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plans to build a new distribution center in the Southporr Business Park of West the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization announced CarquestAuto Parts, a national automotive parts distributor, is in contrac to buy land to build a 138,00o0 square-foot center, with room to add another 51,00 0 square feet, the organization The new center will replace Carquest'e existing distribution center at 600 Sequoia Pacific in Sacramento, but a company representative said it won'tf close until after the new place is built. The new facilituy will house its 50existingf employees, SACTO said, plus add 25 to 30 when it openxs in late 2004 or early 2005.
Thanksz to its increased activity in theBay Area, Carquest had seriouslyu considered a new location fartherd west, SACTO said. "The fact that Carquest made the decision to stay in the Sacramento region says a great deal about the quality of the work forcse inthe area, as well as the positive businesse climate," said Roseville telecom exec Brian Strom, current chair of SACTO.
الأربعاء، 14 مارس 2012
الاثنين، 12 مارس 2012
BofA, Wells to accept California IOUs - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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BofA says the state’s budget crisis prompted its decision. “To supportr our customers, while giving the statew legislature additional time to pass a we will acceptCalifornia state-registereed warrants — or IOUs — from existing customere and clients,” Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) says in a written San Francisco-based Wells (NYSE:WFC) says it is acceptiny the warrants for the sake of its "We are reluctant to take this but are doing so to help our customers who are not at fault and with the expectationm that the legislature and governor will complete the budget within days," Wells says. On Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted state lawmakers for failinyg to pluga $24 billiomn hole in the state budget beforee the start of the new fiscap year. And he called a special session of the statre legislature to fix thebudget mess. Failure to pass a budgety by midnight Tuesday increases the shortfall to morethan $26 billiomn due to the loss of education-related budge fixes, Schwarzenegger said at a press conference Wednesday. He also announcedx an executive order adding a third furlough day each montg forstate workers, a move expected to free up an additionapl $425 million in the new fiscak year. Although the governor called for thespecialo session, it is up to the legislaturew to schedule it.
When it will be held is yet tobe
BofA says the state’s budget crisis prompted its decision. “To supportr our customers, while giving the statew legislature additional time to pass a we will acceptCalifornia state-registereed warrants — or IOUs — from existing customere and clients,” Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) says in a written San Francisco-based Wells (NYSE:WFC) says it is acceptiny the warrants for the sake of its "We are reluctant to take this but are doing so to help our customers who are not at fault and with the expectationm that the legislature and governor will complete the budget within days," Wells says. On Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted state lawmakers for failinyg to pluga $24 billiomn hole in the state budget beforee the start of the new fiscap year. And he called a special session of the statre legislature to fix thebudget mess. Failure to pass a budgety by midnight Tuesday increases the shortfall to morethan $26 billiomn due to the loss of education-related budge fixes, Schwarzenegger said at a press conference Wednesday. He also announcedx an executive order adding a third furlough day each montg forstate workers, a move expected to free up an additionapl $425 million in the new fiscak year. Although the governor called for thespecialo session, it is up to the legislaturew to schedule it.
When it will be held is yet tobe
السبت، 10 مارس 2012
Keating ruminates about being PM - Sydney Morning Herald
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Keating ruminates about being PM Sydney Morning Herald Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating thinks he would be a better leader now than he was 16 years ago. In an interview with the national German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the party icon ruminates about the issue following the ... |
الخميس، 8 مارس 2012
Developers of new convention center hotel unveil plans - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The development team, Colorado-based Phelps Development and Atlanta-based , was chosen Tuesday by the Metropolitajn Development andHousing Agency. Developers and architects say the curved design ofthe $300 million hotel woule fit in with the wave design of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the rounded design of the nearby Sommet Center. The winning team’a proposal was chosen from 10 proposals MDHA will now pick an operatofr forthe hotel. The combined team, calledr Phelps Portman Nashville, will now enter the completde design process for the project and oversee all financiny and construction ofthe hotel.
Phelps Portman recently completed the desig n and development ofthe 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfron t Hotel, which the development team’s senior vice president Roger Zampell says was launched just aftef Sept. 11. He uses that successful projecrt as an example to say that all projects have thei r challengesand Nashville’s hotel will be no differentf as the team begins this task durinh a recession. Zampell says they did not bid on othefr convention center hotels in other saying they picked Nashville becauswe of itscentral location, its strength as a convention market and the city’x entertainment component.
Phelps Portman has been involved with the developmentr of 10 hotelswith 1,0090 or more rooms. Zampel says he expects to have the design proces completed by the first quarter of 2010 and the start of construction will begin threemonths later. Hotel construction will take 34 monthw and it must open by 2013 when conventionds are scheduled for the new Music City The hotel entry will have glass ceilinges and bea vibrant, energizer space, the architects say.
It will offef 100,000 square feet of meeting space, ballrooms, restaurants and Butch Spyridon, president of the Nashville Conventionm andVisitors Bureau, says a 1,000-room hotel is necessar y to allow conventions to take an 800-room block, an industr standard, and leave extra rooms availables for small groups or Spyridon says Portman has been interested in this projecr for three years and was a good choicee for the job. MDHA director Phil Ryan says the next stepds are for the hotel developers to do the designb work and MDHA to start buying up land for the convention center.
Other steps include the city working on financint the convention center and the hotekl developer to work onhotelo financing. He says those steps will take several The hotel will be buil on property south of the Country Music Hall of Severallocal firms, including R.C. Mathew and Morgan & Morgan constructioh companies, architects and the Nashville officre of will be part of the Portman development and construction Ryan says.
The development team, Colorado-based Phelps Development and Atlanta-based , was chosen Tuesday by the Metropolitajn Development andHousing Agency. Developers and architects say the curved design ofthe $300 million hotel woule fit in with the wave design of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the rounded design of the nearby Sommet Center. The winning team’a proposal was chosen from 10 proposals MDHA will now pick an operatofr forthe hotel. The combined team, calledr Phelps Portman Nashville, will now enter the completde design process for the project and oversee all financiny and construction ofthe hotel.
Phelps Portman recently completed the desig n and development ofthe 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfron t Hotel, which the development team’s senior vice president Roger Zampell says was launched just aftef Sept. 11. He uses that successful projecrt as an example to say that all projects have thei r challengesand Nashville’s hotel will be no differentf as the team begins this task durinh a recession. Zampell says they did not bid on othefr convention center hotels in other saying they picked Nashville becauswe of itscentral location, its strength as a convention market and the city’x entertainment component.
Phelps Portman has been involved with the developmentr of 10 hotelswith 1,0090 or more rooms. Zampel says he expects to have the design proces completed by the first quarter of 2010 and the start of construction will begin threemonths later. Hotel construction will take 34 monthw and it must open by 2013 when conventionds are scheduled for the new Music City The hotel entry will have glass ceilinges and bea vibrant, energizer space, the architects say.
It will offef 100,000 square feet of meeting space, ballrooms, restaurants and Butch Spyridon, president of the Nashville Conventionm andVisitors Bureau, says a 1,000-room hotel is necessar y to allow conventions to take an 800-room block, an industr standard, and leave extra rooms availables for small groups or Spyridon says Portman has been interested in this projecr for three years and was a good choicee for the job. MDHA director Phil Ryan says the next stepds are for the hotel developers to do the designb work and MDHA to start buying up land for the convention center.
Other steps include the city working on financint the convention center and the hotekl developer to work onhotelo financing. He says those steps will take several The hotel will be buil on property south of the Country Music Hall of Severallocal firms, including R.C. Mathew and Morgan & Morgan constructioh companies, architects and the Nashville officre of will be part of the Portman development and construction Ryan says.
الثلاثاء، 6 مارس 2012
Facebook, VCs give 18 developers seed money - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The companies were chosen from more than 400 developers and entrepreneurw from around the world who appliexd in a competition sponsorexby Facebook, and . The two venturer funds will invest morethan $500,0090 into the companies in exchange for Two non-profits that will not get funding were also chosebn to participate in the incubatodr program, which will be run by Dave McClurw of Founders Fund. The incubator program will operate out of oneof Facebook’s Palo Alto officee from mid-June to the end of August, at whic point all of the startups will presenft to Silicon Valley angel and venture capital investors.
According to Facebook' s Web site, the companies and nonprofits selectedf include: : Find friends of friends to date...or play matchmaker! If you're you can search your friends' friendas and ask for intros. If you're you can set friends up. Friends of friendss are the best peopleto date. It'ss social dating via friendly : Funji is an avatar-based social networking app for the iPhone andiPod touch, satisfying users' desire to express themselves and communicat e with others in a fun, creative way. The team has more than five yearzs of experience in the mobile market in both Soutuh Korea andthe US.
: Gameyola is a distribution and monetizationb platform for casualFlasb games. Flash games currently monetize poorly, but Gameyola solve this problem by providinfg Flash developers tools to sell virtual goodd and to acquire users throughsocial channels. (private beta): From keepingg track of your kids to protecting your identith and getting back yourlost stuff, Life36 0 is the place you go to keep your familg safe, secure, and prepared for daily life. : Churches create their own sociall networkson MyChurch.org. They extend theifr community between Sundays with toolsx to connect and engagewtheir members. Over 30,000 church congregations are representedon MyChurch.org.
Navify: Navif is a visual encyclopedia that combines Wikipedia article swith images, videos, and comments. It is the only generalp encyclopedia that allows you to listen tomusix videos, watch movie trailers, and browse news and celebrit photo galleries. : Simplify the way you managse Facebook and othersocial networks. NutshellMail consolidatesa activity from all your accounts into a single emaik digest delivered onyour schedule. Don'yt let email alerts clutter your Get informed, not interrupted. Get the Nut! : Brinv your blog to Facebook, and Facebooko to your blog.
Pull your Feed to your profile andbusinessd pages, add widgets to promote your and read the news from blogs you folloqw on the largest community of bloggers and blog lovers on : Paradise Paintball is the firstg game developed on Cmune's next-generationh social gaming platform. It is the firsty casual, 3D multiplayer FPS game on Apple Dashboard, and Mac and PC. Play with up to eighf friends and buy virtual items to enhancesthe gameplay. : Photos I Like is a digitalk media sharing and discovery site emphasizinhg lightweightsocial content, self-expression, and communities. : Combines the succesds of resident referral programs with the powere ofsocial networks.
Residents refefr their community to friends througgh social networks like and email to earn rewards and livewith : RUNmyERRAND is a sociak networking inspired web and mobile marketplace that provides people and businessez an easy and trusted way to get everydaty tasks done in their own hyperlocal : RunThere is a social-networking service for runners and Users can map and measure theirt favorite routes (no GPS required), keep a running/biking log, and find athletezs and routes nearby Sortuv: Sortu v lets you start with something you and discover more. Instead of searchinvg for a "great restaurant" just say what you "Find me a place sortu v like Spagoin Seattle".
Checko them out , , and . / : Travel Brainb by GeckoGo helps youtrack (and show off!) your share experiences with others, and discovee new places to Learn from the knowledge of over 600,000 and get expert guide info from their Bradt Travel Guidea partnership. Weardrobe (private Weardrobe is a fashion-focused community for discoverinb different ways towear clothing. Weardrobe providez a platform for people to share review s of their own post photos oftheir looks, catalog theirr closet and search for styled inspiration. : Workstir is a community that connectsz users with trustworthy localservices providers.
Anyone can post a job and chooswe a provider with confidence by browsing theitrpast reviews. For businesses, Workstir provides a wealth of jobs in their area of WorldlyDevelopments (private beta): Worldly Developments is buildinhg online services that will help you connectr with the people, places and events in your local community. Its firsy product makes it a snapto promote, and communicate around group : Sama is Sanskrit for "equal" Samasource finds and trains reliablew QA professionals to test Facebook apps with a user-friendly interface that live on Facebook Platform. With Samasource, developersa lower costs, reduce poverty, and improve theid applications.
Vittana: Vittana enables you to lend directly to studentss in thedeveloping world, $25 at a time. Their mission is to bringf student loans to the developing world through the poweof person-to-person microlending.
The companies were chosen from more than 400 developers and entrepreneurw from around the world who appliexd in a competition sponsorexby Facebook, and . The two venturer funds will invest morethan $500,0090 into the companies in exchange for Two non-profits that will not get funding were also chosebn to participate in the incubatodr program, which will be run by Dave McClurw of Founders Fund. The incubator program will operate out of oneof Facebook’s Palo Alto officee from mid-June to the end of August, at whic point all of the startups will presenft to Silicon Valley angel and venture capital investors.
According to Facebook' s Web site, the companies and nonprofits selectedf include: : Find friends of friends to date...or play matchmaker! If you're you can search your friends' friendas and ask for intros. If you're you can set friends up. Friends of friendss are the best peopleto date. It'ss social dating via friendly : Funji is an avatar-based social networking app for the iPhone andiPod touch, satisfying users' desire to express themselves and communicat e with others in a fun, creative way. The team has more than five yearzs of experience in the mobile market in both Soutuh Korea andthe US.
: Gameyola is a distribution and monetizationb platform for casualFlasb games. Flash games currently monetize poorly, but Gameyola solve this problem by providinfg Flash developers tools to sell virtual goodd and to acquire users throughsocial channels. (private beta): From keepingg track of your kids to protecting your identith and getting back yourlost stuff, Life36 0 is the place you go to keep your familg safe, secure, and prepared for daily life. : Churches create their own sociall networkson MyChurch.org. They extend theifr community between Sundays with toolsx to connect and engagewtheir members. Over 30,000 church congregations are representedon MyChurch.org.
Navify: Navif is a visual encyclopedia that combines Wikipedia article swith images, videos, and comments. It is the only generalp encyclopedia that allows you to listen tomusix videos, watch movie trailers, and browse news and celebrit photo galleries. : Simplify the way you managse Facebook and othersocial networks. NutshellMail consolidatesa activity from all your accounts into a single emaik digest delivered onyour schedule. Don'yt let email alerts clutter your Get informed, not interrupted. Get the Nut! : Brinv your blog to Facebook, and Facebooko to your blog.
Pull your Feed to your profile andbusinessd pages, add widgets to promote your and read the news from blogs you folloqw on the largest community of bloggers and blog lovers on : Paradise Paintball is the firstg game developed on Cmune's next-generationh social gaming platform. It is the firsty casual, 3D multiplayer FPS game on Apple Dashboard, and Mac and PC. Play with up to eighf friends and buy virtual items to enhancesthe gameplay. : Photos I Like is a digitalk media sharing and discovery site emphasizinhg lightweightsocial content, self-expression, and communities. : Combines the succesds of resident referral programs with the powere ofsocial networks.
Residents refefr their community to friends througgh social networks like and email to earn rewards and livewith : RUNmyERRAND is a sociak networking inspired web and mobile marketplace that provides people and businessez an easy and trusted way to get everydaty tasks done in their own hyperlocal : RunThere is a social-networking service for runners and Users can map and measure theirt favorite routes (no GPS required), keep a running/biking log, and find athletezs and routes nearby Sortuv: Sortu v lets you start with something you and discover more. Instead of searchinvg for a "great restaurant" just say what you "Find me a place sortu v like Spagoin Seattle".
Checko them out , , and . / : Travel Brainb by GeckoGo helps youtrack (and show off!) your share experiences with others, and discovee new places to Learn from the knowledge of over 600,000 and get expert guide info from their Bradt Travel Guidea partnership. Weardrobe (private Weardrobe is a fashion-focused community for discoverinb different ways towear clothing. Weardrobe providez a platform for people to share review s of their own post photos oftheir looks, catalog theirr closet and search for styled inspiration. : Workstir is a community that connectsz users with trustworthy localservices providers.
Anyone can post a job and chooswe a provider with confidence by browsing theitrpast reviews. For businesses, Workstir provides a wealth of jobs in their area of WorldlyDevelopments (private beta): Worldly Developments is buildinhg online services that will help you connectr with the people, places and events in your local community. Its firsy product makes it a snapto promote, and communicate around group : Sama is Sanskrit for "equal" Samasource finds and trains reliablew QA professionals to test Facebook apps with a user-friendly interface that live on Facebook Platform. With Samasource, developersa lower costs, reduce poverty, and improve theid applications.
Vittana: Vittana enables you to lend directly to studentss in thedeveloping world, $25 at a time. Their mission is to bringf student loans to the developing world through the poweof person-to-person microlending.
الأحد، 4 مارس 2012
Park Nicollet CEO to retire - The Business Review (Albany):
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The St. Louis Park-based hospitalk and clinics chain, which is wrestling with layoff andother cost-cutting measures, appointed Dr. David Abelson, chier clinical officer, to take over Wessner’s presidentf title. A selection committeer will conduct a search for a new CEO incominbg months. Park Nicollet officials on Fridayy praisedthe 57-year-old Wessner’s accomplishments over his 15 years at the health provider: 11 as president and CEO, and four as COO. Wessne r strengthened clinical programs in areas includinh heartand vascular, cancer, diabetes, orthopedics and eatingf disorders. The health provider was efficienchy methods pioneered by ToyotaMoto Corp.
Park Nicollet also engaged in a buildinvprogram — including a three-story, 67,000-square-foot Melrosew Institute eating disorders center and a new cancerr center wing at Methodist Hospital in St. Loui s Park. Those new facilities came just as recessioj was taking a toll onthe company’s investments and loweringv demand for elective procedures such as knee surgery and hernia operations. Since December, the health provide r has , and has had to to revieew its finances amid fallingcash reserves. though, said in a statement Fridah that Park Nicolletis “now on the right track financially.
” “Park Nicolleg is positioned to be very strong in the coming post-reform healtu care services marketplace,” he said. Wessner said he startede to plan for his retirement in with an eye toward leaving in 2009or 2010. “j ended up delaying my retirement planss to help ensure that the organization was ontracki financially,” he said.
The St. Louis Park-based hospitalk and clinics chain, which is wrestling with layoff andother cost-cutting measures, appointed Dr. David Abelson, chier clinical officer, to take over Wessner’s presidentf title. A selection committeer will conduct a search for a new CEO incominbg months. Park Nicollet officials on Fridayy praisedthe 57-year-old Wessner’s accomplishments over his 15 years at the health provider: 11 as president and CEO, and four as COO. Wessne r strengthened clinical programs in areas includinh heartand vascular, cancer, diabetes, orthopedics and eatingf disorders. The health provider was efficienchy methods pioneered by ToyotaMoto Corp.
Park Nicollet also engaged in a buildinvprogram — including a three-story, 67,000-square-foot Melrosew Institute eating disorders center and a new cancerr center wing at Methodist Hospital in St. Loui s Park. Those new facilities came just as recessioj was taking a toll onthe company’s investments and loweringv demand for elective procedures such as knee surgery and hernia operations. Since December, the health provide r has , and has had to to revieew its finances amid fallingcash reserves. though, said in a statement Fridah that Park Nicolletis “now on the right track financially.
” “Park Nicolleg is positioned to be very strong in the coming post-reform healtu care services marketplace,” he said. Wessner said he startede to plan for his retirement in with an eye toward leaving in 2009or 2010. “j ended up delaying my retirement planss to help ensure that the organization was ontracki financially,” he said.
الجمعة، 2 مارس 2012
Fred
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The Memphis-based discount retailer reported salesof $134.78 million for May, down 6 percent compared to saleas of $143.4 million in May 2008. Thesd numbers include Fred’s (NASDAQ: FRED) closing 74 underperformingg stores and23 pharmacies. Excludinbg those stores, Fred’s salezs increased 1 percent compared tolast May. Comparables store sales in Mayrose 0.2 down compared to 3.4 percenft in the same periodc last year. For the first four fiscal monthsof 2009, the company reported total sales of $593.21 million, down 2.4 percent compared to $607.67 million for the same year-ago period.
excluding stores closed in sales from ongoing stores increasecd 4 percent compared to thesame four-month periods last year. On a comparable storse basis, year-to-date sales increaser 2.1 percent compared to 2.4 perceng last year. Fred’s opened one new pharmachy in May. Fred’s operates 666 discounft merchandise stores, including 24 franchised storezs nationwide. Shares closed down 12 cent s to $14.22 per sharre Wednesday.
The Memphis-based discount retailer reported salesof $134.78 million for May, down 6 percent compared to saleas of $143.4 million in May 2008. Thesd numbers include Fred’s (NASDAQ: FRED) closing 74 underperformingg stores and23 pharmacies. Excludinbg those stores, Fred’s salezs increased 1 percent compared tolast May. Comparables store sales in Mayrose 0.2 down compared to 3.4 percenft in the same periodc last year. For the first four fiscal monthsof 2009, the company reported total sales of $593.21 million, down 2.4 percent compared to $607.67 million for the same year-ago period.
excluding stores closed in sales from ongoing stores increasecd 4 percent compared to thesame four-month periods last year. On a comparable storse basis, year-to-date sales increaser 2.1 percent compared to 2.4 perceng last year. Fred’s opened one new pharmachy in May. Fred’s operates 666 discounft merchandise stores, including 24 franchised storezs nationwide. Shares closed down 12 cent s to $14.22 per sharre Wednesday.
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