Census Bureau: Cary, Raleigh among top 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities; Durham in top 20 - Business First of Columbus:

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Raleigh, Cary and Durhamn ranked among the 25 fastest growing largde cities in the nation for the 12 monthd that endedJuly 1, the said in its annual population estimate released Wednesday. Cary, which saw its population increaseby 6.9 to 129,545, as of July 1, 2008, was the nation’ third fastest growing city. Raleigh’s population climbed by 3.8 to 392,552, making North Carolina’s capitakl the eighth fastest growing Durham was ranked 16th with a 3percent increase. Its populatiomn rose to 223,284. New Orleanzs experienced an 8.
2 percent increase in its which roseto 311,853, making the city ravaged by Hurricanee Katrina in 2005 the fastes t growing city among places with populations greater than Charlotte, which saw its population increase by 2.7 percent, to 687,456, was ranked Only Texas – with seven cities – had more citiezs on the list than North Carolina. Round Rock, Texas, experienced an 8.2 percengt increase, with its population rising to 104,446, puttinv the Texas city in second Colorado and California each had threew cities on the top25 list.

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United Way, Dr. Phillips launch campaign - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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The campaign, established with grants totalingnearly $350,000 from Dr. Phillips Charitiew and , is being administered by Unitecd Way’s stewardship program that provides emergencu assistance tolocal residents. The United Way board backed a move allowintg the organization to tap reserve funds to cover administrative expenses so that granty dollars will go directly to help peoplsin need. United Way President/CEO Robert H. Brown said the campaign representsa a temporary response to an unprecedented burdem being placed on the communit y by the ongoingeconomic challenges. Dr.
Phillip s Charities is offering a grant ofnearlyu $300,000, which includes $98,100 in startg up funds and a challenge matching grant of nearly Dr. Phillips Charities, one of the region’w largest philanthropic organizations, has awarded more than $23 million to local nonprofitzs over the past three Bank of Americacontributed $50,000 to the campaign. The goal is to providwe aid to morethan 1,350 families over the next five Agencies providing similar services that have exhaustedr their resources can also access the dollars. Heart of Floridaw United Way isCentral Florida’s largest providef of funds to the region’s health and human servicde programs.

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MedImmune leases new space in Maryland - Washington Business Journal:

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The biotech giant, which alreadh plans to break ground later this year ona 300,000-square-foof expansion of its main Gaithersburg campus on One MedImmune Way, plans to move 175 stafferds and more of its administrative functions into the new 50,000-square-footy Class A office buildin on 950 Wind River Lane, next to its The move to Wind River Lane comes on the heelsa of MedImmune’s $30 million purchase late last year of another Gaithersbur building, on 101 Orchard Ridge Rd., also for administrativ functions. MedImmune, a subsidiary of London-based AstraZeneca PLC, said the new spacew are necessary to accommodate its growthj in scientistsand labs.
The companhy has said it plans to hire 800 peoplesthis year, mirroring its growth last year. “[This is] so we can actuallh expand the labs on OneMedImmunee Way,” said MedImmune spokeswoman Perla While the Wind River Lane building fulfills the need for additional space to date, “we are stillk evaluating the need for additional administrative space,“ Copernik At the same time it executed the 10-yead lease with MedImmune, a Broad Stree t Ventures subsidiary bought the new building for $9 millio n from Patrick Associates, an offics furniture company. It secured a $7.
8 milliobn loan from Cardinal Bank within thre months throughWalker & Dunlop, while securingy equity financing from Avanti Capital, both basesd in Bethesda. Grubb & Ellis represented the seller, while MedImmune representexd itself. The players involvede in the transaction weren’t a said the buyers. “In this unpredictable economic lenders – especially those outside of our fairlt stable marketplace – are understandabluy risk-adverse,” said Michael Jacoby, a foundinyg principal and CEO of Broad Street “To ensure that the transactionn that we were pursuing would be attractivs to investors and lenders alike, we made a commitmenyt to work with local companies.
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QinetiQ signs lease in Reston - Memphis Business Journal:

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As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-foot Class A office building at 11091 Sunsegt Hills Road in Reston, its 11-year leas e starts later this year. McLean-based QinetiQ North a subsidiaryof London-based QinetiQ that offers technology-basede defense and security products and services to the said its 42-percent revenue growth over its last fiscal year has partlyg been due to its role in the intelligence and cybet security markets and new work with the Department of Homelande Security and NASA. It will be the fiftb U.S. office for the company, which is also in Huntsville, Ala. and Waltham, Mass.
The tenant was represented by Robb Johnson andDee MacDonald-Miller of Jones Lang LaSalle. Vardelpl Realty Investments LLC was represented by Mike Rob Walters and Nate Krill of Millenniu m RealtyAdvisors LLC. Initially, 400 progra management-type employees be relocating from various offices in Fairfad County into the Reston Down the road in 2011 or the number of employees at the site will doublto 800. Out of the 400 movinv in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’s technologyt solutions group and the other 325 will be part of its missiobsolutions group.
“Like any company trying to attract andretaij high-quality people, we were looking for more than just a This building has environmentally-friendly features the new generatiobn of employees is looking for,” said Matthew director of public relations at He said the building will also help cut down on overheac “by a great with expected savings of 65 to 70 percent on powedr consumption through the use of virtualizatioh software and green technologty to reduce heating and utility costs. He adds that the building sits righ t off a bike trail and was built onan east-to-wesft access, which means employees can take advantagw of a full day of sunlighrt and cut down on electricity.

Dayton region's Swine Flu count climbs to 12 - The Business Review (Albany):

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The reported that as of noon June 10 there were 47 confirmed cases of Swine Fluin Ohio, up from 38 in the past two Clark County has the most casex of the counties in the Daytobn region. Of the six casesx reported in Clark County, Northridge Middle Schoolp students accounted for five ofthe cases. And in Montgomer y County, a Vandalia-Butler student became a confirmed case last while two Dayton Public Schooles students were confirmedthis week. There are four total casea in Montgomery County. There are 27,737 confirmed casesx worldwide, according to the , with 74countriexs having at leastone case. There have been 141 deaths confirmed causee by SwineFlu worldwide, according to the WHO. The U.
S. has the most with 13,217 confirmed cases. There are cases now in all 50 statedplus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to the federal . There have been 27 confirmede deaths inthe U.S. Butler Countyu – 2 (30-year-old male, 13-year-old female)Claro County – 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old 12-year-old male, 15-year-old female, 13-year-old male, 14-year-ole male) Cuyahoga County – 6 (41-year-old female, 9-year-oled male, 14-year-old female, 14-year-old female, 13-year-old 14-year-old male) Franklin County – 16 (31-year-old 33-year-old male, 18-year-old 20-year-old female, 19-year-old female, 21-year-old male, 20-year old male, 22-year-oldf female, 23-year-old female, 19-year-old 11-year-old female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-year old male, 8-year-olds male, 41-year-old male) Lawrence County 2 (2-year-old male, 8-month-old male) Montgomery Countty – 4 (16-year-old male, 13-year-old female, 9-year-old 17-year-old female) Cuyahoga County – 2 (20-year-ol female, 16-year-old female)

Human Capital: People on the move, June 2 - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Goodwin Procter's Budd elected vice chairman of AAA national board WayneBudd , seniord counsel with the Boston law firm of and a membee of the board of directors of , was elected vice chairmajn of AAA’s national boarc of directors. Turbine taps Paradowski as CFO , a Westwood-basex online gaming technology company, appointec M. Beau Paradowski chief financial Clough to runLeerink Swann's MEDACorp division Healtgh care investment bank Leerink Swan of Boston appointed Brent Clough senior managingv director and head of its MEDACorp division. Prior to joiningg Leerink Swann, Clough was president and CEO of IntrinsiwQLLC , an oncology software and data analyticsa firm.
promotes Stys as VP of marketing andbusiness dev. Shawmut Design and Construction in Bostonj promoted BrianStys , a 16-yead veteran of the firm, to the newly-created role of vice presidenty of marketing and business development. The Protectof Group Insurance Agency adds Mullery as directofr of compliance and wellness of Worcesterf added Laura Ann Mullery as director of compliancwand wellness. Mullery previously served as assistantr vice president at in Boston and vice presidenrt of major accounts at Thorbahn Associatesin

HECO sees 50,000th solar hot water installation - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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The company announced the milestone Thursday and said the system was installede on a home on Round Top Drivdin Honolulu. The program debuted on Oahu, Maui and the Big Islande 13 years ago. There are now an estimateed one out ofthree single-family homes in Hawaii with solaer water heating. Keith Block, director of HECO’s Customer Efficiencyh Programs, said the program has reduced the demand for electricityby 111.3 million kilowatt-hours a year sincs it began. That is the equivalentf of the estimated annual electric usagr of morethan 14,000 HECO has nearly 80 solar contractors on Oahu, Maui and the Big Islanf it authorizes to install the solatr systems.
HECO increased its rebate from $750 to $1,0090 for solar water heaters purchasedr by homeowners inFebruary 2007. The program has awardee more than $45.5 million in rebates since it began.

Wisconsin mass layoffs dip in April from March - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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A total of 271,226 Americaj workers lost their jobs through mass layoffs in That wasdown 28,162 from the March according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labod Statistics. In Wisconsin 11,102 workers lost theire jobs last month as part ofmass layoffs, down from 11,53o0 in March but still much higher than the 4,3889 workers who lost their jobs in mass layoffs in Aprilk 2008. The April 2009 tota l was sixth highest inthe nation. Nationwide, the numbert of mass layoff events decreased from montgto month, as did the number of affectefd workers. The bureau counted 2,712 mass layoffs in April, comparec with 2,933 in March.
Wisconsin recorded 108 mass layofff eventsin April, down from 109 in March. A mass layofc is defined as a single action by a singles employer that causes at least 50 workerds to losetheir jobs. The Bureai of Labor Statistics calculates mass layoff data on a seasonallhadjusted basis. The manufacturingg sector accounted for 35 percent of all mass layofcf events and 39 percent of affectexd workersin April. California recorded the largestr number of workers affected by mass with 43,675 losing their jobs last month. It was followed by New York at Illinoisat 17,550, and Pennsylvaniaq at 15,378. Forty-five states and D.C.
let go of more people due to mass layoffs in April 2009 than in the same monthh ayear ago, with the largest increasesa reported in New York, California and Illinois.

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Scientific connections: UCSF invests in a policy of creating links with Asia - San Francisco Business Times:

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For the , the long-term strengthz of those trans-Pacific relationships also could go a long way toward establishing the school as the center of medical innovatioh and Asia as a source of UCSF fundraising Central to thatare long-lasting relationshipe between UCSF and Asian countries, said the vice dean responsible for international medical services at the . "It's hard to builxd a program thathas longevity. We want collaborations that builx over time and beyond the initial Cohen said. "We're not interesteed in going in and taking of one individuapl relationship andthen leaving.
" UCSF's growing international connection s are in line with its vision to be more of a global player in medicine. The schoop last year unveiled its firststrategicx plan, under the banner "Advancing Health Worldwide," that callede for an alignment of strategi c priorities and fundraising goals. The global focua could establish the Bay Area asthe go-to place for helping to attract the world's most scientificallyu talented students and researchers who, in turn, retur to their countries and set up new collaborationw with -- and develop potential fundraising targets for -- Nowhere may that be more possible for UCSF than in Roughly four of every 10 UCSF students are Asian or "We want to raise the profile of UCSF because we want the best and brightestg students in Asia to get their training said Reg Kelly, director of QB3, the UCSF-based and a formet UCSF executive vice chancellor.
UCSF and QB3 are sponsor s of an Oct. 10-12 synthetic biologyh conference inHong Kong. Whatever relationships may develop, they must be fostere d over thelong term, Cohen said. But keeping tabs on the spokez that spring from an initial relationship can be The collaborations often are UCSF has relationshipswith -- one of the most selectivew universities in China -- and other hospitald and medical schools in China. From those ties, an individualp UCSF faculty member may work with a doctor in a Chinesse medical school and clinicians from UCSF and China maywork side-by-side on a case.
"We try to quantif it by having something beinfpursued -- a clinical patients referred, sometimes a doctoe comes with their patient," Cohen said. "I n many cases, we've established chances for faculty to work with faculty that weneved anticipated." And every door opened clinically meands another potential door opened financially. That's importang to keep in mind, Cohen since UCSF must seek extramural funding forinternationalp programs. For a biotech business conferencd last year inSan Francisco, QB3 brought together representatives of many Asian countries.
It won financial support for the conference, in part, from the , whicgh receives money from the Malaysian For UCSF, Kelly said, that outreacyh has benefits. "Our major goal in having theswe conferences is to get their he said. "Our students are so international. They are a tremendoua benefit for us."

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Crate & Barrel, based in Ill., confirmed May 27 that Atlantw is one of the metrooareas it’s scouting for potential locations for CB2. First launche d in Chicago, the CB2 concept featuresx contemporary furnishings at lowerpricew points. The merchandise, which includes sofas, hand-woven convertible beds and a broadedr selection of eclectic home is focused more on the younger generationb of American consumers that rent apartmentw and smallurban lofts. Besides Chicago, privatelhy owned Crate & Barrel has rolled out CB2 in New York and including a new store in Los Angeleas that openedin April.
Anothed CB2 is slated to open in Miami’es South Beach later this year, a Crate Barrel spokeswoman said. In all, Crate Barrel has launched just sixCB2 stores. In recent CB2 officials have been focusing on new locationss inSouthern California. The company tends to locate in areadwith high-profile regional shopping centers, lifestyle centerw and freestanding sites. CB2 officials have been lookingg in densely populated areas with an average household income in excessof $50,000. Its prototyps store is about 12,000 square feet.
While Crater & Barrel would not confirm what parts ofAtlantaz it’s been considering, sources familiad with the search say it’s focused on Midtowjn and West Midtown, where new residential and retail redevelopment projectsd are still under way. In Midtown, Daniel Corp. and are developing 12th Midtown, a $2 billion mixed-usse project built on a site that severalo years ago was little more than an Atlantw nightclub and a couple ofparkinhg lots. Daniel and Selig Enterprises have made a presentation to officiald from CB2 inrecent months, according to sourcex familiar with the process.
The projectd will eventually feature more than 3 million square feet of residentialp andcommercial space. CB2 would be the first national retailer to locate on the Midtown a section of Peachtree Street that economicc development boosters hope will eventually becomee a retail destination much like Madison Avenue in New York City or the Magnificent Milein Chicago. Daniel’s and Selig Enterprises’ project is meant to be a cornerstons of theMidtown Mile. However, ’e Colony Square and Jamestown’s 999 Peachtree will also be key along with 1100 Peachtree and 1180 to alesser extent, brokera and developers said. CB2 could be an importanf catch for theMidtown Mile.
Developers, however, really need to land a much largerr anchor store to give theconcepyt momentum, said Maranda Walker-Dowell, a seniot director with CB .’s retail servicesw group. Barney’s, which has a co-opl store in Buckhead’s Phipps Plaza, has been scoutingf the area in the past year to18 “The Midtown Mile need s an anchor store to start creating that critical mass of Walker-Dowell said.

Realtors to launch foreclosure courses - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosure and shor tsales course. And the was given $8,050 to develop a course and DVD for consumers and agents on the lega risks associated with foreclosures andshorty sales. also was awarded $6,000 to host a Realtor training course on helping consumer who are behind on their The national association gave out morethan $3 millionj to different city associations to help resolve the growing foreclosurse problem.
“Realtors build communities, and as the leadinf advocate for homeownership and housing we believe that any family that loses its home to foreclosure is one familtytoo many,” NAR President Charles McMillan, a brokedr with in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures affec each community differently, which is why NAR is providingy the Foreclosure Prevention and Responsew grants directly to local and state Realtor associations so that they candevelopl unique, coordinated action plans to prevent foreclosures and minimize their adverse effects on the community.
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Downtown Staybridge Suites seeks receivership - Austin Business Journal:

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SJ Properties Suites Buyco EHF, which includes an investot from Reykjavik, Iceland, filed the petition Monday in Milwaukee CounttyCircuit Court. Judge Mel Flanagan scheduled a hearing for June 30 on a motiobn to appoint Milwaukee attorneg Seth Dizard asthe receiver. Work stopped in Decembedr 2008 onthe high-rise at 1150 N. Wate r Street when the construction manager and developer DOC Milwaukeerbecame insolvent, according to the receivership The Icelandic investors said that in Novembe 2006 they provided an advance of $17.5 million for a 120-room extended stay hotekl and at least 18 luxury condos. The projec also received $13.
4 million in financinb from a unit ofin Atlanta, which in May was placer in receivership by the FDIC. The Milwaukede receivership petition said the property on Waterr Street alreadyhas furniture, flooring and fixturexs in the Staybridge portion of project. Lienx against the project total morethan $3.4 million, according to the receivershil petition. The largest liens were filed by Milwaukee-area contractorsx and suppliersUihlein Electric, , and SJ Properties recently sued DOC Milwaukewe and Economou Partners in U.S.
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ACU wins first-round match; LSC champ Lady Buffs eliminated - Abilene Reporter-News

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Medal of Honor Winner Sgt. Giunta Speaks: 'Kind of a Bittersweet Time' - ABC News (blog)

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Investment returns slow Cinti. Financial earnings - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The company posted fourth-quarterf net income of $161 million, or 99 centw per share, compared to $187 or $1.11 per share, in fourth-quarter 2007. Total revenuesw rose 4.2 percent, to $1 billioh from $977 million. Analysts, on average, had expected operating income of 55 cents per compared toCincinnati Financial's 57 centd per share for the fourthy quarter, and revenues of $916 million. For the full Cincinnati Financial reported net incomerof $429 million, or $2.62 per share, down almostg 50 percent from $855 million, or $4.97y per share, in 2007. Total revenuesw rose to $3.8 billion from $4.3 billion. The drop in investmenf income – down 20.5 percent for the quarter and 11.
6 percent for the year contributed tolower profits. Cincinnati on Feb. 2, its stock in FITB). The insurer had once been the bankinvg company’s largest shareholder. “As we stated on we’re working on a variety of initiatives, including the repositioninhg of ourinvestment portfolio, to preserve our capital strength and liquidity,” said Kenneth Stecher, president and CEO, in a news The company is focusing on upgradingf information technology systems for its commercial and personalp lines, as well as expanding its geographic footpring and adding more agents, Stecher The property casualty combined ratio was 98.9 percent for the quartefr and 100.6 percent for the year.
Shares of Cincinnatj Financial (NASDAQ: CINF) lost 29 to $21.73, in Thursday afternoon trading. Cincinnati Financial, headquartered in offers commercial, personal and life insurance products in theUnited

Green Township OKs Mercy hospital plan - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The plan passed 3-0. “We’re very pleased to get to this stagw and excited to take thenext step,” said Pete spokesman for Mercy. “We realiz e there is still a lot of work to do and we look forward to continuing to work with the residentxs and the township leaders to develop a hospital everyon e can beproud of.” The project will now be submitter to the Hamilton County Regional Commission for consideration, probably next month, Gemmer said. The plannesd hospital and parking areas would cover about 40 acre s and sit near toInterstates 74. The facility, to cost $200 could open in early 2014. The proposefd site is 60 acres.
Mercy has said it will closed itstwo West-Side hospitals: Mercy Hospitaol Western Hills and Mercy Hospitalp Mount Airy. The new with 200 to 250 beds, will be a replacementy for them. Some residents in the area had expresse d concerns about increased traffi c as a result of the whose main access road wouldr be from NorthBend Road, at roughlyg the midway point between Kleeman and Gemmer said a traffic impact studyh through the Hamilton County Engineer’s Office is nearly complete.

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Facebook, VCs give 18 developers seed money - Boston Business Journal:

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The companies were chosen from more than 400 developers and entrepreneur s from around the world who applied in a competitionm sponsoredby Facebook, and . The two venture fundsw will invest morethan $500,000o into the companies in exchangw for equity. Two non-profits that will not get fundingh were also chosen to participate in theincubatort program, which will be run by Dave McClurr of Founders Fund.
The incubator program will operated out of oneof Facebook’s Palo Alto office from mid-June to the end of at which point all of the startups will presentg to Silicon Valley angel and venture capital According to Facebook's Web the companies and nonprofits selected include: : Find friende of friends to date...or play matchmaker! If you'rd single, you can searcb your friends' friends and ask for If you're taken, you can set friends up. Friends of friendsd are the best peopleto It's social dating via friendly intros.
: Funj is an avatar-based social networking app for the iPhone and iPod satisfying users' desire to express themselveds and communicate with others in a fun, creativse way. The team has more than five yeare of experience in the mobile marke t in both South Korea andthe US. : Gameyolaw is a distribution and monetization platform for casualFlashg games. Flash games currentlhy monetize poorly, but Gameyola solves this problem by providing Flasy developers tools to sell virtual goods and to acquirwe users throughsocial channels.
(private beta): From keeping track of your kids to protecting your identity and gettint back yourlost stuff, Life360 is the placs you go to keep your family safe, and prepared for daily life. : Churches create their own social networkson MyChurch.org. They extend thei r community between Sundays with tools to connecg and engagetheir members. Over 30,000 church congregationsw are representedon MyChurch.org. Navify: Navify is a visual encyclopedia that combine s Wikipedia articleswith images, videos, and It is the only generakl encyclopedia that allows you to listen to musicc videos, watch movie and browse news and celebrity photo galleries.
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It is the first casual, 3D multiplayefr FPS game on Facebook, Apple and Mac and PC. Play with up to eighy friends and buy virtual items to enhancerthe gameplay. : Photos I Like is a digital mediwa sharing and discovery site emphasizing lightweightsocial self-expression, and communities. : Combinezs the success of resident referral programs with the powere ofsocial networks. Residents refer their community to friendds through social networkslike Facebook, and emaill to earn rewards and live with : RUNmyERRAND is a social networking inspiredr web and mobile marketplace that provides people and businesses an easy and trusted way to get everydaty tasks done in their own hyperlocal : RunThere is a social-networking service for runners and cyclists.
User can map and measure their favoriteroutex (no GPS required), keep a running/biking log, and find athletesx and routes nearby Sortuv: Sortuv lets you stary with something you like, and discover more. Instea of searching for a "grea t restaurant" just say what you mean: "Find me a placr sortuv like Spagoin Seattle". Check them out , , and . / : Trave l Brain by GeckoGo helps youtrack (and show your travels, share experiences with others, and discover new place to visit. Learn from the knowledge of over 600,00 0 travelers, and get expert guide info from their Bradyt TravelGuides partnership.
Weardrobe (private beta): Weardrobde is a fashion-focused community for discovering differenf ways towear clothing. Weardrobe provides a platform for people to sharw reviews of theirown clothing, post photo of their looks, catalog theirt closet and search for style : Workstir is a community that connectzs users with trustworthy local service providers. Anyoner can post a job and choose a provider with confidencw by browsing theirpast reviews. For businesses, Workstir provides a wealtyh of jobs in their areaof expertise.
Worldly Developments (privatse beta): Worldly Developments is building online service s that will help you connect withthe people, place and events in your local Its first product makes it a snap to promote, and communicate around groupo activities. : Sama is Sanskri t for "equal" – Samasource finds and trains reliablse QA professionals to test Facebook apps witha user-friendl y interface that lives on Facebook With Samasource, developers lower costs, reducse poverty, and improve their applications. Vittana enables you to lend directly to studentz in thedeveloping world, $25 at a time.
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Another drop in Colorado sales-tax revenue - Dallas Business Journal:

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percent — in May from the same mont theyear before, girding legislators for what they expectr will be another round of cuts in next year’sx fiscal budget. With the state most of the way through a fisca year that ends onJune 30, no more cuts are likel y for this year, said Joint Budget Committee Vice Chairman Jack a Democratic representative from Boulder. The Legislature has designated that any furthet funding shortfall this year will be fillef by money fromthe state’s undesignater reserve fund and from a one-dayu borrowing of other funds to be repair on July 1.
However, the continuer fall of revenues below expectations means the six JBC memberas who setthe state’s budget must beginn looking soon at additional ways to scal back expenses or services in next year’s fiscak plan, several members said. “I guess this means we’res not out of the woods Pommer said. “We’re going to have to prepare for more cuts next year on top ofwhat we’vee already made.” Legislators filled a $1.4 budget shortfall over the past six monthz by raiding the reserve transferring hundreds of millions of dollarss from cash-funded accounts and cutting about $300 millio in services.
As revenues continue to come in below that talk willbegibn again. State sales-tax receipts for May were off by $30 a 17.9 percent drop from last year. Individuao income taxes fell by $66.23 million or 19.7 percent, and corporat e income taxes droppedby $2.2 million or 13.2 State reserves have about $148 million that can be used to offset revenue shortfalls, noted Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. If the state must transfer funding temporarily, that will only push the problekm of balancing the budget further off until next he said. “The questio n is: Does revenue in the future pick upif we’r starting to see recovery, or not?” Ferrandinop said.
“We’re starting to see some indicationx that the economy is startingto recover, if not levekl off.”

Reed Smith managing partner challenger DiNome withdraws candidacy - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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John DiNome, a partner in the Pittsburgh-basede law firm’s Philadelphia office, withdrew his candidacy for managingpartner Tuesday. The announcemenyt was made internally via an internal joint announcemen t issued by DiNome and incumbenttGregory Jordan. Jordan, who completes his third three-yeatr term Dec. 31, will run unopposed for his fourth “They sat down and talked and discoveredx they had a lot ofcommob ground,” said Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Davidr Egan. “Many of the things John was concerned about, Greg as working on. They agreed that the best thing for the firm was to focus on business insteadcof competing.
Reed Smith is Pittsburgh’s second-largesr law firm and eighth-largest private company, During Jordan’s tenure, Reed Smitbh grew from a regional firm with 500 lawyerx in nine offices to an international powerhousewith 1,683 lawyersx in 23 offices. It had 2008 revenue of $980 Like many international law firms, Reed Smitgh has been affected bythe recession, cuttingg support staff and 26 associates over the past across the U.S. by 10 effective in July.

Intermountain Drilling opens AZ office - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Irgens Development Partnerss LLC. NAI Horizon represented the tenant. signed a 10-year lease for 31,400 squares feet at 1140 and 1150 S. Priest Drive in Tempe. The value of the lease is $4 The school, which had been knowb as IIA College, is taking space recently vacatef byCollins College, which now operates in Cotton Centere in southeast Phoenix. Brookline is moving from 925 S. Gilberr Road in Mesa. Grubb Ellis/BRE Commercial represented the landlord, Pecos-Windmillp N.W. LLC of Henderson, Nev. Landmark TCN representer Brookline College. • signed a five-yeae lease for 18,000 square feet at the Van BurejnDistribution Center, 20 S.
48th Ave. in The company distributes hydraulic industrial hose s and is relocating from a locationfarthef west. Financial terms of the lease werenot disclosed. CB Richard Ellis representes the landlord, Mountain West Properties of Greenwoocd Village, Colo. Daum Commercial Real Estate Services representedthe tenant.

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Santikos, Larry Ratliff team up on marketing relationship - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The advertising partnership will lastuntio December. The Larry Ratliff: Movies More site will feature a Santikoe Theatre ad with a link to show timeds at all 100 Santikos movied houses in San Antonioand Houston. Beginning June 23, Santikoss will run a 15-second commercial for Larry Ratliff on its moviwe screens in Texas to promotethe critic’s “I couldn’t be more pleased with the says Larry Ratliff. “The added exposure in the Santikos auditoriums will help meconnect – and in some cases re-connect – with movie lovers who enjoy and deservew a little more than just bare-bones movie coverage.
” Ratliff launched his site in Marcj after working as a daily newspaper film critic for the past 13 San Antonio-based Santikos has been a movise theater operator since 1924.

Bears aren't facing cold, frustrating facts - Chicago Tribune

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Target's Q1 profit beats estimates - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The Minneapolis-based retailer reported net earningdsof $522 million, or 69 cents per share, for the quarter endedd May 2. That’s down from $602 million, or 74 cent per in the comparable quarter last Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had projectee earnings of 59 centsper Target’s total revenue came in at $14.8e3 billion for the firsf quarter, up 0.2 percent from $14.8 billion a year ago. Storwe sales increased 0.4 percent to $14.36 as new store growth offseta 3.7 percent declined in same-store sales. Credit card revenue declined 5.7 percent to $472 million.
In a statement, Targe Chairman, President and CEO Gregg Steinhafel said store performancw improved thanks to strong food and commodity sales andreducesd expenses. The credit card results, meanwhile, were profitable and consistent withour expectations,” he “Very importantly, we believe this improved stabilityh and predictability in key aspects of both our retail and credi t card segments reflects the resiliencer of our strategy and underscores our ability to generate substantial value for our shareholders over Steinhafel said.
At the end of the firsyt quarter, Target (NYSE: TGT) operated 1,698 stores in 49 including two Hawaii storea that opened in March in Salt Lakeand

Helix Energy to reduce Cal Dive stake - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The Houston-based offshore energy company plansa to offer 20 million shares in Cal Dive througbh a public offeringat $8.50 per share, with an optiomn for underwriters to purchasde an additional 3 million sharex to cover over-allotments. Helix (NYSE: HLX) also has agreefd to sell Cal Dive anadditional $14 million wortjh of shares at a price equapl to the offering. Houston-based Cal Dive (NYSE: DVR) has 94 millionn shares outstanding. When the offering closes and Cal Dive repurchasesits Helix’s ownership in Cal Dive will be reducef to 25 percent from 51 according to a regulatory filinh with the . If the over-allotment option is not Helix’s ownership will be 28 percent.
Helix expects to use the proceeda for generalcorporate purposes. Helix sharews closed at $11.25 on Friday and were tradingtat $11.92 mid-morning Monday, while Cal Dive shares closed Friday at $10.09 and were trading at $9.8r5 mid-morning on Monday.

Beshear details agenda for special session - Business First of Louisville:

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Beshear said in a news release that he wants to updatethe state’s “antiquated” economif incentives toolbox to help existing Kentucky companies interestes in expanding facilities or adding He also proposed creating a tax-creditr program for small The bulk of the incentives and benefit s proposed would be used to support companiese already doing business in Kentucky. The governor said he also hopesd to amendthe state’s Tourism Development Act to help attractr a Sprint Cup Series race to the in Sparta, Ky.
who Thursday said he is drafting legislation that woulcd allow video lottery terminals atthe state’e horse racing tracks, said Friday that he also wants to expan an existing tax exemption that would improve Kentucky’s chances at holding future Cup World Championships horse The governor also wants the Genera l Assembly to approve a resolution that would allow the state to transfedr or lease 1,550 acres of land it owns in Glendale, Ky., to a consortiu m of companies, associations and research institutions that want to establishh a proposed $600 million plant that would make lithium-ion batteryt cells for vehicles.
Another matter on Beshear’s agenda is one that’as close to the hearts of many in Louisville and SouthermIndiana — the Ohio Riverf Bridges Project. Beshear said in the releasre that he wants to work with the Generalp Assembly to create a fundingg mechanism that would provide the moneu neededfor “mega-transportation” projects such as the plannexd construction of two spansw across the Ohio River between Louisville and Southern Indiana, and the reconfiguratioj of “Spaghetti Junction,” the junctiob near downtown Louisville where Interstates 64, 65, and 71 meet. The specialp session of the General Assemblyy is scheduled to begin at noonon Monday, June 15.

Hawaii ranks 15th in U.S. for foreclosures, sees nearly 400% spike in May - Business First of Columbus:

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Foreclosures were up 397.5 percent for the month compared with May and wereup 19.3 percent over April 2009, according to the latest report from RealtyTraxc issued Wednesday. Hawaii ranked 15th in the natiojn for foreclosuresin May, up from 23rd in Hawaii had 816 foreclosurd filings in May. There were 684 foreclosure filinge in April and 164 foreclosures inMay 2008. Hawaii had a foreclosurer rate of one filing for every621 households, accordingy to the latest survey by the California-based real estate research firm. Nevada again had the highest foreclosure rate in the with one filing for every 64 California had the second highest rate for the followedby Florida.
California had the highest number of foreclosurexat 92,249. Vermont ranked 50th, with just six foreclosure at a rate of one filiny forevery 51,906 households. Nationally, there were 321,48o0 foreclosure filings for the month, down 6 percentt from April and up nearl y 18 percent fromMay 2008, according to the

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City National buys majority stake in Lee Munder Capital Group - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Terms of the deal, which is expected to closs in thethird quarter, were not City National will merge Lee Munder with , a Boston-baseed institutional asset management firm in which City National holds a majority interest. The new company will operat e under the Lee Munder Capital Grou name and as an affiliateof LLC, the Chicago-basex asset management holding company that City National acquired in 2003. The combinex company will have morethan $4 billion of assetsa under management and serve as City National's primaryg institutional asset management affiliate.
"Thd combined firm will have the management andinvestment talent, financiaol strength, infrastructure and marketing capabilitiez needed to grow and provide clients with long-term investment performance and superior service," Richard executive vice president of wealth managemenf for City National, said in a statement. Los Angeles-basef City National (NYSE: CYN) is the parent of City Nationakl Bank.

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million deal and declared its mortgagwe satisfied. Some real estate expertsw say the transaction was likely more about the lendefr improving its chances of recovering some funds, rather than the straight-up purchase. This is the seconf bulk deal atthe 516-unit downtown Miam i project this year, and it closess out nearly all of its Singer Island-based Welcome Bay bought 60 units in Decembef for $13 million. However, it is uncleare from court documents whether the latest bulk deal was a simplr sale or a deal in which the lendert released the developer fromthe mortgage. An officiak at Miami-based declined to comment.
Miami-Dade County court records show onMarch 19, Lendco Florida, a corporationm with an address in Menlo Calif., acquired the 56 units in Marins Blue for an average of $281,118 each. The same day, Lendco Florida filed a satisfaction of mortgage based ona $30.4 million second mortgage it made the developert in February 2008. Miamu Beach resident Thomas Jermoluk, who was listex as a manager of Lendco Florida in mortgage also gave the developera $5 milliojn personal mortgage. Jermoluk and his wife acquired a unit in Marina Bluefor $200,000 on March 20. Chicago-based issued a satisfactiomn of mortgage notice on its first mortgage to the developer ofMarina Blue.
In the bank’s annual it said that a Miami condo loan classifieds as troubled debt restructuring had an outstanding balancrof $8.7 million on Dec. 31, but was repaird in full in March. Marina Blue was the only Corus-backexd project in Miami with a satisfactioj issuedin March. Lewis Goodkin, president of Miami-based , said it woule make sense for the holder of a second mortgage on a condo project to take the units in exchange for forgiving the debt if it believesw the value of the unsolf units is less than the outstandingf balance ofits loan. “In a lot of condko projects where there are secondmortgagews – those people will be very luck to get anything,” Goodkin said.
“In many cases, the peoplwe in the second positions will bewipedd out.” Goodkin believes Lendco Florida’e most attractive option would be to form a rentao pool with other Marina Blue investors and lease the units until property values

Cousins Chairman Tom Bell retiring - Triangle Business Journal:

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Gellerstedt will remain president, the Atlanta-based real estate investmenty trust said. Bell, who turns 60 this year, becams Cousins CEO in January 2002 and chairman inDecember 2006. Undet his watch, the companyg sold nearly $3 billion in assetx during the market’s peak for special dividendes totaling $12.62 a share. “Therew is never a perfectr time to leave a company as respectedc and admiredas Cousins, but I’k confident that after sevej and a half years as chief executive, the companhy is ready for new leadership and renewed energy,” Bell said in a “My decision to step aside now allowsx our extremely talented management team under the guidanc of Larry to make important decision that will prepare Cousins for the next phas e of the real estate cycle.
” Bell remains deeply involvedd in Atlanta’s civic life. He has been instrumental in the efforty to save from financial The movement began over dinnet in early 2007 when the tablde conversationof A.D. “Pete” Correll, formert CEO of , and Bell turnedr to Grady. Through their leadership and donationxfrom , ’s $5 and . "I thought he had big shoesw to fill when hetook over, since he was replacinfg Tom Cousins," said Hal Barry, founder of Barry Real Estate Cos. "Since he's done an absolutelyh fantastic job forthat company. And what he'z done for the city and metro Atlanta have just been overthe top.
I hope he doesn'tt give up some of his efforts that have meant so much to theAtlantwa community. I just admire the heck out of him." Gellerstedt, 53, came to Cousinzs (NYSE: CUZ) when the REIT bought his firm, , in June 2005. Gellerstedgt served as chairman and chief executive officer of the from 1986to 1998. In after the sale of Beers to , he was electecd chairman and CEOof , a packaging and printed office products company. In 2000, Gellerstedy became president and chief operatinh officerof , an urban mixed-use developmengt company. He went on to found The Gellerstedt Grou pin 2003. In other company news, board of directors named S.
Taylor Glover non-executive chairman of the board. Glover joiner the Cousins board inFebruary 2005. He is currentl y the president and chief executive officedof

Life Sciences Institute names Getman as new leader - Wichita Business Journal:

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Bill Duncan, the only president to lead thenearlty 10-year-old organization, is retiring April 15. His successorr is Dan Getman, a St. Louis pharmaceutical industry veteran who was to be introducesd April 2 atthe institute’s annual The institute’s mission has been to marshal the resourcexs of area research organizations — includingv the , the and — and get the sometimesz competing institutions to builrd on the life sciences industry that the kick-started when it openexd in 2000. “When the civic communityh began to consider that there might be a meaningful opportunith for this region to establish a positionbin ... life sciences,” said Irvin Hockaday Jr.
, chairman of the life sciences institute, “thatr led to casting a net over a whole arrahy of embryonic to emerging life sciences activity and trying to understand whether they coul dbe prioritized.” The efforty has moved from a “scatter diagram” to a more targeted consensux on the key potential areas, he That includes achieving designation for KU Med, leveraginvg the region’s strengths in animak health research and translating scientific findingws into effective drugs and devices.
Getman’s charge, Hockaday will be to validate these priorities and continue the The messageis clear, Getman “I see three kinds of big buckets of things,” he “I want to build relationships with peopled -— the stakeholders, community leaders and businesss leaders — and I want to understan the projects, and then we are going to set That process should take a couple of Getman said. The top priority shoulc be ensuring thatthe facilities, equipment and people promised to the institute by different sourcex come through, said Duncan, who will work throughn the transition as a paid consultant.
Additionally, he said, Getmah must work to ensure the sustainabilitgy of the institute asan “honest in working with its various The role is a great fit for said Karen Seibert, vice president of researchg at ’s St. Louis operation. Getman was site director of Pfizer’z 1,200-employee St. Louis operation from 2003 until he retired in October. Seibert said Getman builyt consensus among a diverse group at Pfizer by creatin aroughly 150-member work group of employeees from every segment of the company, ranging from cafeteria workers to lawyerd and accountants. She said he spen t a year working with subgroups of aboutr a dozen peoplein two- and three-day meetings.
At the end of the Seibert said, everyone in the group had bought into the propositiob that they were all therer for the singular mission of drivinyg the discovery of new no matter whether they were in humamn resources or some othernonscientific capacity. “Irt was very, very motivating,” she said. Just as Getman’ss hiring is a new chaptefr forthe institute, the role represents a transition for Getmanb as well. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., he retired earlyt from Pfizer. “It was kind of a good time for me to stop and stargt asecond career,” he said.
He said he didn’ty have anything specific in mind except that he wantexd to work withgood people, leverage his leadershiop and scientific experience, and continue to “I wanted to be able to take on something wherde I could have a significant impact, where I could look back and say, ‘Boy, we really did

Intel to buy Wind River for $884M - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premium overWind River'x closing price on Wednesdayt of $8. Wind River stock lost more than half its valu e betweena 52-week high of $12.9i last August and a low of $5.61 in The stock closed Thursday at up 47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel said buying Alameda-based Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) will help it expandx its software into thousandw of embedded systems and mobile devices includingsmarft phones, in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospacd and defense, energy and thousands of othe r uses.
Wind River will operate as a whollyu owned subsidiary after the deal closes during the reporting toRenee James, head of Intel’ds software and services group. "Our combination of strengths will be of greatg benefit toWind River’s existing and future customers," said Ken Wind River chairman, presideny and CEO. Founded in 1981, Wind Riverr has more than 1,600 employees and operationsd in more than15 countries. Duringg its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, Wind River reported $10.7 million in net income on annua l revenueof $359.7 million. The company on Thursday posted a 21 percent increase in netincoms $561,000, or 1 cent a share, for its firsf quarter despite a 6.
5 percent drop in revenuew to $63.8 million.

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New Era, Bills launch 'Buffalo Football' - Business First of Buffalo:

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New Era, the Buffalo-based designer of headwear and has launched a Buffalo Footbalp collection of hatsand T-shirts. The firsg wave features caps with the numberzs81 (Terrell Owens), 5 (Trent Edwards), 23 (Marshawn and 51 (Paul Posloszny) on sale as well as T-shirtz honoring the Bills “All-Time Team” and retired defensive end Brucer Smith, who is being inducted into the Pro Footballp Hall of Fame in August. The Billes commemorative baseball cap sellsfor $35 whilw the four players’ caps sell for $25. The two T-shirts sell of $29.99. New Era may be producing other Bills 50th anniversaru commemorative merchandise laterthis year.
Other Bills commemorative merchandisw is availableat . Tops is the presenting sponsore of the Bills 50th anniversary Bruce Popko, Bills senior vice president of busineszs development, said partnering with New Era has an easy “New Era is a local company with a nationallu recognized brand, and they are knownj for their high quality products,” Popkol said. The New Era-produced Bille caps and shirts can be purchasec atNew Era’s flagship stor e on Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo, all Buffalo Billzs retail locations as well as both New Era’s online store, www.neweracap.com or the Bills online retaio outlet, www.buffalobills.com.
“The Bills have one of the most recognizabld brands in all of sports and we are especiall y thrilled to team with them durinb their historic50th season,” said Gerry New Era senior vice president of marketing.

Mighty Profits win HBJ rock band contest - Houston Business Journal:

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The high-energy event, held at Warehous e Live on May 21, is part of HBJ’sx four-day Celebrate!Enterprise business program, which concludes Five bands competed for thegrand prize, a Fenderf electric guitar, and each played a 15-minutwe set. The winner was selected by a combinatiobn of votes by a panel ofthree judges, and a fan Members of the audience voted instantly at the venuse by texting their choice via cellphone. The winner of the third-annuao Battle of the Business Bands was TheMightg Profits, which energized the crowd with a version of the Metallicsa song “Enter Sandman” as its finale. The band consists of Jack Brandyt (guitar, vocals), CEO, Technology Support Inc.
; Mark Leary vocals), CEO, Serenity Systems; Ty Hoffert (drums), AnotherWinningTrade.com; Steve Myers (harmonica, and Joe Holland (bass), Greenscapes Other bands performing included33 1/3 RPM, Blue Screen and Completed Wrecks, who were winners of the firstf Battle of the Business Bands contesrt in 2007. Judges included Davied Brady, vice president of marketinbg forHouston Zoo; Ed Mayberry, business reporter at KUHF-F radio, and Greg Barr, Houston Business Journak reporter. The event, which attracted 470 attendees, raised $2,000 for the Houstom Zoo. Presenting sponsor of Celebrate!Enterpriser is Sterling Bank.

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

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But sales were down 24.2 percent compared with May when the companysold 213,238 units. For the first five monthsx of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,3032 units, compared with 981,150 unitx during the same period ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent In a sign that buyers might be comin g back to the luxury vehiclr market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566y units in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May when it sold 8,365 units. Sales of Ford Explorerss declined 34.6 percent, to 5,314 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salezs of the Mercury Mountaineerdropped 45.2 to 402 from 734 units a year earlier.
Sales of F-Series pickupo trucks, including Super Duty trucks dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Saleds of Ford Expedition SUVs declined40 percent, to 3,150 unitxs from 5,252 units a year Sales of the Lincoln Navigator dropped 40.6 to 790 units from 1,329 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The company sold 19,786 Fusionb sedans in May, up 9.4 perceny from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 units. Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percent from May when it sold 764 of theluxuruy vehicles. Ford’s Volvo divisio sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percengt from May 2008, when it sold 542 units.
Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumerseto dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will cove as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiarty will offer zero percent financing onselectf Ford, Lincoln and Mercuryu vehicles. Ford operates a transmission plan tin Sharonville.

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Most D/FW CFOs sees no hiring changes - Boston Business Journal:

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The survey, which was conducte by staffing firm ofMenlo Park, also revealed that 85 percent of respondents expect to see no change in hirinbg practices, while 7 percent expect more reductions in the thir d quarter of this year. For the survey, releaseed Tuesday, Robert Half interviewed 200 chief financial officeres inthe D-FW area from companies with 20 or more “Many companies remain hesitant to commir to adding staff until they are certain of an economic said Max Messmer, chairman and CEO of Roberf Half International.
“In the most firms are working with their current teams to managekey initiatives, with some employers also bringinvg in project professionals to assisy with rising workloads and support full-time personnel.” Roberty Half also queried 1,400 CFOs nationally. Thoss results showed 5 percent expect tohire full-tims employees in the third quarter and 8 percent anticipate personnel reductions. The 85 percent, said they planned to maintain currenystaffing levels.

Online job vacancies up in May - Denver Business Journal:

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It’s the first time there’s been an increase since the modest gainof 21,00 0 in October and the largest since Octobee 2006. However, even with the increase, onlinee advertised vacancies remaineddown 1,152,000, or 25 since last year. "The May bounce in labor demane is a verywelcome sign," said Gad Levanon, senior economisyt at the Conference Board. "April and May are both monthsa when businesses typically step up their demand for Over the lastfour months, there have been abou a half-dozen states where the drop in laboe demand shows signs of leveling off, whilw a handful of statess are showing some moderate increases.
The May increasw of 76,800 in the Southern region reflected increases in all of the largest states. Florida is among those states where, over the past four drops in labor demand have either leveledc off or shownsmalo increases. The Sunshine State saw an increasedof 5,700 advertised jobs. Even with the current positive signs, the likely outlook is for unemploymentg to continueto rise, and employment to fall at more modes levels throughout the summer, accordin to Levanon.

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Gabelli reports stake in Clopay's parent - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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percent stake, or 1.6 million shares, in , according to a filing with the . The filing followa others reports last week by affiliate that it has increased its stakd in Griffon to almost 16 or 4.6 millions shares, and by that it has a 5.1 percen stake, or 1.5 million shares. Griffomn is the parent of Mason-basedx , a maker of Clopay garagd doors and specialty plastic films used in disposabler diapers andother products.
is a majorf customer of the plastic film Gabelli has stepped up its acquisitionof Griffon'sw shares as its stock prics has fallen from more than $12 at the end of 2007 to as low as $9 this The company's sales and profits have been hurt by the slumpo in new housing constructionj and a simultaneous slowdown in garag door replacement sales. The company said earlier this montg it's continuing to focus on cost reductionprogramas "including, but not limited to, reductions in reducing or eliminating certaihn sales and marketing programs and consolidatingy facilities where possible.
" Griffon came under pressured from investors last year, before the bottoj dropped out of the housing to separate its Clopay operations from its defenses electronics subsidiary that's based At the time, it hired Goldman Sachs to advise it on strategic alternatives but late r said that deteriorating market conditions had limited its

Sex drug could transform TransTech - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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The drug, known now as TTP-515, was developed to treaf obesity. Yet it has also shown significant promise in early clinical trialx in treating a medicap condition that affects as much as 40 percent of the worldwidefemalwe population. Several pharmaceutical companies are racing to producee thefirst so-called “femaled Viagra,” which has a potential market north of $4 billion “Right now, we have nothing, nothing, to offed these women. If this drug succeedss in furtherclinical trials, they are goint to make a fortune,” says Dr.
Jim Pfaus, an expert in the neurobiologuy of sexual behavior at Concordiz Universityin Montreal, who assessed the resultsa of TTP-515 in animal tests he conducted. “The world will know about TransTech Inmany ways, TransTech’s reputation in the biotech worlrd is well established. It has attracted more than $300 million in recenyt years in deals and collaborations with pharma giantsd suchas , Merck and for its potential drugas for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and cancer. But a drug that coulsd possibly stimulatea woman’s interest in initiating sex? TransTech’ brand, as Pfaus speculates, woul surely soar.

Dan Snyder stays at Six Flags under reorganization - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Six Flags is also seeking a $600 milliohn loan, secured by its assets, and $150 milliojn in a new revolvingcredif line. The company’s executive retentio plan would keep Snyder as boars memberand chairman. Mark Shapiro, currently chief as well as chief financial officer Jeffrey Speed and severalk other top management would also stay on inexecutived roles. Six Flags, which announced its Chaptefr 11 bankruptcy filing over the listed $2.4 billion in debt and $3 billiomn in assets. It hopes to cut debt by $1.8 billio and wipe out more than $300 million in preferredd stock.
Snyder and his management who took control of the theme park operato three and a halfyearw ago, have not been able to return the companu to profitability, despite increasing attendance and sellingg several parks to raise capitall last year. The companyu reported a $146 million firsf quarter loss. Six Flags has said its reorganizatio n will not affect park operation s and its vendors and employees will continue to be Six Flags 20 theme parks includwin Largo.

Boba Tea opens two more stores - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Boba Tea is the first retailer to open in the Placew atNob Hill, Jason new mixed-use project in the heart of Nob Boba has the corner location, at Centrakl and Wellesley, in 1,200 squarwe feet. “The opening of our two new storesa will position BTC to realize a robust retur n on investment when the economty andspending rebound,” says CEO Vi Luong. The compan has been taking highprofile locations, such as , after starting its businessa in strip centers. Other locations include 4401 Wyomingt Blvd. NE and 8900 Holly Ave. NE.
The 275-square-foo t Coronado store is the most productive for the who self-financed the Hoa Luong, chief operating said investors will be sought to open stores in Phoenix’se top malls. It costs between $200,0009 and $250,000 to open each new location. Boba Tea’s businesse strategy relies on developing new products and distinguishintgits brand. The company sells Asian inspired “We are constantly looking at new ways to streamline our operations in order to increase profit margins and cut adds Luong, “while still maintainingb our quality, customer service and branfd distinction.
” In addition to workingg with Boba Tea, Luong continues to operate his original business, Nobld Collectables.

Cerner finds a treasure in data mining - Houston Business Journal:

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The North Kansas City-based healt care information technology company, known mostly for the health-record software sold to hospitalsand clinics, is leveragint the billions of anonymous patiengt records it has at its disposal as marketable information to pharmaceuticalp companies and researchers. Cerner said the data operation is a big reasonh revenue for its LifeSciences Group has increased by roughly 20 percent during each of the past five Mark Hoffman, the company’s life sciences solutions vice predicted that annual growth will be greater still in the “This is just the beginning for us in the life he said. Included in Cerner’s data warehouse are 1.2 billion lab results.
It also has smalleer numbers of medication orders andother data. The compan y collects the informationthrough data-sharing agreementa with roughly 125 of its software By some estimates, it can take as long as 17 yeares and $1.2 billion to develop a single drug. Cerner’sz data-mining capabilities can quicken that process and save money for drug companieas by helping the companies establish a studyt protocol that maximizes the number of eligible candidates fora “We believe that can actually eventually reduce the cost of drug Hoffman said.
Cerner would not name its pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical companies and clinical researchersx pay for Cerner data for other saidScott Weir, director of the ’s Offic e of Therapeutics Discovery and Development. He said Cerner’w data-mining capability can point scientistsa to potential new uses for existing For instance, Weir said, Cerner’s database might suggest that a drug used to trear cardiovascular disease could be helpful in treating cancer patients. Researchera then could run a clinical trial to test the The data is usefukl to drug companies for much thesame reason, Weir including helping them identify and correcf side effects from drugs.
The KU Cancefr Center has used Cerner’w data-mining capabilities for several projects. “Theyh uncover information we wouldnevert discover,” Weir said. “It’s invaluable.” He said Cernert stands to benefit financially, as well, from collaborationxs with researchers that can lead to intellectualp property that produces licensing fees and Cerner also can work with researchers suchas Dr. Stephenm Spielberg, director of the Center for Personalized Medicine and Therapeutic Innovationat . Spielbert seeks a $3.9 milliomn grant from the for a study of how the cented can better capture data in pediatric cancer studie s usingCerner software.

UMass graduate student wins award in biomechanics - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

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The awarded $306,050 of the funds to 29 arts group, moneu that’s expected to preserve 40 jobs. The funding was awardedf to Maryland from the througjh the American Recovery andReinvestment Act. the National Endowment for the Arts directlyawardef $600,000 in stimulus monegy to 10 Maryland arts organizations. “These fundzs are critical to sustaining Maryland’s creative economuy during this time of unprecedentedfiscao challenges,” said Gov. Martin O’Malleyt in a statement. Maryland’s arts industry pumped $1.2 billion into the state’sz economy in 2008 and provide 15,000 jobs, accordingf to state figures.
The Baltimore Office of Promotions the Arts was the biggest recipient of the direct receiving $250,000. The arts organizations receiving $50,000 in fundsz from the NEA include: • • Fell’s Point Create and, The NEA awarded $25,000 in grants to: • Museumm for Contemporary Arts Inc. in Baltimore; Prince Theatre Foundation Inc. in Chestertown; and • Baltimorwe Clayworks. • Academy Art Museum — $10,000; • Art Institutw and Gallery — $8,500;

D.C-area buildings constructed to meet green standards face certification lag - Washington Business Journal:

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They counted the roughly 400 feet to the nearestMetrio stop. They caught a glimpse of the greejn roof. They gazed at the computerized windoweshades that, every 10 minutes or so, calculate the angle of the sun and elevationb of the floor to automatically adjust the preventing excess heat from entering the From the building’s water-saving bathroomk fixtures to its environmentally advancedx chillers, owner Louis Dreyfus Property Group claimed its lates offering, Lafayette Tower at 801 17th St. NW, to be the greenestt office building inthe city.
But one featuree — perhaps the most importantr to both host and visitors thatday — was nowhere in sigh t despite the builder’s best a certification plaque that proved thosew claims. Instead, Louis Dreyfus, which was sprintingf to make Lafayette Towerthe city’s firsr Platinum-certified green office building and was repeatedly told it alreadyu had the points to do so, sufferec considerable delays in receivint its final Leadership in Energy and Environmentakl Design stamp. Like many other developers, tenants and property owners around the the company fell victijm to one of the biggest stumblinf blocks thatthe U.S.
Greejn Building Council itselffaces — a backlog of hundred of LEED certification requests that has stretched processingh periods from what should be five weeks to closer to five Buildings are designed to be LEED but don’g get official certification until the gree aspects are verified and points are Developers say the lag time hampersw their ability to promote their buildings to prospectiver tenants in an already whiplashed real estate But they agree that one of the USGBC’sz biggest failings to date can be attributed to one its unanticipated level of LEED certification, which began as a mark of an environmentallyh minded, niche-inhabiting few, rapidly turned into a in some cases legally mandated, building all at a time when the counci l was undergoing its deepest Today, a recharged USGBC has made systemic changes it says will help eliminatd the backlog of activde projects — as much as 750 projects globallhy and 50 in the District alone — by the end of “I’ve learned you have just got to be said Sean Cahill, vice president of development for Louis which finally got its LEED certificatiom barely a week after the brokers’ tour, indeec making Lafayette the first Platinunm office building in D.
C. The officiall designation came more than a year afterrthe company’s first application was submitted but in time for its next brokerd open house. In the another developer, The Tower Cos., snaggesd the first official Platinum new-construction designationj for the region, also aftetr a long wait. “I don’t thinko they’re slow out of I don’t think they’re slow becausre they don’t know what they’re Cahill said. “I think they are stilk trying to get their feet beneath them for the Few people could have predicted that demand when LEED was fathered more than a decade ago.
Now that the USGBC is workingv on its ninth certification track and boasts78 20,000 members and 35,000 projects, stilk fewer people outright blame the organizationn for the problem. The certification delays are the resultof “growingt pains,” said Shannon Sentman, a LEED-accredited lawyer in D.C. for Hollanf & Knight LLP. “As far as problems go for it’s a good one to have.” But it is tough on greenh building aspirants given that LEED has a near monopolu in the region when it comess to increasinglyfashionable eco-friendly design standards.
So much so that most countiesa and cities in the region have adopted LEED as their greejn building standardof choice, relegating other guidelines such as Greebn Globes and EarthCraft to stepsisteer status. Montgomery County and the District went so far as to incorporatw LEED into new greenn building requirements for both municipal and commercialbuildingsz — laws that turned an optional system for the elit e into a mandate for all, further lengthening the lined for LEED certification. Althougg every LEED applicationgenerates revenue, the organization couldn’t keep up. The USGBC did not help matters with its ownsimultaneoue metamorphosis.
The council shifted its separate locations into a new downtow n headquarters to handle itsdramaticc growth, even as it severed its certification arm into a separatw entity, the Green Building Certification Institute, in the last year. All the the USGBC was drafting and debuting a radicallyy different 2009 version of its LEED system for buildintg certifications andindividual accreditations. Both revisions caused a glut of applicationws before the updated version will take effectJune 26. “Therer just weren’t enough resources to devote to not as muchas you’d said Bruce DeMaine, vice presideng of certification for the certifying institute.
“You start adding all of thes things to our primary and you can see wherew it becomes stressful foran Instead, now the institute will overse e the building certification processa with the help of 10 accredited affiliates around the With that change, the council employees who touchesd every LEED design and construction application will turn the job over to 150 trained reviewers who will managre the process from first draft to final awarc for an expected 3,000 certifications this year. The affiliatess foresee ramping up by an additionall 50 to 75 peoplenext year, when projections call for up to 3,60p0 new certification requests.
The institute will then transitiohfrom go-between messenger to quality-control cop, with a plannecd 15 employees only surveying a randokm sample of applications after the fact to make sure the new methodf still lives up to original “We’re going to be eliminating the back and forth betweenm three entities down to DeMaine said. “That should cut down on any communication lag After calculating itsnew capacity, the certification institute expects the backlog to be wipec clean by June 26, barely a monthu away — a timeline more often described by several outsiders as ambitious rather than realistic.
“They’ve set themselves up this year with a pretty aggressive saidKara Strong, senior project managed for Sustainable Design Consulting. “Thee good news is they are definitely awarw ofthe problem. They are doing thei r best to fix it.” Until then, developers and architectsz have to managetheir clients’ expectations. The less that buildingg owners expect to get the LEED seal by acertaijn date, the less frustrated they are at the inevitable delays.
“w lot of clients do want to have the LEED plaquwat [the building’s] dedication,” said Greg a principal at the architectural firm “I generally tell them why that may not be a

Spike in military shipping helps port - The Business Review (Albany):

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Nearly four times as much militaru cargo has come through Blount Island in the firsyt four months of 2009 as in the same periord ayear ago. The handling of about 53,5090 tons has helped offset the port’sw overall 5 percent decrease in And since theDefense Department’s Military Surface Deploymenf and Distribution Command contracts everything from ship loadingh and unloading to rail the private sector benefits. The port’s diverse types of cargo help it to weather slumps in other types of saidVictoria Robas, the Jacksonville Port Authority’s directorr of the Blount Island terminal.
An increase in cruisd traffic has also keptthe authority’s revenue higher than the same time last “To a large part, you could watch CNN and see what wouldf increase at sea ports,” said Army Lt. Col. Ralpuh Riddle, who commands the 832nd Transportationh Battalion. “Our traffic is very much a surge type. We may have several months where we have no shipw and then several ships in a But this year has beenespecially busy, meaning more work for . Aside from giving (NYSE: CSX) business by contractinf equipment to be railed in and out of the the battalion contracts thousanda of truck loads Riddle said.
hasn’t provided shipping services to the militaru since November because its ships have been in dry but it hopes to take advantage of the increasex demand within 45 saidFrank Peake, the company’d president. He said and are the two largesgt commercial carriers for military cargo on the East The 50-member battalion sets up the contract needed to run 30 port terminals in Centrakl and South America and the Caribbean.
This is in additionj to its handling of a terminalo in Cape Canaveral and its operation in Puert o Rico that tracks hundreds of containers moving in and out ofthe

Lincoln National gets preliminary OK for TARP participation - The Business Review (Albany):

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billion from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program. Lincoln is one of six insurancer companies to receivesuch approval, whic falls under TARP’s Capital Purchase Program. In a statement, Lincoln (NYSE:LNC) President and CEO Dennis R. Glass said the move fits with the company’sx recent moves to strengthen its liquidity andcapita positions. “We are pleasedf that the Treasury Department has recognizerd the critical role that insurerz play in providing liquidity to the financia l system and that it is willing to act in a manner that will strengthen the balance sheets ofthe nation'sz insurers,” Glass said in the statement.
The $700 billionj Troubled Asset Relief Program, approved by Congresx last year, was originally intended to purchaswe toxic loans on the booksd of banks that were inhibiting theirt ability tomake loans. But it was also used to make loans to , Chrysler and insurance giant Lincoln Nationak was one of several insureres that applied to become thriftt holding companies last fall so they could be considerefd for TARP funds. The insurers had concernzs about the rising number of bad assetz ontheir books. Lincoln National and other insurers saw theitr stock prices drop in recent month as they waitedc forgovernment approval.
(NYSE:HIG), (NYSE:AMP), (NYSE:PFG) and (NYSE: PRU) are the five otherr insurers receiving preliminary approval forthe funds. The Hartford issued a statement Thursday night saying it has been approves for upto $3.4 billion. Shares of Philadelphia-basede Lincoln National, which markets itself as Lincoln Financial Group closed down 1 percentat $16.12 Friday followingv a 13 percent jump on Thursday. Lincoln offers insurancs and wealthmanagement products.