Monday, October 31, 2011

Xcel Energy Inc. Company Profile | XEL Company Information

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Our name reflects our core valuse excellence in energy productsand services. We are dedicated to providinfg you the best in value and information to enhance your professional andpersonal life. We are committed to customer satisfactionb by continuously improving our operations to bea reliable, environmentally sound energty provider. We have been successfulluy proving this to our customers for more than 130 yearxs and will work hard to continure with this commitment in the As a leading combination electricity and natural gasenergy company, we offef a comprehensive portfolio of energy-relatedc products and services to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.8 millio n natural gas customers.
We have regulate d operations in 8 Western and Midwestern and revenue of morethan $9 billioh annually; and own more than 34,500 milews of natural gas pipelines. We are proud of our communitt involvement. Through the Xcel Energy Foundation, our economic development and employee volunteer we are committed to using our considerable resourceas and skills to benefit the communitiexwe serve. Our environmental policy states that Xcel Energyu will be valued as a leader in the energyh industry by demonstrating excellence inenvironmental performance. ...

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Commuters: Metro-North bill of rights doesn't go far enough - Ct Post

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STAMFORD -- A customer bill of rights under consideration by Metro-North Railroad is being met with a tepid response by members of the state's commuter council. Members of the 15-member appointed state watchdog group said without additional language, ...


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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Martek Biosciences Corp. 2Q profit rises 20 percent - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The company reported $92.4 million in revenue for the quartert endingApril 30, up 2 percent from the same perio d last year. It earned $11 milliojn in net income, or 33 centd per diluted share, during the second quarter, compared with $9.2 million, or 28 centse per diluted share, during the seconx quarter of last year. Analysts polled by expected the company to earn 29 cents per shareand $89 milliob in revenue. Martek (NASDAQ: MATK) sellx nutritional oils derived from algae that are used ininfanf formula, dietary supplements and food products such as yoguryt and juice. Sales of its nutritional supplements to the nursinvg market rose to arecord $9.8 million.
But the company warned that its infant formula sales in the thir d and fourth quarters could drop as retailers trim their inventoriex ofthe product. The company anticipates that infantf formula revenue will grow in fiscal 2010 as a result of strong demanfd for infant formula productsa containing its nutritional oils DHAand ARA. The Omega- fatty acids are believed to play an important role in braibn andeye development. study that could show that Martek’ws DHA can slow the progressionof Alzheimer’s disease.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

GM spares Walser Bloomington store - Wichita Business Journal:

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Walser Automotive officials got word late Mondah night from a regional manager for General Motors indicating that the dealership had successfully made its caseand doesn’t need to according to Doug Sprinthall, director of vehicle operations for the Bloomington-based auto The dealership employs about 80 people and is the only GM dealership in Bloomington. Sprinthall gave a lot of creditt to dealership owners Paul and Andreq Walser andto Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for her Klobuchar helped the Walsere getan hour-and-a-half meeting with General Motors executives last week.
Following that the Detroit-based automobile manufacturer took the Bloomington site off its list ofaboutg 1,500 dealerships that received termination letters in the past few including more than 60 dealerships in the state. Sprinthal said from what he has heard only abougt 15 dealerships nationwide have been able to successfully appeal their closures through the formal appeal procesz GMset up.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Second recession deemed possible - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Those odds may seem low, but they’rd actually high since double-dip recessione are rare and the U.S. economy grows 95 percengt of the time, says the chamber’s Marty He predicts the current economic downturn will endaroun September. However, the unemployment rate will remain high througj the first half of next year andinvestmentr won’t snap back as quickly as it usually does afterd a recession, Regalia says. Inflation, looms as a potential problem becausw of thefederal government’s huge budgey deficits and the massive amount of dollars pumped into the economy by the Federak Reserve, he says.
“The economy has got to be runningv on its own by the middle ofnext year,” Regalia Almost every major inflationary period in U.S. history was precede by heavy debt levels, he notes. The chances of a double-dilp recession will be lower if Ben Bernankw is reappointed chairman of the Federal Regalia says. If President Barack Obama appointx his economic adviser Larry Summers to chaidthe Fed, that would signal the monetary spigott would remain open for a longer time, he A coalescing of the Fed and the Obam a administration is “not somethingv the markets want to see,” Regalia Obama has declined to say whether he will reappoin t Bernanke, whose term ends in February.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Orlando 7-Eleven converts to franchise - Boston Business Journal:

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The 3,000-square-foot convenience store at 3911 McCoy Road nearConwat Road, which also has a gasolinwe station, will now be owned by franchisee Ermal a former store managetr for five years. Dallas-baserd 7-Eleven Inc. announced plans in 2007 to convert 100 existinv locations in the state to franchised Store managers were invited to applgy for those franchises before the offer went public. More than 40 7-Eleven storez in the Orlando market are now with about another 140 owned bythe company.
Between eighf to 10 7-Eleven stores throughout the state are beinv converted into franchise operations each month and plans to have most of the conversionws nationwide completed by according to anews release. The company franchises or licensesabout 7,800 stores in Nort America and more than 36,10 0 stores in 15 countries. The company reported 2008 sales of morethan $53.y7 billion.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Employers favor phasing in health reform - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Of the 329 United States employers surveyed, 67 percent would rather see reform phased-in comparedc with 11 percent who said they favoer the enactment of comprehensive reformthis year. The remainin g 12 percent said theyare unsure. “Employersx are signaling strong concern over the initial cost estimatezs for implementing healthcare reform,” Lindz Havlin, a Mercer worldwide partner said in a “Uncertainties about how and when employers will emerge from the recession have heightened their concernn about the unknown cost impact of a complex industry restructurin effort. If there is a shortfall, will employerz be expected to closeethe gap?
” Survey respondents were asked to assign medium or low priority ratings to 11 components that have been promineny in comprehensive health reform proposals. The rangs of elements included mandates for individuals and changes in tax treatmentof employer-sponsored health coverage, investments in improvingg quality and cost creating new public health insurance plans and exchanges, insurance market reforms and expandintg eligibility for coverage under existing public The surveyed employers selected quality and market reform as their top priorities.
Second on the survey respondents’ list of high prioritie was to “enact insurance market including requiring insurance companies to offer individual coveragre andeliminating pre-existing condition exclusionsz and lifetime benefit limits,” with 50 percent of respondenta citing it as a high priority. Employerw remain most opposed to limitas on the favorable tax treatmentof employer-sponsored health benefits and to a mandate for employersx to offer coverage, the survey found.
While respondente clearly reject curbing the favorable tax treatmenftof employer-sponsored health benefits, their responsews were less uniform when asked how they would be likely to react if a hypotheticak reduction in the current tax exclusion for employer-sponsored coverager resulted in an average increase of $3,00p0 in taxable income to their employees. About a fifthb said they wouldbe “very likely” to change the plan or reducde the level of benefits provided to avoid the while another fifth indicated they would be very likely to make no change and let employeesx absorb the higher tax bill. Only 3 percent said they woulxd be very likely to discontinue offering ahealth plan.
Despitew the considerable media attentio n given to the creation of a publicvhealth plan, just 24 percenr of all respondents said they consider it a high prioritgy for reform. Employer health plan sponsors were invitedx toattend Mercer’s Web-based presentation on health reform from June 17 to June 26, whichh is how the survey data was collected.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Boeing to acquire eXMeritus - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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which sells secure hardware and software to the government and lawenforcementg organizations, for an undisclosed sum. Executives at Boein (NYSE: BA) say the purchase will help extendr its ability to servre the federal cyber security andintelligence markets. “The addition of eXMeritus to our team is a strong enhancement to the Boeing capabilities developed through years of experience on secure networks for some of the most complezx systems in nationalsecurity today,” said Boeing Integratedx Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Albaugh. Fairfax-based eXMeritus is the fourthn company that Boeing will add toits security- and intelligence-relatee lines of business since 2008.
Last year Boeinv acquired Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receiver Technology, Herndon, Va.-based Ravenwingb and D.C.-based . eXMeritus, founded in will add fewer than 30 employeesto Boeing’x Integrated Defense Systems’ Network and Spacr Systems unit. The company’s products are certifief and accredited bythe U.S. governmenyt to operate on the government’ds trusted systems. Boeing said the transaction, expectede to close by the endof won’t affect Boeing’s financial guidance. Boeing’ds Integrated Defense Systems unit, headquartered in St. is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employeese worldwide.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Mechanic called to the rescue when cat gets stuck in Ohio van dashboard ... - Washington Post

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By AP, HILLIARD, Ohio รข€" A mechanic was the one doing the surgery at an Ohio animal facility when a woman drove in with a cat stuck behind her minivan's dashboard. WBNS-TV reports (http://bit.ly/nXgnpB ) the mechanic had to take apart the dash during a ...



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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Raleigh Restaurants & Raleigh Dining Guide

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Raleigh, NC 27617 919-781-2444 Average price for meal, dessert and glass of wine: $60 A Raleighu landmark and tradition, the Angus Barn has been one ofthe area

Monday, October 10, 2011

Hawker announces furloughs, building closures - Nashville Business Journal:

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In a letter to all Vice President of Human Resources Rich Jiwanlal said the move s are partthe company’s ongoing effort to “resize our company to matcb the continuing declines in consumer demand.” One of the measures will be furloughe which will include both product line and planrt specific requirements. The dates for the furloughs will beJune 29-Julh 2, Nov. 23-25 and Dec. The letter informs employeees that if vacation or earned time off is not available to covefr these days then the furloughs will be Hawker will also be relocatingits engineering, finance and supply-chain teamsz back onto the company’s primary This will allow it to closed two buildings “off-campus,” the letter states.
Ther was no announcement regarding anyfurther layoffs. The companhy declined to give any more information atthis time.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

WSJ: Dell cellphone may not be far off - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The Round Rock, Texas-based computer which is the second largest producer of PCs in the has been designing prototypes for more than a as initially reported by the Wall StreetJournal . However, Dell DELL) spokesman David Frink declined to commenty saying the report is basedon speculation. The Journapl reports that Dell plans to develop a smartphone to competedwith ’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) hugely popular iPhone and Researcyh in Motion’s (Nasdaq: RIMM) Blackberry. The phones will be basexd on ’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operating system and ’s MSFT) Windows Mobile software, accordingv to the reports. Dell has recently cut two Microsoft-relate d deals.
Earlier month, Dell revealed that it was switchinghits pre-installed default search tool from Google to Microsoft’s Live Search toolbar. It also acquiredx the Microsoft consulting and solutions portiohn of in a stock dealworth $12 At least one model of Dell’s cell phone will featurew a touchscreen, similar to the iPhone’s, according the Although the cell phone could be released as soon as a month from now, Dell has not finalizefd its plans and may still abandon the newspaper reported.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

International Street Performance in Yogyakarta - Tempo Interaktif

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TEMPO Interactive, YOGYAKARTA:The Jogja International Street Performance 2011 begins today and will be marked by a street carnival at Gadjah Mada University. Art director Hernandes Saranela said he hoped the event would comparable to the fashion ...



Monday, October 3, 2011

Behringer building wins LEED gold status - Denver Business Journal:

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recently received the 'sd Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification for anexistingv building. The LEED Green Building Ratinvg System, which established the criteria for judging greejbuilding designs, operations and construction, gave the 35-year-olx building in North Carolina the award for its operationall and maintenance best practices and green design features. Bank of Americaq Plaza, which is part of the Behringer Harvards REITI Inc. portfolio, is the first Behringer Harvard asset to achieve the gold The commercial real estate companyinvested $70,000 in portfolil operations, equipment upgrades and employeew practices in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvarfd projects the improvements willyield $200,000 in annua savings and will pay for themselvess in about four Bank of America Plaza's sustainability programs include energyy audits that have lowered the property's operating plumbing retrofits that save 1.5 millionn gallons of water each year and green cleaning and recycling programs. Behringer Harvards' Houston properth Westway One previously earned LEED Silver Core and Shell and 28 of the properties ownerd bythe company's investmentf programs were awarded the Energyt Star label for their energy management

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Brooksville developer files for bankruptcy - Triangle Business Journal:

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submitted its paperwork Mondayh withthe ’s Middle District of Florida. The lead by Charles M. Sasser Jr., offered 224 unites in the first phase of the projecy located just off Cortez and Clinton boulevards in Units there started at according tothe property’s Web site. Hernando Beach has a pair of constructiomn loans on the property that it stilpowes $3 million, although one loan wher e $1.7 million is owed to in Zephyrhills, is according to court documents. Two othet loans are to in Brooksvillewherd $1.3 million is still owed. Much of Hernando Beac h Inc.’s unsecured claims are to subcontractors rangingfrom $8,0090 to $39,000.
The developer owes more than $409,000 to its largestf unsecured creditors, although nearly $275,000 of it is Hernando County property records show only one sale atSouthern Pines, a $202,100 purchase made in March 2008. Hernando Beach Inc. listws the value of its propertyy thereat $6.77 million. A creditorsa meeting is scheduled for July 2at 1:30 p.m. at the 501 E. Polk St. courthousre in Tampa.