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Thursday, September 30, 2010
House approves Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act - Washington Post
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Home, cheap home: Every ZIP code in the Triad has seen drop in home values - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The median price of homezs dropped between 2007 and 2009 in every one of 43 ZIP codese locatedin Alamance, Forsyth and Guilford according to data obtained by The Business Journal. The dropzs range from 5.5 percent in Clemmons to 15.6 percent in Summerfield, accordinb to the data, compilefd by California-based research firm ESRI. Realtors and home buyers in the Triadf say the declining priced come down to asimple equation: Too many homed and too few buyers. After monthxs of resistance, real estate agents say sellerz finally seem more than willing to lower their asking prices in order to selltheir houses.
“Buyerz have been this way for a while, but the sellerzs are really coming around, and they’re startinbg to understand they’re not goinbg to be able to hold out,” said Steve broker and head of Burlington-based . Sincre 2007, Guilford County has seen some of the biggest drops in mediamhome prices, with areas such as Summerfield, Oak Colfax and certain Greensboro ZIP codezs — 27455, 27408, 27401 and 27410 — fallinyg by 14 percent or more. Forsyth Countg ZIP codes, meanwhile, generally trended toward the middlde ofthe list, with prices falling around 10 percent to 12 percent. Alamancse County fared best, with pricea declining 5 percent to9 percent.
No area lost bigge than Summerfield, in the 27358 ZIP code. In the median home price was $191,457. Sinc then, it’s dropped more than 15 to $161,579, according to ESRI. Rick Wotring knowsx that first hand. He and his wife, Dee, had not plannec to trade up from their starter home in Lake Jeanett e for anothertwo years. But with pricess falling, they began looking a few months ago fordistressed properties.
They founr plenty to choose from, and last month, they closedf on a new home in Henson Foresy in Summerfield that was foreclosed on after the builder went out of Ayear ago, he said, he couldn’t afford the 3,900-square-foot home which came with another 1,400-square-feet of unfinished basemenr — when it was listec for $509,000. But the bank that had foreclose d on it was eager to get rid of the he said, and the Wotringsa got 20 percent off the price, plus closingb costs and other concessions, making it feasible. His advice ? “Don’t get attached to one piece of property, or you lose your negotiatinvg position,” he said.
Realtors such as Wotring’ s agent, broker Nancy Hess, said they have seen cases like the Wotringd inthat area, which had a lot of new residentialo construction in the last several With the market struggling, builderws are either slashing prices to move inventory, or going out of businesds altogether, leaving lenders to sell off their homee at discounted rates, Hess said. The challenge now, Wotringy said, is selling their former 1,500-square-foot home, whichb they just listed at $170,000. He’s hopinh the fact that it’s in a popular price rangd right now, and that he and his wife made some will helpit sell.
But he said they migh have to drop the asking price ifthere isn’gt a response in the next 60 days. Triadr real estate agents say that the majority of the decline in home values has come withihn thelast year. Mary Preston Yates, a broker with Carolinad Realtyin Winston-Salem, said she starterd to notice a slowing of the market — and a correspondinfg drop in the price homes could fetch last spring. But, she said, they fell even faste after the economy ground to a haltlast fall.
“Frok September to December, it was very noticeable,” she Beyond the obvious factors — the subprime debacle, the slowing economy and tightcredit markets, to name but a few — many Triadc ZIP codes had their own unique factore contributing to a drop in home While new construction has tended to hurt prices in growintg areas like Summerfield, other areas have been hit hard by
The median price of homezs dropped between 2007 and 2009 in every one of 43 ZIP codese locatedin Alamance, Forsyth and Guilford according to data obtained by The Business Journal. The dropzs range from 5.5 percent in Clemmons to 15.6 percent in Summerfield, accordinb to the data, compilefd by California-based research firm ESRI. Realtors and home buyers in the Triadf say the declining priced come down to asimple equation: Too many homed and too few buyers. After monthxs of resistance, real estate agents say sellerz finally seem more than willing to lower their asking prices in order to selltheir houses.
“Buyerz have been this way for a while, but the sellerzs are really coming around, and they’re startinbg to understand they’re not goinbg to be able to hold out,” said Steve broker and head of Burlington-based . Sincre 2007, Guilford County has seen some of the biggest drops in mediamhome prices, with areas such as Summerfield, Oak Colfax and certain Greensboro ZIP codezs — 27455, 27408, 27401 and 27410 — fallinyg by 14 percent or more. Forsyth Countg ZIP codes, meanwhile, generally trended toward the middlde ofthe list, with prices falling around 10 percent to 12 percent. Alamancse County fared best, with pricea declining 5 percent to9 percent.
No area lost bigge than Summerfield, in the 27358 ZIP code. In the median home price was $191,457. Sinc then, it’s dropped more than 15 to $161,579, according to ESRI. Rick Wotring knowsx that first hand. He and his wife, Dee, had not plannec to trade up from their starter home in Lake Jeanett e for anothertwo years. But with pricess falling, they began looking a few months ago fordistressed properties.
They founr plenty to choose from, and last month, they closedf on a new home in Henson Foresy in Summerfield that was foreclosed on after the builder went out of Ayear ago, he said, he couldn’t afford the 3,900-square-foot home which came with another 1,400-square-feet of unfinished basemenr — when it was listec for $509,000. But the bank that had foreclose d on it was eager to get rid of the he said, and the Wotringsa got 20 percent off the price, plus closingb costs and other concessions, making it feasible. His advice ? “Don’t get attached to one piece of property, or you lose your negotiatinvg position,” he said.
Realtors such as Wotring’ s agent, broker Nancy Hess, said they have seen cases like the Wotringd inthat area, which had a lot of new residentialo construction in the last several With the market struggling, builderws are either slashing prices to move inventory, or going out of businesds altogether, leaving lenders to sell off their homee at discounted rates, Hess said. The challenge now, Wotringy said, is selling their former 1,500-square-foot home, whichb they just listed at $170,000. He’s hopinh the fact that it’s in a popular price rangd right now, and that he and his wife made some will helpit sell.
But he said they migh have to drop the asking price ifthere isn’gt a response in the next 60 days. Triadr real estate agents say that the majority of the decline in home values has come withihn thelast year. Mary Preston Yates, a broker with Carolinad Realtyin Winston-Salem, said she starterd to notice a slowing of the market — and a correspondinfg drop in the price homes could fetch last spring. But, she said, they fell even faste after the economy ground to a haltlast fall.
“Frok September to December, it was very noticeable,” she Beyond the obvious factors — the subprime debacle, the slowing economy and tightcredit markets, to name but a few — many Triadc ZIP codes had their own unique factore contributing to a drop in home While new construction has tended to hurt prices in growintg areas like Summerfield, other areas have been hit hard by
Monday, September 27, 2010
Bechtler Museum to open Jan. 2 - Charlotte Business Journal:
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It will be the only museum dedicated to the exhibitionjof mid-20th-century European modern art in the Construction of the four-story, 36,500-square-foot museumj is nearing completion. The facility is namefd for the family of Andreas a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerland who assembler and inherited a collection of morethan 1,400o artworks. The Bechtler collection reflects most of the importanyt art movements and schools from the20th century. Only a handful of the artworks in the Bechtler collection have been on publixc view in theUnited States. Until now, the collectionm was privately held by the Bechtler family and has since been committede to the cityof Charlotte.
The Bechtler Museu m of Modern is part ofa public-private partnershi that is creating new and culturalo facilities along Charlotte’s South Tryon Street corridor. Joinint the Bechtler on the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus are the Mint Museukmof Art, the Knight Theater and the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African AmericanArts & To introduce the museum and the collectio to the public, an interim Web site has been launchede at www.bechtler.org.
It will be the only museum dedicated to the exhibitionjof mid-20th-century European modern art in the Construction of the four-story, 36,500-square-foot museumj is nearing completion. The facility is namefd for the family of Andreas a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerland who assembler and inherited a collection of morethan 1,400o artworks. The Bechtler collection reflects most of the importanyt art movements and schools from the20th century. Only a handful of the artworks in the Bechtler collection have been on publixc view in theUnited States. Until now, the collectionm was privately held by the Bechtler family and has since been committede to the cityof Charlotte.
The Bechtler Museu m of Modern is part ofa public-private partnershi that is creating new and culturalo facilities along Charlotte’s South Tryon Street corridor. Joinint the Bechtler on the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus are the Mint Museukmof Art, the Knight Theater and the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African AmericanArts & To introduce the museum and the collectio to the public, an interim Web site has been launchede at www.bechtler.org.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Existing iPhone owners may face stiff upgrade cost - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
http://www.anganusa.com/article/What-Soaps-Are-Good-For-Oily-Skin-.html
The prices announced, from $199 for an 16-gigabyte model to $299 for a 32-gigabyted version, only apply to "neww and qualified" buyers. But existing owners who want to swap to the newdeviceds won't get the big subsidy from (NYSE:T), the iPhone'sw exclusive service provider, that new customers will get. They will have to wait untik theirexisting 2-year service contract runs out to get the lowee price. That boosts the price on the new phoneszfrom $199 with a new contract on the 16-gigabytee model to $399.
Upgrading the 32-gigabyted model will cost $499 versus $299 for new This represents a change in policy from when the curreng iPhone 3G was released last year and existing owners were allowecd to upgrade at the same priced asnew customers. When that however, AT&T ends up absorbinf the cost of the new subsidyh on thenew phone, something it apparentlt doesn't plan to do this MG Siegler writes on the TechCrunch "Why this matters is that the dislike of mixed with a not huge update to the iPhone and a highe r subsidized price could be a perfect stor for users that normally would not to.
I probablu will because the iPhone is integral to my work and I could use more speerand power, but the fact that I’m questioninv it should say something. I didn’ty question it for a seconxd last year." A thirc and long-awaited $99 iPhones price for the 8-gigabyte version announced Monday byApplw (NASDAQ:AAPL) appears aimed at luring customers away from the new Palm Pre whose sales began on Saturday. The Pre coste $199 with a $100 mail-in rebatw and a two-year service contracr with (NYSE:S), its exclusivs service provider. Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) said late on Mondayy that sales of the Pre broke its previous records for a new but declined to giveexactg figures.
Analysts estimated that there werebetween 50,000 and 100,00p0 of the devices sold and worried that the companyg could face a problem in keeping up with
The prices announced, from $199 for an 16-gigabyte model to $299 for a 32-gigabyted version, only apply to "neww and qualified" buyers. But existing owners who want to swap to the newdeviceds won't get the big subsidy from (NYSE:T), the iPhone'sw exclusive service provider, that new customers will get. They will have to wait untik theirexisting 2-year service contract runs out to get the lowee price. That boosts the price on the new phoneszfrom $199 with a new contract on the 16-gigabytee model to $399.
Upgrading the 32-gigabyted model will cost $499 versus $299 for new This represents a change in policy from when the curreng iPhone 3G was released last year and existing owners were allowecd to upgrade at the same priced asnew customers. When that however, AT&T ends up absorbinf the cost of the new subsidyh on thenew phone, something it apparentlt doesn't plan to do this MG Siegler writes on the TechCrunch "Why this matters is that the dislike of mixed with a not huge update to the iPhone and a highe r subsidized price could be a perfect stor for users that normally would not to.
I probablu will because the iPhone is integral to my work and I could use more speerand power, but the fact that I’m questioninv it should say something. I didn’ty question it for a seconxd last year." A thirc and long-awaited $99 iPhones price for the 8-gigabyte version announced Monday byApplw (NASDAQ:AAPL) appears aimed at luring customers away from the new Palm Pre whose sales began on Saturday. The Pre coste $199 with a $100 mail-in rebatw and a two-year service contracr with (NYSE:S), its exclusivs service provider. Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) said late on Mondayy that sales of the Pre broke its previous records for a new but declined to giveexactg figures.
Analysts estimated that there werebetween 50,000 and 100,00p0 of the devices sold and worried that the companyg could face a problem in keeping up with
Friday, September 24, 2010
Mass. Gov. Patrick delays filing spending plan - BusinessWeek
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Mass. Gov. Patrick delays filing spending plan BusinessWeek ... spending proposal Thursday, but said if no plan was approved he would put forth his own blueprint to ward off making immediate, unilateral budget cuts. ... |
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Dow slides a bit but NASDAQ up; Crocs leads Colorado gainers - Denver Business Journal:
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading dayat 8,474.85, down 29.23 pointsx (0.34 percent). The S&P 500 closed at down 1.58 points (0.17 percent). But the NASDAQ Composite finishedat 1,734.54, up 2.18 pointss (0.13 percent). Among actively trade Colorado stocks, Niwot shoemaker Crocsz (CROX) led the day’s gainers, up 10.04 percent (24 to close at $2.63. • — Up 7.26 percen t (13 cents) to • (DPTR) — Up 4.71 percent (8 to $1.78. • (WLL) — Up 4.94 percent to $41.87. • Liberty Media Interactive (LINTA), a tracking stock of — Up 3.57 percent (21 cents) to $6.10.
Leading actively tradede Colorado stocks that decline d on the daywas (DGI) for a secon d straight day, down 6.46 percent ($1.26) to close at DigitalGlobe's IPO was May 14. (DCT) — Down 5.59 percent (26 to $4.39. • Western Union Co. (WU) — Down 4.31 percent (75 cents) to $16.64. (Q) — Down 3.44 percent (15 to $4.21. • (UDR) — Down 3.32 percent (35 cents) to
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading dayat 8,474.85, down 29.23 pointsx (0.34 percent). The S&P 500 closed at down 1.58 points (0.17 percent). But the NASDAQ Composite finishedat 1,734.54, up 2.18 pointss (0.13 percent). Among actively trade Colorado stocks, Niwot shoemaker Crocsz (CROX) led the day’s gainers, up 10.04 percent (24 to close at $2.63. • — Up 7.26 percen t (13 cents) to • (DPTR) — Up 4.71 percent (8 to $1.78. • (WLL) — Up 4.94 percent to $41.87. • Liberty Media Interactive (LINTA), a tracking stock of — Up 3.57 percent (21 cents) to $6.10.
Leading actively tradede Colorado stocks that decline d on the daywas (DGI) for a secon d straight day, down 6.46 percent ($1.26) to close at DigitalGlobe's IPO was May 14. (DCT) — Down 5.59 percent (26 to $4.39. • Western Union Co. (WU) — Down 4.31 percent (75 cents) to $16.64. (Q) — Down 3.44 percent (15 to $4.21. • (UDR) — Down 3.32 percent (35 cents) to
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Company Profile | AMD Company Information
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Advanced Micro Devices is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the graphics and consumerelectronics markets. AMD is dedicates to driving open innovation, choice and industrh growth by deliveringsuperior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. We are a leading semiconductor compan with manufacturing facilities in theUnited States, Europ and Asia, and salesw offices throughout the We design, manufacture and markef industry-standard digital integrated circuits, or ICs, that are used in diversed product applications such as desktop and mobile personal computers, or PCs, workstations, servers, communications equipment such as mobile telephones, and automotive and consumert electronics.
Our products consist primarily of microprocessors and Flashnmemory devices. In addition, we offerf embedded microprocessors for personal connectivity devices and specificconsumetr markets.
Advanced Micro Devices is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the graphics and consumerelectronics markets. AMD is dedicates to driving open innovation, choice and industrh growth by deliveringsuperior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. We are a leading semiconductor compan with manufacturing facilities in theUnited States, Europ and Asia, and salesw offices throughout the We design, manufacture and markef industry-standard digital integrated circuits, or ICs, that are used in diversed product applications such as desktop and mobile personal computers, or PCs, workstations, servers, communications equipment such as mobile telephones, and automotive and consumert electronics.
Our products consist primarily of microprocessors and Flashnmemory devices. In addition, we offerf embedded microprocessors for personal connectivity devices and specificconsumetr markets.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Procter & Gamble
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She will be replaced by Christopher currently vice president of corporate communicationss and reputation and North Americawexternal relations, according to a news Otto, 55, will step down from her positiohn July 1, then serve as a special assistang to Chairman A.G. Lafley untilk February. Part of her duties will includre assisting Lafley in his role as chairman of the 2009 Unite Way of Greater Cincinnatiannuapl campaign. “Charlotte Otto leaves a track records of results in leveraging external relationss to build andprotect P&G’s businesses and said Lafley in the release. A native of Minn., Otto has spent her entirr careerwith P&G.
She joined the companyy in 1976 as a brand assistant on the Prell hair care She worked onvarious brands, from Sure to before moving to advertisintg and then public affairs in 1989. By 1991 she was promotede to vice president of publicf relationsfor P&G USA, and in 1996 becamw senior vice president of public affairds for all of the company. In 2000 she assumed her currentr title as global externakrelations officer. Otto has also been actived in community affairs, including takin g a leadership role withthe public/privats partnership Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. Hassall, 55, will take the global external relationsd jobJuly 1.
He returned to Cincinnati in Novemberf 2008 after working four years in Chinsa as vice president of external relationsfor P&Gy Greater China and Asia. There, he helpe the China business, which P&G entered in 1988 as a smal l operation, grow to the company's second-largesft global market by Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), headquartereed in Cincinnati, develops, manufactures and markets consumer productsand
She will be replaced by Christopher currently vice president of corporate communicationss and reputation and North Americawexternal relations, according to a news Otto, 55, will step down from her positiohn July 1, then serve as a special assistang to Chairman A.G. Lafley untilk February. Part of her duties will includre assisting Lafley in his role as chairman of the 2009 Unite Way of Greater Cincinnatiannuapl campaign. “Charlotte Otto leaves a track records of results in leveraging external relationss to build andprotect P&G’s businesses and said Lafley in the release. A native of Minn., Otto has spent her entirr careerwith P&G.
She joined the companyy in 1976 as a brand assistant on the Prell hair care She worked onvarious brands, from Sure to before moving to advertisintg and then public affairs in 1989. By 1991 she was promotede to vice president of publicf relationsfor P&G USA, and in 1996 becamw senior vice president of public affairds for all of the company. In 2000 she assumed her currentr title as global externakrelations officer. Otto has also been actived in community affairs, including takin g a leadership role withthe public/privats partnership Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. Hassall, 55, will take the global external relationsd jobJuly 1.
He returned to Cincinnati in Novemberf 2008 after working four years in Chinsa as vice president of external relationsfor P&Gy Greater China and Asia. There, he helpe the China business, which P&G entered in 1988 as a smal l operation, grow to the company's second-largesft global market by Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), headquartereed in Cincinnati, develops, manufactures and markets consumer productsand
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Hotel-Dieu spokeswoman stepping down - Windsor Star
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Hotel-Dieu spokeswoman stepping down Windsor Star WINDSOR, Ont. -- Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital's vice-president of communications and development is stepping down from her spokeswoman role to become the ... |
Friday, September 17, 2010
Convention bureau to cut expenses 9 percent - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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ACVB will freeze pay, changw benefits providers and put a temporary freeze on new hires to help make up for flaggint tax and privatesectod revenues. Overall revenue is projected to bedown 3.2 percentt for the bureau in 2009. Overall, the bureai will cut expenses by 9percentf — mainly in payroll and related costs though it will boost its promotions budgetg slightly to help stimulate the sale of hotel room Hospitality is an $11.4 billion industry for Atlanta. But with consumerzs cutting back on leisure travel and businessess slashingtravel budgets, industry experts say Atlantz and cities nationwide face a very difficult year.
ACVB projectzs its revenues from taxes, membership fees, donations and donated services will beabouf $16.3 million. The nonprofit tourism agency plans to boostf spending on its promotional efforts in a year in which it has a primr opportunity to capture lucrative tradeshow ACVB President-elect William Pate said the bureauj hopes 2009 will bring a big boost to futur e years. The city plays host to two Supere Bowls oftradeshow organizers: Meeting Professionals International and the Internationap Association of Exhibitions and Events. Pate said the bureau hopes to ink deals for tradeshowsworth $250 millioh in economic impact duringv the two events.
City officials might have approvee a solution to one drawback to diningin downtown. A new regulation that allows valet parking on Peachtrere Street downtown is turning into quite the draw for new restaurantdsand retailers. Robert Patterson, managing partner of the 180 , the redeveloper of the bottom three floors of theformedr Macy’s downtown, said the city has given his projectt clearance for curbside valeg parking. Patterson said it’s a selling point for prospective retailers and restaurantsa that will occupy the building along with anexhibition center. Developers expect to announce future retail and restaurantgtenants soon.
Another restaurant that cite valet parking as a bonus wasIl Mulino, the upscaler Italian concept that opened recently in ’sz One Ninety One Peachtree Tower. The terracott warriors sure know how to scare up a Michael Shapiro, the executive director of the , said “The Firstr Emperor: ” has quickly become “the most popular exhibity we’ve ever had” based on advance ticket sales and early-gate The High has sold 100,000 advancee tickets and 70,000 visitors have passed througuh the turnstiles in the first three Shapiro said. The High also noticed its largest-evetr day-after-Thanksgiving crowd, with 7,000 attendees.
The exhibit, which features soldiers, archers and horses from the long-buried army of Firsrt Emperor Qin, has been recognized as a top exhibif of 2008 by Time magazine andThe . Shapirop said the exhibit could get an additionalo boost in attendance in January afterd Brand Atlanta begins its marketing campaig in earnest outsidethe city. The warriorsz exhibition and “Tutankhamun: The and the Great exhibition at is projected to bring more than 1 millioj visitors anda $150 million shot in the arm to the metrio area’s economy. William Pate, the president-elect of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, said the exhibits “cement the power of cultural tourisn inthe city.
” The W Atlanta-Downtowmn Hotel & Residences is rounding out its management team. Susanh Deluzain Barry has been named director of salesand marketing; Jaly Bekel will be the director of talent and Maguy Larochelle is the director of revenud management. Last month, the HOT) hotel named Tim Dahlen its new general TheW Atlanta-Downtown is set to open Jan. 27.
ACVB will freeze pay, changw benefits providers and put a temporary freeze on new hires to help make up for flaggint tax and privatesectod revenues. Overall revenue is projected to bedown 3.2 percentt for the bureau in 2009. Overall, the bureai will cut expenses by 9percentf — mainly in payroll and related costs though it will boost its promotions budgetg slightly to help stimulate the sale of hotel room Hospitality is an $11.4 billion industry for Atlanta. But with consumerzs cutting back on leisure travel and businessess slashingtravel budgets, industry experts say Atlantz and cities nationwide face a very difficult year.
ACVB projectzs its revenues from taxes, membership fees, donations and donated services will beabouf $16.3 million. The nonprofit tourism agency plans to boostf spending on its promotional efforts in a year in which it has a primr opportunity to capture lucrative tradeshow ACVB President-elect William Pate said the bureauj hopes 2009 will bring a big boost to futur e years. The city plays host to two Supere Bowls oftradeshow organizers: Meeting Professionals International and the Internationap Association of Exhibitions and Events. Pate said the bureau hopes to ink deals for tradeshowsworth $250 millioh in economic impact duringv the two events.
City officials might have approvee a solution to one drawback to diningin downtown. A new regulation that allows valet parking on Peachtrere Street downtown is turning into quite the draw for new restaurantdsand retailers. Robert Patterson, managing partner of the 180 , the redeveloper of the bottom three floors of theformedr Macy’s downtown, said the city has given his projectt clearance for curbside valeg parking. Patterson said it’s a selling point for prospective retailers and restaurantsa that will occupy the building along with anexhibition center. Developers expect to announce future retail and restaurantgtenants soon.
Another restaurant that cite valet parking as a bonus wasIl Mulino, the upscaler Italian concept that opened recently in ’sz One Ninety One Peachtree Tower. The terracott warriors sure know how to scare up a Michael Shapiro, the executive director of the , said “The Firstr Emperor: ” has quickly become “the most popular exhibity we’ve ever had” based on advance ticket sales and early-gate The High has sold 100,000 advancee tickets and 70,000 visitors have passed througuh the turnstiles in the first three Shapiro said. The High also noticed its largest-evetr day-after-Thanksgiving crowd, with 7,000 attendees.
The exhibit, which features soldiers, archers and horses from the long-buried army of Firsrt Emperor Qin, has been recognized as a top exhibif of 2008 by Time magazine andThe . Shapirop said the exhibit could get an additionalo boost in attendance in January afterd Brand Atlanta begins its marketing campaig in earnest outsidethe city. The warriorsz exhibition and “Tutankhamun: The and the Great exhibition at is projected to bring more than 1 millioj visitors anda $150 million shot in the arm to the metrio area’s economy. William Pate, the president-elect of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, said the exhibits “cement the power of cultural tourisn inthe city.
” The W Atlanta-Downtowmn Hotel & Residences is rounding out its management team. Susanh Deluzain Barry has been named director of salesand marketing; Jaly Bekel will be the director of talent and Maguy Larochelle is the director of revenud management. Last month, the HOT) hotel named Tim Dahlen its new general TheW Atlanta-Downtown is set to open Jan. 27.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
NBC Building Put Up for Sale by New Owners - Memphis Business Journal:
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million in a foreclosure sale. which is a subsidiaruy of Dutch insurance conglomeraterAegon N.V., has selected to markef the property, which includes the attached four-storu National Bank of Commerce main bank buildingb and the adjacent nine-story parking AUSA officials would not comment on the possiblee sale of the building. The buildinvg goes on the market at a time when Memphizs real estate is as hot as it has ever having recorded morethan $600 millioh in investment sales last About $135 million of that total was officr property, and $30 million was Downtown officse property.
CB Richard Ellis brokered its share of the including the sale of One Memphis The third party real estate services firm put together a marketingt campaign that attracteda $22 milliohn investment in the 14-year-old Downtown building, or $108 per square foot. Local real estate analysts expect One Commerce Squared to fetch a lowerr price than most of therecent sales, most likely betweenb $30 million and $40 or $63-$85 per square foot. Falls Building, 22 N. an 11-story, 153,000-square-foot building built in 1910 and extensivelyy renovated in 1994 that sold to Parkwayfor $7.6 or $49 per square foot, in January.
One Memphisz Place, 200 Jefferson, a 203,000-square-foot building built in 1985 that was soldto Mass.-based HRPT Properties Trust for $22 million, or $108 per squarre foot, last August. Morgan Keegan Building, 50 N. Front, a 335,000-square-foot building built in 1985 that was soldto Miss.-based Parkway Properties, Inc., for $36 or $107 per square foot, in September 1997. And the First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison, a 411,500-square-foot building built in 1962 that was sold to an investmeny groupfor $7.8 million, or $19 per squaree foot, in March 1996.
Prior to AUSA'zs acquisition of the building, it was owned by One CommercesSquare Associates, a group of investorx formed by the E.F. Hutton Group that bought the property from Nationao Commerce Bancorporation in 1984for $46.q million. The property was foreclosed in December 1996 and which held the first mortgager onthe property, was the only investoer to make a bid on it. Sinc e acquiring the property, AUSA has invested hundreds of thousandsa of dollars to upgradethe building' s lobby, elevators and environmental The investor began seriously contemplating the sale of the buildingh last year and brought in consultantsd several months ago to determine its value.
One Commerce Squarer has servedas Memphis-based NBC's headquarters since the buildingh was constructed in 1972. The bank is the largesrt tenant withabout 175,000 square feet of NBC and its parent company, National Commerce occupy the first nine floors and the attachecd four-story bank branch and employ about 600 people in the complex. The company renewed its leasde on the space for 12 years inSeptember 1997. While that lease bolstered the optimism of the buildinf owners and the management andleasiny agent, Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co., leasing has been strugglingt recently.
The building is 78% occupied and has taken some hits recentlgy because of the trend of brokerage firms moving to East Memphis to be closer to theitclient base. Recent defections include Ernst & NBC Capital Markets Group, Inc., and Smith Barney, which vacated a total of about 41,000 square feet and relocated toEast Memphis. the Downtown office market remained relatively stabledin 1998. Despite recordingt a negative net absorptionmof 33,100 square feet, renta l rates increased nearly 3%, according to Trammelll Crow's latest market study.
The vacancyy rate is about 26%, which is unchangesd from the previous year but significantly higher than all other submarkets and well above the dominanftEast submarket's 6.4% vacancy rate. About 39% of the Downtown office market is Class A space like OneCommerce Square, and its vacancyg rate is 21.3%. That market recorded a negativ net absorptionof 72,000 square feet last year, compares to 40,000 square feet of positivwe absorption in the Class B markert and a negative absorption of 1,100 square in the Class C But the outlook for the market continueds to improve as a number of new developmentsz are spurring momentum and creating increased demand for officw space.
That is evidenced by the increasinrental rates, which reached $13.55 per squarde foot last year. That is up from $13.345 per square foot in 1997 and $11.690 per square foot in 1996. (Stafff writer James Overstreet can be reachedat 259-1728, or by e-mail at
million in a foreclosure sale. which is a subsidiaruy of Dutch insurance conglomeraterAegon N.V., has selected to markef the property, which includes the attached four-storu National Bank of Commerce main bank buildingb and the adjacent nine-story parking AUSA officials would not comment on the possiblee sale of the building. The buildinvg goes on the market at a time when Memphizs real estate is as hot as it has ever having recorded morethan $600 millioh in investment sales last About $135 million of that total was officr property, and $30 million was Downtown officse property.
CB Richard Ellis brokered its share of the including the sale of One Memphis The third party real estate services firm put together a marketingt campaign that attracteda $22 milliohn investment in the 14-year-old Downtown building, or $108 per square foot. Local real estate analysts expect One Commerce Squared to fetch a lowerr price than most of therecent sales, most likely betweenb $30 million and $40 or $63-$85 per square foot. Falls Building, 22 N. an 11-story, 153,000-square-foot building built in 1910 and extensivelyy renovated in 1994 that sold to Parkwayfor $7.6 or $49 per square foot, in January.
One Memphisz Place, 200 Jefferson, a 203,000-square-foot building built in 1985 that was soldto Mass.-based HRPT Properties Trust for $22 million, or $108 per squarre foot, last August. Morgan Keegan Building, 50 N. Front, a 335,000-square-foot building built in 1985 that was soldto Miss.-based Parkway Properties, Inc., for $36 or $107 per square foot, in September 1997. And the First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison, a 411,500-square-foot building built in 1962 that was sold to an investmeny groupfor $7.8 million, or $19 per squaree foot, in March 1996.
Prior to AUSA'zs acquisition of the building, it was owned by One CommercesSquare Associates, a group of investorx formed by the E.F. Hutton Group that bought the property from Nationao Commerce Bancorporation in 1984for $46.q million. The property was foreclosed in December 1996 and which held the first mortgager onthe property, was the only investoer to make a bid on it. Sinc e acquiring the property, AUSA has invested hundreds of thousandsa of dollars to upgradethe building' s lobby, elevators and environmental The investor began seriously contemplating the sale of the buildingh last year and brought in consultantsd several months ago to determine its value.
One Commerce Squarer has servedas Memphis-based NBC's headquarters since the buildingh was constructed in 1972. The bank is the largesrt tenant withabout 175,000 square feet of NBC and its parent company, National Commerce occupy the first nine floors and the attachecd four-story bank branch and employ about 600 people in the complex. The company renewed its leasde on the space for 12 years inSeptember 1997. While that lease bolstered the optimism of the buildinf owners and the management andleasiny agent, Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co., leasing has been strugglingt recently.
The building is 78% occupied and has taken some hits recentlgy because of the trend of brokerage firms moving to East Memphis to be closer to theitclient base. Recent defections include Ernst & NBC Capital Markets Group, Inc., and Smith Barney, which vacated a total of about 41,000 square feet and relocated toEast Memphis. the Downtown office market remained relatively stabledin 1998. Despite recordingt a negative net absorptionmof 33,100 square feet, renta l rates increased nearly 3%, according to Trammelll Crow's latest market study.
The vacancyy rate is about 26%, which is unchangesd from the previous year but significantly higher than all other submarkets and well above the dominanftEast submarket's 6.4% vacancy rate. About 39% of the Downtown office market is Class A space like OneCommerce Square, and its vacancyg rate is 21.3%. That market recorded a negativ net absorptionof 72,000 square feet last year, compares to 40,000 square feet of positivwe absorption in the Class B markert and a negative absorption of 1,100 square in the Class C But the outlook for the market continueds to improve as a number of new developmentsz are spurring momentum and creating increased demand for officw space.
That is evidenced by the increasinrental rates, which reached $13.55 per squarde foot last year. That is up from $13.345 per square foot in 1997 and $11.690 per square foot in 1996. (Stafff writer James Overstreet can be reachedat 259-1728, or by e-mail at
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Losing Wal-Mart convention doesn't sell Kansas City Council on new hotel - Kansas City Business Journal:
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appears to have done little to stir the into acceptingb the notion that taxpayers need to subsidizde anew 1,000-room hotel in Downtown. In a June 25 lettere to Bill Lucas, chairman of the , Mayor Mark Funkhouser said it's in the public'a best interest to subsidize basic municipal not anew hotel. Funkhouser appealed to the association to capitalize on strong niches in Kansas City to attract such asthe city's African-America community helping attract Baptist and NAACP conventions. "I am not a conventiomn and tourism expert.
But it seems to me that the tickett to our success in this industry does not necessarilyg lie in our willingness and abilityg to invest hundreds of millionx of dollars into aconventionb hotel," Funkhouser said. "Indeed, given our current debt we might not even beable to. I believe we might well already have the secreyt to our success in the very character ofour city." On June 24, Wal-Maryt announced that its planned 2009 meeting insteads would be in Orlando, a move that Rick CEO of the Kansas City Convention & Visitors said will leave the city bereftt of $8 million.
Hughes said Wal-Martt had been discussing leaving for the better part of the year as compan y officials suggested to him that changes inthe company'xs logistical handling of the convention made Kansas City an unwieldy location without another Downtown hotel. The timing of the Wal-Marty decision, at a point when the perceivedf need for public financing to helpa 1,000-roonm hotel was being discussed, caused some city officials to grumble privateluy that the convention association in town let Wal-Mart skatee to Orlando to help bolsterr the case for the hotel.
Hughes adamantly denied that the associatiob was complicit in allowing the conventionto "I should be fired if we allowed this thing to be Hughes said. "We're not using it as a club over the head for this In the letterto Lucas, Funkhouser said he wouldf be skeptical about a publicly financed hotepl until "a credible consultant" performs an in-depth study of the Kansasa City market. Hughes said the city hoped to have such a consultant namedin July.
He also reiterated the call for publivc financing to helpthe multimillion-dollar hotel proposal, saying headquarters-typ hotels, such as the one beingy discussed in Kansas typically receive some taxpayer "We know it's going to requirw some public attention or support," he "We believe it can be done with little Other council members appeared to share Funkhouser's reservation aboutg jumping headfirst into a publicly financed hotel, even in light of the lost Wal-Mart convention. "The financialk situation the city is inright now, it's going to be hard to back any bonds or commir the city's financing," Mayor Pro Tem Bill Skaggs said.
"oI would like to see their plan, if therew is one." Councilwoman Deb Hermann said that usinggthe city's general fund is out of the "We cannot use our general fund to financew it at all," she said. "That's not the only fundingb mechanism. Maybe there's something else."
appears to have done little to stir the into acceptingb the notion that taxpayers need to subsidizde anew 1,000-room hotel in Downtown. In a June 25 lettere to Bill Lucas, chairman of the , Mayor Mark Funkhouser said it's in the public'a best interest to subsidize basic municipal not anew hotel. Funkhouser appealed to the association to capitalize on strong niches in Kansas City to attract such asthe city's African-America community helping attract Baptist and NAACP conventions. "I am not a conventiomn and tourism expert.
But it seems to me that the tickett to our success in this industry does not necessarilyg lie in our willingness and abilityg to invest hundreds of millionx of dollars into aconventionb hotel," Funkhouser said. "Indeed, given our current debt we might not even beable to. I believe we might well already have the secreyt to our success in the very character ofour city." On June 24, Wal-Maryt announced that its planned 2009 meeting insteads would be in Orlando, a move that Rick CEO of the Kansas City Convention & Visitors said will leave the city bereftt of $8 million.
Hughes said Wal-Martt had been discussing leaving for the better part of the year as compan y officials suggested to him that changes inthe company'xs logistical handling of the convention made Kansas City an unwieldy location without another Downtown hotel. The timing of the Wal-Marty decision, at a point when the perceivedf need for public financing to helpa 1,000-roonm hotel was being discussed, caused some city officials to grumble privateluy that the convention association in town let Wal-Mart skatee to Orlando to help bolsterr the case for the hotel.
Hughes adamantly denied that the associatiob was complicit in allowing the conventionto "I should be fired if we allowed this thing to be Hughes said. "We're not using it as a club over the head for this In the letterto Lucas, Funkhouser said he wouldf be skeptical about a publicly financed hotepl until "a credible consultant" performs an in-depth study of the Kansasa City market. Hughes said the city hoped to have such a consultant namedin July.
He also reiterated the call for publivc financing to helpthe multimillion-dollar hotel proposal, saying headquarters-typ hotels, such as the one beingy discussed in Kansas typically receive some taxpayer "We know it's going to requirw some public attention or support," he "We believe it can be done with little Other council members appeared to share Funkhouser's reservation aboutg jumping headfirst into a publicly financed hotel, even in light of the lost Wal-Mart convention. "The financialk situation the city is inright now, it's going to be hard to back any bonds or commir the city's financing," Mayor Pro Tem Bill Skaggs said.
"oI would like to see their plan, if therew is one." Councilwoman Deb Hermann said that usinggthe city's general fund is out of the "We cannot use our general fund to financew it at all," she said. "That's not the only fundingb mechanism. Maybe there's something else."
Sunday, September 12, 2010
TV highlights: Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 - Washington Post
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TV highlights: Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 Washington Post Martha Stewart continues in her quest to conquer the television universe, and the next stop is the Hallmark Channel: Starting Monday, the network turns over ... |
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Sungguh Sungguh Terjadi - Kedaulatan Rakyat
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Sungguh Sungguh Terjadi Kedaulatan Rakyat (Kiriman: Titik S Kary, PD Taru Martani, Kom Pol B Suparpto 2A, Baciro, Yogya). * KALAU Anda penggemar bakso, ada tantangan baru buat Anda. ... |
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Lindsay Lohan Wants To Get Pregnant And Sober, Order Unclear - Babble (blog)
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2DayFM (blog) | Lindsay Lohan Wants To Get Pregnant And Sober, Order Unclear Babble (blog) Alcohol, drugs, DUIs..Lindsay Lohan has become a veritable icon of disorderliness. She's been to rehab, she's been to prison. As yet, none of the various ... Lindsay Lohan: Wants A Baby To Be Sober รข€" Is She Serious? Lindsay Lohan Wants To Have A Baby To Keep Her Sober Lindsay Lohan wants a baby? |
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Lee decides against reverse stock split - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Mary Junck, chairman and chiecf executive officer, said the board considered currentmarketr conditions, business forecasts and othefr factors that could affect shareholder value, including the prospect of remaining in compliance with rules for continuesd listing. The NYSE notified Lee (NYSE: LEE) in December 2008 that the company was not in compliancs with its continued listing standardr of atleast $1 a Since then, the NYSE announced that the standard has been temporarily suspended through July 31. As a Lee has until Dec. 3, 2009, to returnh to compliance. Lee was trading at 55 centw a shareWednesday morning.
In the Davenport, Iowa-based company it took on when it bough tthe Post-Dispatch and restructured future payments under its $1.1 billion bank financing arrangements. The remaining debt balance of $186 milliob has been refinanced by the lendersuntilp 2012. Newspaper publishers nationwide are struggling with declinin advertising revenue as readers floci tothe Internet.
Mary Junck, chairman and chiecf executive officer, said the board considered currentmarketr conditions, business forecasts and othefr factors that could affect shareholder value, including the prospect of remaining in compliance with rules for continuesd listing. The NYSE notified Lee (NYSE: LEE) in December 2008 that the company was not in compliancs with its continued listing standardr of atleast $1 a Since then, the NYSE announced that the standard has been temporarily suspended through July 31. As a Lee has until Dec. 3, 2009, to returnh to compliance. Lee was trading at 55 centw a shareWednesday morning.
In the Davenport, Iowa-based company it took on when it bough tthe Post-Dispatch and restructured future payments under its $1.1 billion bank financing arrangements. The remaining debt balance of $186 milliob has been refinanced by the lendersuntilp 2012. Newspaper publishers nationwide are struggling with declinin advertising revenue as readers floci tothe Internet.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Ritter signs more Colorado business bills - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Shouting grocery-store workers interrupted Ritter's 5:30 p.m. bill-signingb ceremony, demanding to know why he vetoedr a bill that would have benefittedx union members who are lockecd out oftheir jobs. ( .) Leading up to that event, thosew workers released a statementr saying even more working families woule have been helped ifthe third-year governor hadn’t vetoed Houser Bill 1170. HB 1170 would have allowed workers who are locked out durint contract negotiations to collect benefits fromthe state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
Ritter vetoeds the measure May 19, saying that signing it duringy the current negotiations between United Food and Commerciapl Workers UnionLocal No. 7 and threed grocery chains — , and — would have tilte the balance of power inthe talks. “We’re all in this together when it come s to supporting the safety net forworking families,” said Communications Workers of America representative Sheila Liederd in a statement issued by UFCW. “HB 1170 woul have helped all Colorado workerz who are trying to do theit best in these tougheconomic times.
” Instead, Ritte r signed six bills at the “Help for Workinb Families Fair” at the Capitol, including Senate Bill 247 by Sen. Lois Tochtrop, SB 247 expands the pool of those eligible for unemploymentg benefits inColorado and, in turn, allows the statre to receive $121 million more in federalp benefit aid being issued under the stimulua plan this year. • House Bill 1129, sponsorerd by Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhan, which allowsd for a series of 10-yeae pilot projects in new, mixed-use developmentsd to study what happens to water levelds in nearby streams and groundwater leveles when rainwater and snowmelt in the developments is captured and diverteddfor landscaping.
A 2007 feasibility study done for the Colorado Watert Conservation Board measured the rain that fell on northwesf Douglas County and found that just 3 percentg actually reacheda stream. The remainder, 97 percent of the either evaporated or was consumed by plante inthe area. Senate Bill 244, sponsored by Senate PresidentBrandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, which requires private health insurersw to cover expensive therapies for the treatmenf of autism. Some including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of dropped their initial opposition to the bill aftetr lawmakers agreed to limit the benefit to childrenjunder 8.
Mike Polakowski, actuarial directort of Anthem, estimated the legislation would cost the average policyholderr in thestate $8 a month. But despitwe the compromise, the Colorado Associatiojn of Commerce andIndustry (CACI) and othed business groups encouraged Ritter to veto the Loren Furman, a lobbyist for CACI last montuh said good intentions aside, SB 244 “adds new mandates and increases the cost of health care at a time when businessess are trying to control costs.
” House Bill 1346, sponsorecd by Speaker Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, which makesz changes in state law to allow locap governments to take advantage of low-interest loana on public-works projects in the federal stimulus package.
Shouting grocery-store workers interrupted Ritter's 5:30 p.m. bill-signingb ceremony, demanding to know why he vetoedr a bill that would have benefittedx union members who are lockecd out oftheir jobs. ( .) Leading up to that event, thosew workers released a statementr saying even more working families woule have been helped ifthe third-year governor hadn’t vetoed Houser Bill 1170. HB 1170 would have allowed workers who are locked out durint contract negotiations to collect benefits fromthe state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
Ritter vetoeds the measure May 19, saying that signing it duringy the current negotiations between United Food and Commerciapl Workers UnionLocal No. 7 and threed grocery chains — , and — would have tilte the balance of power inthe talks. “We’re all in this together when it come s to supporting the safety net forworking families,” said Communications Workers of America representative Sheila Liederd in a statement issued by UFCW. “HB 1170 woul have helped all Colorado workerz who are trying to do theit best in these tougheconomic times.
” Instead, Ritte r signed six bills at the “Help for Workinb Families Fair” at the Capitol, including Senate Bill 247 by Sen. Lois Tochtrop, SB 247 expands the pool of those eligible for unemploymentg benefits inColorado and, in turn, allows the statre to receive $121 million more in federalp benefit aid being issued under the stimulua plan this year. • House Bill 1129, sponsorerd by Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhan, which allowsd for a series of 10-yeae pilot projects in new, mixed-use developmentsd to study what happens to water levelds in nearby streams and groundwater leveles when rainwater and snowmelt in the developments is captured and diverteddfor landscaping.
A 2007 feasibility study done for the Colorado Watert Conservation Board measured the rain that fell on northwesf Douglas County and found that just 3 percentg actually reacheda stream. The remainder, 97 percent of the either evaporated or was consumed by plante inthe area. Senate Bill 244, sponsored by Senate PresidentBrandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, which requires private health insurersw to cover expensive therapies for the treatmenf of autism. Some including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of dropped their initial opposition to the bill aftetr lawmakers agreed to limit the benefit to childrenjunder 8.
Mike Polakowski, actuarial directort of Anthem, estimated the legislation would cost the average policyholderr in thestate $8 a month. But despitwe the compromise, the Colorado Associatiojn of Commerce andIndustry (CACI) and othed business groups encouraged Ritter to veto the Loren Furman, a lobbyist for CACI last montuh said good intentions aside, SB 244 “adds new mandates and increases the cost of health care at a time when businessess are trying to control costs.
” House Bill 1346, sponsorecd by Speaker Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, which makesz changes in state law to allow locap governments to take advantage of low-interest loana on public-works projects in the federal stimulus package.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Cantabrians rudely shaken - Stuff.co.nz
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Globe and Mail | Cantabrians rudely shaken Stuff.co.nz A fire that broke out in Christchurch as Prime Minister John Key toured the city following the quake. Prime Minister John Key, centre and MP John Carter ... Quake that tore down a New Zealand's history We're shaken, not stirred New Zealand Earthquake Pictures Sept 4th |
Saturday, September 4, 2010
David C. Owen Executive Profile
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an investment banking firm located inLittle Arkansas. Mr. Owen has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and in the financial reportinh requirements ofpublic companies. Mr. Owen has served as Statre Senatorand Lt. Governor of Kansas. Mr. Owen is responsible for the overall strategic growth and leadership ofICOP Digital, Inc., directing the dailyy operations of the Company and overseeingy the adequacy and soundness of the organization's financial Mr. Owen is a graduate of Ottaws University, Ottawa, Kansas with a degree in Economics. Mr.
Owen also receivexd post graduate training at Ohio State University and Rutgerws University in conjunction with the AmericanjBankers Association. Mr. Owen is currentl y a member of the Board of Trusteex ofOttawa University, and servesx on the Board of the Greater Kansas City Fellowship of Christian Recent News About David C. Owen **All Executive profiles data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
an investment banking firm located inLittle Arkansas. Mr. Owen has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and in the financial reportinh requirements ofpublic companies. Mr. Owen has served as Statre Senatorand Lt. Governor of Kansas. Mr. Owen is responsible for the overall strategic growth and leadership ofICOP Digital, Inc., directing the dailyy operations of the Company and overseeingy the adequacy and soundness of the organization's financial Mr. Owen is a graduate of Ottaws University, Ottawa, Kansas with a degree in Economics. Mr.
Owen also receivexd post graduate training at Ohio State University and Rutgerws University in conjunction with the AmericanjBankers Association. Mr. Owen is currentl y a member of the Board of Trusteex ofOttawa University, and servesx on the Board of the Greater Kansas City Fellowship of Christian Recent News About David C. Owen **All Executive profiles data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Showing ROI important for ad agencies - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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But a weaker economy meansz tighter budgets for many advertisers now looking to alternativee ranging from newer approaches like social mediato tried-and-trur public relations. With that, showinfg a return isn’t as but Schifino Lee Inc. principalsz feel they have the answer. “Basically what we have done is developedr a marketing audit of our clienrt and their industry that lets us measurew ROI when it migh not beas apparent,” said Ben Lee. “In the new we are watching every penny because youhave to. And we’rse watching every penny we spend on behalf of our clientds because wehave to.
” The system to measurer a monetary return on offerings such as news press releases and the like came from an unlikel y source, Lee said. A professor of his at ’s in Ill., shared with him an auditinb system of unpaidmedia placements, which Lee modifie d to fit the Schifino Lee He later added some social media elements such as Facebooo and MySpace as a way to account for how money is being spent and what kind of return they see. The algorithm is a bit complex, but basically Schifino Lee looks at a newspaper for example, compares the size of it to how much an ad woulc cost at a similar size and placement in the same and multiplies it by a certaimn factor.
If a story appearas inside the paper, like this one, the multiple might be a three. If it shows up on the frontg page, the value is then typically multipliedby 10. Such an audif is not entirely unique withSchifino Lee, but it’s not in generao practice by a lot of agencies, partner Paolq Schifino said. Audits like this requirre not only well-trained account managers but also sophisticated client s willing to invest the time to get such a The economy is forcing agencies like Schifino Lee to work twicde as hard forless money, but at the same time createas a breeding ground for innovationsw and focusing on core services that mighg often get overlooked in better economic “One of the things we have done reallu well is how we develop the branding process for our Schifino said.
“That allows us to take complec issues that companies are facing and communicate that to theid customers in a realluysimplified way, and using means that might not be as expensivr as a typical media buy.” Like many Schifino Lee has embraceed “new media” like the online social which usually only costs clients time rather than monehy spent on actual buys. And becausr the agency is quick to jump ontonew media, it’ds rarely finding itself having to play catch-up. “Wew made the transition into the Internet age very successfullyu 10 years ago when othere agencies just stuck with traditionalold media,” Lee said.
Now Schifinop Lee is taking a big step toward socialp media and has even hireda full-timee manager of social media to tacklr this area directly. “Social media is transformingy theadvertising business, and we’re committexd to making that transformation with Lee said. “We think five years from now, social media will be traditional and will probably represenft a third ofour revenue.
” in Sarasota also has explored new media, and in fact embraced bloggerx for one national client that helped give the company some free “We were actually able to work with people, sharing the producg with them, and askinhg them to write about it,” said Clarke partner Patricia Courtois. Agencies should definitely keep trackm of how much is writteb about their clients outside ofmedia buys, but they shoule also be careful not too put too much stock into it, Courtoiws said. “Getting out thosre promotion clips and press releasesis OK, but you have to make sure you ask has it changed behaviors?
Has it really sold more products Has it really driven more audience to your she said. For now, the future is strong for Schifino Lee, whichh has added a couple of employeew over the last several months when competitorw have reportedlycut back. “When I step outsider the office, I hear so much about the Schifino said. “You can feel it because everybody is talkinggabout it. But when I step insidee this office, I almost feel like it doesn’t exis t because of the attitude wehave here. You have to have a positived attitude.
”
But a weaker economy meansz tighter budgets for many advertisers now looking to alternativee ranging from newer approaches like social mediato tried-and-trur public relations. With that, showinfg a return isn’t as but Schifino Lee Inc. principalsz feel they have the answer. “Basically what we have done is developedr a marketing audit of our clienrt and their industry that lets us measurew ROI when it migh not beas apparent,” said Ben Lee. “In the new we are watching every penny because youhave to. And we’rse watching every penny we spend on behalf of our clientds because wehave to.
” The system to measurer a monetary return on offerings such as news press releases and the like came from an unlikel y source, Lee said. A professor of his at ’s in Ill., shared with him an auditinb system of unpaidmedia placements, which Lee modifie d to fit the Schifino Lee He later added some social media elements such as Facebooo and MySpace as a way to account for how money is being spent and what kind of return they see. The algorithm is a bit complex, but basically Schifino Lee looks at a newspaper for example, compares the size of it to how much an ad woulc cost at a similar size and placement in the same and multiplies it by a certaimn factor.
If a story appearas inside the paper, like this one, the multiple might be a three. If it shows up on the frontg page, the value is then typically multipliedby 10. Such an audif is not entirely unique withSchifino Lee, but it’s not in generao practice by a lot of agencies, partner Paolq Schifino said. Audits like this requirre not only well-trained account managers but also sophisticated client s willing to invest the time to get such a The economy is forcing agencies like Schifino Lee to work twicde as hard forless money, but at the same time createas a breeding ground for innovationsw and focusing on core services that mighg often get overlooked in better economic “One of the things we have done reallu well is how we develop the branding process for our Schifino said.
“That allows us to take complec issues that companies are facing and communicate that to theid customers in a realluysimplified way, and using means that might not be as expensivr as a typical media buy.” Like many Schifino Lee has embraceed “new media” like the online social which usually only costs clients time rather than monehy spent on actual buys. And becausr the agency is quick to jump ontonew media, it’ds rarely finding itself having to play catch-up. “Wew made the transition into the Internet age very successfullyu 10 years ago when othere agencies just stuck with traditionalold media,” Lee said.
Now Schifinop Lee is taking a big step toward socialp media and has even hireda full-timee manager of social media to tacklr this area directly. “Social media is transformingy theadvertising business, and we’re committexd to making that transformation with Lee said. “We think five years from now, social media will be traditional and will probably represenft a third ofour revenue.
” in Sarasota also has explored new media, and in fact embraced bloggerx for one national client that helped give the company some free “We were actually able to work with people, sharing the producg with them, and askinhg them to write about it,” said Clarke partner Patricia Courtois. Agencies should definitely keep trackm of how much is writteb about their clients outside ofmedia buys, but they shoule also be careful not too put too much stock into it, Courtoiws said. “Getting out thosre promotion clips and press releasesis OK, but you have to make sure you ask has it changed behaviors?
Has it really sold more products Has it really driven more audience to your she said. For now, the future is strong for Schifino Lee, whichh has added a couple of employeew over the last several months when competitorw have reportedlycut back. “When I step outsider the office, I hear so much about the Schifino said. “You can feel it because everybody is talkinggabout it. But when I step insidee this office, I almost feel like it doesn’t exis t because of the attitude wehave here. You have to have a positived attitude.
”
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