Saturday, October 30, 2010

Steele fires 65, takes control in finale at Daniel Island - PGA Tour

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Steele fires 65, takes control in finale at Daniel Island

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CHARLESTON, SC -- Californian Brendan Steele took a big step toward earning his 2011 PGA TOUR card today by firing a ...


Steele takes 5-stroke lead in Nationwide finale

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Friday, October 29, 2010

Johnston mayoral challengers hope to harness discontent - Providence Journal

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Johnston mayoral challengers hope to harness discontent

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JOHNSTON â€" Two challengers, a trucker with a master's degree and a singer who performs in nursing homes for a living, are targeting Mayor ...



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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Chick-fil-A debuts peach milkshake - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The fast-food chain will offer a peach flavod hand-spun milkshake from June 1 througbh Aug. 22 at the chain's mall and stand-alon restaurants. The Peach Milkshake is made with realpeachew "home-style" ice cream and is topped with light whipped cream and a maraschino Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A also will introduce a smallerf milkshake option that will remain on the menu Chick-fil-A Milkshakes will be sold in 14 oz. or 20 oz. cups and pricedf at $2.49 and $2.89, at most locations.
"We continue to build upon the overallk success ofour hand-spujn milkshakes by creating limited-time flavors as a way to celebratew special times of the year," said Wood y Faulk, Chick-fil-A vice president of brandx development, in a "Our previous limited-time flavors have helpec maintain interest in our milkshake line amonv existing customers and also have helped us win new customerzs who were not aware of Chick-fil-A's Some might say it's about time that the chain basecd in Georgia, the 'Peach comes up with a great-tasting peach shake with real peaches in it." Chick-fil-A, with more than 1,440o locations in 38 states and Washington, D.C.
, generated more than $2.96 billion in saleas in 2008.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

TBBJ

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Name of the firms making the Tampza Bay BusinessJournal ’s annual list are shown below in alphabeticalo order. As part of the process, event sponsor Tampa accounting firm Kirkland Russ Murphy Tapp PA coordinates the data submitted by candidatw firms to create a safe haven for potentiallyproprietarh numbers. Among the criteriaa to make the list is a annuall revenue thresholdof $1 millionj or more since 2006 and consecutive annua l growth since then. The ranking order, basedf on revenue growth for the pastthree years, will be revealef at TBBJ’s annual Fast 50 luncheohn at the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tamp July 23. • AgileThought Inc. • Alltrust Insurance Inc.
• American Healthcar e Holdings Inc. • AnazaoHealth Corp. and Affiliates Celestar Corp. • Central Maintenancd & Welding Inc. • Corporate Interiorx Inc.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Four Buffett picks you can get cheaper than he did: COP, KFT, SNY, USB - GuruFocus.com

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Four Buffett picks you can get cheaper than he did: COP, KFT, SNY, USB

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Experts Question Evaluating Teachers with Student Test Scores - WNYC

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Experts Question Evaluating Teachers with Student Test Scores

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The teachers union's argument for not releasing the names hinges in large part on an agreement it had with the city to fight any requests for them by the ...


City Room: City and Union Agree to Wait on Release of Teacher Data

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Deal between city, teachers union, will delay release of controversial teacher ...

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New York City delays releasing controversial teacher ratings

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Bemis to buy Alcan Packaging Americas unit - The Business Review (Albany):

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billion. Neenah-based Bemis, a manufacturef of flexible packaging and pressure sensitivd materialsfor food, consumefr products and other companies, said it is buying the Food Americaws operations of Alcan from plc, an internationak mining company. Bemis will acquire 23 Food Americas flexible packaging facilities in theUnitef States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and New The transaction includes Alcan facilities in Neenah, Menasha and Boscobel, according to a Bemisz spokeswoman. The 23 facilities produce flexible packaging for the food and beveragd industries and employabout 4,600 For the year ended Dec. 31, 2008, Chicago-based Alcanj Packaging Food Americas recorded net salesof $1.
5 billiom and adjusted earnings before expensees of approximately $166 million. "Both Bemizs and Alcan Packaginghave strong, collaborative relationships with renowned food and consume r products customers," said Henry Theisen, Bemis presidenty and CEO. "We each have a long historyt of dedication to outstanding quality and manufacturing In poolingour resources, we will diversift our existing technologies and product lined which will broaden our productf offering and augment our technical capabilities." The transactionn will boost Bemis’s annual net salex 40 percent to approximately $5.
3 with approximately 70 percent, up from 57 percent, of totapl Bemis net sales coming from resiliengt food packaging. The addition of Alcan'z employees will increase the company's global work forcwe to more than 20,000o employees at 84 manufacturingblocations worldwide. Bemis expects to achieve more than $65 millioj in annual cost savings by the end of the second Management intends to fund the purchase price with a combinationof $1 billionm in debt and $200 million in equity. and are actinhg as financial advisers to Bemis for this while LLP is acting as primary lega adviserto Bemis.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

New Orleans Saints release linebacker Clint Ingram - NOLA.com

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New Orleans Saints release linebacker Clint Ingram

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The New Orleans Saints have released linebacker Clint Ingram, who became eligible this week to return from the physic »

Monday, October 18, 2010

Consumer confidence falls in June - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Inde droppedto 49.3, compared to 54.8 in May, the most recen t evidence that the economh continues to struggle. Consume spending accounts for about two-thirds of the economuy in the United States, making a declins in consumer confidence a worrg from Main Street to Wall The Dow Jones industrial average was down 112 pointwsto 8,417 in midday trading Tuesday. Consumers are downbeat when it comes tothe short- and long-term outlook with the recession. The Preseng Situation Index — how do you feel today — droppedf to 24.8 this month, from 29.7 in May.
And consumerx are glum about the nextsix months, with the Expectationsx Index falling to 65.5, from 71.5 in May. The Presentg Situation Index declinewas “caused by a less favorable assessmentf of business conditions and employment, (and) continues to implyy that economic conditions, while not as weak as earliert this year, are nonetheless weak,” director Lynn Franco said in a news release Consumer confidence plummeted to a record-low 25.3 in The economy has strong growth when the index reaches 100. The Conference Board contactsw 5,000 households for the monthly index.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

30-doctor GCAP group wants to leave Alliance - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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GCAP, a primary care group with about 30 joined the hospital system only 20months ago. Now it’s claiming a litany of contractg violationsthat “have seriously affected the ability of the physiciands to provide excellent health care for their many In a June 3 letter to Health Alliance CEO Ken Hanover, the doctors list 15 including: • Lack of 12 months’ noticwe on changes in contractual including payment of benefits; • failure to pay leading to the “embarrassing shutdown of services necessary to operate our The doctors on Wednesday filed a complaint in Hamilton County Commomn Pleas Court.
They ask to be releasede from service to the Healthy Alliance and for damages andattorneyu fees. When it joined the Health Allianceein 2007, GCAP was the only large, independenft practice of its type in the area. It becamwe a wholly owned subsidiary of thehospitaol system, which includes University, Jewish and Fort Hamilton and the . The practice had hopec to benefit from a complete electronivc health records system that could interactt withthe Alliance’s hospitals, as well as the abilit y to expand geographically and recruit doctors more Health Alliance spokesman Tony in a written statement, said the health systej was "surprised and disappointed" by the lettefr and complaint.
He said the Alliance had initially tried to negotiater withthe physicians, then offered independenft arbitration, which the practice refused. The Alliance was preparingb for preliminary discussions to sever the relationship when the lawsuitwas "This litigation violates the terms of the servicew agreement, which requires us to resolve disputed such as this with a neutral We would therefore encourage the GCAP physiciana to uphold their contractual obligations and not pursue costly litigation," accordingh to the statement. withdrew from the Health Alliance following a long court battle that began inMarcu 2006.
It started operating independentlty in 2008 but only signed a final settlement agreemenrt inJanuary 2009. The two St. Luke hospitals similarly reaching a settlement with the Healthy Alliance inSeptember 2008. St. Luke has merged with .

Friday, October 15, 2010

Report: Up to 10 banks to repay TARP funds - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The department said the institutions, which were not have met the requirements for repaymenrt established by federalbanking supervisors. It notes that many banks recently have raisedc equity capital from private investors and haveissuexd long-term debt that is not guaranteede by the government. “These repayments are an encouraginh sign offinancial repair, but we stilpl have work to do,” Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner However, some media reports listed one or two The Wall Street Journal reportecd the list of financial institutions will includre (NYSE: JPM), (NYSE: AXP), (NYSE: BK), COF) and (NYSE: GS).
— the only Georgia bank on the stresss testlist — is still working to receive regulatoryh approval to repay its $4.9 billion in TARP funds, said investorr relations director Steve Shriner. "Clearly we have a desirw to do it," he said. "But it is a mattere of getting some clarithy on what we need todo — what boxesw we need to checm — and what the regulators need to see for Shriner said the bank wants to repat its TARP funds, borrowe in two payouts last fall, "as soon as it is Some banks have been raising funds aftee the stress tests revealed they needed to boost including SunTrust needing to raise $2.2 To date, .
More than 600 banksx received a total ofnearly $200 billiomn through the department’s Capital Purchase About $2 billion of this money was paid back Under the program, banks that repay their preferredr stock can repurchase the warrants that the Treasuryg Department holds. Besides the proceeds from the salesw ofthe warrants, the department also has received $4.5 billiomn in dividend payments from program participants. Proceeds from the repaymentd to go theTreasury Department’s generalk fund. They can be used to reduce the nationaol debt and can serve as a cushio in case the department needs to respond to financial emergencies inthe future, the department said.
The in earlg May released the results from itsstresds test. The regulatory tests were designed to projectr howthe country’s 19 largest banks would perform undere a variety of economid scenarios by the end of 2010. • • -- $33.o billion • . -- No need The • • -- $5.5 billion • -- $1.1 billiojn

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Ferrin touts port

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Rick Ferrin told members of the Propeller Club of the Uniterd States that traffic handled bythe authority’a tenants and customers has been increasing, unlike many other U.S. ports. “We are ideally situated to becom thefirst post-Panamax port of call on the East Coast,” said For this to happen, the port needs to deepen the rived so that when the Panama Canalp is expanded in 2014, larger shipw can call on the docks. Ferrin said the authorityg expectsthe deepening, improving the port’sd surrounding infrastructure and other projects to cost about $1.4 The Army Corps of Engineers accelerated study on the proposed dredgingy is expected within eight months.
Ferrin expectws the deepening to be approvedin 2010. “Thehn I’ll have the fight of my life inWashington D.C. to get the he said. The final phase of deepening is expectedc to begin in with completion as soonas 2014. He said fundintg could come from a variety of including bonds, federal funding and the proposedr stimulus package. Although Ltd’s planned $300 milliojn terminal isn’t shovel-ready, meaning ground could be broken withinm120 days, it may stil get funding through a second stimulus package, if ther is one. The 88-acre terminal is expecte to directly and indirectly createabout 5,70 jobs and have an annual $1 billion impactt on the area.
When the Mitsui and TraPa terminalsare completed, the port expectss about 1.6 million containers to pass throug Jacksonville. To prevent roads from becoming jammerd by theexpected 6,000 to 7,000 trucks coming to the terminalx daily, the surrounding roads and rail lines need to be said Ferrin. Short-term infrastructure projects to alleviate traffic arealreadgy underway, but more than $100 million in projects will be needed in the long-term, he Mayor John Peyton has alreadyt set aside $50 million toward port-related The maritime industry, which has gained prominence largely due to the globa economy, is facing one of the most challengingt times in its history, Ferrij said.
The space available for shipsw has increased by 13 percent but demand has only increaser by about5 percent. He said many orders for new ships have been postponed or Asian trade is down about10 percent, European tradwe is down 5 percent to 6 Latin America trade is down 3 to 4 percent and Africaj trade is flat, Ferrin said. The slump in Asian trade is being experienced at the newTraPad Terminal, which was expected to receive two to three shipds per week. Only one ship calls per week but Ferrinj hopes more ships will be addedwhen TraPac’s parent company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines changes its shipping schedulesin July.
Tota l traffic handled by the authority’s customers is up about 9 Container traffic is up17 percent, auto trafficf and break bulk has increasede about 5 percent and bulk traffic is flat. Within the next decade, Ferrin foresees the port havingv three to four majotcargo terminals, making it the thirdx largest port on the East He sees the port affectinh directly and indirectly about 75,000 jobs.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Rejoice! East Side bus riders get a little curbside service with express ride - New York Daily News

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Rejoice! East Side bus riders get a little curbside service with express ride

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A new, faster East Side bus service started Sunday - and Mayor Bloomberg was one of the first riders, jumping onboard for a trip up Second ...


MTA debuts faster bus service for First and Second avenues

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Rolling Out Speedier Bus System, to Glitches and Grumbles

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Amber alert for missing Hickory girl - Hickory Daily Record

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Amber alert for missing Hickory girl

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By From Staff Reports Police are searching for missing 10-year-old Zahra Claire Baker. She was last seen sleeping in her bed around 2:30 am She was reported ...


Amber Alert for missing child

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Amber Alert issued for Hickory girl

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Amber Alert issued for missing Hickory girl

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Friday, October 8, 2010

Betty Louise (Farrell) Barker Cline - Mountain Statesman

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Betty Louise (Farrell) Barker Cline

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Betty Louise (Farrell) Barker Cline went to be with The Lord on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, after a brief stay at Monongalia General Hospital, in Morgantown ...



Sunday, October 3, 2010

Homemade bomb thrown over fence injures Battle Ground woman - Seattle Times

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Homemade bomb thrown over fence injures Battle Ground woman

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A Battle Ground woman was injured when a homemade bomb in an energy- drink bottle exploded after it was thrown over her fence. ...



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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Joint Chiefs head says Pakistan rift can be fixed - The Associated Press

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Joint Chiefs head says Pakistan rift can be fixed

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TUCSON, Ariz. â€" The US and Pakistan can work through a rift that has led to the closing of a key supply route for US troops in Afghanistan, the chairman of ...



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Friday, October 1, 2010

Three is magic number for Padres vs. Giants - MLB.com

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Three is magic number for Padres vs. Giants

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Fast forward 30 years, and the Padres find themselves in a similar predicament as they open a critical three-game series against the Giants on Friday night ...


Padres-Giants Preview

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Padres on cusp of elimination after loss to Cubs

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