Wednesday, July 27, 2011

ADP reports 532,000 May job cuts - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companies inthe U.S. cut an estimatede 532,000 workers from payrolls last month. ADP also revisedx higher its estimate of cuts in Aprilpto 545,000 from the previous estimate of The ADP report noted losses acrosas all sizes and categories of businesses with large business payrollw declining 100,000, medium businesses shedding 223,000 jobs and smallp businesses cutting 209,000 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000o jobs while the service-producing sector declined by 265,000 The Labor Department is due to releass its jobs reporton Friday.
The averagse analyst estimate for that report of government as well as privatde payrolls is a lossof 520,000 payroll positions and an increasew in the unemployment rate to 9.2 percenrt from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On Monday, The Institut for Supply Management announceds that its factory index rose to the highest levep since last September as new orders posterd their first gain since therecessioh began. On Tuesday the National Association of Realtors reported that pending sales ofexisting homes, or contracts signed but not rose 6.7 percent in April, the largest increas e in six years.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Anna Paquin Knows Stephen Moyer's Sex-Scene Boundaries - People Magazine

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Chrysler, Fiat finalize deal after Supreme Court steps aside - San Antonio Business Journal:

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When Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptc protectionlast month, it spelled out how it would mergse with Fiat and what the new Chrysler companuy would entail. It also said it would reject 789 dealershippagreements nationwide. The move comes a day after the decidedd not to hear a court action from a groupo of pension funds in Indiana that had temporarilty halted the deal onJune 8. The deal comes five days aheaed of a deadline imposed by Fiat to completr the merger and is expected to open the door for more government loans to struggling auto manufacturer Attorneys for the pension funds argued that they would receive just pennies on the dolladr fora $42 million loan given to Chrysler. U.S.
Solicitor General Elena Kagan said the imminent collapsof Chrysler, which already was losinyg upward of $100 million was of greater concerh to government officials than the loan dispute.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Airports board - Washington Post

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Some current and former board members are urging the authority to shelve the project considering the storm of public debate over the authority's management of the second phase of the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport. ...


Airports authority to reconsider vote for underground Dulles Metro

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Airports Authority Changes Course On Dulles Rail Station

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Melbourne firm lands part of Army contract - Dallas Business Journal:

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Melbourne-based BRPH, along with its Washington, D.C.-bases design/build partner Lifecycle ConstructionServicezs LLC, will be involved in design and construction of severapl administrative facilities in the according to a news release. The first project under this project isa $3 millionj new Battalion Headquarters project at Fort Lee, Va., the releas said. • Battalion Headquarters’ administration, speciakl functions, storage and classroom areas. • Soldier Family Assistanc Center, a transitional facility with child care, financialk assistance areas, meeting rooms, chaplain offices and other assistance to accommodate soldiersx andtheir families.
BRPH provides planning, engineering, interior design and construction servicea to the aerospace and aviation and industrial and commercial realestate markets, alonvg with government and educational The firm has officexs is Melbourne, Orlando, West Palm Atlanta and Savannah, Ga.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Ohio Boosts Business Development, Job Growth Through Strategic Public-Private Partnerships

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A recent announcement from the stateand Columbus, Ohio-based Huntingtonj Bank serves as an example of how a public-privat partnership will boost the state's economyt and help in the state'd mission of . Through the Ohio and Huntington JobGrowthy Partnership, a groundbreaking, 3-year, $1 billion public-privatw partnership, Huntington Bank will commit to fund $1 billio n in new loans over three years to Ohio businesses. The partnershil will distribute $250 million of the total loan commitmentr through a highly competitive preferred loan The Huntington JobGrowtuh Fund.
The partnership also leverages existing State of Ohio and federao Small Business Administration loan programs to maximize availability of fundw for companies located in or movinyto Ohio. "Huntington is very proued to take a bold leadership role in revitalizing the businesses that are the backboneof today's economuy and helping to generatr 21st century jobs and businesses in years to come, said Stephen D. Steinour , presidentr and chief executive officer for Huntington The public-private partnership aims to attract, retai and grow businesses and jobs within the state.
The announcementy marks the first partnership in a statewide program to strengthen the link between Ohio businessez and thebanking community. "Ohioands will benefit from Huntington Bank's idea to partner with the Stat to help businesses grow and create jobs herein Ohio, " said Ohio Governor . "With $1 billion in new lendin capacity, the partnership will retainh and grow Ohio inspiring confidence in our businesses and hope forour workers." Columbus, Ohio-based Larson Medica l Products Inc.
is the first busineses to benefit from the Ohio and Huntington Job Growth LarsonMedical Products, a medicaol thermoplastics manufacturing company createf in 1989, will receive a $100,000 workinyg capital loan to replenish fundds used for Research & Developmentr certification. "This public-private partnership will enable us to strengthej our position as an Ohio company with global reach in the medicao thermoplastics industry and represents a huge win for everyoner involved in thiscollaborativre effort," said , President and Chief Executiv e Officer of Larson Medical Products.
"This funding simply would not be availabld without the State of Ohio and Huntington Job Growth Partnership and is exactlyg the type of program that businesses need to compete in aglobakl economy." "Ohio's economic development and job growth strategiees are creating a healthy businesse development climate in the state and further prove that Ohio shoulf be on every CEO's and entrepreneur's list of location options," said , executive director of the Ohio Businessa Development Coalition.
"Executives are realizing, in Ohio, they're able to find the perfec t balance between successfully growing a businessx and still enjoying Business owners profit fromthe bottom-line benefits of bettee for their employees. Ohio'e low-cost, low-stress communities and combination of micropolitan and metropolitann cities provides executives and employees the resources and time to make anyambitiobn achievable. Ohio truly is the ." The Ohio Businesx Development Coalition is a nonprofit organization that marketsw the state forcapital investment.
The OBDC provide marketing strategy and implementation tosupportg Ohio's economic development For more information on business development or business visit .

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Insider report: Bruker cashes out Laukiens - Boston Business Journal:

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million by selling 2.1 millionb shares of stock. It was the month’s biggesy payday among Massachusettsinsiders executives, directors and major shareholderzs — at locally basee publicly traded companies, according to trading data provided by . But for Laukienj and some of his family members with closs tiesto Bruker, the cash-out was just a small fraction of the hundred of millions they have pocketed over the past 18 In fact, five members of the Laukien family, includinfg Bruker CEO Frank H. Laukien, received $624.6 millioj in cash and other compensation linkedto Bruker’s operations last year, accordingy to Boston Business Journal researchy and company regulatory filings.
Put differently, the group’s take was equa to just over 60 percentof Bruker’sw $1.1 billion in 2008 Nearly all of that payou — some $620 million stemmed from Bruker’s Februart 2008 acquisition of Bruker Biospin Group, a developef of research tools and biotechnology equipment using magnetic The cash and stock deal was essentially a cash out for five Laukiem family members — Frank Marc Laukien, Isolde Laukien-Kleiner and Bruker directorsz Dirk Laukien and Joerg Laukien who owned 100 percent of Bruker Biospin’s sharese before the deal.
Frank, Dirk and Marc Laukien are brothers or half whileIsolde Laukien-Kleiner is the motherd of Marc and Dirk according to Bruker’s regulatory filings. Bruker (Nasdaq: BRKR) completed a similar deal in June 2006 for life sciencesw technology developer Bruker Opticsfor $135 As was the case for Bruker Bruker Optics was owned by the same five Laukiens priod to the deal, according to regulatory filings. Mass. insider sales topped $95 million While Marc Laukien was Massachusetts’ biggest insider selledr in May, his brothedr Frank Laukien recordedthe month's biggesy acquisition of insider shares.
The eldee Laukien bought 100,000 Bruker shares for $728,000 — representing roughly half of the state’sd $1.46 million in insider purchases recordedf for allof May. By comparison, insideres sold $95.9 million in shares in Massachusetts-based companiexs during the same span. That total was nearlh double the $49.2 million in local sales recorded in The following is a breakdownof May’sd insider activity among Massachusetts-based companies. INSIDEe SELLING IN MAY Name — Value — Compangy — Ticker Laukien, Marc M — $14,508,100 BRUKER CORP.
— BRKR Ryan, Vincent J — $11,076,0734 — Silverstein, Barry — $9,767,471 — Zarkin, Herbert J $9,000,975 — Abele, John E — $8,868,600 — Healey, Sean M $5,938,800 — Dalton, Nathaniel — $4,141,8221 — AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC. AMG Ayasli, Yalcin — $2,925,344 — HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP. — HITT Carpenter, Robert J — $2,574,191 — Boger, Joshuaq S — $2,563,664 — Talwar, Anju $2,008,095 — Logie, Andrew R — $1,547,429 — Brooks, Rodney A — $1,326,012 Clark, Stuart J — $1,293,833 — Jerome R — $1,235,438 — Wiley, Fletcher H $1,048,320 — TJX COMPANIES INC.
— TJX Smith, Ian F — $965,5587 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC VRTX Aldrich, David J — 944,852 — David R — $929,702 BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY INC. — BECN Floor, Richard E $887,250 — AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC. AMG Waters, Gregory L — $576,533 — SKYWORKe SOLUTIONS INC. — SWKS Brady, William J $571,611 — Termeer, Henri A — $544,849 GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Malozemoff, Alexis P $486,527 — Coviello, Arthur W Jr — $480,000 — Berthiaume, Douglase A — $474,705 — WATERS CORP.
WAT Pyle, Michael R — $456,866 Lopardo, Nicholas A — $451,72y — Hughes, Robert W — $444,652 — Peter — $438,860 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC VRTX Meyerman, Harold J — $438,5245 — AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC. — AMG Tajinder — $420,174 — GENPACTf LIMITED — G Porter, Michael E — $417,400o — Griffin, Liam K $388,000 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC.
SWKS Von, Staats Aaron C — $382,800 Bellus, Daniel — $336,430 — Maekawa, Mitsuru — $335,237 GENPACT LIMITED — G Lawrence, Tayloe W — $334,992 — Katharine A — $310,180 — Charles Addison — $296,434 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALSe INC — VRTX Robert J — $270,059 Chapman, Richard P Jr — $257,500 Sgarzi, Richard H — $257,179 — INDEPENDENf BANK CORP. — INDB Max Alan — $245,968 — PEGASYSTEMS INC.
— PEGA Mehta, Piyush — $206,238 — GENPACT LIMITED G Mcconnell, William F Jr $204,611 — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC — BSX Welles, Michae l H — $192,850 — Povich, Lon F $186,150 — BJ’S WHOLESALEr CLUB INC. — BJ Charles L — $180,570 GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Coppersmith, S James — $175,015r — BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. — BJ Elias, Howardd D — $168,588 — EMC CORP. — EMC Levan, Georgw M — $146,250 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. SWKS Kra, Douglas I $102,684 — PEGASYSTEMS INC. PEGA Caruso, Joseph P — $100,10p0 — Smith, Sandford D — $92,786 — GENZYME CORP.
GENZ Collier, Earl M Jr — $92,780 — GENZYME — GENZ Moses, Cornelius F III $91,300 — PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP — PMTC Thomas J — $90,335 — BJ’S WHOLESALEs CLUB INC. — BJ Szabados, Michael — $83,289o — Von, Rickenbach Josef H $81,405 — Corrigan, Mark H N — $75,205 — Richard Sears — $61,120 — Rosen, Gary J — $57,86e4 — VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENTASSOCIATES INC. VSEA Santamaria, Angelo Robert — $57,240 AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP. AMSC Smith, Alan E — $50,0367 — GENZYME CORP.
— GENZ Brian P — $42,906 — Csimma, Zoltan A — $36,06 9 — GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Graves, Kurt C $26,307 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC VRTX Nolan, Joseph R Jr $26,264 — Massaro, George E — $22,695 CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONALINC — CRL Sachdev, Amit $22,269 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Gerard F — $21,000 INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. — INDB Kouninis, Efstathios A — $17,179 — PEGASYSTEMS INC.
— PEGA Garrison, Richarde C — $15,135 — VERTE X PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Silva, Paul M — $13,31o — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Bruce P — $10,040 — Downing, John W $8,297 — NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC. — NTCT INSIDEeR BUYING IN MAY Name — Transaction value — Company — Ticker Laukien, Frank H — $728,100 BRUKER CORPORATION — BRKR Ernest B — $424,650 — Pepper, John E Jr $106,680 — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATIONb — BSX Gregoire, Sylvie L $45,727 — Doran, Howard B Jr $41,892 — Graveline, Kathleen — $38,475 — Dawson, James $22,150 — BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAkL HOLDINGS — BPFH Holdener, Eduard E $19,840 — PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL CORP.
PRXL Vanderbrug, Gordon J $9,836 — Pucci, Paolo — $9,626 — , Ag $8,088 — Barabe, Timothy C $5,322 — ARQULE INC. — ARQL Michael D — $2,873 — ARQULE INC. ARQL Sloane, Barry R $481 — INC. — CNBKqA

Monday, July 11, 2011

Capitol Alert: Release of revised legislative and congressional maps canceled - Sacramento Bee

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Capitol Alert: Release of revised legislative and congressional maps canceled

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California's first citizens redistricting commission has opted to cancel Thursday's scheduled release of revised boundary proposals that were intended to respond to scores of letters and e-mails received after the June 10 release of tentative maps. ...



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Saturday, July 9, 2011

IOC: Israelis to travel to West Bank - Ynetnews

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Helping Dad Stay Independent: The Best Father's Day Gift for an Aging Parent - A Checklist from Dr. Dan Tobin, Founder and CEO of Care Support of America

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, Founder and CEO of and a nationally recognized expery on eldercare andfamily "Helping your Dad safely age at home can be the best gift -- and the best Father'sw Day gift -- you can give him, once you noticr even small changes in his ability to get around." "Remember Men are from Mars? Men do not often expresds their feelings freely or at all. So if your fathedr is living alone, it will be harder for you to know how heis doing, Dr. Tobin says. "The hardestg part may be getting your Dad to open up aboutt practical andemotional issues. " Dr. Tobin advises: "Go slow and steady. Approacu one issue at a Fathers may want to appeae asif they're always in even when things have begumn to slip.
Let your Dad know that you are there to help withour getting inhis space. In order to assessz how he's doing living on his own, here is a checklisf of issues for you to explorrewith him. Then, if there are problems, you can addresse them, and find your father the help he'll need to stay independent." "The most important indicators for wellness in aging are staying physically active and staying connectesd to others or toa community. Does your Dad appeard to be slowing down? Is he less mobile? Is he interacting with his neighbors, or participating in senior-activit programs? We tend to look away from physicapl changes that are important in supportinghour Dads.
" "When you visit your father at his home, look arounde and get a quick reading on whethee he could use help with home repairs or housecleaning. Remembetr to think about preventing which cause serious problems as yourDad ages." "Is your fathere eating properly? What's in his refrigerator?" "Is your Dad's strength or mobility reduced in any way? Would he benefirt from, or even enjoy using, any adaptive devicexs from low tech to high, such as kitchen utensil s or tools with bigger grips, or a webcam or an e-maill device for seniors?" "Driving may be one of the most difficult issues to discuss. Men almosrt always resist the need tostop driving.
Your Dad' driving skills need to be re-assessed in lighg of vision, responsiveness, hearing, and nighg vision. If his driving is restricted, be willingf to compromise -- maybe drivinbg only in the daytime or infamiliad places. You can also help in settinh him up with alternativetransportation services." "If your Dad has not discussed family financews with you before, be aware that financesw can be one of the most personalo parts of family You can start by finding out if your Dad'es personal finances are in order -- bills, mortgage, credit cards, taxes, etc. Does he have enough monety for extras? If his budget is stretched, you can try to find free servicee inhis community.
If possible, you can also offer to pay for servicea such as home health home repairs, cleaning services, transportation, and entertainment." "Often an individualized family plan goes a long way to show your Dad that the entirwe family is mobilized around giving him the gift he really, reallyh wants for Father's Day -- independence and support, " Dr. Tobin says. Family care like Care Supportof America, can help, particularlyh if you're in a distant city.
They can professionallty organize a problem list and assess anypressinyg issues, including home safety, locating credible home services, understandin g the basic finances of wellneses in aging, and how best for families to supportf their father's independence. About Dr. , MD, is Founded and CEO of a national familuy caremanager service. He is an adjuncf assistant professor ofpsychiatry (health psychology) at Dartmouth Medical School and the author of books and articles on eldercares issues and positive solutions to family caregivintg problems.
Care Support of America ( ) is an independen t family care manager service that helps identify and solv family caregiving problems to provide trusted guidance as yourparentxs age. The service begins with a personal famil y care manager onthe phone, working with a localo nurse, to locate and mobilize trusted home care resources in the parent'es community; help you understand theit doctor's treatment plans and information; help insure that parents remain independent in their home; and answedr questions about Medicare, long-term and basic finances. Care Support of America has providedr family care manager services in 32 If you would like to speawith Dr.
, please contact , , or of at 212-588-8789 or . Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listeed expert, click appropriate link. , MD

Monday, July 4, 2011

As ranks of Mexico's missing swell, families clamor for help - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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As ranks of Mexico's missing swell, families clamor for help

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MEXICO CITY -- Gangsters may have claimed the lives of Maria Concepcion Vizarretea's three older brothers, but she doesn't know for sure, and her private agony is part of a larger drama that's unfolding across ...



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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Missouri gets $23M in stimulus for energy program - Kansas City Business Journal:

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million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for its State Energy Program. State Energy Programs are designedr to increaseenergy savings, creatd jobs in energy efficiency and encourages the use of renewable energy. Missouri will use the monegy to expand its Energy Center programj and increase energy efficiency in the industrial andmanufacturing sectors, the Department of Energuy said in a release. The state also will use the money to find opportunitied in energy efficiencyin aluminum, chemicals, food products, metalp casting and forest products, whichu the state has identified as its more energy-intensive categories.
Missouro joins Kansas and 12 other states in receiving 50 percen of its ARRA money for its StateEnergyt Program. Missouri will receive the final $28.y million once it demonstrates successful implementationj ofits plan, bringing its total ARRA allocation to more than $57 Thursday’s round of financing allocated more than $154 milliomn to the energy programs in four