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The hotel also is working with executives at Philipa Electronics to determine possible CFL or LED technology for lightingh fixtures that currently work only with traditionalincandescengt bulbs. Other efforts under way at the new hotekl include a banquet recycling installment of a filtration systen to purify water and reduce and an internal Green Team to identify ways the hotekl can bemore sustainable. “In this day and age, it is cruciaol for all companies to be goodcorporater citizens.
Since well before the hotel opened, we have been identifying ways we can reduc our carbon footprint while also operating asa first-clasd hotel,” said Leo Percopo, general manager of the Sheraton Phoenisx Downtown. The seasonal garden is growing okra, mint, peppers and a varietu of herbs to be used at Districy American Kitchen andWine Bar, the restaurant locatedc on the bottom floor of the hotel. Districtr will also return compostable items, such as fruitg and vegetable peelings, to Singh Farmws where it buys some of its The compost can then be used by the loca farm to aid in the growing ofnew produce, continuingv a sustainable cycle, hotel official said.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Kansas Health Policy Authority will cut 14 jobs - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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According to a release, 13 stafv members were informed Friday that their jobs woulbe eliminated, effective July 2. Authority spokesman Peter Hancock said in an interviewe Monday that the policy director positio n also will be eliminatecd as executive staff positions are reduced from five to Barb Langner will move out of that position to servwe as actingMedicaid director, according to the Hancock said that the authority’ss operational budget has been cut by $3.5 milliohn for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Accordinbg to the release, the authority also is reducing spending with the contracto that processes claims for payment under Medicaid and theStatre Children’s Health Insurance Program. That move is expecter to save $3.6 million. Savings from the contract reductions are sharex with thefederal government, which funds more than half of Medicaidc administrative costs, according to the release. The authority is responsible for coordinatinbg a statewide health policy agendsa that incorporates effective purchasing and administration with healtypromotion strategies.
All health insurance purchasing by the state is combined under the The authority also is responsiblwe for compiling and distributing uniformn health care data to provide healthcare payers, providers and policy-makersx with information regarding trends in the use and cost of healthy care for improved decision making.
According to a release, 13 stafv members were informed Friday that their jobs woulbe eliminated, effective July 2. Authority spokesman Peter Hancock said in an interviewe Monday that the policy director positio n also will be eliminatecd as executive staff positions are reduced from five to Barb Langner will move out of that position to servwe as actingMedicaid director, according to the Hancock said that the authority’ss operational budget has been cut by $3.5 milliohn for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Accordinbg to the release, the authority also is reducing spending with the contracto that processes claims for payment under Medicaid and theStatre Children’s Health Insurance Program. That move is expecter to save $3.6 million. Savings from the contract reductions are sharex with thefederal government, which funds more than half of Medicaidc administrative costs, according to the release. The authority is responsible for coordinatinbg a statewide health policy agendsa that incorporates effective purchasing and administration with healtypromotion strategies.
All health insurance purchasing by the state is combined under the The authority also is responsiblwe for compiling and distributing uniformn health care data to provide healthcare payers, providers and policy-makersx with information regarding trends in the use and cost of healthy care for improved decision making.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sealing the deal: If you can speak it, you can write it - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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There was nothing worse in high school than haviny your boyfriend or girlfriend say they wanted to seeother Ouch! In the ’70s, we had a phrase about people who would take advantage of you: I have to admitt I was one of them. My friened in sixth grade, a neighbor named had a built-in pool and his mom had a pantrg of myfavorite snacks: apple Yodels, you name it. I was a Eddie turned out to be a multimillionairssoftware giant. Although I would love to call him, I simplyg cannot. Many salespeople get used and abused in the sales process because prospects can be userse who will even justify usingv your stuff to bette r themselves ortheir company.
It has happened to me a couple of and I have to admit I felt like Eddie Money and wantedto sing, “Baby, Hold On to I even became the Bee Gees, just trying to stay As time went on in the sales I realized I was being used. I adopte one sentence that changed everything: If you can speamk it, you can write it. That sentence has not guaranteexd that I will close everyprospect — and I am not suggestinh that it will for you, eitherd — but I guarantee you will neve r get used again. Many times early in my my prospects would ask for something in writinyg and I would give themcustomizes plans.
I might redo them severall times, only to find out theitr cousin Vinny took all mystufrf — and my commission, as To prevent this, ask one simple question: What will it take to make you a client? After they mention price, you must get two more things or you can starrt singing “Na Na, Hey Hey, After your prospect tells you what you have to do to earn his or her write down the specific deliverables and initial each one. Have your prospecrt do the same and set your second Give yourself enough time between appointmentse to gatherthe deliverables. I usually recommendf at least a week.
Set the TONE (touching on new Touch your prospect at least twice beforedyou meet, and remind them of your writteb agreement. Give them a good reporf that you are working on the Do not smother them or shove anythinvg else downtheir throats. Be a motivator not a menace like who lived at 627Elm St. Do you remember the look on Mr. Wilson’sz face when Dennis would yell, “Hey, Mr. Wilson” However, you may see that look when you show up forappointmenr No. 2. Here is the four R’xs formula to closing your deal. (Whe n you’re done, you can look forward to another word with theletter R, relaxing.) So now it’s show time time to say, “Hey, Mr.
I got the You may see that face once your prospect sees the sheet with his or her initialson it. you had the gatekeeper copy it. You will know you’rd in the fight when, 60 seconds into your your prospectstarts backpedaling. In the 1980s, Sugaer Ray Leonard fought MarvelousMarvin Hagler. No one gave Ray a Ray showed up the fight in greayt shape and was winningf until he started to trade blows with the more powerful Sugar Ray’s trainer, Angelo Dundee, screamed at him that he was blowingg it. Dundee screamed at him to jab andget out.
I am tellin you: That’s what the 4 R’s are all
There was nothing worse in high school than haviny your boyfriend or girlfriend say they wanted to seeother Ouch! In the ’70s, we had a phrase about people who would take advantage of you: I have to admitt I was one of them. My friened in sixth grade, a neighbor named had a built-in pool and his mom had a pantrg of myfavorite snacks: apple Yodels, you name it. I was a Eddie turned out to be a multimillionairssoftware giant. Although I would love to call him, I simplyg cannot. Many salespeople get used and abused in the sales process because prospects can be userse who will even justify usingv your stuff to bette r themselves ortheir company.
It has happened to me a couple of and I have to admit I felt like Eddie Money and wantedto sing, “Baby, Hold On to I even became the Bee Gees, just trying to stay As time went on in the sales I realized I was being used. I adopte one sentence that changed everything: If you can speamk it, you can write it. That sentence has not guaranteexd that I will close everyprospect — and I am not suggestinh that it will for you, eitherd — but I guarantee you will neve r get used again. Many times early in my my prospects would ask for something in writinyg and I would give themcustomizes plans.
I might redo them severall times, only to find out theitr cousin Vinny took all mystufrf — and my commission, as To prevent this, ask one simple question: What will it take to make you a client? After they mention price, you must get two more things or you can starrt singing “Na Na, Hey Hey, After your prospect tells you what you have to do to earn his or her write down the specific deliverables and initial each one. Have your prospecrt do the same and set your second Give yourself enough time between appointmentse to gatherthe deliverables. I usually recommendf at least a week.
Set the TONE (touching on new Touch your prospect at least twice beforedyou meet, and remind them of your writteb agreement. Give them a good reporf that you are working on the Do not smother them or shove anythinvg else downtheir throats. Be a motivator not a menace like who lived at 627Elm St. Do you remember the look on Mr. Wilson’sz face when Dennis would yell, “Hey, Mr. Wilson” However, you may see that look when you show up forappointmenr No. 2. Here is the four R’xs formula to closing your deal. (Whe n you’re done, you can look forward to another word with theletter R, relaxing.) So now it’s show time time to say, “Hey, Mr.
I got the You may see that face once your prospect sees the sheet with his or her initialson it. you had the gatekeeper copy it. You will know you’rd in the fight when, 60 seconds into your your prospectstarts backpedaling. In the 1980s, Sugaer Ray Leonard fought MarvelousMarvin Hagler. No one gave Ray a Ray showed up the fight in greayt shape and was winningf until he started to trade blows with the more powerful Sugar Ray’s trainer, Angelo Dundee, screamed at him that he was blowingg it. Dundee screamed at him to jab andget out.
I am tellin you: That’s what the 4 R’s are all
Friday, March 25, 2011
O4 Corp. gets $15M to expand - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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O4 Corp. — which standse for Out Of OfficeOperations — develops mobilw software applications that consumer products manufacturers such as and use to instruct sales reps to checkj inventory levels, products displays and pricing information in retail stores. The technology also wirelessly transmitsw data and product orders backto headquarters. While consume r goods manufacturers spend significantlyon in-storer marketing promotions and new product launch, “they realluy don’t get visibility into what’s happening at the retail said Laura Witt, general partnefr at , a Baltimore-based venture firm that invested the $15 million.
O4’s software empowers manufacturers’ eyes and ears in retaill stores — their sales Witt said. “It makes them much more effectivdand efficient,” she said. O4’s technology, designed to run on hand-helde devices, is highly flexible, said Dale consumer goods technology analystat “Think of it as a 12-wahy adjustable seat,” Hagemeyer said. “It reallty contours to how people dotheir work.” O4’s globe-trotting chief, Desmonxd Miller, has an ambitiou s growth trajectory for his firm.
O4’sw subscriber base is projected to explode fromabout 25,00 today to about 250,00 users in the next three years, Miller from Sydney, Australia. “We are showingf a tremendous ROI (return on investment) to the market righft now in verydifficult times,” said Miller, who lives in Australias and splits his time between North America, Asia and Europe. “Wed are able to show payback for these systemse in months andnot years, and we are giving our customersw an edge in the marketplace.” O4 expects to hit its growthg targets by adding new customers and selling more service and products to existing ones. “It’x not just being an inch deep with the O4 U.S.
President Harris Fogel said. “It’ s [about] being a mile wide and a mile ABS Capital was impressedwith O4’s and its blue-chip client roster. “It was cleaer to us that they must be offerin something of value for the consumeeproducts industry,” Witt said. ABS, which invest in later-stage growth companies in the business services, media and communications, and software sectors, was a majoe investor in , which raised $112 million in an initial public offerinhgin mid-April.
O4 will invest the $15 milliob — the company’s first institutional round — into developinf an around-the-clock, global customer support infrastructure, transitioning from a software-licensingb to a software-as-a-subscription model and executingb a geographic andproduct expansion. The companh sees “huge opportunities” in the emerging markets of Latijn America, Eastern Europe and China, whered consumer products companies have armies of mobile workerzs that can benefitfrom O4’s software. “A consumer productw multinational mighthave 10,000 mobilwe workers in China alone,” Fogel said. “We are about users.
” The global strateghy is critical as O4 keeps pace with itsmultinationalp customers, who are themselves chasing overseaas demand. “The customer is going wheres there are more mouths to feed and more feetto Gartner’s Hagemeyer said. “Iv P&G is going into Asia and LatibAmerica ... you want to folloe P&G wherever P&G wants to go.” Rolling into new brings with itchallenges — including findinb the right implementation partners and employees who know the marketplace and culture. O4 must also tweak its productws tosuit customers’ needs overseas.
Equipping 10,000o mobile workers in China with Windows-based for instance, might be too complezx and expensive, Fogel said. So, O4 is adaptin g its software to work on more prevalentwireless hardware. In its markety space, O4 is the more nimblwe David — competing with Goliaths like SAPand “Right now [O4 is] kind of the dandyh in the space,” Hagemeyer said. “Theh are talked about and lots ofmind share.” The local company, must keep innovating — even as it scales — to keep from gettinb overrun.
“It’s not like there’s a black box out It’s fairly easy for a company to hire awaysomeonre else’s talent to figure out how they do what they do,” Hagemeye r said. “So, O4 has to keep inventing and otherwise two years from now SAP or Oracles willcatch up.”
O4 Corp. — which standse for Out Of OfficeOperations — develops mobilw software applications that consumer products manufacturers such as and use to instruct sales reps to checkj inventory levels, products displays and pricing information in retail stores. The technology also wirelessly transmitsw data and product orders backto headquarters. While consume r goods manufacturers spend significantlyon in-storer marketing promotions and new product launch, “they realluy don’t get visibility into what’s happening at the retail said Laura Witt, general partnefr at , a Baltimore-based venture firm that invested the $15 million.
O4’s software empowers manufacturers’ eyes and ears in retaill stores — their sales Witt said. “It makes them much more effectivdand efficient,” she said. O4’s technology, designed to run on hand-helde devices, is highly flexible, said Dale consumer goods technology analystat “Think of it as a 12-wahy adjustable seat,” Hagemeyer said. “It reallty contours to how people dotheir work.” O4’s globe-trotting chief, Desmonxd Miller, has an ambitiou s growth trajectory for his firm.
O4’sw subscriber base is projected to explode fromabout 25,00 today to about 250,00 users in the next three years, Miller from Sydney, Australia. “We are showingf a tremendous ROI (return on investment) to the market righft now in verydifficult times,” said Miller, who lives in Australias and splits his time between North America, Asia and Europe. “Wed are able to show payback for these systemse in months andnot years, and we are giving our customersw an edge in the marketplace.” O4 expects to hit its growthg targets by adding new customers and selling more service and products to existing ones. “It’x not just being an inch deep with the O4 U.S.
President Harris Fogel said. “It’ s [about] being a mile wide and a mile ABS Capital was impressedwith O4’s and its blue-chip client roster. “It was cleaer to us that they must be offerin something of value for the consumeeproducts industry,” Witt said. ABS, which invest in later-stage growth companies in the business services, media and communications, and software sectors, was a majoe investor in , which raised $112 million in an initial public offerinhgin mid-April.
O4 will invest the $15 milliob — the company’s first institutional round — into developinf an around-the-clock, global customer support infrastructure, transitioning from a software-licensingb to a software-as-a-subscription model and executingb a geographic andproduct expansion. The companh sees “huge opportunities” in the emerging markets of Latijn America, Eastern Europe and China, whered consumer products companies have armies of mobile workerzs that can benefitfrom O4’s software. “A consumer productw multinational mighthave 10,000 mobilwe workers in China alone,” Fogel said. “We are about users.
” The global strateghy is critical as O4 keeps pace with itsmultinationalp customers, who are themselves chasing overseaas demand. “The customer is going wheres there are more mouths to feed and more feetto Gartner’s Hagemeyer said. “Iv P&G is going into Asia and LatibAmerica ... you want to folloe P&G wherever P&G wants to go.” Rolling into new brings with itchallenges — including findinb the right implementation partners and employees who know the marketplace and culture. O4 must also tweak its productws tosuit customers’ needs overseas.
Equipping 10,000o mobile workers in China with Windows-based for instance, might be too complezx and expensive, Fogel said. So, O4 is adaptin g its software to work on more prevalentwireless hardware. In its markety space, O4 is the more nimblwe David — competing with Goliaths like SAPand “Right now [O4 is] kind of the dandyh in the space,” Hagemeyer said. “Theh are talked about and lots ofmind share.” The local company, must keep innovating — even as it scales — to keep from gettinb overrun.
“It’s not like there’s a black box out It’s fairly easy for a company to hire awaysomeonre else’s talent to figure out how they do what they do,” Hagemeye r said. “So, O4 has to keep inventing and otherwise two years from now SAP or Oracles willcatch up.”
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Charge to hamper Merge 2Q net income - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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million noncash writedown on the sale of its equityg interest in a radiology TheWest Allis-based radiology software and systems provider said the chargw is the result of the sale of its interest in veterinary radiology company , as part of Eklin’s acquisition by veterinaryt services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin'd sale to VCA, Merge (NASDQ: will receive $1.4 million for its interesgt in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognized in thethird quarter. The charge, however, will be recognized in the secone quarter, when Merge will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurring revenud as a result of a new reseller agreemengt the company reached with Elkin inJune that's being reassigned to VCA. Mergre now expects to post net income for the second quarterbetween $100,000 and $800,000, comparexd with a net loss of $18.2 million a year ago. The companuy posted net income for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash operating income is expected to be $3.7 million to $4.4 compared with a net loss of $18.3 million a year ago. Revenuse is now projected to be in the rangeof $15 million to $15.5 million, comparerd with $13.3 million a year ago.
million noncash writedown on the sale of its equityg interest in a radiology TheWest Allis-based radiology software and systems provider said the chargw is the result of the sale of its interest in veterinary radiology company , as part of Eklin’s acquisition by veterinaryt services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin'd sale to VCA, Merge (NASDQ: will receive $1.4 million for its interesgt in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognized in thethird quarter. The charge, however, will be recognized in the secone quarter, when Merge will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurring revenud as a result of a new reseller agreemengt the company reached with Elkin inJune that's being reassigned to VCA. Mergre now expects to post net income for the second quarterbetween $100,000 and $800,000, comparexd with a net loss of $18.2 million a year ago. The companuy posted net income for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash operating income is expected to be $3.7 million to $4.4 compared with a net loss of $18.3 million a year ago. Revenuse is now projected to be in the rangeof $15 million to $15.5 million, comparerd with $13.3 million a year ago.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The delegation includes members of the Hispaniv Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denved Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesdaytand Wednesday, joining small-busines leaders from other states. The Coloradok business leaders want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and othert lawmakers “why this bill would reallyt hurt them as they try to emergse from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennert because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labod bill.
“In these very difficulf economic times, companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executiver director, said in a statement. “We want to send a messagee that we want to help jump starr economic recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far The Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the “carc check” bill, would allow workers to organiz a union without a secret as now required. Instead, a local could be launched at a workplace if at leastg half its workers sign anauthorization card. Unionzs say the bill is needed to protecgt worker rights inthe recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulc unfairly tip the delicate business-labort climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economic damagre and job loss.” As part of a larger nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradpo group will meet with Sen. John R-S.D., and other legislatorxs “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaderzs also want to discussother issues, including health care refor m and the allocation of federal stimulus funds.
The delegation includes members of the Hispaniv Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denved Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesdaytand Wednesday, joining small-busines leaders from other states. The Coloradok business leaders want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and othert lawmakers “why this bill would reallyt hurt them as they try to emergse from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennert because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labod bill.
“In these very difficulf economic times, companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executiver director, said in a statement. “We want to send a messagee that we want to help jump starr economic recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far The Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the “carc check” bill, would allow workers to organiz a union without a secret as now required. Instead, a local could be launched at a workplace if at leastg half its workers sign anauthorization card. Unionzs say the bill is needed to protecgt worker rights inthe recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulc unfairly tip the delicate business-labort climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economic damagre and job loss.” As part of a larger nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradpo group will meet with Sen. John R-S.D., and other legislatorxs “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaderzs also want to discussother issues, including health care refor m and the allocation of federal stimulus funds.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Report: RevPAR declines slowing for hotels - Boston Business Journal:
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RevPAR will reach its cyclical low point in the thirdr quarterof 2009, closing the escalatingy trend of declines in RevPAR that begann in the third quarter of 2008, according to . "Thd good news is that the bottom of the current cycled forthe U.S. hotel industry is soon to said R. Mark Woodworth, president of PKF Hospitality in anews release. “The bad news is that 2009 will be the weakesyt year on record for the domesticlodging industry, and 2010 is goinyg to be disappointing as well. If you are wondering when we'lol start to see actual growthin RevPAR, then you'llk have to wait until 2011.
However, if you want to know when the operatingt environment is going to get a littlless painful, that's happening righf now." Lodging forecasts presented in the June 2009 editionn of Hotel Horizons are based on Smitbh Travel Research hotel performance data through March 2009 and Moody'sd Economy.com's May 2009 economic forecasf for the nation. Given the correlation betweenm employment andlodging demand, the new expectation is for RevPA to decline 17.5 percent in 2009, followed by another 3.5 percent decline in 2010. Year-over-yearr quarterly declines in the demandfor U.S.
lodging accommodations startecd in the first quarter of 2008 and peaked at negatived 8 percent in the first quarterof 2009. The June 2009 edition of Hotel Horizons forecasts demand to declined each of the remaining quartersof 2009, but at a diminishin pace. The projected quarterly declines in demandc for the remainder of 2009 averagwejust 4.7 percent. Beyoncd 2009, the forecast calls for average annuakl increases in demandof 3.2 percent for the next four well above the 1.9 percent long-term But given the forecast 17.5 percent decline in RevPAR for all of PKF-HR is projecting total hotel revenues to decrease 16 percent for the year.
In 2011 and PKF-HR forecasts that RevPAR will increase on an average annual basiszof 9.2 percent, while profitsw will rise at a 17.8 percent
RevPAR will reach its cyclical low point in the thirdr quarterof 2009, closing the escalatingy trend of declines in RevPAR that begann in the third quarter of 2008, according to . "Thd good news is that the bottom of the current cycled forthe U.S. hotel industry is soon to said R. Mark Woodworth, president of PKF Hospitality in anews release. “The bad news is that 2009 will be the weakesyt year on record for the domesticlodging industry, and 2010 is goinyg to be disappointing as well. If you are wondering when we'lol start to see actual growthin RevPAR, then you'llk have to wait until 2011.
However, if you want to know when the operatingt environment is going to get a littlless painful, that's happening righf now." Lodging forecasts presented in the June 2009 editionn of Hotel Horizons are based on Smitbh Travel Research hotel performance data through March 2009 and Moody'sd Economy.com's May 2009 economic forecasf for the nation. Given the correlation betweenm employment andlodging demand, the new expectation is for RevPA to decline 17.5 percent in 2009, followed by another 3.5 percent decline in 2010. Year-over-yearr quarterly declines in the demandfor U.S.
lodging accommodations startecd in the first quarter of 2008 and peaked at negatived 8 percent in the first quarterof 2009. The June 2009 edition of Hotel Horizons forecasts demand to declined each of the remaining quartersof 2009, but at a diminishin pace. The projected quarterly declines in demandc for the remainder of 2009 averagwejust 4.7 percent. Beyoncd 2009, the forecast calls for average annuakl increases in demandof 3.2 percent for the next four well above the 1.9 percent long-term But given the forecast 17.5 percent decline in RevPAR for all of PKF-HR is projecting total hotel revenues to decrease 16 percent for the year.
In 2011 and PKF-HR forecasts that RevPAR will increase on an average annual basiszof 9.2 percent, while profitsw will rise at a 17.8 percent
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Harlem Is Losing a Piece of Clinton - New York Times
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Parasite Eve will infect PSN - GamingExcellence
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
CD buys aimed at helping businesses - Charlotte Business Journal:
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“I was thinking, well, peoplde aren’t really thinking about Arapahos County,” said Milliken, the county’s treasurer. “Crisis is alwaya an opportunity and I thought this is a good time to brin g something home tothe county.” So he came up with his own localk stimulus program. In the past month, Arapahoe Countgy has bought $5 million in one-yeae certificates of deposit (CDs) from three locally owned bankds — , Citywide Banks, and The banks have agreed to use the cash to make loands to ArapahoeCounty businesses. “Thse nice thing about money in a bank is that it can be Milliken said.
“Ten million wortg of deposits in the bank can turninto $40 or $50 milliom [in loans].” The banks are required to submit quarterlgy reports detailing how they’ve used the Milliken said. “If for some reasob someone decides not tofollow through, then we will pull the moneyt back,” he said. Aftere one year, if the bank still has loanse outstandingto businesses, Arapahoe County will roll the moneuy over into a new CD at whatever rate is prevailingg at the time. If the program works, Millikenn said he might expand it to as muchas $40 He’s currently in talks with two othert local banks about participating.
“Part of my criteria for a bank is that it belocally well-managed with good reserves, and that they have a numbere of potential clients and a good presence in the so they can get the money out he said. Darrell Schulte, president of Colorado Business said his bank was pleasedto participate. “Fod our bank, it’s exciting to be involved in such a uniqus program that includes local businesses andlocalk banks, along with Arapahoe County, on the same team to make a Schulte said at a May 20 presw conference. The county isn’t sacrificingb much in terms of Milliken said. The CDs are on average, 2 percent to 2.25 percent — more than the 0.
4 percent they’dr currently get on a one-year U.S. Treasury security. with the market the way it is, Treasuryws are so low that it’s actuallyg a pretty good market rate,” Millike said. “It’s lower than perhaps we couled get if we went out into the worldwidesfeeding markets, but that wouldn’t have the same effectf locally.”
“I was thinking, well, peoplde aren’t really thinking about Arapahos County,” said Milliken, the county’s treasurer. “Crisis is alwaya an opportunity and I thought this is a good time to brin g something home tothe county.” So he came up with his own localk stimulus program. In the past month, Arapahoe Countgy has bought $5 million in one-yeae certificates of deposit (CDs) from three locally owned bankds — , Citywide Banks, and The banks have agreed to use the cash to make loands to ArapahoeCounty businesses. “Thse nice thing about money in a bank is that it can be Milliken said.
“Ten million wortg of deposits in the bank can turninto $40 or $50 milliom [in loans].” The banks are required to submit quarterlgy reports detailing how they’ve used the Milliken said. “If for some reasob someone decides not tofollow through, then we will pull the moneyt back,” he said. Aftere one year, if the bank still has loanse outstandingto businesses, Arapahoe County will roll the moneuy over into a new CD at whatever rate is prevailingg at the time. If the program works, Millikenn said he might expand it to as muchas $40 He’s currently in talks with two othert local banks about participating.
“Part of my criteria for a bank is that it belocally well-managed with good reserves, and that they have a numbere of potential clients and a good presence in the so they can get the money out he said. Darrell Schulte, president of Colorado Business said his bank was pleasedto participate. “Fod our bank, it’s exciting to be involved in such a uniqus program that includes local businesses andlocalk banks, along with Arapahoe County, on the same team to make a Schulte said at a May 20 presw conference. The county isn’t sacrificingb much in terms of Milliken said. The CDs are on average, 2 percent to 2.25 percent — more than the 0.
4 percent they’dr currently get on a one-year U.S. Treasury security. with the market the way it is, Treasuryws are so low that it’s actuallyg a pretty good market rate,” Millike said. “It’s lower than perhaps we couled get if we went out into the worldwidesfeeding markets, but that wouldn’t have the same effectf locally.”
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Community clinics hoping for government funding to aid with care of uninsured - Wichita Business Journal:
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The bill spreads more than $154 million in grante to 126 community health centerd acrossthe country. The center will receive a $1.3 milliojn grant. The money comess at a perfect time. The center, and othe clinics that provide care to the uninsured in have seen a dramatic increase in patientds over the last several months as workers are laid off and employera are cutting healthcare benefits. Stimulus money will be crucial in keeping the clinices ontheir feet.
“This is the largest one-timre investment in the 45-year history of health and will make quality care more accessibl to millions of people in addition tocreatinhg jobs,” said Tom Van Coverden, Presidentt and CEO of the , shortly after the bill was While community health centers traditionally serve lower incomre patients, there has been an influx of moderate-income families who have been laid off or strippecd of insurance in recenr months seeking treatment at the “We are seeing more people comingf in because they are having to turn somewhere for says Beverly White, CEO of the Cente for Health and Wellness.
Between 2000 and 2007, employee-sponsoredd health care coverage hasdropped 5.2 according to the . White’s clinifc is trying to treat patients withinjseven days, but with limited space, that’se been a challenge. It’a an issue that could be solved with an which would be funded bythe grant. The clinic providesa uninsured patients several ways to pay for their care a slidingfee scale, a contracr for care (as low as a $5 monthly payment) or volunteer payments (every hour formef patients volunteer, $10 is deductee from their balance). “It does put a strain on the budger when there are peoplewho can’t pay White says.
“If you can only pay me $5 a well you know what? That doesn’t keep the lightxs on. “That’s why we’re so excited aboug the news wereceived (about the Dave Sanford estimates the number of patients seeking treatmen at has increased 40-50 percent since Christmas. The clinixc provides medical and dental care to uninsured and underinsured patients inSedgwick County. Sanforcd says there are enough exam rooms in the clinic to treat all the patient sseeking care. But the clinivc will be seeking physician assistantxs if it receives a portion ofthe $500 million earmarked in the stimulus package to supporty clinics dealing with the spike in the uninsuredf population.
“If that money come s to GraceMed, then we wouldd be able to ... hire at least two more mid-level providers, eitheer physician assistants or practitioners.” The clinic has five physicians on staff andfour mid-levek providers, two full-time and two part-time dentists and four full-time dental The clinic received an e-mail last weekend detailingg the application the clinic will need to go through to receivs government funding. Eligibility is determined in part by the numberd of patients and uninsured patients cared for in the last Using thethat formula, Sanford says, GraceMec would be eligible to apply for $370,000 in federal funds over the next two years.
The bill spreads more than $154 million in grante to 126 community health centerd acrossthe country. The center will receive a $1.3 milliojn grant. The money comess at a perfect time. The center, and othe clinics that provide care to the uninsured in have seen a dramatic increase in patientds over the last several months as workers are laid off and employera are cutting healthcare benefits. Stimulus money will be crucial in keeping the clinices ontheir feet.
“This is the largest one-timre investment in the 45-year history of health and will make quality care more accessibl to millions of people in addition tocreatinhg jobs,” said Tom Van Coverden, Presidentt and CEO of the , shortly after the bill was While community health centers traditionally serve lower incomre patients, there has been an influx of moderate-income families who have been laid off or strippecd of insurance in recenr months seeking treatment at the “We are seeing more people comingf in because they are having to turn somewhere for says Beverly White, CEO of the Cente for Health and Wellness.
Between 2000 and 2007, employee-sponsoredd health care coverage hasdropped 5.2 according to the . White’s clinifc is trying to treat patients withinjseven days, but with limited space, that’se been a challenge. It’a an issue that could be solved with an which would be funded bythe grant. The clinic providesa uninsured patients several ways to pay for their care a slidingfee scale, a contracr for care (as low as a $5 monthly payment) or volunteer payments (every hour formef patients volunteer, $10 is deductee from their balance). “It does put a strain on the budger when there are peoplewho can’t pay White says.
“If you can only pay me $5 a well you know what? That doesn’t keep the lightxs on. “That’s why we’re so excited aboug the news wereceived (about the Dave Sanford estimates the number of patients seeking treatmen at has increased 40-50 percent since Christmas. The clinixc provides medical and dental care to uninsured and underinsured patients inSedgwick County. Sanforcd says there are enough exam rooms in the clinic to treat all the patient sseeking care. But the clinivc will be seeking physician assistantxs if it receives a portion ofthe $500 million earmarked in the stimulus package to supporty clinics dealing with the spike in the uninsuredf population.
“If that money come s to GraceMed, then we wouldd be able to ... hire at least two more mid-level providers, eitheer physician assistants or practitioners.” The clinic has five physicians on staff andfour mid-levek providers, two full-time and two part-time dentists and four full-time dental The clinic received an e-mail last weekend detailingg the application the clinic will need to go through to receivs government funding. Eligibility is determined in part by the numberd of patients and uninsured patients cared for in the last Using thethat formula, Sanford says, GraceMec would be eligible to apply for $370,000 in federal funds over the next two years.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Finding reasons, solutions when buying decisions are put on hold - bizjournals:
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Delays and stalls frequently start when a decisioj isclose internally. The fear relates to the consequence and difficulty of correcting a wrong The risk compels many to go with a know vendor even if itssolution isn’rt the best. Minimizing or dismissing concerns will sureluy resultin failure. Reassure by using existinvg customers to convey providetestimonials and, if offer guarantees, insurance and assurance optionws to build buyers’ confidence. Prioritiesz do change, and what was painfukl 30 to 60 days ago may not be the most pressinhconcern now.
You can’t control outsidse events, but you can continuse building your relationship and look for reasons to elevate your Asking “what if” questions can help you assesxs whether the delay is real or a putoff. Prospectes are reluctant to providew negativeinformation voluntarily. The best option is to avois investing time and energy on unlikely In summary, you can reduce delays with betterr qualifying, by giving presentations and proposald at the right time, and usinb questioning techniques to assess the reality when prioritieas change.
Delays and stalls frequently start when a decisioj isclose internally. The fear relates to the consequence and difficulty of correcting a wrong The risk compels many to go with a know vendor even if itssolution isn’rt the best. Minimizing or dismissing concerns will sureluy resultin failure. Reassure by using existinvg customers to convey providetestimonials and, if offer guarantees, insurance and assurance optionws to build buyers’ confidence. Prioritiesz do change, and what was painfukl 30 to 60 days ago may not be the most pressinhconcern now.
You can’t control outsidse events, but you can continuse building your relationship and look for reasons to elevate your Asking “what if” questions can help you assesxs whether the delay is real or a putoff. Prospectes are reluctant to providew negativeinformation voluntarily. The best option is to avois investing time and energy on unlikely In summary, you can reduce delays with betterr qualifying, by giving presentations and proposald at the right time, and usinb questioning techniques to assess the reality when prioritieas change.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Vishay, International Rectifier settle Power Control Systems dispute - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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International Rectifier (NYSE:IRF) will repahy Vishay (NYSE:VSH) $30 million of the $290 millio that Vishay paid for itsPCS business. In Vishay will release International Rectifier from claims relating to certainh outstanding disputes regarding the Also as part ofthe settlement, Vishay will: Allo International Rectifier, under certain conditions, to design, manufacture and sell some products that incorporate technologies sold or licenser to Vishay in the purchase; Continue to supplty certain products to International Rectifierf and will receive a licensde to certain additional technology developed in the future by International Rectifier.
Internationalp Rectifier is based inEl Segundo, Vishay is based in Pa. Vishay International Rectifier last fall after beintg rejected byInternational Rectifier’s board, and then failint in its attempt to place three of its nominee on the International board.
International Rectifier (NYSE:IRF) will repahy Vishay (NYSE:VSH) $30 million of the $290 millio that Vishay paid for itsPCS business. In Vishay will release International Rectifier from claims relating to certainh outstanding disputes regarding the Also as part ofthe settlement, Vishay will: Allo International Rectifier, under certain conditions, to design, manufacture and sell some products that incorporate technologies sold or licenser to Vishay in the purchase; Continue to supplty certain products to International Rectifierf and will receive a licensde to certain additional technology developed in the future by International Rectifier.
Internationalp Rectifier is based inEl Segundo, Vishay is based in Pa. Vishay International Rectifier last fall after beintg rejected byInternational Rectifier’s board, and then failint in its attempt to place three of its nominee on the International board.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
State budget crunch could hit cities hard, deplete key reserves - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The stalled housing market, inflation and economic downshiftsx are resulting in projections of furthetrbudget deficits, beyond the current year's $1.2 billion shortfalp and next year's $1.9 billion gap. "The soonestr the state may have a surpluw againis 2011," said Gretchen a lobbyist for the Phoenid law office of who works on financial issues. "We are going to be using up our cash said state Senate Appropriations Chairman Bob That could leave the state with two drastic options, both of whicjh could hit businesses, consumerzs and property owners: Increase statw taxes, or place the burden on city and countt governments.
The state coulds shift the tax burden and its financial woes to citiesd and counties by cutting state outlays and sharesd tax revenueto municipalities. That would pressure cities and counties to raise their property and sales taxess and business fees to make up the Arizona cities and counties do not levyincome Instead, they get a share of state tax Local governments received $717 million from the state during the past fiscap year, said Ken Strobeck, director of the , whicj represents local governments at the Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs said Arizona'z mayors are lobbying Gov.
Janet Napolitano and legislator s not to diminish the tax revenue transferred to She said state cuts to shared revenue wouldhurt cities' budgets and abilituy to provide services. Other local leaders agree. "If the state uses our portion of the fundx to balancetheir budget, we are forcer to cut into programs such as publicd safety, infrastructure and other critical areas," said Romina government relations director for the city of Goodyear. Business attraction and touris m promotion efforts also couldbe cut, she Strobeck said cities already are being hit by housing market-induce d decreases in sales and construction tax revenue.
"Anyh reductions to shared revenues would bedoubly punishing," he The state also could impose taxes on servicezs and items that now are tax-exempt. That translatew into new taxeson food, business and professional and other exempt purchase such as aircraft engines, advertising, health club memberships and mininf equipment. "Policymakers are in the unenviablwe position of having to select from a series of politicalluy miserable options of increasing orexpanding taxes; shifting financiakl responsibilities to other levels of government, which have their own fiscalp concerns; and pursuing additional reductionas in state spending," said Stuart a principal at in Lurking tax increases come as busineses advocates push for just the opposite: propertty and corporate tax cuts.
The Arizonaw Chamber of Commerce & Industry and othersx want to slice corporate income tax expand research and developmenttax breaks, and permanently repeal a $250 millionm property tax that is on temporarhy hiatus. They argue Arizona needs to keep its taxesa low to attract jobsand Still, Napolitano and many businesws interests are looking to put a 30-year, 1-cen t state sales tax increase on the November ballot and earmark the resulting $42 billion for transportation. Burns said the state needs to cut or it will run out of reservw funds and other fiscal maneuvers afterrthis year's budget. Much of the state budget, is voter-approved and cannot be cut by the Legislature.
Other reduction are opposed by Napolitano, leaving just a small slice ofthe state'sz budget pie to be cut. Burns does not want to see tax increased and noted it takesa two-thirds vote to approvd them. He said the state coulrd end up referring major tax increase tothe ballot. A more likely scenario, he said, is the state will cut the revenure it shares with GreenbergTraurig LLP: League of Arizona Cities &
The stalled housing market, inflation and economic downshiftsx are resulting in projections of furthetrbudget deficits, beyond the current year's $1.2 billion shortfalp and next year's $1.9 billion gap. "The soonestr the state may have a surpluw againis 2011," said Gretchen a lobbyist for the Phoenid law office of who works on financial issues. "We are going to be using up our cash said state Senate Appropriations Chairman Bob That could leave the state with two drastic options, both of whicjh could hit businesses, consumerzs and property owners: Increase statw taxes, or place the burden on city and countt governments.
The state coulds shift the tax burden and its financial woes to citiesd and counties by cutting state outlays and sharesd tax revenueto municipalities. That would pressure cities and counties to raise their property and sales taxess and business fees to make up the Arizona cities and counties do not levyincome Instead, they get a share of state tax Local governments received $717 million from the state during the past fiscap year, said Ken Strobeck, director of the , whicj represents local governments at the Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs said Arizona'z mayors are lobbying Gov.
Janet Napolitano and legislator s not to diminish the tax revenue transferred to She said state cuts to shared revenue wouldhurt cities' budgets and abilituy to provide services. Other local leaders agree. "If the state uses our portion of the fundx to balancetheir budget, we are forcer to cut into programs such as publicd safety, infrastructure and other critical areas," said Romina government relations director for the city of Goodyear. Business attraction and touris m promotion efforts also couldbe cut, she Strobeck said cities already are being hit by housing market-induce d decreases in sales and construction tax revenue.
"Anyh reductions to shared revenues would bedoubly punishing," he The state also could impose taxes on servicezs and items that now are tax-exempt. That translatew into new taxeson food, business and professional and other exempt purchase such as aircraft engines, advertising, health club memberships and mininf equipment. "Policymakers are in the unenviablwe position of having to select from a series of politicalluy miserable options of increasing orexpanding taxes; shifting financiakl responsibilities to other levels of government, which have their own fiscalp concerns; and pursuing additional reductionas in state spending," said Stuart a principal at in Lurking tax increases come as busineses advocates push for just the opposite: propertty and corporate tax cuts.
The Arizonaw Chamber of Commerce & Industry and othersx want to slice corporate income tax expand research and developmenttax breaks, and permanently repeal a $250 millionm property tax that is on temporarhy hiatus. They argue Arizona needs to keep its taxesa low to attract jobsand Still, Napolitano and many businesws interests are looking to put a 30-year, 1-cen t state sales tax increase on the November ballot and earmark the resulting $42 billion for transportation. Burns said the state needs to cut or it will run out of reservw funds and other fiscal maneuvers afterrthis year's budget. Much of the state budget, is voter-approved and cannot be cut by the Legislature.
Other reduction are opposed by Napolitano, leaving just a small slice ofthe state'sz budget pie to be cut. Burns does not want to see tax increased and noted it takesa two-thirds vote to approvd them. He said the state coulrd end up referring major tax increase tothe ballot. A more likely scenario, he said, is the state will cut the revenure it shares with GreenbergTraurig LLP: League of Arizona Cities &
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