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 ... |
Friday, December 16, 2011
Brig men getting over Trophy exit - Lancashire Evening Post
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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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