Thursday, July 19, 2012

Obama Spokesman on Solyndra: 'Widely Praised as Successful and Innovative' - The Weekly Standard (blog)

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Obama Spokesman on Solyndra: 'Widely Praised as Successful and Innovative'

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Lis Smith, a spokesman for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, touted Solyndra by saying the failed energy company that received feder »

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Affordable housing projects in region win funding - Baltimore Business Journal:

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The funding comes from the Federal HomeLoan Bank'e 2007 Affordable Housing Program, which totals $50 million to creatre or preserve more than 6,00 0 affordable housing units in states the bank serves. In Maryland, loca developers working in partnership with FHLB member bankd will receive grants rangingfrom $100,000 to $500,000 to help fund affordablr housing in Baltimore, Cambridge, Catonsville and Princessx Anne. East Baltimore Good Neighbor InitiativedPhase I, funded by and sponsored by Chesapeakde Habitat for Humanity of Baltimore, will receivee $300,000 for 30 housing units. Parktown Apartments, fundedf by (NASDAQ: BAYN) and sponsorec by , will receive $258,705 for 48 housin units.
St. Ambrose Intervention funded by Bradford Bank and sponsoredby , will receive $200,00o0 for 20 housing units. The Senior Housing Community at Rolling fundedby (NYSE: STI) and sponsored by Enterprise Housing Corporation of will receive $373,500 for 83 housing units. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlantqoffers low-cost financing, community developmen grants and other banking services to help more than 1,200p member banks make affordable home mortgageas and provide economic development credit to neighborhoods and communities.
Its members includw commercial banks, credit unions, thrifts and insurance companie s basedin Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Woods confident again as Royal Lytham looms - AFP

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Woods confident again as Royal Lytham looms

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By Jim Slater (AFP) â€" 33 minutes ago. LYTHAM, England â€" Tiger Woods comes to the British Open confident in his game and aware of the dangers on offer at Royal Lytham, where dense rough, 205 pot bunkers and rain will test the 14-time major champion.


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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Dayton Business Journal:

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Maryland nursing will be used to lure faculttyand students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reacgh 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currenrt vacancy rate of nurses at state hospitals is8 percent. The economicf downturn has helped the industry because many retirefd nurses have come backto work, but once the recessio n ends the shortage will worsen, said Carmelqa Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association.
The first rouned of grants will increase the number of nurseas graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculth positions at nursing programs acrossthe “The number of nursea graduating from Maryland schools are simply not said Ronald B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Wh o Will Care?” campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursingv demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursingy students. The program has raised $15.
5 million to date through the state’s business including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'es largest hospital system, and , the region's largest health Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for gave $500,000. The goal is to raiswe $20 million from the privater sector by the end ofthe year, and then raisse an addition $40 million in state, locap and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, • .

Friday, July 13, 2012

Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (Main Board) Recorded 07/13/201 - Bloomberg

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Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (Main Board) Recorded 07/13/201

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Short selling was recorded on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for the following companies as of 00:45 today.


Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (GEM) Recorded 07/13/2012 (Tabl

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

John Culleton: Job growth unrelated to tax cuts - Carroll County Times

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John Culleton: Job growth unrelated to tax cuts

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Currently the Bush tax cuts are under debate. There were two such actions, occurring in 2001 and 2003. Because they increased the deficit beyond a certain amount they were by law limited to 10 years. They were renewed in 2010.



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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Weekend box office too close to call - San Francisco Business Times:

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"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" from Fox and "Transformers: Revenge of the from Paramount both projected the same box office gross for theweekencd -- $42,500,000 -- according to , whichj tracks box-office revenues. The estimated numbere are from the studios and are base d on estimates from Friday and Saturday and projections for thereport said. "Transformers" was number one at last week'w box office, and "Ice Age" is in its first week in Anothernew release, "Publi Enemies" from Universal came in third, with an estimatexd $26,172,000.
Rounding out the top five were Disney'ds "The Proposal" and Warner "The Hangover," which brought in an estimated $12,779,000 and respectively. "Transformers" also passed Disney/Pixar's "Up" as the top-grossin g movie of the as it has brought in an estimated compared to anestimated $264,873,000 for "Up." "Transformers" also now has the 31st highes domestic gross all time, according to the