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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
With new CEO, Fidelis searches for Bay State HQ - Boston Business Journal:
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The Bethesda, Md., company brought on networking veteranm Peter George as CEOlast month. Georgwe joins Fidelis from Boxborough information securit y company He helped growthe eight-year-olrd company to a $50 million employing 230 people. "It's a very exciting George said. "I've spent the last several years with Crossbeam workinf on preventingexternal threats, but Fidelisz is all about makinf sure sensitive data doesn't get While the 30-person shop will maintain a substantiak research and development presence in the D.C.
George and several top executives are shopping around for spaces inthe Burlington/Waltham area to house a few dozemn staff members for its executive headquarters. The company will move as soon a leasingh dealis inked, which it hopee will be soon. "I don't think it'as an accident that a lot of network security companiesd arelocated here," George "There are a lot of networking companiesx in the (Route) 128 belt. Now the issue is not just aboufthe network, it's about securing the network." Fidelis is one of severaol small companies vying for a piece of the ever-growing network security pie.
The data-leakage prevention portion of that marketg was expected to bebetween $120 million and $150 million in according to Stamford, Conn.'s Most of the companiesx with products in this segment are startupes like Fidelis, although the largest company, Vontu, was bought by Cupertino, Calif.'s Corp. in November for $350 Fidelis offers a product that prevents secure information from leavingthe institution'ds network. The company has sold mostly to governmentt andacademic institutions, including . Fidelis also recentlyg raised $22 million in a Seriees B round led by Boston firm . The funding round included Providence-basedc . The company received its first $4.
1 million in funding in June 2005. George woulf not disclose the company's citing government sensitivities, but said he expects Fidelis to double its manpowef this year to60 people. "We really thinki there's going to be a whole new generationj of spending on dataleakage protection," said Rick Ganongg of Tudor Ventures, who will be joining Fidelis' boared of directors. "We like Petefr a lot. We like what he did with and we hope he can do the same with George said some of the fundse would be going to establish a corporatde sales andmarketing force, including establishing a presencde in Europe.
The goal is to expandr sales toother sectors, including financial servicew and retail.
The Bethesda, Md., company brought on networking veteranm Peter George as CEOlast month. Georgwe joins Fidelis from Boxborough information securit y company He helped growthe eight-year-olrd company to a $50 million employing 230 people. "It's a very exciting George said. "I've spent the last several years with Crossbeam workinf on preventingexternal threats, but Fidelisz is all about makinf sure sensitive data doesn't get While the 30-person shop will maintain a substantiak research and development presence in the D.C.
George and several top executives are shopping around for spaces inthe Burlington/Waltham area to house a few dozemn staff members for its executive headquarters. The company will move as soon a leasingh dealis inked, which it hopee will be soon. "I don't think it'as an accident that a lot of network security companiesd arelocated here," George "There are a lot of networking companiesx in the (Route) 128 belt. Now the issue is not just aboufthe network, it's about securing the network." Fidelis is one of severaol small companies vying for a piece of the ever-growing network security pie.
The data-leakage prevention portion of that marketg was expected to bebetween $120 million and $150 million in according to Stamford, Conn.'s Most of the companiesx with products in this segment are startupes like Fidelis, although the largest company, Vontu, was bought by Cupertino, Calif.'s Corp. in November for $350 Fidelis offers a product that prevents secure information from leavingthe institution'ds network. The company has sold mostly to governmentt andacademic institutions, including . Fidelis also recentlyg raised $22 million in a Seriees B round led by Boston firm . The funding round included Providence-basedc . The company received its first $4.
1 million in funding in June 2005. George woulf not disclose the company's citing government sensitivities, but said he expects Fidelis to double its manpowef this year to60 people. "We really thinki there's going to be a whole new generationj of spending on dataleakage protection," said Rick Ganongg of Tudor Ventures, who will be joining Fidelis' boared of directors. "We like Petefr a lot. We like what he did with and we hope he can do the same with George said some of the fundse would be going to establish a corporatde sales andmarketing force, including establishing a presencde in Europe.
The goal is to expandr sales toother sectors, including financial servicew and retail.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Reports: U.S. probes Silicon Valley tech giants' hiring - Nashville Business Journal:
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The Washington Post and New York Times reportes late on Tuesday that the antitrustg probe is centered onwhetherd (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreed not to recruitf each other's employees. The stories citeds unnamed sources the papers said are familiar with the The investigation is reportedly in itsearly stages, with the paperxs saying that the government has requested documents and information from targetes companies.
The inquiry is seen as anothef sign that the Obama administratioh will be more aggressive on antitrust laws than his predecessor and Silicoh Valley tech firms are a focus of that The Justice Department is currentlyh also investigating a proposed settlementbetween Google, authors and publisherd to resolve a copyright dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reported citing unnamed The Federal Trade Commission has also asked questions about whethef having Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech Inc. CEO Art Levinsonh on both the Apple and Google board is a violation ofantitrust laws.
The Washington Post and New York Times reportes late on Tuesday that the antitrustg probe is centered onwhetherd (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreed not to recruitf each other's employees. The stories citeds unnamed sources the papers said are familiar with the The investigation is reportedly in itsearly stages, with the paperxs saying that the government has requested documents and information from targetes companies.
The inquiry is seen as anothef sign that the Obama administratioh will be more aggressive on antitrust laws than his predecessor and Silicoh Valley tech firms are a focus of that The Justice Department is currentlyh also investigating a proposed settlementbetween Google, authors and publisherd to resolve a copyright dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reported citing unnamed The Federal Trade Commission has also asked questions about whethef having Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech Inc. CEO Art Levinsonh on both the Apple and Google board is a violation ofantitrust laws.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Ford sales climb to highest level since July - Business First of Columbus:
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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparefd with May 2008, when the companyu sold 213,238 units. For the firstg five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compareed with 981,150 units during the same perioed ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyer s might be coming back to the luxurgvehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,56 units in May, a 2.2 percenf increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36r units. Sales of Ford made at the Louisville Assembly Plant on FernValleuy Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salea of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitz a year earlier. Salesa of F-Series pickup trucks, includin Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truckm Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 unitz in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition which began production at Kentuckyt Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 unitss a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentuck Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeart gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 19,7856 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 percent from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenr from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May when it sold542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumerato dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coverr as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiaryg will offer zero percentr financing onselect Ford, Lincoln and Mercuruy vehicles.
But sales were down 24.2 percent comparefd with May 2008, when the companyu sold 213,238 units. For the firstg five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compareed with 981,150 units during the same perioed ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyer s might be coming back to the luxurgvehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,56 units in May, a 2.2 percenf increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36r units. Sales of Ford made at the Louisville Assembly Plant on FernValleuy Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salea of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitz a year earlier. Salesa of F-Series pickup trucks, includin Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truckm Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 unitz in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition which began production at Kentuckyt Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 unitss a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentuck Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeart gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 19,7856 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 percent from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenr from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May when it sold542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumerato dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coverr as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiaryg will offer zero percentr financing onselect Ford, Lincoln and Mercuruy vehicles.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Officials discuss combining city, county dispatch centers - Zanesville Times Recorder
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
German legend Matthaus named Bulgaria's coach - MiamiHerald.com
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Source: NCR to move headquarters, 1,300 jobs to Georgia - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The (NYSE: NCR) will move its headquarters and 1,250 jobs to Ga., as well as opening a 550,000-square-foot manufacturinb operation in Macon, Ga., that will employ up to 880 Officialsfor NCR, which has 1,300 workersx in Dayton, could not be immediately reache for comment Monday night. An official from Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland'se office, who spoke to the Dayton Business JournalMonday night, said NCR’s CEO Bill Nuti told Strickland that the compang has been eyeing Georgiaq for some time now. The , with local officials expressinhg frustration that the company was not responding totheirr requests. Georgia Gov.
Sonny Perdue is expected to make the official announcement Tuesday with NCR receivintg tax incentives from the local officialsin Georgia. “Theg (NCR) can’t recruit talent to move to Ohio,” a source told the Chronicle. Montgomery Countgy CommissionerDan Foley, sounding stunned when reacher Monday night, declined comment. In the letter Stricklane sent to NCR dated Monday and obtained by the Dayton Business Journal, the governor said he was trying “to take one last opportunity to urge you to continus your operations in Ohio.” In the letter, Ohio offer s NCR $31.
1 million worth of incentives to keep the operations Strickland's spokesperson declined official comment until the announcemen t is made. NCR's departure woulfd leave a vacant 1.3 five-story office building near Dayton's downtown that is alreadh hurting from high vacancy rates and jobs that have been leaving the city duringv the pastseveral years. The loss of 1,300 high-payingh jobs from the city will have a negativd impacton Dayton's income tax receiptsa at a time when the city has faces multi-million dollar budget deficits that have caused it to reducde its workforce and cut services.
Rashadx Young, Dayton city manager, said the city reached out to NCR multiple times inrecent months, and that the city did all it coulfd to engage the company. Ohio State Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, said he will retain hope untilp the company makes anofficial announcement. “We have on multiple occasione reached out to NCR in an attemptt to identify ways to secure their jobs and grow and be successfuplin Ohio,” Husted said Monday evening. “jI am not willing to give up Phil Parker, president and CEO, left a voice messags after business hours for a reporter Monday sayingh he hadno information.
Toni Bankston, director of marketin and communications for theDayton Chamber, did not returj calls seeking comment. The Daytom Chamber is one of the lead private groups in the city responsible for retention ofexisting companies. In October, NCR said it woulx move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investiny $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbes of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’s second largest company, with 20,00 0 global employees and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008.
The company, whicu sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’se lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,000 employeews in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindle during the past several As recently as twoyears ago, NCR had aboutg 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workerzsince 2007. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasingv an entire floor of the 7 Worl d TradeCenter building. But, on its headquarters remainedin Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoinb a structural reorganization and would cut an unknowb amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “world from the sign at its Dayton though it said at the time it was just temporary.
The (NYSE: NCR) will move its headquarters and 1,250 jobs to Ga., as well as opening a 550,000-square-foot manufacturinb operation in Macon, Ga., that will employ up to 880 Officialsfor NCR, which has 1,300 workersx in Dayton, could not be immediately reache for comment Monday night. An official from Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland'se office, who spoke to the Dayton Business JournalMonday night, said NCR’s CEO Bill Nuti told Strickland that the compang has been eyeing Georgiaq for some time now. The , with local officials expressinhg frustration that the company was not responding totheirr requests. Georgia Gov.
Sonny Perdue is expected to make the official announcement Tuesday with NCR receivintg tax incentives from the local officialsin Georgia. “Theg (NCR) can’t recruit talent to move to Ohio,” a source told the Chronicle. Montgomery Countgy CommissionerDan Foley, sounding stunned when reacher Monday night, declined comment. In the letter Stricklane sent to NCR dated Monday and obtained by the Dayton Business Journal, the governor said he was trying “to take one last opportunity to urge you to continus your operations in Ohio.” In the letter, Ohio offer s NCR $31.
1 million worth of incentives to keep the operations Strickland's spokesperson declined official comment until the announcemen t is made. NCR's departure woulfd leave a vacant 1.3 five-story office building near Dayton's downtown that is alreadh hurting from high vacancy rates and jobs that have been leaving the city duringv the pastseveral years. The loss of 1,300 high-payingh jobs from the city will have a negativd impacton Dayton's income tax receiptsa at a time when the city has faces multi-million dollar budget deficits that have caused it to reducde its workforce and cut services.
Rashadx Young, Dayton city manager, said the city reached out to NCR multiple times inrecent months, and that the city did all it coulfd to engage the company. Ohio State Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, said he will retain hope untilp the company makes anofficial announcement. “We have on multiple occasione reached out to NCR in an attemptt to identify ways to secure their jobs and grow and be successfuplin Ohio,” Husted said Monday evening. “jI am not willing to give up Phil Parker, president and CEO, left a voice messags after business hours for a reporter Monday sayingh he hadno information.
Toni Bankston, director of marketin and communications for theDayton Chamber, did not returj calls seeking comment. The Daytom Chamber is one of the lead private groups in the city responsible for retention ofexisting companies. In October, NCR said it woulx move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investiny $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbes of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’s second largest company, with 20,00 0 global employees and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008.
The company, whicu sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’se lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,000 employeews in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindle during the past several As recently as twoyears ago, NCR had aboutg 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workerzsince 2007. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasingv an entire floor of the 7 Worl d TradeCenter building. But, on its headquarters remainedin Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoinb a structural reorganization and would cut an unknowb amount of itsglobal workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “world from the sign at its Dayton though it said at the time it was just temporary.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Residents say stray dogs terrorizing their neighborhood - KENS 5 TV
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Census Bureau: Cary, Raleigh among top 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities; Durham in top 20 - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Raleigh, Cary and Durham ranked among the 25 fastestf growing large cities in the nation for the 12 monthz that endedJuly 1, 2008, the said in its annuakl population estimates released Wednesday. Cary, which saw its populationm increaseby 6.9 percent, to 129,545, as of July 1, was the nation’s thirdx fastest growing city. Raleigh’s population climbesd by 3.8 percent, to making North Carolina’s capital the eightbh fastest growing city. Durham was ranked 16th with a 3percent increase. Its population rose to 223,284. New Orleans experienced an 8.
2 percenty increase in its population, which rose to making the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the fastesg growing city among places with populations greaterrthan 100,000. Charlotte, which saw its populatio n increaseby 2.7 percent, to 687,456, was ranked Only Texas – with seven cities – had more cities on the list than North Round Rock, Texas, experienced an 8.2 percent increase, with its population rising to 104,446, putting the Texasd city in second place. Colorado and California each had thre cities on the top25 list.
Raleigh, Cary and Durham ranked among the 25 fastestf growing large cities in the nation for the 12 monthz that endedJuly 1, 2008, the said in its annuakl population estimates released Wednesday. Cary, which saw its populationm increaseby 6.9 percent, to 129,545, as of July 1, was the nation’s thirdx fastest growing city. Raleigh’s population climbesd by 3.8 percent, to making North Carolina’s capital the eightbh fastest growing city. Durham was ranked 16th with a 3percent increase. Its population rose to 223,284. New Orleans experienced an 8.
2 percenty increase in its population, which rose to making the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the fastesg growing city among places with populations greaterrthan 100,000. Charlotte, which saw its populatio n increaseby 2.7 percent, to 687,456, was ranked Only Texas – with seven cities – had more cities on the list than North Round Rock, Texas, experienced an 8.2 percent increase, with its population rising to 104,446, putting the Texasd city in second place. Colorado and California each had thre cities on the top25 list.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Real Estate: A new kind of listing for agents specializing in foreclosure - Dayton Business Journal:
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Those are some of the tricks of the trade she learnefd in the 12 years she has exclusivelhy sold foreclosed properties throughher firm, A-1 REO Services LLC, whicu had $15.2 million in sales volume last year. The companhy ranked No. 28 on The Business Review’s latest list of residentialk realestate firms. More than a dozen agentsz sell foreclosed homes inthe region, but few rely on the listingz for most of their sales. “Sometimes I’mk in neighborhoods where there are shootingssand robberies,” said Vann, who is 55, a grandmothe r of six children, and feisty. “ want to blend in with the communitywheres I’m going.
” But the nature of the housingt stock is changing as the slumping economhy ensnares more upper-income people in the web of foreclosure. Cases in Vann recently closed on propertiesz that soldfor $285,000 in Guilderland, $249,000 in West Sand Lake and $342,009 in Burden Lake. Among her current listings is a 3 1/2-bath house with an in-ground pool in the Countryu Knolls subdivision of Ballston Lake for Vann and others who deal with home foreclosures usualluy don’t know why the owners fell hopelesslu behind on mortgage payments, but the reasons job loss, medical bills, divorce, drug addiction s and mental illness.
Some home ownersz die without assigning someone to managedtheir estate. “I had one ... a couple yearas ago where there was a great pay history and then they juststoppedr paying,” said Peter L. an attorney in Cliftojn Park who handles foreclosures on behalfof “We foreclosed, served the papers, and the woman’sz son calls up. He said she hasn’t opened her mail in abouft a year. He asked if he could take careof it.
Although many lives get disrupted everu year when homes are taken back by foreclosures aren’t as big a problemk in the Capital Region as they are in partxs of the country wherer home values skyrocketed in the early 2000s, and then crashe d hard when the real estate bubble burst. The deflated valuesx meant homeowners couldn’t simply refinance to get a more affordablew monthly payment when interest rate s roseon variable-rate mortgages. As a result, many lost propertieas to foreclosure. Bottom of the list?? Not such a bad thing During the firs t quarter ofthis year, the Capital Regionj had one of the lowest home foreclosure rates in the ranking No.
186 on a list of the top 203 metropolita statistical areas with populations over accordingto RealtyTrac.com. There were 287 properties in some stage of the foreclosurr process during the first three months ofthe year, or just 0.08 percenyt of all owner-occupied and rented households in the Vann and one of her competitors, Todd Drakde of Empire Real Estate Management, said the firsrt quarter of this year was slow because of moratoriumd that were enacted by home mortgags giants and . Thos moratoriums, which have since been created a backlog of properties that are expectede to flow into the foreclosure pipeline in the coming Drake said.
“We believe it’s going to catch up this Drake said. Vann said she had 152 closings last most of which were througuhthe . Empire Real Estate Managementy in Latham sold 144 houses througn the Capital Region MLSlast year, plus 17 in surrounding according to Drake. Total sales volume in the Capitalo Regionwas $13.1 million. Drake, 33, started his companyy seven years ago after handling some foreclosuree sales while working inanotheer agent’s office. He concentrates on foreclosuresthesw days, but also manages apartment buildings.
The business arrangement with lenders variew onforeclosed homes, but typically the real estatde agency is responsible for cleaning out, securing and maintaininhg a foreclosed home until it’s
Those are some of the tricks of the trade she learnefd in the 12 years she has exclusivelhy sold foreclosed properties throughher firm, A-1 REO Services LLC, whicu had $15.2 million in sales volume last year. The companhy ranked No. 28 on The Business Review’s latest list of residentialk realestate firms. More than a dozen agentsz sell foreclosed homes inthe region, but few rely on the listingz for most of their sales. “Sometimes I’mk in neighborhoods where there are shootingssand robberies,” said Vann, who is 55, a grandmothe r of six children, and feisty. “ want to blend in with the communitywheres I’m going.
” But the nature of the housingt stock is changing as the slumping economhy ensnares more upper-income people in the web of foreclosure. Cases in Vann recently closed on propertiesz that soldfor $285,000 in Guilderland, $249,000 in West Sand Lake and $342,009 in Burden Lake. Among her current listings is a 3 1/2-bath house with an in-ground pool in the Countryu Knolls subdivision of Ballston Lake for Vann and others who deal with home foreclosures usualluy don’t know why the owners fell hopelesslu behind on mortgage payments, but the reasons job loss, medical bills, divorce, drug addiction s and mental illness.
Some home ownersz die without assigning someone to managedtheir estate. “I had one ... a couple yearas ago where there was a great pay history and then they juststoppedr paying,” said Peter L. an attorney in Cliftojn Park who handles foreclosures on behalfof “We foreclosed, served the papers, and the woman’sz son calls up. He said she hasn’t opened her mail in abouft a year. He asked if he could take careof it.
Although many lives get disrupted everu year when homes are taken back by foreclosures aren’t as big a problemk in the Capital Region as they are in partxs of the country wherer home values skyrocketed in the early 2000s, and then crashe d hard when the real estate bubble burst. The deflated valuesx meant homeowners couldn’t simply refinance to get a more affordablew monthly payment when interest rate s roseon variable-rate mortgages. As a result, many lost propertieas to foreclosure. Bottom of the list?? Not such a bad thing During the firs t quarter ofthis year, the Capital Regionj had one of the lowest home foreclosure rates in the ranking No.
186 on a list of the top 203 metropolita statistical areas with populations over accordingto RealtyTrac.com. There were 287 properties in some stage of the foreclosurr process during the first three months ofthe year, or just 0.08 percenyt of all owner-occupied and rented households in the Vann and one of her competitors, Todd Drakde of Empire Real Estate Management, said the firsrt quarter of this year was slow because of moratoriumd that were enacted by home mortgags giants and . Thos moratoriums, which have since been created a backlog of properties that are expectede to flow into the foreclosure pipeline in the coming Drake said.
“We believe it’s going to catch up this Drake said. Vann said she had 152 closings last most of which were througuhthe . Empire Real Estate Managementy in Latham sold 144 houses througn the Capital Region MLSlast year, plus 17 in surrounding according to Drake. Total sales volume in the Capitalo Regionwas $13.1 million. Drake, 33, started his companyy seven years ago after handling some foreclosuree sales while working inanotheer agent’s office. He concentrates on foreclosuresthesw days, but also manages apartment buildings.
The business arrangement with lenders variew onforeclosed homes, but typically the real estatde agency is responsible for cleaning out, securing and maintaininhg a foreclosed home until it’s
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Dish Network to hand out converter boxes in Houston - Houston Business Journal:
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The estimates that 1.6 million peopl in the Houston area have orderes coupons for theirconvertere boxes, but only 870,172 coupons have been redeemee as of May 30. The “Coupon program is a nationwide initiative to get customers readyg for the conversion to digital television signals onJune 12. Converter boxes are only available to those with avalid $40 Customers can go to Cossaboom YMCA at 7903 Southn Loop East on June 5, or M.D. Anderson Family YMCA at 705 Cavalcade onJune 6. Dish Network handec out about 400 boxes in Dallasslast weekend, according to Marcel a spokesman for the company. The current plan is to hand out aboutg 400 to 500 boxesin Houston.
Guajardp said representatives from the FCC will also be on hand to answe questions related to the digital conversion and what householdse need to do to be ready forthe switch.
The estimates that 1.6 million peopl in the Houston area have orderes coupons for theirconvertere boxes, but only 870,172 coupons have been redeemee as of May 30. The “Coupon program is a nationwide initiative to get customers readyg for the conversion to digital television signals onJune 12. Converter boxes are only available to those with avalid $40 Customers can go to Cossaboom YMCA at 7903 Southn Loop East on June 5, or M.D. Anderson Family YMCA at 705 Cavalcade onJune 6. Dish Network handec out about 400 boxes in Dallasslast weekend, according to Marcel a spokesman for the company. The current plan is to hand out aboutg 400 to 500 boxesin Houston.
Guajardp said representatives from the FCC will also be on hand to answe questions related to the digital conversion and what householdse need to do to be ready forthe switch.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Gates Foundation gives $16M to colleges - Washington Business Journal:
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million to 15 community collegea and five states in an effort to help struggling studentscompletw college. The Development Education Initiative will award the fundingto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communith colleges in each state plus one more in North Carolina. No collegese or programs in Washington state will receive fundingb underthe program. For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in Decembere oflast year, will be awarded to and distributex by , a North Carolina-based “They wanted us to identify initiatives, programs and policiesz that are already being trie d and had promise,” said Richarde Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiative seeks to support programs that help studenta enrolled in remedialprogramsw — so-called refresher coursed for students who are not up to grade level in a givej subject. The goal is to improve classroom performance so student s can go on to take advance courses and eventually graduate with a degree or A cited by the Gates Foundatiohn found that nearly 60 percent of studentsx enrolling inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedial courses. Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billion a according to the report.
The grants are part of the Gated Foundation’s work to help more studentas graduate from college oruniversity programs, an important education milestone that the foundationb says is essential to earning a livinvg wage in today’s economy. The grants will support various statwe andcollege programs, including efforts to collectt data and better track the performance of remedial The Development Education Initiative is also being supportedd with $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluationb and communications.
million to 15 community collegea and five states in an effort to help struggling studentscompletw college. The Development Education Initiative will award the fundingto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communith colleges in each state plus one more in North Carolina. No collegese or programs in Washington state will receive fundingb underthe program. For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in Decembere oflast year, will be awarded to and distributex by , a North Carolina-based “They wanted us to identify initiatives, programs and policiesz that are already being trie d and had promise,” said Richarde Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiative seeks to support programs that help studenta enrolled in remedialprogramsw — so-called refresher coursed for students who are not up to grade level in a givej subject. The goal is to improve classroom performance so student s can go on to take advance courses and eventually graduate with a degree or A cited by the Gates Foundatiohn found that nearly 60 percent of studentsx enrolling inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedial courses. Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billion a according to the report.
The grants are part of the Gated Foundation’s work to help more studentas graduate from college oruniversity programs, an important education milestone that the foundationb says is essential to earning a livinvg wage in today’s economy. The grants will support various statwe andcollege programs, including efforts to collectt data and better track the performance of remedial The Development Education Initiative is also being supportedd with $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluationb and communications.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Streamline jumps into black for 1Q - Birmingham Business Journal:
http://www.utahbee.com/authors/author-1080.html
The software company reported net incomweof $16,300, or zero cents per compared to a net loss of $815,000, or 9 cente per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 million from $3.6 million. The one analysyt who covers the company expected a net loss of 2 centd on revenuesof $3.5 Systems sales and service, maintenance and supporgt revenues both rose 12 percent during the while application hosting services revenue s fell 23 percent, the company said in a news “We continue to make progress in movinb this business forward to the point of becomingv consistently profitable; that is our main strategic goal,” said CEO Briabn Patsy in the release.
In early Streamline won a contract valuedr at morethan $1 million to integratee its document workflow solutions into an electronic medical recorde system at a Canadian health care region, Patsy It is the second Canadian contracr the company has won in the past year. Despite the bettert news, shares of Streamline (NASDAQ: STRM), followede most tech stocks down onWednesday morning, losingv more than 8 percent, or 26 cents, to $2.89.
Streamlinde Health Solutions, based in Cincinnati, is a supplie of workflow and documentmanagement tools, applicationsa and services to businesses, specifically health-care
The software company reported net incomweof $16,300, or zero cents per compared to a net loss of $815,000, or 9 cente per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 million from $3.6 million. The one analysyt who covers the company expected a net loss of 2 centd on revenuesof $3.5 Systems sales and service, maintenance and supporgt revenues both rose 12 percent during the while application hosting services revenue s fell 23 percent, the company said in a news “We continue to make progress in movinb this business forward to the point of becomingv consistently profitable; that is our main strategic goal,” said CEO Briabn Patsy in the release.
In early Streamline won a contract valuedr at morethan $1 million to integratee its document workflow solutions into an electronic medical recorde system at a Canadian health care region, Patsy It is the second Canadian contracr the company has won in the past year. Despite the bettert news, shares of Streamline (NASDAQ: STRM), followede most tech stocks down onWednesday morning, losingv more than 8 percent, or 26 cents, to $2.89.
Streamlinde Health Solutions, based in Cincinnati, is a supplie of workflow and documentmanagement tools, applicationsa and services to businesses, specifically health-care
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Delta improves on-time rate in April; Comair slips - Denver Business Journal:
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Atlanta-based Delta ranked 12th of 19 airlinesin April, with an on-timed rate of 76.5 percent, up from 73.9 percen in March. Delta subsidiary Comair rankedc 19th, with an on-time rate of 68.6 percent, comparedf to 74.4 percent in March. The average on-time rate for all 19 U.S. airlinex was 79.1 percent in according to the The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airportr had an on-time arrival rate of 83.7 percent and an on-tims departure rate of 83.4 percent for the month, down from 84.3 percent and 84 percent, in March. Delta ranked 15th of 19 for mishandledx baggage, with 5.05 reportsd per 1,000 passengers, versus 6.06 the montyh before, while Comair was 16th, with 5.
07 reportw per 1,000 passengers, bettering its 5.75 in March. In the consumert complaints area, Delta ranked with 2.02 complaints per 100,000 compared to 2.06 the month before, while Comair was fourth, with 0.35 complaints per 100,000o enplanements, unchanged from March. Delta (NYSE: DAL) operates a hub at the Cincinnati/Northerj Kentucky International Airport. Commuter airline Comair is basedin
Atlanta-based Delta ranked 12th of 19 airlinesin April, with an on-timed rate of 76.5 percent, up from 73.9 percen in March. Delta subsidiary Comair rankedc 19th, with an on-time rate of 68.6 percent, comparedf to 74.4 percent in March. The average on-time rate for all 19 U.S. airlinex was 79.1 percent in according to the The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airportr had an on-time arrival rate of 83.7 percent and an on-tims departure rate of 83.4 percent for the month, down from 84.3 percent and 84 percent, in March. Delta ranked 15th of 19 for mishandledx baggage, with 5.05 reportsd per 1,000 passengers, versus 6.06 the montyh before, while Comair was 16th, with 5.
07 reportw per 1,000 passengers, bettering its 5.75 in March. In the consumert complaints area, Delta ranked with 2.02 complaints per 100,000 compared to 2.06 the month before, while Comair was fourth, with 0.35 complaints per 100,000o enplanements, unchanged from March. Delta (NYSE: DAL) operates a hub at the Cincinnati/Northerj Kentucky International Airport. Commuter airline Comair is basedin
Sunday, September 5, 2010
SoCal regional board backs lowered emission goals - BusinessWeek
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SoCal regional board backs lowered emission goals BusinessWeek The Southern California Association of Governments' regional council on Thursday voted 29-21 to try to reduce emissions by 6 percent by 2020 and 8 percent ... Builders, environmentalists split on decision on emissions reductions SCAG rejects air pollution reduction targets SoCal board endorses lowered emission goals |
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists - Reuters
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Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists Reuters Of 7700 colonoscopies done by a family physician, 6.4 percent were followed up with a repeat procedure within the year. The corresponding figures were 5.6 ... Study: Non-Specialists Repeat Colonoscopies With Greater Frequency Than ... |
Thursday, September 2, 2010
MoogFest 2010 - Rage In Asheville Halloween Weekend - Music Indistry News Network
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MoogFest 2010 - Rage In Asheville Halloween Weekend Music Indistry News Network MoogFest be held primarily at the Asheville Civic Center and the adjoining Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. Other shows are scheduled for music venue The Orange ... |
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