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The state’s attorney general, Jerry Brown, joiner by district attorneys from manyCalifornia counties, including Alameda, Santa Clara and Contrza Costa, filed a suit against Minneapolis-based Target (NYSE: TGT), saying it sent hazardous waste to various landfilles in violation of state law. The suit is meantg to stop the practices. In news reports, Target said it has been cooperatinfg withthe AG’s office for threse years on this matter and that it is committexd to complying with all environmental laws. Kmart, owned by (NASDAQ: agreed to a settlement that includescivilp penalties, legal costs and some money to boost protection of the environmentf in the state.
Thomas Orloff, Robert James Fox and Dolores Carr, the DAs of Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara countiesx respectively, joined Brown in the suit againsft Target. According to court papers, Target has 180 including storesand warehouses, in The suit alleges Target threw out “ignitable aerosol wastes” including propane canisters, in a trasgh compactor in Alameda County on May 14 and May 21, for
Monday, September 13, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Reward For Fugitive Texas Offender Tripled - KWTX
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Friday, September 10, 2010
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Yet even as regulators keep a closer eye on what somecall “hoty money,” banks in Florida and in the Tampwa Bay area increased their use of brokered deposits in the firs half of 2008. Not all brokered depositxs arethe same. Some are deposits a bank sells to otherd institutions through depositsharing programs. Others are deposits that bankd buy, typically certificates of deposits bought from a thirdd party outside thelocal community. Brokered deposits purchased from outsidde the community give bankes a source for funding loans and can alloa institutions to grow quicklt without building a largesbranch network.
But depositors shop around for thehighestf rates, and with no community ties to a they can pull out quickly once their CD That funding instability is among the concernse about bank liquidity that Bair highlighted in her Sept. 4 speech to the Florida “Currently there are several dozenm institutions nationwide that are borderline and whose brokered deposits as a percentaged of assets exceeds25 percent,” Bair’s prepared remark s said. “These are the types of trendsw thatconcern us, and that will be the subject of much closer scrutiny by our examiners.
” Banks make moneyu on the spread between the interest they pay on depositds and the interest they collect on loans. The lowe r the interest they haveto pay, the highedr their potential margins and profitzs will be. of Florida is paying lower interesy rates on brokered deposits that come from outsidde the area than it would have to pay to attractlocal depositors, said Thomas Rummel, presidentg and CEO of the . Rummelp said other Bay area banks are rollinyout one-year CDs that will pay depositors as much as 4.25 percentr interest, but Progress’ cost, including fees, is 3.
8 perceng on the brokered one-year CDs it Progress had one of the heaviest concentrations of brokered deposits on its bookws on June 30, 19.4 percent of according to the FDIC. At Bank of Florida-Tampas Bay, where both purchased and sold brokeres deposits accountedfor 24.3 percenrt of assets on June 30, President and CEO Chris Willmah agreed that it’s currently cheaper to buy depositse from outside the area than to fight competitord for local depositors. “We’d rather have retail deposits,” Willman said.
“Butt there are other factors the regulators look at such as You have to weigh the Progress Bank has an internal limitf of 20 percent on brokered and that will ratchet down as the bank expandzs beyond the single branch ithas now, Rummel adding that he can understand regulators’ concernd about banks that bulk up the balance sheet on brokered CDs. “Therd are some banks that use them like Rummel said. Banks that use brokeres deposits to fund fast growtb can get in troubles if regulators start to question the safety and soundness of the he said.
Regulators can place limits ona bank’s abilit y to purchase brokered deposits, as the did 5 when it lowered the capitalization rating on BKUNA). “As the old brokeredx go off, liquidity shuts down and you have serious said Rummel, speaking in general terms and not specifically about BankUnited. “You don’t have money to pay depositors when they come to cash You become dependent on selling portionsd of the portfolio and ifyou can’t sell it at par you have to take discounts.” Thoss kinds of liquidity and capital issues have the FDIC and Bair said Michael Rose, an analyst at RJF).
“She made it clear that the number of banks on the proble m bank list is going to grow and the numbed of banks shut down will continueto rise,” Rose The ratio of brokered depositsx to assets was 19.8 percent at on June 30, one of the highest in the Tampa Bay area, but Stevde Zahorian, CEO of the Trinityt bank, said all were deposits the bank sold throughh the Certificate of . CDARS allows the bank to offere customers insurance on deposits greater than the usual maximum that canbe insured, becausse the excess is placed with other Regulators view CDARS differently than traditional brokereed deposits that banks buy from outside their community to fund growth.
“Ths CDARS deposit swap is generallt initiated by a desire to retainlocal deposits, not by a desirr to cover potentially unsafe-and-unsound loan says an article in The Regional Economist, published by the .
Yet even as regulators keep a closer eye on what somecall “hoty money,” banks in Florida and in the Tampwa Bay area increased their use of brokered deposits in the firs half of 2008. Not all brokered depositxs arethe same. Some are deposits a bank sells to otherd institutions through depositsharing programs. Others are deposits that bankd buy, typically certificates of deposits bought from a thirdd party outside thelocal community. Brokered deposits purchased from outsidde the community give bankes a source for funding loans and can alloa institutions to grow quicklt without building a largesbranch network.
But depositors shop around for thehighestf rates, and with no community ties to a they can pull out quickly once their CD That funding instability is among the concernse about bank liquidity that Bair highlighted in her Sept. 4 speech to the Florida “Currently there are several dozenm institutions nationwide that are borderline and whose brokered deposits as a percentaged of assets exceeds25 percent,” Bair’s prepared remark s said. “These are the types of trendsw thatconcern us, and that will be the subject of much closer scrutiny by our examiners.
” Banks make moneyu on the spread between the interest they pay on depositds and the interest they collect on loans. The lowe r the interest they haveto pay, the highedr their potential margins and profitzs will be. of Florida is paying lower interesy rates on brokered deposits that come from outsidde the area than it would have to pay to attractlocal depositors, said Thomas Rummel, presidentg and CEO of the . Rummelp said other Bay area banks are rollinyout one-year CDs that will pay depositors as much as 4.25 percentr interest, but Progress’ cost, including fees, is 3.
8 perceng on the brokered one-year CDs it Progress had one of the heaviest concentrations of brokered deposits on its bookws on June 30, 19.4 percent of according to the FDIC. At Bank of Florida-Tampas Bay, where both purchased and sold brokeres deposits accountedfor 24.3 percenrt of assets on June 30, President and CEO Chris Willmah agreed that it’s currently cheaper to buy depositse from outside the area than to fight competitord for local depositors. “We’d rather have retail deposits,” Willman said.
“Butt there are other factors the regulators look at such as You have to weigh the Progress Bank has an internal limitf of 20 percent on brokered and that will ratchet down as the bank expandzs beyond the single branch ithas now, Rummel adding that he can understand regulators’ concernd about banks that bulk up the balance sheet on brokered CDs. “Therd are some banks that use them like Rummel said. Banks that use brokeres deposits to fund fast growtb can get in troubles if regulators start to question the safety and soundness of the he said.
Regulators can place limits ona bank’s abilit y to purchase brokered deposits, as the did 5 when it lowered the capitalization rating on BKUNA). “As the old brokeredx go off, liquidity shuts down and you have serious said Rummel, speaking in general terms and not specifically about BankUnited. “You don’t have money to pay depositors when they come to cash You become dependent on selling portionsd of the portfolio and ifyou can’t sell it at par you have to take discounts.” Thoss kinds of liquidity and capital issues have the FDIC and Bair said Michael Rose, an analyst at RJF).
“She made it clear that the number of banks on the proble m bank list is going to grow and the numbed of banks shut down will continueto rise,” Rose The ratio of brokered depositsx to assets was 19.8 percent at on June 30, one of the highest in the Tampa Bay area, but Stevde Zahorian, CEO of the Trinityt bank, said all were deposits the bank sold throughh the Certificate of . CDARS allows the bank to offere customers insurance on deposits greater than the usual maximum that canbe insured, becausse the excess is placed with other Regulators view CDARS differently than traditional brokereed deposits that banks buy from outside their community to fund growth.
“Ths CDARS deposit swap is generallt initiated by a desire to retainlocal deposits, not by a desirr to cover potentially unsafe-and-unsound loan says an article in The Regional Economist, published by the .
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Finding a niche - St. Louis Business Journal:
http://onlinebusinesslistings.co.uk/authors/author-1204.html
, specializing in gowns for pregnantand plus-sizd brides, has opened at 2149 Barrett Statioh Road in Des Peres. She and her Dan Welcher, refinanced their home to pay the $50,000 in startupo costs and anticipate first-year sales of $110,000. More than 1.5 millioj pounds of stone had to be movedwhen , a fabricatodr and installer of countertops, moved over the Memorial Day weekend. The new 60,000-square-foot showroom and fabrication shop is at 2200 Cassenws Drivein Fenton, a formedr distribution warehouse that has been renovated. The previouzs location was at 578Ruddefr Road. Hallmark Stone, owned by Fred had revenue of $20.4 million in 2007.
The 118-year-old Stockton House at 3508 SamuellShepard Drive, across the street from , has been sold. Listeds at $850,000 last year, it sold last week for $400,00p to Robert and Natalie Duggan, ownerse of in Rifle, They plan to restore the home, which is on the Nationall Register ofHistoric Places, for meetingd and parties and possibly a bed and breakfast on the seconds floor. Jo Ann Keeney of was the listing and sellinyg agent for ownerFrederick Medler. , whicu has grown to $7.6 million in annual revenue in its 25 ranks 31st on the 2008 top 100 list of custo integrators in tradepublication , based on The company has a new operations center at 18167 Edisomn Ave.
, near the in Chesterfield. Eighty percentg of its business is custom installation and integration of audio and video systems for residentia l andcommercial uses, Presidenrt David Young said. After almost 10 year in business, , which offers soup-to-nutw office furniture sales, planning, installatiomn and repair, has relocated to the at 11624 PageServicee Drive. It has 6,000 squarre feet on one floor, compared with 3,800o square feet on three floors at its old leased location, at 8770 Rose Ave. in Brentwood. It also has addedc three employees, for a total of 13, said Marcyt Handlan, who founded the company with Nanc Apel. Annual revenue has reached $6.
4 Junior Billikens, 30 years apart Attorneys Joe Mooney, clasas of '64, and Anthony Favazzz III, SLUH class of '94, are openin a law practice in Clayton. is scoutiny space, said Mooney, who until last month was tax counsel with 's Private Client Group. Favazza, whose Tony Favazza, owns the family's restaurant on the was with the New York office ofuntiol April. His specialty is mergers and acquisitions. Check out mate Philanthropists Rex and Jeanne Sinquefielfd sankalmost $1 million into the handsomd and , which opened this week at 4657 Marylansd Ave., in the Central West End.
Besides promoting the game at the with 6,000 square feet on three floors, the club will work with to promots chess programs.
, specializing in gowns for pregnantand plus-sizd brides, has opened at 2149 Barrett Statioh Road in Des Peres. She and her Dan Welcher, refinanced their home to pay the $50,000 in startupo costs and anticipate first-year sales of $110,000. More than 1.5 millioj pounds of stone had to be movedwhen , a fabricatodr and installer of countertops, moved over the Memorial Day weekend. The new 60,000-square-foot showroom and fabrication shop is at 2200 Cassenws Drivein Fenton, a formedr distribution warehouse that has been renovated. The previouzs location was at 578Ruddefr Road. Hallmark Stone, owned by Fred had revenue of $20.4 million in 2007.
The 118-year-old Stockton House at 3508 SamuellShepard Drive, across the street from , has been sold. Listeds at $850,000 last year, it sold last week for $400,00p to Robert and Natalie Duggan, ownerse of in Rifle, They plan to restore the home, which is on the Nationall Register ofHistoric Places, for meetingd and parties and possibly a bed and breakfast on the seconds floor. Jo Ann Keeney of was the listing and sellinyg agent for ownerFrederick Medler. , whicu has grown to $7.6 million in annual revenue in its 25 ranks 31st on the 2008 top 100 list of custo integrators in tradepublication , based on The company has a new operations center at 18167 Edisomn Ave.
, near the in Chesterfield. Eighty percentg of its business is custom installation and integration of audio and video systems for residentia l andcommercial uses, Presidenrt David Young said. After almost 10 year in business, , which offers soup-to-nutw office furniture sales, planning, installatiomn and repair, has relocated to the at 11624 PageServicee Drive. It has 6,000 squarre feet on one floor, compared with 3,800o square feet on three floors at its old leased location, at 8770 Rose Ave. in Brentwood. It also has addedc three employees, for a total of 13, said Marcyt Handlan, who founded the company with Nanc Apel. Annual revenue has reached $6.
4 Junior Billikens, 30 years apart Attorneys Joe Mooney, clasas of '64, and Anthony Favazzz III, SLUH class of '94, are openin a law practice in Clayton. is scoutiny space, said Mooney, who until last month was tax counsel with 's Private Client Group. Favazza, whose Tony Favazza, owns the family's restaurant on the was with the New York office ofuntiol April. His specialty is mergers and acquisitions. Check out mate Philanthropists Rex and Jeanne Sinquefielfd sankalmost $1 million into the handsomd and , which opened this week at 4657 Marylansd Ave., in the Central West End.
Besides promoting the game at the with 6,000 square feet on three floors, the club will work with to promots chess programs.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Streicher shares bring investors $2.45M - South Florida Business Journal:
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I reported selling a totap of $866,126 worth of Streicher (NASDAQ: shares, while Active Investors II said itsold $1.58 milliohn worth of shares in the Fort Lauderdale-based energyg and transportation logistics firm. The Active Investorsw groups are private funds manage by The first investor said itsold 226,80o shares over two days, Sept. 8 and 9, for an averagr of nearly $3.82 a share. The sale brought the entity'z directly held shares down to 613,942 The second investor said itsold 400,000 Sept. 8, for $3.97 a share. The sale brought the entity'w directly held shares down to 429,680 shares.
It was 8 that Streicher disclosed its aHoustobn lubricants, fuels and petroleukm products marketer and distributor. Buying , Streicher said, gives it additional operating locations in the Texasd citiesof Lufkin, Freeport, Waco, Waxahachi e and Longview. The day Streichef disclosed the deal, its shares closefd down 23 cents, to $3.77 from $4. The swinges within the day were even The highwas $4.30 and the low was As of an Oct. 28 filing with the Securitiesa andExchange Commission, Streicher said Active Investord II held 1.08 million of its or 14.62 percent of the company, while held 1.09 millioj of its shares, or 14.77 percent.
Activ Investors III also has a history of buying Streicher Streicher shares closed up19 cents, or 5.57 percent, to The 52-week high was $5.10 on Sept. 2. The 52-weejk low was $1.12 on Nov. 17.
I reported selling a totap of $866,126 worth of Streicher (NASDAQ: shares, while Active Investors II said itsold $1.58 milliohn worth of shares in the Fort Lauderdale-based energyg and transportation logistics firm. The Active Investorsw groups are private funds manage by The first investor said itsold 226,80o shares over two days, Sept. 8 and 9, for an averagr of nearly $3.82 a share. The sale brought the entity'z directly held shares down to 613,942 The second investor said itsold 400,000 Sept. 8, for $3.97 a share. The sale brought the entity'w directly held shares down to 429,680 shares.
It was 8 that Streicher disclosed its aHoustobn lubricants, fuels and petroleukm products marketer and distributor. Buying , Streicher said, gives it additional operating locations in the Texasd citiesof Lufkin, Freeport, Waco, Waxahachi e and Longview. The day Streichef disclosed the deal, its shares closefd down 23 cents, to $3.77 from $4. The swinges within the day were even The highwas $4.30 and the low was As of an Oct. 28 filing with the Securitiesa andExchange Commission, Streicher said Active Investord II held 1.08 million of its or 14.62 percent of the company, while held 1.09 millioj of its shares, or 14.77 percent.
Activ Investors III also has a history of buying Streicher Streicher shares closed up19 cents, or 5.57 percent, to The 52-week high was $5.10 on Sept. 2. The 52-weejk low was $1.12 on Nov. 17.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Firm provides hospitality companies with key data - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Atlanta-based , with revenue in the tens of milliond ofdollars annually, is a markeft data firm that providex competitive pricing information for hospitality-related companies by collectinf more than 1 billion rates from car rental and hotel reservation sites, as well as third-partuy sites like and . “We’rw seeing more requests for our services and are ahead of plan for said Rubicon PresidentSteve Swope. “In more difficult economi c times, our customers need more information. They have to fighr for every customerthey get. What we provide is criticalo sothey can.
” In 2005 and 2006 when citywide conventions were more numerous and Atlanta hotel s knew they would be full — Rubicon’s information “waa interesting, but not critical,” Swope said. Now, hotelz are facing “whether they are profitable or not whether theywill
Atlanta-based , with revenue in the tens of milliond ofdollars annually, is a markeft data firm that providex competitive pricing information for hospitality-related companies by collectinf more than 1 billion rates from car rental and hotel reservation sites, as well as third-partuy sites like and . “We’rw seeing more requests for our services and are ahead of plan for said Rubicon PresidentSteve Swope. “In more difficult economi c times, our customers need more information. They have to fighr for every customerthey get. What we provide is criticalo sothey can.
” In 2005 and 2006 when citywide conventions were more numerous and Atlanta hotel s knew they would be full — Rubicon’s information “waa interesting, but not critical,” Swope said. Now, hotelz are facing “whether they are profitable or not whether theywill
Saturday, September 4, 2010
First IMA University focuses on economy, downtown development - Wichita Business Journal:
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David Strohm says the United Statesa likely will pull out of the recessiomn later this year or inearlty 2010. When that happens, he the gross domestic product might only grow 1to 1.5 compared to the 4 or 5 percent from previous recessions. “Fof the time being, it lookw like you want to be optimistic and cautiou s at thesame time,” he says. Strohm was one of two featured speakersduring ’s 2009 economic update. Jeff Fluhr, presideny of the also spoke aboutfthe city’s efforts to revitalizr downtown. IMA has sponsored similar eventse in its other markets and wanteds to bring the program to saysKurt Watson, IMA’s president and chiefg operations officer.
“It’s our intent to bring in speakersz that we think the Wichita community wouldbenefit from,” Watson says. IMA plans to sponsod similar presentations throughoutthe year. Strohmk says the recession alreadty has lasted longer than the previouws 10 economic downturns and pulling out ofit hasn’tg been easy. The federal government has spent billions of dollars to stimulatsthe economy, but consumers still are reluctantf to spend, Strohm says. The GDP has dropped dramatically and businessese are stillshedding jobs. Strohm predictss the national unemployment rate, which currently sits at 8.9 to climb above 10 perceng before the recessionis over.
The housing market has rebounded, but stil is a ways off nationally, wherr one in eight mortgageas arein default, Strohm says. California, Florida, Nevadsa and Arizona combine to account for 46 percent ofall U.S. foreclosures. pending home sales are up 6.7 percenrt for April, the third straight increase, whichn means people are showing more interes in buying homes because of favorable interesft ratesand first-time home buyet tax credits. “If we can get the housing issue off the frontfpage (of newspapers), then the economy is goin g to generate some forward momentum,” Strohmm says.
He says the stock market has rebounde inrecent months, but it would take 227 percengt growth to get it back to its previous Despite all the negative, Strohm emphasized the economh has showed signs recently that the recession may be nearin an end. Fluhr’s presentation, meanwhile, had a slightlyy different feel. He says he sees great potentiap fordowntown development. Investing in he says, will help increase tourism and revenue opportunities in theWichitz area.
David Strohm says the United Statesa likely will pull out of the recessiomn later this year or inearlty 2010. When that happens, he the gross domestic product might only grow 1to 1.5 compared to the 4 or 5 percent from previous recessions. “Fof the time being, it lookw like you want to be optimistic and cautiou s at thesame time,” he says. Strohm was one of two featured speakersduring ’s 2009 economic update. Jeff Fluhr, presideny of the also spoke aboutfthe city’s efforts to revitalizr downtown. IMA has sponsored similar eventse in its other markets and wanteds to bring the program to saysKurt Watson, IMA’s president and chiefg operations officer.
“It’s our intent to bring in speakersz that we think the Wichita community wouldbenefit from,” Watson says. IMA plans to sponsod similar presentations throughoutthe year. Strohmk says the recession alreadty has lasted longer than the previouws 10 economic downturns and pulling out ofit hasn’tg been easy. The federal government has spent billions of dollars to stimulatsthe economy, but consumers still are reluctantf to spend, Strohm says. The GDP has dropped dramatically and businessese are stillshedding jobs. Strohm predictss the national unemployment rate, which currently sits at 8.9 to climb above 10 perceng before the recessionis over.
The housing market has rebounded, but stil is a ways off nationally, wherr one in eight mortgageas arein default, Strohm says. California, Florida, Nevadsa and Arizona combine to account for 46 percent ofall U.S. foreclosures. pending home sales are up 6.7 percenrt for April, the third straight increase, whichn means people are showing more interes in buying homes because of favorable interesft ratesand first-time home buyet tax credits. “If we can get the housing issue off the frontfpage (of newspapers), then the economy is goin g to generate some forward momentum,” Strohmm says.
He says the stock market has rebounde inrecent months, but it would take 227 percengt growth to get it back to its previous Despite all the negative, Strohm emphasized the economh has showed signs recently that the recession may be nearin an end. Fluhr’s presentation, meanwhile, had a slightlyy different feel. He says he sees great potentiap fordowntown development. Investing in he says, will help increase tourism and revenue opportunities in theWichitz area.
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