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Monday, February 28, 2011
Miley Cyrus to Appear on 'SNL' as Guest Host - ABC News
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Orlando Business Journal:
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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmerd Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entirer plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswomanb said. The plant also is scheduleds for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriezs trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 perceny from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percenyt from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighyt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the schedulede down week on June 22 at its F-150o truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacg at the Kansas City Assembly “This is partially due to depleted funds for the state’e Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addedx that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two trucko plants can produce if they work full time throughb the 2010production year. Ford runs two shiftx at Claycomo and threein Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is consideringv once again moving a shift fromthe F-15 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plantg and putting them to work on the SUV side. nothing has been determined so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-150 side of the Kansasd City plant to a third shifty on the SUV side. The employees were movedf back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escap e sales in May reachedf 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percentt from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembl Plant also produces the Mercury Marineer and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercur Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercurhy Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Marinerr reached 3,906 in May, a new compan y record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybride vehicles was set inApril 2006.
As of May, Ford’w Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,90o0 hourly and 200 salariesd employees.
The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmerd Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entirer plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswomanb said. The plant also is scheduleds for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriezs trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 perceny from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percenyt from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighyt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the schedulede down week on June 22 at its F-150o truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacg at the Kansas City Assembly “This is partially due to depleted funds for the state’e Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addedx that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two trucko plants can produce if they work full time throughb the 2010production year. Ford runs two shiftx at Claycomo and threein Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is consideringv once again moving a shift fromthe F-15 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plantg and putting them to work on the SUV side. nothing has been determined so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-150 side of the Kansasd City plant to a third shifty on the SUV side. The employees were movedf back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escap e sales in May reachedf 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percentt from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembl Plant also produces the Mercury Marineer and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercur Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercurhy Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Marinerr reached 3,906 in May, a new compan y record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybride vehicles was set inApril 2006.
As of May, Ford’w Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,90o0 hourly and 200 salariesd employees.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Ellerbe Becket wins design contract for New Jersey Nets arena - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Doug Beichley, a principal with Kansas City-based Ellerbe said Friday thathe couldn’t confirmk whether the firm had won the contract, but a spokeswomann for the firm confirmee that Ellerbe Becket now is the designer for the called the . Beichley referred a questioh aboutthe project’s estimated cost to a spokesman for the project’a developer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who couldn’t immediately be reache for comment. Gehry was a contender for the desigh project.
In a Thursday Forest City Ratner Chairman and CEO Bruced Ratner saidthe “current economic climate is not righgt for (Gehry’s) design, and with Frank’s understanding, the arena is undergoingg a redesign that will make it more limited in Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, an affiliated recently reported that Ratner expected the Barclays Centerd to cost about $800 about $150 million less than previous estimates. Forest City Ratnere said in the release that it hopes to unvei l new images of the Barclays Centerr in late June and plans to break grounrd later this year and finish the arena in time for the Nets to playthe 2011-20112 NBA season in Brooklyn.
Doug Beichley, a principal with Kansas City-based Ellerbe said Friday thathe couldn’t confirmk whether the firm had won the contract, but a spokeswomann for the firm confirmee that Ellerbe Becket now is the designer for the called the . Beichley referred a questioh aboutthe project’s estimated cost to a spokesman for the project’a developer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who couldn’t immediately be reache for comment. Gehry was a contender for the desigh project.
In a Thursday Forest City Ratner Chairman and CEO Bruced Ratner saidthe “current economic climate is not righgt for (Gehry’s) design, and with Frank’s understanding, the arena is undergoingg a redesign that will make it more limited in Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, an affiliated recently reported that Ratner expected the Barclays Centerd to cost about $800 about $150 million less than previous estimates. Forest City Ratnere said in the release that it hopes to unvei l new images of the Barclays Centerr in late June and plans to break grounrd later this year and finish the arena in time for the Nets to playthe 2011-20112 NBA season in Brooklyn.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Search Of Cincy Landfill Deemed 'Prudent' In Hunt For Littleton - NBC4i.com
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Oil and gas industry battling severance tax amendment - Denver Business Journal:
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But while many organizations support spendin g money ontransportation projects, they balk at Amendmenft 52 because it’s a Constitutionao amendment — which, if it passes, would take anotherf vote of the people to Club 20’s transportation committee and executive council originally supported Amendment 52. But after its boarr of directors reviewedthe proposal, Club 20 decided to oppose it.
All threr committees disliked Amendment 52making I-70 a priority, thoughy Club 20 supports transportation and opposed putting the proposapl into the state Constitution, Brown But while the firsty two committees were willing to reluctantl y endorse the proposal, the board of directors decided to stick with the organization’s principles and opposw it on the grounds that a Constitutionakl mandate is inappropriate, he said. “Ths board felt like this is a principle argument,” Browm said. “Even though we like that it funds ourfavorite project, it’s disingenuous to call for fiscap reform and still argue for a measure that puts in handcuffsw that we like.
“And the precedent of putting a transportatio project into the Constitution every area of the state coulr pursuethat tack, and on a numbers count, rura l Colorado will lose.”
But while many organizations support spendin g money ontransportation projects, they balk at Amendmenft 52 because it’s a Constitutionao amendment — which, if it passes, would take anotherf vote of the people to Club 20’s transportation committee and executive council originally supported Amendment 52. But after its boarr of directors reviewedthe proposal, Club 20 decided to oppose it.
All threr committees disliked Amendment 52making I-70 a priority, thoughy Club 20 supports transportation and opposed putting the proposapl into the state Constitution, Brown But while the firsty two committees were willing to reluctantl y endorse the proposal, the board of directors decided to stick with the organization’s principles and opposw it on the grounds that a Constitutionakl mandate is inappropriate, he said. “Ths board felt like this is a principle argument,” Browm said. “Even though we like that it funds ourfavorite project, it’s disingenuous to call for fiscap reform and still argue for a measure that puts in handcuffsw that we like.
“And the precedent of putting a transportatio project into the Constitution every area of the state coulr pursuethat tack, and on a numbers count, rura l Colorado will lose.”
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
St. John Properties takes over Opus East business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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U.S. Army officials workexd feverishly over the past week topull St. John Properties into the fearful the project would come to a halt if Opus East filefd for bankruptcy protection before an arrangement could be company spokesmanGerard J. Wit said in a telephonew interview Tuesday. “It was a real round-the-clock, week-lonf effort to get this done,” Wit said. “We’re going to get in and try to kick-starft this right away.” Aberdeen is gearinb up for a significant influ x of military jobs underthe Pentagon’z Base Realignment and Closure expected to be completed by September 2011.
About 8,20o0 military jobs will be transferred to the in addition to as manyas 18,000 private contractinfg jobs from companies that do busineses with the incoming military agencies. The approved Opus East's selectionm of St. John Properties to take over the Governmenyt and Technology Enterprise business park because of theBaltimord developer’s ability to move forward with new construction, Bob Penn, prograj director with the Army Corps, said in a statement. As in takinb over the project, including (NYSE: OFC) and Manekin LLC.
Opus East was awarder rights to developthe government-owned land under a lease with the Army in November 2007 and broke ground on its first buildinhg in December of that year. Since then, the company becamed straddled with millions of dollars in construction loans it has been unablrto refinance, and the companyg has not started any new construction at the projecty for more than a year. The deal was inkede June 19 betweenOpus East, St. John Properties, with the backinyg of the Army. St. John and the Army Corps of Engineerss issued statements Tuesday announcingthe deal. Wit said St. John will pay Opus East an undiscloseds amount of money for its development rightsat Aberdeen.
In connectionh with the deal, St. John has hired Opus East projecr manager Matthew Holbrook to oversee the GATE projectg as its director of defense andgovernmeng business. “Aberdeen Proving Ground is excited about moving the projecf forwardwith St. John Properties,” Tim McNamara, APG deputyu garrison commander, said in a statement. “We considerr it a positive step to have theirt experienced management team spearheadingthe build-out of this As the to help it consider options including Its parent company, , has also sought bankruptcy protectioh for it’s Opus South subsidiary and for two more subsidiarie of its Opus West regiona operation. Opus Corp.
spokeswomam Winston Hewett said Opus East is stillk evaluating its options but has not made any decisionwabout bankruptcy. The companh was forced to relinquish its rights to the Aberdeenh project because it has been unable to financ morethan $50 million in construction loans it took out to financw its projects. Most pressing amonyg those debtsis $35 million the developere spent to build a new headquartersz for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratiohn in College Park, for which it has sued the federal governmengt to collect its wages on that Hewett said. St.
John plansx to break ground in the next two monthd on at least three new buildings at the Harford Counttmilitary base, with commitments from defense contractorsx for up to 300,000 square feet of research and development space, Wit said. Wit did not disclosew the names of any ofthosew tenants. Those buildings would be in addition toa 60,000-square-footg building Opus East completed in Decembed 2008 for defense contractor CACI. “Wes view this development as the most significant commercial real estats opportunity in the history ofour St. John President Edward A. St.
John said in a “This is based on the amount of square footage that can eventually be developed as well as the importantt work that will be completedby end-users that occupy this space.” St. John Properties is the third-largestf property management firm in Greater with nearly 11 million square feet of commerciaol space inthe region. But takingt over the Aberdeen project represents a shiftf forthe company, which has sought to tap into the demand for government contractin g space up until now. Wit said the company has also soughr in the past to buy land for its own rather than to lease property from the governmen such asat Aberdeen.
Opus East preliminarily receivef commitments from firms seeking space atits 413-acrse Government and Technology Enterprise business park but did not starty any additional construction. The developer was unwilling to dividee any of its buildingsinto multi-tenanted Wit said, preferring instead to construct buildings for a single That’s created a pent-up demand for companies seekiny from 5,000 square feet to upward of 20,00p square feet, Wit said. “For all the hoopls that BRAC has brought, there’s reallu only one building that Opus was able to Wit said.
“If you don’t have the placse to park those people, if you don’t have the buildingse to put them in, there was goinhg to be a reallogistical problem.”
U.S. Army officials workexd feverishly over the past week topull St. John Properties into the fearful the project would come to a halt if Opus East filefd for bankruptcy protection before an arrangement could be company spokesmanGerard J. Wit said in a telephonew interview Tuesday. “It was a real round-the-clock, week-lonf effort to get this done,” Wit said. “We’re going to get in and try to kick-starft this right away.” Aberdeen is gearinb up for a significant influ x of military jobs underthe Pentagon’z Base Realignment and Closure expected to be completed by September 2011.
About 8,20o0 military jobs will be transferred to the in addition to as manyas 18,000 private contractinfg jobs from companies that do busineses with the incoming military agencies. The approved Opus East's selectionm of St. John Properties to take over the Governmenyt and Technology Enterprise business park because of theBaltimord developer’s ability to move forward with new construction, Bob Penn, prograj director with the Army Corps, said in a statement. As in takinb over the project, including (NYSE: OFC) and Manekin LLC.
Opus East was awarder rights to developthe government-owned land under a lease with the Army in November 2007 and broke ground on its first buildinhg in December of that year. Since then, the company becamed straddled with millions of dollars in construction loans it has been unablrto refinance, and the companyg has not started any new construction at the projecty for more than a year. The deal was inkede June 19 betweenOpus East, St. John Properties, with the backinyg of the Army. St. John and the Army Corps of Engineerss issued statements Tuesday announcingthe deal. Wit said St. John will pay Opus East an undiscloseds amount of money for its development rightsat Aberdeen.
In connectionh with the deal, St. John has hired Opus East projecr manager Matthew Holbrook to oversee the GATE projectg as its director of defense andgovernmeng business. “Aberdeen Proving Ground is excited about moving the projecf forwardwith St. John Properties,” Tim McNamara, APG deputyu garrison commander, said in a statement. “We considerr it a positive step to have theirt experienced management team spearheadingthe build-out of this As the to help it consider options including Its parent company, , has also sought bankruptcy protectioh for it’s Opus South subsidiary and for two more subsidiarie of its Opus West regiona operation. Opus Corp.
spokeswomam Winston Hewett said Opus East is stillk evaluating its options but has not made any decisionwabout bankruptcy. The companh was forced to relinquish its rights to the Aberdeenh project because it has been unable to financ morethan $50 million in construction loans it took out to financw its projects. Most pressing amonyg those debtsis $35 million the developere spent to build a new headquartersz for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratiohn in College Park, for which it has sued the federal governmengt to collect its wages on that Hewett said. St.
John plansx to break ground in the next two monthd on at least three new buildings at the Harford Counttmilitary base, with commitments from defense contractorsx for up to 300,000 square feet of research and development space, Wit said. Wit did not disclosew the names of any ofthosew tenants. Those buildings would be in addition toa 60,000-square-footg building Opus East completed in Decembed 2008 for defense contractor CACI. “Wes view this development as the most significant commercial real estats opportunity in the history ofour St. John President Edward A. St.
John said in a “This is based on the amount of square footage that can eventually be developed as well as the importantt work that will be completedby end-users that occupy this space.” St. John Properties is the third-largestf property management firm in Greater with nearly 11 million square feet of commerciaol space inthe region. But takingt over the Aberdeen project represents a shiftf forthe company, which has sought to tap into the demand for government contractin g space up until now. Wit said the company has also soughr in the past to buy land for its own rather than to lease property from the governmen such asat Aberdeen.
Opus East preliminarily receivef commitments from firms seeking space atits 413-acrse Government and Technology Enterprise business park but did not starty any additional construction. The developer was unwilling to dividee any of its buildingsinto multi-tenanted Wit said, preferring instead to construct buildings for a single That’s created a pent-up demand for companies seekiny from 5,000 square feet to upward of 20,00p square feet, Wit said. “For all the hoopls that BRAC has brought, there’s reallu only one building that Opus was able to Wit said.
“If you don’t have the placse to park those people, if you don’t have the buildingse to put them in, there was goinhg to be a reallogistical problem.”
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Human Capital: People on the move, June 22 - Birmingham Business Journal:
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promoted Mark Whalen to executivevice president, basedr in its main office in Needham. Whalen, who has nearlt 28 years of banking industry is the former president and CEOof . He joined Needham Bank in Marcb of 2007 when the twoinstitutionse merged. The law firm of LLP in Bostom added Robert Brady as senior of counsel in the bankingb and financialservices practice. Brady was most recently a vice president inthe supervision, regulation and credit department of the . G.T. Reillgy & Co. , a Milton-based accounting firm, promotes Jayme Fitzgerald to accounting andauditing supervisor. She joinedr the firm in 2003. hired Lynnette Best as progra m andevent coordinator.
She previously worked for TD Banknorthy Garden as a communityrelations coordinator.
promoted Mark Whalen to executivevice president, basedr in its main office in Needham. Whalen, who has nearlt 28 years of banking industry is the former president and CEOof . He joined Needham Bank in Marcb of 2007 when the twoinstitutionse merged. The law firm of LLP in Bostom added Robert Brady as senior of counsel in the bankingb and financialservices practice. Brady was most recently a vice president inthe supervision, regulation and credit department of the . G.T. Reillgy & Co. , a Milton-based accounting firm, promotes Jayme Fitzgerald to accounting andauditing supervisor. She joinedr the firm in 2003. hired Lynnette Best as progra m andevent coordinator.
She previously worked for TD Banknorthy Garden as a communityrelations coordinator.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Union extends deadline for new Safeway contract - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The extension was announced late Thursday by the Unitedr Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No. 7, whicy represents about 17,000 Denver-areaa grocery workers now negotiating new contractswith Albertson’s and . It is the thircd extension in theSafeway talks, which began in early Safeway workers voted last month to call for a strike if but neither side has indicated that a strike is likelty in the near future. Both Albertson’s and King Soopers workers are operating without contractsrighr now. Negotiations center around the issues of pension benefitsand health-care plans.
Safeway and King Sooperws have offeredpension cuts, pay raisews for just a portion of the workers and new preventative health-carer benefits, saying that with the rise of non-unionj grocery stores, some cutbacks must be made. “I thinjk this [latest extension] gives us an opportunity to continue to negotiate and really be able to tackle the tough issues like waged andpension benefits,” said Kris Safeway’s Denver-area director of public The latest counter-proposal from Safeway workers calls for annualo pay increases of 75 cents per hour over the duratiobn of the five-year contract, according to UFCW spokeswoman Laurwa Chapin.
It also seeks assurances that workerw can continue receiving pension benefits at age 50 rather than havinvg to wait untilage 62, that current healtgh benefits are not decreased and that currenrt health-care premiums are not increased. Safeway has not made a new contractg proposal, Staaf said. Sherree a 15-year Safeway employee from expressed frustration over the pace of negotiations in a news releasee put out bythe UFCW. “Wew gave you a proposal a week ago, and you keep coming back at us with the same Carlson said. “We need a fair deal and we need to keep the work and the workerx here inour community.
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The extension was announced late Thursday by the Unitedr Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No. 7, whicy represents about 17,000 Denver-areaa grocery workers now negotiating new contractswith Albertson’s and . It is the thircd extension in theSafeway talks, which began in early Safeway workers voted last month to call for a strike if but neither side has indicated that a strike is likelty in the near future. Both Albertson’s and King Soopers workers are operating without contractsrighr now. Negotiations center around the issues of pension benefitsand health-care plans.
Safeway and King Sooperws have offeredpension cuts, pay raisews for just a portion of the workers and new preventative health-carer benefits, saying that with the rise of non-unionj grocery stores, some cutbacks must be made. “I thinjk this [latest extension] gives us an opportunity to continue to negotiate and really be able to tackle the tough issues like waged andpension benefits,” said Kris Safeway’s Denver-area director of public The latest counter-proposal from Safeway workers calls for annualo pay increases of 75 cents per hour over the duratiobn of the five-year contract, according to UFCW spokeswoman Laurwa Chapin.
It also seeks assurances that workerw can continue receiving pension benefits at age 50 rather than havinvg to wait untilage 62, that current healtgh benefits are not decreased and that currenrt health-care premiums are not increased. Safeway has not made a new contractg proposal, Staaf said. Sherree a 15-year Safeway employee from expressed frustration over the pace of negotiations in a news releasee put out bythe UFCW. “Wew gave you a proposal a week ago, and you keep coming back at us with the same Carlson said. “We need a fair deal and we need to keep the work and the workerx here inour community.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
N.C. law extends COBRA enrollment - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The law extends the enrollmenr period to 120 days from 60 The coverage, often called “mini-COBRA,” will ultimately allow employees to received the federal stimulus package’s 65 percent COBRq premium subsidy. Laid-off personnel must have worked at small businesses with fewer than20 employees. “Because of this legislation and the federalpremium subsidy, more North Caroliniana who have been laid off will be able to maintain theirt insurance coverage,” says N.C. Insurance Commissionerd Wayne Goodwin.
“We hear from a lot of consumer who unfortunately have chosen not to extend theitr coverage through COBRAor mini-COBRA because it is simply too expensive or they missed the electio n period.” COBRA gives workerd and their families the optio to continue group health benefits for limited periods of time under certain circumstances. Under federal law, COBRsA generally applies to companies with 20 or more and workers may be charged up to 102 percenft of the full healthinsurance premium.
Insuranc companies of small employers — thosr who have fewer than 20 employees — are requirecd to offer continuation coverage underNortu Carolina’s Group Health Insurancwe Continuation laws. The federal stimuluzs package contains two provisionss that expand the benefits available to employeees whose jobs havebeen eliminated. It extends the electio period for eligible employees to determine whether they wish to enrolk in the federal COBRA Thenew N.C. law provides the same extended electionj periodfor mini-COBRA in North Carolina.
The federal packagse also provides a subsidy that pays for 65 percenr of the premium for both COBRAand mini-COBRA recipients who were laid off between 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2009. Dependinb on the size of the former either the employer or the insuranced provider fronts 65 percent of the premium amount and then recoupsd that expense through federal payrolltax credits. Workeres are responsible for the remaining 35 percenyt ofthe premium.
The law extends the enrollmenr period to 120 days from 60 The coverage, often called “mini-COBRA,” will ultimately allow employees to received the federal stimulus package’s 65 percent COBRq premium subsidy. Laid-off personnel must have worked at small businesses with fewer than20 employees. “Because of this legislation and the federalpremium subsidy, more North Caroliniana who have been laid off will be able to maintain theirt insurance coverage,” says N.C. Insurance Commissionerd Wayne Goodwin.
“We hear from a lot of consumer who unfortunately have chosen not to extend theitr coverage through COBRAor mini-COBRA because it is simply too expensive or they missed the electio n period.” COBRA gives workerd and their families the optio to continue group health benefits for limited periods of time under certain circumstances. Under federal law, COBRsA generally applies to companies with 20 or more and workers may be charged up to 102 percenft of the full healthinsurance premium.
Insuranc companies of small employers — thosr who have fewer than 20 employees — are requirecd to offer continuation coverage underNortu Carolina’s Group Health Insurancwe Continuation laws. The federal stimuluzs package contains two provisionss that expand the benefits available to employeees whose jobs havebeen eliminated. It extends the electio period for eligible employees to determine whether they wish to enrolk in the federal COBRA Thenew N.C. law provides the same extended electionj periodfor mini-COBRA in North Carolina.
The federal packagse also provides a subsidy that pays for 65 percenr of the premium for both COBRAand mini-COBRA recipients who were laid off between 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2009. Dependinb on the size of the former either the employer or the insuranced provider fronts 65 percent of the premium amount and then recoupsd that expense through federal payrolltax credits. Workeres are responsible for the remaining 35 percenyt ofthe premium.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
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The Memphis-based discount retailer reported net incomeof $8.6 million, or 21 centsx per diluted share, for firstt quarter 2009, up 17.8 percent compared to net incomre of $7.3 million, or 18 cents per diluter share in first quarter 2008. The companh had total first quarter saleasof $458.4 million, down 1.3 percent comparedx to $464.3 million for first quarter 2008. In 2008, Fred’zs (NASDAQ: FRED) closed 74 underperforming stores and 23underperforminhg pharmacies. Excluding stores closed last year, the companu increased total sales 5 percent in the firstg quarter compared to thesame year-ago On a comparable store year-to-date sales increased 2.8% compared with 2.
1% in the same perioc last year. Fred’s CEO Bruce A. Efird said he expected to see more improvement in theseconfd quarter. “This will be a formidabl task as we will be contending with the economiv stimulus checks consumers received last year and recordunemploymenft rates," he said in a statement. "We also plan to launch our enhanced store prototype in approximately 16 new and remodele d stores during thesecond quarter.
" Duringy the first quarter, Fred's opened threee new stores and three new pharmacies, while closing three Fred’s board of directors also increased the company’s quarter cash dividendc to 3 cents per share from the prior rate of 2 centx per share. The dividend is payable on June 15 to shareholderzs of record as ofJune 1. Fred's operatess 666 discount generalmerchandise stores, including 24 franchised Shares of Fred’s were tradingt lower in late Thursday trading, down about 5 percentr to $13.14 per share.
The Memphis-based discount retailer reported net incomeof $8.6 million, or 21 centsx per diluted share, for firstt quarter 2009, up 17.8 percent compared to net incomre of $7.3 million, or 18 cents per diluter share in first quarter 2008. The companh had total first quarter saleasof $458.4 million, down 1.3 percent comparedx to $464.3 million for first quarter 2008. In 2008, Fred’zs (NASDAQ: FRED) closed 74 underperforming stores and 23underperforminhg pharmacies. Excluding stores closed last year, the companu increased total sales 5 percent in the firstg quarter compared to thesame year-ago On a comparable store year-to-date sales increased 2.8% compared with 2.
1% in the same perioc last year. Fred’s CEO Bruce A. Efird said he expected to see more improvement in theseconfd quarter. “This will be a formidabl task as we will be contending with the economiv stimulus checks consumers received last year and recordunemploymenft rates," he said in a statement. "We also plan to launch our enhanced store prototype in approximately 16 new and remodele d stores during thesecond quarter.
" Duringy the first quarter, Fred's opened threee new stores and three new pharmacies, while closing three Fred’s board of directors also increased the company’s quarter cash dividendc to 3 cents per share from the prior rate of 2 centx per share. The dividend is payable on June 15 to shareholderzs of record as ofJune 1. Fred's operatess 666 discount generalmerchandise stores, including 24 franchised Shares of Fred’s were tradingt lower in late Thursday trading, down about 5 percentr to $13.14 per share.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Report: Florida hit harder by recession - Orlando Business Journal:
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Florida went into the recessiom nine months ahead of the rest of theUnitedc States, and excesses in housinyg and commercial real estate are considerably worse than the natiojn as a whole, the report Statewide, the median sales price of existint homes is down abougt 45 percent from the peak of the housing boom in November 2005. The fall is abouft 48 percent in Orlando, from $249,900 in November 2005 to $130,00o0 in May. Employment conditions continueto deteriorate, the reportt says.
The state’s unemploymentg rate is expected to top out around 11 Wachovia projects, with a loss of 720,000 jobs, includintg 430,000 jobs lost this reported 137 layoff events durin g the first quarter, more than doubls the previous period. Job losses are heaviest in industries with direct ties to thebuildinhg boom, including construction and manufacturing, Wachovia Wachovia estimates Floridians saw a net loss of $1.2 trillion in households wealth during 2008 with about two-thirds of that drop occurringb in financial assets.
Florida went into the recessiom nine months ahead of the rest of theUnitedc States, and excesses in housinyg and commercial real estate are considerably worse than the natiojn as a whole, the report Statewide, the median sales price of existint homes is down abougt 45 percent from the peak of the housing boom in November 2005. The fall is abouft 48 percent in Orlando, from $249,900 in November 2005 to $130,00o0 in May. Employment conditions continueto deteriorate, the reportt says.
The state’s unemploymentg rate is expected to top out around 11 Wachovia projects, with a loss of 720,000 jobs, includintg 430,000 jobs lost this reported 137 layoff events durin g the first quarter, more than doubls the previous period. Job losses are heaviest in industries with direct ties to thebuildinhg boom, including construction and manufacturing, Wachovia Wachovia estimates Floridians saw a net loss of $1.2 trillion in households wealth during 2008 with about two-thirds of that drop occurringb in financial assets.
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