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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Less nudity for 'Hung' pimp Creskoff - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
NASA satellite safely crashes into the Earth (somewhere) - The Inquisitr
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The Inquisitr | NASA satellite safely crashes into the Earth (somewhere) The Inquisitr NASA suspects that most of the 12500-pound satellite burned up in the atmosphere before it crash-landed somewhere, but it's possible that a fairly big chunk of it is floating about somewhere in the Pacific Ocean รข€" or resting comfortably in a crater in ... Nasa satellite coming down - somewhere Satellite to Land, Somewhere The satellite has landed (in bits) |
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Obama picks venture capitalist to head SBA Advocacy Office - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Winslow Sargeant, a managing directorf in the technology practiceof Madison, Wis.-based Venturee Investors, is Obama’s choice. The Advocacy Office is an independent entith inside the SBA that ensures federal agencies considet the impact of their regulations on small The office also conducts researchon small-business Sargeant, who earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsinat Madison, worked as a seniord engineer at several large corporations before co-founding a fabless semiconductor company that later was acquiredx by PMC-Sierra.
From 2001 to 2005, he serves as program manager for the Small Business Innovation Research program at the NationalScience Foundation’sd engineering directorate. He is the secons venture capitalist to be selectesd for a top SBA Karen Mills worked as a principall at private equity and venture capita l firms for 26 years before she became the SBA administratortin April. Sargeant’s lack of legall training means he will have to rely heavily on the attorneys at the Officeof Advocacy.
Much of the office’ws work involves analyzing whether government agencies follow federao laws that require them to analyze the potential economic impactt of proposed rules on small The office also makes sure regulators hear small businesses’ opinions about regulations. In fiscal 2008, this input saved smalll businessesabout $11 billion in possible regulatory according to the office. The office’s actingg counsel, Shawne Carter McGibbon, joines the office in 1994, during the Bill Clinton administration. She previousluy worked for a Democratic member of Congrese and has been an attorney for20 years.
An unnamedr Obama administration official characterized McGibbon to reporters asa “Bush holdover” during a controversy over an interagencuy review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouser gas emissions pose a public health hazard. The Officee of Advocacy concluded that regulatinv carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act likelt wouldhave “serious economic on small businesses and other regulatec entities. Several press accounts quotedx anonymous administration officials who said theAdvocacy Office’xs criticism of the EPA finding came from an office “still stocked with Bush in the words of the Los Angeles Times.
This dismissalk of the office’s opinion upset Rep. Darrell Issa of the ranking Republican on the HouseOversighf & Government Reform Committee. “There are hundreds of civil servantsa serving in a similar capacity throughout the federapl government who could also be characterizexas ‘Bush holdovers,’” Issa wrote in a May 14 letter to “I sincerely hope that their professional advicr and decisions will not be discounte d merely because they also worked for the federa government under President George W. Bush.” For .
Microloans up, big loans down for smallp businesses this year Lending data collectec bythe SBA’s Office of Advocacy confirmsd the importance of businessz credit cards to small companies. A new report founc that the total valueof small-business loans outstandintg increased by 4 percent in the 12 monthds that ended in June 2008, down from the previouse year’s increase of 8 percent. Thesde numbers are for all small-business loans, not just SBA The number of business loans of lessthan $100,000 jumpex by nearly 16 percentr as large lenders concentrated on credit cards, according to the In contrast, the number of business loans in the $100,000o to $1 million range fell by more than 23 The report used call reports submitted by bank s as well as Community Reinvestment Act Business loans of less than $1 milliob were considered to be small-business loans.
Basedx on call report data, the top five small-businessd lenders in June 2008 wereAmericann Express, Capital One, Regions Financial Corp., Synovus Financia l Corp. and First Citizen Bancshares Inc. The reporf also lists the mostactive small-business lenders in each state. “Inm the current financial it’s especially critical for small firmse to know which banks and financial institutiones have been the most likely to make smallo andmicrobusiness loans,” said economist Victoria Williams, a co-authot of the study. For more: .
Winslow Sargeant, a managing directorf in the technology practiceof Madison, Wis.-based Venturee Investors, is Obama’s choice. The Advocacy Office is an independent entith inside the SBA that ensures federal agencies considet the impact of their regulations on small The office also conducts researchon small-business Sargeant, who earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsinat Madison, worked as a seniord engineer at several large corporations before co-founding a fabless semiconductor company that later was acquiredx by PMC-Sierra.
From 2001 to 2005, he serves as program manager for the Small Business Innovation Research program at the NationalScience Foundation’sd engineering directorate. He is the secons venture capitalist to be selectesd for a top SBA Karen Mills worked as a principall at private equity and venture capita l firms for 26 years before she became the SBA administratortin April. Sargeant’s lack of legall training means he will have to rely heavily on the attorneys at the Officeof Advocacy.
Much of the office’ws work involves analyzing whether government agencies follow federao laws that require them to analyze the potential economic impactt of proposed rules on small The office also makes sure regulators hear small businesses’ opinions about regulations. In fiscal 2008, this input saved smalll businessesabout $11 billion in possible regulatory according to the office. The office’s actingg counsel, Shawne Carter McGibbon, joines the office in 1994, during the Bill Clinton administration. She previousluy worked for a Democratic member of Congrese and has been an attorney for20 years.
An unnamedr Obama administration official characterized McGibbon to reporters asa “Bush holdover” during a controversy over an interagencuy review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouser gas emissions pose a public health hazard. The Officee of Advocacy concluded that regulatinv carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act likelt wouldhave “serious economic on small businesses and other regulatec entities. Several press accounts quotedx anonymous administration officials who said theAdvocacy Office’xs criticism of the EPA finding came from an office “still stocked with Bush in the words of the Los Angeles Times.
This dismissalk of the office’s opinion upset Rep. Darrell Issa of the ranking Republican on the HouseOversighf & Government Reform Committee. “There are hundreds of civil servantsa serving in a similar capacity throughout the federapl government who could also be characterizexas ‘Bush holdovers,’” Issa wrote in a May 14 letter to “I sincerely hope that their professional advicr and decisions will not be discounte d merely because they also worked for the federa government under President George W. Bush.” For .
Microloans up, big loans down for smallp businesses this year Lending data collectec bythe SBA’s Office of Advocacy confirmsd the importance of businessz credit cards to small companies. A new report founc that the total valueof small-business loans outstandintg increased by 4 percent in the 12 monthds that ended in June 2008, down from the previouse year’s increase of 8 percent. Thesde numbers are for all small-business loans, not just SBA The number of business loans of lessthan $100,000 jumpex by nearly 16 percentr as large lenders concentrated on credit cards, according to the In contrast, the number of business loans in the $100,000o to $1 million range fell by more than 23 The report used call reports submitted by bank s as well as Community Reinvestment Act Business loans of less than $1 milliob were considered to be small-business loans.
Basedx on call report data, the top five small-businessd lenders in June 2008 wereAmericann Express, Capital One, Regions Financial Corp., Synovus Financia l Corp. and First Citizen Bancshares Inc. The reporf also lists the mostactive small-business lenders in each state. “Inm the current financial it’s especially critical for small firmse to know which banks and financial institutiones have been the most likely to make smallo andmicrobusiness loans,” said economist Victoria Williams, a co-authot of the study. For more: .
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Intel to buy Wind River for $884M - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premiu m overWind River's closing pricw on Wednesday of $8. Wind River stock lost more than half its valuse betweena 52-week high of $12.909 last August and a low of $5.61 in The stock closed Thursday at up 47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buying Alameda-based Wind River will help it expand its software into thousands of embedded systems and mobile devices includingsmart in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and defense, energy and thousandws of other uses.
Wind Rivetr will operate as a wholly ownex subsidiary after the deal closes duringgthe summer, reporting to Renee James, head of Intel’s softwar and services group. "Our combination of strengthsa will be of great benefig toWind River’s existing and future customers," said Ken Wind River chairman, president and CEO. Foundedd in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,60 employees and operations in more than 15 During its fiscal yearendexd Jan. 31, Wind River reported $10.7 milliojn in net income on annual revenueof $359.u7 million. The company on Thursday postedd a 21 percent increase in netincomes $561,000, or 1 cent a share, for its firsg quarter despite a 6.
5 percent drop in revenuse to $63.8 million.
Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premiu m overWind River's closing pricw on Wednesday of $8. Wind River stock lost more than half its valuse betweena 52-week high of $12.909 last August and a low of $5.61 in The stock closed Thursday at up 47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buying Alameda-based Wind River will help it expand its software into thousands of embedded systems and mobile devices includingsmart in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and defense, energy and thousandws of other uses.
Wind Rivetr will operate as a wholly ownex subsidiary after the deal closes duringgthe summer, reporting to Renee James, head of Intel’s softwar and services group. "Our combination of strengthsa will be of great benefig toWind River’s existing and future customers," said Ken Wind River chairman, president and CEO. Foundedd in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,60 employees and operations in more than 15 During its fiscal yearendexd Jan. 31, Wind River reported $10.7 milliojn in net income on annual revenueof $359.u7 million. The company on Thursday postedd a 21 percent increase in netincomes $561,000, or 1 cent a share, for its firsg quarter despite a 6.
5 percent drop in revenuse to $63.8 million.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Tech talk to dominate at company's public-private conference - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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It was that foresightt that led to huge growth for what isnow e.Republic Inc., the chief executive officer'e national media company. The Folsom-based company, establishee in 1984, continues to grow, with plans this year to builcd a video studio and hire as many as10 people. What starte out as a three-persoj marketing and communications company toda isa multimillion-dollar publishing, research and eventr firm focused on informatiobn technology for the state and local government and educatiojn markets.
The company employs more than 150; about 130 in Folsokm and the rest across the Executives expect revenuebetween $25 millio n and $30 million this a 15 percent-plus increase from last The company's revenue has increased every year since chief financial officer Paul Harneg said. The company's recent rapid growth can be attributee in part to the launch of severalk newtrade magazines, including the bimonthly Publicd CIO in 2003; Converge, aimed at tech expertsa in K-12 education; and Emergencgy Management in 2006. The company's publicationz are free to qualified subscribers.
Revenuse is generated by advertisers, such as and , eagerd to reach the state and local government It was 20 years agowhen McKenna's then called Graves McKenna and Wahlquist, decided to host the first Government Technology Conference in Sacramento. Leveragingy contacts the company developed whilr reporting on information technology for its Sacramento Valleyg ComputerNews magazine, the event attractefd almost 5,000 people and 250 companies. McKenna took the profitd and launched a national magazine callesdGovernment Technology.
Today, it's one of the company'sa five trade magazines, and the Sacramento conference is one of threre of the largest intergovernmental conferences in the all hostedby e.Republic. Otherxs are in Albany, N.Y., and Austin, Texas. GTC West in in its 20th year, is set for May 14-18u at the Sacramento Convention Center. The eveny draws as many as 15,000 people, said Patty Cota, director of corporat communications. E.Republic generates revenue from the free events through sponsorship s for trade show booths and evening About halfof e.Republic's overall revenue comes from the more than 100 eventsx it produces each year, company executivesa said.
Companies targeting the publicd sector IT markethave -- through e.Republic magazines and the company's research and market advisory service -- a wide rangde of ways to reach government buyers who spendx billions of dollars each year on California will spend $5.3 billionm this fiscal year on IT. "jI believe our company createdf this market for state and local saidDon Pearson, executive vice president and group publisher for Government A small number of larges corporations, such as and , owned the market decadea ago, McKenna said. When Government Technologgy launched, businesses had a place to advertiss their products tothat market, he said.
The first few issue s of Government Technology had circulation of morethan Today, monthly circulation is estimated at 80,000. E.Republic also produces custok magazines used as sales tools by tech firms such as Brad marketing program managerfor H-P in Houston, said the corporatee giant works with e.Republicc to produce a quarterly H-P Solutionsw Magazine for state and local IT employees. Dupuy said the 48-pagew magazine is read by mayors, city managerx and IT professionals who are interested in how IT can be appliecdto government. Case studies outline how government uses technologgy to getmore done.
It was that foresightt that led to huge growth for what isnow e.Republic Inc., the chief executive officer'e national media company. The Folsom-based company, establishee in 1984, continues to grow, with plans this year to builcd a video studio and hire as many as10 people. What starte out as a three-persoj marketing and communications company toda isa multimillion-dollar publishing, research and eventr firm focused on informatiobn technology for the state and local government and educatiojn markets.
The company employs more than 150; about 130 in Folsokm and the rest across the Executives expect revenuebetween $25 millio n and $30 million this a 15 percent-plus increase from last The company's revenue has increased every year since chief financial officer Paul Harneg said. The company's recent rapid growth can be attributee in part to the launch of severalk newtrade magazines, including the bimonthly Publicd CIO in 2003; Converge, aimed at tech expertsa in K-12 education; and Emergencgy Management in 2006. The company's publicationz are free to qualified subscribers.
Revenuse is generated by advertisers, such as and , eagerd to reach the state and local government It was 20 years agowhen McKenna's then called Graves McKenna and Wahlquist, decided to host the first Government Technology Conference in Sacramento. Leveragingy contacts the company developed whilr reporting on information technology for its Sacramento Valleyg ComputerNews magazine, the event attractefd almost 5,000 people and 250 companies. McKenna took the profitd and launched a national magazine callesdGovernment Technology.
Today, it's one of the company'sa five trade magazines, and the Sacramento conference is one of threre of the largest intergovernmental conferences in the all hostedby e.Republic. Otherxs are in Albany, N.Y., and Austin, Texas. GTC West in in its 20th year, is set for May 14-18u at the Sacramento Convention Center. The eveny draws as many as 15,000 people, said Patty Cota, director of corporat communications. E.Republic generates revenue from the free events through sponsorship s for trade show booths and evening About halfof e.Republic's overall revenue comes from the more than 100 eventsx it produces each year, company executivesa said.
Companies targeting the publicd sector IT markethave -- through e.Republic magazines and the company's research and market advisory service -- a wide rangde of ways to reach government buyers who spendx billions of dollars each year on California will spend $5.3 billionm this fiscal year on IT. "jI believe our company createdf this market for state and local saidDon Pearson, executive vice president and group publisher for Government A small number of larges corporations, such as and , owned the market decadea ago, McKenna said. When Government Technologgy launched, businesses had a place to advertiss their products tothat market, he said.
The first few issue s of Government Technology had circulation of morethan Today, monthly circulation is estimated at 80,000. E.Republic also produces custok magazines used as sales tools by tech firms such as Brad marketing program managerfor H-P in Houston, said the corporatee giant works with e.Republicc to produce a quarterly H-P Solutionsw Magazine for state and local IT employees. Dupuy said the 48-pagew magazine is read by mayors, city managerx and IT professionals who are interested in how IT can be appliecdto government. Case studies outline how government uses technologgy to getmore done.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Chicago Ideas Week Celebrates Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs - MarketWatch (press release)
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Chicago Ideas Week Celebrates Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs MarketWatch (press release) CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Furthering efforts to recognize and support socially-minded innovators in the Midwest and around the world, Chicago Ideas Week (CIW) and the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation Fellowship (BHSI) ... |
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Fit Business awards nominees accepted - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The annual program was started by the California Task Forc on Youth and Workplace Wellnes s in 2003 to recognize companies statewide that are taking innovative approaches to create a healthie r work environment and to promote a connectionb between employee health and the bottom This year’s awards are supportec by a grant from , a Silicon Valley nonprofigt that promotes healthy living, healthy aging and healthy Physical inactivity, obesity and other health-related problemsx cost California businesses billions of dollarse annually. Because people spend much of their time at the employers are uniquely positioned to promoteemployee health.
Interestee employers may visit the task forc Web siteat wellnesstaskforce.org for more information and to download an application. All entries must be postmarked beforeJune 17.
The annual program was started by the California Task Forc on Youth and Workplace Wellnes s in 2003 to recognize companies statewide that are taking innovative approaches to create a healthie r work environment and to promote a connectionb between employee health and the bottom This year’s awards are supportec by a grant from , a Silicon Valley nonprofigt that promotes healthy living, healthy aging and healthy Physical inactivity, obesity and other health-related problemsx cost California businesses billions of dollarse annually. Because people spend much of their time at the employers are uniquely positioned to promoteemployee health.
Interestee employers may visit the task forc Web siteat wellnesstaskforce.org for more information and to download an application. All entries must be postmarked beforeJune 17.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friends With Kids: Toronto Film Review - Hollywood Reporter
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Hollywood Reporter | Friends With Kids: Toronto Film Review Hollywood Reporter There are lots of clues in Friends With Kids that Jennifer Westfeldt has a robust support network around her --- from her film's keen observation of the ways in which close-knit circles banter and bicker together to the fact that its well-oiled ... Friends With Kids FRIENDS WITH KIDS Review Is 'Mad Men's' Jon Hamm ready to direct his first movie? |
Friday, September 9, 2011
9/11 and Pearl Harbor are similar, but impacts are different - Ventura County Star
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9/11 and Pearl Harbor are similar, but impacts are different Ventura County Star The two national tragedies are similar in a number of ways. A horrific, surprise attack on American soil. Thousands killed or wounded. A sudden outpouring of patriotism and national unity. An ensuing march into war. Yet the comparisons are valid only ... |
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Employers struggle with health insurance costs - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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billion doctor’s bill, and industry leaders say it’es causing health insurance plans to increase deductiblesw and chip away at benefitsto That’s because when Medicaid and Medicare reimburse health care provideres at a lower rate than private insurers, some hospitals and doctor s shift the cost to commercial payers rather than absornb it. This type of cost-shifting, sometimezs called a “hidden tax,” is estimated to have increased hospital and physicia costs for privately insured patients by 15 accordingto , a Seattle-based consulting firm. Milliman has just releasedf a study commissioned bythe , the and two additionak health care companies.
It found that cost-shifting annually adds an estimatex $1,512, or 10.6 percent, to the average premiukm for a family of Scott Serota, president and CEO of Chicago-baser Blue Cross and Blue Shield, said cost-shiftint should be an area of focu in the upcoming comprehensive health care reform expectef in the new administration under President-elecf Barack Obama. Employers absorb the brunt of skyrocketingf costs, paying nearly three-quarters of the shift, accordinv to Milliman. But if they haven’ already, more employers plan to pass costes on totheir workers.
The Millima study comes on the heels of a nationalo survey to evaluate the health care plands ofnearly 2,900 released in late November by Spokane, Wash.-based . It founc that employers held net health benefit cost increaseds at about 6 percent in the current year for a fourthstraighg year, but that has meant shiftingh more cost to employees. Employers are evaluating all One-third of Florida employers plan toincrease co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses to mitigate risinh costs, according to the Mercer survey of 105 Florida-based employers.
Thirty-one percen t will increase employees’ share of the premiunm contribution and 20 percent will increasewemployee cost-sharing in some other way. That’zs on top of health plan deductibles that doubled last year tomake $1,009 deductibles the norm among U.S. In 2000, about half of employers imposed a deductiblat all, and when they did, the median amount was just $250, according to Mercer. “Employeed are in no better position to paythosew increases,” said Janice Donaldson, executive director of the Smalk Business Development Center at the Universit of North Florida.
“That’s a hard sell as an employerf to say, ‘Hey, I know you haven’tf had a raise this year, but insurance rates are goinbg up.’ ” Jackie Perry, executive director of , said some Jacksonvillew businesses have discontinued coverage tostay afloat, and a few have adder a retirement savings account or increased sick and vacation pay to compensatwe for little or no health insurance The study did not account for businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
More than half of all employerw in Duval County have fewer than five Mercer respondents estimated that if they did not make changes totheir plan, cost would rise by about 9 Changes to plan design and/or plan vendors were expectedd to lower their cost increasre to 6.4 percent.
billion doctor’s bill, and industry leaders say it’es causing health insurance plans to increase deductiblesw and chip away at benefitsto That’s because when Medicaid and Medicare reimburse health care provideres at a lower rate than private insurers, some hospitals and doctor s shift the cost to commercial payers rather than absornb it. This type of cost-shifting, sometimezs called a “hidden tax,” is estimated to have increased hospital and physicia costs for privately insured patients by 15 accordingto , a Seattle-based consulting firm. Milliman has just releasedf a study commissioned bythe , the and two additionak health care companies.
It found that cost-shifting annually adds an estimatex $1,512, or 10.6 percent, to the average premiukm for a family of Scott Serota, president and CEO of Chicago-baser Blue Cross and Blue Shield, said cost-shiftint should be an area of focu in the upcoming comprehensive health care reform expectef in the new administration under President-elecf Barack Obama. Employers absorb the brunt of skyrocketingf costs, paying nearly three-quarters of the shift, accordinv to Milliman. But if they haven’ already, more employers plan to pass costes on totheir workers.
The Millima study comes on the heels of a nationalo survey to evaluate the health care plands ofnearly 2,900 released in late November by Spokane, Wash.-based . It founc that employers held net health benefit cost increaseds at about 6 percent in the current year for a fourthstraighg year, but that has meant shiftingh more cost to employees. Employers are evaluating all One-third of Florida employers plan toincrease co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses to mitigate risinh costs, according to the Mercer survey of 105 Florida-based employers.
Thirty-one percen t will increase employees’ share of the premiunm contribution and 20 percent will increasewemployee cost-sharing in some other way. That’zs on top of health plan deductibles that doubled last year tomake $1,009 deductibles the norm among U.S. In 2000, about half of employers imposed a deductiblat all, and when they did, the median amount was just $250, according to Mercer. “Employeed are in no better position to paythosew increases,” said Janice Donaldson, executive director of the Smalk Business Development Center at the Universit of North Florida.
“That’s a hard sell as an employerf to say, ‘Hey, I know you haven’tf had a raise this year, but insurance rates are goinbg up.’ ” Jackie Perry, executive director of , said some Jacksonvillew businesses have discontinued coverage tostay afloat, and a few have adder a retirement savings account or increased sick and vacation pay to compensatwe for little or no health insurance The study did not account for businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
More than half of all employerw in Duval County have fewer than five Mercer respondents estimated that if they did not make changes totheir plan, cost would rise by about 9 Changes to plan design and/or plan vendors were expectedd to lower their cost increasre to 6.4 percent.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Some business owners willing to expand despite economic unrest - Kansas City Business Journal:
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“It’s not a good time to be expandingexisting businesses, let alonee starting a new one,” says Joe Monaco, public informatioj officer for the . The study by the showed 74 percent of respondents said they woul d not consider starting a business in the next five The foundation surveyed a national sample of816 registered, likel voters with a margin of error of 3.4 percent. But at leastr two local small busineses owners appear to be in the Bill Ramsey andBeth Tully, whos businesses are different, share similar perspectives about the local businessd environment. They say business is good because Wichita’as economy is stronger than itis nationally.
But they understandr why people would be reluctant to starty a business because of the economic uncertainty and tightening oflendinv standards. “Its a scary time right now and people are wonderin whatto do,” Ramsety says. Ramsey started The Bill Guy Technology Solutione a week before the terrorist attacksof Sept. 11, 2001. Tullg took a leap of faith in Novembefr 2005, leaving the corporate world to run Cocoa DolceArtisajn Chocolates. Despite the economic uncertaintu and tightercredit regulations, Ramsey and Tully agreer their businesses wouldn’t be where they are toda without some risk.
“I thinlk small business is not for the weak of you have to be a littlee bit of arisk taker,” Tully says. She took a risk in Augusr when Cocoa Dolce moved into its newproductiom building, an 1,875-square-foot site at 3540 N. Comotarqa St. The move allowed the retail operations to expand at the 37th Streef North and RockRoad location. But if she had to make that call now, Tullh says she would have gotsomethingv smaller. She says adding space was the righf decision because it allows her busineseto grow. “We expanded because we were at critical mass withour space,” she says. “Wde wouldn’t be able to get throughu another holiday seasonwithout expanding.
” Ramsey, meanwhile, says he won’t let economid uncertainty effect his business. “Thd smart person is going to be lookinh for opportunities in timeslike this,” he says. Ramsey says he continues to invest money in growing his He also is looking at additional busineszs ventures in the nextfive years, but declined to give anythingf specific. How the credit crunch will affect his plansis unclear, Ramsey says.
“It’s not a good time to be expandingexisting businesses, let alonee starting a new one,” says Joe Monaco, public informatioj officer for the . The study by the showed 74 percent of respondents said they woul d not consider starting a business in the next five The foundation surveyed a national sample of816 registered, likel voters with a margin of error of 3.4 percent. But at leastr two local small busineses owners appear to be in the Bill Ramsey andBeth Tully, whos businesses are different, share similar perspectives about the local businessd environment. They say business is good because Wichita’as economy is stronger than itis nationally.
But they understandr why people would be reluctant to starty a business because of the economic uncertainty and tightening oflendinv standards. “Its a scary time right now and people are wonderin whatto do,” Ramsety says. Ramsey started The Bill Guy Technology Solutione a week before the terrorist attacksof Sept. 11, 2001. Tullg took a leap of faith in Novembefr 2005, leaving the corporate world to run Cocoa DolceArtisajn Chocolates. Despite the economic uncertaintu and tightercredit regulations, Ramsey and Tully agreer their businesses wouldn’t be where they are toda without some risk.
“I thinlk small business is not for the weak of you have to be a littlee bit of arisk taker,” Tully says. She took a risk in Augusr when Cocoa Dolce moved into its newproductiom building, an 1,875-square-foot site at 3540 N. Comotarqa St. The move allowed the retail operations to expand at the 37th Streef North and RockRoad location. But if she had to make that call now, Tullh says she would have gotsomethingv smaller. She says adding space was the righf decision because it allows her busineseto grow. “We expanded because we were at critical mass withour space,” she says. “Wde wouldn’t be able to get throughu another holiday seasonwithout expanding.
” Ramsey, meanwhile, says he won’t let economid uncertainty effect his business. “Thd smart person is going to be lookinh for opportunities in timeslike this,” he says. Ramsey says he continues to invest money in growing his He also is looking at additional busineszs ventures in the nextfive years, but declined to give anythingf specific. How the credit crunch will affect his plansis unclear, Ramsey says.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
5 Things: Coffee Talk, Long Weekend - Patch.com
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5 Things: Coffee Talk, Long Weekend Patch.com Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, US Army, watches from the opposite side of ... |
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Grads look to mundane sectors as finance withers - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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But Gosalia’s first job after graduating earlier thismonth won’t be at UBS or Fidelity Instead, he’s spending $385,000 in savingss and a loan from his parents to open a frozen-yogurft store near Symphony Hall in “The reason I wanted to go into this is because it’ss a really poor economy and there’s not a lot of job securityu right now,” said Gosalia, who hopes to open the state’s first Red Mango franchise this summer. Gosalia, 22, is not the only recent graduate pursuing an unexpected caree r path as the job market for studentxs specializing in areas of business hasrapidly contracted.
Officialws and students at Wellesley-basede Babson and Waltham-based , both schools specializingy in business, said many students are struggling to find and those who have found jobs are oftej finding them outsidethe once-dominant field of financial “It’s definitely a more difficult year for students,” said Len executive director of corporate relations at Bentley. When accounting for students with jobs or pursuingraduate degrees, Bentley’s placement ratex were 69 percent at graduation and 93 percent six months after graduation last This year, both rates will be below thoswe figures, Morrison said.
“I’d be delighted if it’s 85 six months out, he Babson expects its placement rate to be right around92 percent, which is what it reached in 2002. That’zs still below the 97 percent to 98percent it’z averaged in the years said Megan Houlker, director at the centere for career development at A former intern with New York-based Steeol Point Capital Partners LP, Gosalia said he’s attracted to the Red Mangok concept as a rare chance to work for But he also conceded the move is the result of a profounxd decline in financial sector jobs. Othed students are butting up against thesame wall, Morrisonh and Houlker said.
Houlker said one-thired of Babson graduates entered the sectof inprevious years. This year it will represeng about a quarter will entertthe sector. Many students are looking into less sexy areas of the suchas retail, defense and insurance, Morriso n said. Others are “leapfrogging” by acceptinh internships to better their Still more are heading back to graduate At Bentley the number of students entering graduatw school straight after finishing their undergraduate degreew has risen by20 percent, Morrison said.
That’s a move Aaron Hartman, a 21-year old recenyt graduate of Bentley, is trying to He had planned to go into the hospitalityt industry butwas “disheartened” by the lack of Now, Hartman is tryingb to find a job in the admissionsw office of a college. He’s also looking at part-timew jobs, like being a waiter, to pay his If he doesn’t find a job within a year, he’ll likely head to graduatse school. “I’m just trying to hold out as long as I he said.
But Gosalia’s first job after graduating earlier thismonth won’t be at UBS or Fidelity Instead, he’s spending $385,000 in savingss and a loan from his parents to open a frozen-yogurft store near Symphony Hall in “The reason I wanted to go into this is because it’ss a really poor economy and there’s not a lot of job securityu right now,” said Gosalia, who hopes to open the state’s first Red Mango franchise this summer. Gosalia, 22, is not the only recent graduate pursuing an unexpected caree r path as the job market for studentxs specializing in areas of business hasrapidly contracted.
Officialws and students at Wellesley-basede Babson and Waltham-based , both schools specializingy in business, said many students are struggling to find and those who have found jobs are oftej finding them outsidethe once-dominant field of financial “It’s definitely a more difficult year for students,” said Len executive director of corporate relations at Bentley. When accounting for students with jobs or pursuingraduate degrees, Bentley’s placement ratex were 69 percent at graduation and 93 percent six months after graduation last This year, both rates will be below thoswe figures, Morrison said.
“I’d be delighted if it’s 85 six months out, he Babson expects its placement rate to be right around92 percent, which is what it reached in 2002. That’zs still below the 97 percent to 98percent it’z averaged in the years said Megan Houlker, director at the centere for career development at A former intern with New York-based Steeol Point Capital Partners LP, Gosalia said he’s attracted to the Red Mangok concept as a rare chance to work for But he also conceded the move is the result of a profounxd decline in financial sector jobs. Othed students are butting up against thesame wall, Morrisonh and Houlker said.
Houlker said one-thired of Babson graduates entered the sectof inprevious years. This year it will represeng about a quarter will entertthe sector. Many students are looking into less sexy areas of the suchas retail, defense and insurance, Morriso n said. Others are “leapfrogging” by acceptinh internships to better their Still more are heading back to graduate At Bentley the number of students entering graduatw school straight after finishing their undergraduate degreew has risen by20 percent, Morrison said.
That’s a move Aaron Hartman, a 21-year old recenyt graduate of Bentley, is trying to He had planned to go into the hospitalityt industry butwas “disheartened” by the lack of Now, Hartman is tryingb to find a job in the admissionsw office of a college. He’s also looking at part-timew jobs, like being a waiter, to pay his If he doesn’t find a job within a year, he’ll likely head to graduatse school. “I’m just trying to hold out as long as I he said.
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