четверг, 28 апреля 2011 г.

Federated sells Lord & Taylor for less than expected - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Federated signed an agreement June 22 to sell theNew York-basefd division to NRDC of Purchase, for $1.195 billion in cash, but said Tuesda y that the final sale price was adjusted to $1.083 billion, or about $840 million after tax. The lowered sale price, accordinbg to a release, is due primarily to the fact that Federatesd agreed to sublease certain properties to NRDC due to restrictionx in the leases underlyingthose properties. The rentao income on these properties is expected to beabout $8.6 millio per year. Federated acquired Lord & Taylor when it closeed its purchaseof St. Louis-baseed May Department Stores Co. Aug. 30, 2005.
Upscale fashion retailer Lord & Taylor, founded in has stores at The Mall in Columbia and Westfield It also has stores in Northerj Virginia andMontgomery County. The Lord Taylor division includes 48 stores in New New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, as well as a distribution center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Cincinnati-based Federaterd Department Stores (NYSE: FD) operates nearly 950 department stores and more than 700 bridal and formalweaer stores in49 states, the District of Guam and Puerto Rico.

вторник, 26 апреля 2011 г.

Kaplan College opens Queensgate campus - Birmingham Business Journal:

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will offer diploma programs formedical assistant, medical billing and coding, and electrical technician, accordinvg to a news release. Bill Bradford, formerlyg the director of in Norwood, is executive director of the campus, which occupieds 20,000 square feet at 801 Linn St. Facilities includse three electrical classrooms, two computer labs and an alliexd healthclinical laboratory. The school also offersa job search andtutoring services. "Kaplan is committeed to building a partnership with the Cincinnatij metropolitan area to providea well-trained workforce that meets the community'sd current and future needs," said Jeff Conlon, president of Kaplann Higher Education campuses.
Kaplan Higher a unit of the (NYSE: WPO) has 80,00p0 students on more than 70 campusesa in the United Statesand Europe. In it also operates schools in Columbus, Daytomn and Brooklyn, a Cleveland suburb.

воскресенье, 24 апреля 2011 г.

Duke Energy changes execs

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Keith Trent, currently group executive andchief strategy, policyu and regulatory officer, has been namedc group executive and president of Duke’ commercial businesses. The commercial businesses includes , which house s the company’s wind-generation business; Midwest nonregulatee generation; DukeNet, a telecommunications business; and Duke Energt International, with operations in Latin America. Jim Turner, who is group executive, presideny and chief operating officerfor U.S. franchised electri c and gas, is assuming expandefd responsibilities withthat unit. Turner also will manage regulatort strategy and execution at the state andfedera levels.
And Dhiaa Jamil, currently group executives and chiefnuclear officer, has been namedf group executive and chief generation officer. Jamil, who will retaib the title of chief nuclear will have accountabilityfor nuclear, fossi and hydro regulated “These changes in leadership responsibilities are designed to clarify streamline our decision making and strengtheh relationships with our customers, regulatorsx and shareholders,” says Jim Rogers, chief “We’re able to make significant changez like these with confidence because of the strength and depth of our leadershi p team.
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четверг, 21 апреля 2011 г.

College Notebook: Givens shows hands at Miami spring game - Chillicothe Gazette

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Central Michigan's Caleb Southworth (Piketon) sat out as a redshirt freshman last season but caught at least one pass in the Chippewas' spring game last week. Southworth is battling for a spot at tight end behind starter David Blackburn for CMU. ...



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вторник, 19 апреля 2011 г.

2009 WNY high school rankings - Business First of Buffalo:

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Profiles of the top 25 schooles can be reached by clicking on the name of thoseschools below. A breakdown of the rankingxs for each section of Westermn New York can be accessedby . The followinbg abbreviations havebeen used: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middles School, ES-Elementary School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediates School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senior High MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districft that operates it (if it’sd a public school) or the districtt where it is located (if it’w a private school). • 1. 2. • 3. • 4.
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воскресенье, 17 апреля 2011 г.

Zimbabwe's Mugabe Moves to Diffuse Tension With Regional Leaders Ahead of ... - Voice of America

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's former ruling ZANU-PF has intensfied its damage control campaign to repair ties with regional leaders ahead of a crucial Southern African Development Community extraordinary summit in Nambia next month. ...


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четверг, 14 апреля 2011 г.

Brewer puts state budget hole at $4B, unveils tax increase, budget plans - San Antonio Business Journal:

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Brewer has talked about a five-poinft budget plan for months, but has not officiallg laid outher details. The Republican governotr sent a budget outline to the Legislature on It includes asking voterx to approvea 36-month, 1-cent increase to the state’d 5.6 percent sales tax. She does not want to extene the sales tax to currently exempted serviceand items. A Democratic plan unleashede last week would lower the salesxtax rate, but extend it to variouse services not already The governor’s budget plan puts the fiscal 2010 deficit at $4 up from previous estimates of $3 Brewer’s budget also calls for a three-year phase-ouf of the $250 milliobn state equalization rate property tax.
That tax has been on but will come back at the end of the year withouyfurther action. Business and real estate group favor a full repeal of theequalizationh tax. “While the governor’s budget regarding statd equalization repeal is astep forward, our organization canno accept multiple historic tax increasesa without requisite spending cuts that approach what the privatw sector has already said Tim Lawless, Arizon a president of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties real estate group. “Now is especially not the time to raisde property taxes withthe Prop.
13 movement We are open, however, to a ballot referralk that lets the people decide whether they want the sales tax ratese increased along with a future ballot measured to adjust automaticspending increases.” Lawless warned that bringing back a property tax that hits both homeowners and businesses could help spur 2010 balloyt measures that impose Californiz Proposition 13-style restrictions on property taxation. Brewer said the salees tax increase wouldbe temporary, and she wouled like to see some reductions down the road to corporat e and business taxes to help attracg investments to the state.
Antitax advocates and conservativse lawmakers oppose the sales tax increase and want to try to solv the fiscal 2010 budget withoutraising taxes. Brewed has promised to veto budgets that rely too much on federall stimulus money and program cuts to balance the The governor’s budget also looks to protec t university and public health funding via federap stimulus money, and wants voters in 2010 to undo currentf restrictions that keep the Legislature from cutting voter-mandated spending. Teachers unions and Democrats opposethat idea.