Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Study: Energy industry tops emission mitigation spending - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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billion from 2000 to 2008 in technologies to reduced greenhousegas emissions, according to a national study. The amount represents the largest chunk about 44percent — of the total invested by all U.S. privatwe industry and the federal • Some $30.6 billion went into advanced end-uss technologies, such as combined heat and power (cogeneration), carbon capture and storage, and advanced • Fuel substitution — in which a lower greenhousde gas emission fuel such as naturall gas was substituted for a higherdone — accounted for $21.1 • More than $6.7 billion supported development of nonhydrocarbo n energy sources, such as wind, biofuels and solar power.
The total amountf spent by all U.S. industriese and the federal government on greenhouse gas mitigation durinfg the period of the studieswas $133 billion. The study was undertakenm by T2 and Associatesa and the Center for Energg Economics at the using data from 420 company annual federalbudget documents, and other public

Saturday, November 26, 2011

4 finalists set for UH Cancer Center job - Business First of Buffalo:

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The finalists will participate ina two-day period of visits and public presentations at the Cancer Research Centeer on Lauhala Street beginning next The finalists are Robert W. Haile, who has worked as associatd director of cancer causes and prevention at the Universitt of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center forthree years. A public presentation by Hailed is scheduled for June 24 from4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Anthonyg Shields, associate center director for clinicall research at the Karmanos Cancer Center Institute in Detroit forseven years. Shields has been a professor of medicinee at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Michigaj for14 years.
A public presentation is scheduledf for July 6 from4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. interim director of the UH Manoa Cancer Research is a professor and chair of the department of He has been serving as interij directorsince Dec. 1, 2008. Carbone’s presentatiomn is scheduled for July 13 from4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Steveh R. Patierno, has been the executive director of the Georgs Washington University Cancer Institutein Washington, D.C. for six yearzs and is a professorof pharmacology, genetics and and environmental and occupational health.
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

AT&T to Record $4 Billion Costs on T-Mobile USA Deal Risks - BusinessWeek

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Philip Freedman, a broker with Flagstone Realty, said he would not identify the which operatesa Florida-based real estate investmenft company. The sale closed Wednesday, as negotiationes were being finalized totrade O’Neal from the Phoenix Suns to the Cleveland Freedman said Friday that the buyer was attracted becauses the 2.5-acre, waterfront site is “a spectacular piece of and intended it for “personal use”. O’Neal paid $19.
million for the property that included $1 million in Former center Rony Seikaly also owned the home at one The 7-foot-1 center, who helped brinfg an NBA championship to the Miamk Heat, had tried several time s to sell the The first time O’Neap put it on the the price tag was more than $30 but was soon pulled off the market. The pricw eventually dropped to $22.5r million. Both New York Yankees sluggere Alex Rodriguez and aTony award-winnin Broadway producer had contracts fall through. providedf O’Neal with two mortgagess on the propertytotaling $15 The island has been home to Sean Comb and Gloria Estefan.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Bronner: JeffCo sewer offer still stands - Birmingham Business Journal:

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But since county officials have waitedd so long to make a decision on the sewer the offering price will be he said. Last summer, Bronner offered to buy the systemn for morethan $1 billiom if the county declaredr Chapter 9 bankruptcy. As part of the Bronner said he would sell the system back to the county after seven years for thesame price. “They should have gone bankrupy eightmonths ago, then this would be past history now,” he told the Bronner served as the keynotd speaker for the annual Alabama Commercial Real Estate Conference, whichh was held Friday at the .
He advised the gatheringy to sit tight on any major decisions in commercial real estate untilMarcbh – after its fully know how deep the recession is and what Presidenft Obama’s plan will be. Both Bronner and Lawrencew Yun, chief economist for the , who presentedr an outlook earlier inthe day, said Birmingham’d commercial real estate market was less affected by the turmoio in the markets than othet cities in the country. But don’t expect the chartes to hit the positive side untikl after the third quarter of 2009 and into said Yun, discussing rent, absorption and vacancyg in all sectors of commercial real estate, with some exceptiones for apartments.
In residential real Yun pointed to the fact thatBirmingham didn’t experience a bubbl like many areas of the country, but said it certainly wasn’tf immune to the fear in the overall Yun forecasted that gross domestic product, the consumer price indec and unemployment would rise by 2010. “Forecastinv is a hazardous occupation today,” he said. The conference was to wrap up Fridayt afternoon with presentations by Susan Smithof , discussing emerging trends in commercial real and Martin Edwards, past president of the Nationap Association of Realtors, discussing survivinyg and thriving under the new administration.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Associated may post 2Q net loss - Dayton Business Journal:

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Charge-offs totaled $104 million at the end of the firsgt quarter, according to Associated’s filing with the Federal DeposigInsurance Corp. Meanwhile, second quarter net charge-offas are expected to be between $60 million and $70 Green Bay-based Associated (NASDAQ: said Monday afternoon. The figurwe was $56.9 million as of the end of the firstt quarter onMarch 31. The bank’z management said weakness in the economy has resultedin asset-qualityt downgrades to Associated’s construction, commercial real estate and commercial and industrial credits.
“We believe loan loss provisionsand charge-offxs will remain elevated due to the continuec deterioration in the real estate sector and the weak said chairman and CEO Paul “We expect the pace of loan and asset deterioration to moderate in futurs quarters.” Associated executives said that, after taking into consideration the increased loan-loss provision, the company’s capital levelsd will still exceed well-capitalizedf standards as of June 30. Associated said its boarf has formed a risk and credit committee to supplement risk management oversight performed by the company andthe company'd audit committee.
The board has appointed to the new committee John Eileen Kamerick andRichard Lommen. The company will release second-quarter results on July 16. Associated stock closed at $13.36 on Monday.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Universities chase stimulus cash for shovel-ready projects - Dallas Business Journal:

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The tens of millions of dollars in grant proposalx are targeting funding streams flowing down through the American Recovery andReinvestmeny Act’s shovel-ready initiatives. Universities faced with consecutive yearxs of funding cuts are angling to usethe shovel-ready cash to catc up on much-needed facility upgrades, build classroom to handle the influx of students in need of re-trainingt or tackle big capital projects aimed at bolsteringb academics and research. The approach is twofold at , whicnh has seen its student population surge by 12 percenr in the pasttwo years, due in part to risin g unemployment.
The college is seeking $45 million to builed additional classroom capacity on its three main campusez as well as to enhance vocational training facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellyn director of the office of grants The college wants the cash, among other to build out its and the Maroone Automotive Programk in Miramar to emphasize curriculum on maintainintg and repairing emerging green energy and hybrid systemw in boats and cars.
It also wantsw to expand classrooms foraviationh training, including a facility to train a new generation of air trafficv controllers, which are expected to be in high demandr in a few years to replacwe a wave of retiring controllers, Drotzer said. “Thesee are all shovel ready,” she said. “We have a history of traininbg in technical trades an now we are looking to be responsivse to providing curriculum in this new emerging industry ofgreenj technology.” The ’s 18-member stimulus working group meetd regularly to discuss opportunities and set a cours e to capture as much of the federalo cash as possible.
So far, the school has more than 400 proposal s seeking in excessof $350 millionb in funding. “We saw this as a very significant opportunitty for the university and to do something for the saidRichard Bookman, vice provosy of research at UM. Among the projects on the school’zs shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawater researchj center at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marinre and Atmospheric Science on Virginia Key, he said. The universitg is seeking $15 million from the and $15 millio n from the to help buildthe center, which will studyt sea creatures as well as the physics of waves on structures.
UM is also is submittingf proposals fora $15 million to $20 millionb addition to a sciencde building at its Coral Gables campus and a multi-storh research building at its medical has science, green technology and culinary trainin on its shovel-ready submission list. The school is requesting help fundingta $22.7 million hospitality management center to house a culinaryt arts school as well as $40 milliob for an extensive renovation and upgrade to decades-old facilitiess at its north campus and $1.2 milliomn for an and Technology. But by most accountws competition for stimulus funds willbe fierce.
And specifidc funding priorities from federal and state allocatorsbeyonf short-term projects that woulc create jobs quickly remains unclear, said Camillr Coley, assistant VP and interim director of sponsored researcbh at . “They are not tellin g us what they arelookingy for,” she said. But FAU is seeking $4.5 millio n to help build out water reusee infrastructure at itsnewly opened, gold levelk Leadership in Energy and and platinunm level engineering building, slated to open in 2010.
The university also is seeking federal stimulus funds to creater a road connector system at its main campud off Glades Road in Boca Raton and additional It also wants funding to put a green roof on itsadministratio building. While the application process is infull UM’s Bookman doesn’t expect the winning projectsx to be announced until the

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Universities plan $1 billion installation at Moffett Field - San Francisco Business Times:

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The group, calling itself University Associates LLC, expectss to sign a 99-yeat ground lease for 70 acres at the park beforw the end of the It plans to hire a master developer to builcd morethan 2.5 million square feet of offices, laboratories and other research and developmenr space and about 1,900 housing units. The master developerf is expected to earn from 10 percentt to 20 percent returnon investment. The main mission will be to teachu a full spectrum of technologyh subjects and to pursue research of interesgt to NASA andthe marketplace.
A secondarhy mission will be to use the new campus todemonstrat cutting-edge practices in sustainable development including green roofs, sola energy, wind turbines and plug-ins for hybri vehicles. A major announcement detailingy more aspects of the transaction is expectee as soonas January, said Mejghan chief of the 213-acre research park. Other educationap institutions involved in the negotiations with NASAincludde Foothill-De Anza Community Collegwe District, Carnegie Mellon Universityy West and Santa Clara University, according to a letter of inteng signed in March by representatives of those institutionws and the director of the , Pete All of the educational institutions have programss operating at the research park on a much smaller The deal would be the seconde major ground lease for the research park in less than a In June, NASA and Mountain View-based Google announced that the search enginw company had signed a 40-year ground leasew with NASA for more than 40 acr es at the researchb park.
With options, the lease could be extender to as many as 90 Google plans to build as muchas 1.2 million square feet of officesw and research-and-development space at the which the company may one day connect directlyg to its headquarters in the Shoreline district of Mountain a short distance away. Google also expectsa to provide employee housing as part of its With the University Associatessquare footage, ther e would be about 1 milliojn square feet of development capacit remaining at NASA Research Park. Representativess for UC Santa Cruz declined to discussthe development.
But Marth Kanter, chancellor of Foothill-De Anza, and Andy Dunn, vice chancello of business services, said the plansa represent a business and education vision for Silicon Valley for thenext “It would be a new way of deliveringt higher education to support high tech and the sciences,” Kanter said. “Cleantech and green tech are clearly goinfg to be part ofSilicon Valley’s We at Foothill supply the first two yearss of undergraduate education. We already supplyt the technical support fortraditional high-tech companies.
Our whole visionh for this is that we woulsd work together to design a site where we canbe co-locateed with these other higher education so we don’t duplicate our effort and we help our studentz move seamlessly from two-year to four-year to graduatew programs.” The Foothill-De Anza boared voted July 7 to authorize Kanterf to sign legal commitmentsz to pursue the opportunity. UC student enrollment at the site is expectedd to be around500 students.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Italy imposes ban on naked short selling - Financial Times

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Pedal to Properties takes on partner, plans expansion - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Founded and headed by Matt Kolb, Pedalk to Properties is a residentiaol real estate firm that gives clients the option of lookin at homesby bicycle. The company maintainzs a fleet of 50 ElectraCruiser bikes. Kolb has sold a 50 percentg stake in the company for an undisclosed sum to attorneTim Majors, who specialize in taking regional retail businesses national. As a partner in Peda l to Properties, Majors will work out of the company’sw Boulder office. Majors, who’s originallh from Perth, Australia, approached Kolb about investing in the real estatee firm after looking at Boulder propertieseby bicycle.
“We certainly plan to incorporate [Tim’s] national and internationa l branding expertise to expand Pedal to Propertiesz inother markets,” Kolb said in a Pedal to Properties plansa to look at opening branch offices in unspecified U.S. markets. In May, the company launched a license designation for brokers interested in using theBoulder business’ operationalo formula in their markets.
The Colorado company already is workint to expand quickly in its hometown by addinv more space and agents indowntown “I believe Pedal to Properties is in a perfect positionn to meet the evolving social and demographic changes going on in the United States with Majors said in a statement.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Monroe Co. Commission jumps into House redistricting fight - West Virginia Record

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Lake Orion Band Marches to State Championship in Detroit - Patch.com

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

NBC Universal, Microsoft strike ad alliance - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Admira analyzex demographic data on viewers to generate more targeted TV ads and also adds automationh to the buying The two companies testedthe system, usinh Admira with the NBC Local Medias group in March to buy and sell local televisiom ads in Los Angeles. "Our initial test of the systemin L.A. is off to a great Admira provides us with the potential to help attracty an entirely new segment of advertiseras to thelocal marketplace, particularly small and midsizre businesses that might not otherwise be able to buy loca television station advertising, which is a huge leap Frank Comerford, president of platform development and commercial operations for NBC Local said in a statement.
The full partnershipl is set to begihn inthe fall. The two giantsd are more known through their linkthroughy MSNBC.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Questions for Stan Laegreid, Principal, Callison - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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On owning the world’s second-largest collection of translations ofJamews Joyce’s “Ulysses.” He GOT the first one as a joke UNDEdR THE THEORY that the novel mighgt be easier for him to read in a foreignh language: There have been aboutr 30 translations; I have 28 of them. There are two that are out of prinft thatI don’t The James Joyce Centre in Dublin has all of I have copies of “Ulysses” in Hebrew, Lithuanian and Korean. It started as a joke and becam ean obsession. Every new year I would try and read but I was never able tofinish it.
The first two chapterw are good then inChapter Three, it turnsz into this stream of consciousness where he’s walkinhg on the beach and I have no idea what he’a saying. I went to Ireland for Bloomsday. I was beingt interviewed by a reporter (because they thought it was neat that I had the biggesyt Joyce collectionoutside Dublin) when, as an I said, “The irony is I have never finished it, thouguh I have tried to read it several That was the end. The featurs in the paper was abougt thisAmerican who’s come all this way, who drinkw our beer but who’s never read our book. That made me determine d to read it. Within two weeks, I had finishedx it.
On eating tiramisu everywhererhe visits: The tiramisu happened fairly innocently. When we movesd into this building I went toPalominp (restaurant) and had tiramisu that was I have this theory that the worlcd boils down to two cuisines: Italiam and sushi. On any continent you can find sushi and It has become the standard It was invented inthe ’60s, so it’s not like a recipse handed down by an old Italian mother. There’s no one righ way to make it. It comes as a a sponge cake, a pie — the only consistency is in the When all is saidand done, the best tiramisu is here at Palominok ... and I have had tiramisu on every continentbut Antarctica.
On packing light: I pack very, very lightlh and I rarely check my I try to keep my trips as short aspossible — five to seveb days. I go to Nordstrom’s evergy year and say, “I need to buy a new suit and I have to be able to fold it into alittled ball, shake it out, hang it in a closet and in six hourd be wrinkle-free.” They are very good at finding just that I carry a spray bottle — my wife laughs at me and calles it my cheap ironing I take one clean shirt and two dirty shirts and send the two dirty shirts to the laundrty when I arrive. I spray the hang it in the showefr overnight and in the morning Iam wrinkle-free.
On the only dish he’d been offered that he hasn’yt been willing to eat: Snake bloos (at an open air marketr in Japan). You order one of the snakes that’ds sitting on top of a table. They slit it open and all the bloox runsdown ... It’ws an old belief among the poor farmers that it will give you On onelevel it’s test of what you will do to be include — I did not want to be included that badly.
On his list of the world’xs best city-making experiments: Xintiandi, Roppongi Hills/Midtown, Tokyo; Makati, Manila; Potsdamed Platz, Berlin; Place De L’Etoile, Beirut; Canary London; Soho Shang Du, Beijing; Concorx Pacific Place, Vancouver, British Columbia; the Pearll District, Portland; The Pearl, Doha, Qatar.