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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Business First of Louisville:
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The grants, being divviex among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult y and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reach 10,0090 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancyy rate of nurses at state hospitalxs is8 percent. The economic downturn has helpec the industry because many retiredc nurses have come backto work, but once the recession ends the shortag will worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylands Hospital Association. The first rouned of grants will increase the numberf of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The numbee of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. Peterson, presidengt of and co-chair of the “Whoi Will Care?” campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursingg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,50p0 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 millionj to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimorer constructionform , , the region's largest hospitak system, and , the region's largest health insurer.
Greate Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 milliob from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
The grants, being divviex among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult y and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reach 10,0090 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancyy rate of nurses at state hospitalxs is8 percent. The economic downturn has helpec the industry because many retiredc nurses have come backto work, but once the recession ends the shortag will worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylands Hospital Association. The first rouned of grants will increase the numberf of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The numbee of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. Peterson, presidengt of and co-chair of the “Whoi Will Care?” campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursingg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,50p0 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 millionj to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimorer constructionform , , the region's largest hospitak system, and , the region's largest health insurer.
Greate Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 milliob from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Obama budget includes $10M for port project - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Port officials described the inclusion in the budget proposal asa “keyh step in securing the federal funding neededx to move the $80 millionn channel-deepening project forward.” The project would deepen the 43-mile channelk between the port and the San Franciscko Bay to 35 feet from 30 It initially started in 1989 and stopped in 1991 as a resulgt of a since-resolved utility matter. Aboug 35 more miles still need to be The channel’s current depth allows less than 40 percen of fully loaded ocean-going freight ships to acceszs the port.
If the channel was dredged to 35 more than 75 percent of such ships couled serve the Sacramento It would takeaboutg $80 million to finish dredging the with about $60 million expected to come from the federakl government. The approved $10 million for the projecr last year. In addition to state and federal funding, the port is investinv up to $10 million in the Work is expected to begin on the channep dredging in 2010 and be completedin 2013.
“We’re anxious to the get the channel-deepening project underwah and pleased to know we havethe President’z support at this critical juncture,” Mike McGowan, chairmajn of the , said in a news “We need to get the project launched soon to help the port remain viable as a key Northern California goodsx movement facility.” “The project is an excellent example of the federal government’s priority on restoring the nation’sx infrastructure,” West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, a member of the commission, added, in the news The project stopped in 1991 afte r engineers, while digging out the channel, came across gas In 1993, the port sued PG&E in federal asking that the utility be forced to move the lines.
The port and the utilityt later entered into an agreement and now are workinf together to move or protectthe lines.
Port officials described the inclusion in the budget proposal asa “keyh step in securing the federal funding neededx to move the $80 millionn channel-deepening project forward.” The project would deepen the 43-mile channelk between the port and the San Franciscko Bay to 35 feet from 30 It initially started in 1989 and stopped in 1991 as a resulgt of a since-resolved utility matter. Aboug 35 more miles still need to be The channel’s current depth allows less than 40 percen of fully loaded ocean-going freight ships to acceszs the port.
If the channel was dredged to 35 more than 75 percent of such ships couled serve the Sacramento It would takeaboutg $80 million to finish dredging the with about $60 million expected to come from the federakl government. The approved $10 million for the projecr last year. In addition to state and federal funding, the port is investinv up to $10 million in the Work is expected to begin on the channep dredging in 2010 and be completedin 2013.
“We’re anxious to the get the channel-deepening project underwah and pleased to know we havethe President’z support at this critical juncture,” Mike McGowan, chairmajn of the , said in a news “We need to get the project launched soon to help the port remain viable as a key Northern California goodsx movement facility.” “The project is an excellent example of the federal government’s priority on restoring the nation’sx infrastructure,” West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, a member of the commission, added, in the news The project stopped in 1991 afte r engineers, while digging out the channel, came across gas In 1993, the port sued PG&E in federal asking that the utility be forced to move the lines.
The port and the utilityt later entered into an agreement and now are workinf together to move or protectthe lines.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Blue Cross to add Via Christi as in-network provider - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The five-year agreement takes effect Jan. 1. It means more than 110,0090 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas member in Sedgwick County will be covered for services at Via Add in the other members who get their coverage from Blue Cross outside of Kansas and that number balloons to more than says Graham Bailey vice president of corporatse communications atBlue Cross. “We’rd trying to meet the need of our members,” Bailey says. “You’re here to serves a clientele, and one of the thingsw that is becoming more apparen t is peoplewant choice. This is a watershed event.
” With the Blue Cross will send payments directly to Via Christi instead of reimbursinb members who previously were responsible for paying themedical center. The agreement also includes members who havethe insurer’w Plan 65-Select Medicare supplemen product. The deal expands a limited partnershio between Blue Cross Blue Shield andVia Christi, wherer the two have worked together under a specia l services agreement that covered such treatments as burns, transplants and inpatieng psychiatric care. Michalene Maringer, president and CEO of the Via Christi WichitaHealth Network, says the partnership offers additionap coverage options for Via Christi patients.
“I thin it is just a maturation of the she says ofthe deal. “Itf speaks volumes for the quality of care that Via Christ has inthe community.” Both sideds say the deal was predicated by increasinvg demand from patrons for choice. “We’ve heard from so many families whose coverage is through Blue Cross that they wishedf they could come to us for all of theitr hospital care rather than for just those services covered undert the limitedservice agreement,” Maringer says. “Now, patients will have a Meanwhile, remains Blue Cross’ only local in-network hospital at leas t through the end ofthe year.
Bailey says Blue Crosse is working with Wesley to extend its agreement asan in-network provider. If that deal, whichg could be finalized this fall, is reached Blue Cros s would havetwo in-network hospitals in Wichita. “Wse are reaching out to othere facilities looking for opportunitieds to jointhe (Blue Cross) network,” Bailey Thursday’s announcement marked the second time this year a major health insurance provider addesd a Wichita hospital as an in-network provider. Preferred Health Systema earlier this year added Galichia Heart Hospital asa provider.
The five-year agreement takes effect Jan. 1. It means more than 110,0090 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas member in Sedgwick County will be covered for services at Via Add in the other members who get their coverage from Blue Cross outside of Kansas and that number balloons to more than says Graham Bailey vice president of corporatse communications atBlue Cross. “We’rd trying to meet the need of our members,” Bailey says. “You’re here to serves a clientele, and one of the thingsw that is becoming more apparen t is peoplewant choice. This is a watershed event.
” With the Blue Cross will send payments directly to Via Christi instead of reimbursinb members who previously were responsible for paying themedical center. The agreement also includes members who havethe insurer’w Plan 65-Select Medicare supplemen product. The deal expands a limited partnershio between Blue Cross Blue Shield andVia Christi, wherer the two have worked together under a specia l services agreement that covered such treatments as burns, transplants and inpatieng psychiatric care. Michalene Maringer, president and CEO of the Via Christi WichitaHealth Network, says the partnership offers additionap coverage options for Via Christi patients.
“I thin it is just a maturation of the she says ofthe deal. “Itf speaks volumes for the quality of care that Via Christ has inthe community.” Both sideds say the deal was predicated by increasinvg demand from patrons for choice. “We’ve heard from so many families whose coverage is through Blue Cross that they wishedf they could come to us for all of theitr hospital care rather than for just those services covered undert the limitedservice agreement,” Maringer says. “Now, patients will have a Meanwhile, remains Blue Cross’ only local in-network hospital at leas t through the end ofthe year.
Bailey says Blue Crosse is working with Wesley to extend its agreement asan in-network provider. If that deal, whichg could be finalized this fall, is reached Blue Cros s would havetwo in-network hospitals in Wichita. “Wse are reaching out to othere facilities looking for opportunitieds to jointhe (Blue Cross) network,” Bailey Thursday’s announcement marked the second time this year a major health insurance provider addesd a Wichita hospital as an in-network provider. Preferred Health Systema earlier this year added Galichia Heart Hospital asa provider.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
CalPERS committee OKs health care rate increases - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Rate proposals approved by the committew will go to the full CalPERS Board of Administratio foraction Wednesday. Basic HMO rates for state workers will rise an averagseof 3.43 percent in 2010, down from almos t 6.6 percent in 2009. The rate hikes run from a low of 0.32 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Valuee to a highof 4.9 percent for Kaiser (see Figures for public agency workers vary by All three HMO plans will drop rates in 2010 for membersz in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado Yolo County rates will increase from a low of 0.98 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Value to a high of 4.77 perceng at Kaiser. Medicare HMO ratezs for all workers and regions will increasw an averageof 0.
27 percent in but vary from a 12.27 drop for membersd of Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percentt increase for Kaiser members. “We are extremely pleasedr to presentthese rates,” Gregorg Franklin, assistant executive officefr of CalPERS health benefits branch, told committeer members Tuesday. “Negotiations were extremely tough. Thers were many options and extra meetings on what we werelooking for: affordability.” The Kaisere rates were achieved by aligningg them with the Blue Shiels benefit design, Franklin said. Kaiseer will eliminate chiropractic benefits next year and increas e the copayment fora 100-dah supply of prescription drugs.
CalPERS kept the lid on increases atits self-fundecd preferred provider organization plans by using $46.87 million in surplus reserves to “buy rates. The average PPO rate increase for state workeres in 2010is 3.29 percent, but it runs from a low of 1.38 percenf for PERS Select to a high of 12 percen for PERSCare. Public agency workers in Placer and El Dorado counties who are coverecd by PPO plans will see rates drop as muchas 5.57 for PERS Selectr and to an increase of 4.32 percent of PERS Yolo County rate hikes run from 4.8 percen t for PERS Select to 15.68 percent for PERS Medicare PPO rates will increase an average of 0.27 percent in all but they range from a 12.
27 percent drop for Blue Shields Access+ to a 6.5 percent increase for Kaise coverage. Committee chair Priya Mathur applauded the plans and CalPERS staff for the goodrate news, adding that the small increasee in 2010 are due to cumulative changes over the last severapl years to operate the health benefit s program more cost-effectively without jeopardizing qualityt of care.
Rate proposals approved by the committew will go to the full CalPERS Board of Administratio foraction Wednesday. Basic HMO rates for state workers will rise an averagseof 3.43 percent in 2010, down from almos t 6.6 percent in 2009. The rate hikes run from a low of 0.32 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Valuee to a highof 4.9 percent for Kaiser (see Figures for public agency workers vary by All three HMO plans will drop rates in 2010 for membersz in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado Yolo County rates will increase from a low of 0.98 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Value to a high of 4.77 perceng at Kaiser. Medicare HMO ratezs for all workers and regions will increasw an averageof 0.
27 percent in but vary from a 12.27 drop for membersd of Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percentt increase for Kaiser members. “We are extremely pleasedr to presentthese rates,” Gregorg Franklin, assistant executive officefr of CalPERS health benefits branch, told committeer members Tuesday. “Negotiations were extremely tough. Thers were many options and extra meetings on what we werelooking for: affordability.” The Kaisere rates were achieved by aligningg them with the Blue Shiels benefit design, Franklin said. Kaiseer will eliminate chiropractic benefits next year and increas e the copayment fora 100-dah supply of prescription drugs.
CalPERS kept the lid on increases atits self-fundecd preferred provider organization plans by using $46.87 million in surplus reserves to “buy rates. The average PPO rate increase for state workeres in 2010is 3.29 percent, but it runs from a low of 1.38 percenf for PERS Select to a high of 12 percen for PERSCare. Public agency workers in Placer and El Dorado counties who are coverecd by PPO plans will see rates drop as muchas 5.57 for PERS Selectr and to an increase of 4.32 percent of PERS Yolo County rate hikes run from 4.8 percen t for PERS Select to 15.68 percent for PERS Medicare PPO rates will increase an average of 0.27 percent in all but they range from a 12.
27 percent drop for Blue Shields Access+ to a 6.5 percent increase for Kaise coverage. Committee chair Priya Mathur applauded the plans and CalPERS staff for the goodrate news, adding that the small increasee in 2010 are due to cumulative changes over the last severapl years to operate the health benefit s program more cost-effectively without jeopardizing qualityt of care.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Reports: U.S. probes Silicon Valley tech giants' hiring - Houston Business Journal:
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The Washington Post and New York Times reported late on Tuesdayt that the antitrust probe is centered onwhethef (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreed not to recruit each other's employees. The stories cited unnamed sourcess the papers said are familiar with the The investigation is reportedly in itsearly stages, with the paperxs saying that the government has requestec documents and information from targeted companies.
The inquir y is seen as another sign that the Obama administration will be more aggressivwe on antitrust laws than his predecesso and Silicon Valley tech firms are a focus of that The Justice Department is currentlt also investigating a proposed settlementbetweehn Google, authors and publishera to resolve a copyrightt dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reportedc citing unnamed sources. The Federal Trade Commissiobn has also asked questions about whether having Google CEO Eric Schmidg and formerGenentech Inc. CEO Art Levinson on both the Applse and Google board is a violatiobn ofantitrust laws.
The Washington Post and New York Times reported late on Tuesdayt that the antitrust probe is centered onwhethef (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreed not to recruit each other's employees. The stories cited unnamed sourcess the papers said are familiar with the The investigation is reportedly in itsearly stages, with the paperxs saying that the government has requestec documents and information from targeted companies.
The inquir y is seen as another sign that the Obama administration will be more aggressivwe on antitrust laws than his predecesso and Silicon Valley tech firms are a focus of that The Justice Department is currentlt also investigating a proposed settlementbetweehn Google, authors and publishera to resolve a copyrightt dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reportedc citing unnamed sources. The Federal Trade Commissiobn has also asked questions about whether having Google CEO Eric Schmidg and formerGenentech Inc. CEO Art Levinson on both the Applse and Google board is a violatiobn ofantitrust laws.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
XM to carry Southeastern Conference games - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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But the deal won't include the Universit y of Floridauntil 2009. In the deal, XM will broadcasrt football, basketball and other sports, includintg coverage of SEC starting with theSEC Men's Basketball Tournamenty live from the Georgiaa Dome in Atlanta this weekend on XM channeo 201. Starting in the fall, SEC teams that will air on thestatiom coast-to-coast are Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Mississippi and Tennessee. Soutyh Carolina will join XM in fall followed by Florida infall 2009.
For each XM plans to air every regular-season football game, most basketbalk games and the SEC football and basketball In addition tolive play-by-play, XM will carry the SEC Football Championship, the SEC Men's Basketbalp Tournament, the SEC Women's Basketbal l Championship and other SEC XM also will produce programs throughout the week coverinv the SEC. XM (NASDAQ: XMSR) is the country's largesg satellite radio company with morethan 7.
6 million
But the deal won't include the Universit y of Floridauntil 2009. In the deal, XM will broadcasrt football, basketball and other sports, includintg coverage of SEC starting with theSEC Men's Basketball Tournamenty live from the Georgiaa Dome in Atlanta this weekend on XM channeo 201. Starting in the fall, SEC teams that will air on thestatiom coast-to-coast are Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Mississippi and Tennessee. Soutyh Carolina will join XM in fall followed by Florida infall 2009.
For each XM plans to air every regular-season football game, most basketbalk games and the SEC football and basketball In addition tolive play-by-play, XM will carry the SEC Football Championship, the SEC Men's Basketbalp Tournament, the SEC Women's Basketbal l Championship and other SEC XM also will produce programs throughout the week coverinv the SEC. XM (NASDAQ: XMSR) is the country's largesg satellite radio company with morethan 7.
6 million
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Meeting a prerequisite for admission to Iao Preschool - Maui News
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Meeting a prerequisite for admission to Iao Preschool Maui News Iao Preschool will hold its annual Talk 'N Tour orientation meeting at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 17 in Kanda Hall at Iao United Church of Christ. All interested families are invited. The meeting is a prerequisite for preschool admission. The church is at 2317 W ... |
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Coors Light sponsors Puerto Rican Day events - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The sponsorship involvement by the MillerBrewing Co./Coores Brewing Co. joint venture also includes a donatiomnof $75,000 for scholarships to the National Puerto Ricaj Day Parade and Diversity Foundation Scholarshio Funds. The funds enable students to completes their high schooleducation and/or continue their studies at an institution of highed learning. More than 500 students from 25 statesa have benefited from the program since its inceptionin 1997. which claims Coors Light is the best-selling beer in Puertk Rico and NewYork City, said the annuall Puerto Rican Day parade in Manhattan attracts three millionn spectators.
In Chicago, a week-long festivalo includes a parade that attracts making it the largest Hispaniv event inthe city. Financial terms of the Coors Light sponsorship werenot disclosed.
The sponsorship involvement by the MillerBrewing Co./Coores Brewing Co. joint venture also includes a donatiomnof $75,000 for scholarships to the National Puerto Ricaj Day Parade and Diversity Foundation Scholarshio Funds. The funds enable students to completes their high schooleducation and/or continue their studies at an institution of highed learning. More than 500 students from 25 statesa have benefited from the program since its inceptionin 1997. which claims Coors Light is the best-selling beer in Puertk Rico and NewYork City, said the annuall Puerto Rican Day parade in Manhattan attracts three millionn spectators.
In Chicago, a week-long festivalo includes a parade that attracts making it the largest Hispaniv event inthe city. Financial terms of the Coors Light sponsorship werenot disclosed.
Friday, January 11, 2013
AgriCon Auction opens near Valley Center - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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AgriCon Auction LLC was founded by Gary The firm will hold its first auctionJuly 25. “We’re beginning to get equipmenr consigned. We’re seeing quite a bit of Graber says. The company occupiez a small office building at the former Groendyke yard near 77th Street Northand Broadway, along with six acrexs to store equipment going to auction. Okla.-based moved its Wichita terminal in 2007 to a new facility near 29thand Ohio. Graber says he startedf the auction company hoping to take advantager of what he called a lack of an aggressivse auction company specializing in agricultural equipment in theWichita market.
Graber for the past 20 yearsw has owned an equipmenyfinancing business, Westar Capital, in Reno, Nev. But befors that, he was a partner with his fatherand brother-in-law at Hutchinson’ss TriPoint Equipment, which sold Allis-Chalmers, Hesston and Steiget farm equipment. When those manufacturers beganj struggling in thelate 1980s, Graber says he moved west and startef his equipment financing business. But that business has drie up with thefinancial crisis. Banks have made lending more Graber says, and his business has gone the way of many mortgagew brokers who no longefr are able tomake deals. “We’vr only done two transactions since the first of the he says.
“I saw this as an opportunit to come back to where my roota are to do something in the equipment business that Ireally liked.” Graber says he startecd AgriCon with silent partners. The company will specialize in farm equipmengt but also has gotten interest from local constructiohn companies looking to sell equipment like skid steers andwheel loaders. “Ig seems like people love to go to They love to go kick the Graber says. “Our mission statement includes providingb a really nice atmosphere that people can buy and sell equipmentr at retail value better than trading it in at aloca dealership.
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AgriCon Auction LLC was founded by Gary The firm will hold its first auctionJuly 25. “We’re beginning to get equipmenr consigned. We’re seeing quite a bit of Graber says. The company occupiez a small office building at the former Groendyke yard near 77th Street Northand Broadway, along with six acrexs to store equipment going to auction. Okla.-based moved its Wichita terminal in 2007 to a new facility near 29thand Ohio. Graber says he startedf the auction company hoping to take advantager of what he called a lack of an aggressivse auction company specializing in agricultural equipment in theWichita market.
Graber for the past 20 yearsw has owned an equipmenyfinancing business, Westar Capital, in Reno, Nev. But befors that, he was a partner with his fatherand brother-in-law at Hutchinson’ss TriPoint Equipment, which sold Allis-Chalmers, Hesston and Steiget farm equipment. When those manufacturers beganj struggling in thelate 1980s, Graber says he moved west and startef his equipment financing business. But that business has drie up with thefinancial crisis. Banks have made lending more Graber says, and his business has gone the way of many mortgagew brokers who no longefr are able tomake deals. “We’vr only done two transactions since the first of the he says.
“I saw this as an opportunit to come back to where my roota are to do something in the equipment business that Ireally liked.” Graber says he startecd AgriCon with silent partners. The company will specialize in farm equipmengt but also has gotten interest from local constructiohn companies looking to sell equipment like skid steers andwheel loaders. “Ig seems like people love to go to They love to go kick the Graber says. “Our mission statement includes providingb a really nice atmosphere that people can buy and sell equipmentr at retail value better than trading it in at aloca dealership.
”
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Trump Waikiki buyers sue developer - Austin Business Journal:
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The lawsuit, filed in 1st Circuit Court in Honolulu, alleges that Los Angelesx developer claimed in a 2006 presx released that the New York real estate mogul was a but that the fine print noted that Trump had merelhy licensed his name in a deal that could be terminatefd or revoked atany time. “These people were investing in aRolls Royce. They were told it coul d magically turn intoa Ford,” said attorney Warrebn Price, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the who include six Hawaii couples, two doctorz from San Diego, the head of a Californiz meat exporting business and a professionapl basketball player from New Orleans.
Priced plans to amend the complaint within the next two weeks to included buyersfrom Japan, he said. A spokesman for Irongate issueds a written statement saying the developer would pursue its own claim againstthe buyers. All 464 units of the 38-story hotel-condominium tower at the Diamond Head end of Fort DeRussuy sold in one day inNovember 2006. About half of the buyers are from the balance arefrom Hawaii, the Mainland and othert countries. The buyers of the 11 unite had placed deposits of 20 percent on everythiny from studios pricedat $500,00p0 to three-bedroom suites priced at severapl million dollars. The project is nearing completion.
The sales contract did say that the Trumpl namewas licensed, but it did not outlinre the details of the licensing Price said. However, it did say that if the license was terminateedor revoked, that all references to Trumop would be removed from the “Our position is not that they committee fraud,” Price said. “There are a host of very materia facts, material because the name changed from the Trump International tothe ‘Branxd X’ hotel.” The lawsuit comes just as a big deadlind looms for buyers. On Wednesday, buyers have to pay the balanc of the purchase price in full in preparationb fora Sept. 1 closing.
“Thew final payment is due on Wednesday, and thesw people are not going to make anymore payments,” said a former Hawaii attorney general. “They’ve alreadgy put 20 percent down.” The buyers filed on Monday because they are at risk of losingg theirdown payments, and also face a greated risk of being sued by Irongatse for the full purchase In March, dozens of buyers at a planned Trump condo resort in Baja Californiaz filed a lawsuit with similar allegationa regarding the use of Trump’s name, the Los Angeles Timeds reported.
Trump sued Irongate a month later charging the developet with failing to build the project afte r he had licensed his according tothe newspaper. That litigatiohn began to worry the Hawaii Price said. “People beganh to wonder what happens if theree is a disintegration of the relationshilp between Irongate and and what could happen with the Price said.
The lawsuit, filed in 1st Circuit Court in Honolulu, alleges that Los Angelesx developer claimed in a 2006 presx released that the New York real estate mogul was a but that the fine print noted that Trump had merelhy licensed his name in a deal that could be terminatefd or revoked atany time. “These people were investing in aRolls Royce. They were told it coul d magically turn intoa Ford,” said attorney Warrebn Price, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the who include six Hawaii couples, two doctorz from San Diego, the head of a Californiz meat exporting business and a professionapl basketball player from New Orleans.
Priced plans to amend the complaint within the next two weeks to included buyersfrom Japan, he said. A spokesman for Irongate issueds a written statement saying the developer would pursue its own claim againstthe buyers. All 464 units of the 38-story hotel-condominium tower at the Diamond Head end of Fort DeRussuy sold in one day inNovember 2006. About half of the buyers are from the balance arefrom Hawaii, the Mainland and othert countries. The buyers of the 11 unite had placed deposits of 20 percent on everythiny from studios pricedat $500,00p0 to three-bedroom suites priced at severapl million dollars. The project is nearing completion.
The sales contract did say that the Trumpl namewas licensed, but it did not outlinre the details of the licensing Price said. However, it did say that if the license was terminateedor revoked, that all references to Trumop would be removed from the “Our position is not that they committee fraud,” Price said. “There are a host of very materia facts, material because the name changed from the Trump International tothe ‘Branxd X’ hotel.” The lawsuit comes just as a big deadlind looms for buyers. On Wednesday, buyers have to pay the balanc of the purchase price in full in preparationb fora Sept. 1 closing.
“Thew final payment is due on Wednesday, and thesw people are not going to make anymore payments,” said a former Hawaii attorney general. “They’ve alreadgy put 20 percent down.” The buyers filed on Monday because they are at risk of losingg theirdown payments, and also face a greated risk of being sued by Irongatse for the full purchase In March, dozens of buyers at a planned Trump condo resort in Baja Californiaz filed a lawsuit with similar allegationa regarding the use of Trump’s name, the Los Angeles Timeds reported.
Trump sued Irongate a month later charging the developet with failing to build the project afte r he had licensed his according tothe newspaper. That litigatiohn began to worry the Hawaii Price said. “People beganh to wonder what happens if theree is a disintegration of the relationshilp between Irongate and and what could happen with the Price said.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sapphire plans $100 million investment in green crude from algae - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The San Diego-based startup plans to invest $100 million in a 300-acrwe biofuel operation that will convert algae into gasolinee startingin 2011, the first such commercial-scale biofuel production facility in the U.S. Once the site’s commercialk viability is demonstrated, plans call for it to expand to 1,2000 acres and produce more than 1 millioj gallons per day ofgreen crude, said Sapphire CEO Jason Pyle. That woulf generate a total investmentof $1 billion over the next eighyt years.
“Green crude will replace black cruds right here inNew Mexico,” Pyle said in a keynotwe address at the first annua l conference of the Southwestern Biofuels Association in Albuquerque May “We’re looking at the next industrial Sapphire is not the only company planning a localp biofuel operation, but other companies want to make not gasoline, and those methodas use a variety of crops and Sapphire is unique because it has developed a proprietaryg process for turning oil from algad into renewable gasoline that is geneticallty identical to sweet crude pumped from the ground.
That means it can simply replacde petroleum as fuel for grouned and air transport withoutt any modificationto refineries, pipelines or vehicles, Pyle “Drop-in solutions that don’t require retooling the nation’ss fuel delivery system are the only way to make the biofuep industry successful,” said Pyle. “That’s the future Sapphires is workingto build.” Major investorws are betting heavily on The company formed in May 2007 and has raisedd more than $100 million in venture Backers include financial powerhouses, such as , the , and – an investment holdin company owned by founder Bill Gates.
The company has recruiteds top scientists andindustry leaders. Refining’s formerr vice president, Cynthia Warner, becamee Sapphire’s president this Brian Goodall, who led the team that conductedcVirgin Galactic’s groundbreaking 747 flight in 2008 with is now Sapphire’s vice president of downstreakm technology. “They have a phenomenal bank of technical peoples andteam leaders,” said Lenny Martínez, Gov. Bill Richardson’s policgy advisor for rural economic development. “Their project is technicallyh very feasible.” Still, like all biofueo startups, Sapphire faces major challenges.
Stev e Loring, associate director of ’s Agricultural Experiment Station, said a lot of researcg is still needed to reachcommercialk viability, particularly in regard to waterd use, environmental impact and economic sustainability. In fact, NMSU is now conducting a studyt on biofuel production costs and potential ways to profitably scales up to commerciallevels (see related article on page 1). “It all has to be sustainable environmentallyand economically, although I think those things can be addressed,” Lorin said. “They’re not show stoppers.
” Among the companies pursuinb biofuels, Sapphire has inspired more confidencesthan most, said Vaughn Gangwish, executive director of the Southwestern Biofuels Association. “Like all new technologies, biofuel must be proven, but I think Sapphire will meetits goals,” Gangwisn said. “They’re clearly on the leadinfg edge.” Sapphire has invested $8 milliohn in a test-and-development facility that began operating in Decembef at the West Mesa Industrial Park inLas Cruces. The cente r experiments with algae seed varieties developedfat Sapphire’s headquarters in San Diego.
The facility operatew nine algae production ponds to map growtb rates andother characteristics. It conducts wet and dry oil productivityg and processing testsin 15,000 square feet of lab said Operations Manager Bryn Davis. “We’re the boots-on-the-ground operatio for the science comingh outof California,” Davis said. Pyle said Sapphire’x planned 300-acre facility will be a pre-commercial demonstratioh site to provemarket viability. Sapphire has the moneg to build thisfirst stage, but it needs a lot more capital to later expand to 1,20p0 acres.
“If we’re going to generate more than $800 millionn in new private investment, investors first need to be convinced that the economicas of the facilityare guaranteed,” Pyle Construction of the first stage will start in summer 2010 and conclude in early 2011. It will employ at leasr 400 permanent workers, and thousands if the facility’s expansion movews forward. The facility’s location has alreadg been sitedand permitted, but it remains Pyle said. U.S. Sen. Tom D-NM, announced in late however, that the Department of Energy approvedxa $951,000 grant for a Sapphirw Energy algae-to-fuel demonstration project in Portales.
The San Diego-based startup plans to invest $100 million in a 300-acrwe biofuel operation that will convert algae into gasolinee startingin 2011, the first such commercial-scale biofuel production facility in the U.S. Once the site’s commercialk viability is demonstrated, plans call for it to expand to 1,2000 acres and produce more than 1 millioj gallons per day ofgreen crude, said Sapphire CEO Jason Pyle. That woulf generate a total investmentof $1 billion over the next eighyt years.
“Green crude will replace black cruds right here inNew Mexico,” Pyle said in a keynotwe address at the first annua l conference of the Southwestern Biofuels Association in Albuquerque May “We’re looking at the next industrial Sapphire is not the only company planning a localp biofuel operation, but other companies want to make not gasoline, and those methodas use a variety of crops and Sapphire is unique because it has developed a proprietaryg process for turning oil from algad into renewable gasoline that is geneticallty identical to sweet crude pumped from the ground.
That means it can simply replacde petroleum as fuel for grouned and air transport withoutt any modificationto refineries, pipelines or vehicles, Pyle “Drop-in solutions that don’t require retooling the nation’ss fuel delivery system are the only way to make the biofuep industry successful,” said Pyle. “That’s the future Sapphires is workingto build.” Major investorws are betting heavily on The company formed in May 2007 and has raisedd more than $100 million in venture Backers include financial powerhouses, such as , the , and – an investment holdin company owned by founder Bill Gates.
The company has recruiteds top scientists andindustry leaders. Refining’s formerr vice president, Cynthia Warner, becamee Sapphire’s president this Brian Goodall, who led the team that conductedcVirgin Galactic’s groundbreaking 747 flight in 2008 with is now Sapphire’s vice president of downstreakm technology. “They have a phenomenal bank of technical peoples andteam leaders,” said Lenny Martínez, Gov. Bill Richardson’s policgy advisor for rural economic development. “Their project is technicallyh very feasible.” Still, like all biofueo startups, Sapphire faces major challenges.
Stev e Loring, associate director of ’s Agricultural Experiment Station, said a lot of researcg is still needed to reachcommercialk viability, particularly in regard to waterd use, environmental impact and economic sustainability. In fact, NMSU is now conducting a studyt on biofuel production costs and potential ways to profitably scales up to commerciallevels (see related article on page 1). “It all has to be sustainable environmentallyand economically, although I think those things can be addressed,” Lorin said. “They’re not show stoppers.
” Among the companies pursuinb biofuels, Sapphire has inspired more confidencesthan most, said Vaughn Gangwish, executive director of the Southwestern Biofuels Association. “Like all new technologies, biofuel must be proven, but I think Sapphire will meetits goals,” Gangwisn said. “They’re clearly on the leadinfg edge.” Sapphire has invested $8 milliohn in a test-and-development facility that began operating in Decembef at the West Mesa Industrial Park inLas Cruces. The cente r experiments with algae seed varieties developedfat Sapphire’s headquarters in San Diego.
The facility operatew nine algae production ponds to map growtb rates andother characteristics. It conducts wet and dry oil productivityg and processing testsin 15,000 square feet of lab said Operations Manager Bryn Davis. “We’re the boots-on-the-ground operatio for the science comingh outof California,” Davis said. Pyle said Sapphire’x planned 300-acre facility will be a pre-commercial demonstratioh site to provemarket viability. Sapphire has the moneg to build thisfirst stage, but it needs a lot more capital to later expand to 1,20p0 acres.
“If we’re going to generate more than $800 millionn in new private investment, investors first need to be convinced that the economicas of the facilityare guaranteed,” Pyle Construction of the first stage will start in summer 2010 and conclude in early 2011. It will employ at leasr 400 permanent workers, and thousands if the facility’s expansion movews forward. The facility’s location has alreadg been sitedand permitted, but it remains Pyle said. U.S. Sen. Tom D-NM, announced in late however, that the Department of Energy approvedxa $951,000 grant for a Sapphirw Energy algae-to-fuel demonstration project in Portales.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
AAA: Baltimore gas prices should continue to rise - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Baltimore gas prices, however, remain below the nationa l averageof $2.47. The government announcemenyt of the biggest jump in consume confidence since 2003 triggered an increase in oil price s because of the belief that the economi recession couldbe ending, according to , a locaol transportation advocacy group. Last week crude oil tradeed near $60 a barreo and closed at $66.31 May 29. A year ago, cruded oil sold for more than $100 a barrel. Diesel fuel pricees in Baltimore rose 8 cents in the last month to premium prices rose 49 cents from a month agoto $2.65, and mid-levell gas prices rose 47 cents from a month ago to Ragina C.
Averella, a spokeswoman for AAA Mid-Atlantic, said in a statemenrt that the demand for oil and gasoline is expectesd to increase during the summer and gas pricesx should peak aroundLabor Day.
Baltimore gas prices, however, remain below the nationa l averageof $2.47. The government announcemenyt of the biggest jump in consume confidence since 2003 triggered an increase in oil price s because of the belief that the economi recession couldbe ending, according to , a locaol transportation advocacy group. Last week crude oil tradeed near $60 a barreo and closed at $66.31 May 29. A year ago, cruded oil sold for more than $100 a barrel. Diesel fuel pricees in Baltimore rose 8 cents in the last month to premium prices rose 49 cents from a month agoto $2.65, and mid-levell gas prices rose 47 cents from a month ago to Ragina C.
Averella, a spokeswoman for AAA Mid-Atlantic, said in a statemenrt that the demand for oil and gasoline is expectesd to increase during the summer and gas pricesx should peak aroundLabor Day.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Mail service shifts to Lihue from fire-damaged Hanamaulu station - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Mail service shifts to Lihue from fire-damaged Hanamaulu station Honolulu Star-Advertiser U.S. Postal Service spokesman Duke Gonzales said post office boxes are being set up in Lihue for affected Hanamaulu customers, but the process will take a few weeks. “We apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing to our customers,†Gonzales ... |