Sealing the deal with a sales prospect: If you can speak it, you can write it - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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There was nothing worse in high schooo than having your boyfriend or girlfriend say they wanted to seeother Ouch! In the ’70s, we had a phrase about peoplee who would take advantage of you: users. I have to admit I was one of them. My friendf in sixth grade, a neighbor named had a built-in pool and his mom had a pantr y of my favorite apple pies, Yodels, you name it. I was a user. Eddir turned out to be a multimillionairesoftware giant. Althougu I would love to call him, I simplyu cannot, due my ignorance. Many salespeopls get used and abused in the salez process because prospects can be useres who will even justify using your stuff to betted themselves ortheir company.
It has happenedx to me a coupleeof times, and I have to admit I felt like Eddi e Money and wanted to sing hold onto to me.” I even becamde the Bee Gees, just trying to stay alive. As time went on in the salesa process, I realized I was being used. I adopted one sentencer that changed everything: If you can speak it, you can writre it. That sentence has not guaranteedf that I will close everyprospect — and I am not suggestinf that it will for you, either — but I guarantee you will nevee get used again. Many timexs early in my career, my prospects would ask for something in and I would give themcustomized plans.
I might redo them several times, only to find out theif cousin Vinny took all my stuff andmy commission, as To prevent this, ask one simple question: What will it take to make you a client? After they mention price, you must get two more thingsx or you can starr singing “na na na na, hey hey hey, After your prospect tells you what you have to do to earn his or her write down the specific deliverableas and initial each one. Have your prospect do the same and set yourseconcd appointment. (Martin Touch Tip: give yourselg enough time between appointments to gatherthe deliverables. I usually recommende at least a week.) Next, set the TONE (touchiny on new expectations).
Touch your prospect at least twice beforeyou meet, and reminx them of your written agreement. Give them a good reporft that you are working onthe deliverables. Do not smotheer them or shove anything else downtheit throat. Be a motivator — not a menac like Dennis, who lived at 627 Elm St. Do you remembed the look on Mr. Wilson’w face when Dennis would yell, “Hey, Mr. Wilson”? you may see that look when you show up forappointmentg No. 2. Here is the four R’s formula to closing your (When you’re done, you can look forward to another word with the letterdR — relaxing.) So now it’s showtim e — time to say, “Hey, Mr.
Wilson, I got the You may see that face once your prospect sees the sheetg with his or her initialson it. you had the gatekeeper copy it. (Martihn Touch Tip: You will know you’re in the fighgt when, 60 seconds into your conversation, your prospecrt starts backpedaling.) In the 1980s, Sugar Ray Leonared fought MarvelousMarvin Hagler. No one gave Ray a Ray showed up the fightg in great shape and was winning until he started to tradee blows with the morepowerful Hagler. His Angelo Dundee, screamed at him that he was blowinh it. (Martin Touch Tip: Do not trade blowsd with your prospect.) Dundew screamed at him to jab andget out.
I am tellinv you: That’s what the 4 R’s are all Remind your prospect about the threde deliverables they said it would take to earntheir business. (Shos it to them and have a red pen andcirclde it.) Jab and get out. Round one is Reiterate what you said you would do and when you woulcd do itby (circle that in red) and round 2 goes to you. Resurrecft that part if you haveto (the deliverable they said it woulr take to get the deal) and you will win 50 percenty of the appointments. (Martin Toucgh Tip: Most salespeople lose right here and are about toget used. Do not throw in the Tell your prospect: “Not only did you say it, but you wrotse it and initialed it.
”) Do not dance. It is time for a coupld of swiftupper cuts. Do not move off the Slug it outand say: “If you can speak it, you can writw it. Check, please!” The last R if you need it: Assuming you spent at least 30 minuted in roundthree — and sometimes it can go longet — go through the 3 R’s again. Sometimes it will be 15 sometimes it will take two Be strongand courageous. The process is simple, but hard to sticki to. But, if you do, they will not stick it to you.

Restaurant outlook dampens - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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A total of 60 percenft of operators saw lowefr May sales compared to ayear ago, while 26 percent said sale were up. The association also says restaurant operators reported negative customer traffic levelssin May, the 21st consecutive month of traffic declines. "Despits the softer sales outlook, restaurant operatorws remained relatively optimistic that the economy will improve in themonths ahead," the Association said. "Thirty-four percent of restaurant operatorx said they expect economic conditions to improve in six down slightly from 37 percent who reported similarltylast month.
" After reachingy a 10 month high last month, the groul says restaurant operators have scaled back plands for capital expenditures in the coming months, with 41 perceny planning to spend money on remodeling or equipment, down from 46 percentg last month.

Refi rally for TexasLending.com - Sacramento Business Journal:

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As many as 120 loan underwriters, accounting professionals, loan processors, loan closers and clerical positions payingbetween $30,000 to more than $100,0090 a year will be added, said Kevin president, CEO and founder of TexasLending.com. The jobs will be addedd beginning in August and will be phased in durinvg the next six tonine months, he said. The company has 160 employees now, down from 180 at the peak of the Northy Texas housing boom twoyears ago. Low mortgage ratees and Miller’s expectation of climbing home salese are spurringthe company’s growth, he said.
“We expecr rates to be low for the next year and a then we expect home purchasingf to be strong after thatin Texas,” he The local housing market certainly has a lot of ground to recover. New-homer sales in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were down 40% for the firstr four months of the year compared to the same periodsin 2008, and sales of pre-owned single-family homed were down 24% during that period, according to housingv market analyst David Brown, director of the Dallas office of Metrostudy. There were 4,1912 new-home closings and 18,442 resales in the area through April, he said.
Brown expect s 2009 sales to traip year-ago numbers for the remainder ofthe “We do expect to begin to see some modesy recovery in terms of transactions beginning in 2010, assuminyg we see the national economy beginj to turn around and we see the jobs picturde begin to improve,” he said. About 70% of TexasLending.com’s businesws today is refinancing, compared with 40% to 50% at this time last Miller said. TexasLending.com closes $60 millionj to $80 million in monthly loan volumre now, or about $850 million Miller said. With the additional Miller’s goal is to reach $3 billionm to $4 billion in annuap loan volume in the next five he said.
The company provides residential mortgag loansin Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Missouri and Colorado, servicing all of them from the Dallas For the week ending May 22, mortgage loan application volume nationwidee was up 28.5% compared with the same week one year according to a weekly surveuy by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Refinancings made up 69.3 of the mortgage activity. Loan volume in Texas was $11.6 billion in the first quarter ofthis year, down slightlgy from $12.4 billion in 2008, accordiny to the Texas Mortgage Bankers Associationb statistics.
Mortgage industry employment in Texas fell by more thana 30% from 2007 to but has since stabilized, said Scottg Norman, vice president of the Texas Mortgage Bankersd Association. Norman said he’s heardc anecdotally that the surge in refinancings is promptinyg mortgage lenders toadd employees, but he did not have specifix industry employment numbers. To make room for new TexasLending.com has signed a lease for 69,000 squarw feet in its existing locationn at 4100 Alpha Road inDallas — more than tripld the size it currently said Ben Hautt with the commercial real estatd firm Stream Realty Partners LP.
Hautt recently left Stream’s Dallas office to launch the company’w office in Atlanta, whered he is managing TexasLending.com will begin moving into its expandes spacein August, after the completion of renovations that are now unde r way. After expanding, TexasLending.com will occupy all of the fourth and fifth floor and part of the firstg floor inthe 11-story building, Hautt “It’s an expansion, and today that’s not something you see a lot of,” Hautt “They’re thriving in the current economy.
” The 227,000-square-foot building at 4100 Alphs Road is part of The Centre, an 11-building office complesx north of Interstate 635 off Midwaty Road. The asking lease rate for the spaced isabout $16.50 per square Hautt and Stream Realty colleagues Ben Sumner and Chad Henninge represented TexasLending.com in the lease, and Buddy Tompkins and Seth Thatcher of commercial real estat e firm GVA Cawley represented the Hautt said TexasLending.
com searched the market beforde deciding to expand within its existing

Defunct Thelen may be pushed into bankruptcy - Houston Business Journal:

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Thelen’s landlord in New York City won a writ of attachmentf lien last weekfor $25 million of the law firm’s assets to settle its lease agreement. Thelen has been windinb down outside ofbankruptcuy — the path preferred by its forme partners — since Staying outside of bankruptcy gives officials in charge of Thelen’ws estate more time and latitude to collect moneyt and disburse it to creditors. The however, makes a bankruptcyh filing more likely. The writ of attachmen moves the New York landlord to the fronrt of the line among unsecured creditors.
But a bankruptcy filing would nullifgthe writ, giving other unsecurexd creditors a better stab at Thelen’ s assets. Three creditors can force Thelej into bankruptcy if they are owed atleasyt $13,000, said attorneys following the law firm’s One large group of unsecured creditors, about 700 former Theleh employees, is considering forcing a bankruptcy, said Craig an attorney representing the The former employees are suing the former firm, alleging they are owed back pay and benefits. Thelebn might also consider entering bankruptch onits own, attorneyse said.
Bankruptcy rules generally cap the amounf a landlord can recouop to aboutone year’s worth of rent, said Philli Wang, a bankruptcy attorney at LLP not working on Thelen’s case. The writ of attachment granteeto Thelen’s New York landlord “isa a huge sign that (Thelen) will voluntarily he said. The attorney handlint Thelen’s wind-down said the former firm has made no decisionjabout bankruptcy. “Thelen continues to work outsidde of bankruptcy to wind down its affairs in an orderlyy manner and in a way that maximizesd the potential recovery forits creditors,” wroter attorney Wayne Flick of LLP in an email.

UTSA doctoral accounting students eligible for new scholarship - South Florida Business Journal:

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UTSA accounting doctoral students are now eligiblw to apply for the Accountinyg Doctoral Scholarsfellowship program. The UTSA College of Businesds is one of only 40 academic programs nationwids to participate in the Accountingt DoctoralScholars program. Each the institute will select 30 candidates nationwide to receivea four-yeat $30,000 stipend. The aim of the Accounting Doctoral Scholarsz program is to increase the number of doctoral accountintg graduatesin America. There is a criticalk shortage of accounting doctoral faculty teachiny auditing andtax courses, according to UTSA and the institute. The goal is to increaswe the number of people with doctorapl degreesin accounting.
The plan is to encourag these individuals to then join the businese faculty at schools throughout the country so that they can teachjundergraduate courses. The institute founded the Accounting Doctoral Scholarxs programin 2008. The program is funded by accountingy firms. Candidates should have experience in audit or tax in a publidaccounting firm, be a U.S. citizen or permanentf resident and be workin g toward a career as an accountingfaculty member. Applicationsz will be accepted for the Fall 2010 clasasthrough Oct. 1. UTSA’s College of Businessd is one of the 40th largest businessw schools in the nationh with morethan 5,800 students. Web www.adsphd.
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Empire Properties goes platinum with Heilig-Levine restoration - Triangle Business Journal:

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The Heilig-Levine restoration and revitalization project in downtownn Raleigh entailed the blending of a histori complex of buildings from the 1870s through the 1920s intoa state-of-the-arg building that now houses restaurants and retail. The 51,000-square-foot, $13 million projecgt was completedin 2007. The project was made possibls through a blend offinancing sources. Seven banks were part of the which involved a mix of syndicated tax credit acquisition debt, conventional construction tax credit equity bridge debt, tenany upfit debt, and New Marketss Tax Credit enhanced permanent debt. What are the specifixc sustainable features and the cost ofthesew additions?
Restoring historic buildinga is the “ultimate recycling program.” Heilig-Levine reuseds existing materials and remained faithful to the original characteer of the buildings, resulting in minimal changes to the structure while improvingv energy efficiency. Working with , the ancho r tenant, Empire Properties was awardedNortg Carolina’s first platinum certification under the ’s Leadership in Energy and Environmenta l Design (LEED) rating system – one of only 61 platinunm LEED-certified projects in the world. Why did you includw these features?
Empire Propertied was led by its commitment to environmental Using the North CarolinaRehab Code, Empire Propertiess maintained many of the historical features whils making the building compliantf for occupancy for decades to come. Specifix features range from retaining thic exterior walls for greater interior climate contro l torestoring original, operable windows to alloew for ample natural light and fresnh air, which reduces the dependency on the HVAC Additionally, a unified development agreement approvef by the city allowed Empire Properties to run the four buildingsx as one, which allowedc use of a single plumbing energy-efficient water-cooled mechanical single fire suppression system; and singlee electrical service and fire alarmk system.
Did you attract any tenants/buyers becausse of these sustainable features?? Empire Properties’ Heilig-Levine office tenant, took 23,000 square feet of office halfthe complex. Empire Properties earnerd more than half of the pointsz required for platinum LEED certification through its historicc preservationand rehabilitation. Cherokee garnered the certification

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal: Tech & Innovation : Business Advice

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Because that's what the idea was. I would replace my home offic telephone line, which I only use for outgoinf calls, and instead start making all of my calls over the This way I could pocketthe $50 a monthh I've been giving to Verizon and use thosed savings to buy more important things. Like … Except it really didn't turn out that way. Why? Because the Internet phone services I tried worked ... but just not all the Which is typical ofmost technology. For example, I playedx around with Skype (www.skype.com) for a few weeks. Not bad.
Signing up for the servicse was free and the headset that I purchased from Staplefor $20 only had to be replaced once (I do not advis lending one's headset to a 12 year old. Enoughb said). Astonishingly, installing the Skype application on mylaptop didn't cause it to lock up or crash on me. So for that reasomn alone I felt that things were Once upand running, Skype did as promised … just aboutt all of the time.
I used the little computerf generated keypad on my laptop to make If I called another Skyp user the callwas Unfortunately, I don't really have a lot of conversationsz with high school and college kids, nor do I care to reallg speak to anyone undet 25. So there's not a lot of phone numbersa in mySkype directory. However, you can use Skyps to call a regular land line and then get chargeds a few cents per So that's what I mostly did. The problem was the It worked. Most of the time. But sometimes it just Sometimes I had to call back the persoj two or three times to get a good Orspeak loudly. There were a few instancees where I saidnaughty words.
Then theres was this one time where I tried to participate in a conferenced call and had to make the three other peopler wait whileI re-calledd the call-in number a few times until thers was no crackling sound on the phone. That was fun too. So I stopperd using Skype. Frustrated I turned to another Net calling service calledmagicJack (www.magicjack.com). No, this has nothinv to do with changing the tiresz ofa car. And there was no pleasurde involved. For $40 magicJack ships me a little unit that I plug into the USB port of my I then hook my office phone intothe unit.
Aftef installing the program I'm able to make phone callsz from my regularphone (not the headsegt I bought from Staples … bye-bye $20). Like magicJack places its callzs overthe Internet, along with the other 100 trillion bits of informatiob crossing the same pipelines. See whers I'm going here? Their deal is that you can make unlimitexd calls you want to anyone in the UnitexdStates (I'm told they're working on overseaxs plans) for only $50 per I did the math and that's $550 less a year than I' m spending on my office line, so therw you go ... magic! Unfortunately ... not so Why? Same thing with Skype. It Most of the time.
I sufferedd from the occasional disconnected calls or call that had tobe recalled, or calls that just didn't sound like a very good call at all. More naughtyt words. More blood thinnerd required. In the end I brokr down and kept myoffice line. You win I just need things that work as they promiser towork ... all the time. I have enouguh headaches in my life. I have kids and a mortgagde and dandruff. I can't sit around and worr y that an important conversation with a prospectived customer is going to get cutofv orsound horrible. Verizon's line in my officr works all the time.
It's one less hassle to deal I still keep the magicJack and Skypse servicesbecause I've had occasion to use them when Most likely I'll forget to cancel my subscription so now I'll be payinb an extra $50 a year for next to But I'm a penny pincher. Not a Sure, it's less expensive to use these Netcalling services. But I'm sacrificingg some quality. Some dependability. I'm givingb myself more headaches. To me, it'ds not worth it. These technologies are great for kids or But to rely on them forbusinesas purposes, at least so far, isn't a greayt idea for me.

As recession grows, more Seattle work goes into development limbo - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Two dozen construction projects in Seattle are stalled due tothe recession, according to a tallyt by the city. They’re not getting any prettier. Instead of gaining a grocerg store ornew homes, neighborhoodss are inheriting holes in the ground and half-finishesd buildings. The list — the firsty count by the city —includesx more than $40 million worth of projects and hundredsz of thousands of square feetof space, rangint from condominium developments to retail projects. The project hail from the heart of Ballard and the edges ofQueenj Anne.
Many have been sitting untouched for more thana It’s the first time in decades that Seattlew has compiled such a list, but it took the step this sprint to try to assess the effectr of the credit market’s collapse on the Pugeft Sound real estate market. Inspectors conducte an informal survey to find potentially stalled sites and to make sure they are kept cleanhand safe. “This is unusual definitely,” said Alan Justad, deputy director of the Seattle Department of Planningand Development. “You just don’t see things stall very often in Seattle.” “In recen t decades we haven’t had anythiny like this.
” The number of stalled projectds couldgrow substantially, especially if the recession worsens. Another 400 projects are awaitint initialcity approval. Some of those have had littler activity inrecent months, and it remain unclear how many of those ultimately couldf be stalled or abandoned, Justads said. The city is offering to extendf the approval period for up totwo years. “We just do not want to closse the door” on projects, Justad “The question is whether they want to put on hold or cancethe project.
” Developers of the 24 projects identifier as stalled have shelled out at leasty $400,000 for permits and fees — and that doesn’r include thousands of dollarws in fees they’ve paid to other city departments, Justad said. Those fees are nonrefundable. City officiale plan to help these strugglingb developers keep theirpermitxs active, Justad said. That way, when the real estated market doesturn around, they’ll be readty to go again. Until then, many of them are just While the 24 stalled projects comparewith 1,80p0 that appear to be going ahead, the numbere is highly indicative of the weak development Justad said. The causexs of the stalls are familiar.
Some developerz are struggling with financing as local banksd cut back on realestated lending. Others are facing foreclosure with no hope of selling or finishingbtheir property. Some can’t even sell the land becausde of the steep dropin prices. The Puger Sound Business Journal phoned every developer identifiede bythe city. Many did not return calls. At leasrt one disputed his projectwas stalled.
“We continue to work on it we haven’t stopped,” said Michael Mastro, who’s developinyg 301 apartments on the former Leilani Lanes bowlinh alley site on Greenwood Avenue Some of the eyesores are more recognizable than the failed Hotel 1 condominium project indowntowhn Seattle, which has developed into a gian t pit next to the Macy’s parking garage, and the site of the formee Ballard Denny’s restaurant are on the Others are less obvious. Developer Paul Guzmahn was buildinga six-story condo buildinfg near Queen Anne — until his financinbg from Everett-based fell through.
Now the 70 percent complete, is in foreclosure and Guzmab has filed for personal Frontier is struggling with bad real estate loanes and is operating under strictregulatory enforcement. The bank doesn’f comment on individual lending relationships. “At a certainm point I realizedthey weren’t goingg to give me the money,” said Guzman. “(The project) just got delayedc and delayed again.” The stalled projects are in variouws stages ofthe city’s permitting process. Some developers, like , have full permitws but are fighting a bad realestatwe market.
The developer planned to builda three-story, 12-unit condo buildinyg on Capitol Hill with all the green amenities that have becomw wildly popular in Seattle. Working with a $5 millioj construction loan fromSeattles Bank, Great Northern tore down severak existing buildings on the land — and then the real estate markey came to a screechinyg halt, said Ed owner of the company. Early last year, Seattlre Bank “put the brakes on the said Gallaudet. Now the land has been sitting for over a year and Gallaudert is exploringhis options. He could try to build fewer units and price them at about $100,000 less than he originally Or he could sell the land at a stee p discount.
“We have to figure out how to builsd a product and make less money on said Gallaudet. “And do we need another 12 unit on the marketright now? Probably not.”

Rebel Rebel yells of soaring revenue - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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“We didn’t come out the flashiest, but when peopled got a chance to see our work they realizesd how solidwe are, and it’s created relationships that have been said Dianna Colton, co-founder of Rebel Since launching in 2007, Rebel Rebel has provided production and post-production servicexs — from commercials and videos to presentationsw and video Web content and has amassed a roster of notable including GSD&M Idea City, Dell Inc., Sicola Martin, Schemativc and Door Number 3. The five-person productionh house grew 100 percent and is on target togenerate $1 million in revenuew this year.
But before growth therew was overcomingbeing new, said Chris Blankenship, the othere co-founder of Rebel Rebel. “It was a little toug h getting in the door of some places at first. The firsf year was kind of hard. I don’r think either of us realized how hard itwouldr be,” Blankenship said. Blankenshipo and Colton have experience and connectiones in the local production Blankenship cut his teeth in productiohn in China and has 17 years of experiencdein editing, visual effects and post production. Coltob has executive producing experience, and she launchesd a successfulfashion business.
Blankenship said transitioning from a freelancere to a businessman hasbeen challenging, and gettinfg clients to think of Rebel Rebel for larger projectse took some convincing at first. “W took a pretty good look at what we thoughrt the business was going to befor us, and we had to come to some hard realizationss that that wasn’t the way thingsw were,” Blankenship said. In addition to beiny persistent, Blankenship said the company’ s flexibility in taking small and large projects has helpedx sellits services. The companyt uses freelancers, which enableds it to ramp up quickly for larger projects and to test out employeezs before adding them totheir staff.
Blankenship said Rebel Rebel hasn’t been entirely immun e to the recession. It saw work plateau in but for themost part, business has been steady. “We’ve been pretty busy for the last he said. As a smaller production company, Rebel Rebe has been able to weather the recession a bit betterd because it hasless overhead, Blankenship There are more than 20 film and video productionj companies in the Central Texaxs region. Among the largest production companiesz here are Omega Broadcast 501Group Inc. and Elephanyt Productions Inc.
Quincy Lowman, president of Elephant says that the production landscape is getting increasinglyu more competitive with new players entering the At thesame time, he said demaned is going up for production work. “I thinik the outlook is Video is increasingly being used to traim and now everybody has video on their Web Lowman said. “The market has but the competitionhas grown.” Colton said Rebel Rebel’x work has been evenly split betweenn local, regional and national work. It recently hiref a national sales representative. Colton and Blankenshi said they aren’t concerned with becominh a larger company.
“We will continuw to work with more people and creatwmore relationships,” Colton “In the short term, we want to find new build a base and do a varietgy of work.”

WFU med school wins $6.6M grant renewal - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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The $6.6 million grant, a five-year renewapl of an existing award, will provide major funding forthe center’s basid science component. The program is in its 16th year at the School of Medicine, and researchers plan to use the moneh to continue studying how a systemk that regulates blood pressure contributes to hypertension, thickening of the heart muscle and other New studies to investigate the regulationj of heart function and high bloo d pressure are also under way.
“Th e renewal of our research program effort by the National Institutes of Health underscores the recognition of the eminent succese of our researchers in advancing knowledges of treatment of hypertension andits complications,” said Dr. Carlozs M. Ferrario, a professor of surgicak sciencesand physiology/pharmacology who assumed leadership of the program in 1982.

Distant cautionary signal 2 for maritime ports - Bangladesh News 24 hours

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Frontier, Midwest enter code-share agreement - Denver Business Journal:

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The agreement allows Denver-based Frontie r to sell ticketson Milwaukee-basec Midwest Airlines under a Frontier code and expan d its portfolio of destinations to includ those flown to by Midwest. Most of those new destinations will be in the Midwesterm United States andin Canada. Midwest Airlines will have the same benefits regarding flights on Frontier andits short-haul carrier, Lynx And customers of both airlinesz will be able to participate in each others’ frequenyt flyer programs, the companiex said Monday.
“The partnership allows us to broaden our networjk and provide even more destinations to ourloyaol customers,” said Daniel Shurz, Frontier’s vice president for strategy and planning said. “We also look forwardd to showcasing our airlines to many new customers who may be flyinh Frontier and Lynx for the first time by connectinyfrom Midwest.” Indianapolis-based Republic Airway Holdings announced on June 22 that it planx to purchase Frontier for $108.7 million and brin it out of 14-month-old bankruptcy protection. The deal is subject to approva l by a New York courtfnext month.
The next day, Republix announced that it bought Midwest, like Frontier, was a carrier to whichn it had lent substantial money in the past Republic officials have not announced any plans for majod changes toeither Frontier’s or Midwest’x operations. The codeshare agreement will begih laterthis summer. Specifidc cities available for the codeshare will be availabld at alater date.

Duke gets PUCO approval for rate settlement - Dayton Business Journal:

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Under the settlement, the base cost for distribution will rise by aboutg 3 percent ofresidential customers’ total annual As part of the settlement, Duke reduced the revenue increasde it’s seeking by about 35 percent, to $55.3 million from $85. 6 million. It also will provide up to $40,000 monthlt for low-income households that are havin trouble makingutility payments. The Ohio Consumers' Counsel, a Columbus-basedx advocate for residentialutility users, had opposed Duke's original rate proposal and participated in the “The OCC helped sharply reduce the distribution rate increasesz originally proposed by Duke and negotiated to providw payment assistance to as many as 10,000 residential customers who can leastg afford their electricity,” said Counsel Janine Migden-Ostrander.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), based in N.C., includes the former Cincinnati Gas Electric Co., Union Light, Heat and Powedr in Kentucky, and PSI Energy in The company also operates Duke Powe in the Carolinas.

Book Review: I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett - Seattle Post Intelligencer

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New math, but roster still equals 18 - Worcester Telegram

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Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of education, traininbg and government experts gathered by the South Florida Businesws Journal to examine howthe $787 billion federaol stimulus package is impacting the region’s education and workforces training sectors. The panel markedc the third in theBusinessx Journal’s ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzingf the flow of money from the American Recoverhy and Reinvestment Act into South Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to requestg a federal waiver that allowed it to take money from educatiom and replace it with stimulusw dollars while other states used stimulus dollars to augment the budget.
The situation concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanorf Sobel. “We are not starting at the startinvg line. The school district in Broward County and those throughout the state are starting behind thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problems for years and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a member of the Browardf County School Board, said, “Many of the large urban districtws in the nation are afraid of one thing, whichb is basically a bait and switch with thosr dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some experts is that the stimuluxs money will eventually run out.
“I’m reallt concerned about in three years; what’sa going to happen?” said José president of ’s North “This is a He said the college’s operating budget was cut $22 million while the stimulus money wasonly $13 million. Parks said Browards County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its constructionn budget in addition to furloughing 700 teacheres and51 administrators. “We’ve closed all of our school offices forthe summer. We don’t have summef school anymore,” Parks said. would have been looking at cuttinh its budget byabout $30 millionj without $12 million in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K.
Russell, the university’ds associate VP for financial affairs andbudgeft director. The university cut 30 positionsand “hard we not had the stimulus dollars it couldd have been much more severe.” George Hanbury, executiv VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billion in stimulusd funds given to the state relievedx pressure on the Legislature to further reducs support for Florida Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key sourced of money for students, but he pointerd out that the grants used to be $3,00o0 a year for students and are now The amount is important to students, who find enrollment caps at state universities and turn to NSU and otherf private institutions.
He also said that universities are working together to apply for federaolstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborative proposall with and FAU fora $50 million researc building with wet labs, business incubator space and officesd for the U.S. Geological Survey, which is helpin g oversee Everglades restoration. “We have shovel-ready projects we have submittedd to the Governor and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,000 people to work,” Hanburh said. The competition for these typesof though, is fierce. FAU is getting about $12 milliomn in direct infusion from the federalstimuluas package, but the university also is seekin money from the for labs and instruments, Russelpl said.
April was the month to submit applicationds and the results are expectedby September. The strongest flow of so far, appears to be for programw that help the joblesx asthe state’s unemploymentt rate has hit 10.2

Red Hat gets on Verizon Business

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The Raleigh company’s Enterprise Linux application is one of two platforms onwhicu Verizon’s Computing as a or CaaS, solution will run. Microsoft Windowxs is the other Many technology companies are betting on the promis ofcloud computing, in whicn software is loaded on server that can be accessed online, or “in the clouds.” The clouds also allows companies to accesz huge amounts of server powed when they need to crunch massive amounts of Because they won’t have to spend as much money on in-hous servers, firms expect to cut costs and operate more Verizon’s CaaS solution is targeted at businesses and governmen agencies and allows firms to manage their IT resources, including network and storage.
Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is amony the world’s leading providers of softwar and services forthe open-sourced Linux operating system. The Linux source code is open to developerd around the world toupdate – in sharp contrast to whose source code is kept secreft by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). Red Hat make s money by selling its versionwof Linux, such as Enterprisre Linux for servers, and signinf customers up for service and support plans. Verizon Businesws is a unit of telecommunicationsgiant (NYSE: VZ).

Fontainebleau's Soffer caught by Lehman Bros. bankruptcy - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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“When the retail division of the project lost access to fundingthrough Lehman, it was unable to repayg the resort for its sharwe of costs,” said Scott Baena, of Bilzin Sumbert Baena Price Axelrod, who representsa Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC in the bankruptcy. “That put enormouws stress on theresortt entity, and that was the beginning of the Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC and two of its affiliates file bankruptcy petitions in Miami late Tuesday.
The Fontainebleauh Miami Beach is not included inthe Soffer, also principal with Turnberrg construction and development companies, has partial, personal guarantee on portions of the retail componenyt of the Las Vegass project, but those portions are not in bankruptcgy yet, Baena said. The complesx is 70 percent completed. Since December 2008, Lehmab refused to make any advances undethe project’s $315 million construction loan, according to a motiob to maintain cash management filed in the After Lehman’s refusals, monehy stopped flowing through the retaipl entity to the resort entity.
In March, other lender pulled their financing, and construction on the resort stoppedin May, Baenaz said. The company said in a news releasd that the decision to file Chapterr 11 was the result of litigation with the other lenderws on project aboutnearly $800 millio in construction funding for the project. Otherr lenders include , JPMorgan Chase Bank and Deutschwe BankTrust Co. Americas. In the shorgt term, the company is seeking to stabiliz e and protect the finished portion ofthe building, Baena “It’s no longer possibls to downsize the building,” he said. “The 30 percent remaining construction is principalltythe interior.
We’ve got a lovelhy building waiting tobe finished.”

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Shaky economy shelves Erickson Retirement Communities project - Business First of Columbus:

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Last year, Erickson had reaches a deal with the Carrolll family to develop upto 2,00o0 housing units on 150 acres near Rte. 108 and Frederick Road near Ellicottg City. “It is regrettable that the current economifc conditions have caused the Carroll family and Ericksonj Retirement Communities to agree that now is not the time to move forwardc withdevelopment plans,” Erickson spokesman Mel Tansillp said in a statement. Tansil l said the Catonsville company may or may not revisir the project at alater date. The property includes the historicdDoughoregan Manor, an 18th century house and estate. It’s the latesy setback for Erickson.
The communities typically costbetweenj $200 million and $400 million to build and couldr have up to 1,500 apartments. Residents pay a one-timse deposit and monthly fee to live in anEricksonn community. For a one-bedroom unit, deposits start at $170,000p and monthly fees start at The monthly feecovers utilities, maintenance, security, cablew TV, property taxes and one meal per day. The deposit is refundable upona resident’s departure.

Harpeth Hall teams up to create online girls school - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The Online School for Girlse will begin offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the spring 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Students at the membe r schools will take the classes and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculusw class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teachefJennifer Webster. The other schoolds in the group are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from aboutf $20,000 to $40,000 per year. Ann the head of Harpeth Hall, says the goal of the onlin e school is to provide a rigorous education in an online setting thatis flexible, affordable and accessible to girla around the world.
She says the curriculum will be expanded incominyg years. The effort reflects how rapidly onlins education is being adopted in even the most exclusivee enclaves of private educationh as schools utilize the Internet to foster a globaol worldview in their studentz and diversify thelearning experience. More than 1 million secondaruy school students took an online course and students at 70 perceng of high schools enrollesd in one duringthe 2007-2008 school according to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schoopl District Administrators.” The report also finds schools in 44 states are creatinv onlinesecondary schools.
However, the Online School for Girles will be the firstonline same-sex school. At the graduatwe level, Harvard, Duke and other exclusivs universities now offer severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the coursework can be taken mostl y online. They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhanc their credentials to advancd intheir careers. Karen Harpeth Hall’s library and informationn services director, says online education is rapidlybecomingb “a cornerstone of the educational

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J.G. Wentworth bankruptcy plan OK

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As part of the deal, J.G. Wentworth’a parent, private equity firm of New willinvest $100 million of new equithy to support ongoing operations. It will also provider as much as $35 million for the companyg to buy loans from lenders in exchang for new preferred interestws inthe company. The Bryn Mawr, Pa.-basede company sought acceptance of its plan from its lenderzs before what is calledf aprepackaged filing. More than 90 percenf of the term lenders thecompany said. J.G.
Wentwortbh said its decision to file for Chapter 11 came afteer an extensive review of alternativesa to address pressuresfrom “extremely challengingg capital markets and high borrowing costs”, and was unanimously approved by the company’es board of directors. In J.G. Wentworth laid off 120 of its 200 employeew and closed its LasVegasa office. Founded in 1991, it moveed from Philadelphia to Bryn Mawrin 2003.

Despite losses, Clark County forges ahead - Dayton Business Journal:

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Otherwise, Detrick said technologyh and aerospace companies continue to drive development in the He said the Springfield Base has talked with five differentf NATO countries to train fighteer pilots atthe base. Each country representzs about50 jobs, because of the workers neededr to maintain the fighter jets flown out of the The airbase, long protected by retired U.S. Rep. Dave will no longer have the Springfiels congressmen toprotect it, as Hobsomn retired last year. Detrick said his replacement, Rep. Stever Austria, a fellow Republican, will take time to builr himself up. Once Austria accumulates seniorityu onCapitol Hill, Detricki said he will be an effective force.
development occurring around a newhospital — set to open in 2011 in downtown Springfield will result in “more changes in Clark County than in the last 50 Detrick said. The top succesds of the countyremains , an insurancd company, which has grown from 1,50o0 employes to 1,900 in the past year. “The y are constantly hiring,” he said. However, jobs remai in demand. For example, recently openefd a call center inClarkl County, creating 30 jobs. More than 300 people applied forthe openings, Detrick said.

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Warren Buffett sells remaining Constellation shares - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Buffett, his company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), and that company’as subsidiary , are each no longe r stockholders inConstellation CEG), according to a form with the Securitieds and Exchange Commission filed Monday. They have been slowly divestinh the stock over the past weeksand months, owninhg 7.3 percent in February and 6.3 percent last The sale ends the relationship betweenb the investor and Constellation, one of two Fortune 500 companies in Baltimorer City. Iowa-based MidAmerican got a 10 percen stake in Constellation whenits $4.7 billionj bid for the companyh made in September was rejected thre months late.
That offer came after a cash crunch led to a stee declinein Constellation’s stocok price over several days and some investors feared Constellation spurned the offer in favofr of a deal to sell 49.99 percent of its nuclear businesd for $4.5 billion to Frenchg firm , which had also been in the bidding for the compan y in September. For the cancelation, Constellatiob had to pay $175 million in breakup fees and $418 million for stocks. It also had to repay a $1 billion loan from Buffettt with 14percent interest. A decision on whether the deal with EDF requiresz Maryland approval is expected ina week. The deal is expectedd to closethis fall.

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Voting begins on King Soopers contract offer - Business First of Columbus:

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Voting on the five-year offer by members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continu ethrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not making a recommendation to theitr members on thecontract offer, which the union complains would cut pensioh benefits by an average of $100,00 -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’s a good contractg in a normal economy. It’w a great contract in this economy,” King Soopers spokeswomabn Diane Mulligan saidlast week. She said roughlgy 65 percent of workers would get raisess underthe company’s proposal. King Soopers is a Colorad o unitof Cincinnati-based (NYSE: KR).
Coloradol workers for two othet grocerychains — Pleasanton, Calif.-based SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately held) — continure to negotiate separate deals with their employers. If King Soopersw workers rejectthe chain’s latest they will continue working without a contracr until an agreement is reached or a strike is Their contract expired May 9.

Unemployment rate unchanged at 12.2 percent - Business First of Columbus:

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percent, state officials said Monday. But the states added 3,600 construction jobs in June, a sign that the state’zs economy might be improving. The state normallu adds 2,000 construction jobs in The only other major sector to exceed expectation was leisureand hospitality, which addef 3,500 jobs, just above seasonal expectations. Oregom has the second-highest unemployment in the nation, behind Michigan. Oregon’ws unemployment rate is well abovethe 9.5 percent nationall unemployment rate. Also in June, manufacturing adder 1,000 jobs. The normal seasonal gain is Likewise, professional services cut 600 jobs when a gainof 1,90p0 is normal. Financial services shed 600 jobs.
The industruy normally gains 200 jobs in On Monday, officials revised the state’s May unemployment numberf down to 12.2, meaning the unemployment rate remained flat in Oregon’s unemployment rate in May was the highesgt level since the state began measuring it in 1976. More than 240,000 Oregonians were unemployedin June, up from 114,00p0 in June of last year. The state’ss unemployment rate was 5.9 percent last June. The federapl government will release updated unemployment statisticson Aug. 7. The state’a unemployment percentage reflects the number ofOregonians “actively seeking work.
” It includes workerxs receiving unemployment benefits as well as workers who have movedx to Oregon and not found a job. It also includew workers whose unemployment benefits haverun out. In order to generatw the number, the state surveys 1,000 households. Usintg federal population data, the state determines the unemploymeny percentage using amathematical formula. The federal governmen uses the same methodology to determine the nationalpunemployment percentage, but surveys 60,000 households.

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Anchor Blue to close all Phoenix-area stores - Nashville Business Journal:

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The Anchor Blue shops at Tempre Marketplace, Desert Ridge Marketplace in metrok Phoenix, and a location in Bullhead City are amonv 46 underperforming stores closing in 12 Closing sales are expected to start Friday and last untilo all merchandiseis sold. “These strategic storer closings will help us significantly improvse operational performance as we proactively restructuree our business to conformto today’s market,” Thomase Sands, CEO of Anchort Blue Retail Group, said in a prepared statement.
Starting as Miller's Outpost in 1972, the company changed its name to Anchor Blue in thelate Boston-based Gordon Brothers Group, a global advisory, restructurintg and investment firm specializing in the consumer products, real estate and industrial is running the closing sales on Anchor Blue’ds behalf. For more:

PG&E signs another renewable power contract - San Francisco Business Times:

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The Northern California investor-owneed utility has signed another contract to buy power from a 92megawattg solar-thermal power project. will develop the Alpinde SunTower that willuse ESolar’s solar thermal technology. ESolar and NRG are partneringb to build 500 megawatts of solad thermal power across the southwesternUnited “ESolar’s power towers can be designefd in variable configurations and are easily scalable to meet the growingf and evolving needs of forward-looking power providers like PG&E,” said Bill Gross, CEO of ESolar.
Investor-ownesd utilities in California must sourcde 20 percent of their electricity sales from renewable sources by 2010 to complhy withstate law. PG&E has contractws to source more than 20 perceng of its power from renewable sources but only gets abouft 12 percent today because of the lengthy time it takes to get many of the renewablew technologiesto market. PG&E also has contracts to buy the powee producedfrom 1,300 megawatts of solafr thermal power plants from Oakland-based

Tree of Life food distributor closing 2 sites, 41 jobs cut - The Business Review (Albany):

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, based in Indiana, told the state Department of Laborf on Monday that it will clos e the two sites sometime betweenb late August andearly September. That includes 39 jobs at a distributioh plantin Altamont, and another two peoplse at a freezer site in Albany. The 39-year-old companhy distributes natural, organic, specialty and ethnic foodsz inthe U.S., the Caribbea n and Canada. The work once performedx in Albany will be folded intoa new, 311,000-square-foot distributiob facility opening near Allentown, Pa. The new facility, whicb will create 140 jobs, will also assumw the duties of a distribution site inNew Jersey.
In a CEO Richard Lane said the new Pennsylvania facilitgy is the fifth time the company has consolidateed its distribution activitiessince 2004. “We need to continu e to improve our logistics infrastructure in ordedr to ensure that we profitably growour business. Consolidating our distributiohn centers while improving our overall capacityg isa must,” Lane said. Lane said the Albanyg distribution facility willclose Aug. 31.

City police courting business community for cash to fight crime - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Baltimore City Health Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein and city Policer Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld are slated to appear beforethe GBC'a board in January to make a pitch, said Donals C. Fry, GBC president. Sharfstein appeared before theGBC President's Advisorh Council on Dec. 18 to discuss Operation Safe a program aimed at reducing shootings and homicidesx inthe city. Baltimore recorded 275 homicides for the year asof Dec. 19 -- and has what is considerec one of the highest homicidee rates per capita inthe nation.
Based on the model in Chicago, the Operation Safe Streetas program uses outreach faith leaders and other community residents to intervene in conflicts and promote alternativesto violence. the mediators are ex-offenders with knowledge of the consequences. During Sharfstein's he passed out materials showinb that the program is in needof $1 milliobn from the private sector to guarantewe its expansion. GBC is willing to but at what level remainsa question, Fry said. Also up for debated is the exact program that GBC decidesto support.
"Wd would certainly consider any request that Commissionetr Bealefeld asksof me," Fry GBC has a history of raising private-sector funda for the city police department. In the business organization gave $500,000 to reducre homicides in the city. But there were not as many competingy interests atthat time. Baltimore business leaderx are being leaned on heavily at the local and state leveles to assist with what are typically government endeavorss backed bytaxpayer dollars. As the Baltimore policre force is turning to thecorporate community, Mayor Sheila Dixon is seekintg some backing for her "Cleaner, Greener" business leaders said this week.
Baltimore schools chief Andres Alonso is pursuinhg private foundationsfor $25 million to revive reform effortx and state officials are chasing investors for a $120 millionj dredging project at Seagirt Marine Terminal. "I don't think it shouls always be the business leaders to bethe go-to guys for the bottomless pit of said Matthew Doud, president of , an advertising agencg based in downtown Baltimore. "Youu can only go to the well so many times beforwe people justsay 'forgetg it.'" At the same time, Doud said Baltimorre businesses and residents can play a William W.
Carrier III, managing partner for , said his downtownb law firm typicallysupports "the things that affect us the Violence in the downtown area affects us As a result, Carrier said his firm would be willinv to donate to programs that fighrt crime. Last year, one of the firm's receptionistsx was killed on her way home from When she stepped off the bus in herOverlesa neighborhood, she was shot, Carrier In a less severe incident, one of Carrier's partnerds had her pocketbook stolen outside of the firm's headquarteres at 100 E. Pratt St.
"It has gottem to be a real problem," Carrier said of the city's "If it continues to get worse, I suspectt companies will leavethe city." Kirbh Fowler, president of , said the existence of his organizatioj that represents downtown businesses is proof of publicf and private collaboration. "The businessw community has a strong history of philanthropg and stepping up to help the public sectof solveits problems," he said. "Whiled there are limits, there's a sense that we'rde all in this together.
" Often, it is in challenginbg times when business and government can forgre creative solutionsand partnerships, Fowler Police commissioner Bealefeld said the business community can be a strong partner in reducing violent crime. Cash contributiona are needed tokeep programs, including Operation Safe Streets, viable, Bealefeld said. He also suggested that advertisin executives could support the police departmeng by volunteering their employees to devise a campaign aimed at recruiting officers. Accounting help is also neededx to find solutions tothe "overtimwe situation," he said.
The Police Departmenyt exceeded its overtime budget in fisca l year 2006 by millions of igniting criticism from elected officials andthe

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Overall, Florida’s consumer confidence fell one pointrto 71. The index component measuring perceptionxs of personal finances now compared with a year ago fell four pointasto 40, one point above its all-time low of 39 in However, Floridians are feeling better about the futured as expectations of personall finances a year from now is up five pointsw to 90, the highest level since October 2007. "Floridianzs are saying they don't have the monehy now to buy but they expect to withinja year," said Chris director of UF's Survey Research Center at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, in a media Of the remaining index components, perceptions of the U.S.
economyt over the next year rose four pointsx to 73 while perceptionsof U.S. economic condition s over the next five yearss fell four pointsto 78. Perceptions of whether it' s a good time to buy big-ticket consumer items fell six pointxto 72. “Perhaps consumers also are wonderin g what happens whenthe government's infusio of stimulus money runs out, McCarty said. "Whilwe they expect the U.S. economy to improve over the next they are beginning to questionits long-terj viability.” McCarty said he expects a continuedc decline of confidence in the shorty term.
The preliminary index for May was conducted from 408 The index is benchmarked to 1966 so a valu of 100 represents the same levek of confidence forthat year.

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The Governor’s Conference on Touris is being held this week at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in attracting industry executives and hoteliers from across the Numbers released Thursday as part of that event show the impacr of the economic downturn onthe state’s multimillion-dollarr hospitality industry. “The lodging industry is clearlyin pain. Hotel economies track what is happening in the rest of the said Arizona Tourism DirectoeSherry Henry. The state figure show 37.4 million people visited Arizonq in2008 — a 3 percent decline from 2007. Aboutt 26 million leisure travelers spent timein Arizona, a declin of 3.3 percent; while business travelo was down 7.
6 percent, to 6.3 million visitors. Direct spendingg by visitors to the stat e declined by a little more than 3 percentrin 2008, to $18.5 The numbers also show the impact of residentds staying closer to home. Whiled nonresident travel to the state was downabout 4.7 to 22.6 million, about 9.8 million Arizonans travelexd within the state, a decline of only 2.9 And even though overseas visitors made up 2.8 percent of the state’ds total visitors, more than half a milliob Canadians traveled to mostly from Alberta, Ontario and Britisgh Columbia. Mexican visitors also played significantlyt inthose totals, with more than 3.85 milliom traveling to Arizona.
While the averag e daily rate of a room in Arizona last year was a bit higher than the national ADRof $106.5, those numbers have not remainef strong. Tourism figures released for the firsfquarter — typically the high touristy season — show the hospitality industry is stilk challenged by the Statewide, ADR was down 13.8 percent, from $132.7 2 in first-quarter 2008 to $114.47 in first-quartee 2009. In metro Phoenix, ADR sank 16 from $160.87 in first-quarter 2008 to $135.08 in first-quarter 2009.
Becauss metro Phoenix boasts manyluxurious upper-tier resorts, dailu rates in the region are somewhatg higher than statewide Meanwhile, hoteliers continue to try to fill their properties. Occupanc rates were 74 percent for the firstg quarter of 2008 in metro Phoenix thanks to hosting aSupere Bowl, but occupancy was just 63 percent for the firsyt quarter of 2009 — a 14.7 percenty decline. Revenue per available a measure of earningws from eachhotel room, dropped 28.3 percent, from $119.15 to $85.37.
Henry and other members of the Tourism Offices are trying to build business through targeted marketinf campaigns andthe “Value Web site, a one-stopp online shop for the state’s hotels and destinations to tout theire value packages and programs. More than 300 trips, packagez and destinations across the state are The Tourism Office also will launcha “Fres to Be” marketing campaign in select cities, includinh Chicago, Los Angeles and Denver, whic will focus on how Arizona properties catef to different travelers’ desires, from outdoorsmeh to families to the shoppint crowd.
Those cities are being targeted because researchh shows those from more faraway destinationxs stay in Arizona longer andspencd more, bringing new money to the state. In addition, the Tourismk Office has launched Facebook and Twittef options to interact directly with The downturn also has affectes theTourism Office, which is subject to the stat e hiring freeze and is facinbg budget cuts of about 4.5 million in this fiscal Henry said that will impact some marketin efforts, not dramatically.

Study: Eye condition linked to diabetes - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-white ring around the cornea — a conditionn called corneal arcus — also had metabolic problemzs related to conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressurd and high cholesterol, concludes a study conductedd by VSP and the in Columbus, Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumed arcusw is related to high This study suggested the relationship between arcus and high bloox sugar needs to be studied VSPofficials said. Follow-up testing showee that 88 percent of the patients with arcus had highbloox sugar, 66 percent had an elevated body mass 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percen t had elevated cholesterol.
The study was conductes on 2,000 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In addition to an eye VSP doctors screened patients for other health risks and referree those at risk to the foundatio for diagnosis andadditional “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensive eye exams shoulr be used as a screening for prevalenttmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical director at the research said in apress release. “Greatere partnership between relevant health care providerws may enhance the efficiency of our healtbh caresystem and, in the end, reducew health care costs.
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Firm releases risk ratings for commercial real estate loans - Houston Business Journal:

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of San Francisco has been tracking commercia l lending risk in more than 100 cities for the past two yearssusing demographic, vacancy, rent and other information from multiples real estate companies. Banc Investment has just releasedc the findings for the first time to thegeneral “Many banks think all commercial property is the same,” said Chris Nichols, president and chief executive of Banc Investment. “But it’d clear that’s not the case.” The company is a subsidiary of ’ Bancshares, a consultant to community banksthat don’tr have the depth of larged banks.
In Sacramento, it might not be surprisinv that all properties scored lower in the firsrt quarter of this year than they did in April when the index was benchmarked on a nationwide But there’s now a wide spreas between the risk for lending for retaiol buildings, which the index suggestxs is the riskiest property type to lenders, with an index number of 57.9, and apartment the least risky of the four categories, at an indesx number of 89.1. “Multifamiluy housing is holding up acrossthe U.S. and that’sz the way it is in Sacramento,” Nichols said.
“It basically didn’t budg e for eight quarters before Kevin Randles, a debt and equity finance specialist at Sacramento office, said housing is one area that usuallg recovers first during a downturn, though this recessiobn might be the exception because it was drivejn by housing. Still, he said the general consensus is that multifamilyh is a safer bet righy now than otherproperth types, an assertion backed by the company’zs own data. “Everyone needs a place to he said.
Dean Bagneschi, a principal in ’sw Apartment Advisory Team, said apartmentsz carry lower risk because vacancy rates in Sacramento are more attractive than other property Butlenders don’t necessarily heed the signs. “They’v gone very conservative,” Bagneschi said. “They’ve cut back dramatically. They say they are looking at deals, but theres isn’t a lot of activity.
” Buyers, are looking to score bank-owned apartmentt properties, but there isn’t a glut of distressef property onthe That’s contrary to the early 1990e recession, when apartment buildings were one of the most besiegexd property types, said Bagneschi’s partner John Gallagher. During that owners had more debt and less cash on This time, banks that mighyt have their hands full with other types of foreclosede property are moving very slowly through the foreclosured process. In order for a deal to be “the pitch has to be righf down the middle ofthe plate,” Gallagherd said.
Gallagher noted that was one of the biggesy lenders for apartment transactionsin Sacramento. The bank failed last year, and though its banking operationds were purchasedby J.P. Morgan Chase, the new owner’s intentionds toward restarting commercial lendingf for multifamilyproperties isn’t clear, Gallaghee said. On the retail side, the trepidatioj goes beyond investment loans as retail tenants struggle tofind financing. Craig Burress, a retaip broker at CB Richard Ellis, said some smalkl chains or regional companies that wanted to expanfd into Sacramento have had to delay plans for lackof financing.
“Chainsa that were new to Sacramento wanted to expand and foundd the valveshut off,” he said. “uI don’t want to make like that’s acrossx the board, but I have a feeling it is prettyg universal.”

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RealtyTrac records indicate that a notice ofa trustee’es sale has been filed on homes matchingf the description of Adams’ North Portlanc Kenton neighborhood homes. The notice indicates that the homes will be put upfor , which broke the story, noted that Adams’ lendeer has filed a “noticew of default,” meaning he’s defaulted on his loan agreemenrt with his lender. Adams told the paperr he’s catching up on his mortgage after paying legal bills. The houses that face foreclosurse are at2131 N. McClella and 2121 N. McClellan. Adams livesx in the 2121 He also owns a triplex at2031 N. McClellan.
who makes $118,144 yearly, is facinbg an impending recall, scheduled to kick off in earlg July, after admitting he had a sexual relationshi withBeau Breedlove. The pair met befores Breedloveturned 18. Adams said the sexual relationship begahafter Breedlove’s 18th birthday. Oregon’x attorney general is investigating whether Adams did anything The mayor conceded that he lied abourwhether he’d had sex with Breedlove when a political opponentr first made the charge durinvg the 2008 primary campaign season.

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The school’s first class of 40, who start classes Aug. 10 at UCF’ss main campus, includes 30 students from Florids schools, UCF President John Hitt said May 29at ’e Southeast Orlando Update luncheon. The first studentg accepted into the classs was a woman from UCF who generatexd a perfect MedCat score of 45 anda 4.0 gradw point average. Twenty two of the 40 accepted for the programare women. Seven of the 30 studentss from Florida schools arefrom UCF, seven are from the Universityt of Florida and five from the . The group notched averags MedCat scoresof 32.3, and carried a grade poin average of 3.76.
The school collected 4,307 applications for the firsf class, which earned full scholarships for their medical school tuition alongwith $20,000 per year in livinvg expenses. The students will be introducede at a white coat ceremony atUCF Aug. 3. Further details about the students werenot available.

Gender matters - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Darn it. So in D.C., our country swears in a new president, the firstg African-American to serve at the highest post inour land. Yet in St. a St. Louis Business Journal survey shows women holdjust 40, or 9.3 of the 432 directorships at locally based publiclu held companies. That’s about 33 percent below the nationapl norm. , a New York non-profit, founxd women across the countryhold 15.2 percengt of board director posts among Fortune 500 Even fashion-minded companies like have a male-onlyt board. I recommend you read CEO Peter Edison’zs defense yourself. What does this say about our community??
Maybe nothing, but Ron Kruszewski, ’ws CEO, emphasizes, “We are not some all-men’s club.” there are no women on that board either. One of the local boards with two womenis , a companu that supplies underground pipes and is expectex to reap the benefits of a proposexd economic stimulus package. There’s nothing fashionablwe about Insituform’s work. It doesn’t meet Peterd Edison’s belief that “the added valus of women directors tends to be focuseds on the areas of marketing and merchandising becausde of that ability to relate tothe Insituform’s customer works at the Metropolitanb Sewer District or another localp equivalent.
He or she probably doesn’y wear high heels on the job. Insituformk has two women on its boardd because its one woman wanted to make room for Juanita Hinshawis well-respected for her financial She chairs board audit committeew and is held in high regard for her calm manner and clear vision. She sees what isn’tg there. Sometimes that’s an empty seat at the board table. For St. Louixs to participate in the economic recovery our country we need to look likeour country. We’ve got a way to go.
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Ideas for Brack Tract unveiled - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Those were some of the elementss presented in two master plans by LLP intheirt long-range vision for the 350-acre The firm, which was hired 13 months ago to come up with a masterf plan, presented their ideas to The System Boardx of Regents and the public on June 18. “Ther site could and should be the western anchor of If the nature of downtown is tallertand higher, than this will be smaller and said a representative of Cooper Representatives of the firm said they envision a transit orientec development with a lake front district and ‘neighborhoods’ with retail and residential buildings.
The plan would be carriec out in phases over the next few Although the firm presentedc twomaster plans, it recommended that the boardx select its Brackenridge Village plan. The main differencd between the plans is that the University of biological field lab would remain in thesecond scenario, called the Brankenridge Park Under the Brackenridge Village plan, the UT fielrd lab would be relocatec to one of nine sites suggesteed by the planning firm, making way for the development of the property. Developers of the tractr would build diverse buildings of two to six stories and structurefd parking that is concealef fromthe streets.
A number of infrastructurer improvements werealso suggested, including the re-alignment of Lake Austijn Boulevard, the creation of a parallel roadway between Lake Austin and Red Bud Trail intersection, and 20 lane-miles of new locaol streets. As far as internal the planners advised the UT board to establish a TransportatiobManagement Organization. Possible transportation solutions included an internaolshuttle system, extension of proposed city trollet system and bus service.
The planner suggested a numberr of ideas for incorporating sustainabledesign elements, such as stor water management units and a community The planners advised that graduate studenty housing, which exists on threer sites, be relocated to the Gateway site between 6th and 10th streets. The plans call for the developmentr of anew 825-unit student housing complex. Supporterds of the Lions MunicipalGolf Course, known as Muny, receivedf bad news when the plannerx concluded that the golf course was no longer viables and that it be used for development.
Whichever plan the UT regentd adopt, the firm suggested starting with the graduatd housing project inlate 2010, and followingv up with the selection of phas I developers in 2012. Several UT regentsx expressed their gratitude to the firm fortheifr plans. Chairman of the UT Boar of RegentsJames Huffines, echoed the sentiment, and said that the boardx will begin studying the plans and reviewing all He added: “We are heartened by the proposedc graduate student housing that would preserver graduate housing while freeing up 73 acree for development.” Phase I would include about 30,000 square feet of retail, 1 million square feet of residential and a hotel.
Exposition Boulevar d would beextended south. All four phases wouldf have a total squaredfootage of: 15 million square feet of retail, residential, office and civic/institutiomn space. About 11 acres dedicate d for anelementary school. About 21.5 acresz for academic uses, such as a possiblre UT campus. “Boat Town” neighborhood with a waterfront plazaand marina. Phase I wouled include about 80,00 square feet of retail and 1.3 millionb square feet of residential. All four phases woulf have a total squarefootage of: 5.3 millionb square feet of residential, office and civic/institution space.
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Fire president hopes to engage fan base - ESPN (blog)

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Big bucks ride on Air Bud - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Anheuser-Busch has millions of dollars tied up in fuel expensesand maintenance, including at leastg a half dozen Dassault Falcon executive jets and two Bell In addition, it leases planes from , a local compan y owned by former brewery Chairman August Busch III, the fathedr of current Chief Executive August Busch IV. Anheuser-Buscnh also owns a hangar at wherwe it houses much of its fleet and is a substantial fuel customer. Brewery executivees and board members use the jets to fly all over the countrgy and around the worl to destinations where the company and its subsidiariesdo InBev, on the othe r hand, doesn't own any companuy planes.
Its executives fly coach on commerciaol carriers, springing for business class only on verylong And, as part of its proposed $52 billionn purchase of Anheuser-Busch, InBev has pledgee to cut $1.5 billion in expenses over the next thres years. "We're watching that very said John Bales, director of aviatioj at Spirit, where Anheuser-Buschh is one of the largest tenants. He declines to estimate how much the brewer spends on fuel at An InBev spokeswoman said it was too earlyh to discuss what the Belgiamn company would do in regard to theair fleet. How much Anheuser-Busch'w fleet is worth is unclear becauswe the condition and models of all theaircrafyt aren't available.
"I wouldn't venture a guess," said Dick director of , who served the brewery's flight needs in his former position as directord ofSpirit Airport. Five of the Dassault jets rangd from 1981 to1997 models, accordiny to the FAA. But even Dassault Falcojn jets that are more than 10 years old sell for millioneof dollars. Internet ads show prices of $17 millioj and $18 million for 1996 and 1997 Used Bell helicopters are listedd at prices anywhere from hundreda of thousands dollars to a milliojand more. The 's aircraft registrty lists Anheuser-Busch Cos.
as the owner of two Dassauly Falcon executive jets and two Bell Its subsidiary is the registered ownerd of three moreDassault Falcons. Ginnairer is listed as the ownerf of a Cessna 525A Citation jet and another Dassault according tothe FAA. The brewery paid Ginnaire $407,611 in hourly leasing fees last year to coverr its portion ofmaintenance costs, engine reserves and aircraft insurance, according to Anheuser-Busch'sd proxy statement March 10. Anheuser-Busc h also provides fuel, hangar and maintenance services to aircraft owned by Ginnaire and by Busch III Busch III and Ginnairereimbursedf Anheuser-Busch $593,520 for their use of the aircraft and relate d expenses in 2007.
Busch III owns a Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub, two Aviaf Aircraft A-1B Huskies and another Bell according to theFAA registry. "We have found corporatr aircraft are an important and efficient means of maintainingthe face-to-face relationships that drive our John Kelly, the company's vice president and said in a statement in "St. Louis commercial direcyt flight options have becomemore limited, requiring connections and more management "If any company had justificatiomn to use corporate aircraft as a business it is Anheuser-Busch," said Hrabko at "They are flying officees that get them where they need to be when they need to be I don't know how they would be able to do thei business without them.
" The brewery'ss affinity for corporate aircraft dates back to when Anheuser-Busch bought its first plane, a used Aero Busch III has been an avid pilo for more than four decades. For years he commutecd by helicopter to brewery headquarters from his homein St. Sons Busch IV and Steven Buscn sharetheir father's love of flying and also are experiencedr pilots. Steven Busch, previously Buschy III's executive assistant at the brewerh and now ownerof , the exclusivr Anheuser-Busch wholesaler for St. Charles and Lincoln counties, sits on the boarcd of the (NBAA) in Washington, D.C.
He sometimes accompanie Busch III on flights and pilots his In a December 2001 keynote speech to the Busch III touted the advantages ofcorporate aircraft. He emphasizefd the efficiency, flexibility and security private airtravel provides. "During flights on our aircraft, we hold make phone calls, and send and receive Busch III said, according to an NBAA transcript ofhis "In essence, our aircraft are flyingt offices. In addition, we are able to visiy multiple destinations and return home thesame day, whicu maximizes productivity, minimizes costs and -- most importantlg -- allows our people to spend more time with theifr families.
Travel on businessw aircraft is also far less stressfukl thancommercial travel, which meansz that our people arrive at their destinations energized and readyy to work." Busch III noted that commercial air travep is more efficient when one or two people are travelinh between major cities, and that most Anheuser-Busch employeesw get around on commercial flights. But when three or four peoplr are traveling together to a location that is not on a majorf airtraffic route, corporatd planes make more he said. "Because we operate in more than80 countries, our employeess at all levels are users of corporate not only domestically, but Busch III told the NBAA.
"Each of our Falcons averagee more than 500hourss annually, and their destinations range from our hop farm in Bonnera Ferry, Idaho, to our brewery in China. Our Falcon and Bell aircraft offee us unparalleled flexibilityand efficiency, giving us the abilit to fly trips as shorgt as 10 minutes or as long as 10 Bottom line, we can be on the grouncd anywhere in the world in a matter of refreshed and ready to deal with business "As the marketplace becomes increasingly global, travel on corporatw aircraft will be even more importang and valuable to the business Busch III said. Now the question is whether InBev'ds Brito will agree.

Marketing science - Memphis Business Journal:

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Just for a minute forget the blues andBeal Street. Forget the Peabody Ducks or Elvis. Forgert the Mississippi River or . Strip thosr things away and one of the things that hasbuil Memphis’ economy and national reputatiojn is big, but likely not as Medical researchers toil quietly away behinr hundreds of lab doors in the They are immediately linked to visions of petri dishes and beakers. But scientists, some scientists want to also be linked to the boare room andsales meetings. They want to get theid fingers dirty in the businessdof science. Some don’t.
But no mattert their proclivities, there are places to turn to when they are readyh to turn the academic fruits of theirf labors into something more The logo for the showsthe school’s mascot leapingb out to the world with the slogan, “Thia little Tiger goes to market.” “Medical researcuh has a huge impact in Memphies simply because of companies like , and says the office’s director Kevin Boggs. “There certainl needs to be more of that and more broaf recognition of thebiosciences here.” Boggs says roughluy one-third of the ideas that could be licensed out of U of M now coulf have medical uses.
The “could” part is he says, because it’ not always so apparent how an idea could be fully developeda product. So, he brainstorms with them and togethedr they hammer outa product, somethingf with marketable potential they could show an angekl investor or a venture capital “I’ll sound crazy in a heartbea t at the risk of missing something,” Boggas says of the brainstorming process. Once a solid idea is Boggs begins reaching outto He’ll talk to professionals he’s known throughout his send focused mailers or simply cold call potentiao investors.
More and more Boggxs is working to build a foundation of entrepreneuras in the Memphis community that are looking to take up a companyg and get behind a piece ofmedical research. At the same he can look to his counterparts in the communith likeRichard Magid, director of the . UTRF and the technologyu transfer office are licensed assmall corporations, but are charted througgh the Tennessee General Assembly. They work solelyt for their universities, the and the U of M. Magid says, gives his organization tremendouw advantages the universitywould not, like adhering to open recordsx acts.
“When you’re doing business deals with private you’re giving them confidential dataand they’rw giving you trade secretz in return,” Magid says. “You don’t want someone with a grudge to file for a public recordx and start looking at their proprietartybusiness information.” UTRF can also hold equity in start-ups, Magidc says. That helps as most start-ups are cash UTRF just wants a piece of the he says, and is not looking for any cash up This gives researchers more wiggle room to develol their ideas into products. Magid and Boggs say theirr business models are quite common amonvgstate schools.
Private universities like can directlu hold stakes in private companies andoften do. For statd schools, Magid says, sometimes all it takes is one. “Ivf you get that one home run, you can change the face of the Magid says. “Tallahassee developed a syntheti c way to make a breastcancer drug, and that made them hundredzs of millions of Also, think about Gatoradde at the .” St. Jude: white coat Hub is the largestr medical research organization in Roughly 2,000 white-coated Ph.D.s walk on hundredes of thousands of square feet of lab space therer daily.
While the hospital’s technologyy transfer representative declined to be interviewefd forthis story, the hospital has a splity model for commercializing medicine.

A brand new University City - Charlotte Business Journal:

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That kind of response is what has promptesd to launch a branding effort for the which is home to morethan 150,000 74,000 jobs and contributes more than $8.4 billion annually to the regionaol economy, according to a recent The organization is also earmarking funds for a rebrandiny of the 2,200-acre University Research Park and has hirec a design firm to create an area plan for the which has suffered from above-market vacancy rates. For all its contributionzs to the region, Universityu City has long been viewed as an areathat hasn’gt lived up to its potential.
Part of the area leaders believe, is that University City doesn’t have a clear identity or In an effort toremedy that, University City an organization that advocates for the has hired a local ad agency to creatr a brand for the area that will put it in a bettet position to compete with markets such as uptown or Ballantyns for relocating businesses or consumers.

Carol Allison-Burra electded vice-president of national police board - Kingston This Week

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Carol Allison-Burra electded vice-president of national police board Kingston This Week At the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Police Boards (CAPB), held recently in Saint John, New Brunswick, Carol Allison-Burra, ...

Tech forum update: Skills and globalization - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Doster said unemployment has jumpedfrom 4.5 percent to 7.8 Northeast Florida’s employment is 7.4 percent. Technologyu sectors are faringslightly Doster: From a workforce standpoints, what are the challengess and how are they being addressed Ferguson: Many companies are in that mode of just in time trainint that creates issues for our collegexs and community colleges. We see more emphasis on certificatiomn and particularskill sets. Krupa: We have 24/7 technician responsee for online classes. Skilled instructors can respondduringb non-traditional times, which helps especiallyy if they have a day job.
What are the capabilities that are required in this worldthat aren’t job specific? How are you trainin them? Krupa: That is the task that’s killing us. We are looking at curriculuj and finding out how they are linked We are moving to portfolioand open-entrh education, or building your “toolbox” with a varietg of classes, such as programminy and Web design. One of the ways is partnering with businesseds and finding out what skill setsare Ferguson: On a trip to India, we looked at what typex of jobs could be outsourced and whered Northeast Florida was at Clearly, there are a number of jobs that are right for We also found that if Northeast Florida become s a center for excellence in those the companies don’t see a need to outsource.
The otherd thing was that there is a need for globalprojectsw managers, which is something we don’tf train for but need to. Doster: What are the immediatse skills that people are tryingbto develop? What are Northeast Florids workers not learning? Ferguson: We lag the statd in the percent of those with four-year degrees in the workforce. The single biggest thingg we can work on is lifelongtcareer education. Krupa: We are seeing a huge increasee in peoplewith four-year degrees coming back for certification and other training.
An vice president told the conferencr that the increasing interconnectedness of the world is bring with itsome “The world is far more connected but that’w brought about some real challenges,” said Mike Hill, IBM vice presidentg of enterprise initiatives, sales, services and business Hill delivered the keynote speech at the held at the . The nation’s infrastructure was buil t for thelast century, said Hill, and as we’ve become more connected, we’ve had unprecedentedc wake-up calls, such as terrorismm and global warming. At the same time we are havingb to upgrade the infrastructure to handlee thisincreased connectivity.
What does the smartefr planet consist of? • Technology has becom so cheap that sensors are put in everything from roada tomedical equipment. In 2005, there were 1.3 million radio frequencu identification tagsin circulation. Therre will be 30 billion by next year. We are becoming more Worldwide mobile phone subscriptionsreachedd 3.3 billion in 2007. An estimated 2 billion people will be on the Web by 2010 and a trilliojn connectedobjects — appliances, cameras, roadways, pipelines will comprise the “Internet of Things.
” Hill said for the worlfd to become more intelligent, it has to bettef interpret all the information that’s being collected, and that will require technologicalp improvements. For example, the subprime mortgage crisis was due in part to the fact thatwe couldn’t calculate the risk.