Friday, February 18, 2011

Target changes political donation policy after governor's race controversy - MinnPost.com

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Under the new policy, a committee of senior executives will oversee donations to candidates, parties, and political action committees. Target's political action committee, TargetCitizens PAC รข€" which is funded through the voluntary employee ...


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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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RealtyTrac records indicate that a notice ofa trustee’sw sale has been filed on homeds matching the description of North Portland Kenton neighborhood homes. The notice indicatee that the homes will be put upfor , which broke the story, notedx that Adams’ lender has filed a “noticew of default,” meaning he’w defaulted on his loan agreement with his Adams told the paper he’s catchintg up on his mortgage after payint “significant” legal bills. The houses that face foreclosuree are at2131 N. McClellan and 2121 N. McClellan. Adams lives in the 2121 home. He also owns a triplexd at 2031 N.
Adams, who makes $118,144 yearly, is facing an impendinhg recall, scheduled to kick off in early July, aftet admitting he had a sexual relationship with Beau The pair met before Breedlove turned 18. Adams said the sexual relationshio beganafter Breedlove’s 18th Oregon’s attorney general is investigating whether Adams did anything improper. The mayor conceded that he lied abouywhether he’d had sex with Breedlove when a politicalo opponent first made the charge durinh the 2008 primary campaign season.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

TiVo wins $103M round in EchoStar fight - South Florida Business Journal:

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EchoStar lost an appeal in district courtin Texas. The court awardede Alviso-based TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) $103, 068,836y plus interest, which coversd the period from Sept. 8, 2006 to April 18, 2008. But EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS), of Colo., will appeal the matter to the U.S Courtt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Even if TiVo which observers think likely, the awarfd won’t wipe away its large accumulateds deficit. In the fiscal years 2008 and 2007, before it won TiVo lost $31.6 million and $49.1 respectively. TiVo has already been awarded $105 million in this pateng fightwith EchoStar. Though that earliedr EchoStar payment contributed to a profitgof $103.
6 million for TiVo in the quarter ended January, the company’s accumulated deficit (how much it has lost or written off since it at that time was $672.2 million. “Wwe will need to generat e significant additional revenues to achievesustained profitability,” the companyy said in its most recent quarterly filing. TiVo’w president and CEO, Tom Rogers, 54, was paid a salary of $800,00o in the latest fiscapl year. His total compensation for the yearwas $5.9 including $54,824 for housing, housing related and living $42,796 in insurance related expenses, and $20,099i in family travel related according to TiVo’s proxy card.
Rogerws also sits on the boardat , a Texas telephoned book publisher that filed Chapter 11 in March. He’s been a directort there sinceNovember 2006. Idearc, based at the Dallas-Fort Wortuh Airport, paid a cash retainer of $60,000p to directors in 2007, the latest year it’s reported in a prox y statement. Former TiVo board member Charles Fruit, a marketintg executive who saton TiVo’s audit died May 27. TiVo had 463 workers as of Marcuh 23, more than half of them in research anddevelopmeng jobs.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Central Valley bank earnings fall to $1.7M - Charlotte Business Journal:

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million in the first half of the down from earningsof $2.6 million the year earlier period. The bank holdinh company of earned $464,000 in the second quarter, down from $1.3 millioh the year earlier period. “While we remainefd profitable, the disappointing earnings in the second quarte r is a reflection of the increased provision for credi t losses in the light of the overall weak economyy and the potential impact it many have on our borrowing customers duriny this economic cycle and the significant increas e in the FDIC insurance premiums from both the increase in regular assessment rates as well as the special assessmengt rate placed on all FDIC insured institution s insecond quarter,” said Dan Doyle, president of the bank holdingy company.
The bank has 15 branches in the Central Valley from the Fresno areato Sacramento. The bank companyh got $7 million in Capitalo Purchase Program money from the Departmen t of Treasury earlierthis year. It acquired the Lodi and Tracy branchesa of Service 1st Bancorpin

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Arch Coal to buy Wyoming mine - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The deal includes 381 million tonsof low-costg coal reserves that are contiguous to Arch'xs Black Thunder mine, as well as a high-speed rail a recently added overland conveyor and near-pit crushing and a fleet of miningh equipment. Jacobs Ranch, which has 600 workers and shares six milea of property line withBlack Thunder, had pro formwa earnings before interest, taxes, depreciatiom and amortization (EBITDA) of $73 million duringf 2008. On a pro forma assuming an acquisition closing dateof Dec. 31, Arch estimates that the additio of Jacobs Ranch would result in incrementalp EBITDA ofbetween $145 milliom and $165 million for the company in 2009.
led by Chairman and CEO Stevej Leer, said it may identify “further cost reductionb opportunities as the two minesx are fully integrated into one operating Arch said it wouled finance the deal with a combination of internall generated cash flowfrom operations, borrowings under the company'sw $800 million revolving credit facility and other debt The boards of Arch Coal and Rio Tintko have approved the Citi is acting as lead financial adviser to Arch Merrill Lynch & Co.
is providingy Arch with certain financial advisory services and is actin g asthe company's legal Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Rio Tintoo mines aluminum, copper, diamonds, uranium, gold, borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc and iron ore. St. Louis-base d Arch Coal is one of thelargest U.S. coal with revenue of $3 billionm in 2008. Arch supplies coal to fuel roughly 6 percenrt ofthe nation's

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Bass Berry Sims lays off 32 employees - Business First of Columbus:

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The venerable law firm made the cuts yesterdayy across its three Tennesseee officesin Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis, says managinv partner Keith Simmons. “They were proportionatelu divided amongthe offices,” he say. “Every practice area was The layoffs were made to reduce internall costs tobenefit clients, he Some raises are being frozen as well. Law firmas nationwide are taking steps tocut expenses, includingy paying some new hires a portion of their salariess to defer starting for a year. Bass Berryg will limit the size of its class of summer traditionally law school students who have finished their second and defer the starting date for new attorneyxsfrom Sept.
1 to January 1, 2009. The deferredx hires will receive a stipendd for the four month deferral periodd and will have the opportunity to borroaw money from the firm if they need more to tide them with loans to be repaid upon joiningv thefirm full-time, Simmonws says. Since the start of the year majore law firms have laid off morethan 12,41o0 people, including nearly 5,000 according the “Layoff Tracker” featurs on the law blog Last month, Bass Berry & Sims was nameds best corporate law firm in Nashville for the eighth consecutive year by “Corporat Board Member” magazine in the magazine’s annual rankinbg of firms in major metropolitan areas.
Bass Berr y & Sims’ most recent attorney count was 225 acrosxs itsthree offices.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

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