House passes historic climate bill - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Congressmen David Wu, Kurt Schrader and Earl Blumenauerr voted forthe bill, knowh as the American Clean Energh and Security Act. It is the first bill in U.S. historyu to cap carbon pollution. It also encourages developmenr of clean energy and requires utilities to get 20 percent of thei power from renewable sourcesby 2020. Forty-four Democrats voteed against the bill, including Eugene Democra t Peter DeFazio. Republican Greg Walden, who representa eastern Oregon, also opposed the bill. It passed by a seven-votw margin, 219-212. “Some voteas just feel different, and today’s was truly historic,” Blumenauert said in a statement.
“For the first time, Congress has taken actionb to rein in global warming pollutionn andjumpstart America’s clean energu industries.” The bill is expected to face a contentious debats in the Senate.

Moojoo Ken shuts down - Washington Business Journal:

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Located blocks from the Metro at 1512U St. NW, its nighyt life neighbors include Chi-Chw Lounge and Stetson’s Famous Bar & Grill. “Businesz has been down since last Septembef when the marketwent down,” said Alex Ayrom, co-owner and designer at the accessoriesa shop, which sells items made by both in-houser and far-away designers. “Christmas seasoj was non-existent. January to May were the worsft sales since we opened inJanuargy 2006.
” To clear out the store is marking down everything by 30 “Many items were already reduced four, five even six times so customerd may take an additional 30 percent off the lowestf price,” said Ayrom, addingg that the store plans to shutterd June 30. Moojoo ken -- whichg means “unconditional” in Japanese -- selle color-infused shoes, purses, jewelry and clothes, with designd named after placesin D.C.

Westar Energy seeks $19.7M rate increase - Kansas City Business Journal:

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million, or 1.5 percent. In a Tuesdah release, the Topeka-based electric utility (NYSE: WR) said it seekws the rate increase to recover cost for expenditures in the second phass of its Emporia Energy Center andtwo company-ownedc wind farms in Kansas that were under construction but not in operation when its 2008 rate case The request, if approved by the KCC, would mean a $9.7 million increase in the company’e north region, which includes Olathe and and a $10 million increase in its soutu region, which includes the Wichitaz area, Westar said. A residential customer usingv 900 kilowatt hours in Westar’s north region coul expect an increase of abou t $1.
43 a month, the compangy said. In the south region, a residential customere using 900 kWh could expectf an increase of 71 centxa month. If approved, the new average residential rate wouldbe 9.33 cents per kWh for Westar’s north regionn and 9.11 cents per kWh for its south The average national residential rate is 11.52 cents per kWh, the companyu said. The rate review was part of the agreement reachedc by all parties in the 2008 which the KCC approved in Westar said.
“Although electric rates are going up, we manageed our natural gas plant and wind farm construction costs and they came in morethan $22 million unded the original cost estimates and the amountss the KCC indicated would be allowed for recoveruy in rates,” Westar CEO Bill Mooree said in the “We continue to work to meet our customers’ electricity needs as well as to develop Kansaw renewable energy resources.” Westar is the largest electricc utility in Kansas, providing electric service to aboutr 681,000 customers in the state.
It also has about 6,800 megawatts of electric generation capacity and operates and coordinates morethan 35,000p miles of electric distribution and transmission

Magazine honors The Children's Hospital - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The hospital qualified for the magazine’es “Honor Roll” in its 2009 editiob of America’s Best Children’s The Honor Roll is reserves for hospitals that achieved rankingg in all surveyed specialty areae covered by the monthlynews Children’s ranked in the top 10 in six specialtyg areas, including cancer (No. 10), diabetews and endocrine disorders (No. 10), digestivwe disorders (No. 5), neonatal care (No. 8), orthopedics (No. 8) and respiratoryu disorders (No. 5). Last Children’s was ranked No. 7 overallo among the nation’s pediatric hospitals. In 2007, it finishe at No. 4.
Because of a change in how the reporftwas compiled, there was no general numerical ranking this

Rolling Mill Hill owners shy on equity - Nashville Business Journal:

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Their project south of downtown along the Cumberland River was put underd the control ofa bank-appointesd receiver Wednesday. None of the units had sold. Contract on what was originalluya $42.8 million loan package required presalesx of 56 of the 81 totall units in four buildings, according to court The development's original budget had projectedr costs of $30.5 million for phase one, including $3 millionb in tax increment financing funds collectecd through property taxes in the area. The deal required $6.1 millio n in equity, about 20 percent of the expectededevelopment costs. However, the developer took out a $5.8 milliob mezzanine loan to get the initialk capital forthe project.
That meant the equity requirexd up front forthe $55 million projectr was less than 1 percent of its total projectedf costs. That left about $2.7 million the owners had to come up with to pay for the That doesn't include the value of the 1.5 acres of the downtowbn real estate and a historic hospitak on it that was given to them by the For the Rolling Mill Hill projecg to finalize the sale of its first unit, 56 units needed to be under contract. The owner, RMH have not been able to even keep the lightw on atthe project. Utilities were disconnected at the one reason cited for putting the projectinto receivership.

Rayford Wilkins Jr. Executive Profile

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Ray Wilkins, CEO-AT&T Diversified Businesses, is responsiblee for international investments, advertising and Sterling Commerce, Customer Informatio Services and consumer wirelesss initiativein India. Mr. Wilkins served as group president and chiefexecutive officer-SBC Enterprisre Business Services, with responsibility for serving the company'e 12,000 largest business customers and overseeing customer care, data solutions engineering, consulting and operations of the company'xs advanced data and Internet Protocok (IP) networks. Before Mr.
Wilkins served as group president-SBC Marketing and Sales, with responsibilit y for all marketingand sales, including product sales support, business communications services and global and consumef markets, which then represented a $30 billio n revenue stream. In September 2000, he assumed the role of presidentg and CEO of SBCPacificc Bell, where he was responsible for all business and consumer market customer service, network services and externao affairs in California and Nevada In 1999, he was namedr president-SBC Business Communications with responsibility for providing completw telecommunications and data communications solutions to more than 3 million small, medium and large businesz customers nationwide.
Before that, he served as presidengt and CEO of Southwestern Bell with responsibility for providin communications products and services throughouttthe region. In 1997, he served as president of Pacific Bell BusinessCommunications Services, with responsibility for all businesas market sales, customer service, network integration and informatioh services, as well as overall financiak performance. He assumed that position after having served as presiden t forthe Kansas/Western Missouri market area. Mr. Wilkin began his career as a commercial assistant with Southwesterj Bell Telephone in Houstonin 1974. Mr.
Wilkinx is presiding director of the boardfof H&R Block and past chairman of the board of Cingular He is also a member of the boards of Telfonozs de Mxico, Amrica Mvil, The Tiger Woods the Advisory Council of the McCombs School of Businesss at the University of Texas at Austibn and the AT&T Foundation. He has receiverd numerous honors and recognition for his contributions both inside and outsidd ofthe company. In 2006, he was recognizecd as one of "The 100 Most Important Blacks in Technology" by U.S. Black Engineerd & Information Technology magazine and was named oneof "The Top 100 Blacks in Corporate America" by Black Professionals magazine.
In he was named one of "The 75 Most Powerful African Americans inCorporates America" by Black Enterprise magazine. In 2005, as well as in he was named oneof "The 50 Most Importang African Americans in Technology" by eAccess Corp., an online In 2002, he was named by Fortune magazinr as one of the "Nation's 50 Most Powerfup Black Executives" and was honored as a "distinguished alumnus" of the Waco Independengt School District in 2000. Black Enterprise named him one ofthe "Top 50 African Americans" in 1999. And in he received the Eagle Award from the National Eaglesw Leadership Institute and was named CEO of the Year by the MinorityhSupplier Council. Mr.
Wilkins earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texasd at Austinin 1974. He attended the Universityu of Pittsburgh's management program for executives inOctobed 1987. **All Executive profile data provides byDow Jones & Co., Inc.

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CBC's Age of Persuasion wins top award for radio - CBC.ca

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SMU students warned of gas leak - Triangle Business Journal:

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The warning came out afted a gas leak was identified on campus sometimebetween 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. Thursda y morning, said Kent Best, executivr director of news and Best added that wasnotified immediately. Additional e-mailzs with more information were sentto students, faculty and staff, and a final e-mail was distributed alertingy everyone on campus to the fact that the gas leak had been Best said. “Those messages came from our emergency Best added, “the emphasis is on brevity and speed. It is somethingh we will review to make sure that as much detail that we can put in therd is provided to avoid any confusiob inthe future.” Best said the whole event lasted about an hour.
The gas leak occurresd at a construction site near Moodu Coliseum at Airline Road andBinkley Avenue, according to Best.

DownEast makes California debut at Galleria - Memphis Business Journal:

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DownEast Basics, a Salt Lake City chain with more than 40 markets itself asan “affordabled fashion” retailer. Nothing costs more than $50, and most itema — from swimwear to summer dressed — costs around $20 to $30. The Roseville store’s first weekend exceedec the company’s projections by 25 percent. Based on the initialo sales results, DownEast Basics very much wantsz to further expandin California, and is pleaseds it launched its first California stors in the Sacramento region, a spokeswomah said. CEO Klane Murphy, who lived in El Dorado Hills from 2000to 2007, figured Sacramento-area consumers care about fashion, but also are cost conscious.
He also likes the populatiohn growth this region has experienced over thepast decade. Testing out this area’sa interest, Murphy sent the retailer’s cataloy to all his wife’s local His wife also introduced her friendd to the product line at a local party she hosted with more than 50 Based on the sales atthat party, “wee knew we had a product that resonated with the localo community here in Sacramento,” Murphhy wrote in an e-mail. A franchise is coming to the Roe the mixed-use building built last year at 5th and G streetx in downtown Davis. The Aventura, Fla.
-based chai of body and facial waxingf centers willtake 1,491 square The franchisees are readying the space for an openinyg in a few months. On the first European Wax Center will join a Duramefd medical supplies store and Barista Brew Two retailspaces remain: one of 925 square feet on the corner, and another of 1,227 square feet, said Shaun Morrow, the landlord’d broker with the Terranomics division of . The eight residential condod on the second and third floorsaall sold.
In February, European Wax Center area developers told the Busineszs Journal that they planned to open at leasf a dozen locations in the The company already has two stores in at Renaissance Creek shopping centerd and at The Broker Scott Carruth of CB Richard Ellisw represents European WaxCenter locally. Vending machiner dispenses wipes, pacifiers Westfielrd Galleria at Roseville will be one of the firstt malls within the Westfield chain to get a custom vending machinre withbabycare supplies. in Corona announcee Thursday that it is placing its Baby Stations vendingb machines in Westfield malls acrosdsthe state, starting July 15.
The goal is to placee these vending machines with baby necessitie in Westfield malls nationwide withi eight months to a AVT says. A pilot project for Westfield, the ventinf machines carry feeding products, toys, first aid baby wipes, bottles and pacifiers. “This bringsw peace of mind to families knowin g there is a convenient and accessibl e solution forevery baby’s need,” Shannon AVT founder, said in a news release. The mallx that install the Baby Stations benefiy becauseparents don’t have to stop shopping when they discoved they left home without some essential baby she said.
Baby Station machines are hard to withtheir blue-and-black color scheme and bold They contain a 7” widescreen LCD display to stream information and video feedse about the products containedc in the vending , a chain of gyms that entered this market six year s ago, is expanding to Woodland. Fitness 19 will take 7,509 square feet within Sycamore Pointe shoppintg center at Main Street andPioneer Avenue. This is new retailk space constructed between Food 4 Less and Big 5Sporting Goods. Another 9,000 square feet is The gym is expected to open inthe fall, said who represented the landlord in the lease.
Fitness 19 has five otherd locations inthe

East Bay green group draws $76 million to region - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The group, which holdz its second annualsummit Friday, formex at the end of 2007 to attract greehn jobs and businesses to the East Bay. The original partnerxs include the citiesof Berkeley, Richmond and Emeryvills along with U.C. Berkeley and . The groul has welcomed seven new partners including the cities of San Leandro, Albany and El Cerritoi and the , and . The group also expecta to hirea director, a position that will be paid for with $10,00p0 from each member and houseds at the East Bay Economidc Development Alliance office in Oakland. Friday’zs summit will feature a videi conferencewith U.S.
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, who will discusw the Obama Administration’s focus on energyg funding and biofuel clusters in theEast Bay. Jay CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute and Acting Deputy Directof ofBerkeley Lab, will give the keynote $4 million in federal stimulus moneyy to the Joint BioEnergy Institute, a partnershi of six institutions led by Berkelegy Lab and located in Emeryville, to purchase equipment for enhanced studyy of conversion of plant biomass to biofuels and the studyy of sorghum as a bioenergy feedstock crop. $17.
8 milliohn in federal stimulus money in the Green Corridor citiesof Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond for weatherization, energ efficiency and green job training $24.5 millionm to Berkeley Lab over the next five yearsa from the Department of Energy to study how to cleanm up underground contaminants, from the nanoscale to the fielcd scale $30 million over the next five yeare from the Department of Energty to fund two Energy Frontiet Research Centers at UC Berkeley and Berkele y Lab to improve our ability to captures carbon dioxide and store it permanently Carbon capture and sequestration will help mitigate the effects of climate change while alternative energy sources are developed and Separately, Berkeley Lab will receive a total of $115.
8 million in federal stimulus money for projectas such as laboratory space upgrades, seismic upgrades and installationb of a high-energy efficient transformer. The second annual summig will take place from9 a.m. to 11:390 a.m. Friday at the , 1000 Oak St.,

GM enters bankruptcy filing - Business First of Columbus:

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Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-ole automaker — once the world’s biggest compan y and WesternNew York’ largest manufacturing employer for decades — is amon g the largest in U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. Chapter 11, whicb allows the company to operate while protected from its pushes GM intoa fast-track bankruptc and provides $30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructured itself. General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said in a preparex statement that GM was being reinventedd and that the company is readg for the jobat hand.
"The economic crisis has caused enormous disruptiobn in theauto industry, but with it has come the opportunitty for us to reinvent our business. We are goin to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuing provides us with powerfu l tools to accelerate and completwe our reinvention, as well as strong safeguardw for our customers and our he said. The GM plan as detailee by U.S. officials would allow a much smaller GM to emerge from court protection withih 60 to90 days. GM also plans to close 11 U.S. facilitie s and idle another three plants by the endof 2010.
GM’ws Tonawanda engine plant, where 1,100p people work, will remain The automaker has not provided an updated targef for job cuts but was lookingf toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,000 uniom members it now employs. Also not immediately clea r iswhat GM’s bankruptcy filinvg will mean for ’s plants in Lockport, Rochestere and three others. General Motors plans to take back the facilities from the formeer parts subsidiary that it spun offin 1999, accordingv to a tentative deal reacheed last week between GM and the UAW. The factories in New Michigan and Indiana would operateunder Delphi’s union but be considered part of GM, once again.
The Lockportf plant — Delphi Thermal which has 2,100 employees — was founded as Harrisonb Radiator Co. in 1910 and became part of GM in 1918. For 81 yeara it operated under General Motors ownership untip the independentDelphi Corp. was formed. Delphk itself is operating under bankruptct court supervision having filed for Chapter 11 inOctober 2005. The Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptcyh in April 2008 but those plans fell aparrt when a key investor dropped out ofa $2.56 billion stock deal with the General Motors employs 92,000 in the United States and is indirectlyu responsible for 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financia interest in a reorganized GM and the UAW would takea 17.5 percenft stake. The governments of Canadsa and the province of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownershio stake in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholdersd would get 10 percent.

Chrysler seeks to close South Florida dealerships - South Florida Business Journal:

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Chrysler filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Southern New York to shutter thefollowing locations: Maroone Dodge of Miami, 110 S.E. Sixtuh St., Miami Monarch 2000 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes Tamiami ChrysletrJeep Dodge, 8250 S.W. Eighth St., Miami Maroonw Chrysler Jeep Dodge, 4250 North State Road 7, Coconut Creek. Fort Lauderdale-based (NYSE: AN), the nation’s largesrt automotive retailer, said it welcomes the consolidation of AutoNation has seven dealerships on the Chryslerclosure list, including Maroone Dodgr of Miami and Maroone Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Coconut Creek.
“The AutoNatioh stores that will be closed by the consolidatiobn plan represented only 1 percenrof AutoNation's 2008 operatinv income,” according to a company statement. “AutoNation does not believ thatany one-time charges that may be associated with thesee actions will be material to its continuing operations or debt AutoNation Chairman and CEO Mike Jackson said in the statement that Chrysler'e consolidation plan is “a but positive, step” that will improve dealer profitability over the long term.
Alex a Miami attorney who represents auto said AutoNation probably welcomes the closures partly becauswe they are happening in the bankruptcyprocessa – which means a competitor cannor revive the franchise contracts for those Kurkin said objecting to the dealership closings in bankruptcy would be an uphil l challenge. “I have been told by some representativesthat there’sa a combination of factors, including geography and investmenrt in existing facilities, that was behinfd the decision to close thesed facilities,” he said. Federal bankruptcy law trumpsz the state law under which the dealership franchisee dealswere created.
Chrysler filed Chapter 11 bankruptcyy April 30 after an announcement by PresidentBaracmk Obama. But, is a different storh because it has not yet filecdfor bankruptcy. Kurkin expects to file some litigatiohn against GM on behalfv of dealerships that are targetedfor closure. He said GM sent letterx about closures to dealershipson Thursday, but the automaker’s list may not becomse public immediately. “I think GM really has to go into the bankruptcgy path to deal with allthese issues, he said. “Ther e will be litigation, almost certainly.
We would have a claim in the bankruptcy, but our ability to recovet would be a functionof what’s in the bankruptcy as an unsecured creditor.” Kurkin said AutoNation reportedd a few months ago it was writing down the good will valure of all domestic stores, which probabluy means they won’t have a rejectiomn claim in the bankruptcy Click to read the list of closing dealershipas filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

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More food news on the radio and questions about overfishing answered AnnArbor.com Cafe Japon owner Miyoko Honma will close down the cafe to focus on her love of bread Amanda Vogelsang | AnnArbor.com contributor Owner Miyoko Honma is not renewing the lease for Cafe Japon's current location ... Getting up early because the chickadees ...

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Solar Array, Gen. Mills detail expansions - South Florida Business Journal:

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broke ground April 5 on the $100 176,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturingfacilityg here, Keith Bone, general managefr of the local facility, told membersx of . AED held its quarterly meeting Thursdayat . Joe Hudgins, president and CEO of Solad Array Ventures, outlined his company’s plan to buils a massive solar manufacturing plant onthe city’s General Mills’ expansion should be completedr by November, Bone said. The cereal manufacturee will hire 60 additional bringing additional payroll to the areaof $3.5 million. The expansio n also brings $30 million in spending to New Mexico.
The Albuquerquee City Council approveda $100 millionb industrial revenue bond deal for the company in BE&K Corp. from North Carolina landed the design/builds contract to build the but Bone said 80 percenyt ofthe firm’s spending and employeesw will be local. The precast panels beiny used in the constructiobn are manufacturedin Belen. General Mills has been in Albuquerquesincs 1991. Its current facility is located near Paseo del Nortes and Edith and has190 employees, with an annual payroll of $12 said Bone.
The 275,000-square-foot plant produces about 135 million poundds annually of 35 different The facility also has alab on-site wher e the instructions for baking General Mills products at high altitudeds are created. The company has given about $5 million to area nonprofitsa since 1998and $519,000 in Bone added. Don Power, chairman of AED, said the cereaol company’s donations illustrate one of the thingse the organization looks for in recruiting community involvement. Hudgins said Solar Array plans to breaj ground by the third quarter of this year ona 225,000-square-foof thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in the Corderoo Mesa business park, west of the mattressd factory.
The company plans to add thres more buildings of that size as it he said, with each facilith employing about 225. Its annual payroll in the firsty phase wouldbe $14 million. About five percent of the jobs wouldepay $100,000, 45 percent woulds pay $70,000 and half of the jobs woulr pay $45,000. The capital investment for the firsft phase willbe $170 million and the compang would spend $40 million annually for raw The first phase is expected to have a capacity of 75 but that would grow to 300 mw with the full The plant also will have a space that will serve as a communithy and educational center. Solar Arrau is seeking $175 milliob in industrial revenue bonds fromBernalillko County.
The company is working to raisd $210 million in debt and Hudgins said. Hudgins said New Mexico beat out two other statesw forthe plant, despite the fact that it did not offert the largest incentives. But the coordinatiomn among local and state government officials and other parties made New Mexic far more efficient in establishing a planning frameworkm that the company could then use to plan a budgetg forthe plant, he said “That was a major issud for us,” Hudgins said. He also praised the labor forcw here and theeducational institutions. The facility is beinvg designed byPageSoutherlandPage LLP, which has Texas offices in Dallas and Houston, as well as Washington, D.C.
and London, U.K. Hoffman based in Portland, Ore., is building the facility.

Legislator wants Nixon to cut stimulus money for Kokam battery plant - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Kokam’s , to be dubbes Summit Battery Park, would employ an estimated 900 people with averag e annual salaries of Kokam President Don Nissanka has said he hopees to break ground beforew the end ofthe year, probably at a site of more than 40 acresa in the vicinity of Kokam’s current 50,000-square-foor Lee’s Summit plant. Nissankas was out of the countrty Mondayand couldn’t be reachedc for comment. Kokam, a startup foundedd in October 2005, burst into the limelight this picked Kansas City for an assembly facilithy largely becauseof Kokam’s proximity.
And with federal stimulus dollars and state moneyseeking advanced-battery-makers, a joint venturs involving Kokam landed a commitment in April of nearlyy $145 million in incentives from Michigan to builed a battery plant there that’e similar to the one planned locally. The groul also applied for federalstimulus money. R-Columbia, sent a letter to Nixon on Thursday proposinvg that financing be cutby $11.65 million combined for Kokam’s Lee’s Summit plant and anotheer battery plant in Joplin to help preservd $31.2 million in financing for the in which Schaefer called the cornerstone of a $200 millionm hospital project.
“Every indication that I’m getting is that (Nixon) intends to veto the moneyg forthe hospital,” Schaefer adding that Nixon’s veto probablyh would kill the entire $200 million project. “Spendintg public funds on a cancer hospitao owned by the citizens of Missouri is alwayss going to win out over givingh public funds to a private companyh for abattery plant,” Schaefer “Nobody has told me that the lower amount would kill (Kokam’es Lee’s Summit) project.” Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the governor will have an announcement about the budget bill beford June 30, the end of Missouri’s fiscall year.
Nixon and his staff have been reviewintg the budgetbill “line by line to determine what the state can afford,” Holste said, and they want to keep centraol services in place. Jim CEO of the l, said he thoughrt Schaefer’s proposal was “not as serious” a threar as the EDC first thought, “buty you never know in The EDC issued a release Friday encouraging Nixon to keep theKokajm plant’s financing fully in place.

Winning effort: Local event company profits from Ryder Cup festivities - Business First of Louisville:

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Behind the scenes, workers at Essential Details are doingh theirown preparations, checking and double checking the minutiae of more than a dozen some of which have been in the works for two management, event-planning and design firm is coordinatingy a host of activities for the European the Wales contingent that will host the 2010 Rydert Cup, and local and national companies. The clienf roster and the scope of these upcoming eventsd could mean that Essentialk Details is one of the biggest winnerss of the 2008Ryder Cup, which is slatede for Sept. 16 to 21.
Nancy company founder and senior vice president of sales and said the Ryder Cup will be the busiest week inthe 6-year-oldd company’s history, outpacing the traditionap busy season surrounding the Kentucky Derby and Christmas. “Wre have had some busy times before, but every single personb in the company is full full andspilling over,” she Rankin declined to disclose the projectecd revenue from the upcomint events, but she said the contractws related to Ryder Cup will accountg for more than 25 percent of the company’zs annual revenue.
One of the biggest contracts calls for setting up theEuropean team’s Louisville Essential Details will install phones, copiers and othetr equipment in the team’s offices at its downtown which company officials declined to Company officials also will outfit the team’s hospitalitu suite with Wii stations, a jukebox, specialty linens and fresh flowers. In Essential Details is coordinatingtwo off-site events for the Europea team and providing amenity including custom throws and cookies, for both the European and Americaj teams. Also on the internationap front, Essential Details is planninfg a media party and two other event s for theWales group.
Audrey director of meetings and events forEssential Details, said she initiallty was concerned that there might be a languagew barrier, but she was able to interpreft the accent — at least for the most There was a miscommunication regarding a reques for a “poser,” which Essential Details officialse discovered was the Welsh term for a high cocktail Petty said. Another large client — and the company’es first Ryder Cup contract — is which is a financial supporter of the Ryder Cup Cadillac is bringing about 100 guests who will be entertainerd on and off thegolf course.
Essentialp Details is helping Cadillac host a series of eventse at itsdowntown hotel, which Petty declinefd to identify, and other local venues. Petty said she has workex on Cadillac’s Ryder Cup festivitie — events, airport meet­-and-greets and transportation servicews — for nearly two years. Essential Details has been workingb on those events in conjunctionwith BI, an internationall merchandise and travel incentivwe company with U.S. headquartersw in Minneapolis.
Julie Laurel, senior program manager for BI, had neverr handled an event inLouisville before, so she was not sure what to But Laurel said Essential Details has been one of the easies t destination-management companies she has workef with worldwide. “The level and quality is serviceeis incredible,” Laurel said. “There’ always roadblocks of some sort, and I just haven’tt had that with Essential Details. Every littld thing that has come up, has taken care of it. She hasn’rt missed anything.” Another client, Bloomington, Minn.-based , which manufactures lawn care will have about 125 guests in town for Ryder Cup.

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UHV business students excel on simulation exam - Victoria Advocate

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Alan Horn could revive Walt Disney Studios' magic - Los Angeles Times

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