubtr in anyone’s mind that charitable giving woulds be down,” said Del chair of Glenview, Ill.-based Giving USA Foundation.
“However, what we find remarkable is that individuals, corporations and foundations still providecd morethan $307 billion to causes they support, despit e the economic conditions.” This Phoenix Suns Charities raises about $1.7 million from its various fundraising including $1.3 million from the Suns and Star s Gala — about the same amount as last Supporters gave about $26,000 in honor of Dave president of Phoenix Suns Charities who died hiking in For more: www.nba.com/suns/community.
Monday, April 23, 2012
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Why listen, indeed? The Dow Jones Industrial Average wasat 13,600 and climbing. Housing was marking its bigges expansion, and the U.S. was near full Twenty-four months later, Ohio’s jobless rate is above 10 and the housing market remains in a The Dow? It’s at 8,500 – after plunging to 6,40o0 – and still stumbling. Warren, by the way, now oversees how billionsw in taxpayer dollars are being spent to rescuew banks because she is a modelof trustworthiness. And her call to protect the public from financial chicanery isbuilding momentum.
That’s not Everyone knew the regulatory pendulum would swing followinga greed-fueled economic calamithy that showed all the signs financial serviceds overseers were unable or unwilling to keep marketzs safe.
Why listen, indeed? The Dow Jones Industrial Average wasat 13,600 and climbing. Housing was marking its bigges expansion, and the U.S. was near full Twenty-four months later, Ohio’s jobless rate is above 10 and the housing market remains in a The Dow? It’s at 8,500 – after plunging to 6,40o0 – and still stumbling. Warren, by the way, now oversees how billionsw in taxpayer dollars are being spent to rescuew banks because she is a modelof trustworthiness. And her call to protect the public from financial chicanery isbuilding momentum.
That’s not Everyone knew the regulatory pendulum would swing followinga greed-fueled economic calamithy that showed all the signs financial serviceds overseers were unable or unwilling to keep marketzs safe.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Workers' comp rates drop again in 2007 - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Because rates are dropping in the mandatory insuranc program to assist workers injured onthe job, insurers are makinb less profit, according to a report releasex this week. The Workers' , which tracks trendw in the program and advises the reviewed data from insurers who wrotre all of the coveragein California. The findingsa indicate that workers' comp is returningb to businessas usual, some systejm observers said. Some measurements showed that reforms instituted a few years ago are still havinfgan effect. For example, premium writtej last year was less than in as were the average statewide rate and the totapl numberof workers' comp claims.
"We're still seeing the impact of the reforms moving througbhthe system," bureau spokesman Jack Hannan said. Other measurements, however, showerd that reforms have alreadykicked in, and at least some aspect s of the system are heading back to historical norms. Indemnitty average costs per claim went up in and workers' comp insurers spent a largee percentage of the money they collecte on claims and expensew than the previous year. That'sd because they're collecting less from employers. "The system is returning to normalcy," said Nicols Mahrt, spokeswoman for the , a trads group.
The market is healthg and competitive, she said, and the report's finding demonstrate that the reforms worked and should bekept intact. The amount employers pay for coveragre is becoming more aligneedwith insurers' costs, said Jerry Azevedo, a spokesman for the Compensation Action Network, a group of employers, insurers and nonprofits. Reforms made the system predictablseand consistent, and it must remain so, withourt any court case or legislation to throw thingsz out of whack, he said. But injurefd workers and their attorneyss have long said that the reforms went too far and have hurt peoplew injured onthe job. Californias total premium for 2007 is estimated tobe $12.
billion, which is about 23 percentr below the amount reportedfin 2006. Employers paid an average of $2.4r4 for workers' comp per every $100 of payrolol for the second half oflast year, 26 percent below the same period in 2006 -- and down 62 percengt from the second half of 2003. July 1, is considered to be the high poinftfor workers' comp system costs, before reforms beganj to take effect. Indemnity claim frequency for accidentss in 2007 is estimated to be down 6 perceny from the year about one-third of the all-time high in and 44 percent below the leveol in 2002. The bureau projects the totalp statewide losses for accidents in 2007 willbe $6.
3 billion, the same as 2006 and almosf 50 percent less than 2002. The average cost of a 2007 indemnith claim will be anestimated $42,000, the second consecutived increase after sharp declines in 2004 and 2005. The amoun t for 2006 was $39,457. The lowest amount in many years camein 2005, at Workers' comp insurers are still making money on each dolladr of premium they collect, but not as For 2007 accidents, insurers spent 78 centsz on claims and expenses for every dollar of premium In 2006 the amount was 65 cents.
Whiled the combined loss and expensre ratio was higherin 2007, it is the fift h consecutive accident year with ratios below 100 after eight consecutive years higher than 100 percent.
Because rates are dropping in the mandatory insuranc program to assist workers injured onthe job, insurers are makinb less profit, according to a report releasex this week. The Workers' , which tracks trendw in the program and advises the reviewed data from insurers who wrotre all of the coveragein California. The findingsa indicate that workers' comp is returningb to businessas usual, some systejm observers said. Some measurements showed that reforms instituted a few years ago are still havinfgan effect. For example, premium writtej last year was less than in as were the average statewide rate and the totapl numberof workers' comp claims.
"We're still seeing the impact of the reforms moving througbhthe system," bureau spokesman Jack Hannan said. Other measurements, however, showerd that reforms have alreadykicked in, and at least some aspect s of the system are heading back to historical norms. Indemnitty average costs per claim went up in and workers' comp insurers spent a largee percentage of the money they collecte on claims and expensew than the previous year. That'sd because they're collecting less from employers. "The system is returning to normalcy," said Nicols Mahrt, spokeswoman for the , a trads group.
The market is healthg and competitive, she said, and the report's finding demonstrate that the reforms worked and should bekept intact. The amount employers pay for coveragre is becoming more aligneedwith insurers' costs, said Jerry Azevedo, a spokesman for the Compensation Action Network, a group of employers, insurers and nonprofits. Reforms made the system predictablseand consistent, and it must remain so, withourt any court case or legislation to throw thingsz out of whack, he said. But injurefd workers and their attorneyss have long said that the reforms went too far and have hurt peoplew injured onthe job. Californias total premium for 2007 is estimated tobe $12.
billion, which is about 23 percentr below the amount reportedfin 2006. Employers paid an average of $2.4r4 for workers' comp per every $100 of payrolol for the second half oflast year, 26 percent below the same period in 2006 -- and down 62 percengt from the second half of 2003. July 1, is considered to be the high poinftfor workers' comp system costs, before reforms beganj to take effect. Indemnity claim frequency for accidentss in 2007 is estimated to be down 6 perceny from the year about one-third of the all-time high in and 44 percent below the leveol in 2002. The bureau projects the totalp statewide losses for accidents in 2007 willbe $6.
3 billion, the same as 2006 and almosf 50 percent less than 2002. The average cost of a 2007 indemnith claim will be anestimated $42,000, the second consecutived increase after sharp declines in 2004 and 2005. The amoun t for 2006 was $39,457. The lowest amount in many years camein 2005, at Workers' comp insurers are still making money on each dolladr of premium they collect, but not as For 2007 accidents, insurers spent 78 centsz on claims and expenses for every dollar of premium In 2006 the amount was 65 cents.
Whiled the combined loss and expensre ratio was higherin 2007, it is the fift h consecutive accident year with ratios below 100 after eight consecutive years higher than 100 percent.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Gallop, Johnson & Neuman sees growth in immigration business - St. Louis Business Journal:
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That's when, driven by clieny demand, the firm added two attorneys to its immigratiohlaw practice, which now consists of four attorneys and a The firm has about 75 attorneys total, Campbell Campbell said his firm's immigration practicw "has grown significantly as a result of U.S. domestic growth and, in many because of their market expansion intoforeign countries." Campbell said the firm has represente many foreign nationals dealing with personal immigration but the majority of Gallop's immigration law clients are corporatw or nonprofit entities. He said about 85 percentr of the group's clients are St. Louisa based.
The firm also has seen business from multinationa companies thatdeploy U.S. citizen to work overseas in management andproduction jobs, Campbell said.
That's when, driven by clieny demand, the firm added two attorneys to its immigratiohlaw practice, which now consists of four attorneys and a The firm has about 75 attorneys total, Campbell Campbell said his firm's immigration practicw "has grown significantly as a result of U.S. domestic growth and, in many because of their market expansion intoforeign countries." Campbell said the firm has represente many foreign nationals dealing with personal immigration but the majority of Gallop's immigration law clients are corporatw or nonprofit entities. He said about 85 percentr of the group's clients are St. Louisa based.
The firm also has seen business from multinationa companies thatdeploy U.S. citizen to work overseas in management andproduction jobs, Campbell said.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Announcement in accordance with chapter 2, section 10, of the securities ... - Reuters
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Announcement in accordance with chapter 2, section 10, of the securities ... Reuters Incap Corporation Stock Exchange Release 16 April 2012 at 1 pm ANNOUNCEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS (KALEVI LAURILA) After the registration of the new shares issued in the private ... |
Monday, April 16, 2012
Euronet combines prepaid brands into epay - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The Leawood-based electronic payments distributoe (Nasdaq: EEFT) said Wednesday that the new namewould “providse the division with a worldwidre retail brand that is known for quality servicer and consistent products.” The division is one of the largestt international distributors of prepaid mobile air time, the releas said. Several Euronet prepaid subsidiariee already operate under theepay name; U.S. subsidiary PaySpot, Telerecarga, Brodos and Transact will adopy theepay brand. The epay logo is intendedf to integrate elements of Euroneft and subsidiary logos and to stanxdfor “professional, innovative and spirited the release said.
“Just as our businesa strategy has evolved over the years to meet the needsa ofour customers, so must our epay Managing Director Garetyh Gumbley said in the release. “The new brand identity is a reflection of that evolutioj to deliver brand leadership and enhanced value toour customers. It bringd together our successfulelements — local markegt knowledge, operational expertise and international distributiojn reach — required by multinationapl retailers and global consumer brands.
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The Leawood-based electronic payments distributoe (Nasdaq: EEFT) said Wednesday that the new namewould “providse the division with a worldwidre retail brand that is known for quality servicer and consistent products.” The division is one of the largestt international distributors of prepaid mobile air time, the releas said. Several Euronet prepaid subsidiariee already operate under theepay name; U.S. subsidiary PaySpot, Telerecarga, Brodos and Transact will adopy theepay brand. The epay logo is intendedf to integrate elements of Euroneft and subsidiary logos and to stanxdfor “professional, innovative and spirited the release said.
“Just as our businesa strategy has evolved over the years to meet the needsa ofour customers, so must our epay Managing Director Garetyh Gumbley said in the release. “The new brand identity is a reflection of that evolutioj to deliver brand leadership and enhanced value toour customers. It bringd together our successfulelements — local markegt knowledge, operational expertise and international distributiojn reach — required by multinationapl retailers and global consumer brands.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Coldwell Banker Bain moving headquarters to Bellevue - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The company will start the moving process in the middlw of May and will have moved all of its employeee by the time the lease on its Merce Island building endsin October. Ron a managing vice president at Coldwell Banker said the company decided to move becausre its lease was up and it ownsthe two-story Bellevue He said he did not know how many peopld would be moved or what the cost savings wouldr be to the company. In a separate Coldwell Banker said it will focus on marketingnew construction, an effort that will be incorporated into a new divisio n created by the company.
Whil the division will marketr new construction that has lingered on the markeyt as a result of the Sparkssaid it’s also a step to prepare for new homesz that will be built when the housing market “It will be a largely ignored segment and we want to be in a positioj to take advantage of that,” he said.
The company will start the moving process in the middlw of May and will have moved all of its employeee by the time the lease on its Merce Island building endsin October. Ron a managing vice president at Coldwell Banker said the company decided to move becausre its lease was up and it ownsthe two-story Bellevue He said he did not know how many peopld would be moved or what the cost savings wouldr be to the company. In a separate Coldwell Banker said it will focus on marketingnew construction, an effort that will be incorporated into a new divisio n created by the company.
Whil the division will marketr new construction that has lingered on the markeyt as a result of the Sparkssaid it’s also a step to prepare for new homesz that will be built when the housing market “It will be a largely ignored segment and we want to be in a positioj to take advantage of that,” he said.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Pupil-service provider ratios - San Francisco Business Times:
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pupils per provider • 2. 66.4 pupils per providerr • 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupils per providetr • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provider 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per providedr • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per provider 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per provider • 8. 85.7 pupils per provider • 9. 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. 88.8 pupils per provider • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupils per provided • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupilzs per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per provider • 14. 93.9 pupils per provider • 15. 94.2 pupils per provider • 16. Perry, 99.1 pupil per provider • 17. Chautauquaq Lake, 99.
3 pupils per provider 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider • 18. 101.0 pupils per provider
pupils per provider • 2. 66.4 pupils per providerr • 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupils per providetr • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provider 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per providedr • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per provider 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per provider • 8. 85.7 pupils per provider • 9. 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. 88.8 pupils per provider • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupils per provided • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupilzs per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per provider • 14. 93.9 pupils per provider • 15. 94.2 pupils per provider • 16. Perry, 99.1 pupil per provider • 17. Chautauquaq Lake, 99.
3 pupils per provider 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider • 18. 101.0 pupils per provider
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Bombardier sees bright future in aviation - Triangle Business Journal:
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Its 10-year forecast for the business jet marketpredicts 11,500 deliverie from 2009 to which represents $256 billionm in worldwide revenues. The company also forecasts 12,4009 deliveries in the 20-to-149 seat commerciak market over the next20 years. From 2009 to 2028, Bombardiee predicts this market to beworth $589 “The financial turbulence being felt arouncd the globe has placed a significant focus on the challengese facing the aviation industry, particularly within the business jet Mairead Lavery said in a release. Lavery, vice presidentr of strategy and business development for believes the immediate futurew of the industry willremain volatile.
But he said the long-ter future still holds plenty of opportunity foraircraft “As the world begins to emerge from this economicv crisis, demand should gradually return and futurse prospects remain solid,” he said.
Its 10-year forecast for the business jet marketpredicts 11,500 deliverie from 2009 to which represents $256 billionm in worldwide revenues. The company also forecasts 12,4009 deliveries in the 20-to-149 seat commerciak market over the next20 years. From 2009 to 2028, Bombardiee predicts this market to beworth $589 “The financial turbulence being felt arouncd the globe has placed a significant focus on the challengese facing the aviation industry, particularly within the business jet Mairead Lavery said in a release. Lavery, vice presidentr of strategy and business development for believes the immediate futurew of the industry willremain volatile.
But he said the long-ter future still holds plenty of opportunity foraircraft “As the world begins to emerge from this economicv crisis, demand should gradually return and futurse prospects remain solid,” he said.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sancilio and Co. gets $700,000 in incentives - South Florida Business Journal:
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The Town of Jupiter Economic Development Fund and Palm Beach Gardens each gaveSCI $350,0009 loans, according to a press release from the , whicjh helped facilitate the incentives. SCI plansz to add up to seven jobs this year at its main production and warehouse facility in Riviera Beacjh with theJupiter loan. The company plans to add approximately 18 jobs at its Palm Beach Gardens research facility by 2010 with the Palm BeacjhGardens loan. The BDB estimates the total economivc impact of the SCI expansion projectg tobe $14.3 million. The new jobs will pay 115 perceny of thecounty average.
“Twenty five jobs at that salaryu in this industry is very saidKelly Smallridge, president and CEO of the Businesws Development Board. “We are very concerned about helping companies in ourbackyards – just as we are concernedc about attracting to new ones to our she added. Smallridge noted that the circumstances of the loan weresomewhaf unique, in that Jupiter gave a loan to a Riviera Beach enterprise, but added that Palm Beacb municipalities are starting to think more regionallyt in an effort to build the growing biotecnh cluster.
“This is about the team, it’sx about north county,” she “It’s in Riviera Beach, but it stilkl benefits all ofNorth County.” The Town of Jupiter Economic Developmenyt Fund is, in fact, intendedc to stimulate biotech growth in all of North said Jupiter spokeswoman, Kate Moretto. Jupiter is actually guaranteeingthe $350,00o0 loan from for 36 Moretto said. Full terms of the loan were notimmediatelty available. Palm Beach Gardens gave Sancilik adirect $350,000 loan at 4.5 percent interesyt over 36 months, said Natalie the city’s planning manager.
The city chosed to go with a loan instead of a granrbecause it’s the right way to promotse growth in bioscience and it’s a good investment, Wong
The Town of Jupiter Economic Development Fund and Palm Beach Gardens each gaveSCI $350,0009 loans, according to a press release from the , whicjh helped facilitate the incentives. SCI plansz to add up to seven jobs this year at its main production and warehouse facility in Riviera Beacjh with theJupiter loan. The company plans to add approximately 18 jobs at its Palm Beach Gardens research facility by 2010 with the Palm BeacjhGardens loan. The BDB estimates the total economivc impact of the SCI expansion projectg tobe $14.3 million. The new jobs will pay 115 perceny of thecounty average.
“Twenty five jobs at that salaryu in this industry is very saidKelly Smallridge, president and CEO of the Businesws Development Board. “We are very concerned about helping companies in ourbackyards – just as we are concernedc about attracting to new ones to our she added. Smallridge noted that the circumstances of the loan weresomewhaf unique, in that Jupiter gave a loan to a Riviera Beach enterprise, but added that Palm Beacb municipalities are starting to think more regionallyt in an effort to build the growing biotecnh cluster.
“This is about the team, it’sx about north county,” she “It’s in Riviera Beach, but it stilkl benefits all ofNorth County.” The Town of Jupiter Economic Developmenyt Fund is, in fact, intendedc to stimulate biotech growth in all of North said Jupiter spokeswoman, Kate Moretto. Jupiter is actually guaranteeingthe $350,00o0 loan from for 36 Moretto said. Full terms of the loan were notimmediatelty available. Palm Beach Gardens gave Sancilik adirect $350,000 loan at 4.5 percent interesyt over 36 months, said Natalie the city’s planning manager.
The city chosed to go with a loan instead of a granrbecause it’s the right way to promotse growth in bioscience and it’s a good investment, Wong
Saturday, April 7, 2012
For a truly private social network, try RetroShare - ITworld.com
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For a truly private social network, try RetroShare ITworld.com April 07, 2012, 7:53 AM â€" It's a rare week indeed that doesn't bring forth some fresh privacy scandal, and creepy apps like Girls Around Me are only one small part of the problem. Just between Facebook and Google, a world of data about us is ... |
Thursday, April 5, 2012
DDF Constrained - AllAfrica.com
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DDF Constrained AllAfrica.com The District Development Fund, which provides tillage services to farmers and maintaining most of the country's feeder roads, is operating with one unreliable motorised grader in Mashonaland West province. This, coupled with poor funding has seen most ... |
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
HP rolls out new green products - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The Palo Alto-based HP’s “Eco Solutions” offeringa include a widget to encourage behavioral changea for PC userscalled “The Power to aimed at encouraging individuals and enterprises to powed down their computers at the end of the work day. The compang has set a goal to save 1 billionm kilowatt hours of electricitty by 2011 by reducing energyy consumption in itsvolume PCs. The company also now offeres new printing tools to reduce paper usage andenerghy consumption, and launched a line of servers aimed at reducing energy consumption in the IT “We want customers to know that we’re here to help in this economy, to save money and the said Bonnie Nixon, HP’s Director of Environmental Sustainability.
“We see ourselves as a living lab and we benefirt from this ourselves through aggressiveemployee engagement.” In the serverd space, the company’s new ProLiant G6 server platforms featurre technology that allows power capping to limit the powef drawn by the server, and also allowd customers to choose from four power supplied to match specific application and minimize power use. The new G6 platforms rangre from $1,679 to based on the configurations.
The ProLiant servers start at According toDoug Oathhout, HP’s vice president of Green IT, Enterprise Serverss and Storage, about two-thirdds of the questions HP receivee from IT managers focus on energh usage, a change from a few yearsa ago when budgets were less constrained. The amount companies spenx on energy use for data centera amounts to about 12 percent ofIT budgets, and couldf eclipse the amount companies spend on IT he said. “The goal with the new serverse is to reduce energy consumptioh IT uses by50 percent,” he said.
“Customerse can take that 12 percent and have it go southb or even go flat so customersz can have more to spend onreal Internally, the company has reduced the numbed of its data centers from 85 to six, and from 6,000 softwarse applications to 600 in the past threew years. For printers, the company’sd HP Web Jetadmin tool gives customers the abilit to measure and evaluate their existing carbon footprint for a singles printer up to a printer and helps them understand how they can reduce theie impact and save moneythrough “responsible printing.” An HP servicd then evaluates energy consumption, powef usage and carbon emissions.
The Palo Alto-based HP’s “Eco Solutions” offeringa include a widget to encourage behavioral changea for PC userscalled “The Power to aimed at encouraging individuals and enterprises to powed down their computers at the end of the work day. The compang has set a goal to save 1 billionm kilowatt hours of electricitty by 2011 by reducing energyy consumption in itsvolume PCs. The company also now offeres new printing tools to reduce paper usage andenerghy consumption, and launched a line of servers aimed at reducing energy consumption in the IT “We want customers to know that we’re here to help in this economy, to save money and the said Bonnie Nixon, HP’s Director of Environmental Sustainability.
“We see ourselves as a living lab and we benefirt from this ourselves through aggressiveemployee engagement.” In the serverd space, the company’s new ProLiant G6 server platforms featurre technology that allows power capping to limit the powef drawn by the server, and also allowd customers to choose from four power supplied to match specific application and minimize power use. The new G6 platforms rangre from $1,679 to based on the configurations.
The ProLiant servers start at According toDoug Oathhout, HP’s vice president of Green IT, Enterprise Serverss and Storage, about two-thirdds of the questions HP receivee from IT managers focus on energh usage, a change from a few yearsa ago when budgets were less constrained. The amount companies spenx on energy use for data centera amounts to about 12 percent ofIT budgets, and couldf eclipse the amount companies spend on IT he said. “The goal with the new serverse is to reduce energy consumptioh IT uses by50 percent,” he said.
“Customerse can take that 12 percent and have it go southb or even go flat so customersz can have more to spend onreal Internally, the company has reduced the numbed of its data centers from 85 to six, and from 6,000 softwarse applications to 600 in the past threew years. For printers, the company’sd HP Web Jetadmin tool gives customers the abilit to measure and evaluate their existing carbon footprint for a singles printer up to a printer and helps them understand how they can reduce theie impact and save moneythrough “responsible printing.” An HP servicd then evaluates energy consumption, powef usage and carbon emissions.
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