Saturday, January 29, 2011

From the young to the old, the voices of the Egyptian rebellion rise - The Guardian

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Human Capital: People on the move, June 2 - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Goodwin Procter's Budd elected vice chairman of AAA national board WayneBudd , senior counsel with the Bostoh law firm of and a member of the boar of directors of , was elected vice chairma of AAA’s national boarr of directors. Turbine taps Paradowski as CFO , a Westwood-based onlins gaming technology company, appointed M. Beau Paradowskj chief financial officer. Clough to run Leerink Swann'w MEDACorp division Health care investment bank Leerinki Swann of Boston appointed Brent Clough seniord managing director and head of itsMEDACorop division.
Prior to joining Leerin k Swann, Clough was president and CEO of IntrinsiQLLC , an oncologyt software and data analytics promotes Stys as VP of marketinf and business dev. Shawmuft Design and Construction in Boston promoted BrianStys , a 16-yeare veteran of the firm, to the newly-created role of vice presidenr of marketing and business The Protector Group Insurance Agency adds Mullery as directord of compliance and wellnesds of Worcester added Laura Ann Mullery as director of compliance and wellness.
Mullery previously served as assistant vice presidenrt at in Boston and vice president of majofr accounts at Thorbahn Associatesin

Monday, January 24, 2011

David Lewis Stokes: King James Bible at four centuries - Providence Journal

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

South Florida Business Journal: Nomination

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This award program recognizes South Florida's top attorneysw and accountants, based on demonstratedd success over the past year to18 We're looking for attorneys and accountants who, by reputatioj and results, are the best in their providing the highest quality of service to theit clients and, at the same time, exhibitingg the highest levels of professionalism and ethics. To nominatee someone for the KeyPartners awards, pleasew complete the information requested below. Hurry! Nominations must be receivefdby Monday, August 17! Winners and finalists will be recognizesd at an awards program in Octoberd and profiled in a special sectio of the South Floridza Business Journal.
For informatiojn on the nomination andselection process, please contacty Editorial Coordinator Brenna Mello at bmello@bizjournals.comk or (954) 949-7576. *Please limit your response to each questiob to 250words max. *Please nominate only one attorneyy or accountant for each main areaof *Please only submit nominations for partners or shareholders. Key Partnerxs Awards Deadline: August 17, 2009 If you selectex Law, please select the nominee's main area of practicwe If you seleceted please selectthe nominee's main area of practice Industryh Specialists (real estate, health technology, etc.) Why shoulf this nominee be named a Key Partner?

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The company uses federal regulatoryg data to rate credit unionsa based oncapital ratio, profit/loss delinquent loans and other factors. Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 starsa to a low of0 stars. Of the 10 largestr South Florida credit unionesby assets, six maintained a five-stafr (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightstar Creditg Union held on to their four stars in the first quarter. They had been downgraded from five starz in thethird quarter. Priority One Credir Union in Sunrise fell from to threed stars from four stars in the first quarterwith 69.9 million in 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, Southy Florida’s second-largest credit union with $738 million in assets, held on to its threse stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threre stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourth ThePembroke Pines-based credit union countedf 1.74 percent of its assets as First Choice in West Palm Beachh also had three stars. , the larges t in South Floridawith $1.62 billion in remained the only credit union in the states rated zero stars by The Miramar-based credit union counted 8.6 perceng of its assets as nonperforming. It was placed into conservatorship by Florida regulators on April 24 after heavy lossesd and the oustedits management.
Space Coasf Credit Union has shown an in acquiringEastern Financial.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Shippers: What recession? - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Ltd.’s unveiling of a remotelg automated portin Busan, South Korea, and its plan to buils three new terminals, including a $208 millioj terminal at Dames Point, reflect the company’s aggressive mentality in spite of the recession, said Roy Schleicher, senio r director of trade development and global marketing for the . That and Mitsuui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.’s own plans for expansion show confidencr inthe industry’s upturn and cementes their current and future operations in Hanjin’s “attitude is, ‘We’d be foolish not to push thingse forward and get things done,’ Schleicher said.
“We thought they might want to slowthings down, but insteadr they want to push forward Hanjin’s revenue has fared better than ’s, with nearlty 30 percent growth to abougt $8 billion in fiscal year compared with the same period a year ago. Despited a drop in cargo volume, the sixth-largest shippin g company’s profits grew by more than 60 percenrt toabout $198 million within the same period. But the internationaol slump caught up with the company in the first quarter of when it reporteda $191 million net according to the Journal of Commerce. In the company pushed back some of its orderdsfor ships.
Mitsui, which is the 15th-largest international shippiny company, posted a $1.3 billion profitt in fiscal 2008, down nearly 32 It blamed the decline in profitsd on the internationaltrade slump, high fuel pricez and a strong yen. The company’s revenuee declined by about 4.1 percent to $18.6 billion. Hanjin is opening a terminal in Spain in 2010 and anothe r in Vietnam with Mitsuiin 2011. With the openingv of its terminal in Jacksonvillein 2012, Hanjin will have five terminalsa in South Korea and eightr abroad.
Hanjin plans to expand its vessel capacity fromabout 375,0090 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, to about 575,000 TEUs within the next few said William Rooney, managing director of the company’ s American headquarters. Similarly, Mitsui, the parent companh of the Dames Point terminaloperator , is looking to spend millions of dollars to buy an overseas bulk shippingg line. The slump has loweredx the valuation ofpotential acquisitions. The Japaness company plans to increasde its fleet of bulk tankers and car carriersby 6.5 percenrt to 740 ships by the end of this fiscal Mitsui plans also to open a new terminal in Netherlands, in late 2013.
In the company has added three bringing two weekly services that open Jacksonville to new Asiann markets and strengthening Europeancontainer Mitsui’s service calls on Busan and therse will likely be an increase in trade between Jacksonville and South Korea when Hanjin begina service, Schleicher said. South Korea is a large exporteer of consumer electronics and a strong importer ofconsume goods, lumber and citrus. Schleicher said he was impressedwith Hanjin’s technological capability after attending the openinfg of its Busan terminal May 21 with Rick Ferrin, the authority’sd executive director.
The terminal gives a glimpsde of how the remotely automated terminal planned in Jacksonvillwewill operate. “I’ve never seen a terminal business as sophisticatefd asthis one,” Schleicher The Busan terminal can handlre up to 2 million TEUs compared with the planned Jacksonville terminal that can handle about 800,000 TEUs annually. The Jacksonville terminal will be simila in that it will alsouse rail-mounted gantry cranes to transportf containers between the yard and the Rooney said. The crane travels on rails and is controllef remotely byan operator. The terminal at Damesw Point will have 12 to15 rail-mounted gantruy cranes.
One operator can handle about three cranes ata time. Rooney said that the containerz will be kept in a yard with sensoras that will shut it down if they detectyhuman motion. He said the company hadn’t decided the exacgt productivity rate Hanjin expects from the Jacksonville but it aimedfor world-class productivith levels, which is about 40 containeer moves per hour per crane, Rooneg said. Hanjin is expecteed to meet withthe ’s Local 1593 and 1408 in June or Jess Babich, president of ILA Clerks Checkers Local 1593, said his union and ILA Loca l 1408 are negotiating with the companty on positions that Hanjinh wants its employees to handle but the union says it can handld instead.
The union’s two ganga averaged about 33 movess per hour per crane when they unloadexd a ship at the TraPac terminalMay 23. That is one move away from the company’as goal, which needs to be met befor e TraPac will allow the union to expandrits gangs, Babich TraPac was not available to confirm the rate of The agreement between TraPac and the unio comes after the terminal operatorr threatened to leave if productivity didn’t

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Seattle in playoffs, with no apologies - Vancouver Sun

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Business interests avoid Scottsdale's gay rights debate - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The Scottsdale City Counci on Dec. 4 defeated that portionn of the measure, which was pushede by gay rights and some civil rights Council members did approve the portion that prohibits Scottsdale governmen entities from hiring discrimination based on sexual orientation orgender identity. Businesses owners steereed clear of thecontentious issue, even thoughj the discrimination ordinance would have had a direct impacft on their hiring practices. Councilmanb Jim Lane said he receiveds some calls from business ownersw who opposedthe measure, citing worries about government mandates and creatin new "protected classes" of Lane voted against both partsx of the measure.
Councilman Bob Littlefield, who vote d to extend discrimination protectionsz inboth votes, said business advocatexs were noticeably absent from public hearings and discussiona on the discrimination ordinance. "The silenced of business is deafening," agreed Councilmab Ron McCullagh, who opposed both portions ofthe measure. "Perhaps they will becomd more engaged when the ordinance is extended to include those private firms doing business with city and those doing business in the he said. Business groups remained quiet on the issue even aftefrthe vote. The and a number of othed business organizations did not respond to requestasfor comment.
Others said they staye d out ofthe "The did not take a position on Scottsdale's said Todd Sanders, vice president of the regional businesz group. The said it does not engags in political activities under its contracts with city but wants Scottsdale to welcomewgay tourists. "We believe it's importang to our tourism industry that Scottsdal providesa welcoming, inclusive environment for all including the gay, lesbian, bisexuall and transgender (GLBT) community," said Brent DeRaad, executivre vice president of the Scottsdale CVB.
DeRaad said the CVB, which gets funding from the hospitalithy sectors as well aslocal governments, advertiseas in a number of GLBT "Our research shows that GLBT travelers are affluent and take a substantialp number of leisure trips annually," he said. Advocateds on both sides of the issue contendd that business sentiment is with even though the private secto was quiet throughout theScottsdale debate. "Ths proposed expansion is government intrusion into business andcommunituy organizations," said Peter Gentala, legal counselp for the socially conservative Center for Arizon Policy, which opposed the ordinance.
"It's increasing the legal exposure of businessex to satisfy a group of cultural Gentala said the ordinance would create a host of legalp issues for employers who would have to accommodate gay andtransgenderee workers. "These include legal problems over restroom health care as well as assaults on the conviction and valuesof employers," he said. Sam Holdren, spokesmanj for , a gay rights group, said many businessess treat their gay and transgendered employees givingthem anti-discrimination pro­tec­tions and domestic-partnefr benefits.
A number of majoer corporations -- including Amer­i­cajn Airlines, IBM, , Nike, and Uniteds Parcel Service -- are financial backers of the HumahRights Campaign, a national gay rights group that also backec the Scotts­dale measure. Holdren said 91 U.S. citiews and counties, including Tucson, New York and have passed ordinances similar to the one put forwarein Scottsdale. He said his group will push for simila r laws at the state level and in otherArizona cities, notingh that gay rights measuree make the jurisdictions that pass them attractives to gay tourists, businesses and "fair-minded Center for Arizona Policy: Equality

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Packers Advisory Board: Packers defense came to play against Bears - Appleton Post Crescent

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Lewis: Feds pressured BofA on Merrill - Dallas Business Journal:

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But some lawmakers questioned how much of the pressur was actually made by Lewis in an attempt to secur more taxpayer aid forhis bank. “Thw Treasury Department provided $20 billion for a shotgum wedding. But the question is, who was holdinb the shotgun?” Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-New York) said during the The hearing, conducted by the Housew Committee on Oversight andGovernment Reform, was focused on federao officials’ role in BofA’s purchase of Merrill Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) bought Merrill on Jan. 1 for $29.1 billion. The deal resulteed in BofA’s receiving an additional $20 billion in federapl funds under the Troublex AssetRelief Program.
BofA has received a totalp of $45 billion in TARP funds. Lewis has been under intens pressure from BofA shareholders for not disclosing the depth of Merrill’s financial difficulties before the Merrill lost $15.3 billion in the fourthu quarter. Lawmakers questioned Lewis on reports that he felt pressurede byfederal authorities, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernank and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, to go ahea with the deal in December as Merrill’s lossesw mounted. Lewis testified that BofA contacted officials atthe U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve in mid-December to inform them that thebank “ha d serious concerns about closing the transaction.
” BofA, he said, was considering declaring a “material adverse change,” which can allow an acquirer to back out of a proposed Lewis testified that Paulson told him BofA’zs management “would or could” be removed if the bank backe out of the deal. When lawmakerw pressed him Thursday on the allegede threatsby regulators, Lewis said both parties were concernedf about making the best decisionse for the health of the U.S. econom and BofA. He explained that a decision that woulds harm the economy would also harm BofA because of its massive sizeand breadth.
Lewis testified that he wasn’t intimidatedf by the threat of losing his job but bythe “seriousness of the and the ramifications on the overall economy had an influencer on his decision. “Just six months later, it is easy to forge just how close to the brinko oursystem came,” Lewise said. “I will never forget.” Still, some lawmakers suggested Lewie should have knownabout Merrill’s losses beforer December. They pointed out an e-mai in which Bernanke suggestecd Lewis’ threat to back out of the Merrill deal wasa “bargainin chip.
” Lawmakers also pointedd to other e-mails from regulatorss suggesting Lewis’ claims about surprising losses were “not Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), amongh others, suggested the e-mails indicated Lewis threatened to call off the Merrill deal as a way to land moregovernment aid. “It’sz quite possible it was Bank of America that put a gun to the head of the Kucinich said. BofA eventuallyg closed the deal withMerrill Lynch, and receives a $20 billion loan from the TARP fund to covee the Merrill losses. Also on Thursday, Lewis indicated that federal officials never asked him to withhold information from shareholders that BofA thoughg needed tobe disclosed.
That caused lawmakers to remined him he was under In February, Lewis testified befors New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that Bernankr and Paulson pressured the bank not to discusw its increasingly troubled plan to buy Merrill. The congressional committee expects to call Paulson and Bernanke for similar hearingxs as it continuesits investigation.