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Due to a shortage of hundreds of parkintgspaces downtown, Erikson sets alarm clocks to remind visitorss and employees forced to park in a metered lot when it'w time to feed the meters. "When peoplde get busy with work here, they lose track of time," Eriksomn says. "But if they don't pay for a minutde or two, they get a $32 ticket." Parking in downtownj Orlando is becoming agrowing problem, especially for daytim office workers, thanks to new emerging high-riseas that are bringing more residents and white-collar In fact, the current parking pickle coulcd even cause some companies to seek alternativese to downtown office space, say commercial real estat experts.
To address the issue, developers are planning parking garagese as part of their new projects and the city intendas to addmore parking. But more parking garagezs are only part of the says Orlando Transportation DirectofRoger Neiswender. The city determined 15 years ago thatit wouldn'f be able to meet its future population'x needs downtown by simply accommodating more vehicles. The city's core also need better connectivityand walkability, says Neiswender. "Inj the long haul, the goal is to be able to tie tens of thousande of rooftopsto downtown.
" The greatesft issue for downtown business owners, especially those new to the is getting monthly parking permits for their workers, says During the last two years, Eriksoj says he tried several times to get a monthly parkinf permit from the city, without success. "Theyy are all oversubscribed, unleszs we want to park at the courthouss a dozen or moreblockxs away," he says. Erikson finally learned about a new surface lot downtowjn and was able to get one space for statio n PresidentMark Astrom.
But the station's other employeex and visitors still have nowhere to sothe station's managementg keeps $50 in quarters on hand for them to feed the New downtown development projects exacerbate Orlando'sw parking problem. As part of an unprecedented building a total of 41 projects valued at morethan $1.5 billionm are under construction or proposed for downtown. The projectz are expected to attract more than 1 million visitorsd to the areaeach year. The constructionh also takes certain parking garagesand on-streert parking out of use at various times, leavinv downtown with only 9,005 public parkint spaces.
"We know in the short term, we're 600 spacesd from where we'd want to be," says Inadequate parking is the greatest challenge to leasing commerciakl real estate in the inner according to arecent Black's Guide Downtown Orlando could lose prospective corporate tenantds to nearby alternatives, including 's Southgate Business Park, which offers free on-site surface parking to its officr tenants, says Mary Hurley, leasing manager of Pineloch Management. "Durinv the day, the tenants are really challengeed to find spaces in the parking garages wherwe theyare located," Hurley says. "Itr affects productivity, and it affects costs.
" Frank Billingsley, executive director of the , expects corporate tenanta to continue to favor downtown due to its central locatiom and itsfledgling around-the-clock city To accommodate the anticipate d crush of downtown's growing population, the city is replacing 176 surfacd parking spaces in a lot between Washington Street and Jeffersobn Avenue with a 1,100-space, seven-story parking garage by year-end. In many developers are including parking garages in their newdowntown projects.
For will demolish the 380-space Markey parking garage and replace it witha 480-space garag as part of its planned 55 West on the Esplanads project, a 32-story, 405-unit condo high-rise to be done in earluy 2008. In addition, parkinb decks at Premiere Trade Plaza, whers construction is well under way, will add 1,400 new parkin spaces. Another major downtown project on the drawinghboard -- the $175 million, 1.4 mixed-use Tradition Towers -- will house the University Club of Orlandol and will include a 900-spacde parking garage. Further, the city, which owns most of the publixcparking downtown, is studying its futurew parking needs as part of a new downtow transportation plan.
The 20-point strategic plan discussez creating interconnected places that will allow downtowh to bea pedestrian-, bicycle-, transit- and automobile-friendluy area. The city expects to complete the parkiny aspect of the plannext spring. In the meantime, if the city gets in a it will open surface parking at the says Billingsley. Exactly how many parking spacee the city will need in the futurwe is notyet known. "There's no absolute answer," Neiswender "It depends on the pace of development.
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воскресенье, 29 апреля 2012 г.
пятница, 27 апреля 2012 г.
Printing firms use new strategies to find, retain customers in recession - Business First of Louisville:
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The average member of the , a Tenn.-based nonprofit trade organization, has dropped betweeh 20 percent and 30 percent in sales durinvg thepast year, presidenrt Ed Chalifoux said in April. To cut printers across the South have laid employees off or goneto four-dayt work weeks, he said. Local firms such as , and Inc. are seekingb new ways to offset their dropasin business. At Publishers in the Louisville area’s largest printer, sales for the firstg quarter of 2009 were down about 20 percenyt from the first quarterof 2008, to aboutf $45 million from $55 million, president and CEO Nick Simob said.
The company has not lost any customers, he but the magazines that it prints have about 20 percenft fewer pages because of cutbacks fromhis advertisers. The recession has accelerated a long-term trend away from the printede word in theprinting industry, Simon said. “Printint is shrinking just a littlr bit,” he said. “The Internetg and the computer have a lot to dowith Jeffersonville-based Voluforms has fared a little with a 7 percent to 8 percent drop in overallk sales year-to-date, president and CEO C. Michael Stewar said. One reason for that is that the company began diversifyingv its products severalyears ago.
profit margin was down about 2 percent in thefirsg quarter, compared with the firsrt quarter of 2008, he said. The commercia l side of the business, in which the companyt prints labels and cover sheet for products soldin stores, has fallen off aboutg 40 percent over the past two years, he But that business makes up only about 10 percentg to 12 percent of the company’s totalo business, Stewart said. About 45 percent of totap revenue comes fromprinting scanner-friendly forms for financial institutions, such as counter checkds and deposit slips.
That business is goinf well, Stewart said, because it enablee banks to do more document processinhvia machines, thereby reducing payroll costs. The rest of the businesxs is from providing printing and software for the health care About eightyears ago, the company created a series of electronicv forms for hospitals that helped them reduce 80 percent of the paperf forms they were he said. “We’ve done a lot of thinga to be more on the leading ofthe industry, Stewart The company even has taken advantage of the fact that othed printers are laying off employeea by hiring a few new employees.
So Voluforms now has 85 employeesz between its Jeffersonville distribution center and its Sellersburg printing Revenue for the first quarter of 2009 at Standar d Publishing in Shepherdsville came in atabout $3 million, whicu was about $50,000 below the first quarter of general manager Robin Crump said. Standard Publishing, a divisionj of Shelbyville-based Landmark Community Newspapers Inc., printsa community newspapers owned by theLandmark chain, as well as nich e publications such as Business First.
Thos e publications have lost some ad she said, but nothing compared with metro “We’re seeing some reduction in pages, but nothin g causing us to panic,” she Standard has not laid anyone off, but in Landmark mandated that everuy employee, including corporate staff, take one eight-hour day off without pay per month, Crump said. Landmark’s corporate culturw always has embracedlean staffing, she but Standard Publishing has found smalk ways to cut expenses, such as reducinhg janitorial service from five days a week to thres days a week and reviewing the maintenance contracts on some
The average member of the , a Tenn.-based nonprofit trade organization, has dropped betweeh 20 percent and 30 percent in sales durinvg thepast year, presidenrt Ed Chalifoux said in April. To cut printers across the South have laid employees off or goneto four-dayt work weeks, he said. Local firms such as , and Inc. are seekingb new ways to offset their dropasin business. At Publishers in the Louisville area’s largest printer, sales for the firstg quarter of 2009 were down about 20 percenyt from the first quarterof 2008, to aboutf $45 million from $55 million, president and CEO Nick Simob said.
The company has not lost any customers, he but the magazines that it prints have about 20 percenft fewer pages because of cutbacks fromhis advertisers. The recession has accelerated a long-term trend away from the printede word in theprinting industry, Simon said. “Printint is shrinking just a littlr bit,” he said. “The Internetg and the computer have a lot to dowith Jeffersonville-based Voluforms has fared a little with a 7 percent to 8 percent drop in overallk sales year-to-date, president and CEO C. Michael Stewar said. One reason for that is that the company began diversifyingv its products severalyears ago.
profit margin was down about 2 percent in thefirsg quarter, compared with the firsrt quarter of 2008, he said. The commercia l side of the business, in which the companyt prints labels and cover sheet for products soldin stores, has fallen off aboutg 40 percent over the past two years, he But that business makes up only about 10 percentg to 12 percent of the company’s totalo business, Stewart said. About 45 percent of totap revenue comes fromprinting scanner-friendly forms for financial institutions, such as counter checkds and deposit slips.
That business is goinf well, Stewart said, because it enablee banks to do more document processinhvia machines, thereby reducing payroll costs. The rest of the businesxs is from providing printing and software for the health care About eightyears ago, the company created a series of electronicv forms for hospitals that helped them reduce 80 percent of the paperf forms they were he said. “We’ve done a lot of thinga to be more on the leading ofthe industry, Stewart The company even has taken advantage of the fact that othed printers are laying off employeea by hiring a few new employees.
So Voluforms now has 85 employeesz between its Jeffersonville distribution center and its Sellersburg printing Revenue for the first quarter of 2009 at Standar d Publishing in Shepherdsville came in atabout $3 million, whicu was about $50,000 below the first quarter of general manager Robin Crump said. Standard Publishing, a divisionj of Shelbyville-based Landmark Community Newspapers Inc., printsa community newspapers owned by theLandmark chain, as well as nich e publications such as Business First.
Thos e publications have lost some ad she said, but nothing compared with metro “We’re seeing some reduction in pages, but nothin g causing us to panic,” she Standard has not laid anyone off, but in Landmark mandated that everuy employee, including corporate staff, take one eight-hour day off without pay per month, Crump said. Landmark’s corporate culturw always has embracedlean staffing, she but Standard Publishing has found smalk ways to cut expenses, such as reducinhg janitorial service from five days a week to thres days a week and reviewing the maintenance contracts on some
среда, 25 апреля 2012 г.
Vanderbilt University Hospital plans $38M upgrade - Nashville Business Journal:
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next month plans to begin construction ona $37.7 million project that include laying the foundation for a third medical tower and enlarginh the emergency department. If approved by state regulators, the work will begin soon afterthe facility's pediatricsd unit moves to the new $172 million Monroe Carel l Jr. . Working on five different floors, Vanderbilt will add 32 beds, plus a previouslyu approved 54, to boost its size to 805 licensed beds. Vanderbilt University Medical the hospital's parent, is funding the work througb $35 million in tax-exempt bonds and $2.
7 million in cash The plan - which calls for 34,500 square feet of new construction and the renovation of 100,00o square feet - will be consideredx by the Tennessee Health Servicews and Development Agency on Dec. 17. No one has file in opposition tothe project. Starting in January, Vanderbilt planws to add over the next 15months 15,5000 square feet of space and renovate 7,150 square feet in the present-da y emergency department and ambulance area. The emergency department will double in size and becomde the first floor of the plannesdthird tower.
It will house four major traumas rooms, 17 acute treatment rooms, registrationj and office space and dedicatedd entrance parking forseven ambulances. Floors will be addedf to the third tower in subsequent phases, but it won't be as larger as the 11-story north and south Of the existing emergency department, 4,250 squarew feet will be reconfigured and used for lower acuithy treatment. The area includes Fast holding/observation, chest pain observation and strokwetreatment rooms.
"The accessibility (of the emergencg department) will be improved says Ron Hill, vice president for strategic developmentat "There will be areas that will accommodate more of a Fast Tracik patient and we'll triage into the appropriat e area." As the area's only Level 1 Trauma Vanderbilt needs to efficiently separate the traumwa patients from the others as they enter the Hill says. The project comesz in response to an undersized and outdatex emergency departmentfacility - the point of entryy for nearly 30 percent of all VUH admissions.
At 11,00 square feet, VUH's emergency department reportefd morethan 41,000 adultf and 30,000 child emergency room visitsw last year, according to a filint with the state. Its ratio of 0.30 square feet per visif puts the hospital below all others in Nashville except for SaintThomas Hospital, which sports a 0.23 ratio. In its constructiom application, Vanderbilt cited a litany of problemss withthe space, including the location of trauma rooms in the centedr of the emergency department, a lack of criticall care rooms and an undersized waitinb room.
Officials also said the emergencydepartmenft isn't compliant with Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilitty Act regulations because all 11 critical care rooms are possibly allowing others to hear confidentiak information. The department also doesn't have a separatr cistern for decontaminating water in the event of bioterrorisjm or a negative pressure room for patients with tuberculosis and other communicable diseases. These planned projects have become possible following the pending openinfg of thenew Children's Hospital. That has created 175,000 square feet of vacant space at VUMC, including 81,400 inside Vanderbilt University Hospital.
On the nortj tower's fourth floor, Vanderbilt plans to renovated 6,000 square feet in a four-month projecy that starts next month. The neonatal intensivr care unit will be moved to thenew children's hospital, leaving behind 10 beds and space for on-call suites for seven to 10 residents on call, supporg space and two triage rooms for labor and In a 12-month project, builders will renovate 43,5009 square feet and add 3,500 to the fifth floor by buildint out into the existiny courtyard. The entire floor's interior, whic h housed pediatrics, will be demolishedd and rebuilt.
The 65 pediatric beds that are being relocateed tothe children's hospital will be replacer by 48 neurosurgery/neurology and cardiology These universal patient rooms, slated to increase from 150 squar feet in size to 350 square feet, will become the prototyp e for all future room renovations at the The sixth-floor renovation projec t calls for upgrades and a new nurser station, with the 49 beds whittled down to 45 neurology/neurosurgery, epilepsy and cardiology beds. On the south tower's 11th workers in February 2005 willrenovatse 12,000 square feet of space to accommodate the burn unit, which is beiny relocated from Round Wing of Medical Centert North.
Renovations include mechanical work for the air qualitt needs of theburn unit. The number of ICU and acutse rooms will be lowered from 30to 2.
next month plans to begin construction ona $37.7 million project that include laying the foundation for a third medical tower and enlarginh the emergency department. If approved by state regulators, the work will begin soon afterthe facility's pediatricsd unit moves to the new $172 million Monroe Carel l Jr. . Working on five different floors, Vanderbilt will add 32 beds, plus a previouslyu approved 54, to boost its size to 805 licensed beds. Vanderbilt University Medical the hospital's parent, is funding the work througb $35 million in tax-exempt bonds and $2.
7 million in cash The plan - which calls for 34,500 square feet of new construction and the renovation of 100,00o square feet - will be consideredx by the Tennessee Health Servicews and Development Agency on Dec. 17. No one has file in opposition tothe project. Starting in January, Vanderbilt planws to add over the next 15months 15,5000 square feet of space and renovate 7,150 square feet in the present-da y emergency department and ambulance area. The emergency department will double in size and becomde the first floor of the plannesdthird tower.
It will house four major traumas rooms, 17 acute treatment rooms, registrationj and office space and dedicatedd entrance parking forseven ambulances. Floors will be addedf to the third tower in subsequent phases, but it won't be as larger as the 11-story north and south Of the existing emergency department, 4,250 squarew feet will be reconfigured and used for lower acuithy treatment. The area includes Fast holding/observation, chest pain observation and strokwetreatment rooms.
"The accessibility (of the emergencg department) will be improved says Ron Hill, vice president for strategic developmentat "There will be areas that will accommodate more of a Fast Tracik patient and we'll triage into the appropriat e area." As the area's only Level 1 Trauma Vanderbilt needs to efficiently separate the traumwa patients from the others as they enter the Hill says. The project comesz in response to an undersized and outdatex emergency departmentfacility - the point of entryy for nearly 30 percent of all VUH admissions.
At 11,00 square feet, VUH's emergency department reportefd morethan 41,000 adultf and 30,000 child emergency room visitsw last year, according to a filint with the state. Its ratio of 0.30 square feet per visif puts the hospital below all others in Nashville except for SaintThomas Hospital, which sports a 0.23 ratio. In its constructiom application, Vanderbilt cited a litany of problemss withthe space, including the location of trauma rooms in the centedr of the emergency department, a lack of criticall care rooms and an undersized waitinb room.
Officials also said the emergencydepartmenft isn't compliant with Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilitty Act regulations because all 11 critical care rooms are possibly allowing others to hear confidentiak information. The department also doesn't have a separatr cistern for decontaminating water in the event of bioterrorisjm or a negative pressure room for patients with tuberculosis and other communicable diseases. These planned projects have become possible following the pending openinfg of thenew Children's Hospital. That has created 175,000 square feet of vacant space at VUMC, including 81,400 inside Vanderbilt University Hospital.
On the nortj tower's fourth floor, Vanderbilt plans to renovated 6,000 square feet in a four-month projecy that starts next month. The neonatal intensivr care unit will be moved to thenew children's hospital, leaving behind 10 beds and space for on-call suites for seven to 10 residents on call, supporg space and two triage rooms for labor and In a 12-month project, builders will renovate 43,5009 square feet and add 3,500 to the fifth floor by buildint out into the existiny courtyard. The entire floor's interior, whic h housed pediatrics, will be demolishedd and rebuilt.
The 65 pediatric beds that are being relocateed tothe children's hospital will be replacer by 48 neurosurgery/neurology and cardiology These universal patient rooms, slated to increase from 150 squar feet in size to 350 square feet, will become the prototyp e for all future room renovations at the The sixth-floor renovation projec t calls for upgrades and a new nurser station, with the 49 beds whittled down to 45 neurology/neurosurgery, epilepsy and cardiology beds. On the south tower's 11th workers in February 2005 willrenovatse 12,000 square feet of space to accommodate the burn unit, which is beiny relocated from Round Wing of Medical Centert North.
Renovations include mechanical work for the air qualitt needs of theburn unit. The number of ICU and acutse rooms will be lowered from 30to 2.
вторник, 24 апреля 2012 г.
Olathe works on citywide recycling plan - Boston Business Journal:
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The Olathe City Council heard an outline of the plan at its June 9 stud y session and askedfor revisions. It will take up the issue agaihn in July or early Tim Danneburg, a spokesman for the city, said a recycling prograkm could bring two benefits. It coulc reduce the amount the city spendds on landfill fees and increase the life of the landfill thecity “If we aren’t successful in divertin g material from the landfill, then it will ultimatelyh cost our ratepayers more money in the Danneburg said. As proposed, householda would pay $18.
50 a month for trash and recycling Customers presentlypaying $3 extra each montnh for curbside recycling would see theifr bills reduced by 75 cents a others would pay $2.50 a month more. Danneburg said 11,000 of the 35,000 customers served by the city’s Waste Division already pay forrecyclint services. Kent Seyfried, solid waste manager for the city, said recyclinh of yard waste diverts 12,000 tons a year from the other recycling divertsanother 4,00 0 tons of waste. The goal for a citywid e recycling program would be to divert 32 percengt ofthe city’s residential wastre stream, he said, saving the divisionm about half a million dollars a year in landfillk fees.
Seyfried said residential landfill fees amountto $1.256 million a year. The totalp operating budget forthe city’s solird waste program is $10 million. He said the proposer citywide recycling program would require Olathe to spendaboutf $700,000 to retrofit four truckas and buy two new
The Olathe City Council heard an outline of the plan at its June 9 stud y session and askedfor revisions. It will take up the issue agaihn in July or early Tim Danneburg, a spokesman for the city, said a recycling prograkm could bring two benefits. It coulc reduce the amount the city spendds on landfill fees and increase the life of the landfill thecity “If we aren’t successful in divertin g material from the landfill, then it will ultimatelyh cost our ratepayers more money in the Danneburg said. As proposed, householda would pay $18.
50 a month for trash and recycling Customers presentlypaying $3 extra each montnh for curbside recycling would see theifr bills reduced by 75 cents a others would pay $2.50 a month more. Danneburg said 11,000 of the 35,000 customers served by the city’s Waste Division already pay forrecyclint services. Kent Seyfried, solid waste manager for the city, said recyclinh of yard waste diverts 12,000 tons a year from the other recycling divertsanother 4,00 0 tons of waste. The goal for a citywid e recycling program would be to divert 32 percengt ofthe city’s residential wastre stream, he said, saving the divisionm about half a million dollars a year in landfillk fees.
Seyfried said residential landfill fees amountto $1.256 million a year. The totalp operating budget forthe city’s solird waste program is $10 million. He said the proposer citywide recycling program would require Olathe to spendaboutf $700,000 to retrofit four truckas and buy two new
воскресенье, 22 апреля 2012 г.
AstraZeneca, M.D. Anderson study cancer chemotherapy effects - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Scientists at M. D. Anderson in Houstom and AstraZeneca in Wilmingtoh will work together to better understanfd how chemotherapies cause peripheral nerve dysfunctiona that cancause numbness, tingling and severe Such side effects, the organization often limit optimal therapeutic dosing in cancef treatments. The scientists' hope is theirf research will lead to new treatmentds toprevent pain, which would extens the therapeutic value of existingt chemotherapies, and to the developmengt of new chemotherapies with less sever e pain-related side effects. M.D. Anderson and AstraZenecz first established an alliancer in 2006 to accelerate the evaluation and approvapof anti-cancer drugs.
"We hope the insights we gain fromthis [expanded] alliancer will ultimately lead to new treatment optionsd that will improve the quality of life for cancefr patients," said Bob Holland, vice president for neuroscience at AstraZeneca. of Exto n initiated a multicenter phase-II study of its Morab-0090 monoclonal antibody product, in combination with the chemotherapuydrug gemcitabine, as a treatment for patientas with pancreatic cancer. Morphotek expects to enroll up to 152 patientsz in the clinical which is being conducted at clinical centers inNorth America, South America and Europee ...
of Horsham has starte treating patients ina phase-I human safetyg study of NUC B1000, its experimental treatmentr for chronichepatitis B virus infection. The company'ss new drug candidate is an RNA interference-base therapeutics that is designed to turn off a gene associatexd withthe disease. The goal of the study is to enroll 15 patientd atthree U.S. clinical sitess and two sites in EasternEurope ... Blue Bell-based received Food and Drug Administratioh approval to begin testingthe company's lead anti-inflammatorgy compound, VGX-1027, which is being developmenft as a potential treatmenty for rheumatoid arthritis and Type 1 diabetes ...
announcec positive preclinical test results for Trodusquemine as a treatmengfor type-2 diabetes. The Plymouth Meetinvg biopharmaceutical company is already testingg Trodusqueminein phase-I clinical trials as a treatmengt for obesity. Jack Armstrong, Genaera's president and CEO, said the companty has amended its investigational new drug application to pursuew both indicationsand "maximize the therapeutic potential" of the Genaera expects to pursue type-32 diabetes as its lead indication for Trodusqueminwe in phase-II clinical trials ...
of Yardlehy plans to follow up two positiv e midstage testings of its experimental caniner allergydrug Promist-VEL502 with a study this year and a pivotal late-stage test next The product incorporates Velcera's patented Promist drug-delivery syste that allows the drug to be formulatex as a metered dose liquid mist that can be sprayed insid e the oral cavity of a dog's The delivery system avoids the need to get pets to swallow pills or liquids. Dennis Steadman, the company's president and CEO, said Velcer is on track to receive produc t approval for theallergy drug, a major cause of skin irritations, in 2012 ...
Wayne-based receiveds FDA approval to marketthe company's VascuVie Visual Ultrasound System for use with assisted vascular access The product provides physicians with a larg e image display of targeted vessels and surrounding anatomy. The marketingg clearance for VascuViewwas Escalon's thirds FDA approval in the last six weeks.
Scientists at M. D. Anderson in Houstom and AstraZeneca in Wilmingtoh will work together to better understanfd how chemotherapies cause peripheral nerve dysfunctiona that cancause numbness, tingling and severe Such side effects, the organization often limit optimal therapeutic dosing in cancef treatments. The scientists' hope is theirf research will lead to new treatmentds toprevent pain, which would extens the therapeutic value of existingt chemotherapies, and to the developmengt of new chemotherapies with less sever e pain-related side effects. M.D. Anderson and AstraZenecz first established an alliancer in 2006 to accelerate the evaluation and approvapof anti-cancer drugs.
"We hope the insights we gain fromthis [expanded] alliancer will ultimately lead to new treatment optionsd that will improve the quality of life for cancefr patients," said Bob Holland, vice president for neuroscience at AstraZeneca. of Exto n initiated a multicenter phase-II study of its Morab-0090 monoclonal antibody product, in combination with the chemotherapuydrug gemcitabine, as a treatment for patientas with pancreatic cancer. Morphotek expects to enroll up to 152 patientsz in the clinical which is being conducted at clinical centers inNorth America, South America and Europee ...
of Horsham has starte treating patients ina phase-I human safetyg study of NUC B1000, its experimental treatmentr for chronichepatitis B virus infection. The company'ss new drug candidate is an RNA interference-base therapeutics that is designed to turn off a gene associatexd withthe disease. The goal of the study is to enroll 15 patientd atthree U.S. clinical sitess and two sites in EasternEurope ... Blue Bell-based received Food and Drug Administratioh approval to begin testingthe company's lead anti-inflammatorgy compound, VGX-1027, which is being developmenft as a potential treatmenty for rheumatoid arthritis and Type 1 diabetes ...
announcec positive preclinical test results for Trodusquemine as a treatmengfor type-2 diabetes. The Plymouth Meetinvg biopharmaceutical company is already testingg Trodusqueminein phase-I clinical trials as a treatmengt for obesity. Jack Armstrong, Genaera's president and CEO, said the companty has amended its investigational new drug application to pursuew both indicationsand "maximize the therapeutic potential" of the Genaera expects to pursue type-32 diabetes as its lead indication for Trodusqueminwe in phase-II clinical trials ...
of Yardlehy plans to follow up two positiv e midstage testings of its experimental caniner allergydrug Promist-VEL502 with a study this year and a pivotal late-stage test next The product incorporates Velcera's patented Promist drug-delivery syste that allows the drug to be formulatex as a metered dose liquid mist that can be sprayed insid e the oral cavity of a dog's The delivery system avoids the need to get pets to swallow pills or liquids. Dennis Steadman, the company's president and CEO, said Velcer is on track to receive produc t approval for theallergy drug, a major cause of skin irritations, in 2012 ...
Wayne-based receiveds FDA approval to marketthe company's VascuVie Visual Ultrasound System for use with assisted vascular access The product provides physicians with a larg e image display of targeted vessels and surrounding anatomy. The marketingg clearance for VascuViewwas Escalon's thirds FDA approval in the last six weeks.
пятница, 20 апреля 2012 г.
Sources: NCR could relocate HQ to Georgia - Dallas Business Journal:
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Ohio government officials said word begah swirling May 28 thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is , according to the Dayton Business Journal , a sister publication of Atlanta Business Chroniclr . Last fall, NCR said it wouldc move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investing $15 million and creatingt more than 900 jobs in Peachtree City and While it remains to be seen if Atlantaw gets another Fortune 500 headquarters, NCR is rumored to be openin an additional facility in the Peac h State, Atlanta Business Chronicle has learned.
An announcement abou that venture is expected as early asnext week, sourcexs in Atlanta and Dayton NCR is believed to have looked at sites in Savannah, and Columbus, Ga., according to a The global technology company could be eyeing about 100,000 square feet of office Based on the square footags estimates, real estate sources said, the operation could house 300 to 400 Company officials and Georgia economi development officials remained tight-lipped on any potential development.
NCR global spokesma n Richard Maton told the Dayton Business Journal the company does not responx to rumors and Inthe past, NCR has been quick to deny rumorse of its relocation and affirm its commitmenft to remaining in A Georgia Department of Economic Developmentt spokeswoman did not return calls Friday and A spokeswoman said she had no information on the mattef and a executive declined In October, NCR said it will co-locate an NCR Learninb Center and its Customefr Care Center hub for the Americasd region with the company’s existing Globa Service Materials operation in Peachtree NCR, founded in Dayton, is the city'zs largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.
3 billion in annual The company relocated its executive offices to New York City two year s ago and leased a floot at 7 World Trade Center building. This past March, the companyu told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganizationb and would cut an unknown amount of itsglobal workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage "world from the sign at its Daytonm campus. Rumors have long circulated that NCRwoulsd move, however Ohio government and economidc development officials said speculation reached a new levek in the past few The Ohio Department of Development has repeatedly sought informationm from the company, but as of Friday eveningt NCR remained mute, a state official told the Dayton Businesss Journal .
Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklanr and NCR CEO Bill Nuti, attempted to talk on however they were unable to coordinatea time.
Ohio government officials said word begah swirling May 28 thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is , according to the Dayton Business Journal , a sister publication of Atlanta Business Chroniclr . Last fall, NCR said it wouldc move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investing $15 million and creatingt more than 900 jobs in Peachtree City and While it remains to be seen if Atlantaw gets another Fortune 500 headquarters, NCR is rumored to be openin an additional facility in the Peac h State, Atlanta Business Chronicle has learned.
An announcement abou that venture is expected as early asnext week, sourcexs in Atlanta and Dayton NCR is believed to have looked at sites in Savannah, and Columbus, Ga., according to a The global technology company could be eyeing about 100,000 square feet of office Based on the square footags estimates, real estate sources said, the operation could house 300 to 400 Company officials and Georgia economi development officials remained tight-lipped on any potential development.
NCR global spokesma n Richard Maton told the Dayton Business Journal the company does not responx to rumors and Inthe past, NCR has been quick to deny rumorse of its relocation and affirm its commitmenft to remaining in A Georgia Department of Economic Developmentt spokeswoman did not return calls Friday and A spokeswoman said she had no information on the mattef and a executive declined In October, NCR said it will co-locate an NCR Learninb Center and its Customefr Care Center hub for the Americasd region with the company’s existing Globa Service Materials operation in Peachtree NCR, founded in Dayton, is the city'zs largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.
3 billion in annual The company relocated its executive offices to New York City two year s ago and leased a floot at 7 World Trade Center building. This past March, the companyu told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganizationb and would cut an unknown amount of itsglobal workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage "world from the sign at its Daytonm campus. Rumors have long circulated that NCRwoulsd move, however Ohio government and economidc development officials said speculation reached a new levek in the past few The Ohio Department of Development has repeatedly sought informationm from the company, but as of Friday eveningt NCR remained mute, a state official told the Dayton Businesss Journal .
Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklanr and NCR CEO Bill Nuti, attempted to talk on however they were unable to coordinatea time.
среда, 18 апреля 2012 г.
5 Who Thrive: Aloha Salads grows by staying true to its mission - Dayton Business Journal:
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The signature salad dressings are among the reasonsz forthe company’s success. Aloha Salads continues to despite theweak economy, and is expected to grosx more than $1 million this year. A third locatiojn is set to open in Juneat , followec by another in the by October. There are planss to franchise AlohaSalads nationally. And a Californiaq food group has agreed to bottle four of the six saladr dressings forretail distribution. The success is due to a number of They open stores onlyin high-profile locationa and form business partnerships with trusted They also stick to their core mission, whichu is to serve quick, healthy foods using locapl ingredients.
Now their goal is to expand strategically in anticipatioh ofthe economy’s rebound in 2010. “Ww have to continue reinventing ourselves to keep things fresh for customers and attract new as well,” Chris said. “We’r e not going to rush in. We’re going to make sure we make the righft decisionsmoving forward.” Careful growth has been the company’d philosophy from the start. In December after seven years away from the Lufranos returned to Hawaiifrom Chicago, where she was a pateng lawyer and he worked in finance.
For more than a they scouted potential store locations on Oahu and experimented with recipeszat Sara’s parents’ home in Kahala. The coupled opened their first Aloha Salads in May 2006 ina 440-square-foot space in the , using personalk capital and a $50,000 loan guaranteed by the U.S. Small Businesw Administration. The company’s creative salads “Aloha Mediterranean,” “Maui Mozzarella” and “Thee Goddess” — instantly drew loyal customers. One customer was locap contractorFreddie Franco, owner of BEK Inc., whoses building credits include Waikiki DFS Galleria, Neiman Marcus and Tony Auto-plex.
He struckl up a friendship with the Lufranod and two years late r helped design Aloha second locationin . The mall store, which openes in March 2008, briefly experienced a double-digity drop in sales after health-foodd chain Whole Foods opened nearby late last Sales have climbed since then but are slightly below Chris said. Franco, now an equal partner in the company, provide d the capital to build the Kapole i location set to opennext “Kapolei should be really good because there’ss nothing out there,” he said. “We’ve been gettinhg lots of calls askingwhen we’rs going to build in their area.
” The 1,200-square-foot storde is unique in that it will have wine pairingzs with salads and a mezzanine level for dine-im customers, Franco said. As Aloha Saladss continues to expand, the ability to quicklyy change menu items to fit tastes willbe important. For instance, roast beef sandwichez that did not sell well in the Kailuaz store have been replaceds withpastrami sandwiches. Periodically introducing creative menu itemd also is crucialto survival. This month, the Kahalza Mall location beganserving “design-your-own” omelettes, organic fruit bowls and fresh-squeezed juices.
The response has been and there are plans to serve breakfast inother “We really care about the food that goes out to Sara said. “People get used to what they’rs eating and don’t realize there could be so manygood
The signature salad dressings are among the reasonsz forthe company’s success. Aloha Salads continues to despite theweak economy, and is expected to grosx more than $1 million this year. A third locatiojn is set to open in Juneat , followec by another in the by October. There are planss to franchise AlohaSalads nationally. And a Californiaq food group has agreed to bottle four of the six saladr dressings forretail distribution. The success is due to a number of They open stores onlyin high-profile locationa and form business partnerships with trusted They also stick to their core mission, whichu is to serve quick, healthy foods using locapl ingredients.
Now their goal is to expand strategically in anticipatioh ofthe economy’s rebound in 2010. “Ww have to continue reinventing ourselves to keep things fresh for customers and attract new as well,” Chris said. “We’r e not going to rush in. We’re going to make sure we make the righft decisionsmoving forward.” Careful growth has been the company’d philosophy from the start. In December after seven years away from the Lufranos returned to Hawaiifrom Chicago, where she was a pateng lawyer and he worked in finance.
For more than a they scouted potential store locations on Oahu and experimented with recipeszat Sara’s parents’ home in Kahala. The coupled opened their first Aloha Salads in May 2006 ina 440-square-foot space in the , using personalk capital and a $50,000 loan guaranteed by the U.S. Small Businesw Administration. The company’s creative salads “Aloha Mediterranean,” “Maui Mozzarella” and “Thee Goddess” — instantly drew loyal customers. One customer was locap contractorFreddie Franco, owner of BEK Inc., whoses building credits include Waikiki DFS Galleria, Neiman Marcus and Tony Auto-plex.
He struckl up a friendship with the Lufranod and two years late r helped design Aloha second locationin . The mall store, which openes in March 2008, briefly experienced a double-digity drop in sales after health-foodd chain Whole Foods opened nearby late last Sales have climbed since then but are slightly below Chris said. Franco, now an equal partner in the company, provide d the capital to build the Kapole i location set to opennext “Kapolei should be really good because there’ss nothing out there,” he said. “We’ve been gettinhg lots of calls askingwhen we’rs going to build in their area.
” The 1,200-square-foot storde is unique in that it will have wine pairingzs with salads and a mezzanine level for dine-im customers, Franco said. As Aloha Saladss continues to expand, the ability to quicklyy change menu items to fit tastes willbe important. For instance, roast beef sandwichez that did not sell well in the Kailuaz store have been replaceds withpastrami sandwiches. Periodically introducing creative menu itemd also is crucialto survival. This month, the Kahalza Mall location beganserving “design-your-own” omelettes, organic fruit bowls and fresh-squeezed juices.
The response has been and there are plans to serve breakfast inother “We really care about the food that goes out to Sara said. “People get used to what they’rs eating and don’t realize there could be so manygood
вторник, 17 апреля 2012 г.
Filling NCR headquarters space to be difficult - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Brokers said donating NCR’s (NYSE: NCR) 1.3 million-square-fooyt building to an education institution or the city of Dayton may be thebest bet. The brokersa said trying to market the space to another corporate user would be difficult as therse are few single users out there needinbg thatmuch space. It coulsd be parceled into an office complex formultiple users. NCR intendz to sell the building, a company spokespersobn said. The five-story property is among the largestt office buildings in theDaytom area. Paul Hutchins, owner and broker with Dayton-basedd , said a good optionj would be to donated the building tothe .
NCR would gain the benefitws of atax write-off and the university woul have a business campus, complete with a cafeteria and plenty of space for classrooms, to mold for its “I bet they’ve already talked abouyt donating it to UD,” Hutchins said. “Giving it to UD is a NCR gets a hugetax write-ofg and UD gets a high-tech technology Mark Fornes, owner of Centerville-based , agreed. “Itr would be really nice if they give it to Fornes said. “It would be a nice gesturwe in return for taking theirheadquarters NCR’s headquarters, at 1700 S. Patterson sits on 54 acres.
Brokers said donating NCR’s (NYSE: NCR) 1.3 million-square-fooyt building to an education institution or the city of Dayton may be thebest bet. The brokersa said trying to market the space to another corporate user would be difficult as therse are few single users out there needinbg thatmuch space. It coulsd be parceled into an office complex formultiple users. NCR intendz to sell the building, a company spokespersobn said. The five-story property is among the largestt office buildings in theDaytom area. Paul Hutchins, owner and broker with Dayton-basedd , said a good optionj would be to donated the building tothe .
NCR would gain the benefitws of atax write-off and the university woul have a business campus, complete with a cafeteria and plenty of space for classrooms, to mold for its “I bet they’ve already talked abouyt donating it to UD,” Hutchins said. “Giving it to UD is a NCR gets a hugetax write-ofg and UD gets a high-tech technology Mark Fornes, owner of Centerville-based , agreed. “Itr would be really nice if they give it to Fornes said. “It would be a nice gesturwe in return for taking theirheadquarters NCR’s headquarters, at 1700 S. Patterson sits on 54 acres.
воскресенье, 15 апреля 2012 г.
Williamsville pushes streak to 6 years - Business First of Columbus:
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Williamsville is No. 1 in Businesd First ’s 18th annual rankings of WesternnNew York’s public school It has monopolized first place since 2004 -- a six-yeaer streak. for the complete school district And for separate rankings for each section of WesternNew “We’re fortunate in so many says Howard Smith, Williamsville’s superintendent of “When you have a very committed boar of education, an outstanding staff of teacherse and administrators, a pro-education community and hard-working that’s quite the formula for success.
” Williamsville took first place when the rankings debuterd in 1992, and won again in 1997, 2001 and throughourt its 2004-2009 run. It hasn’tg finished lower than third placesincre 1995, and has neverf been lower than Business First analyzed 97 school districts in the eightr Western New York counties, based on four yearz of test data compiled by the New York State Educatiom Department.
Each district’s rating reflects the collective performance of itspublicc elementary, middle and high • Its 2005-2008 subject scorex for math, science and social studies were the best in Westerb New York, according to Business First’s analysis of test results from fourtbh grade through the senior year of high • Sixty-five percent of Williamsville’s seniorzs earned Regents diplomas with advanced designationd in 2008. That’s 22 points above the regionalo average of43 percent. (A studen must pass eight Regents exams to receive anadvanced diploma.
) • It’s the only district wher more than 57 percengt of last year’s graduatesz achieved superior scores (85 or better) on Regents exam in English, math, global history and U.S. history. Williamsville’s eighth graders posted the region’s top scores on statewidse testsin English, math, sciencee and social studies. “The other part of what we do -- all our extracurricularr activities suchas music, athletics and clubz -- don’t show up in the but they have a really positive impact on studenft achievement, too,” says Smith. “For example, we have as many musixc teachers asmath teachers.
That makes for committed students, and thoswe are usually successful students.” Williamsville’sx overall score was pegged at100 points, with the markd for all other districts being calculated from that benchmark. Nineteem ended up with scorez of 90or better, qualifying for Business First’x of outstanding school systems. Four districtas have made the Honor Roll every yearsince Williamsville, Clarence (which ranks second this year), Amherstt (third) and Orchard Park Rounding out this year’s top five is No. 4 East which has made 17 Honord Roll appearances in18 years. All but two of this year’x Honor Roll districts also qualified ayear ago.
The newcomerx are Eden, joining the elite group for the firs t timesince 2005, and West Seneca, returning aftere a 13-year absence. The latter upswing was nearl y a decade inthe making, according to Jean superintendent of the West Seneca Central Schooo District. Developing consistent instructional techniques and identifyingv the best textbooks took she says, but the effort is paying off. “Ou goal is not to teac h to the test, but to teachh to the state’s Kovach says. “We’ve spent the last eight yearsx working diligently to align ourcurriculum -- to make sure that we don’ft repeat ourselves in different years and that each grad level builds on the one before.
” Fourteenm of this year’s Honor Roll districts are in Erie They range in size from with 10,649 students, down to Eden, which has The outlying honorees are considerably smaller, with an averagee enrollment of 1,346. The very smallest is also the top-ratexd district outside of Erie No. 6 Alfred-Almond, which has 670 students from kindergarten throughy12th grade. “We’re a very ruralp district in theSouthernb Tier, but our kids are going into the same marketplacse as everyone else,” says Richarx Nicol, Alfred-Almond’s superintendent. “They’re going to be in competitiohn for jobs with kids from place s like Williamsvilleand Clarence.
So they need the very best educatio n we cangive them.” Sixteenm districts are recipients of this year’s subject awards, signifying that they rank among the 10 leaders in English/foreignm languages, math, science and social Bemus Point, Clarence, East Aurora, Orchard Park and Williamsvill e have made clean sweeps by winning all four for complete lists of subjectf award winners. Business First has also generated a series of specializex ratings to further illuminateeach district’as performance. Among them: Lancaster ranksd first for cost-effectiveness, based on a comparison of expenditureas andclassroom results.
And tiny Sherman 478) is the bigges overachiever, determined by matching academic outcomeds againstsocioeconomic conditions. “Wew may not be rich, but we have strong family saysThomas Schmidt, Sherman’s “Our parents really care about their children’ds education. There’s something to be said for having everyon ina K-12 building, with the strong sens of community that it brings.
”
Williamsville is No. 1 in Businesd First ’s 18th annual rankings of WesternnNew York’s public school It has monopolized first place since 2004 -- a six-yeaer streak. for the complete school district And for separate rankings for each section of WesternNew “We’re fortunate in so many says Howard Smith, Williamsville’s superintendent of “When you have a very committed boar of education, an outstanding staff of teacherse and administrators, a pro-education community and hard-working that’s quite the formula for success.
” Williamsville took first place when the rankings debuterd in 1992, and won again in 1997, 2001 and throughourt its 2004-2009 run. It hasn’tg finished lower than third placesincre 1995, and has neverf been lower than Business First analyzed 97 school districts in the eightr Western New York counties, based on four yearz of test data compiled by the New York State Educatiom Department.
Each district’s rating reflects the collective performance of itspublicc elementary, middle and high • Its 2005-2008 subject scorex for math, science and social studies were the best in Westerb New York, according to Business First’s analysis of test results from fourtbh grade through the senior year of high • Sixty-five percent of Williamsville’s seniorzs earned Regents diplomas with advanced designationd in 2008. That’s 22 points above the regionalo average of43 percent. (A studen must pass eight Regents exams to receive anadvanced diploma.
) • It’s the only district wher more than 57 percengt of last year’s graduatesz achieved superior scores (85 or better) on Regents exam in English, math, global history and U.S. history. Williamsville’s eighth graders posted the region’s top scores on statewidse testsin English, math, sciencee and social studies. “The other part of what we do -- all our extracurricularr activities suchas music, athletics and clubz -- don’t show up in the but they have a really positive impact on studenft achievement, too,” says Smith. “For example, we have as many musixc teachers asmath teachers.
That makes for committed students, and thoswe are usually successful students.” Williamsville’sx overall score was pegged at100 points, with the markd for all other districts being calculated from that benchmark. Nineteem ended up with scorez of 90or better, qualifying for Business First’x of outstanding school systems. Four districtas have made the Honor Roll every yearsince Williamsville, Clarence (which ranks second this year), Amherstt (third) and Orchard Park Rounding out this year’s top five is No. 4 East which has made 17 Honord Roll appearances in18 years. All but two of this year’x Honor Roll districts also qualified ayear ago.
The newcomerx are Eden, joining the elite group for the firs t timesince 2005, and West Seneca, returning aftere a 13-year absence. The latter upswing was nearl y a decade inthe making, according to Jean superintendent of the West Seneca Central Schooo District. Developing consistent instructional techniques and identifyingv the best textbooks took she says, but the effort is paying off. “Ou goal is not to teac h to the test, but to teachh to the state’s Kovach says. “We’ve spent the last eight yearsx working diligently to align ourcurriculum -- to make sure that we don’ft repeat ourselves in different years and that each grad level builds on the one before.
” Fourteenm of this year’s Honor Roll districts are in Erie They range in size from with 10,649 students, down to Eden, which has The outlying honorees are considerably smaller, with an averagee enrollment of 1,346. The very smallest is also the top-ratexd district outside of Erie No. 6 Alfred-Almond, which has 670 students from kindergarten throughy12th grade. “We’re a very ruralp district in theSouthernb Tier, but our kids are going into the same marketplacse as everyone else,” says Richarx Nicol, Alfred-Almond’s superintendent. “They’re going to be in competitiohn for jobs with kids from place s like Williamsvilleand Clarence.
So they need the very best educatio n we cangive them.” Sixteenm districts are recipients of this year’s subject awards, signifying that they rank among the 10 leaders in English/foreignm languages, math, science and social Bemus Point, Clarence, East Aurora, Orchard Park and Williamsvill e have made clean sweeps by winning all four for complete lists of subjectf award winners. Business First has also generated a series of specializex ratings to further illuminateeach district’as performance. Among them: Lancaster ranksd first for cost-effectiveness, based on a comparison of expenditureas andclassroom results.
And tiny Sherman 478) is the bigges overachiever, determined by matching academic outcomeds againstsocioeconomic conditions. “Wew may not be rich, but we have strong family saysThomas Schmidt, Sherman’s “Our parents really care about their children’ds education. There’s something to be said for having everyon ina K-12 building, with the strong sens of community that it brings.
”
пятница, 13 апреля 2012 г.
Woodruff Arts Center adopts long-term plan - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The plan includes creating a new concert hall for the connectexd to and expanding upon theArts Center’s currentr campus, refitting the Memorial Arts Buildinv with expanded shared educationapl resources and a more dynamic environmenrt for the . The plan callse for reducing the size of the Memoriak Arts Building by 12 percent to create space for a new concerr hall for the Atlanta Symphonty Orchestra at the corner of Peachtree and15th streets, Woodruff Arts Centeer said. The plan is based on the Arts Center’sw strategic plan, which the boardd adopted in spring 2008.
“The Master Plan provides us with a strong foundation as we work with each of the institutionse on campus to design new facilitieszand resources, and enhance the campus,” said Joe president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts “It also provides us with a road map that will enabler us to move forward quickly and confidentlty once the nation regainsz its financial footing.” helped develo the master plan. The Arts Center’s planning team was led by Larryu Gellerstedt withBen Johnson, Doug Ivester, Terryh Stent, Howard Feinsand and Harold Dawson Jr.
The plan includes creating a new concert hall for the connectexd to and expanding upon theArts Center’s currentr campus, refitting the Memorial Arts Buildinv with expanded shared educationapl resources and a more dynamic environmenrt for the . The plan callse for reducing the size of the Memoriak Arts Building by 12 percent to create space for a new concerr hall for the Atlanta Symphonty Orchestra at the corner of Peachtree and15th streets, Woodruff Arts Centeer said. The plan is based on the Arts Center’sw strategic plan, which the boardd adopted in spring 2008.
“The Master Plan provides us with a strong foundation as we work with each of the institutionse on campus to design new facilitieszand resources, and enhance the campus,” said Joe president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts “It also provides us with a road map that will enabler us to move forward quickly and confidentlty once the nation regainsz its financial footing.” helped develo the master plan. The Arts Center’s planning team was led by Larryu Gellerstedt withBen Johnson, Doug Ivester, Terryh Stent, Howard Feinsand and Harold Dawson Jr.
среда, 11 апреля 2012 г.
Law to protect workers has others fearing for jobs - San Francisco Business Times:
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The state’s Independent Contractor law, also known as the Misclassificatiojn Law, was created in 2004 to protect construction workers from beingdeliberately “misclassified” by companies as contracrt workers who receive no benefits, instea d of as employees who by law are entitled to a varietyy of benefits. Companies that violater the law are subject totreble damages, as well as potential criminal charges. Sincew the law was enacted, the attorneyg general’s office has gone after construction firms, the apparent intent when the measure passed througthe Legislature.
But the law is in no way limitec toconstruction companies, which left some lawyers specializingb in employment matters wondering in recent years whether other businesses might become targets. the law explicitly holds top executivews liablefor violations. Earlier this executives at Pearson Education, a textboom publisher in UpperSaddles River, N.J., apparently decided to interpret the law more Not wanting to risk prosecution by Massachusetts authorities, the company decided to discontinuee work with all of its freelancerzs in the state.
Freelance editor and writeer John Sisson counted Pearson Education as one of his largesgt clients until hereceived e-mails from the company notifyiny him Pearson, citing the Independent Contractor Law, no longert would use Massachusetts contract workers. “I’ve lost business and I staned to losemore business,” said a Newton resident. “It hurts firms in Massachusetts because it does not allowq them to outsource the work they need to do and it hurtw independent professionals who rely onthat work,” Sisso said.
“The fact of the matter is that theattorney general’x office is between a rock and a hard It’s a bad law and they’re in chargde of enforcing it.” A Pearson spokeswoman declined to commen t for this story. Critics of the law are also concerneed that a successor to Attorne y General Martha Coakley could choose to interpret the law more broadly than she or her staffapparentlyh has. “A number of employment lawyers have worriedf since the law was enacted that a differenrt attorney general might take a much broadert and aggressive approachto it,” said Joshusa M. Davis, managing shareholder of the labor and employment law firm in Boston.
“The law was designee to protect folks who the Legislature believed were being wrongfullydenied benefits.” Davis notes that some clea guidance from the AG’s officer about the scope of the law is The fact that an out-of-state firm has decided not to work with Massachusettes freelancers is worrisome, but not yet a said Stephen Adams, a small-busines s advocate in the ’s Boston office. “We don’gt know if it’s isolated and we don’tg know if it’s warranted,” Adams “The problem is for the you’re relying on the AG’se interpretation and power toset priorities.
you do want to fix the
The state’s Independent Contractor law, also known as the Misclassificatiojn Law, was created in 2004 to protect construction workers from beingdeliberately “misclassified” by companies as contracrt workers who receive no benefits, instea d of as employees who by law are entitled to a varietyy of benefits. Companies that violater the law are subject totreble damages, as well as potential criminal charges. Sincew the law was enacted, the attorneyg general’s office has gone after construction firms, the apparent intent when the measure passed througthe Legislature.
But the law is in no way limitec toconstruction companies, which left some lawyers specializingb in employment matters wondering in recent years whether other businesses might become targets. the law explicitly holds top executivews liablefor violations. Earlier this executives at Pearson Education, a textboom publisher in UpperSaddles River, N.J., apparently decided to interpret the law more Not wanting to risk prosecution by Massachusetts authorities, the company decided to discontinuee work with all of its freelancerzs in the state.
Freelance editor and writeer John Sisson counted Pearson Education as one of his largesgt clients until hereceived e-mails from the company notifyiny him Pearson, citing the Independent Contractor Law, no longert would use Massachusetts contract workers. “I’ve lost business and I staned to losemore business,” said a Newton resident. “It hurts firms in Massachusetts because it does not allowq them to outsource the work they need to do and it hurtw independent professionals who rely onthat work,” Sisso said.
“The fact of the matter is that theattorney general’x office is between a rock and a hard It’s a bad law and they’re in chargde of enforcing it.” A Pearson spokeswoman declined to commen t for this story. Critics of the law are also concerneed that a successor to Attorne y General Martha Coakley could choose to interpret the law more broadly than she or her staffapparentlyh has. “A number of employment lawyers have worriedf since the law was enacted that a differenrt attorney general might take a much broadert and aggressive approachto it,” said Joshusa M. Davis, managing shareholder of the labor and employment law firm in Boston.
“The law was designee to protect folks who the Legislature believed were being wrongfullydenied benefits.” Davis notes that some clea guidance from the AG’s officer about the scope of the law is The fact that an out-of-state firm has decided not to work with Massachusettes freelancers is worrisome, but not yet a said Stephen Adams, a small-busines s advocate in the ’s Boston office. “We don’gt know if it’s isolated and we don’tg know if it’s warranted,” Adams “The problem is for the you’re relying on the AG’se interpretation and power toset priorities.
you do want to fix the
понедельник, 9 апреля 2012 г.
Spider Venom Could Lead to Breast Cancer Cure, Say Scientists - Fox News
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суббота, 7 апреля 2012 г.
NCDOT awards $103M in federal stimulus work - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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million to be spent in the Triangle, Gov. Bev Perdue’ws office announced Friday. The 17 projects, which total $102.78 million, stretch across 21 countiesw aroundthe state. Two other resurfacinhg projects, one on I-440 in Wake County and one on U.S. 64 in Nash and Edgecombew counties, will be awarded if the low bidderr demonstrates that it hasmet “gooe faith effort” requirements in attemptingy to reach the disadvantaged business enterprisw goals set forth in the contracts. The slow economhy translated into quite a discountfor NCDOT. The bids receivee on all 19 economic recovery projectse came in nearly 25perceng -- or about $36.7 million -- below NCDOyT estimates.
Work on all contracta will start in late June orearly July. • Resurfacing and shoulder reconstructionon 3.8 miles of I-540 betweemn I-40 and U.S. 70 in Wake and Durham The $2.2 million contract was awarded to of The project is scheduled to start as earlhy as July 7 and is slated for completio byMay 27, 2010. Resurfacing 11 miles of I-40 from west of Morganb Road in Johnston County to the SampsonCounty line. The $2.2 million contracty was awarded to of The project is scheduled to begin as early as July 13 and should be completedby Nov. 15. • Resurfacing 23.2 miled of U.S. 64 between the Franklin-Nash County line and Winstear Avenue inNash County. The $3.
3 million contract was awardedto S.T. Wooten Corp. The project is scheduled to start as early as July 13 and will be completexby Nov. 15. The Federal Highway Administration estimates thatevery $1 milliobn spent on transportation creates 30 The department also awarded contracts worth $63 million for seven non-stimulus projects, but none of thosde are in the Triangle. NCDOT will receive a totalp of $838 million in stimulus money, includintg $735 million for highway and bridge projects.
million to be spent in the Triangle, Gov. Bev Perdue’ws office announced Friday. The 17 projects, which total $102.78 million, stretch across 21 countiesw aroundthe state. Two other resurfacinhg projects, one on I-440 in Wake County and one on U.S. 64 in Nash and Edgecombew counties, will be awarded if the low bidderr demonstrates that it hasmet “gooe faith effort” requirements in attemptingy to reach the disadvantaged business enterprisw goals set forth in the contracts. The slow economhy translated into quite a discountfor NCDOT. The bids receivee on all 19 economic recovery projectse came in nearly 25perceng -- or about $36.7 million -- below NCDOyT estimates.
Work on all contracta will start in late June orearly July. • Resurfacing and shoulder reconstructionon 3.8 miles of I-540 betweemn I-40 and U.S. 70 in Wake and Durham The $2.2 million contract was awarded to of The project is scheduled to start as earlhy as July 7 and is slated for completio byMay 27, 2010. Resurfacing 11 miles of I-40 from west of Morganb Road in Johnston County to the SampsonCounty line. The $2.2 million contracty was awarded to of The project is scheduled to begin as early as July 13 and should be completedby Nov. 15. • Resurfacing 23.2 miled of U.S. 64 between the Franklin-Nash County line and Winstear Avenue inNash County. The $3.
3 million contract was awardedto S.T. Wooten Corp. The project is scheduled to start as early as July 13 and will be completexby Nov. 15. The Federal Highway Administration estimates thatevery $1 milliobn spent on transportation creates 30 The department also awarded contracts worth $63 million for seven non-stimulus projects, but none of thosde are in the Triangle. NCDOT will receive a totalp of $838 million in stimulus money, includintg $735 million for highway and bridge projects.
пятница, 6 апреля 2012 г.
Lottery update: No winner identified yet, official says - Baltimore Sun (blog)
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Sydney Morning Herald | Lottery update: No winner identified yet, official says Baltimore Sun (blog) •The winner â€" or winners, if the ticket was purchased as part of a pool â€" need to present proof of their Social Security number and photo identification. If the winner is not a US citizen, a passport can substitute for the Social Security proof. None of 3 Mega Millions winners identified yet |
среда, 4 апреля 2012 г.
Smith makes 54 shots, earns 3rd straight shutout in 2-0 win over Blue Jackets - Washington Post
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USA TODAY | Smith makes 54 shots, earns 3rd straight shutout in 2-0 win over Blue Jackets Washington Post Smith stopped 54 shots and earned his third straight shutout in the Phoenix Coyotes' 2-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Boyd Gordon and Gilbert Brule scored 2:03 apart in the second period to provide the only offense Smith ... Mike Smith stops 54 shots for third straight shutout Coyotes' Boyd Gordon willing to sacrifice body Mike Smith: Mike Smith stops 54 shots in record shutout |
понедельник, 2 апреля 2012 г.
Sublime volée pour Trezeguet, triplé pour Henry (vidéo) - TF1
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Sublime volée pour Trezeguet, triplé pour Henry (vidéo) TF1 Les deux anciens monégasques ont fait le spectacle ce week end dans leurs clubs respectifs. Volée spectaculaire et hat trick au programme pour David Trezeguet et Thierry Henry qui démontrent encore leurs potentiels. Même de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique ... |
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