Friday, March 30, 2012

Transwestern: Office decline not as ugly as tech wreck - Washington Business Journal:

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According to the report, Class A offic e space in Dallasaveraged $21.68 per foot in Decembe of 2006 and continued to rise untip dropping back down to $21.64 centw per square foot in Meanwhile, Class B office space was priced at $17.34 per squard foot in December of 2006 and also trended upward until falling back to $17.387 per foot in June of this year. Riis senior vice president at Transwestern, said Friday that there has been "qa two and a half year peel back inquotef rates.
" He added that 77 percen t of Class A buildings have reduced their rates in the last six while 79 percent of Class B buildings have lowered Christensen said Class C buildings are feeling the pincu of a consumer where Class A and Class B properties are lowerinhg rates to stay competitive. "For successful businesses this is when theres is a flight to qualityhfrom 'C' to 'B' or from 'B' to 'A', Christensejn said. "People will upgrade, or they will use the markert to renegotiate where theyare now.
" The broadedr economy that led to the new conditione includes a higher unemployment rate and the fact that Dallas-For Worth bled 49,500 jobs in the 12-month periodc ending in April, the report said. The overalo vacancy rate in the offices market stoodat 16.9 percent in the seconsd quarter. That is up from 16.7 percentg in the first quarter, but lower than the 17.2 percent recorded a year ago, according to the Rents were lower in both the Clasx A and B commercial property sectorr in the first half of thereport indicated. In the second quarter of net absorption in the industrial markettotaled 1.2 million squarr feet, which is the same amount recorde during the same period of 2008.
The overall vacancyu rate in the second quarter alsowas 11.1 down slightly from 11.2 percent during the first quarter, but up from 9 percentt compared to a year ago. Despitde changes related to the Christensen addedthat 900,000 square feet of space was stilpl absorbed this year. He believesw this speaks well for how diversifiedthe Dallas-Forty Worth market is. "We're not seeingg in the great recession the really big ugly losseas that we did in the tech he said. "Dallas is still goinyg to be a jobgrowthj leader, and that fuels he said.
"The regional economy is weaking, but it is outperformin g the rest ofthe

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

N.Y attorney general ends BofA probe - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Cuomo says the banks have and will continue to provide liquiditgto investors. Last agreed to buy back as muchas $4.7 billionh in auction-rate securities it sold to about 5,500 small businesses and smalp charities before the market collapseds in February 2008. According to the Securities andExchanges Commission, the settlement also required BofA to “use its best to provide up to $5 billion in liquidit y to businesses and institutional investors with accounts valuede at $15 million or more, and charities with accounts valuecd at $25 million or The agreement resolved allegations that securities dealers made misrepresentations to customers during sales of auction-rates securities about their safety and Auction-rate securities have interest rates that are reset at weekly or monthlh auctions run by investment firms.
The $330 billioj market collapsed last year, when investoras became alarmed at the prospects of the ability of corporate borrower s covering debt service onthe securities. Many were left with securitie s they could not sell intothe Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) neither admitted nor deniexd wrongdoing. The SEC also has finalized a settlement with BofA overthe

Monday, March 26, 2012

Lieberman orders to sever ties with HRC - Ynetnews

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Lieberman orders to sever ties with HRC

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Worthington 3Q profit plunges on sales decline - Business First of Columbus:

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The Columbus-based steel processor said it earnec $1.55 million, or 2 centd a share, in the quarter ended Feb. 28. That’sa down more than 90 percent from profitof $18.34 million, or 23 cents a in the same period a year ago. Revenue for the quartetr fell 31 percentto $501.1 million from $725.7 million. Worthington was headed for a nearly $20 milliom third-quarter loss on more than $16 milliomn in restructuring charges, partially offset by gains on the sheddingb of ajoint venture. But the company signed off the quartefr in black ink thanks toa $21.1q million income tax benefit, primarily from tweaking its estimatef annual effective tax rate.
The company in the firs t nine months of the fiscal year haslost $94. million, or $1.20 a share, compared with profit of $53.2 million, or 65 cents a share, a year ago. The nearlgy $95 million loss stems from morethan $200 million in write-downzs and severance costs logged in the second Worthington’s revenue in the first nine months was down 2 percent to $2.16 billion from $2.2 billio a year ago. Worthington Industriesx (NYSE:WOR), one of Central Ohio’es 10 largest publicly held companies, earned $107.1 millionb on $3.07 billion in revenue in its year endeedMay 31. The company employs about 7,000.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Bilateral Conductive Hearing Impairment With Hyperostosis of the Temporal Bone - Archives of Otolaryngology

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Bilateral Conductive Hearing Impairment With Hyperostosis of the Temporal Bone

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A CT scan of the temporal bones was performed (Figure 2). Generalized hyperostosis of the skull and petrous bones, which had caused narrowing of the internal auditory canals, was detected. Appositional bone growth of the middle ear walls led to a ...



Saturday, March 17, 2012

Southwest traffic down in June - Denver Business Journal:

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Dallas-based (NYSE:LUV) said it flew 6.73 billio n revenue passenger miles in downfrom 6.88 billion in the same periodc a year ago. Revenue passenger miles, whicuh measure one paying passenger flownper mile, is the officiakl measure of airline traffic. The airline’s capacity fell 4 percent in June while its load or percentage of seats grew more than a percentage pointto 79.5 percent. Southwesrt in the first half of the year saw traffi drop 2 percentto 36.6 billionm revenue passenger miles from 37.4 billiom last year.
The which carried about 28 percent of all Port Columbuws passengersthrough May, also said it is selling one-way tickets for as low as $30, $60 and $90, depending on how far customersz are traveling. The fares are availabld through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday and are possible for flights booked for travel in the period runningfrom Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. Clico for more details.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Rosetta Stone sues Google for trademark infringement - Washington Business Journal:

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The Arlington-based language learning company said in announcing its legakl action that a June 2009 policy changde by Google that would allow advertisersz in its Adword advertising program to use trademarj terms in ad text even if they do not own the trademar or have explicit approval from the owner to use it is behinethe suit. “Google’s search engine is helping third parties mislead consumers and misappropriat e Rosetta Stone trademarks by using themas ‘keyword’ triggerw for paid advertisements and by using them within the text or titlr of paid advertisements,” said Rosetta Stone’s generalo counsel Michael Wu.
“Google and its advertisersz benefit financially from and trade off the goodwillk and reputation of Rosetta Stone without incurrinfg the substantial expense that Rosetta Stone has incurred in buildiny upits popularity, name recognition, and brands loyalty,” Wu said. Rosetta Stone RST) said it is is seekingf injunctive relief to preventGoogle GOOG) from selling the Rosetta Stone trademark or other terms confusingly similar for use in Google’ds Adwords advertising program. The case was filedf in the U.S. District Court for the Easternb Districtof Virginia.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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The contracts were awarded by the Air which has namedthe system, “Space The Air Force likely will selecft one of the three companiess to build the system based on their work on the Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors will lead the Lockhee Martin (NYSE:LMT) team working on the contract. Other membersx of the team include GeneralDynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD), and AMEC PLC, according to Kenneth Ross, a spokesman for Maritimre Systemsand Sensors, whichb is based in Moorestown, N.J.
Maritime Systemse and Sensors is the developer of the Aegis Ballistivc Missile DefenseWeapon System, whichj earlier this year shot down a spy satellite before it could crash to Lockheed Martin is based in Md. Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) is based in Los Angelesd and Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) is based in Mass.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Lewis: Feds pressured BofA on Merrill - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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But some lawmakers questioned how much of the pressurew was actually made by Lewis in an attempt to securee more taxpayer aid forhis “The Treasury Department provided $20 billionh for a shotgun wedding. But the question is, who was holdingg the shotgun?” Rep. Edolphus Townw (D-New York) said during the The hearing, conducted by the House Committeed on Oversight and Government was focused onfederall officials’ role in BofA’s purchase of Merrillp Lynch. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) bought Merrill on Jan. 1 for $29. 1 billion. The deal resulted in BofA’d receiving an additional $20 billionn in federal funds under the Troublex AssetRelief Program.
BofA has receiveds a total of $45 billion in TARP Lewis has been under intense pressure from BofA shareholders for not disclosingf the depthof Merrill’s financial difficulties before the merger. Merrill lost $15.4 billion in the fourth quarter. Lawmakerx questioned Lewis on reports that he felt pressured byfederalp authorities, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernankew and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, to go ahead with the deal in Decembed as Merrill’s losses mounted. Lewis testified that BofA contacteds officials atthe U.S. Treasury and Federao Reserve in mid-December to inform them that thebank “had seriouds concerns about closing the transaction.
” he said, was considering declaringb a “material adverse change,” whicb can allow an acquirer to back out of a proposee deal. Lewis testified that Paulson toldhim BofA’sz management “would or could” be removedc if the bank backeed out of the deal. When lawmakersz pressed him Thursday on the alleged threats by Lewis said both partiez were concerned about making the best decisions for the health ofthe U.S. economy and BofA. He explainexd that a decision that would harm the economyu would also harm BofA because of its massiver sizeand breadth.
Lewis testified that he wasn’t intimidatedc by the threat of losing his job but bythe “seriousnes of the threat” and the ramifications on the overalol economy had an influence on his decision. “Jusr six months later, it is easy to forget just how closd to the brink oursystem came,” Lewix said. “I will never forget.” some lawmakers suggested Lewis should have knownabout Merrill’s losses beforre December. They pointed out an e-mail in which Bernanke suggested Lewis’ threat to back out of the Merrill deal wasa “bargainingb chip.
” Lawmakers also pointed to otheer e-mails from regulators suggesting Lewis’ claims about surprising lossesz were “not credible.” Rep. Dennisd Kucinich (D-Ohio), among others, suggestesd the e-mails indicated Lewis threatened to call off the Merrill deal as a way to land moregovernment aid. “It’as quite possible it was Bank of Americq that put a gun to the head of the Kucinich said. BofA eventually close d the deal withMerrill Lynch, and receives a $20 billion loan from the TARP fund to cover the Merrilol losses.
Also on Thursday, Lewis indicated that federak officials never asked him to withhold informationn from shareholders that BofA thought neede tobe disclosed. That caused lawmakers to remind him he wasunded oath. In February, Lewise testified before New York Attorney General Andreq Cuomo that Bernanke and Paulso pressured the bank not to discuss its increasingluy troubled plan tobuy Merrill. The congressional committere expects to call Paulson and Bernanke for similar hearingsw as it continuesits

Friday, March 9, 2012

Top of the week in Denver business news: June 6-12 - Denver Business Journal:

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SUNDAY, JUNE 7 A tornado -- one of at leasg five spotted across eastern Colorado on a stormuySunday -- damaged the Southlands shopping centedr in southeast Aurora and caused its closure. (The mall lateer reopened.) MONDAY, JUNE 8 Northeast Denvetr and southern Aurora had themost single-family home resales in the metro area at more than 1,00o0 in each area through May, accordingf to Metrolist Inc. market-area data. Colorado stated employees earn salaries that are an averageof 6.1 perceny higher than other workerds in comparable positions, according to a reportf released Monday by the Office of the Statew Auditor.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 Fourteen Colorado Chrysler dealerships were being dropped by theautomaker Tuesday, the Coloradl Automobile Dealers Association said. More Denver-areaq employers plan to cut their staff than add to it this according to the latest regional employmenty survey released Tuesday byManpower Inc. King Soopers officialas and Colorado grocery store employees accused each other of not doing anything to move labor negotiationeforward Tuesday, less than a week beforre a vote is set on a new five-year WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 Colorado gained jobs in “cleajn energy” industries twice as fast as the state’s job-growth rate as a whole in the 10 years endinvg in 2007, a study releasedd Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts Economic conditions in Colorado and six neighboring states declined at a slowee pace in April and May than in previous monthsd of the recession, and businesses have “firmetr expectations of improvement going forward,” the U.
S. Federal Reserve reported Wednesday in itslatest “Beige Book” surveyy of the region’s business executives. JUNE 11

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Romney scores narrow Super Tuesday win in pivotal Ohio - msnbc.com (blog)

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Legendary Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie passes away at 82 - Ars Technica

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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Online job postings continue to rise in Texas - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The nonprofit business information firmfound 11,300 additionalk online job postings in Texas last month comparefd with April. That brings the total number of adsto 222,000. Thers were about 3.7 unemployed Texans for every job ad, less than the 4.4 ratio for the country as a California had the most new job ads in May for a total of 384,009 ads. New York had 20,000 new ads for a totall of 208,000. Only four states had more new job ads than Texaaslast month. In Austin specifically, ther were 26,200 total online job ads last month, up from 23,2009 in April. But the number of ads remainws less than half of the total forMay 2008. Accordinvg to the Conference Board data, therwe are 2.
5 unemployed Austinites for everavailable job. Nationwide, online advertised vacancies rose 250,000 to 3.4 milliom last month. It was the first increase in postingss since the financial crisixs explodedin October. Job postings don’t necessarily imply increasedemployment — the report doesn’t includes information on whether the available work force is qualified to fill the open