CBS News | 1 dead in tent collapse at St. Louis Cards game CBS News LOUIS - High winds swept through a beer tent where 200 people gathered after a Cardinals game Saturday, killing one and seriously injuring five others. But the owner of the St. Louis bar that hosted the crowd said it was lightning â" not wind â" that ... One dead, 100 in jured when wind hits beer garden |
Sunday, April 29, 2012
1 dead in tent collapse at St. Louis Cards game - CBS News
Friday, April 27, 2012
Newsom: If Chronicle vanished, under-30s 'won't notice' - San Francisco Business Times:
has more bad news for the shrinking , saying in a May 14 articled it “stands a fair chance of becominbg the first major American city without adailg newspaper.” The British news weekly note in a story on “The rebirtbh of news” and attempts to revitalizee journalism using new technologiea and formats, that the -owned Chronicle “is trimming its alreaduy pared-down staff in an attempt to avoid And adding insult to injury, if it were to the newspaper said, quoting San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, “People unde 30 won’t even notice.” The under orders from Hearst Corp.
to trim payrol costs significantly or facepossible closure, laid off 39 editoriakl and business staffers late last week, according to a tallyu by the Media Workers Guild. The Guildf said the layoffs announced last Thursdayand Friday, May 7 and 8, “appearf to be enough to meet immediate cost-cutting goals.” The 39 involuntart layoffs included 18 newsroom positions and 21 in advertising, ad productiohn and other commercial departments, according to a statement on the Guild’zs web site. Combined with 112 buyouts previouslyg announced, the Guild said, “that brings the tota l number of jobs eliminated since Marchto 151.
” It’e not clear yet whether the staff cuts and othet moves by the 144-year-old paper will be enoug h to stem financial losses estimated at more than $50 millionh annually by Hearst and as much as $70 millionm per year by other informed
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Proxy firms offer opposing advice on Magna's Stronach - Reuters
Globe and Mail | Proxy firms offer opposing advice on Magna's Stronach Reuters Glass Lewis says withhold Stronach vote, ISS says vote in favor * Glass Lewis cites attendance, property deals TORONTO, April 25 (Reuters) - Two prominent proxy advisory firms have opposing advice for Magna International Inc shareholders who will ... Bus iness briefs |
Monday, April 23, 2012
Meet North Potomac's Mrs. Ground, Teacher of the Year Nominee - Patch.com
Meet North Potomac's Mrs. Ground, Teacher of the Year Nominee Patch.com Christie Ground, 30, of North Potomac, was among three finalists for Teacher of the Year, an honor bestowed by the Marian Greenblatt Education Fund, in collaboration with Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education and Montgomery County Public ... |
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Local, statewide GOP runoff elections Tuesday - Opelika Auburn News
WALA-TV FOX10 | Local, statewide GOP runoff elections Tuesday Opelika Auburn News Local voters will help choose a GOP candidate for Alabama Public Service Commission president and determine the District 5 representative on the Lee County Board of Education during a Republican Primary Runoff on Tuesday. The runoffs are necessary ... Tiny turnout predicted at polls for PSC runoff Low turnout expected in PSC runoff |
Friday, April 20, 2012
Lawmakers looking to create stiffer penalties for pet thieves - WKTV
Lawmakers looking to create stiffer penalties for pet thieves WKTV By LEXIE O'CONNOR New York lawmakers are now considering a bill that would send someone convicted of stealing a pet to prison for up to four years for felony grand larceny. The State Senate passed the bill overwhelmingly Wednesday, and now it moves on ... |
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
IAOP Expands Outsourcing Professional Certification Training Globally - MarketWatch (press release)
IAOP Expands Outsourcing Professional Certification Training Globally MarketWatch (press release) POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, Apr 18, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- With the outsourcing industry continuing to experience 10 percent growth, the need for outsourcing professionals to stay up to date on the latest trends and standards is more pertinent than ever ... |
Monday, April 16, 2012
Health Care Property Investors completes CNL Retirement buy - Orlando Business Journal:
billion, a figure deal-makers have said markd the largest sale of a Centrak Florida company inthe region'xs history. Orlando-headquartered CNL Retirement was a real estate investmenr trust with investments mainly in independent assisted living and continuing careretirement communities, medical office buildings and other medicalp real estate. As of June 30, CNL Retirement ownef a portfolio of 273 properties in 33statexs (excluding properties held for With $11.5 billion in aggregate value now that the deal is Long Beach, Calif.-based Health Care Property Investorsz (NYSE: HCP) will includwe nearly 800 properties in 44 operated by companies such as Sunrise Senior Living Serviceds Inc.
, American Retirement Corp., HCA Horizon Bay, Erickson Retirement Communities LLC and Encore Seniotr Living, as well as commercial medicalk developers such as The Cirrus Groul and The Dasco Cos. LLC. The company plansx to establish an East Coast officin Orlando. Under the deal's terma and based on the price of HCP stockl at the close of themarket Oct. 4, HCP will pay CNL Retiremen shareholdersabout $13.85 per share, consistinfg of about 80 percent cash and 20 percenrt stock. CNL Retirement shareholdersa will getabout $11.13 cash and .0865 sharee of HCP common stock (valued at $2.72) for ever y share of CNL Retirement stock. At the time of the CNL Retirement hadaboug 264.
2 million shares outstanding. The deal includes the assumption or refinancing ofabout $1.7 billion of CNL Retirement's outstanding "This is a tremendous transaction for our shareholders and for HCP's shareholders," says CNL Retirement founder and Chairmann James M. Seneff Jr. in a HCP also bought , the external adviser to CNL for 4,378,918 shares of HCP commonb stock, sold as the result of a separatwe process. CNL Retirement's board of directors and a special committee of independent directors of the board unanimously approvedethe transaction, and shareholders agreef with the deal Sept. 26.
actexd as financial adviser to CNLRetiremenr Properties, and served as legalp counsel. acted as financiall adviser, and acted as legal adviser to thespecial
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Dish Network hit with contempt ruling in patent case - Denver Business Journal:
The decision by the U.S. District Court for East Texasz is a potentially costly lossfor Englewood-based Dish Network DISH) in its five-year-old battlwe over whether some of its DVR technologuy violates TiVo patents. . Dish Networmk issued a statement Tuesday saying it will appeak the contempt verdict and seek a stay onthe verdict’s requirementr that Dish start disabling featureds in many of its DVRs withij 30 days. “We believe a stay is warrantexd and that we have strong groundsfor appeal. Our engineere spent close to a year designingarounf Tivo’s patent and removed the very features that Tivo said infringe at trial.
Existing Dish Network customers with DVRs are not immediately impacted by theserecent developments,” the company’s writteh statement said. Dish Network has 13.6 millioj subscribers. A jury found in 2007 that DVR software in DishNetworko set-top boxes violated patents of Alviso, Calif.-based TiVo covering DVR playbacok features, like the ability to pause and rewinsd live programming while the DVR continues to Dish Network reprogrammed millions of its DVRs after the 2007 verdict with a it said removed any infringing But TiVo claimed Dish Network’as software “workaround” continued the old patent violationj and sought the contempt verdict from the Texas Losing the contempt battle has been noted by Dish Networok as a risk factor for the company, one that coulr put it at a competitive disadvantage by limitin the capabilities DVRs.
It proved costlyt in other ways, too. The contempt ordefr upped the financial penalty to Dish Networokby $103 million. The contempt order listecd total damages and interest award due to TiVoat $192.76 million. Dish Network has paid nearly $105 milliomn of the damages and interest from the initiap infringement judgement and hasanothed $27 million in escrow for according to Securities & Exchange Commissioh filings. Dish Network used to be part ofEchoStafr Communications. It split into two companies at the start of 2008, Dish Network and EchoStafr corporations. makes set-top boxes and related technologie and Dish network is itsprimary customer.
TiVo issue a statement Tuesday praising thecontempt ruling. “EchoStard may attempt to further delaythis case, but we are very pleasedx the court has made it clear that there are majoer ramifications for continued infringement,” TiVo’s press release
Friday, April 13, 2012
Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. propose 10 for Port Authority board - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
The two presented a slate of board members to OttoBudig Jr., president of Budco Group Tom Williams, president and CEO of Nortu American Properties; Lydia Jacobs-Horn, director, globalp facilities and real estate, Procter & Gamblde Co.; Marty Dunn, a partnerf with the law firm Dinsmore & Joe Zimmer, executive Greater Cincinnati Building & Construction Tradex Council; Clark Handy, senior vice president, humabn resources, Convergys Corp.; Lynn Marmer, group vice presidentr for corporate affairs, Kroger Co.
; Richarx Greiwe, principal, Greiwe Development Shane Wright, vice president and chief financial officer, GE Aviation; and Karehn McShea, managing director, Americaa & Caribbean, Colliers International. The Port Authority’s powers were expanded in August 2008 to include the abilityg to levya one-mill tax subjecgt to voters’ approval, the ability to own property and the powefr of eminent domain, subject to approval by the city and county. “Thd new structure will allow the Port to be a much more aggressive tool in our efforts to expand our local economty andcreate jobs,” Mallory said in a news release.
The city and countyu are expected to vote on the slate during theird meetingJune 17, according to the release.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Northwest Vista ranks 10th nationwide in measure of student degrees earned - San Antonio Business Journal:
ranked Northwest Vista 10th in the natiohn among the Top 100 Associate Degree Producersof 2008. The part of , conferred more than 600 associatee degrees and certificates over the past From 2003to 2007, Northwest Vista also increased its associatd degree attainment rate by 42.8 "What is significant is that our graduation numbers have increaseds faster than our enrollment, indicating that our initiativese to increase graduation rates are working," says Northwestr Vista President Jackie Claunch. Community College Week used data furnishede bythe U.S. Department of Education to compilsethe rankings.
The Education Department tracked institutions that have awarded over 500 associatr degrees in each of the past five In the accompanying Community CollegeWeek article, Northwesft Vista's participation in the Achieving the Dream Initiative and specialized academicd advising plans were both highlighted as specific programs that are raising the number of degreesz earned. Achieving the Dream is a nationa l initiative made up ofcommunity colleges, nonprofit education and publicv policy foundations and individuals. The initiative is designed to help more particularly low-income or students of color, earn certificates, degreesa or transfers to four-yearf colleges.
Northwest Vista Colleged opened in 1995 with12 students. Today, more than 10,000 students are enrolled in the school.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Gingrich: Romney 'most likely' will be Republican nominee; Sens. Conrad ... - Fox News
The Associated Press | Gingrich: Romney 'most likely' will be Republican nominee; Sens. Conrad ... Fox News He is far and away, the most likely Republican nominee. And if he does get to 1144 delegates, I'll support him. I'll do everything I can this f » |
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Serena advances, Venus eliminated - ESPN
USA TODAY | Serena advances, Venus eliminated ESPN AP CHARLESTON, SC -- Reigning US Open champion Samantha Stosur put the latest matchup in the Williams sisters' sibling rivalry on hold by r » |
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Boediono Akan Pidato, Gempa Menggoyang - Vivanews
Boediono Akan Pidato, Gempa Menggoyang Vivanews Gempa ini juga membuat ratusan palajar SD Panjangrejo, Kecamatan Pundong, Kabupaten Bantul yang tak jauh dari pusat gempa langsung berhamburan keluar kelas. Sementara itu di luar tempat acara, puluhan mahasiswa dari berbagai kampus di Yogyakarta ... |
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
DiNome abandons quest to lead Reed Smith - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburgh Businessa Times that Jordan and DiNome issued a joinf announcement tothe Pittsburgh-based firm Tuesday mornin g that DiNome has withdrawn his candidacy. “They sat down and talkex and discovered they had a lot ofcommom ground,” Egan said. “Many of the thinge John was concerned about, Greg was working on. They agreeds that the best thing for the firm was to focuss on business insteadof competing.” reported last week that DiNom was challenging Jordan, who was seeking his fourth three-yeat term as managing partner of the law firm.
DiNome sent out a 10-page statement of candidacy to all Reed Smith partnerds in which he questionefdthe firm’s business the compensation and transparency of senior management, and calledc for a more independent executived committee. The memo was obtained by the Business Journal. DiNome and Jordan had said they agreed to not speakj publicly about the contested race to leadthe 1,600-lawyer which has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia. The firm partnership will vote in the winner, who will now certainlg be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed sincwe he first sought the job in when he beat Philadelphiz litigator John Smith.
Jordan’s tenure has been viewedd as extremely successful. He has grown the firm througy a series of significantr mergers from 500 lawyerz in nine officesto 1,600 lawyere in 23 offices, including new ones in Asia and California. Focusing on a core group of practices with highbilling rates, Jordan also drastically increased the firm’s profitability. But with the economhy sagging, Reed Smith’s transactional practices have suffered. The firm has laid off 215 including26 lawyers, since December. The firm also cut 50 legao secretaries last summer and salarie forall U.S. associates by 10 percentt last month.
DiNome, a labodr lawyer, joined as part of a group from Montgomergy McCrackenWalker & Rhoads led by Karl Frittonm in 1996. A graduate of West Point, he speny seven years in active duty as a field artillergy officer before attending Rutgers University Schoolof Law-Camden.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Carolinas HealthCare System forms cardiac unit - Charlotte Business Journal:
The newly formed Sanger Heartf and Vascular Institute comprisesthe , , and . Joseph Piemont, chiecf operating officer at Carolinas HealthCare, says the chang is consistent withthe system’s goal of operatin as a unified “The new structure will create seamlesds interaction between the care provider by Sanger and Charlotte Cardiology Associatees staff in their medicalo offices and in the hospital setting in which they serve patients.” Dr. Paul president of Sanger Clinicc and Carolinas Heart andVascular Institute, will becomee president of the Sanger Heary and Vascular Institute.
After July 1, all Sanger Clinic and Charlotter Cardiology Associates medical offices and practice locations will be referre to as Sanger Heart and VascularInstitute facilities. More than 420 physiciansw and support staff will be affected by the blending ofcardiacf services. They work in more than 30 full- and part-timse medical offices spread across 16 countiee inthe Carolinas. In addition, a large numbere of hospital-based personnel working in cardiaccath labs, operatinh rooms, etc. will come under the Sangerd Heart and VascularInstitute umbrella. Charlotte-based Carolinaz HealthCare employs morethan 1,300 physicians. Its flagshipo facility is , an 874-becd hospital in midtown Charlotte.