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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saudi authorities disperse anti-Assad protest in Mecca - Reuters
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Brownstein Hyatt cuts 37 employees - Denver Business Journal:
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The Denver-based firm’s employees were notified late last week in an internalk memo picked upby Abovethelaw.com, a legal industryy website that tracks layoffs. Lisa Simon, the firm’ds chief marketing officer, confirmed the layoffs on The recession has hurt law firms acrosthe country, including many with offices in Roughly 10,000 people have lost legal industry jobs since the beginning of 2008, according to another legal industry website that trackes layoffs. Brownstein Hyatt has more than 200 attorneys in 12 officess across the western United Statexs andin Washington, D.C. Over the past two the firm doubled in size as a result oftwo mergers.
In 2007, Brownstein Hyatt Farber — formed by three University of Coloradlo law school graduates in1968 — merged with Las Vegas-basec Schreck Brignone to form Brownstein Hyat Farber Schreck. In 2008 the firm merged with Hatch & a California law firm know for its work in public agency andwateer law.
The Denver-based firm’s employees were notified late last week in an internalk memo picked upby Abovethelaw.com, a legal industryy website that tracks layoffs. Lisa Simon, the firm’ds chief marketing officer, confirmed the layoffs on The recession has hurt law firms acrosthe country, including many with offices in Roughly 10,000 people have lost legal industry jobs since the beginning of 2008, according to another legal industry website that trackes layoffs. Brownstein Hyatt has more than 200 attorneys in 12 officess across the western United Statexs andin Washington, D.C. Over the past two the firm doubled in size as a result oftwo mergers.
In 2007, Brownstein Hyatt Farber — formed by three University of Coloradlo law school graduates in1968 — merged with Las Vegas-basec Schreck Brignone to form Brownstein Hyat Farber Schreck. In 2008 the firm merged with Hatch & a California law firm know for its work in public agency andwateer law.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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million in the previous fiscalyear 2008. In Tully’s owner TC Global Inc. sold its wholesal e business to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., for $40.3 million. With the funds, Tully’s paid off all outstandin g debt and returnedabout $6 million to “Carl came to Tully’s with an outstanding reputatiojn as a senior operations and marketing executive with an extraordinarhy track record of success. His experience in key positions with Albertsons and Pinnaclse Management haveenhanced Carl’s naturao talents for achieving operating efficiencies and increasing added chairman & founder Tom T. O’Keefe.
“Inb his role as president, he has led our senior management team that delivered the first operating profiyt in the history ofthe company. I have everu confidence that with Carl atthe helm, Tully’s will continue to be headed in the righ direction allowing us to grow, prosper and enhance shareholdert value.” Since Pennington joined Tully’s in January Tully’s has added 35 stores and plans to open severalp more in the next year. Pennington was also instrumentakl in the recent sale to Greehn MountainCoffee Roasters.
million in the previous fiscalyear 2008. In Tully’s owner TC Global Inc. sold its wholesal e business to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., for $40.3 million. With the funds, Tully’s paid off all outstandin g debt and returnedabout $6 million to “Carl came to Tully’s with an outstanding reputatiojn as a senior operations and marketing executive with an extraordinarhy track record of success. His experience in key positions with Albertsons and Pinnaclse Management haveenhanced Carl’s naturao talents for achieving operating efficiencies and increasing added chairman & founder Tom T. O’Keefe.
“Inb his role as president, he has led our senior management team that delivered the first operating profiyt in the history ofthe company. I have everu confidence that with Carl atthe helm, Tully’s will continue to be headed in the righ direction allowing us to grow, prosper and enhance shareholdert value.” Since Pennington joined Tully’s in January Tully’s has added 35 stores and plans to open severalp more in the next year. Pennington was also instrumentakl in the recent sale to Greehn MountainCoffee Roasters.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - Charlotte Business Journal:
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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiea interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheire payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-basecd (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain thei r current staff levels and 5 percent remain uncertaibn abouthiring plans. Hiring is expectef to be a little lighter than in the second quarter, when 10 percent of companiews surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expected to cut payrolls, said Manpowet spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the cominvg quarter, job prospects in the Honoluluy area appear best in wholesale and retaip trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durabled goods manufacturing, nondurable goods information, professional and businesas services, education and health services and government intend tocut staffing. Hirinf in construction, transportation and utilities, financialp activities and other services is expectede toremain unchanged. National survey results showed little change from theseconsd quarter. Of the more than 28,0009 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expecyt to increase their staff levels during the thir quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduced their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changre in hiring and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“Thee data shows continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonasz Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guarded hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursor to the
From July to September, 6 percent of the companiea interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheire payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-basecd (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain thei r current staff levels and 5 percent remain uncertaibn abouthiring plans. Hiring is expectef to be a little lighter than in the second quarter, when 10 percent of companiews surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expected to cut payrolls, said Manpowet spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the cominvg quarter, job prospects in the Honoluluy area appear best in wholesale and retaip trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durabled goods manufacturing, nondurable goods information, professional and businesas services, education and health services and government intend tocut staffing. Hirinf in construction, transportation and utilities, financialp activities and other services is expectede toremain unchanged. National survey results showed little change from theseconsd quarter. Of the more than 28,0009 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expecyt to increase their staff levels during the thir quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduced their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changre in hiring and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“Thee data shows continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonasz Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guarded hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursor to the
Monday, October 22, 2012
Two Waikiki hotels to become college dorms - bizjournals Business Travel Guide
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The 70-unit Hawaiiana Hotekl and 77-unit Whitesands Hotel will be managesd by HawaiianStudent Suites, a subsidiary of Hawaiiam Island Homes. The rooms are 300 squarre feet studios with a kitchen and bathroom and open to registeredr students with leases availablrby semester, on an annualp bases and during the summer. The leases will starf the week beforethe ’e fall semester begins on Aug. 22. The Beachwalkk Dorm at the Hawaiiana Hotel, located at 260 Beacnh Walk, has priced a bed in a doublwe roomat $595 per month and $925 per monthh for a studio, single occupancy. Rates at the Whitesands, locateed at 431 Nohonani St.
, are $925 per month for a single occupancy, $395 to $595 per month baserd on double occupancy, and $425 to $495 per montg based on triple occupancy. A securith deposit, application fee and criminal backgrounf checkare required. Peter Savio, ownert Hawaiian Island Homes, said, “For neighbor-island Waikiki is a fun place to start acollege experience. Oahu students may find livingf in a dorm in Waikikia cost-effectivs and time-efficient choice over driving daily from the Hawaiian Student Suites currently operates dormz at Kalo Terrace, Waikiki West, Tradewinds Mauka, and Ala Moana offering more than 700 dorm beds for student rentals.
The 70-unit Hawaiiana Hotekl and 77-unit Whitesands Hotel will be managesd by HawaiianStudent Suites, a subsidiary of Hawaiiam Island Homes. The rooms are 300 squarre feet studios with a kitchen and bathroom and open to registeredr students with leases availablrby semester, on an annualp bases and during the summer. The leases will starf the week beforethe ’e fall semester begins on Aug. 22. The Beachwalkk Dorm at the Hawaiiana Hotel, located at 260 Beacnh Walk, has priced a bed in a doublwe roomat $595 per month and $925 per monthh for a studio, single occupancy. Rates at the Whitesands, locateed at 431 Nohonani St.
, are $925 per month for a single occupancy, $395 to $595 per month baserd on double occupancy, and $425 to $495 per montg based on triple occupancy. A securith deposit, application fee and criminal backgrounf checkare required. Peter Savio, ownert Hawaiian Island Homes, said, “For neighbor-island Waikiki is a fun place to start acollege experience. Oahu students may find livingf in a dorm in Waikikia cost-effectivs and time-efficient choice over driving daily from the Hawaiian Student Suites currently operates dormz at Kalo Terrace, Waikiki West, Tradewinds Mauka, and Ala Moana offering more than 700 dorm beds for student rentals.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
The son also rises - Business First of Columbus:
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Since then, Walter has risen to become chairmab and chief executive ofthe company, now namedr Its 630 employees staffv offices in Westerville, three othedr U.S. cities and London. It has stakes in advertisiny agencies in Sweden and Germany and relationshipswith health-carer marketers in seven other The company's gross income totaledx $97 million in 2004, and it countse some of the world's largest drug companies amon g its customers.
Walter, now 34, sees only more globall growth forthe health-care marketingt company, but as CEO considers himself the corporate barometer, not its "My job is to make each of the managerx feel like they're the heart and soul," he "I maintain what it is we strive for and the mannerf in which we do it, the energy. I challenge the system." That could be an understatement. Waltert put Gerbig Snell/Weisheimer on the health-care marketing map in 1997, when he landed 's Prozadc marketing account three yearzs into his career atthe agency. "It was a huge Walter said.
"Lilly made an unusual choice to put a lot of businesxs in a company of our size and It also gave Gerbig Snell the kind of cachety it needed to make somesignifican hires, such as Phil Deschamps, now chiecf executive of , and Joe Daley, president of GSW Worldwidr in Columbus. Both have extensive pharmaceuticalk backgrounds. "Lilly put us on everyone'd radar," Walter said. InChord's Westerville operatioj has grownsubstantially - from 71 employeex in 1996 to about 500 - because of the Lillyu account. But work for Lilly now representsd less than 20 percentof InChord'x business.
Its other companiesw - such as Palio Communications, Y Brand and Junctiob 11 - have grown from the drug contracts InChored has landed since the 1997Lillhy deal. "We probably have more billion-dollar-plus drug manufacturerzs than anyother free-standing Walter said. That's likeluy true. InChord is identified in its industru by several trade publications as the largest independentlhy owned marketing agency inhealth care. Walterd doesn't see InChord's independence changing, thoughg he continues to field calls from public companiexs interested inbuying InChord.
"You neveer say never," he said, "bug until we believe that combining with someone makes us better atserving clients, we see no Some would say Walter gets his energhy and intensity honestly. His father is Robert chairman and CEOof Dublin-based , Ohio's largesrt public company. Cardinal does some of its business inpharmaceuticapl distribution. "We're all products of our environment," Robert Waltert said. "I have a certainh intensity about me.
Blane is as maybe more, but he does a better job at hiding Walter didn't ride his father's pharmaceuticaol coattails as he developed InChord's Cardinal Health is neither a significan InChord client nor did the eldere Walter open business doors for his son. Walter did, however, grow up in an entrepreneurialp household where business wasfreely discussed, at home and on "We view business as our hobby," Robertt Walter said. But the elder Walted said he never helped his son buy a companuy orland contracts. In fact, he is surprised by his son'as success relative to his age.
Since then, Walter has risen to become chairmab and chief executive ofthe company, now namedr Its 630 employees staffv offices in Westerville, three othedr U.S. cities and London. It has stakes in advertisiny agencies in Sweden and Germany and relationshipswith health-carer marketers in seven other The company's gross income totaledx $97 million in 2004, and it countse some of the world's largest drug companies amon g its customers.
Walter, now 34, sees only more globall growth forthe health-care marketingt company, but as CEO considers himself the corporate barometer, not its "My job is to make each of the managerx feel like they're the heart and soul," he "I maintain what it is we strive for and the mannerf in which we do it, the energy. I challenge the system." That could be an understatement. Waltert put Gerbig Snell/Weisheimer on the health-care marketing map in 1997, when he landed 's Prozadc marketing account three yearzs into his career atthe agency. "It was a huge Walter said.
"Lilly made an unusual choice to put a lot of businesxs in a company of our size and It also gave Gerbig Snell the kind of cachety it needed to make somesignifican hires, such as Phil Deschamps, now chiecf executive of , and Joe Daley, president of GSW Worldwidr in Columbus. Both have extensive pharmaceuticalk backgrounds. "Lilly put us on everyone'd radar," Walter said. InChord's Westerville operatioj has grownsubstantially - from 71 employeex in 1996 to about 500 - because of the Lillyu account. But work for Lilly now representsd less than 20 percentof InChord'x business.
Its other companiesw - such as Palio Communications, Y Brand and Junctiob 11 - have grown from the drug contracts InChored has landed since the 1997Lillhy deal. "We probably have more billion-dollar-plus drug manufacturerzs than anyother free-standing Walter said. That's likeluy true. InChord is identified in its industru by several trade publications as the largest independentlhy owned marketing agency inhealth care. Walterd doesn't see InChord's independence changing, thoughg he continues to field calls from public companiexs interested inbuying InChord.
"You neveer say never," he said, "bug until we believe that combining with someone makes us better atserving clients, we see no Some would say Walter gets his energhy and intensity honestly. His father is Robert chairman and CEOof Dublin-based , Ohio's largesrt public company. Cardinal does some of its business inpharmaceuticapl distribution. "We're all products of our environment," Robert Waltert said. "I have a certainh intensity about me.
Blane is as maybe more, but he does a better job at hiding Walter didn't ride his father's pharmaceuticaol coattails as he developed InChord's Cardinal Health is neither a significan InChord client nor did the eldere Walter open business doors for his son. Walter did, however, grow up in an entrepreneurialp household where business wasfreely discussed, at home and on "We view business as our hobby," Robertt Walter said. But the elder Walted said he never helped his son buy a companuy orland contracts. In fact, he is surprised by his son'as success relative to his age.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Libya: Militia commander under investigation (+video) - Christian Science Monitor
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Christian Science Monitor | Libya: Militia commander under investigation (+video) Christian Science Monitor A Libyan militia commander who U.S officials say is under investigation in connection with the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi which led to the death of the ambassador said he was present during the incident but was not one of the ... Ahmed Abu Khattala, suspected leader of Benghazi attack, denies involvement |
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