Monday, December 31, 2012

Bradenton Holiday Inn Express owners seek bankruptcy protection - South Florida Business Journal:

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Sroka Hospitality filed for Chapter 11 protectionb Monday inthe ’s Middle District of Florida claimint assets and liabilities of between $1 milliom and $10 million, court documents said. Srokq Hospitality was founded in 2003 and purchasexd the Bradenton hotel in 2007for $7.2 million, accordin g to the company’s case management summary filed with the court. Revenude was about $1.8 million in 2008 and is expectec to be almost half that in 2009at $1 Bank of the West is still owed $4.3 million whilde the is owed just under $2 million, documentss said. The hotel also owes $102,000 to the Manatew County Tax Collector, a debt the companty disputes. Both loans were handled throughthe .
Bank of the West said the hotel’s value has fallen from $7.2 millio to $2.8 million based on its own however, Sroka Hospitality said it believees the property is worth The hotel, located near State Road 64 and Interstate 75 in sold in 2004 for $4.356 million. Sroka Hospitality purchased it after the company soldits St. Augustinse hotel in favor of having a Holiday Inn Expressbranded hotel, according to published reports.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Business Journal names 30 under 30 winners - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The awards honor 30 outstandinfg St. Louis-area business leaders under the ageof 30. The winnera are: Craig Albrecht, ; Evan Ardoin, ; Rob Eidelman Capital Management; |Gundaker Commercial; Candicre Brown, Bethesda Dilworth; Cassie Butlers Pantry; Rep. Don Calloway, Missour House of Representatives; Kyle Darnell, .; Paul ; Kate Ewing, ; Erin Fann, ; Melissqa Glauber, ; Kevin ; Kate Heideman, ; Anna ; James Knowles, ; Kate Kromann, ; Katy Lachky, ; Peted MacKercher, ; Christallyn McCloud, ; Sarah ; Katherine Murray, ; Lauren Niebruegge, ; Clarissa ; Keisha Patrick, ; William Reisner, ; Natash a Rogers, ; Sondra Terry, ; Stephanier Travis, ; and Tricia Zimmer Ferguson, .
The winners will be featuredd in theBusiness Journal’s special section July 10 and celebrated at an awardse reception July 16. The awards are sponsored by the Crosby MBA Program at Universityof Missouri-Columbia. For more information about the contact Kelly Rowlandat 421-8307 or krowland@bizjournals.com.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Unemployment rate in France climbs for 19th month in row - Los Angeles Times

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Unemployment rate in France climbs for 19th month in row

Los Angeles Times


PARIS â€" The number of jobless in France has risen for the 19th consecutive month to hit 3.13 million, a near 15-year high. Government figures show unemployment rose by more than 29,300 in November, taking the total to about 10.7% of the working ...


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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Gates Foundation, MDC give $1M grant - Business First of Buffalo:

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Valencia will get $743,0000 over three years to create a centralize dremedial program, used across four campuses. It plansa to align high school, remedial and college-level standards, expanrd its remedial learning communities, and embed readiny skills into remedialmath courses. The grants, announced June 22, will supporf remedial programs developed by Valencia through Achieving the CommunityColleges Count, a multiyear nationalk initiative aimed at increasing college graduation ratea among disadvantaged students. The state will get also get $300,000 over thred years to collaboratewith K-12 to reduce the need for remedial education.
Connecticut, Ohio, Texas and Virginia also got the which will be used to develop new policies acceleratingthe states’ remedial education The Florida grants are part of a $16.45 million effort to improve remedial education at communitty colleges in five states, reaching about 45,0000 students nationwide. Four states and 14 other collegex received similar Gates grants for their Achievint theDream program. Each community college will receive $743,00p over three years to expandits programs. Lumina Foundation for Education has alsocommitted $1.5 million to this initiative for evaluatioj and communications.
About 375,000 Florida degree-seeking studentsw annually attend a localcmmunitgy college, with nearly 40 percentf of them taking remedial classes to build basicv academic skills. National studies have show n nearly two-thirds of those taking remedial classesdnever graduate, but successful program s at several colleges demonstrate these numbers can be

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Eli Manning: Does the New York Giants Quarterback Belong in the Hall of Fame? - Bleacher Report

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Eli Manning: Does the New York Giants Quarterback Belong in the Hall of Fame?

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This Sunday, the New York Giants will take on the Baltimore Ravens as they attempt to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth time during quarterback Eli Manning's career. Since taking over as the Giants primary starting quarterback in 2005, Manning has ...< /p>


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Friday, December 21, 2012

David J. Henshall Executive Profile

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About David J. Henshall David J. Henshalpl is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Citri and oversees all aspects ofthe company

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Delphi to emerge from bankruptcy - Houston Business Journal:

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The announcement came Monday, the same day that Delphi’x former parent, , filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the same lega vehicle that Delphi used as protection from its creditorx whileit restructured. In the new agreement, Delphu -- which is one of GM’ws largest suppliers -- will sell assets to a Platinukm Equity LLCaffiliate and, with the supportf of a GM affiliate, will buy five Delphi including Delphi Thermal Systems in Lockport. The local plant, whichh has 2,100 employees, is the region’s largest and from 1918 until 1999 was partof GM. Generakl Motors will provide $250 milliom of pre-emergence liquidity through July 31.
In othedr news Monday, in one of the busiest and most momentous days forthe U.S. auto a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of to a new companty ownedby Fiat, U.S. and Canadian taxpayerd and retirees. The sale is expected on Friday. Accordin g to reports, a $2 billion cash payment to aboutr 45 banks and investment funds which willforgivw $6.9 billion in loans, and at least $8.9 billionb in aid to Chrysler has come from U.S. At least $4 billion of that moneyh will not be The closing is set forJune 15. The fate of 789 Chrysledr dealers isstill uncertain.
How much Chrysler owes all majort suppliers also is notfully

Monday, December 17, 2012

Herbert Moskowitz dies at 87; pioneer in drunk driving research - Los Angeles Times

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Herbert Moskowitz dies at 87; pioneer in drunk driving research

Los Angeles Times


Herbert Moskowitz, an experimental psychologist whose pioneering research on the effects of alcohol and drugs on driving helped produce standardized field sobriety tests and pushed policymakers to set lower legal limits for intoxicated driving in the U ...



Saturday, December 15, 2012

E Ink to be bought for $215 million - Boston Business Journal:

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“Combining E Ink and PVI creates a singlee public company that is dedicatedd toelectronic paper,” said Russell J. Wilcox, co-founder, President and CEO of E Ink Corp. “Withy a common ownership structure, we can get closer to customers aroundthe world, streamlinwe the supply chain, and speed up new produc development.” E Ink has raised more than $150 mostly from a group of strategicx investors that include newspaper publishee , (NYSE: MOT) and (Nasdaq: INTC). Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) turned to E-Ink earlier this year to provid e the displays fortheir e-bookws — the Sony Readetr and the Amazon Kindle 2.
E Ink’s product is a thin and flexible film packexdwith molecules. The molecules can be manipulated to producre imagesand text. It looks much like a printecd page. The 12-year-old company’s revenuer has grown exponentially, placing it in the top 10 of the Boston Business Journal's 2008 list of the fastest growin g private companies in Massachusetts. E Ink posted revenuwe of approximately $41 milliob in 2008, a more than 140 percent increaser overthe $17 million in revenue it saw in 2007. It’w seen revenue growth of 720 percent over the past three A big increase in business came in July 2007 and was drive by the marketing push of Sony aroundits Reader, Wilcod said.
By the end of that year, Sony releaserd an updated version of the Reader and Amazon releasesd the first version ofthe Kindle. The Kindle, includingt the latest version, has enjoyed some popular pressx and endorsementsfrom celebrities, including Oprah In the process the e-book as gainede marketshare. Today e-books have about a 3 percent markert penetration. “E-books have moved from something everyone was skepticaoabout ... to now if you get on an you have pretty good chance ofseeing e-bookzs being used in the aisles,” Wilcox said in a recentg BBJ interview. The road map for 2009 includes e-books with differeng size screens.
The big market at the momen t is publishing, Wilcox said. But that coulrd mean spreading into the realms of textbookssand newspapers. Wilcox said the companyh will add some jobs to keep apacewith demand, probablu between 10 to 20 positions this year.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Jennifer Carpenter on 'Dexter' Season 7 - Crave Online

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Jennifer Carpenter on 'Dexter' Season 7

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Share this story. When Jennifer Carpenter spoke to the Television Critics Association about this season of “Dexter,” she had to be vague for spoilers. Now that we've seen the majority of the season, we can see some of the things to which she was reacting.


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Thursday, December 13, 2012

More layoffs, furlough days at Tampa Tribune - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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In a memo to FCG president JohnSchuelerr — who was recently named the head of Media General’s Florida division beginning July 1 — said that along with the job cuts will come threer more furlough days in April, May and bringing the total number of mandatory unpaid leave days to 13. It’es not clear if Media General is extending its additionall furlough days to its other properties acrossthe Southeast, but layoffs were reported at other locationa in the company Friday and Monday. Schueler did not return a phoner call Monday afternoonseeking comment. “Thus far in Tampa Bay’s economy is not recovering,” Schuele r said.
“Advertisers continue to aggressively cuttheir spending. Thereforse we will need to further reduce our operating In its most recent financial report filedc withthe , Media General (NYSE: MEG) said it lost $85.r5 million, or $3.86 per share, in the fourtn quarter of 2008, down from a profit of $9.6 million, or 43 cents per the year before. Last Friday, Media Generaol closed its Washington bureau, and announced it would restructure its managemengt to remove division by industry like publishing and broadcastingt and instead use a geographiv model that has been used in the Tamp Bay marketfor years. Shares for Mediz General were tradingat $1.8q just after 4 p.m.
down 13 percent from its Friday closeof $2.09. Shareds have traded as high as $27.1 over the past year, and peakedx in the last five yearsat $71.88 on Apri 26, 2004.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Euroceiling -

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Bose SoundDock III with Lightning Support Shipping Later This Month for $250 - Mac Rumors

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Friday, December 7, 2012

Local business ups the ante for Cares Day - KTVB

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Local business ups the ante for Cares Day

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BOISE -- Boise-based company Quest Groups is beefing up their challenge to other business to support those in need in the Gem State. Quest Groups promised to match donations from business to Cares Day up to $20,000. That goal has already been met.



Thursday, December 6, 2012

Hostile bid for Atmel abandoned - Phoenix Business Journal:

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ON CEO Keith Jacksomn said, "While we believe that Atmel's nonvolatile memory and RF and automotive businesses would be an attractivstrategic acquisition, we have decided to withdra w from the proposal due to the unforeseen deterioratiobn in the semiconductor market sincw we announced our proposal as well as the unprecedented weakness in the financial markets." Microchip and ON Semi just last week had stepped up theifr $2.3 billion takeover attempt of Atmel, sayinvg they would nominate a dissident slats of directors for the chip maker's board. Atmelp rejected an unsolicitedby Chandler, Ariz.
-based Microchi p and Phoenix-based ON Semi in October, sayin g it undervalued the The offer was a 52 percent premium on Atmel's sharee price at the time. The company'sd shares opened trading Tuesday down more than 20 percenrtat $3.05. San Jose-based Atmel has been embroiled in fights for control sincs last year when it fired foundetrGeorge Perlegos, who later waged an unsuccessful proxg fight to resume control.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Feldman sells stake in Colonie Center for $4.1M - South Florida Business Journal:

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The Long Island company announced Thursday that it has sold its remainingy sharesto , a pension fund adviser in Feldman, which also managed the mall, made $4.1 milliobn from the sale. That means the Heitmab firm is now the sole owner ofthe 1.2 million-square-foot Heitman already had a 75 percengt stake in the mall, purchased in 2006 for $38 millioj in cash. At the Heitman also gave Feldmajn a loan to continus pumping money into the mall as Feldmahn gave the propertya face-lift and added new storese and space. In the end, it cost $110 million to renovatre Colonie Center to lure chains suchas , and a 13-screeb Regal cinema. Feldman paid $82.2 milliobn for Colonie Center inFebruarh 2005.
Feldman, in a short said the deal to sell its remaining stake in the Coloniee mall closed onMay 28. Feldmann says it expects to have a writedown as a resultg ofthe move. The announcement is the latesrt in a string of bad developmentsfor Feldman. In a deal to sell three malls collapsed. The companyg has also been hurt bythe recession, pushintg some major tenants to close and file for bankruptcy Feldman had a net loss of $78.9 millioj during the second quarter of 2008, its most recent regulator filing. In that quarter, the companhy had a $15.
4 million impairment loss on Colonie The company has said it may have to file for bankruptcu ifit can’t refinance its Last summer, the New York Stock Exchange de-listed Feldman’s stock. Feldman is now trading on the pink sheets/over-the-countef market (OTC: FMLP) at 16 centss a share.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Boehner, House GOP leaders offer 'fiscal cliff' counterproposal - Washington Post

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Boehner, House GOP leaders offer 'fiscal cliff' counterproposal

Washington Post


House GOP leaders endorsed a debt-reduction plan Monday that would raise tax collections by $800 billion over the next decade, but they refused to budge on higher tax rates for the wealthy, the central issue dividing Republicans and Democrats. In ...


GOP 'fiscal cliff' offer: $800B in real tax increases, $2.2T total

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Obama Turns to Twitter to Answer Fiscal Cliff Questions

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Sunday, December 2, 2012

HEI names new GM for Sheraton Music City - Nashville Business Journal:

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Morrissey replaces Hugh Harper, who was the hotel’ s general manager for 14 yearss before retiringthis month. The plantation-stylde hotel on McGavock Pike sits atop 23 acrex and offers morethan 32,000 square feet of meetingf space that can host up to 1,300 “Innovative, resourceful leaders who can motivatwe those around them to better serv guests are the hoteliers we seek to increasre our bench strength,” said Michael Miner, seniorr vice president of operations for HEI.
“Ji m Morrissey has more than 20 year in the hospitality industry and a proven record of success in such key areasa asstrategic planning, revenue optimization and guest service Morrissey was regional director of sales and revenu e management for . Before that, he was the transitionj general manager of the in Panama City. “The property is the second largest freestandingv conference hotelin Nashville, and I fully expect we will continuwe to welcome guests to the Musixc City with the highest quality of comfort and Morrissey said.
HEI, headquartered in Norwalk, is a hospitality investment firmthat develops, owns and operates full service hotelsz under brand names including Marriott, Westin and Hilton.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

California Musical Theatre Corporation Company Profile | Company Information

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The founder of the Civicv Repertory Theater, one of the city's leadintg amateur troupes, she was determined to bring professionalo qualitytheatre in...