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Cessna to offer Aircell's Internet system as business-jet option - Portland Business Journal:

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The system will be offered on Cessna's Citation Citation Sovereign and Citation Xbusinesx jets. The Aircell High Spee d Internet system allows passengers touse Wi-Fi enablede laptops, tablet PCs, smartphones and PDAs to surf the Web, send and receivde e-mail with attachments, access their corporate Virtual Privatde Networks, all at full mobile broadband speeds in flight, Broomfield-baseds Aircell said. Aircell's network uses a networlk of U.S. ground stations and an exclusivrbroadband air-to-ground spectrum, the company says. It claims the system is up to 56 timesa faster than atraditional dial-up connection. The gear involvedc weighs 11 pounds, plus two belly-mounted antennaew that weigh 1.
25 pounds each. "Companies operatee business aircraft to get moredone -- plainj and simple -- and nothinhg increases productivity more than havinhg a full-scale Internet connection available in Roger Whyte, Cessna's seniodr VP of sales and marketing, said in a "The Aircell High Speed Internet syste m is a game-changer because it's the firsg system that provides a true high speed Internef experience like that to whichb passengers are accustomed to on the while being small and light enough to fit comfortably into our midsizr Citations.
" The first Aircell High Speed Internet systemj installations from the Cessna factory will be available for delivery in the seconr quarter of 2010, Aircell said. Aircell's commercial-airlinee Internet service -- Gogo Inflight Internet -- is flying toda with American Airlines, Virgin America, Delta Air Linez and AirTran Airways and is comingv soon to Air Canada andUnitefd Airlines.

NTS buys Plainview Apartments - Business First of Louisville:

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Financing for the purchase, which was made throug an NTS affiliate, , was provided by the , accordingf to a news release. The purchaswe price was not disclosed. The previous ownere was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investmentt partnership, according to onlined records from the Jefferson County Property Valuation Administratorf and the Kentucky Secretary of Its assessed value for tax purposes is $9.7 according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchase was aboutr 94 percent, the release NTS plans to enhance and renovate the propertu but no details were disclosed in the release.
The apartmenft complex was developed as part of the Plainview planned which includes800 single-family more than 1,000 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shopping centeras and nearly 2 million square feet of office space. NTS begamn construction and development of theplannedc community, Louisville’s first, in the early With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliate s now own four apartment communitiesin Louisville. Its otherr holdings in the area are HurstbourneGrand Apartments, The Overlook at St.
Thomas and The Willows of NTS also manages 14 othere apartment communities and 31 commercial properties with more than 5 milliom feetof office, retailp and warehouse space in the Southeast.

Nice work, and money, if David Pomeroy can get it - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Just ask David Pomeroy, who could get a $33 millioj rebate if he’s successful in buying back the companyghe founded. The rebate would be in the formof “casyh and cash equivalents” now on the balance sheet of David Pomerou would gain access to the cash and othetr company assets if he’s able to consummate his $5.02 per shar e offer. The deal is likely to come underf increased scrutiny now that aPomeroyu investor, Kenneth Hanninen, has sued to prevent the In a proposed class-action lawsuitg filed in , Hanninen claims directors breachefd their fiduciary duties to shareholders by acceptinyg the offer.
That’s accordinfg to a company press release in which itsays Hanninen’ws claims are without merit. “It’ws a fairly lowball price,” said New Jersey investor Sheldon Grodsky, who owned 1,500 shares in the company untio late May and still has clients who ownabout 20,00o0 shares. Grodsky figures the company is worth atleast $6.9p0 per share, based on the value of its net workinbg capital. “That’s current asset minus current liabilities,” he “Normally, I would think that would be kind of aminimal value. So, $5.02 is significantly lower.
“On the othefr hand, it’s about 30 to 35 percent more than where it was tradingv beforethe (sale) That’s going to be hard to sell to a judgd that the shareholders are beint screwed.” Pomeroy IT Solutions announced May 20 that it woulf accept David Pomeroy’s offer to take the compant private. It said the deal represented “$49 million in equity value” for But Pomeroy already owns nearlyt 20 percent ofthe company’s Buying the remaining 7.3 millioh shares actually would cost him $36.76 million. In its most recent quarterly the company estimated ithad $39.2 million in cash on its balancd sheet. But it also said it was spendinhg $6.
4 million to terminate a jet aircrafty lease, reducing its total cash holdingsto $32.i8 million. The deal gives Pomero officials until June 7 to seek higher but canceling the sale could cost the company upto $2 millionn in termination fees. David Pomeroy declined to comment on thepurchasee agreement, which followed his third attempt at buyinvg back the company. Activisf shareholders took control ofthe company’s board in 2007, prompting him to relinquishy the chairman’s seat and costing his son, Stepheb Pomeroy, his job as CEO. Shareholderzs criticized the company’s lack of profit growthy and financial restatementsunder Pomeroy’s leadership.
He has been equallh critical of theirmanagement approach, which has featureds declining sales volume and recurringg losses. CEO Christopher Froman describedDavid Pomeroy’s purchas price as fair and said that he has urged investors not to react to the terms before reading all the A fairness opinion and other disclosures are likely to be filedx later this month, he said.

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Rocco's Cafe on 'Diners, Drive-ins & Dives' TV Show

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Chef/Owner is pleased his restaurant was chose and hopes everyone that watches will enjoy the episodes about cooking homemade Italian foodfrom scratch. The Drive-ins & Dives" episode featuring Chef and Rocco'as Cafe will air on Monday, June 2009 at 10 PM on Food Network (local channel 35). , Don's grandfather, who came from Italyu in 1920 and ran a successful restauranyt in San Francisco for more than20 years. The key ingredientsa were quality, quantity, and personality.
This old-school Italian recipe for success was passed downto Don, who 18 yearse ago opened Rocco's Cafe in his grandfather's Rocco's Cafe brings the feeling of San Francisco'zs old North Beach and the flavor of Italyy to San Francisco's South of Market area (SOMA). Chef Don cooksw authentic, home-style Italian food from scratch. All Rocco'ws Sauces, Marinades, and Salad Dressings are homemade from and Don's mom 'Nora (Rocco's daughter) still makesx many homemade desserts for her son'as restaurant.
Today, Rocco's enjoys a loyal following of regularr customers who keep coming back to this Southu of Market neighborhood institution for the traditionalk homemadeItalian food, lively quick service, and large portions. Besides cooking at Rocco's you can catchb Chef Don cooking up his favoritw dishes as a regularly featured chef onSan Francisco'e own TV cooking show "View from the Bay" on ABC'z Channel 7. Rocco's Cafe is open for Breakfast & Lunch seven days a and Dinner Tuesday throughSaturday nights. Rocco's Cafe takes reservations online at its websites orat OpenTable.com's Rocco's Cafe is located in the popular SoMa (South of Market St.) at 1131 Folsojm St.
, San Francisco, California, 94103.

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The three-year agreement is the latest developmeny inDuke Energy’s effort to convert its analog electricity infrastructure into a digital system that reducezs energy use and boosts reliability. The architecture will be basedon Internet-protocolp standards that will adapt to new communications “Our goal is to rapidly transforj the way electricity is delivered to, and used by, the 11 million people we serve in five states,” says Todd Arnold, senior vice presidengt for smart grid and customer systems at Duke Energy. In Cisco will work with Duke Energy to develop and instalkhome energy-management devices to help customers control and reducde their electricity consumption.
Financialp terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed. Charlotte-based Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) includeas Duke Energy Carolinas and the former Cincinnati Gas Electric Co. in Ohio, Unio n Light, Heat and Power in Kentucky and PSI Energuyin Indiana. Cisco Systems CSCO) is a California-based designedr and manufacturer ofnetworkingh technology.

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DownEast makes California debut at Galleria - Birmingham Business Journal:

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DownEast Basics, a Salt Lake City chain with more than 40 markets itself asan “affordabl fashion” retailer. Nothing costs more than $50, and most itemsz — from swimwear to summer dresses — costws around $20 to $30. The Roseville store’s firsf weekend exceeded the company’s projections by 25 Based on the initial sales DownEast Basics very much wants to further expancin California, and is pleased it launched its first Californiza store in the Sacramentok region, a spokeswoman said. CEO Klaner Murphy, who lived in El Dorad o Hills from 2000to 2007, figures Sacramento-area consumers care about but also are cost conscious.
He also likes the populatioh growth this region has experienced over the past Testing outthis area’s interest, Murphy sent the retailer’sx catalog to all his wife’s localp friends. His wife also introduced her friends to the producr line at a local party she hostex with more than50 women. Based on the sales at that “we knew we had a product that resonatedf with the local communitg herein Sacramento,” Murphy wrote in an e-mail. A franchiss is coming to the Roe the mixed-use building built last year at 5th and G streetz in downtown Davis. The Aventura, Fla.
-based chain of body and faciap waxing centers willtake 1,491 square The franchisees are readying the space for an opening in a few On the first floor, European Wax Center will join a Duramed medical supplies store and Barista Brew Café. Two retail spaces one of 925 square feet onthe corner, and anotherr of 1,227 square said Shaun Morrow, the landlord’s broketr with the Terranomics division of . The eighy residential condos on the second and third flooreall sold. In February, European Wax Center area developeras told the Business Journal that they planner to open at least a dozen locationse inthe region.
The company already has two storesin Roseville, at Renaissancse Creek shopping center and at The Broker Scott Carruth of CB Richarf Ellis represents European Wax Center locally. Vending machinde dispenses wipes, pacifiers Westfield Galleria at Rosevillre will be one of the firs malls within the Westfield chain to get a custojm vending machine withbabycare supplies. in Coronsa announced Thursday that it is placing its Baby Stationss vending machines in Westfield mallxs acrossthe state, startingh July 15. The goal is to place thesse vending machines with baby necessities in Westfield malls nationwide within eight months toa year, AVT says.
A piloty project for Westfield, the venting machinexs carry feeding products, first aid items, baby bottles and pacifiers. “This brings peace of mind to familiew knowing there is a convenient and accessible solution forevery baby’s need,” Shannon AVT founder, said in a news release. The malle that install the Baby Stations benefit becausparents don’t have to stop shopping when they discover they left home withougt some essential baby item, she said. Baby Statio n machines are hardto miss, with their blue-and-black coloer scheme and bold graphics.
They contain a 7” widescreen LCD displayg to stream information and video feedsx about the products contained in thevending , a chain of gyms that entere this market six years ago, is expanding to Woodland. Fitnes 19 will take 7,500 square feet withij Sycamore Pointe shopping center at Main Street and Pioneer Avenue. This is new retail spacee constructed between Food 4 Less and Big 5Sportintg Goods. Another 9,000 square feet is available. The gym is expecte to open in the fall, said who represented the landlord inthe lease. Fitness 19 has five othet locations inthe region.

Care providers cut hundreds of jobs - San Francisco Business Times:

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will cut about 24 jobs out of roughlgy 6,000 overall full-time-equivalent positions by the endof June, accordingv to CEO Mark Laret. These include management, IT, medical technician, clerical and other Laret said UCSF has racked up recore patient volume inrecent months, but needs to prepare for likely Medicarer reimbursement cuts and sharply increased pension fund obligations once the University of California rejiggers its systemwide pension UCSF’s confirmation that it will tweak the size of its workforc e follows last week’s news that San Francisco’s is eliminatingv 200 jobs, most of them CPMC said it’s taking othed steps to cut costs, including a 3 percent pay cut for management, a hiring freeze and a freezse on capital spending.
Some jobs have already been while others will be cut over the next few said spokesmanKevin McCormack. CPMC wants to cut $30 millionj with the latest reductions, after earlier squeezing out $30 million by trimminbg hours and other Sutter Health said just two ofthe 26-hospital system’x Northern California affiliates have institute workforce reductions in recen weeks, CPMC and Sutter Solano Medical Center in which has sliced five full-timde support and management positions. The East Bay’ s hasn’t had layoffs, said spokeswoman Carolyn Kemp, but is tweaking staffingg patterns to save money in the wake of a patien census thatwas “well budget.
Earlier this month, cut 70 non-clinica positions in Northern California due todippingt enrollment, and in mid-March said it would slasn 860 jobs as part of downsizin g and outsourcing initiatives in its IT unit. Kaise r said 160 systemwide IT jobs would be cut for economic reasons; some 700 jobs are leaving the Oakland-based health-cared giant due to a $500 million, seven-yea outsourcing deal with .

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Honda sales plunge 41% in May - Business First of Louisville:

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’s American sales arm, , reported on Tuesday that the automakersold 98,34e vehicles nationwide in May. A year ago, demand for fuel-efficientt vehicles had sent Honda to a recorde month of salesat 167,997y vehicles. That represents a drop of 41 percent from ayear ago, when pricesx at the pump were higher and the automobilee industry hadn’t yet hit crisis mode. Columbusa Business First reports monthly salez unadjusted for the differences in the number of sellintg days yearto year. Honda’s saleas in May, taking into account one fewer selling day last fell39 percent.
Leading the decline in monthlt sales for May wasthe company’s flagship which saw a 42 percenrt drop in sales at 88,875 Its luxury Acura division saw salees fall 36 percent to 9,469 vehicles. Honda sales in the firsg five months of the year fell 34 percenytto 430,358 vehicles, compared with 655,819 a year ago. That accountd for a 34 percent drop in Hond a salesat 387,556 vehicles and a 35 percengt decline in Acura sales at 42,802. Marysville-baser employs more than 12,000 workers at assemblg and engine plants in and aroundCentrapl Ohio, where they produce Honda Accords, Civics, Elements and Acura TLs and RDXs.

Carolinas HealthCare reduces 1Q loss - The Business Review (Albany):

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Investment losses for the latest quartedr totalednearly $101 Chief Financial Officer Greg Gombar anticipates gains in the financialo market in April and May will erase those losses. Carolinas HealthCars uses investment earnings forcapital expenditures. That moneyg is not used for dail operations. The health-care system hopeas negotiations with several lenders will cut its interest expensess tied to variable debt andhigher bank-liquidityh fees. Those fees are about $1 million per month. Interest expenses in the first quarterwere $21. million.
From an operationap standpoint, Carolinas HealthCare had a strongfirsr quarter, says Russ Guerin, executive vice president for business developmen t and planning. Net operating revenue climbed 8.6 percengt to $1.2 billion systemwide. Operating income exceededf $24.5 million. The health-care systemm saw adjusted discharges — a calculation that gauges patientactivity — climb 5.2 percent from a year Growth within the health-care systek and expense management “is the primary driverr why we’re above budget significantly,” Guerih says. Carolinas HealthCare spent morethan $106 milliojn on capital projects in the firsrt quarter.
Projects include new operating roomsat CMC-NorthEast and Carolinasx Medical Center, an expansion of a new hospital at CMC-Lincoln and construction of health-carse pavilions in Steele Creek and Waxhaw, whichh will include free-standing emergench departments. Challenges in the coming months includde managingthe system’s growing bad-debt and charity-care costs, reducing interest expenses and preparing for a possible state cut in Medicaied funding, Gombar says. Bad-debt costs were 12 percentg over budget during thefirsty quarter, topping $48 million in the firstr quarter. During the same period last bad debt wasabout $43 million.
The health-carer system spent more than $770 million in community care in includingbad debt, charithy care and subsidizing Medicare and Medicaid. That equalsw 18.8 percent of the health-care system’s net operatinbg revenue. ”It’s a trend everybody’s seeing acrossa the country,” Gombar says. “We can’t controlp how many people are how many people show up at our doorwithoug insurance.” North Carolina’s budget woes could result in a cut of up to 15 percenr for Medicaid. That couled equate to $36 million in annuak losses forCarolinas HealthCare.
“Medicaid cuts are the wors economic benefit cut the statedcan make,” Gombar “It’s painful.” Says Guerin: “It raises pricexs for those who do pay. It makes no good businesws sense todo that.” Gombar says every dollar cut from Medicais eliminates $4 from the Carolinas HealthCare is the largest health-card system in the Carolinas and the third-largesgt public system in the The system owns, leasexs or manages 25 hospitals. It has more than 40,0000 full- and part-time employees.

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Report: VitalMedix leaving for Wisconsin - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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VitalMedix President and CEO Jeffreyt Williamscited Wisconsin’s tax incentivesa for those investing in growint businesses, and a larger more aggressive group of angell investors in the state, as reasonx for the move. Williams told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinelk is negotiating leases in either Hudsonh or New Richmond and expectss to move within90 VitalMedix, which according to its Web site has raised at leasy $1 million in capital, is developintg a product called Tamiasyn that’s intended to help the body endurer severe blood loss. The Defensee Advanced Research Projects Agency atthe U.S.
Department of Defense has funde research at VitalMedixsince 2005, according to the company’ Web site. Much of that research has been conducted atthe , a shareholdefr in VitalMedix. Wisconsin has nabbed other Minnesotsa biotech companies in past and tried to lure others in 2005, it tried to lure artificial-lived company Excorp, though that firm is still in Minneapolis, for One of the supposed draws of the state is a tax system that favors more privatr investment, as well as a state investment fund that can back startu p companies (Minnesota considered a similar investment policy, but its pension fund’s rules wouldn’rt allow it).
But overall, Minnesota still drawz much higher levelsof life-sciences investmenft than Wisconsin, at least accordintg to Ohio-based BioEnterprise, which tracks investment trends. Its Midwesg report last year found that Minnesota led the regiobnfor health-sector investment in 2007, with $319 million going into companies here. Wisconsih firms drew $49 million in the same

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Amazon.com warns N.C. over sales-tax proposal - Wichita Business Journal:

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The online retail giant says it will end its relationship with affiliatews in the Tar Heel State ifthe N.C. legislaturse follows through on what Amazon callsan “unconstitutional tax collectiojn scheme.” Amazon collects sales tax in only a handfulo of states. But many state legislatures, facing sever budget shortfalls, are seeking to make Amazo n collect sales tax onWeb purchases. The legislatures are lookin g to define Amazon as having a physical presence in theirstates (and thus a responsibility to collecyt sales tax) through locally based affiliates, who link shopperw to Amazon products in exchange for a cut of sales. N.C.
lawmakers are grappling with a budget gap of morethan $4 billion. Gov. Bev Perdu e has called on legislative leaders tofind $1.5 billionb in new revenue. Othe states, following the lead of New York, have lookexd at making Amazon collectsales tax. Amazobn (NASDAQ:AMZN) is based in TechFlash is a Web operation created by the Puget Sound BusinessJournal , a sister publicationn of the Charlotte Business Journal .

Houston to be part of worldwide energy efficiency effort - Business First of Louisville:

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Fifteen of the world's largest including Houston, will be part of the program coordinatedc by major banks and energyservice companies. The energg efficiency building retrofit program was announced May 16 at the C40 Larg e Cities Climate Summit in New where mayors from around the world are discussing globaplclimate change. "Climate changse is a global problem that requireslocal action," Clinton "The businesses, banks and cities partnering with my foundation are addressing the issue of globaol warming because it's the right thing to do, but also becaused it's good for their bottom line.
They'rde going to save make money, create jobs and have a tremendouxs collective impact on climate change allat once." Besides Houstoh -- where many firms have already begun to adopg the so-called "green building" concepf -- other cities involved includes New York, Chicago, Toronto, Mexicoi City, London, Berlin, Tokyo and Rome. The plannecd projects include replacing heating, cooling and lightinbg systemswith energy-efficient networks; making roofs whitew or reflective to deflect more of the sun'ws heat; sealing windows and installing new models that let more light in and keep the elementes out; and setting up sensors to control more efficient use of light and air conditioning.
CitiBank, , , and ABN Amro have each committes $1 billion to finance the upgrades to provide the technologu to the cities involved atno cost. The retrofi program is expected to produce a 20 percenyt to 50 percent reduction inenergy use, the foundation said. The exact nature of the financintg will be determined in thecominhg months. , , and will conductt energy audits ofthe buildings, complete the retrofit and guarantee the energy savings -- even paying the differencs if savings are not realized. Other cities takinhg part include Mumbai, India; Karachi, Pakistan; Seoul, South Bangkok, Thailand; Melbourne, Australia; Sao Paulo, and Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Indian Heritage Center on hold as bonds freeze up - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The $80 million center is slatedx for 43 acres of riverfronrt property inWest Sacramento, directly acroses the Sacramento River from the confluence of the Americanh River at Discovery Park. But what would have been West Sacramento’sw first state park is now in largely because the bond money that would have fundex its planning isnot available. In addition, the California State Parksd budget, which could include money forthe project, has been in flux for “It’s basically all on said Rob Wood, program manager for the . “It’e wait and see at this time.
” State Parks may get its budgef allocationin April, which could include money for preliminary planningf of the center. But most of the mone y for the project’s layout, design and environmental work is supposedc to comefrom bonds. Although the state has been authorizexd to sellthe bonds, there’ss not much of a market for them right now. Statee Parks needs the bond money to put togetherethe site’s general plan, environmental report and busineses plan. “We were on our way until this budget mess Wood said.
“And now we’re subject to The city of West Sacramento is still very intereste d in developingthe center, said Dave Shpak, park developmentr manager for the city. “This is such a greagt project. It’s a shame it got caught up in the state’se budget problems,” Shpak said. West Sacramento donated the land for the In return, the stat e agreed that State Parks would make stridess to develop the project in a few rather than sitting on the land for decades. “That timelinde still stands,” Shpak said. “We may be willing to revisr it.
” The property is owned by , whicuh will transfer title to the land only afterd the general plan for the center has been completefand adopted. Much of the land is between the rivert andthe levee, leaving only aboutf 8 acres stretching across the top of the levee to the othedr side. That should be enough land for the developmeny ofpermanent structures. One of the themews of the park is the relationships of triba l culture to landand Consequently, the river side of the levee is an importantg part of the development. That land is high enoughu so that it goes underwater only durinpeak flows. All structures will be abovr the 200-year flood levee.
The state always plannesd to pay for just a third of the with outside groups picking up the rest ofthe tab. But effortsa by the state to set up a foundation to collecyt donations also got crunched by a lack ofstated funding. Government agencies are not allowed to collect donationsx without setting up But the donations should be out When thein Washington, was looking for contributions for its , donationes poured in from across the country. Some of thosse donations came from tribes wealthyh withgambling proceeds, but there were also contributionss from impoverished tribes acrosxs the country, as well as non-tribalp donors.
There is an expectatiohn that someof California’s native many of which have grown wealthyg with various gaming and business interests, will contribute to the There are 109 federally recognized tribal entitie s in the state. The West Sacramento project will replacee the tiny on the groundsof Sutter’s Fort Stated Historic Park. State Parks searched for a site for five yearsx throughoutthe state. The final list of sites were all in theSacramentio area, including the eastern edge of Lake Natoma in the city of a stretch of the Americamn River off the Garden Highway in the Americanm River Parkway, and a wildlife reservw west of Elk Grove.
West Sacramento was not one of the Although the Garden Highway site won it fell apart after two yearsof negotiation, when Statwe Parks and the city couldn’t agree on the scops of the project. At that the West Sacramento site, most of whicu is owned by WestSacramento Redevelopment, became the main

Capital Gold Corporation Announces Third Fiscal Quarter Financial Results

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Below is a table comparing both threse and nine month performance for fiscal 2009 as comparexd tofiscal 2008. Summary of Quarterly For the For the For the For the Financiak Results three months three monthsa nine months ninemonths (000's exceprt per ended April endeed April ended April ended April share 30, 2009 30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2008 ------------------- - Revenues $12,395 $8,730 $32,934 $28,210 Net Income 2,554 2,740o 7,687 6,613 Basic net incomw per share 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.04 Diluted net income per sharse 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.
03 Gold ounces sold 13,347 9,4666 38,037 28,210 Average price received $929 $922 $851 $826 Cash cost per ounc e sold $263 $283 $261 $258 Total cost per ounce sold $305 $337 $301 $321 Highlightx from the first three monthxs ending April 30, 2009, as comparef to the same perior last year include: -- Revenue increased 42%. -- Gold ounces sold increaserd 41%. -- 22,991 ounces of silver sold durinvg thecurrent quarter; proceeds amounting to Capital Gold Corporation (CGLD; CGC) is a gold productiobn and exploration company. Througbh its Mexican subsidiaries and itowns 100% of the El Chanatd gold property in Sonora, Mexico. The Company has produced over 65,000 ounce of gold since inception.
Further information abouft Capital Gold and the El Chanate Gold Mine is availablew onthe Company's website, . Statements in this press release, othert than statements of historical information, are forward-lookingt statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Actof 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are inherentluy uncertain. Actual performance and resultx may differ materially from those projected or suggested due to certain risks and some of which are described Such forward-looking statements include comments regarding the establishment and estimates of mineral reservesw and non-reserve mineralized material, future increasew in mineral reserves, the recovery of any mineraol reserves, grade, processing rates and estimated future gold production, the impacr of any hedging arrangements, including the termination of such potential mine life and futuree growth of the company.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially includs timingof and, unexpected events duringg expansion; variations in ore tonnes mined, crushed or delay or failure to receive board or government the availability of adequate water mining or processing issues; and fluctuationzs in gold price and costs. There can be no assurancs that future developments affecting the Company will be those anticipatedby management. Any forecastas contained in this press releaseconstitut management's current estimates, as of the date of this presxs release, with respect to the matteras covered thereby.
We expect that thes estimates will change as new information is received and that actuapl results will vary from these possibly bymaterial amounts. Whilew we may elect to update thesew estimates atany time, we do not undertake to updates any estimate at any particular time or in responsw to any particular event. Investors and others shoulxd not assume that any forecasts in this press releaserepresent management's estimate as of any date othere than the date of this press Additional information concerning certain riskse and uncertainties that could causs actual, results to differ materially from that projected or suggestedx is contained in the Company'sa filings with the Securities and Exchange Commissiom (SEC) over the past 12 copies of which are available from the SEC or may be obtaine upon request from the Company.

Conference Board jobs index inches up - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The May Conference Board’s Employment Trends Indedx standsat 89.9, up 0.2 percent from the revised Aprikl figure of 89.7. But that’s still down 20 percenf from ayear ago. “While it is too earlyt to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two months is certainlh a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signalsx that the worst is saidGad Levanon, seniotr economist at The Conference Board. “However, we stilpl expect the unemployment rate to continue to increaser to double digits by the end of this year and into According tothe U.S.
Departmenf of Labor’s June 5 employmenf report, nonfarm payroll employmenf fellby 345,000 in May, about half the average monthly decline for the prior six months. The unemployment rate continuedto rise, moving from 8.9 percent in April to 9.4 percent in May. Arizona’a jobless rate checked in at 7.7 percent in down slightly from 7.8 percent in May numbers for the state will be released in roughly two In May, the components of the Employment Trends Index showed a mixes picture.
The improving indicators were: the percentage of firmsd with positions they are not able to fillrighrt now, percentage of respondents who say they find “jobs hard to real manufacturing and trade salesx and job openings. Overall, the Employment Trends Indec aggregateseight labor-market indicators. The New York-basede Conference Board is an independen business-membership and research association working in thepublic

Positive news sends stocks soaring on Monday - Dayton Business Journal:

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percent, to 8,728 by late afternoon. The Nasdaq also was seeingg an increase, up 54 or more than 3 percent, to The S&P 500 index climbed 25.59, or 2.7 to 944.73. Manufacturing contracted slowerthan expected, constructionh spending rose for the second consecutive month and consumee spending fell less than expected in April, evidence the econom may be starting to pick up. A cross-section of Daytobn area companies rode the wave as theit stocks were upincluding (NYSE: SR), which was up 16.5 or 55 cents, to $3.88 per share in afternoobn trading. • (NYSE: AKS), up 9 or $1.28, to $15.59; • RBN), up more than 7 or $1.42, to $20.56; • NCR), up 6 percent, or 66 to $11.
40; • (NYSE: TDC), up 4.7 or $1.02, to $22.62; • (NYSE: RSC), up nearlty 3 percent, or 29 to $10.45; • (NYSE:DPL), up 2.6 or 57 cents, to $22.32; (NYSE: JPM) up 1 percent, or 41 to $37.31. • (NASDAQ: FITB) up 0.6 percent, or 4 to $6.93; and • (NYSE: USB) up 0.1 percent, or 1 to $19.21.

Appetite for Salina - Salina Journal

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DePaul Takes Doubles Crown at Vredevelt Invitational - DePaul Blue Demons

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Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - The Business Review (Albany):

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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoodf medical building. He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 year sand $1 billion to bring a new drug to market, whicbh Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancee Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Cente has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-long applicatiojn process for institutions seeking new designations begins with submissionm of documentation that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pages and included a site visit and other steps. The earliesr that KU Cancer Center’s application could be approvefd is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer center s receive Cancer Center Support Grantas to support research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortality ratews of cancer. There are 23 canced centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicnh is the medical researchu and education arm of the Universityof Kansas. NCI designationh — KU’s No. 1 priority — typicallgy is granted to academicmedicalk centers. Therefore, KU Medicalo Center is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinicalo trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annual economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 million to abou t $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-classe researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increasee is based on Many of these researchersd doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in varioua cancer-care sub-specialties.

Senate looks to gut $1B from budget - Sacramento Business Journal:

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That would include $417 million in targetes cuts to agency budgets resultingf ina still-to-be-determined number of state job reductions, Senate GOP leaders said Friday as they unveilef their plan to balance the two-yea r budget that begins July 1. Theirr budget bill would trim morethan $1 billion from the $114 billionj spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlled Ohio Housee in April. At the same however, Senate Republicans said theit budget proposal would boost spending for primary and secondary schools rather than cut funding for them as proposedin House-approved budget. It would raise funding for grades K-12 schoop district by 0.
25 percent in fiscal 2010 compare d to the current year andanother 0.5 percenrt in 2011. Senate Republicand also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’ss sweeping evidence-based school reform plan, calliny it “fundamentally flawed” because it is based on school staffingh needs instead ofstudent needs. They want the governor’ s proposed education model to be reviewed by a bipartisanstud council. Senate President Bill R-Ashland, said he wants the Senate, wherre Republicans hold a 21-121 majority, to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5.
That woulcd set the stage for a House-Senate conference committee to hash out the differencese in their versions of the bill and presentg a balanced budgetfor Strickland’ s signature by a June 30 deadline set by state law. “Wwe want to work with the governoreand House,” Harris said, “to do what is right for this greaf state. This budget is part of Like the House theSenate Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasess and safeguards the broac tax reforms favored by the businesa community and approved by legislators in 2005. It also protectsx a two-year tuition freeze at community such asColumbus State, and one-year freezer and 3.
5 percent cap on increases in fiscal 2011 at four-yeaf state universities, including , that were proposefd by Strickland and passed by the Senate Republicans were able to provided such safeguards despite having to work with $912 million less than what the Housr had counted on when it passed its budget bill. The revenu shortfall became apparent in early May when the Strickland administratiomn reported state income tax receipts through April 30 were 15 percent lower than a year ago and well beloswthe administration’s revised budget forecast in December.
Besides the $417 millionb in cuts for state agencies, Senatre Republican budget-balancing moves include mandating $42 milliohn in cost-containment measures for the Medicaidd health-care program for the poor and lockingin $200 millioh in agency service cuts ordered by Strickland earlie this year. “We thinj spending more money is notthe answer,” Harriss said. “The answer is getting more Ohioanz back to work and helping more businessess and industries in Ohiobe successful.” Eliminating 34 proposed fee increases for employers, including ones affecting the agriculture and construction industries.
• Requirinh state regulatory agencies to eliminate bureaucracy and red tapefor • Holding the line on new health-carer mandates that drive up the cost of healthn insurance for employers. • Eliminating a proposed fee ofapproximately $8 milliomn per year for the disposa of construction and demolition • Preserving funding for the and Ohio Statee University Extension for research and innovation programs. • Enhancing a $100 milliohn film tax credit to attract the motion picturer industryto Ohio. • Supporting expansion of the state’sz Job Retention Tax Credit and Technology InvestmentTax Credit.
• Providing more fundingf for state Rapid Outreach grantsa to attract and retain businessesin

John Jay High School teachers using technology to tame TAKS - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The program, called the Sciencee TAKS Success Initiative, has decreasedd the average number of sciencd test failures from about 200 students to 50 students per year at John Jay and almosf doubled the percentage of students passing the retestg from 33 percent to 62 percent betweej 2005and 2007. The teachers behind the Calvin “Buck” Buchholtz Jr. and Juan “Coach” Morales, desigj a personalized program for each Each plan zeros in onthe student’ s testing weaknesses and makes use of online resources, interactive Web sites, and audio clips to re-teacg the content.
What’s more, the duo have produced a 25-minutew TAKS video — reviewinhg basic math formulas and revisiting graphninterpretation — that is projected on whitd boards in every classroom 30 minutes before the testss are administered.

Jewish museum is emerging on time and on budget - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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With its structural bones the five-story building sits like a jewekl box on eight beams fabricated by a bridge buildetr weighing astaggering 1,500 tons or 360 pounds per lineal foot. Its wall are rising and the envelope of the buildiny istaking shape. Though concrets block is exposed onsome sides, the walls are beiny prepped for terra cotta that will soon cover the facade and for a glassz wall that will begin to rise this fall on the side faciny Independence Mall. The interior is also taking Steel beams where floating staircases will eventually carryh visitors to each floor are in placre and readyfor frosted-glass risers and treads.
A square is marked off on the ceilint where a skylight will funnel sunlight down onto each flood and through the glass on the Locations where the exhibits will be on displayu havebeen defined. It’s apparent that the design has catere tothe visitor’s experience as well as to the gravitu of the museum itself. Fit out of the interior will begijnthis September.

Monsanto, BASF announce breakthrough in drought-resistant corn development - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The companies said they would use the gene to develothe world’s first biotechnology-derived drought-tolerant crop. The discovery is a timely breakthrough, according to Monsanto. The numbet and duration of dry spells, especially in alreadyy drought-prone areas, is expected to increase due toclimatew change, according to a United Nations' Food and Agricultur e Organization report prepared for ministers of the G-8, Monsanto said. Monsanto and BASF said the drought-tolerant corn product is targetes for as early as 2012 pending appropriateregulatoryy approvals. The two companies are jointly contributinhg $1.5 billion over the life of theirtresearch collaboration.
Chemical company BASF is basedin Germany. Creve Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. MON), led by Chairman, President and CEO Hugh develops insect- and herbicide-resistant crops and other agricultural products. It is one of the largesg employersin St. Louis with 4,009 local employees.

Woodland Corporate Center building gets LEED gold certification - Houston Business Journal:

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The building, which opened early last year, was designex and built to meet the second highest ranking ofthe Council’s Leadership in Energu and Environmental Design. was the general Liberty Property Trust Vice President Jody Johnston estimates the cost of buildiny to green standards added an additional 5 percenyt to the overalldevelopment costs, but that will be more than offseft by lower energy costs. Special featuresa include showers and lockers for workersd who need to wash or change clothes aftere they bike or jogto work. A deck made of recycledf plastic borders the back ofthe building, overlookingy a wetlands area that providexs shade.
Landscaping incorporates drought-resistant plants native to Florida. A whitd reflective roof deflectsthe sun. Bins for recyclinfg are placed near trash binsfor accessibility. Restroom urinals conservre water by relying on gravity and a filtet insteadof water. That featurw is expected to save 360,000 gallons annuallyt since each urinal uses anestimatedx 40,000 gallons annually, Johnston Grass surrounding the parkingt lot soaks up rainwater. And Flexi-pave, a recycled was used instead of asphalt arounf the large oak trees that linethe lots. The porous rubbe r allows water to soak into the The building, located at 4631 Woodland Blvd.
, receivec the “Office Building of the Year” Awards from the Tampa Bay Chapter of the and the “Greehn Building Design Award” from the Hillsborough City-Countyt Planning Commission in Tampa. Liberty LRY) has developed and leased 19 buildings with nearlu 1 million square feet of space in the park since 1996. Key park tenants include , Travelers, Travelk and .

Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - South Florida Business Journal:

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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medicall building. He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billion to brin g a new drug to market, which Roberts caller a “national disgrace.” The Nationaol Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its effortas to get an initiakl five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designation s begins with submission of documentation that sometimese exceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othet steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s application could be approve is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancefr centers receive Cancer Centee Support Grants to support research to reducethe incidence, morbiditgy and mortality rates of There are 23 cancer center and 41 comprehensive cancer centers. The KU Canced Center is part of , which is the medica l research and education arm of the Universittyof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’sd No. 1 priority — typically is granted to academixcmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entitu that will apply forNCI • Increased regional patient access to cutting-edge clinicao trials. • More than $1.3 billionm in annual economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annuakl NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 millio to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with them, and part of the estimatee increase is based on that. Many of these researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in variou cancer-care sub-specialties.

GM comes out of bankruptcy - Triangle Business Journal:

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The new company has $11 billion in U.S. debt, excluding an additiona l $9 billion in preferred stock. CEO Fritz Henderson said durinvg a conference call that the company expects to go publid sometimenext year. GM will cut an additionapl 35 percentof U.S. management employees and 20 percent of salaried employeesby year’s end, Hendersonn said. He said he hadn’t calculated the number of affected employees. The compan said in a release that it will cutoverall U.S. employmenrt to about 64,000 by year’s end, down 30 percenf from about 91,000 currently. GM . “Today startsx a new era for General Motors and everyone associatee withthe company,” Henderson said.
“Goinfg forward, the new General Motors is fullg committed to listeningto customers, responding to consumedr and market trends, and empowerinfg the people closest to the customer to make the Our goal is to build more of the cars, truckss and crossovers that customers and to get them to market faster than ever The new GM will have four core brands: Cadillac, Buick and GMC. It will have 34 nameplatea next year, down from 48. : 60.8 percent • : 17.5 percent • Canadian and Ontariio governments: 11.7 percent Henderson said GM intends to repau its governmentloans “much than the 2015 due date.
By the end of GM will operate34 assembly, powertrain and stamping down from 47 in and it expects its plantz to reach capacity during 2011. Edward Whitacre Jr. is the new company’sd chairman. The company eliminated its GM Nortuh Americanpresident position, and Hendersoj takes responsibility for GM’e North American operations. GM’s Automotive Strategh Board and Automotive Product Board will be replaced by a smaller executive committee that will meet more often and focusx onbusiness results, products, brands and the release said. Bob Lutz has join the new GM as vice responsible for all creative elements of products andcustomedr relationships.
Lutz and Tom Stephens, vice chairman of producty development, will work as a team alontg withEd Welburn, vice presidenrt of design, to overseew all creative aspects of design. GM’s brands, advertising and communications divisions will reportto Lutz. He will reporgt to Henderson and part of the newl formedexecutive committee. The new companyy also eliminated its regional operating structur and named Nick Reilly as executive vice president of GMInternationalp Operations, based in Henderson said the company will give more detailws of the new corporate structure later this

SunTrust to raise $1.4B in stock offer - Charlotte Business Journal:

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billion through a stock offering in an effort to meet federal requirements for the bank toadd capital. In relation to the SunTrust suspended its previouslyannounced $1.25 billion “at the offer, which raised $260 million. In the Atlanta-based bank is offerinb to purchase someoutstanding debt. The moves come after the federaol government’s “stress test” found SunTrustg (NYSE:STI) needed to raise $2.2 billion in additional capital. And while SunTrusyt had sufficient Tier 1 capital to absor b projectedloan losses, its capital “tiltedf too strongly” to sourcews other than common equity, the stresws test revealed.
After completing the offeringxs announced Mondayand previously, SunTrustt expects to have fully satisfied its obligation. “Today’ds announcement underscores that we are on a cleae path to achieve our previously announcer capital objectives as we intensifgy our focus onthe future,” says Chief Executiv James Wells III. Wells noted completion of the company’es capital-related initiatives will boost its ability to retirwe preferred stock issued through participation inthe U.S. Treasury’s Capitapl Purchase Plan. Among its operations, SunTrustr has 50 branches within 50 mileaof Charlotte.

YRC Worldwide: Shareholders should reject RiskMetrics

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New York-based said YRC shareholders should vote againsy union and nonunion option plans at a May 14 meetingt because they cost shareholderstoo much, YRC said in a Wednesdayy letter to shareholders. But if shareholders vote down the the stock options employees receiverwill end, and stock appreciation rights (SARs), granted with the still will be outstanding, the lettef said. Most of those rightas can be exercised as soonas January, and all must be settlede in cash.
“If a large numbef of employees were to exercisew their SARs during thesame period, it coulc negatively affect our liquidity and our ability to remaibn in compliance with various covenants of our amender credit agreement,” said the letter, filexd Wednesday with the Securities and Exchangs Commission. The pay cuts Overland Park-baserd YRC (Nasdaq: YRCW) negotiated are expected to . “We believse RiskMetrics did not adequately assess the importance of the concessionws given by our employees and the impactg that a vote against the option plane could have on our liquidity and ability to remaibn in compliance with our amendedcredit agreement,” the lette r said.
Another investor advisory firm, , recommended a vote in favorf ofthe plans, which YRC said it needsd to have the flexibility to “continue to work through thesse challenging economic times.” RiskMetricsz also recommended that shareholders reject YRC’s nominees for the board compensationn committee, saying they acted poorly in providing for tax gross-up on YRC CEO Bill use of corporate aircraft, an amount less than A gross-up is a payment to cover taxe s on compensation. “We feel it is importan t to highlightthat Mr. Zollars’ total compensatiob in 2008 decreased byover $1 million due in largde part to our performance and that Mr. Zollare did not receive a $1.
5 million restricted shar e grant due to our failure to meet certain performance theletter said. “We believde that these facts should weighg more heavily than a de minimistax gross-uo in determining whether the compensation committee approved an appropriatwe compensation package for Mr. Zollars.” YRC .

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The North Assembly plant, which producesw Dodge Ram trucks, had been by the end of so Chrysler’s announcement Wednesday provided anexacr date. The Fenton North plant is set to resumw production June 29 untilJuly 10, Chrysler and then will remain idled “contingent upon The truck segment has taken a particular hit as auto salesa have declined. Dianna Gutierrez, a Chryslerf spokeswoman, said workers at the plant will have an opportunit to transfer to other productiohn sites or take part in an incentivse program forearly retirement, speciak early retirement program, and/or an enhanced voluntaryy termination program.
She didn’yt have exact details of the new offerd but said it would be similar to previousd offers thatincluded lump-sum cash payments, vehicle voucherx and health-care coverage. The North Plantg employed 1,200 workers priof to recent buyout offers. About 640 the buyout and earlgy retirement offers by a May 26 The North Assembly plant was idledd inearly June, but was one of seven plants where Chrysler production following the idlingg of all its plants when it filed for Chaptere 11 bankruptcy April 30. After its brief the plant was then expectes to close fora two-week summerd break the weeks of July 13 and 20.
Chrysleer emerged from bankruptcy when Italian carmaker Fiat closeds a deal to takeover Chrysler’s Chrysler’s South Plant in Fenton, which assembles minivans, was idleed at the end of October. Another 115 of its more than 350 workerz had accepted offers fromChrysletr

Latino vote 'critical' to Democrats in 2010, DNC Chair Tim Kaine says - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

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Cardinal Health halves CareFusion distribution ratio - Triangle Business Journal:

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The Dublin, Ohio-based health-care products giant said its stockholdersw will receive half a share inSan Diego-baser for every Cardinal sharee they own when the spinoff is made this summer. The company originally had structured the deal to give shareholders a full CareFusionb share for every Cardinal sharethey held. As a result of the change, an estimated 180 millionj shares of CareFusion will go out toCardinal stockholders, baserd on the company’s 360 milliob shares outstanding at the end of the first quarter. Cardinal said it still intendas to hold a stake of up to 20 percent roughly 45 millionshares – in CareFusion that it will divest within five years.
CareFusioh CEO Dave Schlotterbeck said the companuy adjusted the distribution ratio to put fewefr shares onthe market, boosting liquidity and “allowing CareFusion to enter the market with a share price that is more consisteng with other large-cap med tech companies.” CareFusion sharesd will be traded on the . The companyh said it hit another milestone on the road to spinningvoff CareFusion, receiving a ruling from the that the deal will qualifyu as a generally tax-free transaction. The CareFusiom division makes and sellx equipment such as infusion pumps and and infection control Itgenerated $318.5 millioh in net earnings on $3.
77 billion in revenue for the year ended June 30, 2008, according to Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) earned $1.3 billion on $91. billion in revenue for the year endedJune 30. Cardinal employs more than 200 people in two locationsz inthe Raleigh-Durham area – an 80-employee operation in Creedmoor that will becomse part of CareFusion and a 140-employee Durhamm office that will remain with Cardina Health.

Cedar Fair cuts dividend, looks to sell three parks - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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In a release Cedar Fair said it had completed a strategix review of its assets and decided to explore the possibls sale of Worldsof Fun, in Kansazs City, Mo., and Valleyfair in Minn., along with excess land in its Clevelandf and Toronto markets. Cedar Fair also said it is continuinfg to negotiate the saleof California's Great in Santa Clara, to the San Francisco 49ers. The companyh said it will lower its annual dividendto $1 per making its quarterly distribution 25 cents a beginning in the second quarter.
The reduced dividend will enable Cedar Fair to lowee its debt byabout $200 million in the next threse fiscal years and is the firs step in its plan to cut debt and strengthen its balance sheet, according to the release. “Although Cedarr Fair has continued to report solid earningss and cash flows with some of the best operatingh margins among regionalamusement parks, the board of directorxs is taking this action in order to retai n additional cash flow to deliver the company over the next severao years,” Chairman and CEO Dick Kinzel said in the “The current macro environment requires us to balancer the distribution of excess cash flow to our unit-holderas with the company’s strategic objective of strengthening our balanced sheet.
” Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Fair FUN) owns and operates 11 amusement parks, six outdoor water parks, one indoor water park and five

Dallas Business Journal: Business Events Calendar

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A survey by America's Health Insurance Plans, an industry trade group in D.C., found small-group coverage in 2006 averagex $312 per month for single coverageand $814 per montbh for family coverage. Helen Darling, president of the National Business Groupp on Healthin Washington, D.C., said that when evaluating plan employers should consider the quality of care providec to its members and not just the premiumm prices. First on her list is checking to make sure the insuredr is accredited by the National Committee forQualityg Assurance.
Next would be reading through the plans' HEDIS (Healt h Plan Employer Data andInformation Set) scores, whichj the NCQA accumulates to track plans on variousx performance measures. "You can find out thingxs like what percentage of theird members receivea beta-blocker after suffering a heartf attack," Darling said. "I'd also make sure the physicianse in theplan are, with very few board certified. And I'd want to see that the plan hasa 'centerds of excellence' program for certainh procedures such as organ transplante and cardiovascular care.
" When evaluating Darling suggested businesses ask for a breakdown of all pricesa to determine whether it might be cheaper to outsourcw certain part of the plan, such as prescriptiobn pharmacy benefits. Among the variousx types of employer-sponsored healthy insurance plans, managed-care options dominate the In its national surveyof employee-sponsoredd health plans, the consulting firm Mercer Humanh Resource Consulting found that preferre provider organizations (PPOs) were the most popular option in 2006, at 61 followed by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) at 24 Both HMOs and PPOs have contracts with networkes of physicians, hospitals and other health-care networks.
Members pay less for servicew provided "in-network," but typicallg have the options of payinghigher "out-of-network" fees to goiny to providers not in the network. HMOs are more restrictiver by having members selecta primary-care physician who must approved visits to specialists. PPOs typically carry slightly highe deductiblesand co-payments, but no restrictionds on visits to specialists - making the option generally more favorabls to members. In order to hold down premiums, managedc care plans are increasingly offeringy customers a tie red pricing planfor pharmaceuticals.
Members pay the leastt for generic drugs, slightly more for brand-name productsd in the plan's formulary of approved drugs, and the most for brandf names drug not on theformulary list. Traditional indemnity coverage, whicj accounted for about 50 percenytof employer-sponsored plans in the earlyt 1990s, has steadily plunged during the past decade and hit just 3 percent last year accordinh to the Mercer survey. The newest option is consumer-directeds or consumer-driven health plans, abbreviated as which feature high deductibles along with health savings accountsz or healthreimbursement accounts.
With such employees and employers can makea pre-tax contribution to a healthb savings account, which is used to pay for routinre medical care. Any funds left in the account at the end of the year can be used insubsequengt years. If the fund is the employee's coverage converts to a high-deductible managed-care plan. Proponents of Chaps say they help people becombetter health-care consumers because their own monety is involved.
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First Bancorp Acquires Cooperative Bank

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June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Bancorp (Nasdaq: announced today that First Bank, its banking subsidiary, has enterefd into a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federakl Deposit InsuranceCorporation (FDIC), as receiver for Cooperativ Bank, Wilmington, North effective 6:00 pm The North Carolina Commissioner of Banks issuecd an order providing for the closing of Cooperative Bank and appointed the FDIC as According to the terms of the agreement, Firstr Bank will acquire all deposits (except certain brokerecd deposits) and borrowings, and substantiallty all of the assets of Cooperative Bank and its Lumina Mortgage.
All deposits are beinfg assumed by First Bank with no lossew toany depositor. Each of Cooperative Bank'se branches will open Monday as branches ofFirst Bank. "We warmly welcome the customers of Cooperative Bank as valuee customers ofFirst Bank. Like Cooperative First Bank has provided the best in communit banking to its customers for over70 years. Most all customers can be confident that their deposits are safe andreadily accessible. It will be businesws as usual onMonday morning, and you can expect to see the same friendluy faces serving you," said , Presidentt and CEO of Firsyt Bank.
"First Bank is a well-capitalized and stronfg bank, and we look forward to serving you for many yeareto come." Over the weekend, customers of Cooperative Bank can accessw their money as they alwayes have, by writing checks, accessing online or using ATM or debit Checks drawn on Cooperative Bank will continue to be Customers of both banks should continue to bank as they normallyu do at their existing branches until Firstt Bank can fully integrate the loan and deposit records of Cooperative Bank. Depositorx may withdraw their CD deposits without penalty until Cooperative Bank operatedthrough twenty-onwe branches in North Carolina and three branches in Southg Carolina.
First Bank has purchased approximately $974 millio in total assets, including $835 million in and assumed $873 million in liabilities, including $717 millioh in deposits. The loans being purchased are covered by a loss sharre agreement between the FDIC and First Bank which affords First Bank significant loss First Bank is receiving a discountof $123 milliomn on the assets and is paying a 0% deposit premium. In the comingh days, First Bancorp plans to file aForm 8-K with the Securitiesa and Exchange Commission that will provid more information regarding this transaction. Janney Montgomery Scot t LLC acted as financial advisor to Firsg Bancorp inthis transaction.
First Bancorp (the is a bank holding company headquartered in North Carolina with total assets ofapproximately $3.6 billionh (including the assets of Cooperative Bank acquired today). Its principal activity is the ownershiop and operation ofFirstr Bank, a state-chartered community bank that now operates 98 with 83 branches operating in the centralk piedmont and coastal regions of Norty Carolina, 10 branches in South Carolina (Cheraw, Florence, Latta, Jefferson, Myrtle Beac and Little River), and 5 branchees in Virginia (Abingdon, Fort Chiswell, Radford, and where First Bank does business as Firs t Bank of Virginia.
First Bank also has loan production officedin Blacksburg, Virginia and Nags North Carolina. First Bancorp's common stock is trader on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under thesymbopl "FBNC." Please visit our website at . This preses release contains statements that could bedeemede forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securitiesd Exchange Act of 1934 and the Privat e Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, whichb statements are inherently subject to risks and Forward-looking statements are statements that include projections, expectations or beliefs about future events or result or otherwise are not statements of historical Such statements are often characterized by the use of qualifyingt words (and their derivatives) such as "expect,"" "believe," "estimate," "plan," "project," "anticipate," or other statementse concerning opinions or judgments of the Company and its managemen about future events.
Factors that could influence the accuracy ofsuch forward-lookintg statements include, but are not limites to, the financial success or changing strategiesd of the Company's customers, the Company'ss level of success in integratiny acquisitions, actions of government regulators, the level of marker interest rates, and general economic conditions. For additional information about the factords that could affect the matters discussed inthis paragraph, see the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's most recent report on Form

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Developer scraps S.F. Whole Foods project because of city fees - San Francisco Business Times:

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Project manager Mark Brennan said the family developmentf business would have had to paybetweenn $5 million and $6 million in city fees just to pull permitsw on the development, which was to include 62 apartmentd and a 34,000 square foot Whole The development fees cover everything from an affordable housing to San Franciscio Unified School District to the Publivc Utilities Commission. “It’s prohibitive,” said Brennan. "W e just took a look at the markey and our own budget and every time we came up with a the feeswere prohibitive.
” Brennan blamec the city's rigorous 32-month entitlement procesw that started in February of 2006, when the economgy was roaring, and did not end until October 2008, when the globapl financial crisis was in full swing. “This project shoulrd have started ayear ago. It’s he said “If this had started when it was supposec to start we would have already turnedf the shell over toWhole Foods. We wouldf be fine. But the financing will be difficult toget now.
” Brennan said his family is in talks with Whole Foods about possibly building out a smaller specialty grocery store in the existing 23,600 square foot but that no deal has been The building was home to Cala Foodd until the store closed in May of 2006.

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And the company hopes to breai ground on its permanent headquartersd earlynext year. BlueHarbor opene d in January after raising morethan $20 million in startup capital. The bank, headed by Chieg Executive Jim Marshall, is targeting small-business and retail customers in the LakeNorman area. Marshall hopes to open the bank's second locatiohn in a branch building formerly occupiedby "We thinko it's a great opportunity for says Marshall, who previousl y was CEO of and spent 15 years with First Citizensw Bancshares. "We're pleased with wherw we are in our younglife cycle.
" BlueHarbofr plans to build its permanent headquartersa on the same lot where its temporart building is located in the Morrison Plantation development. At the end of the first quarter, BlueHarbor had $26 millionj in assets and reported a lossof $1.3 Startup banks typically don't turn a profit in their firsyt two years of business as they build up loans to generate interest income. Marshall says the bank is makinhg a fair number of loans tosmall businesses, but it'ss doing relatively few construction and developmentr deals due to the real estates slowdown.
The bank has hired a branch managere for its newlocation -- a formed employee of the former , whicg was recently acquired by Cincinnati-based . Marshall says a few Firstf Charter customers have visited BlueHarbor expressingg interest in movingtheit accounts, which he says is standar when a local bank disappears because of merger. "Fifth Thirdc can do everything but there's just a certain amountg of people that want to remain with a locall bank," he says. Much of BlueHarbor's business modeo is based on the approachof Ore.-based . The company favors stylish "stores" that offer free wireless Internet access andthe bank's own brane of coffee.
BlueHarbor is already offering itsown coffee, a Costas Rican blend made for the bank by Dilworth "We recognize we're in the marketing business -- we're just marketing bank productss and services and giving them a retail spin that most banksd don't employ," Marshall says. When Fifth Third Bancorp's acquisition of Charlotte-based First Charter closed this month, the majorityy of the company's more than 35 million sharese were exchanged for FifthThird stock. As part of its Fifth Third agreed to pay cash for upto 30% of Firsf Charter's total shares. After last some of those new Fifth Third shareholders may be wishing they had been part ofthat 30% group.
Last shares of Fifth Third dropped morethan 10% as an analyst at projectecd the $111 billion-asset bank will have to cut its dividendx and raise new capital due to anticipatef loan losses in its mortgage portfolio. About a third of the bank'se loan portfolio is in Floridaand Michigan, two states hit hard by the housing The stock price dropped an additional 14% Wednesday after Fifth Third said it would slasuh its second-quarter dividend to 15 centsw per share from the 44 centsd it paid in the first Also, the company confirmes it is launching a stock offering in an efforf to shore up its capital In addition, the Cincinnati-based bank plans to sell severapl noncore businesses.
It didn't identify which businesses it will Bynoon Wednesday, Fifth Thir shares had dropped to $10.89 from Tuesday's closing price of Fifth Third paid $31 for each sharse of First Charter, or aboutg $1.1 billion for the $4.8 billion-asset bank. The deal has given it 57 branchesd in North Carolina and two insuburba Atlanta. The bank converted First Charter's computefr systems and branches on June 9 and unveiled new signa thesame day. Bob formerly chief executive of First is president ofFifth Third'xs North Carolina affiliate.

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Fridley-based Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) it paid Dr. Timothh Kuklo for giving speechesa and training other doctors for the but did not at that time announce the amounts ofthosw payments. "We are making Dr. Timothy Kuklo's compensatiom information public ona one-time basis in the interesrt of transparency in this uniqu e case," Medtronic spokeswoman Marybetjh Thorsgaard said. Medtronic released the information in response to a requestffrom Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a voca l critic of pharmaceuticaland medical-technology firms making paymentsx to doctors.
Kuklo worked as a staff physician at Walter Reed Army Medical Centert between 2000and 2006, and during a portiobn of that time, he was paid by Medtronic to provide training and education. After leaving Walter Reed, Kuklo signedc a general consulting agreement with Medtronicc inAugust 2006. He was placed on inactivde statuslast month. The Army has accusex Kuklo of falsifying research about aMedtronix bone-growth product called Infuse during the time Kuklop worked at Walter Reed in D.C. Medtronic did not pay for or participate in that Thorsgaard said.

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