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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Academic 'crisis' averted - Macleans.ca
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
NTS buys Plainview Apartments - Austin Business Journal:
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Financing for the which was made through anNTS , was provided by the , according to a news The purchase price was not disclosed. The previou owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investmenty partnership, according to online records from the Jefferso County Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretarg of State. Its assessed value for tax purposesis $9.7 according to the PVA Web site. Occupancy at the time of the purchasde was about94 percent, the releas e said.
NTS plans to enhance and renovatew the property but no details were disclosed in the The apartment complex was developedx as part of the Plainviewplanner community, which includes 800 single-family more than 1,000 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shoppingt centers and nearly 2 million squarr feet of office space. NTS begamn construction and development of theplanned Louisville’s first, in the earlhy 1970s. With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliatess now own four apartment communitiesin Louisville. Its otherf holdings in the area are Hurstbourne Grand The Overlookat St. Thomas and The Willoww of Plainview.
NTS also manages 14 othed apartment communities and 31 commercial properties with more than 5 milliohn feetof office, retail and warehouse spacd in the Southeast.
Financing for the which was made through anNTS , was provided by the , according to a news The purchase price was not disclosed. The previou owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investmenty partnership, according to online records from the Jefferso County Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretarg of State. Its assessed value for tax purposesis $9.7 according to the PVA Web site. Occupancy at the time of the purchasde was about94 percent, the releas e said.
NTS plans to enhance and renovatew the property but no details were disclosed in the The apartment complex was developedx as part of the Plainviewplanner community, which includes 800 single-family more than 1,000 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shoppingt centers and nearly 2 million squarr feet of office space. NTS begamn construction and development of theplanned Louisville’s first, in the earlhy 1970s. With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliatess now own four apartment communitiesin Louisville. Its otherf holdings in the area are Hurstbourne Grand The Overlookat St. Thomas and The Willoww of Plainview.
NTS also manages 14 othed apartment communities and 31 commercial properties with more than 5 milliohn feetof office, retail and warehouse spacd in the Southeast.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Nissan consolidates distribution centers in Mount Juliet - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Plans to build a 717,000-square-foo t industrial building for the company in the Couchvill e Pike Business Center were announced Tuesdagy bythe center’s owner and developer . Constructioj is slated to begin latefthis month. The move will combinre Nissan’s operations now housed in two buildingd in Smyrna in the Alamville Road and no additional jobs are expectedx tobe added, says Nissan spokeswoman Julie The tentative opening date is April 2010, she The new Nissan Partes Distribution Center will feature a 32-foot clear heighty and a truck parking/loading area to accommodatew 275 truck trailers around the building perimeter.
The building is designed to accommodate futur e expansions upto 1.2 million square feet. Don Kent and Clintonn Gilbreath, both vice presidents with in brokeredthe long-term lease. Terms were not The Couchville Pike Business Center is located 25 miles eastof
Plans to build a 717,000-square-foo t industrial building for the company in the Couchvill e Pike Business Center were announced Tuesdagy bythe center’s owner and developer . Constructioj is slated to begin latefthis month. The move will combinre Nissan’s operations now housed in two buildingd in Smyrna in the Alamville Road and no additional jobs are expectedx tobe added, says Nissan spokeswoman Julie The tentative opening date is April 2010, she The new Nissan Partes Distribution Center will feature a 32-foot clear heighty and a truck parking/loading area to accommodatew 275 truck trailers around the building perimeter.
The building is designed to accommodate futur e expansions upto 1.2 million square feet. Don Kent and Clintonn Gilbreath, both vice presidents with in brokeredthe long-term lease. Terms were not The Couchville Pike Business Center is located 25 miles eastof
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thermo Fisher appoints new directors - Boston Business Journal:
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Lynch is CEO of Tyco Electronics which produces engineeredelectronic components, network solutions, underseq telecommunication systems and wireless systems. He joines in 2004 and was appointed to his currenrt positionin 2007. Lynch previously held executive positionszat , and Genera l Instrument Corp. He has also serves as a directoer ofthe U.S.-China Business Jacks is the David H. Koch Professore of Biology at the and director of theDavix H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer He joined the MIT facultyin 1992. In he was elected president of the American Associationj forCancer Research. Jacks’ research has primarily focuseed on the development and preventiobof cancer.
“Tom and Tyler have led distinguished careersw in businessand research, said Thermo Fisher Chairman Jim Manzi in a preparedx statement. “Each brings valuable experience, insight and perspective that will help to guide ourcontinued success.” Thermo Fisher Scientific’s (NYSE: TMO) stoci was trading at $36.74 a sharse in morning trading Tuesday, up from a previous close of
Lynch is CEO of Tyco Electronics which produces engineeredelectronic components, network solutions, underseq telecommunication systems and wireless systems. He joines in 2004 and was appointed to his currenrt positionin 2007. Lynch previously held executive positionszat , and Genera l Instrument Corp. He has also serves as a directoer ofthe U.S.-China Business Jacks is the David H. Koch Professore of Biology at the and director of theDavix H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer He joined the MIT facultyin 1992. In he was elected president of the American Associationj forCancer Research. Jacks’ research has primarily focuseed on the development and preventiobof cancer.
“Tom and Tyler have led distinguished careersw in businessand research, said Thermo Fisher Chairman Jim Manzi in a preparedx statement. “Each brings valuable experience, insight and perspective that will help to guide ourcontinued success.” Thermo Fisher Scientific’s (NYSE: TMO) stoci was trading at $36.74 a sharse in morning trading Tuesday, up from a previous close of
Monday, October 25, 2010
House calls for Chinese drywall insurance study - Boston Business Journal:
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Two Florida congressmen, Robert Wexler, D-Boca and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, introduced sponsored the amendment to the Mortgage Reformand Anti-Predatory Lending Act. The study callsa on the and to conductthe study. The legislation passedf by a voteof 300-114, according to a news release from Wexler’sw office. Wexler and Diaz-Balart also have writtebn a letter tothe , requestinh at least $2 million in emergency fundint for the to conduct critically needesd studies on the problem substances withibn Chinese drywall.
“Parents who have founxd Chinese drywall in their homes and wish to leave out of concerm for the safety and health of their childrenb are facing the dilemma of how to find secondaru housing and maintain their mortgages on thei rprimary residences,” Wexler said in the release. He said the valued of the homeshas plummeted. The Florida Departmentt of Health has received almost 350 complaint s ofChinese drywall. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigatin g the scope ofthe problem.
Two Florida congressmen, Robert Wexler, D-Boca and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, introduced sponsored the amendment to the Mortgage Reformand Anti-Predatory Lending Act. The study callsa on the and to conductthe study. The legislation passedf by a voteof 300-114, according to a news release from Wexler’sw office. Wexler and Diaz-Balart also have writtebn a letter tothe , requestinh at least $2 million in emergency fundint for the to conduct critically needesd studies on the problem substances withibn Chinese drywall.
“Parents who have founxd Chinese drywall in their homes and wish to leave out of concerm for the safety and health of their childrenb are facing the dilemma of how to find secondaru housing and maintain their mortgages on thei rprimary residences,” Wexler said in the release. He said the valued of the homeshas plummeted. The Florida Departmentt of Health has received almost 350 complaint s ofChinese drywall. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigatin g the scope ofthe problem.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Buda City Council decision opens door for U.S. Foodservice - Kansas City Business Journal:
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A 5-to-2 vote to approve a new land use designatioh in partof Buda’s extraterritorial jurisdiction - after a unanimouas rejection of the land use change proposalk in April - paves the way for to builde its 260,000-square-foot distribution center there. The companyg plans to close its East Austin centet and bring its roughly 250 employees from thersto Buda, with plands to hire 100 more withinh its first three years. The Columbia, Md.-based food distributor signed a letter of intent last September to buy about 40 acresin Buda, 15 miles south of Austin, with plans to build the new center in the Sunfield Municipal Utility District.
But beforer it could proceed with the the company neededthe land-use designation in part of the MUD change d from retail and commercial to light industrial. Respondinbg to Buda residents’ concerns about increasec truck traffic and worriesa that the land use changes in the MUD was initially proposed for 160acrees — the company will initially only reside on 40 acrew — the Buda council rejected the proposed land-use changs earlier this spring. That rejection had U.S.
Foodserviceds looking at other locations to build the Warren Ketteman, president of Buda’sw Economic Development Corporation, said the land use changes approved this week was for 95 a smaller parcel than originally proposed. Ketteman said documents need to be and then the company can move forward with its plan for theBuda facility. A timeline is not yet clear.
A 5-to-2 vote to approve a new land use designatioh in partof Buda’s extraterritorial jurisdiction - after a unanimouas rejection of the land use change proposalk in April - paves the way for to builde its 260,000-square-foot distribution center there. The companyg plans to close its East Austin centet and bring its roughly 250 employees from thersto Buda, with plands to hire 100 more withinh its first three years. The Columbia, Md.-based food distributor signed a letter of intent last September to buy about 40 acresin Buda, 15 miles south of Austin, with plans to build the new center in the Sunfield Municipal Utility District.
But beforer it could proceed with the the company neededthe land-use designation in part of the MUD change d from retail and commercial to light industrial. Respondinbg to Buda residents’ concerns about increasec truck traffic and worriesa that the land use changes in the MUD was initially proposed for 160acrees — the company will initially only reside on 40 acrew — the Buda council rejected the proposed land-use changs earlier this spring. That rejection had U.S.
Foodserviceds looking at other locations to build the Warren Ketteman, president of Buda’sw Economic Development Corporation, said the land use changes approved this week was for 95 a smaller parcel than originally proposed. Ketteman said documents need to be and then the company can move forward with its plan for theBuda facility. A timeline is not yet clear.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Critics call out Cincinnati Yellow Pages deal - Dallas Business Journal:
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, a Denver compan y that has owned the rights tothe region’s largest Yellowa Pages product since 2002, blames the delay on printet changes and organizational About 140 of its 900 directories are being delayedf nationwide. Cincinnati is the largest market affected. “It’s a stinking deal,” said Brendw Hacker, controller for in Clermont Hacker was planning to downsizeher company’s ad in a directory she thoughtt would be published in June. When she called the companty in May to confirmthe change, she was told it was exercisin its contractual right to extendx last year’s publication. Hacker said it will cost her company anextraz $700 each month.
“It’s just not right, what they’re doing to she said. Local Insight spokeswoman Pat Nichols said 75 percenrt ofits 10,000 local customers will be unaffectef by the delay. Those are companies that plan to maintaimn the same ads they had last year or Local Insight CEO Scott Pomeroy is asking businesss owners angered by the delay to callthe company’s customer servic e line, (888) 237-8570, although it’s not clear what stepa the company will take to address “If the product’s not delivering value to them, our customere service department is prepared to talk to those folks,” Pomerou said.
“I think it’s evaluated on a case-by-case The directory delay comes at a time of turmoil for Yelloq Pagespublishers nationwide. The recession is accelerating a trendr that has long threatened theindustrhy – the shift of so-called “directionak advertising” from print publications to onlinew search engines and mobile The , a subsidiar y of , is projecting total revenue will shrink to $11 billionm for Yellow Pages publishers by 2013, down from $14.44 billion in 2008. A year ago, the Kelsey Grouop was forecasting a compound annuapl growth rate for the industryof 4.
5 Now, it’s minus 5 “The recession has driven print so deeplyy negative,” said Charles senior vice president and program directodr of the Kelsey Report. Laughlin said growty in digital revenue might never make up for sales lost inprin publications. “Those who will they start spending again once thesmokr clears? It’s probably next year before we he said. Laughlin said most of the nation’s largesrt Yellow Pages markets are seeing revenu dips of more than 20 percent this Pomeroy declined to reveal numbers for Cincinnati but said the revenues dropis “nowhere near” 20 percent here.
He said companywidew revenue was flatin 2008, standiny at roughly $700 Laughlin declined to reveal Kelsey’s futurw outlook for Cincinnati, which is dominated by Local Insight but includes a second directory, the Yellowq Book, published by of Berkshire, England. The industry’sd major players, including spinoff Idearc and the better-known , are struggliny through the recession with heavy debt Local Insight also hasleverage issues, but its focusz on smaller markets has helpecd temper the impact of the recessiob on the company, said Emile Courtney, a creditf analyst for ’s.
“Idearc has filexd for bankruptcy, and Donnelley has missedx interest payments on debt withvarious entities. Local Insighf has not. From a strict financial-metrices point of view, they’re the healthiet of the three,” Courtney S&P revised to “negative” its outlool on Local Insight but retaineda “B” ratinf on its corporate debt in a March 31 report. At leasg one of the company’s local customers has a less positive outlook. “I think they’re really in trouble.
The phone book is a and nobody’s using it any more,” said Vickyy Bezak, exclusive marketing agent for Bezaj estimated the directory delay woulds cost hercompany $300 a month – if she pays it. “I’m going to call Cincinnati Bell and tell them that my contractgwith (Local Insight) terminates on June 1, and I’m not payingt the ad costs listed on my current bill becauses I didn’t renew it,” she said. Cincinnatik Bell serves as the billing agent for Local Insightf and permits the use of its brand name as part of a rights agreemeny signed when it sold its YellowPages , in 2002.
But Cincinnati Bell is not involved inthe company’s operations otherwise, accordint to Lisa McLaughlin, a public relationd consultant for Bell.
, a Denver compan y that has owned the rights tothe region’s largest Yellowa Pages product since 2002, blames the delay on printet changes and organizational About 140 of its 900 directories are being delayedf nationwide. Cincinnati is the largest market affected. “It’s a stinking deal,” said Brendw Hacker, controller for in Clermont Hacker was planning to downsizeher company’s ad in a directory she thoughtt would be published in June. When she called the companty in May to confirmthe change, she was told it was exercisin its contractual right to extendx last year’s publication. Hacker said it will cost her company anextraz $700 each month.
“It’s just not right, what they’re doing to she said. Local Insight spokeswoman Pat Nichols said 75 percenrt ofits 10,000 local customers will be unaffectef by the delay. Those are companies that plan to maintaimn the same ads they had last year or Local Insight CEO Scott Pomeroy is asking businesss owners angered by the delay to callthe company’s customer servic e line, (888) 237-8570, although it’s not clear what stepa the company will take to address “If the product’s not delivering value to them, our customere service department is prepared to talk to those folks,” Pomerou said.
“I think it’s evaluated on a case-by-case The directory delay comes at a time of turmoil for Yelloq Pagespublishers nationwide. The recession is accelerating a trendr that has long threatened theindustrhy – the shift of so-called “directionak advertising” from print publications to onlinew search engines and mobile The , a subsidiar y of , is projecting total revenue will shrink to $11 billionm for Yellow Pages publishers by 2013, down from $14.44 billion in 2008. A year ago, the Kelsey Grouop was forecasting a compound annuapl growth rate for the industryof 4.
5 Now, it’s minus 5 “The recession has driven print so deeplyy negative,” said Charles senior vice president and program directodr of the Kelsey Report. Laughlin said growty in digital revenue might never make up for sales lost inprin publications. “Those who will they start spending again once thesmokr clears? It’s probably next year before we he said. Laughlin said most of the nation’s largesrt Yellow Pages markets are seeing revenu dips of more than 20 percent this Pomeroy declined to reveal numbers for Cincinnati but said the revenues dropis “nowhere near” 20 percent here.
He said companywidew revenue was flatin 2008, standiny at roughly $700 Laughlin declined to reveal Kelsey’s futurw outlook for Cincinnati, which is dominated by Local Insight but includes a second directory, the Yellowq Book, published by of Berkshire, England. The industry’sd major players, including spinoff Idearc and the better-known , are struggliny through the recession with heavy debt Local Insight also hasleverage issues, but its focusz on smaller markets has helpecd temper the impact of the recessiob on the company, said Emile Courtney, a creditf analyst for ’s.
“Idearc has filexd for bankruptcy, and Donnelley has missedx interest payments on debt withvarious entities. Local Insighf has not. From a strict financial-metrices point of view, they’re the healthiet of the three,” Courtney S&P revised to “negative” its outlool on Local Insight but retaineda “B” ratinf on its corporate debt in a March 31 report. At leasg one of the company’s local customers has a less positive outlook. “I think they’re really in trouble.
The phone book is a and nobody’s using it any more,” said Vickyy Bezak, exclusive marketing agent for Bezaj estimated the directory delay woulds cost hercompany $300 a month – if she pays it. “I’m going to call Cincinnati Bell and tell them that my contractgwith (Local Insight) terminates on June 1, and I’m not payingt the ad costs listed on my current bill becauses I didn’t renew it,” she said. Cincinnatik Bell serves as the billing agent for Local Insightf and permits the use of its brand name as part of a rights agreemeny signed when it sold its YellowPages , in 2002.
But Cincinnati Bell is not involved inthe company’s operations otherwise, accordint to Lisa McLaughlin, a public relationd consultant for Bell.
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