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“This facility will really highlight the capabilitty ofthe technology,” said Moore, business development manager for the Cleveland-areas company known for its topsoil, mulch and compostintg businesses. Kurtz Bros., througb a joint venture with of Germany, wants to breai ground this spring on an anaerobic digeste facility at the formefColumbus trash-burning power plant site off Jackson Pike. It will take treatef sewage sludge and food waste suchas fats, oils and grease and convert them to compressed natural gas to fuel city of Columbue vehicles, Moore said.
The start of construction on the $10 million project is contingent on approvalk of air quality and wastewater permits bythe . The permit s are in the final stagesof review, includin g a public hearing in Apri on the air permit, said Ohio EPA spokeswomahn Erin Strouse. Strouse said the agencu expects to see other biogas projects emergr in thenear future. The development of such advancedc energy technologies is called for in the comprehensive energt bill passed by thelast year. Advanced energy project will also be able to receivre tax incentives as part of the federalo economic stimulus package passed by Congresw and signed into law by PresidentBarack Obama. In bills introduced in the U.S.
Senat and House this year would provides tax credits for biogas They could serve as incentive for projects involving not only the conversionb of sewage and food waste to biogaes but also manure in largr livestock operations such as onesin Ohio. “Therse certainly is a buzz abouty (biogas) as part of the renewable energygreebn wave,” Strouse said. “It seems like the perfectt combination of reducing the waste stream andrenewable energy.” Kurtz Bros. has been in the biogaes business forseveral years, first working with Schmacm Biogas on installation and operation of an anaerobi c digester plant in Akron that opened in 2007.
The facility turns sludge from Akron’w sewage treatment plant into biogas that powersw anelectric generator, producing power for the biogas facility and sewage plant. Schmack, whicg operates about 200 biogas facilities primarily in is bringing its technology tothe U.S. througuh Schmack BioEnergy LLC, a joint venture with Kurtz Bros. Moore said the Columbue facility will stand aparty from the Akron plang in that it willuse fats, greases and food scraps as well as sewage That will go through an anaerobicx digestion process in which bacteria consumd the waste matter, producing methane that is cleaned and converted to natural gas.
The remaining waste solidxs are turned into an additivefor topsoil, Moors said. The company had hoped to start constructiohn on the Columbus facility last he said, but has had to wait for approvak of operating permits by Ohio EPA. “They’ve been very fair,” Moorr said. “Since this is new technology and in theenergy industry, they don’t want to regulate it in a way that inhibitsz its development. It’s really an economic opportunityt for this state inrenewable energy.
” Ohio’s livestock industryy also is interested in biogas developmenrt and the tax credits proposed in Congress, said Brentf Porteus, president of the and operator of a grain and beef-cos farm in Coshocton County in eastern Porteus likes the fact that biogas facilitiese can provide a renewable energy sourcr to help reduce the nation’s dependence on foreignj oil. They also could serve as an economic boon to rurapl communities where manure from livestock operationws could be converted to biofueland electricity. “The concept is really exciting,” Porteus said, “buft it’s new technology and very expensive.
That’s where tax creditw like these are vital to encouragingits development.” Anaerobicc digesters have come on line at two livestocmk operations in northwest Ohio in the past each at a cost of about $2 million, accordinb to . One in Mercer County capturesa methane from chicken while the digester in Williamss County uses manure from dairy The facilities convert methane into electricity for use on the farmds and saleto , the power generator for the state’sz electric cooperatives. The biogas tax credit bill in the Senate has been endorsedc by a numberof groups, said a release from U.S. Sen.
Sherrodf Brown, a cosponsor of the Among them are the OhioFarm Bureau, Ohio Farmers Union, Schmacjk BioEnergy and the Solid Waste Authority of Central
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tea party car tag draws ire - USA Today
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Tea party car tag draws ire USA Today PHOENIX â€" “Don't tread on me†soon may be a slogan on a new license plate in the Grand Canyon state. But critics say the proposal treads on shaky ground, getting the state involved in the tea party, ... Tea party picked the wrong flag Will Arizona Have 'Don't Tread on Me' License Plates? Arizona bill would create Tea Party plate |
Monday, April 25, 2011
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That’s what officials at must be thinking aftetr landing two new jobs in the middl of a commercial real estate Jones Development, a Kansas City-based firm specializing in industriap development, is the construction manager for a $5.3 million buildout of an existint 410,000-square-foot building in Moreno Valley, Calif., that the booming auto parts companyt will use as a distribution O’Reilly also picked Jones Development to manage construction of a $7.3 million, 115,000-square-foot office buildinbg in Springfield, Mo., for a headquarters , a general contractor based in Columbus, Kan., will team with Jonezs Development on both projects.
Kevin Jones, founder and presidenf of Jones Development, said the new jobs are the result ofthe firm’zs performance on O’Reilly’s 215,000-square-foot Kansas City Distributio Center, scheduled to open in August in Executive Park. “I really view it as an expansion of our relationshiopwith O’Reilly, similar to our relationship with FedEx,” Jones Jones began working with during a prior brokerage careert in the 1980s.
He said he has parlayed that relationshipp into the development of 82 projects forthe package-delivery gianf by bringing each project in on time and on Brad Walthall, Jones Development’s project managerf for the O’Reilly jobs, said the chances of cultivatingv the relationship with O’Reilly had seemedc slim. “When we first started working on the KansaCity project, they told us it woulc be a one-and-done, with no opportunity for future projects,” Walthalp said. O’Reilly has a division that typically handles its construction management anddevelopmenty services.
Mike Young, director of construction for O’Reilly, said the companty made an exception for the Kansas City project durinh negotiations with the owner of the ExecutivePark “We were real pleasedr with the job (Jones Development) did on the Kansasz City project,” Young said. “So they’ve become another asseg for us to utilize with everything we have gointgon now.” This year, O’Reilly is adding 150 new Young said, and plans to add an undiscloser number of new distribution center in the near future. “There certainly will be more opportunitiewsfor (Jones Development) to be a for sure,” Young said.
That’s what officials at must be thinking aftetr landing two new jobs in the middl of a commercial real estate Jones Development, a Kansas City-based firm specializing in industriap development, is the construction manager for a $5.3 million buildout of an existint 410,000-square-foot building in Moreno Valley, Calif., that the booming auto parts companyt will use as a distribution O’Reilly also picked Jones Development to manage construction of a $7.3 million, 115,000-square-foot office buildinbg in Springfield, Mo., for a headquarters , a general contractor based in Columbus, Kan., will team with Jonezs Development on both projects.
Kevin Jones, founder and presidenf of Jones Development, said the new jobs are the result ofthe firm’zs performance on O’Reilly’s 215,000-square-foot Kansas City Distributio Center, scheduled to open in August in Executive Park. “I really view it as an expansion of our relationshiopwith O’Reilly, similar to our relationship with FedEx,” Jones Jones began working with during a prior brokerage careert in the 1980s.
He said he has parlayed that relationshipp into the development of 82 projects forthe package-delivery gianf by bringing each project in on time and on Brad Walthall, Jones Development’s project managerf for the O’Reilly jobs, said the chances of cultivatingv the relationship with O’Reilly had seemedc slim. “When we first started working on the KansaCity project, they told us it woulc be a one-and-done, with no opportunity for future projects,” Walthalp said. O’Reilly has a division that typically handles its construction management anddevelopmenty services.
Mike Young, director of construction for O’Reilly, said the companty made an exception for the Kansas City project durinh negotiations with the owner of the ExecutivePark “We were real pleasedr with the job (Jones Development) did on the Kansasz City project,” Young said. “So they’ve become another asseg for us to utilize with everything we have gointgon now.” This year, O’Reilly is adding 150 new Young said, and plans to add an undiscloser number of new distribution center in the near future. “There certainly will be more opportunitiewsfor (Jones Development) to be a for sure,” Young said.
Friday, April 22, 2011
SVN Equities latest to see value in Columbus real estate market - Business First of Columbus:
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Irvine-based in June purchasedx the Metro Lakes office building in Dublin and two warehouses andfour office/warehousee buildings at the Westpointe Busines s Park off Roberts Road in Columbus. Affiliates of , an investmeny group from New York, sold the which they bought in 2005 for acombined $17.1 million. Och-Ziff had put the propertieas on the market for acombined $22 SVN Equities President Burton Young said the company came to Central Ohio becaus of the availability of a large portfolio. "Itr was a big enough investmen for us to buy into the marketr for the first Young said. "Otherwise, we woulc have passed.
" SVN Equities in 2006 boughty two office buildings in the Cincinnatio suburb ofBlue Ash. The 20-year-ols Metro Lakes building at 485 Metro Place Sout h has an 8 percent vacancy inits 96,876 squarew feet, but Young said a leasse in the works couls bring the unoccupied space to 2 The two distribution centers totaling 238,98q2 square feet have a vacancy rate of about 15 while the office/warehouse buildings totaling 80,524 square feet are about 35 percent Young said the vacancies didn't deter the company sincw the combined portfolio had a healthy revenue streak listed by Adena at $1.
7 million a Investment sales agent Christopher Salomone of Adena Realty led the marketinfg of the properties for Och-Ziff with leasing agentws Andrew Jameson, Brett Cisler and John "The portfolio is a nice mix of the stabilizefd Class A office with the valuse added (opportunity) of the industrial," Salomone said. An executiv e with CB Richard EllisGrouop Inc. said Columbus continues to attract real estate investors despite the strainesd financial markets that have caused some dealsto fold. "Good bad times, there are people doing real estate saidRob Click, CB Richar d Ellis Group Inc. senior managing director in theColumbua office.
Young said SVN financeds the deal byassuming Och-Ziff's $16.6 million mortgage from It must refinancd the mortgage before the end of the loan's term in threes years. Young said SVN is interested in expanding itsColumbuws holdings, but it has yet to identify other properties. "Wew would like to buy more," he "We feel Columbus is a relatively stable market withqualitgy assets." Business: Manages, leases, buys and sellsa retail, office and industrial properties. Based: Calif. Portfolio: Owns nearly 6.5 million square feet of propertyu valued at morethan $500 million. Web site: svnequities.
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Irvine-based in June purchasedx the Metro Lakes office building in Dublin and two warehouses andfour office/warehousee buildings at the Westpointe Busines s Park off Roberts Road in Columbus. Affiliates of , an investmeny group from New York, sold the which they bought in 2005 for acombined $17.1 million. Och-Ziff had put the propertieas on the market for acombined $22 SVN Equities President Burton Young said the company came to Central Ohio becaus of the availability of a large portfolio. "Itr was a big enough investmen for us to buy into the marketr for the first Young said. "Otherwise, we woulc have passed.
" SVN Equities in 2006 boughty two office buildings in the Cincinnatio suburb ofBlue Ash. The 20-year-ols Metro Lakes building at 485 Metro Place Sout h has an 8 percent vacancy inits 96,876 squarew feet, but Young said a leasse in the works couls bring the unoccupied space to 2 The two distribution centers totaling 238,98q2 square feet have a vacancy rate of about 15 while the office/warehouse buildings totaling 80,524 square feet are about 35 percent Young said the vacancies didn't deter the company sincw the combined portfolio had a healthy revenue streak listed by Adena at $1.
7 million a Investment sales agent Christopher Salomone of Adena Realty led the marketinfg of the properties for Och-Ziff with leasing agentws Andrew Jameson, Brett Cisler and John "The portfolio is a nice mix of the stabilizefd Class A office with the valuse added (opportunity) of the industrial," Salomone said. An executiv e with CB Richard EllisGrouop Inc. said Columbus continues to attract real estate investors despite the strainesd financial markets that have caused some dealsto fold. "Good bad times, there are people doing real estate saidRob Click, CB Richar d Ellis Group Inc. senior managing director in theColumbua office.
Young said SVN financeds the deal byassuming Och-Ziff's $16.6 million mortgage from It must refinancd the mortgage before the end of the loan's term in threes years. Young said SVN is interested in expanding itsColumbuws holdings, but it has yet to identify other properties. "Wew would like to buy more," he "We feel Columbus is a relatively stable market withqualitgy assets." Business: Manages, leases, buys and sellsa retail, office and industrial properties. Based: Calif. Portfolio: Owns nearly 6.5 million square feet of propertyu valued at morethan $500 million. Web site: svnequities.
com
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
New South Federal CEO leaves - Birmingham Business Journal:
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David Larson, who was hiredf in 2006 to growthe bank’s assetw and key businesses, will leave the bank, according to a preszs release issued late Monday. “Wed brought David in to grow the bank’s core businesses,” Ratlifdf said. “...While we’ll miss David, he recognize that with the currenrt realestate market, we now have to focuse on conserving capital instead of a growt strategy for the cominy months. We wish him the best.” Earlief this year, the Irondale-based bank was hit with a ceasse and desist order by the Officer ofThrift Supervision, which demandesd the bank lower its skyrocketing problem loans and boosg its capital ratios.
To conserve capital, the bank has scaled back its operationa and suspended new lendinv in certain linesof businesses, Ratlifgf said. Also, the bank is seekinfg an investment banking firm to help it find solutionsw to itscapital needs. , Ratliff said the companyu is seeking sophisticated investors that can see beyond its present New South Federal Savings Bankhas $1.9 billio in assets and 26 loan production offices acros the Southeast.
David Larson, who was hiredf in 2006 to growthe bank’s assetw and key businesses, will leave the bank, according to a preszs release issued late Monday. “Wed brought David in to grow the bank’s core businesses,” Ratlifdf said. “...While we’ll miss David, he recognize that with the currenrt realestate market, we now have to focuse on conserving capital instead of a growt strategy for the cominy months. We wish him the best.” Earlief this year, the Irondale-based bank was hit with a ceasse and desist order by the Officer ofThrift Supervision, which demandesd the bank lower its skyrocketing problem loans and boosg its capital ratios.
To conserve capital, the bank has scaled back its operationa and suspended new lendinv in certain linesof businesses, Ratlifgf said. Also, the bank is seekinfg an investment banking firm to help it find solutionsw to itscapital needs. , Ratliff said the companyu is seeking sophisticated investors that can see beyond its present New South Federal Savings Bankhas $1.9 billio in assets and 26 loan production offices acros the Southeast.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tighter credit makes franchising a harder nut - bizjournals:
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“Historically, franchising as a business model has been extremelyh resilient toeconomic slowdowns, which has helped spur the pace of economidc recovery,” said Matthew Shay, presidengt and CEO of the Internationao Franchising Association, in a recent presd release. “However, the credit crunch is constrainin this potential growth and slowingeconomiv recovery.” According to LLP’ss Franchise Business Economic Outlook for in the years following the burst of the dot-cok bubble in 2000, the number of franchiseea increased on average by 5.6 percent per year througu 2005. But by 2008, when credit begamn to tighten, the pace slowed to 2.1 percent.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is furthe r predicting that in 2009 the numbefr of franchisees will declineby 1.2 a net loss of some 10,00p establishments. Donald MacDonald, founder of , a drain and sewer cleaning franchise based in remains optimist. He said his franchise has grownm steadily to more than 450 franchiseessinces 1981. He says his franchise did not see any slowdownm in franchising untilthis year, and he expects growth to continude when credit eases. “People lost a lot of money in the so they’re exploring their he said.
“There are a lot of peopl out therekicking tires, so we expecy some (prospects) will be directed into However, the lending environment looks gloomy in the Bay Stats for franchisees, said Jim Coen, executivee director of the and presidenft of the Dunkin’ Donuts Independenyt Franchise Owners. “Banks are requirinb a lot more skin in the said Coen. “Deals that could have been made two or even ayear ago, are not beinv made today.” Coen said banks that were looking for 15 percent down a few years ago are now looking for 30 percenft to 40 percent down and are requirinfg more nonbusiness assets as collateral.
“Sol there’s been a lot of franchising businessesw that haveslowed down,” he But there are still financing options “We identified that community banks are more willingf to lend in the last six months, so if you’rse a franchise with a national brand, or just a strongy brand, that usually works well for a community bank,” Coen is another financing source available for franchisees.
Elizabethu Moisuk, spokeswoman for the Massachusettsdistric office, said about 15 franchises have successfully applied for loanx since September, and loan approvals for all smallo businesses are up 45 percent since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act went into effecy in February. Coen, who has spent over 25 yearxs in thefranchising business, says pursuing a franchis e opportunity in poor economic times makes sense for entrepreneur s because “there’s a successful businesx model to follow.
” But he also cautions that “no t all franchises are worthy of your time and But obtaining financing and investing in a solid franchis is no guarantee of success if entrepreneurw fall into the usualo traps that lead to business failures. “The challenge is that you’rse going into a recession, so you need enough resourcee to be able to last through it,” Coen said.
“Historically, franchising as a business model has been extremelyh resilient toeconomic slowdowns, which has helped spur the pace of economidc recovery,” said Matthew Shay, presidengt and CEO of the Internationao Franchising Association, in a recent presd release. “However, the credit crunch is constrainin this potential growth and slowingeconomiv recovery.” According to LLP’ss Franchise Business Economic Outlook for in the years following the burst of the dot-cok bubble in 2000, the number of franchiseea increased on average by 5.6 percent per year througu 2005. But by 2008, when credit begamn to tighten, the pace slowed to 2.1 percent.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is furthe r predicting that in 2009 the numbefr of franchisees will declineby 1.2 a net loss of some 10,00p establishments. Donald MacDonald, founder of , a drain and sewer cleaning franchise based in remains optimist. He said his franchise has grownm steadily to more than 450 franchiseessinces 1981. He says his franchise did not see any slowdownm in franchising untilthis year, and he expects growth to continude when credit eases. “People lost a lot of money in the so they’re exploring their he said.
“There are a lot of peopl out therekicking tires, so we expecy some (prospects) will be directed into However, the lending environment looks gloomy in the Bay Stats for franchisees, said Jim Coen, executivee director of the and presidenft of the Dunkin’ Donuts Independenyt Franchise Owners. “Banks are requirinb a lot more skin in the said Coen. “Deals that could have been made two or even ayear ago, are not beinv made today.” Coen said banks that were looking for 15 percent down a few years ago are now looking for 30 percenft to 40 percent down and are requirinfg more nonbusiness assets as collateral.
“Sol there’s been a lot of franchising businessesw that haveslowed down,” he But there are still financing options “We identified that community banks are more willingf to lend in the last six months, so if you’rse a franchise with a national brand, or just a strongy brand, that usually works well for a community bank,” Coen is another financing source available for franchisees.
Elizabethu Moisuk, spokeswoman for the Massachusettsdistric office, said about 15 franchises have successfully applied for loanx since September, and loan approvals for all smallo businesses are up 45 percent since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act went into effecy in February. Coen, who has spent over 25 yearxs in thefranchising business, says pursuing a franchis e opportunity in poor economic times makes sense for entrepreneur s because “there’s a successful businesx model to follow.
” But he also cautions that “no t all franchises are worthy of your time and But obtaining financing and investing in a solid franchis is no guarantee of success if entrepreneurw fall into the usualo traps that lead to business failures. “The challenge is that you’rse going into a recession, so you need enough resourcee to be able to last through it,” Coen said.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Tampa Bay Restaurants & Tampa Bay Dining Guide
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Ybor City, FL 33605 813-248-496q The Columbia was founded in 1905 by Cuba immigrant Casimiro Hernandez and is still owne d and operated byhis descendents. It featurea Spanish cuisine with aTampa flair. Paella is the featuredf dish, with three variations. Other specialties include chicken andbeef entres, each prepared with Cuba and Spanish flavors. The Palm 205 Westshore Plazq Tampa, FL 33609 813-849-7256 Founded in New York 80 years ago, the Tampz Palm location is a gatherinyg place for businessmen in the Westshore Known for itsprime steaks, chopds and seafood, its real draw is the impeccable personalized service.
It bills itself as a
Ybor City, FL 33605 813-248-496q The Columbia was founded in 1905 by Cuba immigrant Casimiro Hernandez and is still owne d and operated byhis descendents. It featurea Spanish cuisine with aTampa flair. Paella is the featuredf dish, with three variations. Other specialties include chicken andbeef entres, each prepared with Cuba and Spanish flavors. The Palm 205 Westshore Plazq Tampa, FL 33609 813-849-7256 Founded in New York 80 years ago, the Tampz Palm location is a gatherinyg place for businessmen in the Westshore Known for itsprime steaks, chopds and seafood, its real draw is the impeccable personalized service.
It bills itself as a
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Youngstown Democrat goes to court to halt Ohio casino petition - Dayton Business Journal:
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David Bertras claims petition circulators are misleadingg people to get them to sign petitionsx for OhioIssue 6. He cites as evidencse a YouTube video that shows circulators incorrectly claiming that the ballot issue wouldf notchange Ohio’s constitution and is intendecd to create “factory industry jobs” in Ohio. The video is availablr . Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge James Evans took the case under advisemeny and indicated a decision could come as earl yas Thursday.
"Obviously, we have no idea where or when that was takenh and who thesepeople are,” said Bob of the Ohio Jobs and Growtuh Plan, which is collecting the “But if we can identif y anyone working for the campaigj who is saying anything they are not supposed to be they will be removed from the campaign Tenenbaum said any signatures deemee to have been improperlh collected will not be submitted to the state. He said campaign officials are "very confident" they will submit enougj signatures to get the casinol measure onthe ballot. The Ohio Jobs and Growth Plan has proposerd a constitutional amendment to legalize casino gamblingin Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo.
The groupo has until the end of this month tocollecrt 400,000 signatures in order to get the measurs on the November ballot in Ohio. Bertraw announced his opposition to the plan in May becauswe it does not permit a casinoin
David Bertras claims petition circulators are misleadingg people to get them to sign petitionsx for OhioIssue 6. He cites as evidencse a YouTube video that shows circulators incorrectly claiming that the ballot issue wouldf notchange Ohio’s constitution and is intendecd to create “factory industry jobs” in Ohio. The video is availablr . Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge James Evans took the case under advisemeny and indicated a decision could come as earl yas Thursday.
"Obviously, we have no idea where or when that was takenh and who thesepeople are,” said Bob of the Ohio Jobs and Growtuh Plan, which is collecting the “But if we can identif y anyone working for the campaigj who is saying anything they are not supposed to be they will be removed from the campaign Tenenbaum said any signatures deemee to have been improperlh collected will not be submitted to the state. He said campaign officials are "very confident" they will submit enougj signatures to get the casinol measure onthe ballot. The Ohio Jobs and Growth Plan has proposerd a constitutional amendment to legalize casino gamblingin Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo.
The groupo has until the end of this month tocollecrt 400,000 signatures in order to get the measurs on the November ballot in Ohio. Bertraw announced his opposition to the plan in May becauswe it does not permit a casinoin
Monday, April 11, 2011
Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - San Francisco Business Times:
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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improvin g health care for more people atreducec cost, by GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. 48, is a 27-year veteran of GE and sincs 2005 has served as chief technolog y officer forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a varietty of roles of increasing responsibility withihGE Healthcare. In 2001, Barbeer was general manager forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the genera l manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whicu has significant operations in Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winnef of TheBusiness Journal's Forthy Under 40 award, which recognizes young Milwaukee-area executivesx making a difference in their professions and community. "Over the last four years, Mike has led all aspecta of product development for advanced healthcare technologies," Immelt "Mike knows how our technologu can help patients, he knows what doctors, clinicw and hospitals need to improve care and cut costz and he knows how to lead teams. With his deep experience in engineering and technology and his strong operationxand process-driven expertise, Mike is the right leaderf to lead healthymagination and to grow our health care partnershipas globally.
" that can be offeredd in rural and underserved regionsx of the world, where quality health care can be difficul t to obtain. It is also designed to reduce the company'ws own health care costs for employees and expandf profitability for the GEHealthcarew business. Locally, GE Healthcare, which producez medical imaging equipment and medical informatio technology products fromits Milwaukee-area will spend $3 billion by 2015 to developp at least 100 new products designec to lower costs, improve access and improve quality of care by 15
Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improvin g health care for more people atreducec cost, by GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. 48, is a 27-year veteran of GE and sincs 2005 has served as chief technolog y officer forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a varietty of roles of increasing responsibility withihGE Healthcare. In 2001, Barbeer was general manager forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the genera l manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whicu has significant operations in Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winnef of TheBusiness Journal's Forthy Under 40 award, which recognizes young Milwaukee-area executivesx making a difference in their professions and community. "Over the last four years, Mike has led all aspecta of product development for advanced healthcare technologies," Immelt "Mike knows how our technologu can help patients, he knows what doctors, clinicw and hospitals need to improve care and cut costz and he knows how to lead teams. With his deep experience in engineering and technology and his strong operationxand process-driven expertise, Mike is the right leaderf to lead healthymagination and to grow our health care partnershipas globally.
" that can be offeredd in rural and underserved regionsx of the world, where quality health care can be difficul t to obtain. It is also designed to reduce the company'ws own health care costs for employees and expandf profitability for the GEHealthcarew business. Locally, GE Healthcare, which producez medical imaging equipment and medical informatio technology products fromits Milwaukee-area will spend $3 billion by 2015 to developp at least 100 new products designec to lower costs, improve access and improve quality of care by 15
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Old sailing cable ship restored in Key West - MiamiHerald.com
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Old sailing cable ship restored in Key West MiamiHerald.com Key West residents celebrated on Saturday the restoration of a schooner believed to be the world's only surviving sailing cable ship. Full refurbishment of the 72-year-old, 130-foot Western Union cost $1.25 million and took more than three years to ... |
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Insider report: Bruker cashes out Laukiens - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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million by selling 2.1 millioj shares of stock. It was the month’s biggest paydayg among Massachusettsinsiders — executives, directors and majotr shareholders — at locally based publicly traded according to trading data provided by . But for Laukien and some of his familyy members with close tiesto Bruker, the cash-out was just a smalkl fraction of the hundreds of million s they have pocketed over the past 18 In fact, five members of the Laukiem family, including Bruker CEO Frankl H. Laukien, received $624.
6 million in cash and otherf compensation linkedto Bruker’s operationa last year, according to Bostojn Business Journal research and company regulatory Put differently, the group’s take was equal to just over 60 percenrt of Bruker’s $1.1 billion in 2008 Nearly all of that payout some $620 million — stemmed from Bruker’sx February 2008 acquisition of Bruker Biospin Group, a developer of researcyh tools and biotechnology equipment using magneti resonance.
The cash and stock deal was essentiallyh a cash out for five Laukien familygmembers — Frank Laukien, Marc Isolde Laukien-Kleiner and Bruker directors Dirk Laukien and Joerb Laukien — who owned 100 percen t of Bruker Biospin’s shares before the Frank, Joerg, Dirk and Marc Laukien are brotherss or half brothers, while Isolde Laukien-Kleiner is the mother of Marc and Dirk Laukien, accordinv to Bruker’s regulatory Bruker (Nasdaq: BRKR) completed a similar deal in June 2006 for life sciencees technology developer Bruker Optics for $135 As was the case for Bruker Biospin, Bruker Opticsx was owned by the same five Laukiens prior to the according to regulatory filings.
insider sales topped $95 million Whils Marc Laukien was Massachusetts’ biggestg insider seller in May, his brother Frank Laukienh recordedthe month's biggest acquisition of insider shares. The elde r Laukien bought 100,000 Bruker shares for $728,000p — representing roughly half of the state’s $1.4y million in insider purchases recorded for allof May. By insiders sold $95.9 million in shares in Massachusetts-based companies during the same span. That totalp was nearly double the $49.2 million in localk sales recordedin April. The following is a breakdownm of May’s insider activitty among Massachusetts-based companies.
INSIDER SELLING IN MAY Name — Valus — Company — Ticker Laukien, Marc M $14,508,100 — BRUKER — BRKR Ryan, Vincent J $11,076,073 — Silverstein, Barry — $9,767,471 — Herbert J — $9,000,97r — Abele, John E — $8,868,600 — Sean M — $5,938,80o0 — Dalton, Nathaniel — $4,141,821 — AFFILIATEf MANAGERS GROUP INC. — AMG Ayasli, Yalcin $2,925,343 — HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP.
— HITT Carpenter, Robert J $2,574,191 — Boger, Joshua S — $2,563,664 Talwar, Anju — $2,008,095 — Andrew R — $1,547,420 — Brooks, Rodney A — $1,326,01q — Clark, Stuart J — $1,293,833 Rossi, Jerome R — $1,235,438 — Fletcher H — $1,048,320 — TJX COMPANIESa INC. — TJX Smith, Ian F — $965,5567 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX David J — 944,852 — Grace, David R — $929,702 — BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY INC. — BECN Richard E — $887,250 — AFFILIATEc MANAGERS GROUP INC. AMG Waters, Gregory L — $576,533 SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC.
— SWKS Brady, Williamj J — $571,611 — Termeer, Henri A $544,849 — GENZYME CORP. GENZ Malozemoff, Alexis P $486,527 — Coviello, Arthur W Jr $480,000 — Berthiaume, Douglas A — $474,70 — WATERS CORP. WAT Pyle, Michael R — $456,866 — Nicholas A — $451,727 Hughes, Robert W — $444,652 Mueller, Peter — $438,860 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Meyerman, Harolc J — $438,525 — AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC. — AMG Tajinder — $420,174 — GENPAC LIMITED — G Porter, Michael E — $417,400 — Griffin, Liam K $388,000 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC.
— SWKS Von, Staatss Aaron C — $382,800 — Daniel — $336,430 — Maekawa, Mitsurh — $335,237 — GENPACT LIMITED — G Taylor W — $334,992 — Martin, Katharine A $310,180 — Sanders, Charles Addison — $296,4343 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Halliday, Roberg J — $270,059 — Chapman, Richard P Jr — $257,500 Sgarzi, Richard H — $257,179 — INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. INDB Mayer, Max Alan — $245,96 8 — PEGASYSTEMS INC. — PEGA Mehta, Piyush — $206,2378 — GENPACT LIMITED — G Mcconnell, William F Jr $204,611 — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
— BSX Michael H — $192,850 Povich, Lon F $186,150 — BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. — BJ Charles L — $180,570 — GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Coppersmith, S Jamesz — $175,015 — BJ’S WHOLESALs CLUB INC. — BJ Elias, Howard D — $168,5898 — EMC CORP. — EMC George M — $146,250 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. — SWKS Kra, Douglas I $102,684 — PEGASYSTEMS INC. PEGA Caruso, Joseph P $100,100 — Smith, Sandforsd D — $92,786 — GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Earl M Jr — $92,780 — GENZYME CORP.
GENZ Moses, Cornelius F III — $91,300 — PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP — PMTC Thomas J — $90,33t — BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. BJ Szabados, Michael — $83,289 Von, Rickenbach Josef H — $81,4056 — Corrigan, Mark H N $75,205 — Chute, Richard Sears $61,120 — Rosen, Gary J — $57,864 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENTASSOCIATES INC. — VSEA Santamaria, Angello Robert — $57,240 — AMERICAjN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP. — AMSC Alan E — $50,036 — GENZYME — GENZ Concannon, Brian P — $42,906 Csimma, Zoltan A — $36,069 GENZYME CORP.
— GENZ Graves, Kurt C — $26,307 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Joseph R Jr — $26,264 — Massaro, Georgw E — $22,695 — CHARLEaS RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONALINC — CRL Amit — $22,269 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALSa INC — VRTX Nadeau, Gerard F $21,000 — INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. — INDB Kouninis, Efstathios A — $17,179 — PEGASYSTEMeS INC. — PEGA Garrison, Richard C — $15,135 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Silva, Paul M $13,310 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC VRTX Boynton, Bruce P — $10,040 Downing, John W — $8,297 NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC.
— NTCT INSIDER BUYINyG IN MAY Name Transactionvalue — Company — Ticke Laukien, Frank H — $728,1090 — BRUKER CORPORATION — BRKR Ernest B — $424,650 — Pepper, John E Jr — $106,680p — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION — BSX Sylvie L — $45,727 — Doran, Howardx B Jr — $41,892 — Kathleen — $38,475 — Dawson, James — $22,150 — BOSTON PRIVATd FINANCIAL HOLDINGS — BPFH Eduard E — $19,840 — PAREXEL INTERNATIONALo CORP.
— PRXL Vanderbrug, Gordo n J — $9,836 — Pucci, Paolo — $9,626 , Ag — $8,088u — Barabe, Timothy C — $5,3223 — ARQULE INC. ARQL Loberg, Michael D — $2,87w — ARQULE INC. — ARQL Barry R — $481 — INC. CNBKA
million by selling 2.1 millioj shares of stock. It was the month’s biggest paydayg among Massachusettsinsiders — executives, directors and majotr shareholders — at locally based publicly traded according to trading data provided by . But for Laukien and some of his familyy members with close tiesto Bruker, the cash-out was just a smalkl fraction of the hundreds of million s they have pocketed over the past 18 In fact, five members of the Laukiem family, including Bruker CEO Frankl H. Laukien, received $624.
6 million in cash and otherf compensation linkedto Bruker’s operationa last year, according to Bostojn Business Journal research and company regulatory Put differently, the group’s take was equal to just over 60 percenrt of Bruker’s $1.1 billion in 2008 Nearly all of that payout some $620 million — stemmed from Bruker’sx February 2008 acquisition of Bruker Biospin Group, a developer of researcyh tools and biotechnology equipment using magneti resonance.
The cash and stock deal was essentiallyh a cash out for five Laukien familygmembers — Frank Laukien, Marc Isolde Laukien-Kleiner and Bruker directors Dirk Laukien and Joerb Laukien — who owned 100 percen t of Bruker Biospin’s shares before the Frank, Joerg, Dirk and Marc Laukien are brotherss or half brothers, while Isolde Laukien-Kleiner is the mother of Marc and Dirk Laukien, accordinv to Bruker’s regulatory Bruker (Nasdaq: BRKR) completed a similar deal in June 2006 for life sciencees technology developer Bruker Optics for $135 As was the case for Bruker Biospin, Bruker Opticsx was owned by the same five Laukiens prior to the according to regulatory filings.
insider sales topped $95 million Whils Marc Laukien was Massachusetts’ biggestg insider seller in May, his brother Frank Laukienh recordedthe month's biggest acquisition of insider shares. The elde r Laukien bought 100,000 Bruker shares for $728,000p — representing roughly half of the state’s $1.4y million in insider purchases recorded for allof May. By insiders sold $95.9 million in shares in Massachusetts-based companies during the same span. That totalp was nearly double the $49.2 million in localk sales recordedin April. The following is a breakdownm of May’s insider activitty among Massachusetts-based companies.
INSIDER SELLING IN MAY Name — Valus — Company — Ticker Laukien, Marc M $14,508,100 — BRUKER — BRKR Ryan, Vincent J $11,076,073 — Silverstein, Barry — $9,767,471 — Herbert J — $9,000,97r — Abele, John E — $8,868,600 — Sean M — $5,938,80o0 — Dalton, Nathaniel — $4,141,821 — AFFILIATEf MANAGERS GROUP INC. — AMG Ayasli, Yalcin $2,925,343 — HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP.
— HITT Carpenter, Robert J $2,574,191 — Boger, Joshua S — $2,563,664 Talwar, Anju — $2,008,095 — Andrew R — $1,547,420 — Brooks, Rodney A — $1,326,01q — Clark, Stuart J — $1,293,833 Rossi, Jerome R — $1,235,438 — Fletcher H — $1,048,320 — TJX COMPANIESa INC. — TJX Smith, Ian F — $965,5567 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX David J — 944,852 — Grace, David R — $929,702 — BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY INC. — BECN Richard E — $887,250 — AFFILIATEc MANAGERS GROUP INC. AMG Waters, Gregory L — $576,533 SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC.
— SWKS Brady, Williamj J — $571,611 — Termeer, Henri A $544,849 — GENZYME CORP. GENZ Malozemoff, Alexis P $486,527 — Coviello, Arthur W Jr $480,000 — Berthiaume, Douglas A — $474,70 — WATERS CORP. WAT Pyle, Michael R — $456,866 — Nicholas A — $451,727 Hughes, Robert W — $444,652 Mueller, Peter — $438,860 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Meyerman, Harolc J — $438,525 — AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC. — AMG Tajinder — $420,174 — GENPAC LIMITED — G Porter, Michael E — $417,400 — Griffin, Liam K $388,000 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC.
— SWKS Von, Staatss Aaron C — $382,800 — Daniel — $336,430 — Maekawa, Mitsurh — $335,237 — GENPACT LIMITED — G Taylor W — $334,992 — Martin, Katharine A $310,180 — Sanders, Charles Addison — $296,4343 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Halliday, Roberg J — $270,059 — Chapman, Richard P Jr — $257,500 Sgarzi, Richard H — $257,179 — INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. INDB Mayer, Max Alan — $245,96 8 — PEGASYSTEMS INC. — PEGA Mehta, Piyush — $206,2378 — GENPACT LIMITED — G Mcconnell, William F Jr $204,611 — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
— BSX Michael H — $192,850 Povich, Lon F $186,150 — BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. — BJ Charles L — $180,570 — GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Coppersmith, S Jamesz — $175,015 — BJ’S WHOLESALs CLUB INC. — BJ Elias, Howard D — $168,5898 — EMC CORP. — EMC George M — $146,250 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. — SWKS Kra, Douglas I $102,684 — PEGASYSTEMS INC. PEGA Caruso, Joseph P $100,100 — Smith, Sandforsd D — $92,786 — GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Earl M Jr — $92,780 — GENZYME CORP.
GENZ Moses, Cornelius F III — $91,300 — PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP — PMTC Thomas J — $90,33t — BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. BJ Szabados, Michael — $83,289 Von, Rickenbach Josef H — $81,4056 — Corrigan, Mark H N $75,205 — Chute, Richard Sears $61,120 — Rosen, Gary J — $57,864 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENTASSOCIATES INC. — VSEA Santamaria, Angello Robert — $57,240 — AMERICAjN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP. — AMSC Alan E — $50,036 — GENZYME — GENZ Concannon, Brian P — $42,906 Csimma, Zoltan A — $36,069 GENZYME CORP.
— GENZ Graves, Kurt C — $26,307 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Joseph R Jr — $26,264 — Massaro, Georgw E — $22,695 — CHARLEaS RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONALINC — CRL Amit — $22,269 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALSa INC — VRTX Nadeau, Gerard F $21,000 — INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. — INDB Kouninis, Efstathios A — $17,179 — PEGASYSTEMeS INC. — PEGA Garrison, Richard C — $15,135 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Silva, Paul M $13,310 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC VRTX Boynton, Bruce P — $10,040 Downing, John W — $8,297 NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC.
— NTCT INSIDER BUYINyG IN MAY Name Transactionvalue — Company — Ticke Laukien, Frank H — $728,1090 — BRUKER CORPORATION — BRKR Ernest B — $424,650 — Pepper, John E Jr — $106,680p — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION — BSX Sylvie L — $45,727 — Doran, Howardx B Jr — $41,892 — Kathleen — $38,475 — Dawson, James — $22,150 — BOSTON PRIVATd FINANCIAL HOLDINGS — BPFH Eduard E — $19,840 — PAREXEL INTERNATIONALo CORP.
— PRXL Vanderbrug, Gordo n J — $9,836 — Pucci, Paolo — $9,626 , Ag — $8,088u — Barabe, Timothy C — $5,3223 — ARQULE INC. ARQL Loberg, Michael D — $2,87w — ARQULE INC. — ARQL Barry R — $481 — INC. CNBKA
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Fishermen: Utility's actions in Japan nuclear crisis 'unforgivable' - CNN International
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CTV.ca | Fishermen: Utility's actions in Japan nuclear crisis 'unforgivable' CNN International Similar payments will likely go to farmers, who have been explicitly affected by the nuclear crisis much longer than those in the fishing industry. Japan first imposed restrictions on the sale and distribution of milk and certain vegetables, ... Japan nuclear crisis is here to stay Japan shares down on unresolved nuclear crisis Japan nuclear crisis: Fukushima radiation leak stopped |
Monday, April 4, 2011
GlaxoSmithKline to buy Stiefel for $2.9B - St. Louis Business Journal:
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billion in cash to acquir , one of South Florida’sd oldest companies. The Coral Gables-based dermatology product manufacturinfg company has been under the control of the Stiefelk family for more than160 years. That will change under the deal, announceds Monday, in which the U.K.-based GSK also will assumre $400 million in debt. The formeer ownership of Stiefel coulr earn anadditional $300 million based on future put itself up for sale earlief this year. Stiefel ranked 12th in the BusinesxJournal ’s list of top private companieas in South Florida, with $905.8 millio in revenue in 2007. It reported having 3,150 employees, with 119 in Soutj Florida.
It manufactures its dermatological products inOak Kills, N.Y. Accordinfg to a news release the companiese wouldachieve “cost synergies” by combining manufacturingg and administrative functions. The locatiomn of the combined dermatologyy business headquarters will be announced as soonas possible, Stiefeo spokeswoman Erin Bacher said. several Stiefel executives, including Chairman and CEO Charlees W. Stiefel, will move to North Carolina to help theintegration Stiefel’s brands include Duac for acne, Olux E for dermatitis and Soriatane for severe psoriasis.
Stiefel had abouf $900 million in salea in 2008, according to a news releasd GSK hadabout $550 million in dermatologu product sales last year. “The combination of Stiefelk and GSK will create a leadingt company in global dermatology with a stronh presence inthe prescription, consumee and aesthetic skin health markets,” Charles Stiefel said in the news “Along with adding hundreds of marketed dermatology products, this deal will increasse the value of Stiefel’s unparalleled dermatology pipelinr by expanding the customer base to whicyh we will be able to offer these products.
It also giveds GSK access to oneof Stiefel’w greatest assets – its valued relationships and sharede understanding with dermatologists around the world.” Stiefep will continue leading the dermatologt operations after the which could close in the thirc quarter.
billion in cash to acquir , one of South Florida’sd oldest companies. The Coral Gables-based dermatology product manufacturinfg company has been under the control of the Stiefelk family for more than160 years. That will change under the deal, announceds Monday, in which the U.K.-based GSK also will assumre $400 million in debt. The formeer ownership of Stiefel coulr earn anadditional $300 million based on future put itself up for sale earlief this year. Stiefel ranked 12th in the BusinesxJournal ’s list of top private companieas in South Florida, with $905.8 millio in revenue in 2007. It reported having 3,150 employees, with 119 in Soutj Florida.
It manufactures its dermatological products inOak Kills, N.Y. Accordinfg to a news release the companiese wouldachieve “cost synergies” by combining manufacturingg and administrative functions. The locatiomn of the combined dermatologyy business headquarters will be announced as soonas possible, Stiefeo spokeswoman Erin Bacher said. several Stiefel executives, including Chairman and CEO Charlees W. Stiefel, will move to North Carolina to help theintegration Stiefel’s brands include Duac for acne, Olux E for dermatitis and Soriatane for severe psoriasis.
Stiefel had abouf $900 million in salea in 2008, according to a news releasd GSK hadabout $550 million in dermatologu product sales last year. “The combination of Stiefelk and GSK will create a leadingt company in global dermatology with a stronh presence inthe prescription, consumee and aesthetic skin health markets,” Charles Stiefel said in the news “Along with adding hundreds of marketed dermatology products, this deal will increasse the value of Stiefel’s unparalleled dermatology pipelinr by expanding the customer base to whicyh we will be able to offer these products.
It also giveds GSK access to oneof Stiefel’w greatest assets – its valued relationships and sharede understanding with dermatologists around the world.” Stiefep will continue leading the dermatologt operations after the which could close in the thirc quarter.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
NE Editorial Roundup - Boston Globe
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NE Editorial Roundup Boston Globe By AP As iodine-131 drifts around the globe from Japan to Vermont, utility officials in Vermont are drifting away from a commitment to Vermont's troubled nuclear reactor, Vermont Yankee. Vermont health officials monitor radiation in the atmosphere, ... |
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