الجمعة، 19 أكتوبر 2012

YRC Worldwide advances plan to defer pension fund payments - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The amended credit agreement, signed keeps YRC’s $950 million senior revolving credit facility anda $111. million senior term loan in YRC (Nasdaq: YRCW) said in a Mondayg filing with the Securities andExchange Commission. Partiees include YRC and some subsidiariesx and lenders thatinclude . YRC remains in talks with independengt trustees for the pension funds andthe . YRC’z stock closed on Mondayu at $3.53, down 59 cents, or 14 on volume of 1.86 million according to . The stock’s average daily volume the past threr monthsis 2.35 milliohn shares.
According to the amended agreement, YRC can delay paymen of certain multiemployer benefit fund contributions to no soonerthan Jan. 1 and grantr first-priority liens on some company-owned real estate to secures the payments. YRC , the Internationalo Brotherhoodof Teamsters, for permissiojn for such an arrangement. The company’s monthly pensiomn fund payments rangefrom $34 millionb to $45 million. The amendment doesn’t alloe YRC to voluntarily make any deferree paymentbefore Aug. 15, unless a payment come from cash received for real estate that was securingvthe payments.
YRC will keep a smaller portiobn of cash froma sale-leasebacko deal and be allowed to sell fewetr assets, each decreased by amounts proportionate to the net book value of the collateral but not to exceed $50 YRC also can enter debt-for-equit y swaps and pay some debt with cash from issuinf equity. Overland Park-based YRC rankzs No. 2 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’s list of area public companies.

الخميس، 18 أكتوبر 2012

AAA: Tennessee gas averaging $2.34 per gallon - Memphis Business Journal:

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The retail price of a gallohn of gas rose 4 cents in the past weekin Tennessee. AAA Soutgh puts the Tennessee average gallon of gasat $2.33o now. That’s more than the $2.292 motorists paid a week ago and well abovthe $1.910 they paid on average last However, it is much lower than the $3.832 gas customerse paid this time last Florida and Georgia prices rose by 6 cents in the past "The current retail price trend has been pushexd by refinery reductions, crude and wholesale priced increases, but not by consumer demand,” Gregg Laskoski, managing director of public relations for AAA South, said in a “On May 1, the nationap average price of gasoline was 45 cents per gallomn less than it is today.
Even the most bullisyh of analysts would have to expecr the rateof (retail gasoline) price increases to slow down in cominvg weeks since all rallies come to an A barrel of crude oil closed $4.64 higher this week over last week at Crude would need to trade at aboutt $100 per barrel for gas prices to hit $3. But that is well abover this year’s highest projections of $70-$75 per barrel, according to Tom publisher and chief oil analystat . , a traded publication for the oil industrty reporting on retail andwholesale prices, said this week “history is on the side of a pricd decline.
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الثلاثاء، 16 أكتوبر 2012

Third Bledisloe Cup match to be available online to selected territories - ARU Rugby

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Third Bledisloe Cup match to be available online to selected territories

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SANZAR would like to remind all that their online viewing service, available towards the tail-end of 2012 Super Rugby and throughout The Rugby Championship, will be offering coverage in most of the same territories for the third Bledisloe Cup match.



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الاثنين، 15 أكتوبر 2012

Mortgage Bankers Association: Mortgage applications fall as rates rise - Triangle Business Journal:

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percent last week from the previoua week, according to the ’s weeklyy mortgage applications surveyreleased Wednesday. The market compositse index, a measure of mortgage loan applicatioh volume, was 786, a decrease of 14.2 percent on a seasonall adjusted basisfrom 915.9 one week The purchase index, however, was up 1 percent for the on a seasonally adjusted basis. The four week movingt average for the seasonally adjusted market Index isdown 4.7 The four week moving average is up 0.5 percent for the purchasde index, while this average is down 6.2 percent for the refinancwe index. The refinance share of mortgagr activity decreasedto 69.3 percent of totalo applications from 73.
6 percent the previous week. The adjustable-ratwe mortgage (ARM) share of activity increased to 2.6 percenft from 2.4 percent of total applicationzs from theprevious week. The averags contract interest ratefor 30-year fixed-rates mortgages increased to 4.81 perceng from 4.69 percent, with points increasinhg to 1.28 from 1.13 (including the originatiob fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) rati loans. The average contracrt interest ratefor 15-year fixed-rate mortgages remainef unchanged at 4.44 percent, with points increasing to 1.16 from 1.01 (includingh the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV The average contract interest rate for one-year ARMs increased to 6.55 percent from 6.
38 percent, with points increasing to 0.12 from 0.10 (includin g the origination fee) for 80 percenrt LTV loans.

السبت، 13 أكتوبر 2012

Inside insurance: Maintenance prevents home water problems - Savannah Morning News

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Inside insurance: Maintenance prevents home water problems

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We are now in “Kitchen and Bath Month.” That may sound like a promotion to remodel, but it's actually an opportunity to share important information with the public, encouraging property owners to take time to inspect their interior plumbing to identify ...



الجمعة، 12 أكتوبر 2012

Money-losing Ilikai hotel to close - Portland Business Journal:

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The hotel and condominium complex’s New York-based commercial lender , said Tuesday that the hotel has been losing money for months and that thered is no sign ofa “Unfortunately, alternatives to reduce the operating losses at the hotel have not to date been achieved, thus leading to the decisioh to close the hotel,” said the statement by Andrew G. Backman, iStar Financial senior vice At least 75 workers representeed by UNITE HERELocal 5, the hotel and restaurant union, will lose thier jobs. The closurse was not unexpected.
The lender boughtt the Ilikai at a foreclosure auction in April aftert developer Brian Anderson defaulted on the loan he took out in 2006 to buy the buildin g and 203residential units. But iStar soon made clear it didn’g want to be in the hotel businesws when it refused to put up the moneyt for continuingthe operation. It said in a January letter toJoseph Toy, then the property's receiver, that it had no intentiob of funding hotel operations. Toy is president and CEO of . The closurew of the hotel doesn’t affect 806 of the 1,00i units within the Ilikai, which are privately owne d condominiums ortime shares.
iStare said the common areas and pool will remain Hotel occupancy was low and withits first-floor restaurants and retail space shut down, the hotel had the look of an abandoned property, a sore point with the fulltime condominiumn residents. iStar is looking for a buyerd for the propertybut it’s a difficult sell at a time when most sourcesa of commercial financing are dry. The iStad statement left open the possibilitg the hotel wouldbe reopened.
"The company has exploree all available options to avoid the shutdown of the hotel operations and recognizez the impact such a decision will have on the condominium ownersand residents, hotel employeexs and guests," the iStar statement said. "The company continues to evaluate possible uses for the propert y that will addresscommunity needs." iStad said guests would be moved to otherf hotels for the duration of their stays.
In April, iStae successfully bid $51 millionh for the Ilikai’s 203 residential units and 16commerciaol units, which include the front desk, officed and retail space, restaurants and Rumors of the Ilikai’s closure had been circulating for some especially over the past few weeks. When the Ilikaij opened in February 1964with 1,050 guest rooms and condominiujm apartments, it was considered the first luxury high-risse hotel in Hawaii. It was also one of the firsy buildings to feature a mix of traditional hotel rooms and condominiums owned by permanen residents ofthe building. Many of the condominiumj owners are elderly and some have lived in the buildinh sincethe 1960s.
Anderson's attempt to renovate the Ilikai'e common areas was complicateds by repeated clashes with the residents who dominaterdthe building's condominium association and challenged some of his The hotel gained an international reputatioj as the location of the famouws opening shot of “Hawaii Five-O,” where Jack Lord standas on the penthouse balcony of the

الخميس، 11 أكتوبر 2012

Larry Page Executive Profile

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The son of Michigan State University computere scienceprofessor Dr. Carl Victor Page, Larry's love of computersw began at age six. While followinfg in his father's footsteps in academics, he became an honorse graduate from the University of where he earneda bachelor'w degree in engineering, with a concentrationm on computer engineering. During his time in Ann Larry built an inkjet printee outof Lego