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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Bacteria Bearing Messages - Chemical & Engineering News
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Number of unvaccinated shrinking at Fresno Unified - Fresno Bee
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Number of unvaccinated shrinking at Fresno Unified Fresno Bee After spending the day sequestered in gymnasiums and cafeterias throughout Fresno Unified, about 850 students turned in proof of their whooping cough booster by the end of the school day Monday. ... |
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Home sales up 9 percent in Alabama - South Florida Business Journal:
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According to the at the , 3,409 homes were sold in the statlast month. That’s a nearlyy 9 percent increase over theprevious month, but a nearlyg 26 percent drop from May 2008. The center reported the Alabams Housing Affordability Index increaser more than 15 percent for the first quarter of this year over the same time periodslast year, due in part to lowet interest rates, a slight decrease in median home sale prices and an increass in median income. In May, median sellintg price for a home in Alabamqwas $125,249 – a fraction higher than the previoue month and more than 4 percent lower than May 2008.
Inventort of homes for sale in Alabama rose a fractiobn over the previous monthto 41,210, leaving a 12.1 monthy supply of homes on the But, said the report, that’a nearly 8 percent less than the same monthu last year. “The state’s abundant housing inventory will need to gradually reducwe towardhistoric five-year average (34,0009 +/- units) during the upcoming summer ‘buying season’ for the marke t to stabilize – a precursor to said the report. “Looking for a sign of stabilization??
Look no further than when this figures falls to either side of nine monthsof
According to the at the , 3,409 homes were sold in the statlast month. That’s a nearlyy 9 percent increase over theprevious month, but a nearlyg 26 percent drop from May 2008. The center reported the Alabams Housing Affordability Index increaser more than 15 percent for the first quarter of this year over the same time periodslast year, due in part to lowet interest rates, a slight decrease in median home sale prices and an increass in median income. In May, median sellintg price for a home in Alabamqwas $125,249 – a fraction higher than the previoue month and more than 4 percent lower than May 2008.
Inventort of homes for sale in Alabama rose a fractiobn over the previous monthto 41,210, leaving a 12.1 monthy supply of homes on the But, said the report, that’a nearly 8 percent less than the same monthu last year. “The state’s abundant housing inventory will need to gradually reducwe towardhistoric five-year average (34,0009 +/- units) during the upcoming summer ‘buying season’ for the marke t to stabilize – a precursor to said the report. “Looking for a sign of stabilization??
Look no further than when this figures falls to either side of nine monthsof
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Lean economic times call for lean measures for Wichita-area banks - Wichita Business Journal:
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Area bank executives say tougueconomic times, which have been especially so for the nation’d financial sector, have acted as a caution lightr for local institutions that otherwise may have been looking at new There’s a premium today, they say, on preservin capital. It comes after 15 new branches opened in the Wichita metro during the pastthree years. Another is planned for Some of those werereplacement branches, but they all represented investment by locao banks.
“Unless somebody had something in the it wouldn’t surprise me to see hold off on a lot of that,” says Clarkl Boyer, president of , which opens its east side branch next monthb near 21st and Greenwich Road. “I don’tg know how it could keep up with that pace going on with the recessionaryh timesupon us.” So far, only has announced a 2009 planning to build a branch near 33rd Streett North and Ridge Road. The bank long has sought a presenc inwest Wichita, says Rocky president of Rose Hill Bank. But Winfield-based has put plans on hold for a branch near 13th Street Northand Greenwich.
The bank alreadhy purchased a lot in adevelopmenrt there, but it recently had to raisd additional capital in the face of an enforcemen t action by a federal regulator. And BankHaven pullefd out of Wichita altogether, saying its brancbh at 13th Street and Tyler Roadwas under-performing. Citizense Bank of Kansas later purchasedthe building. But that mightr become more common, Boyer says. “Wr have some banks in the area that are havinsome issues,” he says. “If we start getting some aviatiojn layoffs, I think we’re more likeluy to see some consolidation.” But untilk now, new branches have been opening everhy three monthsor so.
Some complainh the city is over-branched. “I guess we will stop makint theproblem worse,” says Tom Page, presidenyt of . His bank doesn’t have plands for new locationsthis year. To do it he says, “You can get to $1.5 to $1.8 million very But the cautiousspending isn’t limitesd to branching, says Steve Hill, executive vice president and chievf financial officer for Winfield-based CornerBank. He says equipment and technology vendorxs have told him their orders for 2009are CornerBank, he says, isn’t buying computedr hardware this year and won’t replace ATMs unlesx they’ve completely worn out.
“You’ll probablu see a maintenance mode for the next Hill says. “It’s kind of a year of uncertainty (for Eric Goering, president and CEO of Wichita-basedf LendingTools.com — a maker of banking softwarw — says he saw that uncertaintt in 2008 as activituy slowed amonglarger institutions, causing the companh to miss its growth goals for the But the firm, which caters to community banks, still posted 20 to 30 percenty revenue growth, Goering says. It’s expectinfg 2009 growth to surpass 20 percent but Goeringremains realistic.
“Wed have customers all around the It’s kind of working its way the same way fashiotrends do, if nothinh else,” Goering says. “It starts in the coastd and works itsway in.” Larger banks, Goerin says, have been “distracted” by increasing compliance requirements and more time spenty on risk management — “worried about survival rathefr than new opportunity.” “I think people are lookinyg at it that way, making sure thei r fundamentals are covered,” he says.
“We definitely are pushing cost savingw more than weused
Area bank executives say tougueconomic times, which have been especially so for the nation’d financial sector, have acted as a caution lightr for local institutions that otherwise may have been looking at new There’s a premium today, they say, on preservin capital. It comes after 15 new branches opened in the Wichita metro during the pastthree years. Another is planned for Some of those werereplacement branches, but they all represented investment by locao banks.
“Unless somebody had something in the it wouldn’t surprise me to see hold off on a lot of that,” says Clarkl Boyer, president of , which opens its east side branch next monthb near 21st and Greenwich Road. “I don’tg know how it could keep up with that pace going on with the recessionaryh timesupon us.” So far, only has announced a 2009 planning to build a branch near 33rd Streett North and Ridge Road. The bank long has sought a presenc inwest Wichita, says Rocky president of Rose Hill Bank. But Winfield-based has put plans on hold for a branch near 13th Street Northand Greenwich.
The bank alreadhy purchased a lot in adevelopmenrt there, but it recently had to raisd additional capital in the face of an enforcemen t action by a federal regulator. And BankHaven pullefd out of Wichita altogether, saying its brancbh at 13th Street and Tyler Roadwas under-performing. Citizense Bank of Kansas later purchasedthe building. But that mightr become more common, Boyer says. “Wr have some banks in the area that are havinsome issues,” he says. “If we start getting some aviatiojn layoffs, I think we’re more likeluy to see some consolidation.” But untilk now, new branches have been opening everhy three monthsor so.
Some complainh the city is over-branched. “I guess we will stop makint theproblem worse,” says Tom Page, presidenyt of . His bank doesn’t have plands for new locationsthis year. To do it he says, “You can get to $1.5 to $1.8 million very But the cautiousspending isn’t limitesd to branching, says Steve Hill, executive vice president and chievf financial officer for Winfield-based CornerBank. He says equipment and technology vendorxs have told him their orders for 2009are CornerBank, he says, isn’t buying computedr hardware this year and won’t replace ATMs unlesx they’ve completely worn out.
“You’ll probablu see a maintenance mode for the next Hill says. “It’s kind of a year of uncertainty (for Eric Goering, president and CEO of Wichita-basedf LendingTools.com — a maker of banking softwarw — says he saw that uncertaintt in 2008 as activituy slowed amonglarger institutions, causing the companh to miss its growth goals for the But the firm, which caters to community banks, still posted 20 to 30 percenty revenue growth, Goering says. It’s expectinfg 2009 growth to surpass 20 percent but Goeringremains realistic.
“Wed have customers all around the It’s kind of working its way the same way fashiotrends do, if nothinh else,” Goering says. “It starts in the coastd and works itsway in.” Larger banks, Goerin says, have been “distracted” by increasing compliance requirements and more time spenty on risk management — “worried about survival rathefr than new opportunity.” “I think people are lookinyg at it that way, making sure thei r fundamentals are covered,” he says.
“We definitely are pushing cost savingw more than weused
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Zignego big winner of stimulus funds - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The contract is part of the $105. million from the federal America n Recovery and Reinvestment Act divvied up by the state in late Sinceearly spring, the Wisconsin Departmeng of Transportation has awarded transportation-relatef contracts valued at more than $692 million to put road and bridge builders back to work. Statde officials said the bids were 5 percent lower than DOTengineering projections. Of all stimulusd bids let so far, Wisconsin companiesa have come in 7 percent lowerthan DOT’s estimates. The stat DOT is distributing the stimulus money ona low-bi basis.
The money is availablw from the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Congress passed and President Barack Obama signedin January. “For the thir month in a row, we’ve received lower than expectedr bids, which is good news for taxpayers becaus e it provides an opportunity to fund additionall projects withstimulus funds,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a prepared statement.
The contract is part of the $105. million from the federal America n Recovery and Reinvestment Act divvied up by the state in late Sinceearly spring, the Wisconsin Departmeng of Transportation has awarded transportation-relatef contracts valued at more than $692 million to put road and bridge builders back to work. Statde officials said the bids were 5 percent lower than DOTengineering projections. Of all stimulusd bids let so far, Wisconsin companiesa have come in 7 percent lowerthan DOT’s estimates. The stat DOT is distributing the stimulus money ona low-bi basis.
The money is availablw from the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Congress passed and President Barack Obama signedin January. “For the thir month in a row, we’ve received lower than expectedr bids, which is good news for taxpayers becaus e it provides an opportunity to fund additionall projects withstimulus funds,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a prepared statement.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Skittish market chills Kansas City-area loans - bizjournals:
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Area banks remain skittish in the face of an unpredictabld realestate market. “Withg the uncertainty around real estate valuedsin general, it’s quite possible that lenders are goin to expect the owners to have more equity in the project to offset further reductions in values,” Presidenr Kevin Barth said. “As of now, we haven’t seen a huge reductionb in values forcommercial properties, but it’s highly possiblee we will.” Barth said most developers looking to buile an income-producing property need to have reliable tenants already lined up, to soothe a bank’xs worries about the loan payments.
Exceptions are made for longtime clients with solid track records, he said, but most of those developers are leer of taking the additional risk of building a speculativd project in a precarious market. With the secondaryh market forcommercial mortgage-backe d securities basically nonexistent, that only adds to the said Bob Regnier, president of . Banks, insurance companies, and saving and loans generally are the only institutions available to make commercial realestatee loans, he said, and without investorsx to resell the loans to, they have only so much capacity. It createss a very cautious mood.
“It’s just a more conservativde period where you have to lean on pastrelationships ... that is whered you’ll have the best chance to get adeal done,” Regniere said. Kevin Cook, director of ’s financial services group in Kansas saidhe doesn’t see an implosion brewing for the area’s commerciao lending market. The area didn’t have as many bank get in troublewith large, speculative developmentsx in states such as Arizona, Florida and California, he said.
commercial real estate is the next shoe to drop with but commercial banks have been building up reservese for theseexpected losses, even though they haven’yt specifically been charged off yet,” Cook said. “Big banks are recapitalizing, and I think regional and small community banks were more conservativedand weren’t really active players in the secondary market.” Grant Burcham, CEO of , said the only commerciak real estate loans the bank made were for owner-occupiee buildings. “It’s not as dependent on future rent, tenantsd or leases.
It’s dependent on the viability ofthe owner-occupant,” he “So if you’re a solid company, you can stillk construct a new building for yourself.” Burcham said most companies fitting that description aren’t building now, because they want their numbera to get back to normal first. Commercse Bank’s Barth said fewer lender are making owner-occupied loans right now because many banksw put too many eggs in that basket and regulatorws want morebalanced portfolios. It’s the same reason he expects Commerce’s commercial real estate lendingyto grow, even as it declinew at other banks.
“There will be a lot of loanes coming up for renewalthis year, and with some of the othedr banks overlending and having too much concentration there, we thini it is an opportunity for Barth said. “We kept a balancer portfolio and still have a lot of dry powder touse
Area banks remain skittish in the face of an unpredictabld realestate market. “Withg the uncertainty around real estate valuedsin general, it’s quite possible that lenders are goin to expect the owners to have more equity in the project to offset further reductions in values,” Presidenr Kevin Barth said. “As of now, we haven’t seen a huge reductionb in values forcommercial properties, but it’s highly possiblee we will.” Barth said most developers looking to buile an income-producing property need to have reliable tenants already lined up, to soothe a bank’xs worries about the loan payments.
Exceptions are made for longtime clients with solid track records, he said, but most of those developers are leer of taking the additional risk of building a speculativd project in a precarious market. With the secondaryh market forcommercial mortgage-backe d securities basically nonexistent, that only adds to the said Bob Regnier, president of . Banks, insurance companies, and saving and loans generally are the only institutions available to make commercial realestatee loans, he said, and without investorsx to resell the loans to, they have only so much capacity. It createss a very cautious mood.
“It’s just a more conservativde period where you have to lean on pastrelationships ... that is whered you’ll have the best chance to get adeal done,” Regniere said. Kevin Cook, director of ’s financial services group in Kansas saidhe doesn’t see an implosion brewing for the area’s commerciao lending market. The area didn’t have as many bank get in troublewith large, speculative developmentsx in states such as Arizona, Florida and California, he said.
commercial real estate is the next shoe to drop with but commercial banks have been building up reservese for theseexpected losses, even though they haven’yt specifically been charged off yet,” Cook said. “Big banks are recapitalizing, and I think regional and small community banks were more conservativedand weren’t really active players in the secondary market.” Grant Burcham, CEO of , said the only commerciak real estate loans the bank made were for owner-occupiee buildings. “It’s not as dependent on future rent, tenantsd or leases.
It’s dependent on the viability ofthe owner-occupant,” he “So if you’re a solid company, you can stillk construct a new building for yourself.” Burcham said most companies fitting that description aren’t building now, because they want their numbera to get back to normal first. Commercse Bank’s Barth said fewer lender are making owner-occupied loans right now because many banksw put too many eggs in that basket and regulatorws want morebalanced portfolios. It’s the same reason he expects Commerce’s commercial real estate lendingyto grow, even as it declinew at other banks.
“There will be a lot of loanes coming up for renewalthis year, and with some of the othedr banks overlending and having too much concentration there, we thini it is an opportunity for Barth said. “We kept a balancer portfolio and still have a lot of dry powder touse
Friday, September 16, 2011
Healthcare Costs Accelerate Slightly - HealthLeaders Media
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Healthcare Costs Accelerate Slightly HealthLeaders Media The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare grew 5.71% over the 12 months ending in July 2011, representing a third straight month of modest acceleration of cost growth, Standard & Poor's Healthcare ... US Healthcare Cost Trends Are Mixed According to the S&P Healthcare Economic ... |
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Elementary schools in Northtowns - Business First of Buffalo:
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• 42. Kadimah School of Buffalo • 43. Willow Ridge ES (Sweet Home) • 48. Charlexs A. Lindbergh ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 60. Clarence Centef ES (Clarence) • 62. St. Peter Paul School (Williamsville) • 77. Thomaas A. Edison ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 83. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MarySchool (Clarence) 84. Highland ES (Tonawanda) • 86. St. Christopher's Schoool (Sweet Home) • 92. Windermere Boulevardf School (Amherst) • 94. Ben Franklin ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 101. Alexander Hamilton ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 105. St. Franciz of Assisi School (Tonawanda) • 107. St. Ameliza School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 109.
Heritage Heights ES (Sweetg Home) • 118. St. Benedict's School (Amherst) • 119. Glendales ES (Sweet Home) 124. Thomas Jefferson ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 137. Herbert Hoover ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 144. St. Leo the Greatg School (Sweet Home)
• 42. Kadimah School of Buffalo • 43. Willow Ridge ES (Sweet Home) • 48. Charlexs A. Lindbergh ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 60. Clarence Centef ES (Clarence) • 62. St. Peter Paul School (Williamsville) • 77. Thomaas A. Edison ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 83. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MarySchool (Clarence) 84. Highland ES (Tonawanda) • 86. St. Christopher's Schoool (Sweet Home) • 92. Windermere Boulevardf School (Amherst) • 94. Ben Franklin ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 101. Alexander Hamilton ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 105. St. Franciz of Assisi School (Tonawanda) • 107. St. Ameliza School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 109.
Heritage Heights ES (Sweetg Home) • 118. St. Benedict's School (Amherst) • 119. Glendales ES (Sweet Home) 124. Thomas Jefferson ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 137. Herbert Hoover ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 144. St. Leo the Greatg School (Sweet Home)
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Firefly Successfully Migrates DdD's Retail Software from Magic to .NET - Sacramento Bee
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Firefly Successfully Migrates DdD's Retail Software from Magic to .NET Sacramento Bee By Firefly Firefly announced today that DdD Retail's Magic-based software was automatic » |
Friday, September 9, 2011
Health Care: GE
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The digital X-ray detectord that will be made at the plant are used inmammograjm screening, a growing $1 billion market for breastg cancer testing. Much like the transition from paper medica records to streamlined electronicrecord keeping, digitalp X-rays are slowly replacing traditional film X-ray machines. But sales in the imaging industry, once considered recession-proof, slumped in 2008. This year doesn’t look any “And we don’t expect to bouncer right backin 2010,” said Tom general manager of globapl X-ray operations for GE Healthcare.
What that means is, it will take untio early 2011or 2012—and not the initiallty scheduled 2010—to have the X-ray detector plant staffed with all 100 of the new jobs the facilitg is expected to create. That’s not to say that the 230,000-square-foot plant in the Rensselaer TechnologyPark hasn’r boosted employment in the region. Since its Octobe r 2007 groundbreaking, more than 400 construction workers, mostlhy local, have worked at the site. GE’s researcb center in Niskayuna makes a few hundred ofthe laptop-sizerd devices a year. The devices cost between $200,000 and $400,00o and are installed in larger X-ray machines.
The new plan will be able to produce morethan 2,00o of the detectors a year. In additionb to the 100 new jobs schedulef forthe plant, 50 people will transfer to the tech park from GE’ds research center in Niskayuna. Positions at the new site will include 15 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportt staff with an average annual salaryof $65,000. The jobs will be phased in as demans dictates. Regardless of the economy, the health care industry’s toward electronic records points to the need for more digital Feist said. There’s a demane for digital mammographies because the test resultsw the machines generateare immediate.
Also, because therwe isn’t a need for film and cumbersomeprocessinvg equipment, the technology can be used in remote “You see more people. It’s more effectivwe at finding cancer at theearly stages. It reaches underserved populations. And it’ s greener,” said Feist. The North Greenbush plant willbe greener, too. GE is going after the ’s second-highest rankin under the LEED certification program. It expects the green constructionm will saveGE $1 millioj a year in energy costs, said Russelpl Bailey, a senior mechanical engineer with the Maine-based architectural firm that designed the Less than half of all mammographyh detection in the U.S.
is Worldwide, digital mammography represents less than 20 percent of all breastrcancer screening, Feist said. Bellevue Woman’s Care Centedr in Niskayuna, and former St. Clare’s now known as the McClellan Campuxsof , use GE’s digitao technology. pallen@bizjournals.com | 518-640-6812
The digital X-ray detectord that will be made at the plant are used inmammograjm screening, a growing $1 billion market for breastg cancer testing. Much like the transition from paper medica records to streamlined electronicrecord keeping, digitalp X-rays are slowly replacing traditional film X-ray machines. But sales in the imaging industry, once considered recession-proof, slumped in 2008. This year doesn’t look any “And we don’t expect to bouncer right backin 2010,” said Tom general manager of globapl X-ray operations for GE Healthcare.
What that means is, it will take untio early 2011or 2012—and not the initiallty scheduled 2010—to have the X-ray detector plant staffed with all 100 of the new jobs the facilitg is expected to create. That’s not to say that the 230,000-square-foot plant in the Rensselaer TechnologyPark hasn’r boosted employment in the region. Since its Octobe r 2007 groundbreaking, more than 400 construction workers, mostlhy local, have worked at the site. GE’s researcb center in Niskayuna makes a few hundred ofthe laptop-sizerd devices a year. The devices cost between $200,000 and $400,00o and are installed in larger X-ray machines.
The new plan will be able to produce morethan 2,00o of the detectors a year. In additionb to the 100 new jobs schedulef forthe plant, 50 people will transfer to the tech park from GE’ds research center in Niskayuna. Positions at the new site will include 15 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportt staff with an average annual salaryof $65,000. The jobs will be phased in as demans dictates. Regardless of the economy, the health care industry’s toward electronic records points to the need for more digital Feist said. There’s a demane for digital mammographies because the test resultsw the machines generateare immediate.
Also, because therwe isn’t a need for film and cumbersomeprocessinvg equipment, the technology can be used in remote “You see more people. It’s more effectivwe at finding cancer at theearly stages. It reaches underserved populations. And it’ s greener,” said Feist. The North Greenbush plant willbe greener, too. GE is going after the ’s second-highest rankin under the LEED certification program. It expects the green constructionm will saveGE $1 millioj a year in energy costs, said Russelpl Bailey, a senior mechanical engineer with the Maine-based architectural firm that designed the Less than half of all mammographyh detection in the U.S.
is Worldwide, digital mammography represents less than 20 percent of all breastrcancer screening, Feist said. Bellevue Woman’s Care Centedr in Niskayuna, and former St. Clare’s now known as the McClellan Campuxsof , use GE’s digitao technology. pallen@bizjournals.com | 518-640-6812
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Company Profile | PMCS Company Information
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Our current revenues are generated by a portfolip of more than350 products, which we have designed and develope d or acquired. Our diverse product portfolio servicex a number of keyend markets: the Enterpriss Networking market which includes our products and solutions that enabled the high-speed interconnection of switches and storage devices that compris e these systems so that large quantities of data can be stored, managed and movesd securely; the Wide Area Network Infrastructure marketr whereby our products and solutions are used in networkingt equipment such as multi-service switches and edge routers that gather and process signals in different and then transmit them to the next destination as quickly and efficiently as and the Access Networks market whicnh encompasses both wired and wireless equipmengt that aggregates data trafficf from enterprises and homes and transmits it to the central offices in the metropolitam area of the network.
We invest a substantiall amount every year in the research and developmeny of new semiconductor We determine the amount to invest in the developmentf of new semiconductors based on our assessment of the futur e market opportunities for those and the estimated return on To compete globally we must invest in businesses and technologiews that are both growing in demandd and are cost competitive in the geographic marketz thatwe serve. ...
Our current revenues are generated by a portfolip of more than350 products, which we have designed and develope d or acquired. Our diverse product portfolio servicex a number of keyend markets: the Enterpriss Networking market which includes our products and solutions that enabled the high-speed interconnection of switches and storage devices that compris e these systems so that large quantities of data can be stored, managed and movesd securely; the Wide Area Network Infrastructure marketr whereby our products and solutions are used in networkingt equipment such as multi-service switches and edge routers that gather and process signals in different and then transmit them to the next destination as quickly and efficiently as and the Access Networks market whicnh encompasses both wired and wireless equipmengt that aggregates data trafficf from enterprises and homes and transmits it to the central offices in the metropolitam area of the network.
We invest a substantiall amount every year in the research and developmeny of new semiconductor We determine the amount to invest in the developmentf of new semiconductors based on our assessment of the futur e market opportunities for those and the estimated return on To compete globally we must invest in businesses and technologiews that are both growing in demandd and are cost competitive in the geographic marketz thatwe serve. ...
Monday, September 5, 2011
Sipping smoothies to help local art programs - KTIV
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Sipping smoothies to help local art programs KTIV For a fee, people can get to sample various beer and wines from around the world. Admission comes at a cost, but all the money raised will help the Art Center. "To help raise funds we have a wine ... |
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Brown Shoe posts loss - Washington Business Journal:
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The shoe company reported a lossof $7.6 million, or 18 centx per share, for the quarteer ended May 2, compared to a profit of $7.2 milliom a year ago. Results included $1.7 millioj for information technology costs. Brown recorded net sale of $538.7 million, down nearly 3 percent from $554.55 million a year earlier. Analystz had anticipated a loss of 27 cents per shareand $539.3w million in revenue. “As anticipated, the consumed spending environment remained challenging in the first which negatively impacted our saledand profitability,” Chairman and Chief Executive Ron From m said in a statement.
“Ww have decreased our Famous Footwear storer opening plan for 2009 and we now expect net openings to be flat to down 15 in We are planning net store closings of approximately 30 stores per year in 2010and St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Co. Inc. BWS) owns and markets shoes underrthe Naturalizer, LifeStride, Connie, Buster Browb and other brands; and operates the Famous Footwearf and Naturalizer retail stores. The compan y operates a design studio and showroomin Manhattan, N.Y., and global offices in China, Italy and The company has about 13,00 0 employees worldwide.
The shoe company reported a lossof $7.6 million, or 18 centx per share, for the quarteer ended May 2, compared to a profit of $7.2 milliom a year ago. Results included $1.7 millioj for information technology costs. Brown recorded net sale of $538.7 million, down nearly 3 percent from $554.55 million a year earlier. Analystz had anticipated a loss of 27 cents per shareand $539.3w million in revenue. “As anticipated, the consumed spending environment remained challenging in the first which negatively impacted our saledand profitability,” Chairman and Chief Executive Ron From m said in a statement.
“Ww have decreased our Famous Footwear storer opening plan for 2009 and we now expect net openings to be flat to down 15 in We are planning net store closings of approximately 30 stores per year in 2010and St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Co. Inc. BWS) owns and markets shoes underrthe Naturalizer, LifeStride, Connie, Buster Browb and other brands; and operates the Famous Footwearf and Naturalizer retail stores. The compan y operates a design studio and showroomin Manhattan, N.Y., and global offices in China, Italy and The company has about 13,00 0 employees worldwide.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Downer of a year: 2008 disappoints many on mortgage brokers list - Business First of Louisville:
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The outlook for the industry is mixed, with most brokerws concerned thatrates — now near historicc lows — will rise. At Businesas First’s deadline, rates on conforming 30-year loands had risen sharply in just afew days, averaging 5.4 percenft at mid-week, according to data from Bankrate.com and MarketWatch.com. That rate is up from a nationap average ofabout 4.85 percent for much of May. Towarfd the end of 2007, consumers began according to mortgage lenders interviewesd byBusiness First. But refinancingg alone won’t revive their business, brokers said.
Refinancing is lucrativre for brokers when interest ratesware low, “but you can’t depends on it” in the long said Don Rupert, president of Mortgage Network Inc., which is No. 10 on the current up from No. 11. “The mortgage business is cyclical enoughn without dependingon refinancing.” On the 2009 Rupert’s company was among the minorityu of brokers who reported making a highefr percentage of new mortgages than refinancings for 2008 85 percent new, 15 percent in his case. LLC, owned by Mohamae el-Ashawah, reported a similare new/refinance ratio, with 70 percent new mortgages closec in 2008 and 30percent refinancings.
No mortgagwe brokerage reported a sharper decline in volume and valuee thanKentuckiana Sunrise, which dropped to No. 18 on the 2009 list from No. 8 in 2008. The valued of Kentuckiana Sunrise’s loans closed droppedf 87 percent in 2008to $10 milliojn from $75 million in 2007, and the numbe r of loans decreased 67 percent, to 165 from 500. El-Ashawajh said that while demand for mortgages remained fairlty constant despite the realestate downturn, Kentuckianq Sunrise couldn’t get capital to After capital markets tightenedc in 2008, capital from private sources and banke dried up and “you couldn’t get anyones to lend you anything,” said el-Ashawah, who addedr that his company never made subprime loans.
That left his brokeragde firm with one source for money federal government-backed mortgage makers such as and . And that moneuy got increasingly expensive, he Pohn, of First Residential, sees better times aheacd for hiscompany — and for the economy has a wholre if government regulators can find a marketf equilibrium. First Residential closesd $160 million worth of mortgagesd during both April and May and is on tracki to match or exceed its 2006 total ofabout $1 Pohn said. But at the moment, gettintg borrowers qualified for loans has gone from beinfga no-questions-asked situation in 2006 to takingf “an act of God” in he said.
The national mortgage marketf has “overcorrected,” he said. Now, there are people trying to buy homeswho “deserve credit, but the marke is so scared and they’re restricting crediy way too far,” he said. Pohn puts the blame squarely on the mortgag industry itself after home loan standards went outthe window, startin around 2006.
The outlook for the industry is mixed, with most brokerws concerned thatrates — now near historicc lows — will rise. At Businesas First’s deadline, rates on conforming 30-year loands had risen sharply in just afew days, averaging 5.4 percenft at mid-week, according to data from Bankrate.com and MarketWatch.com. That rate is up from a nationap average ofabout 4.85 percent for much of May. Towarfd the end of 2007, consumers began according to mortgage lenders interviewesd byBusiness First. But refinancingg alone won’t revive their business, brokers said.
Refinancing is lucrativre for brokers when interest ratesware low, “but you can’t depends on it” in the long said Don Rupert, president of Mortgage Network Inc., which is No. 10 on the current up from No. 11. “The mortgage business is cyclical enoughn without dependingon refinancing.” On the 2009 Rupert’s company was among the minorityu of brokers who reported making a highefr percentage of new mortgages than refinancings for 2008 85 percent new, 15 percent in his case. LLC, owned by Mohamae el-Ashawah, reported a similare new/refinance ratio, with 70 percent new mortgages closec in 2008 and 30percent refinancings.
No mortgagwe brokerage reported a sharper decline in volume and valuee thanKentuckiana Sunrise, which dropped to No. 18 on the 2009 list from No. 8 in 2008. The valued of Kentuckiana Sunrise’s loans closed droppedf 87 percent in 2008to $10 milliojn from $75 million in 2007, and the numbe r of loans decreased 67 percent, to 165 from 500. El-Ashawajh said that while demand for mortgages remained fairlty constant despite the realestate downturn, Kentuckianq Sunrise couldn’t get capital to After capital markets tightenedc in 2008, capital from private sources and banke dried up and “you couldn’t get anyones to lend you anything,” said el-Ashawah, who addedr that his company never made subprime loans.
That left his brokeragde firm with one source for money federal government-backed mortgage makers such as and . And that moneuy got increasingly expensive, he Pohn, of First Residential, sees better times aheacd for hiscompany — and for the economy has a wholre if government regulators can find a marketf equilibrium. First Residential closesd $160 million worth of mortgagesd during both April and May and is on tracki to match or exceed its 2006 total ofabout $1 Pohn said. But at the moment, gettintg borrowers qualified for loans has gone from beinfga no-questions-asked situation in 2006 to takingf “an act of God” in he said.
The national mortgage marketf has “overcorrected,” he said. Now, there are people trying to buy homeswho “deserve credit, but the marke is so scared and they’re restricting crediy way too far,” he said. Pohn puts the blame squarely on the mortgag industry itself after home loan standards went outthe window, startin around 2006.
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