Saturday, January 28, 2012
Seminar gives applicants peek into law school - Business First of Louisville:
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On July 15, the two plan to hold a free Law Schoool Insider Seminar from6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Organizerx say attendees will benefiyfrom Kaplan’s inside tips on test taking strategies, and from a discussiobn on law careers. The session also will provide an overviewof “importantg law school trends and theire implications.” Additionally, experts will help applicantws “reduce anxiety about preparing for the LSAT and completing the admissiones process” by providing information about admissions advice on developing a strong personal essayg and a realistic application timeline.
The seminart is designed to give attendeees an advantage over other lawschool applicants, according to organizers. Featured speakersd will include representatives from the UNM Law the Young Lawyers Divisio n of the New Mexico State Bar Associationh and the UNM Law Schoolstudeny body. All attendees must register bycallinfg 1-800-KAP-TEST or by signing on to . The free seminar takexs place in Room C at the UNM Continuingh Education buildingat . , a division of is a providefr of educational and career servicezfor individuals, schools and businesses.
Establishes in 1938, it is a leader in the test prep industrty and has served millions of studentws for more than 69 With 3,000 classroom locations worldwide, a full menu of onlind offerings and an array of booksd and software, as well as private tutoring options, Kaplan offers preparation for more than 80 standardizer tests in the U.S. and the U.K. These includ e entrance exams forsecondary school, college and graduate school, as well as Englisb language and professional licensing exams. Kaplan also provides collegs and graduate admissionsconsulting services.
On July 15, the two plan to hold a free Law Schoool Insider Seminar from6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Organizerx say attendees will benefiyfrom Kaplan’s inside tips on test taking strategies, and from a discussiobn on law careers. The session also will provide an overviewof “importantg law school trends and theire implications.” Additionally, experts will help applicantws “reduce anxiety about preparing for the LSAT and completing the admissiones process” by providing information about admissions advice on developing a strong personal essayg and a realistic application timeline.
The seminart is designed to give attendeees an advantage over other lawschool applicants, according to organizers. Featured speakersd will include representatives from the UNM Law the Young Lawyers Divisio n of the New Mexico State Bar Associationh and the UNM Law Schoolstudeny body. All attendees must register bycallinfg 1-800-KAP-TEST or by signing on to . The free seminar takexs place in Room C at the UNM Continuingh Education buildingat . , a division of is a providefr of educational and career servicezfor individuals, schools and businesses.
Establishes in 1938, it is a leader in the test prep industrty and has served millions of studentws for more than 69 With 3,000 classroom locations worldwide, a full menu of onlind offerings and an array of booksd and software, as well as private tutoring options, Kaplan offers preparation for more than 80 standardizer tests in the U.S. and the U.K. These includ e entrance exams forsecondary school, college and graduate school, as well as Englisb language and professional licensing exams. Kaplan also provides collegs and graduate admissionsconsulting services.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Central Valley bank earnings fall to $1.7M - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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million in the first half of the down from earningsof $2.6 million the year earlier The bank holding company of earned $464,00o in the second quarter, down from $1.3 million the year earlie r period. “While we remained profitable, the disappointing earnings in the seconc quarter is a reflection of the increased provisionj for credit losses in the light of the overall weak economt and the potential impact it many have on our borrowinvg customers during this economic cycle and the significanf increase in the FDIC insurancde premiums from both the increase in regular assessmentt rates as well as the special assessmenty rate placed on all FDIC insured institutions inseconde quarter,” said Dan Doyle, presideng of the bank holding company.
The bank has 15 branches in the Centralo Valley from the Fresno areato Sacramento. The bank company got $7 million in Capital Purchas Program money from the Department of Treasuryy earlierthis year. It acquired the Stockton, Lodi and Tracy branchesa of Service 1st Bancorpin November.
million in the first half of the down from earningsof $2.6 million the year earlier The bank holding company of earned $464,00o in the second quarter, down from $1.3 million the year earlie r period. “While we remained profitable, the disappointing earnings in the seconc quarter is a reflection of the increased provisionj for credit losses in the light of the overall weak economt and the potential impact it many have on our borrowinvg customers during this economic cycle and the significanf increase in the FDIC insurancde premiums from both the increase in regular assessmentt rates as well as the special assessmenty rate placed on all FDIC insured institutions inseconde quarter,” said Dan Doyle, presideng of the bank holding company.
The bank has 15 branches in the Centralo Valley from the Fresno areato Sacramento. The bank company got $7 million in Capital Purchas Program money from the Department of Treasuryy earlierthis year. It acquired the Stockton, Lodi and Tracy branchesa of Service 1st Bancorpin November.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Stimulus money to aid clean energy projects - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Legislation passed overwhelmingly duringthe just-conclude d General Assembly session authorizes companies to apply to the for grants to help pay for solar wind energy and energy-efficiencyy projects. The money will come from $82.5 million in federal stimuluds funds allocated to Georgia throughthe ’e State Energy Program. Although GEFA officials haven’t decidefd how much of that pot to earmark forthe it’s certain to be more than the $2.5 millioh in annual clean-energy income tax credits approved by Georgia lawmakerse last year.
“We’re real excited about said Jason Rooks, president of LLC of Avondaler Estates, who helped lead the push for the “I think it’s going to really stimulatew a lot of solar projecte inthis state.” GEFA spokesman Shane Hix said the legislation limitss the federal grants to businese applicants, an effort to steer homeownerss toward the state income tax credits. Rooks said the state prograk doesn’t provide enough funding for large commerciaplprojects and, thus, is more suitabl e to residential projects.
“Two and a half million dollars should be a decent pot of money forresidential installation,” he James Marlow, CEO of Atlanta’ds LLC, said the new grant program will help many businessesd more than tax credits, whicnh don’t do as much good during a recession. “Say you’re having a bad year, your businesas is off and you don’t have much tax liability,” he “It’s better to get a check than a tax Underthe legislation, businesses could receive grantas worth either 35 percent of the project’s cost or a fixerd cap, whichever is less.
The cap will be set at $500,00o for projects involving photovoltaic cells, othed solar thermal electric applications, activs space heating or wind Grants for projects involving solar heating or geothermal heatpump systems, lightiny retrofits or other energy-efficient building products will be cappes at $100,000. Credits will be awarded on a first-served basis, and a project must be installed before an application canbe submitted. Hix said GEFA is developinv rules forthe program, which must be submittex to the Department of Energy by May 12. At that the agency will announce how much ofthe $82.
5 millionh will be used for the clean energy grants and what will go towars other purposes, he said. “We have to balance how much is goin to go to state facilities and to a revolving loan fund we want to have as he said. Hix said GEFA received a totalpof $236.1 million in federal stimulus funds for energty programs. Besides the State Energy Program the agencygot $124 million for weatherization projectss for low-income and elderly homeowners, $21.
6 million in blocki grants for energy-efficient building project s at local government facilities and $8 milliohn for an energy-efficient appliance rebate
Legislation passed overwhelmingly duringthe just-conclude d General Assembly session authorizes companies to apply to the for grants to help pay for solar wind energy and energy-efficiencyy projects. The money will come from $82.5 million in federal stimuluds funds allocated to Georgia throughthe ’e State Energy Program. Although GEFA officials haven’t decidefd how much of that pot to earmark forthe it’s certain to be more than the $2.5 millioh in annual clean-energy income tax credits approved by Georgia lawmakerse last year.
“We’re real excited about said Jason Rooks, president of LLC of Avondaler Estates, who helped lead the push for the “I think it’s going to really stimulatew a lot of solar projecte inthis state.” GEFA spokesman Shane Hix said the legislation limitss the federal grants to businese applicants, an effort to steer homeownerss toward the state income tax credits. Rooks said the state prograk doesn’t provide enough funding for large commerciaplprojects and, thus, is more suitabl e to residential projects.
“Two and a half million dollars should be a decent pot of money forresidential installation,” he James Marlow, CEO of Atlanta’ds LLC, said the new grant program will help many businessesd more than tax credits, whicnh don’t do as much good during a recession. “Say you’re having a bad year, your businesas is off and you don’t have much tax liability,” he “It’s better to get a check than a tax Underthe legislation, businesses could receive grantas worth either 35 percent of the project’s cost or a fixerd cap, whichever is less.
The cap will be set at $500,00o for projects involving photovoltaic cells, othed solar thermal electric applications, activs space heating or wind Grants for projects involving solar heating or geothermal heatpump systems, lightiny retrofits or other energy-efficient building products will be cappes at $100,000. Credits will be awarded on a first-served basis, and a project must be installed before an application canbe submitted. Hix said GEFA is developinv rules forthe program, which must be submittex to the Department of Energy by May 12. At that the agency will announce how much ofthe $82.
5 millionh will be used for the clean energy grants and what will go towars other purposes, he said. “We have to balance how much is goin to go to state facilities and to a revolving loan fund we want to have as he said. Hix said GEFA received a totalpof $236.1 million in federal stimulus funds for energty programs. Besides the State Energy Program the agencygot $124 million for weatherization projectss for low-income and elderly homeowners, $21.
6 million in blocki grants for energy-efficient building project s at local government facilities and $8 milliohn for an energy-efficient appliance rebate
Sunday, January 22, 2012
LifeLock name to grace Phoenix Mercury jerseys - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The Mercury name, picturedx front and center onthe uniform, will be replacer with the LifeLock insignia. A small Mercur y patch will be stitched on the upper left portionh ofthe uniform, across from an Adidas symbopl on the right. A Monday press conferencee announcingthe seven-figure, three-year deal is schedulec for 1 p.m. in New York and will be attended by LifeLoco CEOTodd Davis, Mercury Presidenft and CEO Jay Parry, Phoenix Suns CEO Rick Women’s National Basketball Association Commissionefr Donna Orender, NBA Commissioner David Stern and Mercury starsz Diana Taurasi and Cappier Poindexter.
Mercury executives insist the landmark agreement is not a sign of the but it’s no secret that nearly every professional sportws franchise is dealing with revenue shortfalls as discretionary dollars dry up in the “It doesn’t have anything to do with currengt economic situation and the WNBA didn’t have to go Welts said. However, the franchise likely did, as it struggleas to gain profitability. Welts said the Mercury turne a profit during its first few years in the but hasn’t been profitable for a “lont period. This deal certainly gets us closert tothat goal,” he said.
The Suns own the Phoenix WNBA Commissioner Donna Orender refused to commenrt on whether the league is onlysaying “the leaguwe is very stable.” She said some of the 13 WNBA franchisesx improved attendance and landed more sponsorships in while others did not. Average attendancse at Mercury games wasaround 8,000 last year about 2,000 short of its goal to sell out the lower bowl of US Airwayx Center, which accommodates 10,000.
Nevertheless, the team has experienced solid year-over-yearf growth, and “this type of partnership allowx us to acceleratethat growth,” Parry The Mercury’s fan base is primarily composerd of women very loyal to the team and its a dynamic LifeLock executives found irresistible, not to mentionj an opportunity “to do something no one has ever done,” said LifeLoci CEO Todd Davis. “I love the idea of showintg our supportfor women’s sportse and our home town team,” he said. “u don’t think you could pull this off in any othedpro sport.
” For years, major leaguse soccer players have donned sponsors on their jerseys, and fans haven’tr repelled the image of the New York Red or the Herbalife logo on L.A. Galaxh jerseys or “Volkswagen” plastered across the chest of DCUniterd players. Invasive marketing also is common in where pro players are walking advertisements from andin NASCAR, where commercialization revs up well beford the starting gate –– or the entrance for that matter. “This is breaking a lot of new Welts said. “It will inevitably generate some he added, but “that’s not going to come from fans and playerss of the WNBA.
” Time will tell if the move is endorsec by fans, and if jerseyg sales plummet with a compang name as the drawing point, not the “I think the jury is out in the shory term,” Welts. Last week, Taurasi held the seconsd highest selling jersey inthe league, with salee up 25 percent from last
The Mercury name, picturedx front and center onthe uniform, will be replacer with the LifeLock insignia. A small Mercur y patch will be stitched on the upper left portionh ofthe uniform, across from an Adidas symbopl on the right. A Monday press conferencee announcingthe seven-figure, three-year deal is schedulec for 1 p.m. in New York and will be attended by LifeLoco CEOTodd Davis, Mercury Presidenft and CEO Jay Parry, Phoenix Suns CEO Rick Women’s National Basketball Association Commissionefr Donna Orender, NBA Commissioner David Stern and Mercury starsz Diana Taurasi and Cappier Poindexter.
Mercury executives insist the landmark agreement is not a sign of the but it’s no secret that nearly every professional sportws franchise is dealing with revenue shortfalls as discretionary dollars dry up in the “It doesn’t have anything to do with currengt economic situation and the WNBA didn’t have to go Welts said. However, the franchise likely did, as it struggleas to gain profitability. Welts said the Mercury turne a profit during its first few years in the but hasn’t been profitable for a “lont period. This deal certainly gets us closert tothat goal,” he said.
The Suns own the Phoenix WNBA Commissioner Donna Orender refused to commenrt on whether the league is onlysaying “the leaguwe is very stable.” She said some of the 13 WNBA franchisesx improved attendance and landed more sponsorships in while others did not. Average attendancse at Mercury games wasaround 8,000 last year about 2,000 short of its goal to sell out the lower bowl of US Airwayx Center, which accommodates 10,000.
Nevertheless, the team has experienced solid year-over-yearf growth, and “this type of partnership allowx us to acceleratethat growth,” Parry The Mercury’s fan base is primarily composerd of women very loyal to the team and its a dynamic LifeLock executives found irresistible, not to mentionj an opportunity “to do something no one has ever done,” said LifeLoci CEO Todd Davis. “I love the idea of showintg our supportfor women’s sportse and our home town team,” he said. “u don’t think you could pull this off in any othedpro sport.
” For years, major leaguse soccer players have donned sponsors on their jerseys, and fans haven’tr repelled the image of the New York Red or the Herbalife logo on L.A. Galaxh jerseys or “Volkswagen” plastered across the chest of DCUniterd players. Invasive marketing also is common in where pro players are walking advertisements from andin NASCAR, where commercialization revs up well beford the starting gate –– or the entrance for that matter. “This is breaking a lot of new Welts said. “It will inevitably generate some he added, but “that’s not going to come from fans and playerss of the WNBA.
” Time will tell if the move is endorsec by fans, and if jerseyg sales plummet with a compang name as the drawing point, not the “I think the jury is out in the shory term,” Welts. Last week, Taurasi held the seconsd highest selling jersey inthe league, with salee up 25 percent from last
Friday, January 20, 2012
U.S. airline passenger traffic declines in May - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The number of passengers traveling on U.S. airlines in May fell 9.5 percent while the average price to fly one milefell 17.6 Revenue declines extended beyond the mainlanfd United States to the trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific and Lati markets. Results for the montb of May also reflect the impact of the H1N1 orswine flu, outbreak. "In May, the H1N1 influenzz outbreak compounded an already weakdemand situation, negatively impactin g industry cash flow and forcing a closer look at curreny levels of flying," said ATA president and CEO James May. Compoundint the softening demand forpassenger travel, U.S.
airlinex saw cargo traffic - as measured by revenue ton miles - declin 22 percent year over year in April marking the ninth consecutive month of decliningfcargo traffic. Cargo traffic information includes data from as well as majoer airlineslike Delta/Northwest, US Airways, United, American and
The number of passengers traveling on U.S. airlines in May fell 9.5 percent while the average price to fly one milefell 17.6 Revenue declines extended beyond the mainlanfd United States to the trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific and Lati markets. Results for the montb of May also reflect the impact of the H1N1 orswine flu, outbreak. "In May, the H1N1 influenzz outbreak compounded an already weakdemand situation, negatively impactin g industry cash flow and forcing a closer look at curreny levels of flying," said ATA president and CEO James May. Compoundint the softening demand forpassenger travel, U.S.
airlinex saw cargo traffic - as measured by revenue ton miles - declin 22 percent year over year in April marking the ninth consecutive month of decliningfcargo traffic. Cargo traffic information includes data from as well as majoer airlineslike Delta/Northwest, US Airways, United, American and
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Delphi salaried retirees eye pension suit - Business First of Columbus:
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If not stopped, retirees fear that the move could drastically cut the value ofyounger ex-whitr collar workers’ pensions by as much as 50 said James Frost of Clarence, a boarc member and organizer of the Delphi Salaried Retirere Association. The legal action is beinf spearheaded by 100 to 200 retirees in Ohio who belong tothe 5,400-member DSRA but who are acting on their own, Frost said. “We (the are serving as support by gatherinyg information and sharing it with all our members and by contactinbg legislators aroundthe country,” Frosgt said. “We are not starting our own (legal) actiom because it would duplicatw what theyare doing.
” The opposition sprang out of the modifiedr reorganization plan Delphi disclosed on June 1. The to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said it woulrd cancel its pension obligations and have assumd thehourly workers’ pensions and the PBGC take over the salarie employees’ plan. Frost, who worked at GM for 25 yearsw and at Delphifor six, said hourlu workers’ pensions won’t be affected “ayt least in the short but salaried workers who retiresd at 55 could lose half the valude of theirs. “We want our pensions also to be transferred to he said. The suit woulxd charge Delphi, GM, the II and the U.S. Treasurgy with collusion againstthe retirees.
In the reorganization plan for Delphi, GM’s former parts operation, II LLC — a unit of Platinu Equity — would acquire and operatw Delphi’s U.S. and non-U.S. businessex by supplying $3.6 billion in capital.
If not stopped, retirees fear that the move could drastically cut the value ofyounger ex-whitr collar workers’ pensions by as much as 50 said James Frost of Clarence, a boarc member and organizer of the Delphi Salaried Retirere Association. The legal action is beinf spearheaded by 100 to 200 retirees in Ohio who belong tothe 5,400-member DSRA but who are acting on their own, Frost said. “We (the are serving as support by gatherinyg information and sharing it with all our members and by contactinbg legislators aroundthe country,” Frosgt said. “We are not starting our own (legal) actiom because it would duplicatw what theyare doing.
” The opposition sprang out of the modifiedr reorganization plan Delphi disclosed on June 1. The to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said it woulrd cancel its pension obligations and have assumd thehourly workers’ pensions and the PBGC take over the salarie employees’ plan. Frost, who worked at GM for 25 yearsw and at Delphifor six, said hourlu workers’ pensions won’t be affected “ayt least in the short but salaried workers who retiresd at 55 could lose half the valude of theirs. “We want our pensions also to be transferred to he said. The suit woulxd charge Delphi, GM, the II and the U.S. Treasurgy with collusion againstthe retirees.
In the reorganization plan for Delphi, GM’s former parts operation, II LLC — a unit of Platinu Equity — would acquire and operatw Delphi’s U.S. and non-U.S. businessex by supplying $3.6 billion in capital.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
The governor and schools: Improvement of children's education must drive any ... Anniston Star by The Anniston Star Editorial Board When Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced the education initiatives he will submit to the state Legislature, he acknowledged the opposition he and his Republican colleagues would face. He also assured the people of ... |
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