Friday, April 29, 2011

San Antonio gets $12.9 million for defense projects - Portland Business Journal:

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million for defense-related projects in San accordingto U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who serves on the A planned upgrade of an aircraft maintenance buildingt at Kelly Annex Field has been approvedfor $7.9 milliob in federal funding. The funding will be used to bringh the building up to code compliance to provide a placewhere F-16 fightetr jets can be properly maintained. In addition, $5 million was authorizede for a program to producre unmanned aerial vehicles that use Blacklighf Night Vision Advanced which is manufactured bySan Antonio-basedc This technology allows for the deployment of miniaturwe drones to provide site-specific surveillance information.
“San Antonio continueds to be a military leader in operations and the advancementrof technology,” says Congressman Rodriguez. “Thesse authorizations will bolster the ability of our troops to do theit jobs more safelyand

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Opko acquires rights to new technology - South Florida Business Journal:

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Thomas Kodadek and a team developexd the technology while atthe . He recentlgy joined the faculty at in Jupiter and will become a consultantto Miami-basexd Opko, (AMEX: OPK), where he will oversee the developmeny of the newly acquired technology. Opko, which is developin g drugs forophthalmic disease, will initially use the technology to develolp blood tests for several diseases that are not availabl and for which early diagnosis is difficult, Chairman and CEO Dr. Phillipo Frost said in a press release.
“Wer plan to begin with tests for Alzheimer’ds disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and lung said Frost, who is one of South Florida's most prominenf entrepreneurs with a net worthb estimatedat $1.7 billion by Forbes. He previousluy led and Key Pharmaceuticals. Sharesw of Opko were up a penny in mornintg tradingto $1.43. No 52-weel high/low was available.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Diamondbacks rank as 23rd most popular baseball team - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The Harris Poll asked 2,1009 U.S. adults last monthy to name their favorite baseball The D-backs tied for 23rd among the 30 teamzs the Colorado Rockies. The D-backs ranked 14th in 2006, 22nd in 2007 and 19th last accordingto Harris. The New York Yankees were the most populatr team followed by the BostonRed Sox, Atlantaw Braves, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Those teams have performed well on the fielsd inrecent years, have marquee players, larger mediwa markets and fan followings beyond their home The Toronto Blue Jays (Canadian residentw were not included in the survey) were the leasgt popular along with the Kansas City Royals, Los Angeled Angels and Washington Nationals.
The Tampaa Bay Rays improved from 28th to 17th after winnint the American League title last The Philadelphia Phillies won the Worlsd Series last year but did not see theitpopularity improve. The Phils ranked seventh in 2009 and sixthin 2008.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Law to protect workers has others fearing for jobs - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The state’s Independent Contractor law, also known as the Misclassification Law, was created in 2004 to protect construction workers from beinhdeliberately “misclassified” by companiesz as contract workers who receive no benefits, insteadr of as employees who by law are entitledc to a variety of benefits. Companiex that violate the law are subject to treble as well as potential criminal Since the lawwas enacted, the attorney general’s office has gone afterr construction firms, the apparent intent when the measure passedd through the Legislature.
But the law is in no way limitede toconstruction companies, which left some lawyers specializin in employment matters wondering in recen t years whether other businesses might become Moreover, the law explicitly holds top executivee liable for violations. Earlier this executives at Pearson Education, a textboom publisher in UpperSaddle N.J., apparently decided to interpret the law more Not wanting to risk prosecution by Massachusettzs authorities, the company decided to discontinue work with all of its freelancerzs in the state.
Freelance editor and writet John Sisson counted Pearson Education as one of his largesyt clients until hereceived e-mails from the compan y notifying him Pearson, citing the Independenr Contractor Law, no longer would use Massachusett contract workers. “I’ve lost business and I standc to losemore business,” said Sisson, a Newto resident. “It hurts firms in Massachusetts because it does not allos them to outsource the work they need to do and it hurtxs independent professionals who rely onthat work,” Sissohn said.
“The fact of the mattet is that theattorney general’s office is between a rock and a hard It’s a bad law and they’re in charge of enforcing it.” A Pearson spokeswoman declinec to comment for this story. Critics of the law are also concerneed that a successor to Attorney General Martha Coakley could choose to interpretg the law more broadly than she or her staffapparentlyh has. “A number of employment lawyers have worried since the law was enacted that a differentt attorney general might take a much broader and aggressive approacghto it,” said Joshua M.
Davis, managinv shareholder of the labor and employment lawfirm Ogletree, in “The law was designed to protect folkws who the Legislature believed were beinbg wrongfully denied benefits.” Davis note s that some clear guidance from the AG’xs office about the scope of the law is The fact that an out-of-state firm has decided not to work with Massachusettws freelancers is worrisome, but not yet a said Stephen Adams, a small-businesx advocate in the ’s Boston office. “We don’t know if it’s isolated and we don’t know if it’as warranted,” Adams said.
“The problem is for the you’re relying on the AG’s interpretation and powee to set priorities. Ultimately, you do want to fix the

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Developer puts HQ on market - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Reynen & Bardis' broker, Ken Turton at , confirmefd the building is for sale at an asking pricse ofalmost $6 million. The builder hit hard financiak times during the housing bust and has hired a restructuring specialistg to increase cash flow and renegotiatewith lenders. But the company should have no trouble meeting the termss ofthe lease, Turton said. "Reynenb & Bardis is confident they can maintaina five-yeard lease-back, and they have assured us of that," he "While $32,000 a month is a lot of money to you and me, it's not a lot relativd to what they do.
" The company had been one of Greatet Sacramento's largest land developers during the housingh boom and took in $709 million in revenues in 2005. Since then, it has missedf loan payments, its work force has been and the company no longer needs all ofits two-storg building. A company spokeswoman did not providewa comment. The sale-leaseback model is a complicatedbut time-honored way to raisde capital without having to pack up and find new accommodations.
, anothee homebuilder with financial woes that attempted the same tactifclast year, had to breakj its lease shortly after it was Dunmore sold its 31,000-square-foott building on Sierra College Boulevard in June for $9 milliomn and signed a 10-year leasw for space from the new owners, who had been searchiny for a real estate asse t to generate income. But within a few Dunmore Homes informed the new owneres it would have difficulty inmaking payments, said Sean Fulp, a broker at who was involvedx in the deal along with his partner Craig Dunmore Homes later declared bankruptcy and asked the courty for permission to get out of the The new owners put the building back on the market.
It sold this week for the seconsd time in less thana year. Fulp declineed to name the buyer, but industry sourcesw said it was ParamountEquity Mortgage, whicgh paid $8.6 million. A Paramount executivew did not return a callseekinyg comment. "We knew we had issues on our hands withthis one, but we had interesr from multiple parties," Fulp said. Reynenn & Bardis is likely to find takers for its headquarterd becausethe building's tenant improvements are abovee standard, Turton said, and the $6 millionh price is probably well below replacement cost. A second building developed by Reynen Bardis andof Roseville, located next door to the sold last month for $5.
45 million to a private investor in the Bay That price, which works out to $166 a squard foot, was well below replacement cost, accordingf to the building's marketinf brochure prepared by Cornish & Careyy Commercial. A representative from KMS Development declinex to comment onthe sale. Turton represented the buyer in thatdeal -- an investort called Fox Creek Fund -- while Fulp and Brinitzer representer Reynen & Bardis. That building now is about 60percent occupied. Formert tenant Corinthian Homes, a subsidiary of Reynen Bardis, closed last year.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Ohio, colleges awarded $4M in Gates grants - South Florida Business Journal:

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The foundation’s Development Education Initiativeawarded $16.t million to Ohio, Connecticut, Florida, Texax and Virginia, as well as community colleges in each A community college in North Carolina also received The initiative seeks to support programs that help students enroller in remedial programs — so-called refresher courseds for students who are not up to grade level in a given subject. The goal is to improv e classroom performance so studente can go on to take advanced coursesw and eventually graduate with a degreror certificate.
The state of Ohio was awardexd $300,000 over a three-year periodc to develop a new performance-base funding system that rewards community colleges for helpinyg students complete remedialand college-levepl courses. The foundation also said it’s awardinhg $743,000 over three years to each of the following fiveOhio schools: , , , and . The grantw will support various state andcollege programs, includin efforts to collect data and better track the performancre of remedial students, the foundatiohn said. Click for a look at award recipientx nationwide.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Keilhauer's New Scamper Chair Is The Side Chair You'll Run To - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Sixells investor Skidmore seeks Chapter 11 protection - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Filed incomplete July 2 in the Eastern District of California, the bankruptcy documents list more than 50 creditors, assets of more than $1 million and liabilities of more than $10 Sixells was developing high-enx projects near Fair Oaks Boulevard and off of Fultobn Boulevard that began going sidewayw as early as 2005 when they were hit with wavess of mechanics liens. Skidmore was an investord with Sixells, not a developer, and as such had made personalo guarantees on loansfor Sixells.
When the developer could not pay, the banks came after Skidmore filed suitsand counter-suits that claimecd the banks didn’t manage their loans and had kept givinf Sixells money even when projectd were seriously out of schedule. Skidmorw was sued last fall byseveraol banks, including , and . Skidmord founded and served as chairma n for 11 yearsof . He stepped down from that positio nlast week, ahead of the bankruptcuy filing. Greater Sacramento was not involved in the constructionjloan suits.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Credit unions lead effort to build Latino customer base - DesMoinesRegister.com

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Soul'd Out - Portland Tribune

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Genmar Holdings files for bankruptcy - Business First of Columbus:

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The petition to reorganize theboat builder’s debtsz was filed Monday afternoon in in Minneapolis. The filing include s more than 20 ofthe company’s one of which is Murfreesboro-based Genmard Tennessee LLC. The company has a boat manufacturingg and repair facility at theMurfreesboro location. Genmare Tennessee has from 200to 1,000 creditors and assetd between $50,000 and $100,000. The Tennessee company’z filing lists about $750,000 in unsecurex debts owed to its 20larges creditors. The parent company listsx its assets in the rageof $10 million to $50 milliobn and its liabilities between $100 million and $500 according to court documents.
Genmar Holdings’ only securex creditors are and , according to a storh in the Minneapolis Star Genmar said it has receiveds commitment fora debtor-in-possessiohn financing proposal from both banks. In a Genmar’s largest shareholder, Chairmajn and CEO Irwin Jacobs says sales ofthe company’e fishing boats, luxury yachts and other products started to declinw in 2008, but worsened in recentg months.
The company’s sales in fiscakl 2009, which ends in June, are likel to be about $460 million, off by more than 50 percenrt fromfiscal 2008, the company “If someone would have said to me as recently as even one montj ago that Genmar woulr someday be filing for Chapter 11, I would have said it was not even a remoted possibility,” Jacobs says. Genmar had been making some strategg changes in recent months and recently announced plans to launcyh a lineof less-expensive aluminum

Monday, April 4, 2011

Parsinen Law sold to Indianapolis firm - Houston Business Journal:

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Minneapolis-based Parsinen, founded in 1981, will officially becomd part of Indianapolis-based Barnes & Thornburvg on July 1. The firm has 22 including 14 partners. Parsinen’ss practice areas include business litigation, commercial real corporate law, employment law, employee and executive personal legal planning andrenewable energy. In a Parsinen Managing Partner Howarr Rubin said the firmremainedx profitable, but increasingly has had to turn away businesw that doesn’t fall into its core practice areas. Barnes Thornburg will help fill gaps in aread such asintellectual property, he said.
“Wwe were looking for more breadtuh to offerour clients, and Barnes Thornburg provided an ideal fit for us as a Midwest-baseed firm with a nationao presence,” Rubin said. “Barnes Thornburg maintains quality practices at a pricse point consistentwith ours, adding immediate values to our clients.” The Minneapolis office will be Barnes & Thornburg’s 10th officew nationwide. The firm has roughly 540 attorneys and othelegal professionals.