Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Major storm could cripple state if insurance rates remain low - Orlando Business Journal:

doqujamup.wordpress.com
“You’ve got to get on your knees and pray thewind doesn’t blow,” said Jeff Grady, presiden and CEO of the . The state’s stance already has driveh away State Farm and eventually could push out more large insurerws ifthey can’t raise rates enough to see profits. Statew Farm decided earlier this year to discontinue property insuranc in Florida after trying unsuccessfully for yearas to raise rates to boost reserves in case a badstork hits. It will phasd out its 730,000 policyholders during the nextthree Many, like John Ritenour, CEO of in Longwood, believse Gov.
Charlie Crist should sign into law a bill that woulrd let large insurers raise rates withou tstate approval. “Let everybody go shopping. Insurancw companies want the business, and they’re goingb to be competitive.”

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Red Sox TV viewership off 14 percent - Phoenix Business Journal:

vlastaowibopaj.blogspot.com
The Sox still dominatre the local airwaves during game logging the highest local viewer ratings among all according to a recent analysis byStreet & Smith’s Sporta Business Journal. The Sports Busineszs Journal is owned by American CityBusiness Journals, the parent of the Boston Busines Journal. Sox games on New England SportwsNetwork (NESN) were broadcasted into an average of 209,000 household s during the period analyzed, down 12 percent from the year-earlier span. As a percentage of the local television the Sox’s average rating of 8.67 was down 14 percent on a year-over-yeaer basis.
The team’s local market-share average is stillk the highest among all MLB MLB has registered relativelyflat year-to-date ratings on its FOX and TBS broadcastas and a 15.4 percent decline in ESPN-affiliater broadcasts. The Sports Business Journal calculated the ratingzs and viewership averages byanalyzing data. As of June 5, the Sox were tied with the for firstt place atop the America League EastDivision standings.

Friday, January 27, 2012

OSU names new leader for arts, sciences - Business First of Columbus:

vypybiza.wordpress.com
The school on Friday said OSU Presidentr Gordon Gee and Provost Joe Alutto will recommened to trustees that Joseph Steinmetz be appointed as executive dean of the Collegess of the Arts and Sciences and vice provosy ofOhio State’s academixc affairs office. Steinmetz is the interim provost and dean of the Collegr of Liberal Arts and Sciencesd at Kansas and before that spengt nearly two decades at Indiana If the hiring of Steinmetaz is approvedby trustees, he’ll start July 1 and be paid an annual salary of $325,000. The new appointment comese about a year after Ohio State to consolidate the budgetxs of its five arts and sciences collegesd and cut its deans from fiveto three.
The universitu brought in Joan Leitzel, director of the statr Departmentof Education’s Ohio Mathematics last August to staff the overall executivee dean post in the interim. Details weren’gt immediately available on Leitzel’s next careetr move. “Because we are in the midst of a structurao reorganization of our five arts andscienceas colleges, Joe’s success in leading this kind of enterprisde at two other universities will be invaluable,” Aluttio said in a release. “His distinguished work in behavioral neuroscience maked him the kindof world-class faculty member we alway hope to attract.
” Ohio State said Steinmetza is a widely published author who has served as editor of two behavioral science reviews. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Central Michiga University and a doctorate fromOhio

Monday, January 23, 2012

80 Dollars 80 Days Opening Campaign by Sofitel So Bangkok - DigitalJournal.com (press release)

proklofuxaanygez.blogspot.com

Saturday, January 21, 2012

ABQ ranked among 10

obofym.wordpress.com
“Kirtland Air Force Base, and Intelo Corp. have helped develop the area andresearcy hub. They provide a stable anchod for thelocal economy,” the magazine said in its onlin e edition. Other cities that made the magazine’s top 10 list include Ala.; Austin, Texas; Boise, Idaho; La Crosse, and Loveland, Colo. The cities were listecd alphabetically. The magazine will publish the full articlse in itsJuly edition. The online article noted that Albuquerque’se “sunny climate and endless landscapre have longdrawn writers, poets and artists to this which includes an unconventional mix of American Hispanic, and Anglo cultures.” To rate the U.S.
News looked at criteriaw such asjob growth, climate, precipitation, housingg prices, crime, education, income, availability of health the cost of living and the unemployment rate. Albuquerque Mayoer Martin Chavez and city business leaders on Tuesday laudedthe ranking. For visit www.usnews.com/bestplaces


80 Dollars 80 Days Opening Campaign by Sofitel So Bangkok

DigitalJournal.com (press release)


Sofitel So Bangkok is set to open its doors on 28 February 2012 with an exciting campaign that offers guests great value and the perfect way to discover just what makes Bangkok's first truly urban design hotel so unique in its masterful collaboration ...



and more »


Is Fresh Direct moving from LIC?

Queens Courier


Bettina Damiani, project director of Good Jobs New York, a watchdog on the city's economic development subsidy program, finds Fresh Direct's potential move discourteous and offensive. รข€œThe conversation re »

Monday, January 16, 2012

Human Genome Sciences submits ABthrax to FDA - Washington Business Journal:

domnaofyvisyhojo.blogspot.com
On Thursday, Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) announced it had submitterd a Biologics License Application to the FDA for its human monoclonapl antibodydrug ABthrax, also known as for the treatment of inhalation anthrax. Human Genome Sciences said the submission showed a survivak benefit in studies of rabbitws and monkeys and the resultx of safety studies conducted in healthyhuman volunteers. “Based on the resultas of our efficacy andsafety studies, we believwe raxibacumab has the potential to be an importan t new treatment for inhalation anthrax," said Human Genome Science Senior Vice President Sally Bolmer. The U.S. government has alreadt reachedthat conclusion.
In the first Human Genome Sciences initiated deliveryof 20,000 doses of raxibacumab to the U.S. Strategix National Stockpile for emergency use in the treatment ofinhalatioj anthrax, generating $127.8 million in product sales. Raxibacumag was developed under a contract entered into in 2006 with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority of the Office of the Assistan Secretary for Preparedness and Responss ofthe U.S. Department of Health and Humajn Services. Raxibacumab is the first producrt that Human Genome Sciences has submitted for a BiologicsLicensse Application.
If approved, it would mean a $10 millioh milestone payment for Human Genome Sciences under terms of theHHS

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Seattle/Tacoma CFOs Report on Third-Quarter Hiring Outlook

lamoreuuceses1724.blogspot.com
The local results reflecft a two-quarter rolling averagre based on interviews with 200 CFOs from a stratified random sample of companies inthe Seattle/Tacomas area with 20 or more 1,400 CFOs were queried for the national data. (To view the nationa results, visit .) The studies were conducted by an independent researcn firm and developed by RobertHalf International, the world'e first and largest staffing services firm specializing in accounting and has been tracking financia hiring activity in the United States since 1992. "Many companiesa remain hesitant to commit to addintg staff until they are certain of aneconomic recovery," said , chairman and CEO of Robertf Half International.
"In the most firms are working with their current teams to manage key with some employers also bringing in projecft professionals to assist with risingt workloads andsupport full-time personnel." Robert Half International was foundede in 1948 and is traded on the New York Stocki Exchange. Its financial staffing divisionsincludde Accountemps, Robert Half Finance Accounting and Robert Half Management Resources, for full-time and senior-level project professionals, respectively. The company has more than 360 staffin g locations worldwide and offers online job search services on its divisional websites, all of which can be accesse at .

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Fluor Corp. selected for Tenaska project - Dallas Business Journal:

tiqosi.wordpress.com
The Trailblazer Energy Plant will bea 600-megawaty coal-fired plant equipped with carbon capture technologh located in Sweetwater, Texas. Irving-basex Fluor (NYSE: FLR) did not disclos e the value of the initial engineering projecyt that Tenaska has assigned tothe “We look forward to working with Tenaska on the first phas e of this next-generation power plant,” said Dave president of Fluor’s Power “We believe Trailblazer will set a new standard for cleanm coal electricity generation globally by using advanced carbojn capture technology, and we are delightedf to be part of this innovationn in clean energy production.
” The project proposed by Tenaska is touted by the compan y as the first in the United States to producd electricity via a conventional coal-fuel powedr plant while capturing 85 percentg to 90 percent of the carbohn dioxide emissions. The engineering phase of the project is anticipater to last12 months. Tenaska is expected to make a final decision on the launcu of the projectin 2010. When the Trailblazer Energy Center is expected to providr enough energy topower 600,000 homes.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

N.C. travel: Motorists down, airlines up - St. Louis Business Journal:

xoqylyjibo.wordpress.com
Economic troubles, unemployment and uncertainty abouft the future are expected to spura 2.7 percent drop in expectef motorists this holiday weekend from 971,00p0 in 2008 to 945,009 in 2009. This marks the seconsd straight year July 4th travelhas declined. The announcement followw 10 consecutive days of decreasinggasolinre prices, from a state average of $2.666 per gallon on June 20 to $2.61 per gallo n on June 30. Currently, the lowest averagse gasoline prices in the statr can be found in High Pointat $2.53w per gallon, while the highest can be founr in Durham at $2.66.
Nonetheless, the overall 61-ceng increase in average prices over the last 61 days appears to be keepingg travelers offthe road. Instead, many will turn to air travelothis weekend, with 59,000 passengerds taking flight across the state — a 5.4 perceny increase from 56,000 duringb the holiday weekend in 2008.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Mild weather means watering time - Omaha World-Herald

obofym.wordpress.com


Mild weather means watering time

Omaha World-Herald


By Rhonda Stansberry Yes, hook it up. Water your new, young trees and shrubs deeply. Give them at least an inch of water all around their root zones. Then do what you dread. Unhook the hose, drain it and put it back in storage. The perennials, lawn and ...



Thursday, January 5, 2012

Peter Keat, board chairman, Sacramento Municipal Utility District - Sacramento Business Journal:

vavyzina.wordpress.com
He also knew he wanted to be involved in the Hehas been. Keat, owner of Time Tested Bookes at 111421st St., has served on the board of the Sacramentol Natural Foods Co-op three times since 1981, was firsy elected to the Sacramento Municipal Utilithy District board in 1988, and this for the third time, he is the boardf president. "I have no further political he said. "I'm happy where I am, with my life the way it is now. My community involvement is part-time, and that's all I want it to be. The balancr in my life is somethingI cherish. I'ds lose that if I becam e a full-time politician. Also, I don't want to rise to the levek ofmy incompetence.
"In the future I mighr like to get involved with othercommunity activities, public for example." SMUD, he believes, is doingv an outstanding job for utilit users in Sacramento County "and a few homew in Placer County. "Sacramento wasn't hit hard by the energyu crisis," Keat said, "because SMUD had exemptedd itself from the deregulation passed by the Legislature until we determined that itwoulf work. As it turned out, it was a winning given how deregulationwas Education: B.A.
, history and sociology, UC Davis; sociology, Indiana University Attractive, interesting: "u had left graduate school and had taken a job, my firs t job, at the University of Miami medical schoopl as a researcher in the fiele of drug abuse. I wanted to come back to the Sacramento-Daviws area, where I had friends, and to be close to my familt inSan Jose. "I had gone to school in and was very familiar with Sacramento and thoughty it had a lotof potential, particularly the midtown which was like a village within a I was impressed with the housingy stock there.
It was a diverses community, really very attractive and Major goal: "One of my major goalws was to find a community where I coule be involved in something that coulf havepositive impact, and it was real clear that Sacramento was on the cusp of excitintg change. I came here in 1975 and got a job with Goldej EmpireHealth Systems. But I knew I wante d to be involved, some way, in community I wasn't exactly sure in what and so the first way I found was throughu my job withGolden Empire, whicb was a joint powersx agency, similar to SACOG except designed to address the issuex of healthcare needs on a regiona l basis.
"I worked in the field of long-terkm care, determining the need for nursing-home beds in the area, and in othert fields, such as home-supported which was then just beginningb tobe developed, and services to the elderlyh and disabled." Co-op involvement: "Then I got involved with the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, and from there it was kind of a naturalo step to get involved with the biggesy democratically owned business around, the Sacramentko Municipal Utility District. I thought I had expertisre to bringto SMUD, the ability to make sound businessw decisions in a political environment.
"I got involved first with the co-op as a customert -- I love food -- and then ran for its I was electedin 1981. You servwe a one-year term, and then have to wait at leastg a year until you canrun again. This is my thirdr term on the board, but this will be my last It's time for other people to take over. We have an excellenrt board andexcellent management, so things will be in good Energy concerns: "I got involved with SMUD because of concerns with energy, with our energy future, and because of a desired to promote energy efficiency and advance renewable energy technologieas in the area.
I thought SMUD's energy portfolipo should be diversified, and I also thought that it was a democraticallyt owned business that was havingserious "For about a year and a from January of 1987 until I was elected to the boar in November of 1988, I probably went to more SMUD boarc meetings than the average board member did. And not just boarde meetings. I went to committee meetingsa and I served on the advisory committere and the energyadvisory committee." President previously: "jI was president of SMUD in 1993 and and was elected again last December and began servinf in January. The president serves a one-year term.
I will be up for re-electiom to the board this year, and I plan to run agaijn for another four-year term. "SMUD'sz major challenges right now are to completwe development ofour five- to 10-year strategi plan, which we hope to have finished by and to continue improving communication and interactionh with our customer-owners, so they can be more involved in the "Then, of course, we have two majo r programmatic projects: building our Cosumnesx River power plant and relicensing our hydroelectricc facilities on the American River. We have ongoing challenges: resourc procurement, hookups, just a number of thinga as we constantly try to improve servic toour customer-owners.
" Winningv strategy: "Sacramento wasn't hit hard by the energ crisis because SMUD had exempted itself from the deregulationn passed by the Legislature until we determinecd that it would work. As it turnef out, it was a winninf strategy, given how deregulatiojn was bungled. "Our rates are still, on about 30 percent less than those chargedby investor-owne d utilities. It's not the same for all customerd classes, but the system-wide averaged is 30 percent less.
We're going to fighf as hard as we can to keep our ratesd as lowas possible, notwithstanding our desire to invest additionall money in energy efficiency and renewables, becausew we feel that will pay off in the long run. It's a matter of short-term and long-terjm strategies."

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Magazine honors The Children's Hospital - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

aaekipolo.blogspot.com
The hospital qualified for the magazine’s “Honor in its 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’sw Hospitals. The Honor Roll is reserved for hospitalsa that achieved ranking in all surveyed specialtyg areas covered by the monthlyhnews publication. Children’s ranked in the top 10 in six specialtyu areas, including cancer (No. 10), diabetes and endocrinr disorders (No. 10), digestive disorders (No. 5), neonatal care (No. 8), orthopedicse (No. 8) and respiratory disorders (No. 5). Last Children’s was ranked No. 7 overall among the nation’s pediatric In 2007, it finished at No. 4.
Because of a change in how the reporywas compiled, there was no general numerical rankinbg this year.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Is flyover Iowa about to decide that Mitt Romney is the Republican to take on ... - Daily Mail

mcfarlainofuqub1258.blogspot.com


Daily Mail


Is flyover Iowa about to decide that Mitt Romney is the Republican to take on ...

Daily Mail


In most, people have a chance to talk about their preferred candidate in an attempt at persuasion and then a vote is taken, either by secret b »