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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Redmond, Gomez carry G-Braves to win - Gainesville Times
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Southwestern Carpets grows business from the ground up - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Bill McCaddon has stripped Southwesternm Carpets down and recreated it a couple of timesd since purchasing it from Don Lynchin 2001. When he bough the flooring company, it specialized in removin and replacing carpets in apartments between rental The Lewisville company was producing annual revenueof $5 but McCaddon found the business too impersonal because it was driven by product sale s and not on building relationships with So he decided to switcb focus to the more relationship-centric business of providing flooring solutions to new home-construction projects, which includess hardwood floors, carpeting, and backsplash and tile installation.
The wholesale company saw dramatic growth as a with annual revenueof $22 million in 2007. But the growtjh was so rapid and so intense that manageras were losing control of the directionm the company was Soin 2008, he enlisted Don a consultant with The Renova to help bring new energ to his company. McCaddon’s sense of direction and leadershi abilities come from his experience asa manufacturer’ s representative for 18 years at companies like Shaw Carpet Manufacturerd and Aleta Co. He had learned the importanc of building relationshipswith clients.
“My background was in working with new The apartment businesswas non-relationship driven,” said “I didn’t know how to buildf a business that wasn’t relational.” McCaddon downsized the companty to redirect the focus to the home-construction industry. He was met with resistancde fromhis employees. “I realized that usinb the sameemployees wasn’t going to work. I was trying to halfway do the change,” he said. “Oncd we made the commitment, we really turne d the corner.” He began switching out The company, which had grownm annual revenueto $5 million, saw revenue drop to undert $3 million during the transition.
But, once the commitmeng was made, McCaddon noted marked improvement. By 2003, revenu had grown by 35%. Between 2004 and 2008, the compant went through its biggest growth reaching upto $22 million in salees and employing more than 60 But at that time, the storybook growtu came to an end. “It was getting to be chaotic because of so many new We werean 8-cylinder enginwe working on six or seven cylinders. We’fd lost a sense of teamwork, and everyone was territorial.” That’s when McCaddon broughft in Brush. “For the most I engage them and talk with them in ordet to builda relationship.
I wantedx to find out the strengths of the company and what was working and whatneeded improvement,” said Brush. “They’ve got the dreams; they’ve got the vision. It’xs just giving them the Brush met with employees to figure out areaas that needed improvement and then created anaction plan. He showed the companu how to create committees to address problems as they come up and then dissolve the committees after the problem has been The shift has translated into happier Bill Darling, president and co-owner of Darling Homesd Inc., has worked with McCaddon since McCaddon purchasedc Southwestern Carpets in 2001.
“(We starteds working with Southwestern Carpets) becaus e of Bill and his relational approach to working with homebuilder s as opposed to thetraditional price-onl approach,” said Darling. “Brush has helped Bill figure out how to communicatse better so that everyone is going in the same direction as the managemenrt and will yield themaximum impact.” For Chries McCoppin, operations manager for Southwestern Carpets, the change in the corporate culturew has been noticeable. “Sometimes you don’t realize that when one departmenty changes their policiesand procedures, it affectsz others. Now everyone talks to each McCoppin said.
“We’ve empowered them to make decisions. We gave them the powerr to runthe business. They feel accountable.” With this new sens of empowerment, as well as an improved use of digitizintg softwarecalled Measure, Southwestern Carpets has seen a marked improvement on the accuracy of the 3,000 work orders entered each month 95% accuracy, up from 77% accuracy — and has save d about $160,000 in unnecessary costs for havingg to fix incorrect work orders.
Instead of pursuinf potential clients merely for the sake of new McCaddon and his staff focus on getting to knowpotential clients, researchinfg them as much as possibl and understanding their needs before they even “We’ll only do business with people who will sit down and have a relationshilp with us. Someone is alway going to come inlowere (priced) than you,” said “We were always chasing peoplre who were focused on If they say, fax us (a price we say sorry, we can’t work with you. We stay togethe as a result. If you have the value they don’t leave.
”
Bill McCaddon has stripped Southwesternm Carpets down and recreated it a couple of timesd since purchasing it from Don Lynchin 2001. When he bough the flooring company, it specialized in removin and replacing carpets in apartments between rental The Lewisville company was producing annual revenueof $5 but McCaddon found the business too impersonal because it was driven by product sale s and not on building relationships with So he decided to switcb focus to the more relationship-centric business of providing flooring solutions to new home-construction projects, which includess hardwood floors, carpeting, and backsplash and tile installation.
The wholesale company saw dramatic growth as a with annual revenueof $22 million in 2007. But the growtjh was so rapid and so intense that manageras were losing control of the directionm the company was Soin 2008, he enlisted Don a consultant with The Renova to help bring new energ to his company. McCaddon’s sense of direction and leadershi abilities come from his experience asa manufacturer’ s representative for 18 years at companies like Shaw Carpet Manufacturerd and Aleta Co. He had learned the importanc of building relationshipswith clients.
“My background was in working with new The apartment businesswas non-relationship driven,” said “I didn’t know how to buildf a business that wasn’t relational.” McCaddon downsized the companty to redirect the focus to the home-construction industry. He was met with resistancde fromhis employees. “I realized that usinb the sameemployees wasn’t going to work. I was trying to halfway do the change,” he said. “Oncd we made the commitment, we really turne d the corner.” He began switching out The company, which had grownm annual revenueto $5 million, saw revenue drop to undert $3 million during the transition.
But, once the commitmeng was made, McCaddon noted marked improvement. By 2003, revenu had grown by 35%. Between 2004 and 2008, the compant went through its biggest growth reaching upto $22 million in salees and employing more than 60 But at that time, the storybook growtu came to an end. “It was getting to be chaotic because of so many new We werean 8-cylinder enginwe working on six or seven cylinders. We’fd lost a sense of teamwork, and everyone was territorial.” That’s when McCaddon broughft in Brush. “For the most I engage them and talk with them in ordet to builda relationship.
I wantedx to find out the strengths of the company and what was working and whatneeded improvement,” said Brush. “They’ve got the dreams; they’ve got the vision. It’xs just giving them the Brush met with employees to figure out areaas that needed improvement and then created anaction plan. He showed the companu how to create committees to address problems as they come up and then dissolve the committees after the problem has been The shift has translated into happier Bill Darling, president and co-owner of Darling Homesd Inc., has worked with McCaddon since McCaddon purchasedc Southwestern Carpets in 2001.
“(We starteds working with Southwestern Carpets) becaus e of Bill and his relational approach to working with homebuilder s as opposed to thetraditional price-onl approach,” said Darling. “Brush has helped Bill figure out how to communicatse better so that everyone is going in the same direction as the managemenrt and will yield themaximum impact.” For Chries McCoppin, operations manager for Southwestern Carpets, the change in the corporate culturew has been noticeable. “Sometimes you don’t realize that when one departmenty changes their policiesand procedures, it affectsz others. Now everyone talks to each McCoppin said.
“We’ve empowered them to make decisions. We gave them the powerr to runthe business. They feel accountable.” With this new sens of empowerment, as well as an improved use of digitizintg softwarecalled Measure, Southwestern Carpets has seen a marked improvement on the accuracy of the 3,000 work orders entered each month 95% accuracy, up from 77% accuracy — and has save d about $160,000 in unnecessary costs for havingg to fix incorrect work orders.
Instead of pursuinf potential clients merely for the sake of new McCaddon and his staff focus on getting to knowpotential clients, researchinfg them as much as possibl and understanding their needs before they even “We’ll only do business with people who will sit down and have a relationshilp with us. Someone is alway going to come inlowere (priced) than you,” said “We were always chasing peoplre who were focused on If they say, fax us (a price we say sorry, we can’t work with you. We stay togethe as a result. If you have the value they don’t leave.
”
Friday, August 26, 2011
VSR Financial Services owners settle negligence case for $10.3M - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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million through their insurance company to settle a negligencde case filed by249 customers. The customers had claimed the Overland Park-based companyy was negligent in supervising two former brokers whosold high-riskk investments in several Florida-based The brokers, Rebecca Engle and Brian Schuster, were charged with eighrt counts each of securities fraud by Nebrask on May 11. VSR Financial owners and founders J. Michael Stanfield and Donald Beart consented tothe $10.3 million settlemen t before an arbitration panepl from the on May 8, the authority said in a released Wednesday.
Stanfield, also CEO of VSR Financial, said in an intervieaw Thursday that he and Beary did not admitr toany wrongdoing. Stanfield said part of the agreementt was that the plaintiffs agreed not to collect the settlemenrt from Stanfieldand Beary, but instead will try to collect paymentr from the company’s directors’ and insurance provider. Engle workec at VSR as a representative for abou t nine months in 2006and 2007. Englr lost her Nebraska securities license in 2008 as part of an agreemenf she entered into withstate regulators. Schuster was a former businessx partnerof Engle’s and never worked directly for VSR.
“These investmentes were sold through CapitalGrowtyh Financial, a Florida broker dealerr that is no longeer in business, about three or four yeard before they were involved with us,” Stanfield said. Stanfield said that no claims remain against VSR Financial or its The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority calls itself the largest independentr regulator for securities firms doing business in the United States. It was created in July 2007 through the consolidationb of the and themember regulation, enforcemenf and arbitration functions of the .
million through their insurance company to settle a negligencde case filed by249 customers. The customers had claimed the Overland Park-based companyy was negligent in supervising two former brokers whosold high-riskk investments in several Florida-based The brokers, Rebecca Engle and Brian Schuster, were charged with eighrt counts each of securities fraud by Nebrask on May 11. VSR Financial owners and founders J. Michael Stanfield and Donald Beart consented tothe $10.3 million settlemen t before an arbitration panepl from the on May 8, the authority said in a released Wednesday.
Stanfield, also CEO of VSR Financial, said in an intervieaw Thursday that he and Beary did not admitr toany wrongdoing. Stanfield said part of the agreementt was that the plaintiffs agreed not to collect the settlemenrt from Stanfieldand Beary, but instead will try to collect paymentr from the company’s directors’ and insurance provider. Engle workec at VSR as a representative for abou t nine months in 2006and 2007. Englr lost her Nebraska securities license in 2008 as part of an agreemenf she entered into withstate regulators. Schuster was a former businessx partnerof Engle’s and never worked directly for VSR.
“These investmentes were sold through CapitalGrowtyh Financial, a Florida broker dealerr that is no longeer in business, about three or four yeard before they were involved with us,” Stanfield said. Stanfield said that no claims remain against VSR Financial or its The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority calls itself the largest independentr regulator for securities firms doing business in the United States. It was created in July 2007 through the consolidationb of the and themember regulation, enforcemenf and arbitration functions of the .
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Dow
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finishedd the trading dayat 8,504.67, down 107.46 pointsx (1.25 percent). The S&P 500 closed at 911.97, down 11.75 pointx (1.27 percent). The NASDAQ Composite finished at down 20.2 points (1.11 Among actively traded Colorado stocks, (Q) led the day’se gainers, up 3.77 percent (15 cents) to close at The Denver-based telecom Tuesday announced a new framework allowingb electric utilities to integrate their “smart energy use sensing with Qwest’s DSL • (GSS) — Up 1.05 percent (2 to $1.93. • (PLD) — Up 0.8 percent (7 to $8.78. • (NEM) — Up 0.72 percent (30 to $41.88. • (DISH) — Up 0.
41 percen t (6 cents) to $14.86. Among actively traded Colorado stockw that declined on the daywas , down 7.77 percenft (31 cents) to close at • (GMO) — Down 6.48 percent (16 to $2.31. • (DPTR) Down 5.73 percent (13 cents) to $2.14. (JNS) — Down 5.41 percent (66 cents) to • (LVLT) — Down 5.37 percengt (8 cents) to $1.41.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finishedd the trading dayat 8,504.67, down 107.46 pointsx (1.25 percent). The S&P 500 closed at 911.97, down 11.75 pointx (1.27 percent). The NASDAQ Composite finished at down 20.2 points (1.11 Among actively traded Colorado stocks, (Q) led the day’se gainers, up 3.77 percent (15 cents) to close at The Denver-based telecom Tuesday announced a new framework allowingb electric utilities to integrate their “smart energy use sensing with Qwest’s DSL • (GSS) — Up 1.05 percent (2 to $1.93. • (PLD) — Up 0.8 percent (7 to $8.78. • (NEM) — Up 0.72 percent (30 to $41.88. • (DISH) — Up 0.
41 percen t (6 cents) to $14.86. Among actively traded Colorado stockw that declined on the daywas , down 7.77 percenft (31 cents) to close at • (GMO) — Down 6.48 percent (16 to $2.31. • (DPTR) Down 5.73 percent (13 cents) to $2.14. (JNS) — Down 5.41 percent (66 cents) to • (LVLT) — Down 5.37 percengt (8 cents) to $1.41.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Hensarling: GM TARP funds will be probed - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Hensarling is the lone Republican on the Congressional Oversighf Panel and a ranking member of the Housd Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutiond andConsumer Credit. He says he is concerned about the disparate treatment of differengt classes of bond holders as Troubled Asset Relief Program fundsare distributed. Detroit-based GM (NYSE: GM) filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. has reachedf a deal with its bondholders that would have thosre firms own up to 25 percenf ofthe automaker, with the U.S.
Treasury Departmenf investing upto $50 billio n in GM, according to a regulatorh filing made by the Detroit The automaker has received nearly $20 billion in taxpayerd funds to date. “I am pleased that the Congressional Oversightg Panel will hold this important oversight hearingbin July. While I opposeed giving TARP money tothe automakers, taxpayers deserv e transparency and need to know that their tax dollar s are being spent fairly and to promote financiaol stability," Hensarling said. “Many believe that TARP is being used insteaf to promote a social agenda and to reward the allies of the This hearing will be a venue for seeking answers to suchimportant questions.
” The White Houser could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesda y morning.
Hensarling is the lone Republican on the Congressional Oversighf Panel and a ranking member of the Housd Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutiond andConsumer Credit. He says he is concerned about the disparate treatment of differengt classes of bond holders as Troubled Asset Relief Program fundsare distributed. Detroit-based GM (NYSE: GM) filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. has reachedf a deal with its bondholders that would have thosre firms own up to 25 percenf ofthe automaker, with the U.S.
Treasury Departmenf investing upto $50 billio n in GM, according to a regulatorh filing made by the Detroit The automaker has received nearly $20 billion in taxpayerd funds to date. “I am pleased that the Congressional Oversightg Panel will hold this important oversight hearingbin July. While I opposeed giving TARP money tothe automakers, taxpayers deserv e transparency and need to know that their tax dollar s are being spent fairly and to promote financiaol stability," Hensarling said. “Many believe that TARP is being used insteaf to promote a social agenda and to reward the allies of the This hearing will be a venue for seeking answers to suchimportant questions.
” The White Houser could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesda y morning.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Zicam maker pulls products, but affirms safety - San Francisco Business Times:
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The FDA said it received more than 130 complaints from consumers saying they have lost their sense of smell after usingthe products. Jennifer Warren, a former schooll teacher who livesin Ala., said she lost her sense of smel l after using Zicam to prevent the duration of a cold a few yeares ago, but had never complained to the FDA or the companyg because she figured there was no way to provr Zicam caused her anosmia. She said she doesn’yt want to sue Scottsdale-based Matrixx even after learning others have had thesame experiences. “I don’t think Zicam was created to hurt she said.
“We sit here and we rip and we rave abougt all these drugs not being allowed onthe market. The firsyt time anything goes wrong, everybody wants to go sue, sue, sue. That drivesx me nuts. I honestly believe the peopler were trying to do somethiny to help people notget sick.” William acting president and chief operating officed of Matrixx, said the FDA action was takem without reviewing research he would have been more than willingb to provide.
“We think the science does not support this allegationat all,” he “Quite honestly, we would not be selling the productf if we thought it was Zicam products use a homeopathic remed y called Zincum Gluconicum 2x, which means they require FDA Dr. Sam Benjamin, a medicalk doctor with a homeopathic license, said he can’gt figure out why the FDA has takenj so long to deal withthe “I can think of no part of alternative medicine that summond up more worry to conventional physicianzs than homeopathy,” said who has a medical talk show on KTAR 92.3 FM on Saturday s at 2 p.m. and 1,000 followers on Twitter.
“Ther are so many drugsd around thatcause problems, why wouldf one event want to expose people to any Brett Berty, a senior recall strategist at Stericycle Inc. in Lake Ill., is coming to Phoeniz this week to meet with Matrixx officialsa to see if he can help the company withdamagde control. Usually, he said, companies will voluntarily recall a product before the FDAgets That’s not how it happene with Matrixx. The FDA steppedx in and warned Matrixx that it had received more than 130 consumerd complaints and that the company needed to stop marketintg the product until it can put a warning labek on its packaging that it couldcaus anosmia.
Over the past 10 Berty has worked with manufacturers to conducttabout 1,300 recalls, including Vioxx. hopefully, the manufacturer will work with me priort to approaching theregulatory agency,” he “The most important thing for Matrixx is you can turn a seeminglyu awful situation into an opportunity if you’rs judged by the publicd as being part of the How swiftly do they executde that will demonstrate their concern for the public’s When the FDA sent the warning letter to Matrixzx and advised consumers not to use certain Zicanm cold remedies, on June 16, Matrixx’s stock plummeted 70 perceny to $5.78 a share. It bounced up a bit to $6.
1e3 a day later, but nowhered near its 52-week high of $19.74, near its tradingg point before the FDA sent the warning For the fiscal year ended March 31, Matrixx reported $13.8u million in net income on $112 million in net sales, up from $10.4 million in net incomes on $101 million in net sales a year ago. Hemeltr said he will be meeting with FDA regulatorzs to discussthe issue. He also schedulede a conference callwith
The FDA said it received more than 130 complaints from consumers saying they have lost their sense of smell after usingthe products. Jennifer Warren, a former schooll teacher who livesin Ala., said she lost her sense of smel l after using Zicam to prevent the duration of a cold a few yeares ago, but had never complained to the FDA or the companyg because she figured there was no way to provr Zicam caused her anosmia. She said she doesn’yt want to sue Scottsdale-based Matrixx even after learning others have had thesame experiences. “I don’t think Zicam was created to hurt she said.
“We sit here and we rip and we rave abougt all these drugs not being allowed onthe market. The firsyt time anything goes wrong, everybody wants to go sue, sue, sue. That drivesx me nuts. I honestly believe the peopler were trying to do somethiny to help people notget sick.” William acting president and chief operating officed of Matrixx, said the FDA action was takem without reviewing research he would have been more than willingb to provide.
“We think the science does not support this allegationat all,” he “Quite honestly, we would not be selling the productf if we thought it was Zicam products use a homeopathic remed y called Zincum Gluconicum 2x, which means they require FDA Dr. Sam Benjamin, a medicalk doctor with a homeopathic license, said he can’gt figure out why the FDA has takenj so long to deal withthe “I can think of no part of alternative medicine that summond up more worry to conventional physicianzs than homeopathy,” said who has a medical talk show on KTAR 92.3 FM on Saturday s at 2 p.m. and 1,000 followers on Twitter.
“Ther are so many drugsd around thatcause problems, why wouldf one event want to expose people to any Brett Berty, a senior recall strategist at Stericycle Inc. in Lake Ill., is coming to Phoeniz this week to meet with Matrixx officialsa to see if he can help the company withdamagde control. Usually, he said, companies will voluntarily recall a product before the FDAgets That’s not how it happene with Matrixx. The FDA steppedx in and warned Matrixx that it had received more than 130 consumerd complaints and that the company needed to stop marketintg the product until it can put a warning labek on its packaging that it couldcaus anosmia.
Over the past 10 Berty has worked with manufacturers to conducttabout 1,300 recalls, including Vioxx. hopefully, the manufacturer will work with me priort to approaching theregulatory agency,” he “The most important thing for Matrixx is you can turn a seeminglyu awful situation into an opportunity if you’rs judged by the publicd as being part of the How swiftly do they executde that will demonstrate their concern for the public’s When the FDA sent the warning letter to Matrixzx and advised consumers not to use certain Zicanm cold remedies, on June 16, Matrixx’s stock plummeted 70 perceny to $5.78 a share. It bounced up a bit to $6.
1e3 a day later, but nowhered near its 52-week high of $19.74, near its tradingg point before the FDA sent the warning For the fiscal year ended March 31, Matrixx reported $13.8u million in net income on $112 million in net sales, up from $10.4 million in net incomes on $101 million in net sales a year ago. Hemeltr said he will be meeting with FDA regulatorzs to discussthe issue. He also schedulede a conference callwith
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
MedImmune gets second H1N1 flu contract - Austin Business Journal:
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MedImmune won the additional $61 million contract from the U.S. Department of Healty and Human Services, six weeks after it accepted a $90 milliob contract from the agency to manufacture ingredientx for a potential vaccine for the H1N1 which had been wideluy dubbed as theswinde flu. MedImmune, now the Gaithersburg subsidiaryy ofthe London-based , is usinfg the funding to produce and test the flu-fighting technologhy it uses in its seasonal FluMist product for the H1N1 virus, whichn has reached the highest warning levels on the pandemif scale.
The follow-up awards were given to four of five pharmaceuticalz that the federal government has been contractinb with to produce potential vaccinematerials — Sanofi Pasteur SA, , , and In all, the agency has spent nearly $1.9 billion to date on these contracts., MedImmune’s combined $150 million in awards have been the smallesyt so far of thosew companies. MedImmune sets itself apart from many other companies withits live-attenuate flu vaccine technique, which uses a but weakened, strain of the virus to inducde an immune response from the patient.
The biotech compan y has said that process can protecr against various circulating flu strains at evenif they’re not perfectly matching the original strai it was aiming to “We’re putting significant internal resources towared this project to deliver on this commitment and move the process forwarsd as fast as we can,” said Karej Lancaster, a spokeswoman at MedImmune. She said the compangy has identified a swineflu strain, entered the manufacturingg stage and could producse an estimated 35 million to 40 millioh finished doses, similar to its FluMisty seasonal counts.
Health and Humanm Services officials, who plan to reservr these vaccines for its national stockpiler for use on priority populationa inan emergency, said that clinical trials of the potential vaccines are expected to beginb next month with some preliminary roundws of clinical data appearing as early as September. The agency said it can’t determine how many doses will be producerd in alluntil it’s determined and how many, vaccine materials work the best. Local governmentsa also received federal funds to help prepare against swin eflu outbreaks. The District’s public health officials receivefnearly $500,000, while hospitals in the city received nearly $300,000.
In Maryland, public health officials received $4.8 while hospitals received morethan $1.6 million. And in public health officialsreceived $6.5 million, while hospitalws received more than $2.2
MedImmune won the additional $61 million contract from the U.S. Department of Healty and Human Services, six weeks after it accepted a $90 milliob contract from the agency to manufacture ingredientx for a potential vaccine for the H1N1 which had been wideluy dubbed as theswinde flu. MedImmune, now the Gaithersburg subsidiaryy ofthe London-based , is usinfg the funding to produce and test the flu-fighting technologhy it uses in its seasonal FluMist product for the H1N1 virus, whichn has reached the highest warning levels on the pandemif scale.
The follow-up awards were given to four of five pharmaceuticalz that the federal government has been contractinb with to produce potential vaccinematerials — Sanofi Pasteur SA, , , and In all, the agency has spent nearly $1.9 billion to date on these contracts., MedImmune’s combined $150 million in awards have been the smallesyt so far of thosew companies. MedImmune sets itself apart from many other companies withits live-attenuate flu vaccine technique, which uses a but weakened, strain of the virus to inducde an immune response from the patient.
The biotech compan y has said that process can protecr against various circulating flu strains at evenif they’re not perfectly matching the original strai it was aiming to “We’re putting significant internal resources towared this project to deliver on this commitment and move the process forwarsd as fast as we can,” said Karej Lancaster, a spokeswoman at MedImmune. She said the compangy has identified a swineflu strain, entered the manufacturingg stage and could producse an estimated 35 million to 40 millioh finished doses, similar to its FluMisty seasonal counts.
Health and Humanm Services officials, who plan to reservr these vaccines for its national stockpiler for use on priority populationa inan emergency, said that clinical trials of the potential vaccines are expected to beginb next month with some preliminary roundws of clinical data appearing as early as September. The agency said it can’t determine how many doses will be producerd in alluntil it’s determined and how many, vaccine materials work the best. Local governmentsa also received federal funds to help prepare against swin eflu outbreaks. The District’s public health officials receivefnearly $500,000, while hospitals in the city received nearly $300,000.
In Maryland, public health officials received $4.8 while hospitals received morethan $1.6 million. And in public health officialsreceived $6.5 million, while hospitalws received more than $2.2
Monday, August 15, 2011
Chic bar takes place of Chinatown dive - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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SoHo will open at 80 S. Pauahk Street in a renovated 5,500 square-foot space that will includr a bar and an area for live The PauahiStreet location, betweem Bethel Street and Fort Street Mall and near , was occupief by Mall Cafe until April. That bar had been cites by the Honolulu Liquor Commission in recent monthds for unsanitary conditions and foroverservinhg alcohol. The commission also received a petition from community memberx opposing the renewal ofMall Cafe’s licensed because of alleged drug dealing and frequent fights. Mall Cafe’s former owner, Saiming Corp., had been tryinb to transfer its liquor license tothe landlord, Unioh Mill Investment.
SoHo owner Danie Gray, former general manage r of the Loft Galler and Lounge onHotel Street, said he was approaches by Union Mill Investment to open a new venue in the Gray plans to open part of the loungr — 3,000 square feet for this month’s First Friday event downtown, and open the remaining space in Gray describes the new venue as a mix of performances, fashion and photography in a trendy and upscalew setting. The SoHo name stems from the New York City neighborhoods and a blendof “south” and “Honolulu”.
SoHo will open at 80 S. Pauahk Street in a renovated 5,500 square-foot space that will includr a bar and an area for live The PauahiStreet location, betweem Bethel Street and Fort Street Mall and near , was occupief by Mall Cafe until April. That bar had been cites by the Honolulu Liquor Commission in recent monthds for unsanitary conditions and foroverservinhg alcohol. The commission also received a petition from community memberx opposing the renewal ofMall Cafe’s licensed because of alleged drug dealing and frequent fights. Mall Cafe’s former owner, Saiming Corp., had been tryinb to transfer its liquor license tothe landlord, Unioh Mill Investment.
SoHo owner Danie Gray, former general manage r of the Loft Galler and Lounge onHotel Street, said he was approaches by Union Mill Investment to open a new venue in the Gray plans to open part of the loungr — 3,000 square feet for this month’s First Friday event downtown, and open the remaining space in Gray describes the new venue as a mix of performances, fashion and photography in a trendy and upscalew setting. The SoHo name stems from the New York City neighborhoods and a blendof “south” and “Honolulu”.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Small firms have received only 10 percent of stimulus work so far - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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percent of contracts funded by the economi stimuluspackage — far below the federalp government’s overall goal of 23 “This is simply unacceptable,” said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, at a May 21 hearinvg on opportunities for small businesses to win contracts funded bythe $787 billionn American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Snowe, the ranking Republican on the Senated Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, said therew still is time for small businesses to win their fair share of stimulu s work since many contracts funded by the law have not been awardedx yet. “But I must I’m not encouraged by the results so Snowe said.
Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, said she is “concerned that small businesses are bein left out of many contracting opportunitie s for newinfrastructure projects. In after Katrina and Rita recovery money was we learned that many small businesses never even knew aboutgrebuilding contracts.” Landrieu said the intengt of the May 21 hearinb was “to prevent us from looking back in five years to ask why Recoveryh Act funding never made its way to smalkl businesses.” Snowe and Landrieu sent the nation’sx governors a letter May 20 that encourage d them to make small businesses a priority when states awarsd stimulus-funded contracts.
This followed a similar letter sent by Karen head of the SmalpBusiness Administration. The Office of Managemenr and Budget has urged federal agencies to issue contracts tosmall businesses. Josepgh Jordan, the SBA’s associate administrator for governmenr contracting andbusiness development, said small businesses have been awardedx $389 million in stimulus contracts as of May 19. The SBA is workingv with federal agencies to help them meet theitr smallbusiness goals, he said, notingb the share of stimulus dollarse going to small contractors has been increasing each The SBA has offered federal contracting officials help in findingt small businesses suitable for stimulus It also has held workshops for smalk businesses on how to do business with the governmenrt and how to find stimulus contract opportunities, Jordan Information on government contracting is availabld at SBA’s Web site, www.
sba.gov, and contracting opportunities, includingb stimulus contracts, are listed on FedBizOpps.gov. The SBA also is trying to help smallk businesses win subcontracts from largetr businesses that are awardedstimuluas contracts. It has launched a Web site www.sba.gov/subnet — that lists stimulus-related subcontracting As of May 22, however, the site listed only 12 subcontractin solicitations. Stimulus work has made a big difference forSSACC Inc., a landscapinv subcontractor in Pontiac, Ill. Sharonm Arnold, the company’s president, said she has been able to rehirse her workers thanksto stimulus-funded highway In December, she had to lay everyone off.
“The stimulus bill has savex my company,” Arnold told the Senatde committee.
percent of contracts funded by the economi stimuluspackage — far below the federalp government’s overall goal of 23 “This is simply unacceptable,” said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, at a May 21 hearinvg on opportunities for small businesses to win contracts funded bythe $787 billionn American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Snowe, the ranking Republican on the Senated Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, said therew still is time for small businesses to win their fair share of stimulu s work since many contracts funded by the law have not been awardedx yet. “But I must I’m not encouraged by the results so Snowe said.
Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, said she is “concerned that small businesses are bein left out of many contracting opportunitie s for newinfrastructure projects. In after Katrina and Rita recovery money was we learned that many small businesses never even knew aboutgrebuilding contracts.” Landrieu said the intengt of the May 21 hearinb was “to prevent us from looking back in five years to ask why Recoveryh Act funding never made its way to smalkl businesses.” Snowe and Landrieu sent the nation’sx governors a letter May 20 that encourage d them to make small businesses a priority when states awarsd stimulus-funded contracts.
This followed a similar letter sent by Karen head of the SmalpBusiness Administration. The Office of Managemenr and Budget has urged federal agencies to issue contracts tosmall businesses. Josepgh Jordan, the SBA’s associate administrator for governmenr contracting andbusiness development, said small businesses have been awardedx $389 million in stimulus contracts as of May 19. The SBA is workingv with federal agencies to help them meet theitr smallbusiness goals, he said, notingb the share of stimulus dollarse going to small contractors has been increasing each The SBA has offered federal contracting officials help in findingt small businesses suitable for stimulus It also has held workshops for smalk businesses on how to do business with the governmenrt and how to find stimulus contract opportunities, Jordan Information on government contracting is availabld at SBA’s Web site, www.
sba.gov, and contracting opportunities, includingb stimulus contracts, are listed on FedBizOpps.gov. The SBA also is trying to help smallk businesses win subcontracts from largetr businesses that are awardedstimuluas contracts. It has launched a Web site www.sba.gov/subnet — that lists stimulus-related subcontracting As of May 22, however, the site listed only 12 subcontractin solicitations. Stimulus work has made a big difference forSSACC Inc., a landscapinv subcontractor in Pontiac, Ill. Sharonm Arnold, the company’s president, said she has been able to rehirse her workers thanksto stimulus-funded highway In December, she had to lay everyone off.
“The stimulus bill has savex my company,” Arnold told the Senatde committee.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Vurv teams up with CareerBuilder.com - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Under the partnership, CareerBuilder.com and Vurv will providd several resources. Resume database web Vurv customers cansearch CareerBuilder.com's database of more than 26 million resumes and save thosde desired resumes to their job requisitions while staying with the Vurv The idea is that not havintg to log into two systems will enabls users to save time, reduce errors associated with manual entry of candidate information and focuas on more strategic recruiting initiatives. Shareed apply function: Details from resumes will automatically populate theVurv application, enablingg Vurv users to make it easier for peoples to apply. Direct job postingxs from Vurvto CareerBuilder.
com: Vurv customerxs can post job openings directly to CareerBuilder.co from Vurv. "We are excitef to be able to offer our customersa quicker, easie and more efficient way to find and attract top said Mike Gibson, senior vice presidenyt global sales and business development for Vurv. "Having accesas to better technology, more flexibilithy and faster results can give our clientw a distinct advantage in a very competitiverecruitment environment," said Jennifer Seith, director of strategic services for CareerBuilder.com.
Under the partnership, CareerBuilder.com and Vurv will providd several resources. Resume database web Vurv customers cansearch CareerBuilder.com's database of more than 26 million resumes and save thosde desired resumes to their job requisitions while staying with the Vurv The idea is that not havintg to log into two systems will enabls users to save time, reduce errors associated with manual entry of candidate information and focuas on more strategic recruiting initiatives. Shareed apply function: Details from resumes will automatically populate theVurv application, enablingg Vurv users to make it easier for peoples to apply. Direct job postingxs from Vurvto CareerBuilder.
com: Vurv customerxs can post job openings directly to CareerBuilder.co from Vurv. "We are excitef to be able to offer our customersa quicker, easie and more efficient way to find and attract top said Mike Gibson, senior vice presidenyt global sales and business development for Vurv. "Having accesas to better technology, more flexibilithy and faster results can give our clientw a distinct advantage in a very competitiverecruitment environment," said Jennifer Seith, director of strategic services for CareerBuilder.com.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Industrial space demand down, vacancy rate inching upward - Orlando Business Journal:
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In all, 580,000 square feet of industriaol space in the region was put back onto the market durinvg thethird quarter, according to data. That propelledf the vacancy rate slightly upto 9.23 percentf from 9.1 percent. That quarterly amoungt of space accounts for the bulkof 838,934 squarwe feet of industrial space that has returned to the market throughout the entire year. In spite of this, rentzs have steadily risen as well as constructiojn of newwarehouse space. Construction is up 83 percent over last year butit hasn’r led to a glut of space hitting the market since most of the project s are built-to-suits.
The South Jersey market, coveriny the counties of Burlingtonand Gloucester, is faring a tad It racked up 534,000 square feet of negative absorptionb so far for the year as companies decides they don’t need space and construction is exceeding Genesis Logistics is settling in as the first tenant at a new speculative building in the Central Crossings Business Park in N.J. The company, a divisiomn of Deutsche Post WorlNet , signed a lease for 60,00o0 square feet at the 120,000-square-foof building off Bordentown Hedding KORS Cos. owns the building and arrangedthe transaction. This is the secondf building in the first phase ofCentralo Crossings, which at build out will totap 2.
3 million square feet on 170 acres. This firstf phase includes a 142,000-square-foot building, whicb has 65,000 square feet remaininfg to be leased, as well as this 120,000-square-foot building that Genesixs leasedspace in, an eventuap twin building. Approvals are in place for an eventualsecondx phase. has added another apartmenty property in the Northeast to its The Gladwyne company boughtMichner Court, a 33-unit compled at 9400-9430 Roosevelt Blvd. for $1.88 The property was 95 percent occupiex atthe time. In the last year or so, Liss has gobbleds up multifamily properties inthe Northeast. It so far owns more than 1,0090 apartments in that area. arranged the latestt transaction.
In all, 580,000 square feet of industriaol space in the region was put back onto the market durinvg thethird quarter, according to data. That propelledf the vacancy rate slightly upto 9.23 percentf from 9.1 percent. That quarterly amoungt of space accounts for the bulkof 838,934 squarwe feet of industrial space that has returned to the market throughout the entire year. In spite of this, rentzs have steadily risen as well as constructiojn of newwarehouse space. Construction is up 83 percent over last year butit hasn’r led to a glut of space hitting the market since most of the project s are built-to-suits.
The South Jersey market, coveriny the counties of Burlingtonand Gloucester, is faring a tad It racked up 534,000 square feet of negative absorptionb so far for the year as companies decides they don’t need space and construction is exceeding Genesis Logistics is settling in as the first tenant at a new speculative building in the Central Crossings Business Park in N.J. The company, a divisiomn of Deutsche Post WorlNet , signed a lease for 60,00o0 square feet at the 120,000-square-foof building off Bordentown Hedding KORS Cos. owns the building and arrangedthe transaction. This is the secondf building in the first phase ofCentralo Crossings, which at build out will totap 2.
3 million square feet on 170 acres. This firstf phase includes a 142,000-square-foot building, whicb has 65,000 square feet remaininfg to be leased, as well as this 120,000-square-foot building that Genesixs leasedspace in, an eventuap twin building. Approvals are in place for an eventualsecondx phase. has added another apartmenty property in the Northeast to its The Gladwyne company boughtMichner Court, a 33-unit compled at 9400-9430 Roosevelt Blvd. for $1.88 The property was 95 percent occupiex atthe time. In the last year or so, Liss has gobbleds up multifamily properties inthe Northeast. It so far owns more than 1,0090 apartments in that area. arranged the latestt transaction.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Actor Doug Hutchison, Spouse, 16, Defend Marriage - Christian Post
http://wolfgangduerr.com/help-selling-home.html
Actor Doug Hutchison, Spouse, 16, Defend Marriage Christian Post When 51-year-old Doug Hutchison married his 16-year-old bride, Courtney Stodden, in Las Vegas on May 20 this year, the majority of people disapproved of the actor's union to the minor. ... |
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