Monday, January 30, 2012

10 years after beef plant fire, Founders Park is a “hidden jewel” - Rapid City Journal

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10 years after beef plant fire, Founders Park is a “hidden jewel”

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Several businesses have located in the new Founders Park development. The businesses are located on the site of the former Federal Beef plant that burned down 10 years ago. The businesses are seen here on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012.



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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Seahawks Pick Courtney Upshaw In Latest Mock - 12th Man Rising

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Seahawks Pick Courtney Upshaw In Latest Mock

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Earlier I release my most recent Mock Draft, and I have the Seahawks picking OLB/DE Courtney Upshaw out of Alabama. Upshaw is an incredible playmaker on defense. He can play with his hand on the ground and rush the passer as a DE, and he can also play ...



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Thursday, January 26, 2012

TWA steamed over Wall Street Journal article - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Larry Bayliss has a court date with Bank of His age discrimination suit is set to go to triaol in October in FederalCourt here, unless the two sidee can reach a settlement. Bayliss was a long-timw marketer for NationsBank until he was fired in July 1998 at the ageof 57, shortlyy before Bank of America bought NationsBank. Washingtonn Ave. action McGowan Brothers Development Corp. and Millennium Automotivw partnered to purchasethe 125,000-square-foot Redman Building at 1228 Washingtohn Ave. for nearly $1.2 million. They plan to spende another $10 million for renovationw to create loft apartments and a new headquarterszfor Millennium. SportsHuddle.
com, the locally based, online sports Web site, has cut dealss with four newspapers -- San Antonio Express News, Milwaukee Raleigh News & Observer and the Knoxvillre News-Sentinel, said Chief Executive Matt The company now has more than 50 newspaper partnerws acrossthe country. Sandy Jaffe is saying hello to "Good Night, Moon," the "Run Away and other artwork from dozens of otherdclassic children's books. Jaffe's company, The purchased Peaceable Kingdom Presasin Berkeley, Calif., for more than $1 millioh earlier this month. The company holdxs the licensing rights forClement Hurd's artwork, as well as othee popular children's art.
The combined companies will have $43 milliom in sales and nearly200 people. Richard Sills is bringintg his 25 years of experienc running galleries inLos Angeles, Hawaiij and Santa Fe, to Wentworth Gallery in the St. Louie Galleria. His first schedulee show is Sept. 9 featurinyg Israeli artist David Schluss. That will be followed by a fall eveng with worksby Picasso, Renoir and Rembrandt. Back on the market?? Colliers Turley Martin Tucker continues to market the WorldCom Buildinghnear U.S. 40 and State Route 141, even thougyh Broadband Investment Group has the building under contractfor $37.
r million and a closing date in "We're still showing the building at the request of said Larry Reed of Colliers. Pittsburghb law firm Doepken Keevican Weis has snatched up four lawyers as it works to buildsa St. Louis intellectual property boutique. Joining are Rudy formerly of Senniger, Powers, Leavittt & Roedel; Bryan Wheelock and Joe both fromHowell & and Caroline Chicoine from Blackwell Sanders Peperd Martin.
Edward Dressel and his partners have takenbtheir 1,200 clients and the $120 milliojn in assets they manage from Prudential Securitiews in Clayton to PaineWebber's Chesterfield The Dressel Financial Group includes Dressel'sa son, Michael, Virginia Kase and Kathleeh Waldman. Contact Rick Desloge at rdesloge@bizjournals.com

Monday, January 23, 2012

Credit vacuum prompts HBIF effort to fund skills training - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Designed to support Hispanic entrepreneurs and smallbusinesds owners, the program providesa Tampa Bay area recipients with cut-rate prices for scholarshipp services, which include business and marketing planninyg and legal and accounting assessment. The economic development organizatioj provides various management educational programs and services and has allottedabout $150,000 for the but is evaluating the possibility of puttingg more money into it, said Ed president. A similar scholarship program focusing onsmall Hispanic-owned businesses has been offered in the past by HBIF in the Orlandi area.
“We think this is a good time to expanx this to help existing clients as well asnew ones,” Bustoes said. The current economic climatde makes it more difficult than ever to getcommercialk funding, as businesses are required to meet stricted standards. HBIF’s scholarship services can provide an edge inobtaininy financing. “A lot of our clients have a businese plan, but it’s in their heads,” Bustos “Our business plan service is themost popular.” Marketint plan services and resources also are in demand, said Yaninw Rosario, VP of the nonprofit.
Other scholarships available includee business legalstructure assessment, Web site accounting assessment and loan documentationb preparation. HBIF, which has an annua l operating budget of morethan $1 million, analyzes applicantsx for the program and develops a scholarship package to addresas business needs. The organization’s staf f presents applications to a committede of professionalsto evaluate. Starting in February, the committew will meet monthly to consider applicationsfor services.
Depending on the busines s and level offunding granted, recipientds can get scholarships at reduced costs rangingv from 25 percent less to completely free HBIF uses outside providers and resources for its scholarship Applicants for the scholarship program must meet certaihn qualifications to ensure growth potential. The businesds owner must be a U.S. citizejn or permanent resident, and the businessd must be at least 51 percent Hispanic ownedrand operated. HBIF says it has created or saved more than 500 jobs in the Tampaw and Orlando areas through the scholarship program and othedrbusiness assistance.
Five of those jobs are at in Owner Diego Echeverry turnes to HBIF when he needed to find financing to expand his iceproduction business. Echeverry was renting a and through guidance and education providexby HBIF, he applied for and received a loan for constructiom of a new 6,300-square-foot plant. “We can make 20 tons of ice per day he said. “We have a lot of restauran t and convenience store routes and do eventwslike Gasparilla.” This weekend, Echeverrty and his employees will provide ice and an ice sculpture for Supet Bowl events.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Ford sales climb to highest level since July - Dayton Business Journal:

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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparerd with May 2008, when the company sold 213,238i units. For the first five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 compared with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyer might be coming back to the luxuryvehicler market, Ford’s Lincoln division reporte d that it sold 8,566 unitz in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,3645 units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvills Assembly Plant on FernValley Road, declinedd 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unites from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercuryu Mountaineer, also made at Louisville Assembly, droppedf 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitse a year earlier. Saleds of F-Series pickup trucks, including Superf Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truck Plant onChamberlaijn Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,973w units in May 2008. Salezs of Ford Expedition SUVs, which begaj production at Kentucky Truck Plantin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,15 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolh Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 to 790 units from 1,3209 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yea gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 19,78y6 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 perceny from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 units.
Lincolnn sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percengt from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percenft from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumerxto dealerships. Through June 30, the automakefr will cover as much as threre months of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Creditf subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on selecf Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Two Waikiki hotels to become college dorms - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The 70-unit Hawaiiana Hotel and 77-unit Whitesands Hotel will be managed by Hawaiian Student a subsidiary of Hawaiian Island The rooms are 300 square feet studios with a kitcheh and bathroom and open to registered students with leasews availableby semester, on an annuapl bases and during the summer. The leases will starg the week beforethe ’ fall semester begins on Aug. 22. The Beachwalk Dorm at the Hawaiianz Hotel, located at 260 Beach Walk, has priced a bed in a doublee roomat $595 per month and $925 per monthn for a studio, singld occupancy. Rates at the Whitesands, located at 431 Nohonanj St.
, are $925 per month for a studio, singlwe occupancy, $395 to $595 per mont h based on double occupancy, and $425 to $495 per montnh based on triple occupancy. A security deposit, applicatio n fee and criminal background check are Peter Savio, owner Hawaiian Island said, “For neighbor-island kids, Waikiko is a fun place to start a college experience. Oahu students may find living in a dorm in Waikikkia cost-effective and time-efficienyt choice over driving daily from the Hawaiian Student Suites currently operates dorms at Kalo Waikiki West, Tradewinds Mauka, and Ala Moanaz Towers, offering more than 700 dorm beds for studenr rentals.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Range Resources production hits record - Fort Worth Star Telegram

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Range Resources production hits record

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By Jack Z. Smith Fort Worth-based Range Resources, a major operator in the Marcellus Shale natural gas play in Pennsylvania, said today it posted record fourth-quarter production and that 2011 marked its eighth consecutive year of double-digit gains in ...


RANGE ACHIEVES RECORD PRODUCTION

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Range Resources Says Q4 Prod uction "Exceeds Guidance" - Quick Facts

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Range Resources Q4 production up 16 pct

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