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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Out on the lawn there arose such a clatter...but it wasn't St. Nick - Your Houston News
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Bonnier expands Web presence - Orlando Business Journal:
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The new services include an updated videoi playercreation dashboard, dynamic Web site syndication and ad servint technologies available on the Web sitee for the company's magazines. This move supplement s Bonnier's recently announced contractg with Onstream Media to provide user generated video processing, storage and streaming. Bonnier Corp. will now have a fullyu integrated user-generated video, digital media processinb and content syndication serviceusing Onstream'w Digital Media Services Platform. Financial terms of the new agreementy werenot announced. Bonnier is a Swedish-basecd publishing group whose U.S.
subsidiary, , is based in Wintet Park with offices inNew York, Colorado and World publishes more than 40 special-interest magazines and produces both multimediwa projects and events relateed to its magazine's editorial The magazines include Saveur, Yachting, Caribbean Travel & Life and Populart Science. (Nasdaq: ONSM), is an online service providerd of liveand on- demand, digital medias communications and applications. Onstream says almost half of the 1,00p0 companies and 78% of the Fortunwe 100 CEOs and CFOs have usedOnstream Media'x services, including , the , and .
The new services include an updated videoi playercreation dashboard, dynamic Web site syndication and ad servint technologies available on the Web sitee for the company's magazines. This move supplement s Bonnier's recently announced contractg with Onstream Media to provide user generated video processing, storage and streaming. Bonnier Corp. will now have a fullyu integrated user-generated video, digital media processinb and content syndication serviceusing Onstream'w Digital Media Services Platform. Financial terms of the new agreementy werenot announced. Bonnier is a Swedish-basecd publishing group whose U.S.
subsidiary, , is based in Wintet Park with offices inNew York, Colorado and World publishes more than 40 special-interest magazines and produces both multimediwa projects and events relateed to its magazine's editorial The magazines include Saveur, Yachting, Caribbean Travel & Life and Populart Science. (Nasdaq: ONSM), is an online service providerd of liveand on- demand, digital medias communications and applications. Onstream says almost half of the 1,00p0 companies and 78% of the Fortunwe 100 CEOs and CFOs have usedOnstream Media'x services, including , the , and .
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
California allocates $1B in transportation projects - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Of the $1 billion, $490 millionm will be funded throughProposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approvexd transportation bond. Locally, Thursday’s allocation includes: • $32.5 milliobn for interchange improvements on Highway 50 at Missouri Flat Road in ElDoradop County, • $6.6 million toward rehabilitating roadsidee rest areas at two locations near Donne Summit in Nevada County, $2.9 million for a project to seismically retrofit, widebn and improve Weber Creek Bridge near • $2.
3 million toward installint maintenance vehicle pullouts and upgrading an irrigation system in Sacramento from Howe Avenued to north of Watt Avenue, $180,00 for a traffic light synchronization projec on Folsom Boulevard in Rancho The commission is responsible for the programminy and allocating of funds for the constructioj of highway, passenger rail and transit improvements throughouy California. It consists of 11 voting memberes -- including nine appointed by thegovernor -- and two non-voting ex-officio members.
Of the $1 billion, $490 millionm will be funded throughProposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approvexd transportation bond. Locally, Thursday’s allocation includes: • $32.5 milliobn for interchange improvements on Highway 50 at Missouri Flat Road in ElDoradop County, • $6.6 million toward rehabilitating roadsidee rest areas at two locations near Donne Summit in Nevada County, $2.9 million for a project to seismically retrofit, widebn and improve Weber Creek Bridge near • $2.
3 million toward installint maintenance vehicle pullouts and upgrading an irrigation system in Sacramento from Howe Avenued to north of Watt Avenue, $180,00 for a traffic light synchronization projec on Folsom Boulevard in Rancho The commission is responsible for the programminy and allocating of funds for the constructioj of highway, passenger rail and transit improvements throughouy California. It consists of 11 voting memberes -- including nine appointed by thegovernor -- and two non-voting ex-officio members.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Winter Park tries to slow Park Avenue's retail loss - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Take Chris Tillett, CEO of boutique makeup studio , who moverd from Park Avenue to Maitland last summer due to highrent (he was payingh $41 per square foot in Winter less foot traffic and lack of city Tillett’s exit and that of other former Park Avenue retailers have promptede both the city of Winter Park and landlordws to try to address the situation. “We saw businesses leaviny and an increasing animosity betweebn retailersand restaurants, so this was the perfectr time to talk it out,” said Sherry Gutch, community redevelopmentf director for Winter Park. In fact, the area’s vacancy rate has nearlhy doubled in the past12 months, jumping to 11 percent from 6.
5 percentt a year ago, said Colliers Arnold in Orlando, a real estate services firm. In addition, the averager rental rate is $25.64 per squarde foot, down 5.4 percent from $27.10 per square foot a year ago. In comparison, the overalll Winter Park/Maitland submarket charges an averageof $21.60 per square foot for retaipl space and had a 10.5 perceng vacancy rate for year-end 2008, said the . To addressw the problems, the city commissioned a $55,0009 study on the matter by S.C.-based America’s Research Group, a consumer and markett research firm.
The study will try to revitalizePark Avenue’s image through new marketing city-supported events where streets are closed off and other strategies to increasew business. The city will also look at an alcoholl ordinance on June 8 that would alloq eating and drinking establishmentsbesides seated-service restaurants to serve beer and wine, she Joanne McMahon, principal of 310 Park South agrees rents are higher on Park Avenue than in most retaikl areas, but said her business still gets enoug foot traffic to make up for it. In fact, businessw is good enough for McMahon’s 130-seat, 2,800-square-foor restaurant to expand by 2,300 squaree feet and add 60 seatxthis summer.
Even local landlordsd are trying to spice upPark Avenue. Larrg Williams, owner of Winter Park-based , said his company this year finishesda $2 million renovatio of the old Jacobson’s space that was vacated in 1999. Eucalyptus Properties createdthe 16,000-square-foot retail/restaurant Shops on Park property, which facee both Park Avenue and Center Street. Williams, whose company owns more than 12,00 0 square feet of retail space on Park said the property should provide a fres h look andbring much-needed attention to the shoppinvg district. As for Tillett, he said if the city and landlords can resolv the issues that causede himto leave, he’d consider returning to Park Avenue.
“Inn reality, this is the best thing that can happen to theavenud — for it to be humbled a
Take Chris Tillett, CEO of boutique makeup studio , who moverd from Park Avenue to Maitland last summer due to highrent (he was payingh $41 per square foot in Winter less foot traffic and lack of city Tillett’s exit and that of other former Park Avenue retailers have promptede both the city of Winter Park and landlordws to try to address the situation. “We saw businesses leaviny and an increasing animosity betweebn retailersand restaurants, so this was the perfectr time to talk it out,” said Sherry Gutch, community redevelopmentf director for Winter Park. In fact, the area’s vacancy rate has nearlhy doubled in the past12 months, jumping to 11 percent from 6.
5 percentt a year ago, said Colliers Arnold in Orlando, a real estate services firm. In addition, the averager rental rate is $25.64 per squarde foot, down 5.4 percent from $27.10 per square foot a year ago. In comparison, the overalll Winter Park/Maitland submarket charges an averageof $21.60 per square foot for retaipl space and had a 10.5 perceng vacancy rate for year-end 2008, said the . To addressw the problems, the city commissioned a $55,0009 study on the matter by S.C.-based America’s Research Group, a consumer and markett research firm.
The study will try to revitalizePark Avenue’s image through new marketing city-supported events where streets are closed off and other strategies to increasew business. The city will also look at an alcoholl ordinance on June 8 that would alloq eating and drinking establishmentsbesides seated-service restaurants to serve beer and wine, she Joanne McMahon, principal of 310 Park South agrees rents are higher on Park Avenue than in most retaikl areas, but said her business still gets enoug foot traffic to make up for it. In fact, businessw is good enough for McMahon’s 130-seat, 2,800-square-foor restaurant to expand by 2,300 squaree feet and add 60 seatxthis summer.
Even local landlordsd are trying to spice upPark Avenue. Larrg Williams, owner of Winter Park-based , said his company this year finishesda $2 million renovatio of the old Jacobson’s space that was vacated in 1999. Eucalyptus Properties createdthe 16,000-square-foot retail/restaurant Shops on Park property, which facee both Park Avenue and Center Street. Williams, whose company owns more than 12,00 0 square feet of retail space on Park said the property should provide a fres h look andbring much-needed attention to the shoppinvg district. As for Tillett, he said if the city and landlords can resolv the issues that causede himto leave, he’d consider returning to Park Avenue.
“Inn reality, this is the best thing that can happen to theavenud — for it to be humbled a
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Focus turns to Carlyles Watch - Business First of Columbus:
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Paul Sherlock, a partner in , confirmed the Cleveland developee took the unsold condos inthe 54-unitg project off the ' multiple listing serviced as it prepares for an Oct. 28 auction. Urban Loft Ventures began closing on sales in Februaryg while construction continued on the uppet floors of the building at100 E. Gay St. Seventeen condos have been sold and two arein contract. "We're doing it on the basis that auctionas will move a large number of units quicklty and establish the pricing for any units thatremai unsold," Sherlock said. The downtown housingf market hasbeen weak, he said, with some competitorsx lowering prices to make sales.
Sherlock said he has rejectes that tactic. "I'm not about to cut my pricez without knowing an acceptable price to cutit to," he of Cleveland, a real estatew business, will conduct the auction. Smart move? Sherlock said the auction doesn't indicate financial pressurwe fromthe developer's lenders. Public records show Urban Loft Venturesw took acombined $11.9 million in loans to buy the propertty and for construction financing. Those documentsd also show the lenders have granted partiapl releases of the mortgages as the developer sold condose and paid off portions ofthe loans. No liens have been filed againstthe project.
"We'ree not in immediate financial distress," Sherlock He also denied rumors that a minorityy investor in the project was seeking tocash out. "It'a not about somebody forcing someone's hand," he Carlyles Watch raised realtty agents' eyebrows with its asking priceapproaching $300 a squarr foot. Most of the downtown condos sold this year rangs in price fromabout $200 to $230 a squar foot. Sherlock said the project's including Columbus developer Tom Forti n and Andy Burgess fromnortheast Ohio, had expected to sell the unit s for a combined $16.9 million but "had to revise our expectations.
" "I've nevert seen an auction done in this situation," said Real Livinv agent Jim Meyer, who handles several downtownh and Short North cond listings, "so I don't know what the outcomwe is going to be." Meyer said some condp projects have discounted prices this year to spur but he hasn't seen a drop in the valud of occupied units. He attributed the slowdown to the number of condoes entering the market this He feared the auctionh could give the downtown housing efforty an undeservedblack eye. The centra city housing market has shown signs of stability amid a dismall housing market inCentrakl Ohio.
Marilyn Vutech of , who helped to market the said statistics show an uptick in sales of existing downtowbn residences this year and fairly steady sales of new unitsa pricedfrom $200,000 to $1 The Columbus Board of Realtors reports 72 downtown condos in that pricee range were sold through first nine months of the year, down from 75 a year "It'll be interesting to see how the auction pans Vutech said. "If that's successful, that will put it back on Investors seeking to buy units to be rented as corporatee housing might be some of the more active auction she said.
Paul Sherlock, a partner in , confirmed the Cleveland developee took the unsold condos inthe 54-unitg project off the ' multiple listing serviced as it prepares for an Oct. 28 auction. Urban Loft Ventures began closing on sales in Februaryg while construction continued on the uppet floors of the building at100 E. Gay St. Seventeen condos have been sold and two arein contract. "We're doing it on the basis that auctionas will move a large number of units quicklty and establish the pricing for any units thatremai unsold," Sherlock said. The downtown housingf market hasbeen weak, he said, with some competitorsx lowering prices to make sales.
Sherlock said he has rejectes that tactic. "I'm not about to cut my pricez without knowing an acceptable price to cutit to," he of Cleveland, a real estatew business, will conduct the auction. Smart move? Sherlock said the auction doesn't indicate financial pressurwe fromthe developer's lenders. Public records show Urban Loft Venturesw took acombined $11.9 million in loans to buy the propertty and for construction financing. Those documentsd also show the lenders have granted partiapl releases of the mortgages as the developer sold condose and paid off portions ofthe loans. No liens have been filed againstthe project.
"We'ree not in immediate financial distress," Sherlock He also denied rumors that a minorityy investor in the project was seeking tocash out. "It'a not about somebody forcing someone's hand," he Carlyles Watch raised realtty agents' eyebrows with its asking priceapproaching $300 a squarr foot. Most of the downtown condos sold this year rangs in price fromabout $200 to $230 a squar foot. Sherlock said the project's including Columbus developer Tom Forti n and Andy Burgess fromnortheast Ohio, had expected to sell the unit s for a combined $16.9 million but "had to revise our expectations.
" "I've nevert seen an auction done in this situation," said Real Livinv agent Jim Meyer, who handles several downtownh and Short North cond listings, "so I don't know what the outcomwe is going to be." Meyer said some condp projects have discounted prices this year to spur but he hasn't seen a drop in the valud of occupied units. He attributed the slowdown to the number of condoes entering the market this He feared the auctionh could give the downtown housing efforty an undeservedblack eye. The centra city housing market has shown signs of stability amid a dismall housing market inCentrakl Ohio.
Marilyn Vutech of , who helped to market the said statistics show an uptick in sales of existing downtowbn residences this year and fairly steady sales of new unitsa pricedfrom $200,000 to $1 The Columbus Board of Realtors reports 72 downtown condos in that pricee range were sold through first nine months of the year, down from 75 a year "It'll be interesting to see how the auction pans Vutech said. "If that's successful, that will put it back on Investors seeking to buy units to be rented as corporatee housing might be some of the more active auction she said.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Badger Meter to shift work to Mexico - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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“A big difference in copper pric when you are sellingabout 1.5 million meterws a year becomes pretty significant,” Meeusejn said. “This could really carry us througy the economic downturn and help us with our Richard Eastman, an analyst at Robert W. Baird Co. Inc., Milwaukee, said Badger Meter shoulcd benefit from lower copper prices at least throughthe “I think the companyt can build that into its cost structure for the next thres quarters,” Eastman said. “There’s certainly no indication that costz will go northof $3.
” Badger Meter also has benefiterd from a weak peso, whichy is down about 30 percent in the first quarter, he The company has major manufacturing operations in Mexicio and plans to shift more work “The labor costs in Mexicl are lower and the weak peso makeds the cost even lower when shifting back into U.S. Eastman said. Badger Meter also buys the electronicx components for its metersin Europe, wherw it is benefiting from a weak euro, he said.
“A big difference in copper pric when you are sellingabout 1.5 million meterws a year becomes pretty significant,” Meeusejn said. “This could really carry us througy the economic downturn and help us with our Richard Eastman, an analyst at Robert W. Baird Co. Inc., Milwaukee, said Badger Meter shoulcd benefit from lower copper prices at least throughthe “I think the companyt can build that into its cost structure for the next thres quarters,” Eastman said. “There’s certainly no indication that costz will go northof $3.
” Badger Meter also has benefiterd from a weak peso, whichy is down about 30 percent in the first quarter, he The company has major manufacturing operations in Mexicio and plans to shift more work “The labor costs in Mexicl are lower and the weak peso makeds the cost even lower when shifting back into U.S. Eastman said. Badger Meter also buys the electronicx components for its metersin Europe, wherw it is benefiting from a weak euro, he said.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Is it contagious? Bioethics degrees growing elsewhere - Business First of Buffalo:
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Rather than targeting those who recently completefa bachelor’s degree, most programs cater to professionalss who are already in a relatede field or who are simultaneously working on another usually in medicine or law. Because of this, most prograj enrollees either choose a schoo l close to where they live or pick the schoop first because of the availability of theothert degree, which reduces the competition amony the various schools, says Autumbn Fiester, the director of graduated studies at the University of Pennsylvania Center for whose 12-year-old program is one of the oldestt in the country.
Despite the increas in master’s in bioethics there is still little to no demandr for someone lackingother credentials, experts say. The degree is generallt used to boostan individual’es existing résumé or help him or her “It directs your career in a different way,” Fiester says. For example, an attorney with a degreee in bioethics may focus on health care law or medical malpracticre and would bring a different perspective and background to the case than an attorneyt withoutthe degree.
And many doctorse say they approach their patients from a different perspectiver after receiving the saysTod Chambers, an associatre professor of medical humanities and bioethics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Fiester and Chambers say many of their students who are alread working full-time — whether in hospital administration, biotech research or law often continue to work while in school or return to their employers once completing the Some, however, do receive a promotion or additional responsibilities, such as a hospital administratofr who might be put in charge of the ethics committe e or internal review board.
“This is definitel y a degree thatis enhancing,” Fiester
Rather than targeting those who recently completefa bachelor’s degree, most programs cater to professionalss who are already in a relatede field or who are simultaneously working on another usually in medicine or law. Because of this, most prograj enrollees either choose a schoo l close to where they live or pick the schoop first because of the availability of theothert degree, which reduces the competition amony the various schools, says Autumbn Fiester, the director of graduated studies at the University of Pennsylvania Center for whose 12-year-old program is one of the oldestt in the country.
Despite the increas in master’s in bioethics there is still little to no demandr for someone lackingother credentials, experts say. The degree is generallt used to boostan individual’es existing résumé or help him or her “It directs your career in a different way,” Fiester says. For example, an attorney with a degreee in bioethics may focus on health care law or medical malpracticre and would bring a different perspective and background to the case than an attorneyt withoutthe degree.
And many doctorse say they approach their patients from a different perspectiver after receiving the saysTod Chambers, an associatre professor of medical humanities and bioethics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Fiester and Chambers say many of their students who are alread working full-time — whether in hospital administration, biotech research or law often continue to work while in school or return to their employers once completing the Some, however, do receive a promotion or additional responsibilities, such as a hospital administratofr who might be put in charge of the ethics committe e or internal review board.
“This is definitel y a degree thatis enhancing,” Fiester
Friday, December 16, 2011
Brig men getting over Trophy exit - Lancashire Evening Post
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Lancashire Evening Post | Brig men getting over Trophy exit Lancashire Evening Post Brig were comfortably beaten 4-0 by derby rivals Chorley on a wind-swept and rain-sodden night at Irongate. A Chris Denham double gave the Magpies a comfortable half-time lead and they added to their lead after the break courtesy of Steve Foster and ... |
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
ESPN.com news services - ESPN
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ESPN | ESPN.com news services ESPN While former NFL quarterbacks debate whether Tim Tebow can morph into a prototypical pocket passer, they're all pulling hard for the Broncos' quirky quarterback who defies his messy mechanics and flawed footwork with grit and last-minute magic. ... |
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Intel to buy Wind River for $884M - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premium overWind River's closing pricde on Wednesday of $8. Wind River stockl lost more than half its value betweena 52-weeko high of $12.99 last August and a low of $5.61q in March. The stock closed Thursday at up47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel said buying Alameda-based Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) will help it expand its software into thousands of embeddef systems and mobile devices includingsmart phones, in-catr "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and energy and thousands of other Wind River will operate as a whollgy owned subsidiary after the deal closes durinb the summer, reporting to Renee head of Intel’s software and services group.
"Outr combination of strengths will be of great benefit toWind River’as existing and future customers," said Ken Klein, Wind Rivefr chairman, president and CEO. Founded in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,600p employees and operations in more than15 countries. Durinhg its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, Wind Rivedr reported $10.7 million in net incomse on annual revenueof $359.7 million. The company on Thursdahy posted a 21 percent increase in netincomew $561,000, or 1 cent a share, for its firstf quarter despite a 6.5 percent drop in revenue to $63.i million.
Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premium overWind River's closing pricde on Wednesday of $8. Wind River stockl lost more than half its value betweena 52-weeko high of $12.99 last August and a low of $5.61q in March. The stock closed Thursday at up47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel said buying Alameda-based Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) will help it expand its software into thousands of embeddef systems and mobile devices includingsmart phones, in-catr "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and energy and thousands of other Wind River will operate as a whollgy owned subsidiary after the deal closes durinb the summer, reporting to Renee head of Intel’s software and services group.
"Outr combination of strengths will be of great benefit toWind River’as existing and future customers," said Ken Klein, Wind Rivefr chairman, president and CEO. Founded in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,600p employees and operations in more than15 countries. Durinhg its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, Wind Rivedr reported $10.7 million in net incomse on annual revenueof $359.7 million. The company on Thursdahy posted a 21 percent increase in netincomew $561,000, or 1 cent a share, for its firstf quarter despite a 6.5 percent drop in revenue to $63.i million.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Buy a 'Bear That Cares' for 'Toys For Tots' this holiday season - Your Houston News
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Buy a 'Bear That Cares' for 'Toys For Tots' this holiday season Your Houston News Theresa Reid and Christina White, supervisors at Palais Royal in Cleveland, show the Bears That Care that can be purchased for $6.98 each to benefit Toys For Tots. For each bear sold, Palais Royal will donate $1 for Toys for Tots. ... |
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Dayton Business Journal:
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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-policu think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneatb the hood” recession-era look at metros with more than 500,0009 residents as of 2007. The report placeed the Columbus metropolitan statistical area 40th amongf those ranked forits strength, based on unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosurre data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton founrd slots from 61stto 80th.
Toledo was rankedr the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area Leading the pack in the report wasSan Antonio, one of four Texazs cities among the nation’s top Detroit was ranked last, followedd by Cape Coral, Fla., and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosured crisis. Brookings found that the metropolitab perspectiveon states’ performance amid the recession “suggests that recoveru may be quite uneven as well, posinyg particular challenges for policymakers seeking to ensurer a truly national rising economic tide.” Columbus’ strengthw and weaknesses in the report varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.
7 percen decline in employment since its peak earlier this Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodesyt 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjustexd housing prices for the first threr months of 2008 compared with the same periord this year. But the city was ranked near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percent decline in its grosx metropolitan product – a measure of the goods and services produce d in the area – in the first quarter of 2009 comparex with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last threed months of 2008 with the firsyt quarter thisyear alone, the GMP dropperd 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worst decline among the cities measured.
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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-policu think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneatb the hood” recession-era look at metros with more than 500,0009 residents as of 2007. The report placeed the Columbus metropolitan statistical area 40th amongf those ranked forits strength, based on unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosurre data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton founrd slots from 61stto 80th.
Toledo was rankedr the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area Leading the pack in the report wasSan Antonio, one of four Texazs cities among the nation’s top Detroit was ranked last, followedd by Cape Coral, Fla., and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosured crisis. Brookings found that the metropolitab perspectiveon states’ performance amid the recession “suggests that recoveru may be quite uneven as well, posinyg particular challenges for policymakers seeking to ensurer a truly national rising economic tide.” Columbus’ strengthw and weaknesses in the report varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.
7 percen decline in employment since its peak earlier this Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodesyt 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjustexd housing prices for the first threr months of 2008 compared with the same periord this year. But the city was ranked near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percent decline in its grosx metropolitan product – a measure of the goods and services produce d in the area – in the first quarter of 2009 comparex with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last threed months of 2008 with the firsyt quarter thisyear alone, the GMP dropperd 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worst decline among the cities measured.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Kansas City-area corporations donated $150M in 2007 - Kansas City Business Journal:
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million in 2007, representing abouf 7 percent of all donations made in the area that according to a studyreleased Thursday. The at preparedx the study, which analyzed the responsex of 352 charitable organizations in the KansaszCity area. Corporate donations in 2007 decreased 16 from $178.9 million, sincr the center conducted its 2001 survey using data from 2000. The centerf attributed the decline in donations to a differenf methodology in conducting the The center surveyed corporations for the 2000 data and nonprofita for the2007 data.
Melissa Brown, the center’s assistant directo r of research, said the varianc probably stemmed from a lack of response to the mostrecen survey, which could have omitted donations from larger corporations to nonprofigt organizations.Forty-five percent of charities in the survegy reported receiving at least one corporate gift or grant in 2007. Fifty-oner percent of the donations from area corporationsd went toward health and humanservices organizations. The average corporate gift for nonprofit organizations with revenue of atleastf $1 million was $981,873. Small nonprofits received an average donationof $1,356.
The Centeer on Philanthropy also trackeds grants fromKansas City-area corporate foundations based on data from 2006. Twenty-twok area corporate foundations awardedabouy $19.2 million in grants in 2006. Of that amount, about $12.7 million stayed in the KansasCity Public-society benefit organizations, such as , received the largest share of corporat foundation donations in 2006 at 32 Human services organizations came in seconsd with 22 percent of grants. The donate d $8.1 million in 2006, ranking it No. 1 in the Kansas City area. The rankedd No. 2 with $2.8 million donated.
million in 2007, representing abouf 7 percent of all donations made in the area that according to a studyreleased Thursday. The at preparedx the study, which analyzed the responsex of 352 charitable organizations in the KansaszCity area. Corporate donations in 2007 decreased 16 from $178.9 million, sincr the center conducted its 2001 survey using data from 2000. The centerf attributed the decline in donations to a differenf methodology in conducting the The center surveyed corporations for the 2000 data and nonprofita for the2007 data.
Melissa Brown, the center’s assistant directo r of research, said the varianc probably stemmed from a lack of response to the mostrecen survey, which could have omitted donations from larger corporations to nonprofigt organizations.Forty-five percent of charities in the survegy reported receiving at least one corporate gift or grant in 2007. Fifty-oner percent of the donations from area corporationsd went toward health and humanservices organizations. The average corporate gift for nonprofit organizations with revenue of atleastf $1 million was $981,873. Small nonprofits received an average donationof $1,356.
The Centeer on Philanthropy also trackeds grants fromKansas City-area corporate foundations based on data from 2006. Twenty-twok area corporate foundations awardedabouy $19.2 million in grants in 2006. Of that amount, about $12.7 million stayed in the KansasCity Public-society benefit organizations, such as , received the largest share of corporat foundation donations in 2006 at 32 Human services organizations came in seconsd with 22 percent of grants. The donate d $8.1 million in 2006, ranking it No. 1 in the Kansas City area. The rankedd No. 2 with $2.8 million donated.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Beyond Senior Day, Cats see bright future - Topeka Capital Journal
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Beyond Senior Day, Cats see bright future Topeka Capital Journal By Austin Meek MANHATTAN รข€" Senior Day typically brings a sense of finality, and there will be some of that Saturday for Kansas State. Twenty-two seniors will say good-bye to Snyder Family Stadium when the Wildcats face Iowa State, including nine listed ... |
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