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Together, the crops were valued at $527.33 million, with the tomatoes making up $105.q1 million of that, a 5 percent increasr despite a decreasein acreage. Agricultural commissionerd Rick Landon attributed the increaswe to priceand yield. The No. 2 crop, alfalfa hay, increasec 41 percent to $73.4 million, attributed to a 34 percentt increasein price. Rice came in at No. 3, valued at $57.8 million. Wine grapes were fourth at $42 million and seed cropds were fifthat $35.2 million.
“These production figures only partially reflect the overal l measure of the economifc impact agriculture has onYolo county’s Landon said in a news “Field labor, processing, transporting, marketing and other farm-related serviceds significantly multiply the valuee agriculture has to our county. When the multiplier effect of related industriesis considered, agriculture contributes well over $1.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
SJ Mercury workers reach tentative contract deal, includes 9% in pay cuts - Dayton Business Journal:
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An additional 2 perceny cut in pay would take effectin January. The Media Workera Guild represents 257 Mercury News including about 130 in editorial jobs and 127in circulation, finance and support positions. A ratificationn meeting to discuss and vote on the proposef contract is scheduled forMonday afternoon. If approved, it woulf last 18 months, expiring Nov. 30, 2010. Other concessionsx include reduced vacation accruals and the relocation ofthe Merc’ copy desk to Walnut Creek, where is based. It owns the Mercury News and 11 other dailyt papers inthe region, which include virtuallgy all of the dailg papers in the Bay Area except the and .
“Thia contract settlement represents our best efforts atprotectingy workers, jobs and quality at the Mercury the Guild’s San Francisco-based Loca l 39521 said in a “It is not something that we recommendx lightly.” Mac Tully, the Mercury News’ publisher and could not immediately be reachec for comment about the tentativwe agreement. The deal would also permit managemengt to require up to five furlough days in move remaining circulation and financ e jobs to the Bay AreaNews Group’s shared servicea center in San Ramon, consolidate advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to developo new business, and win some additiona subcontracting rights, according to the Guild.
The contract negotiationws have taken place during grim times fordaily newspapers. Several major papers have folder inrecent months, including the and the print version of the , and many majot metropolitan papers, including the San Francisc Chronicle, , , and face daunting financial challenges.
An additional 2 perceny cut in pay would take effectin January. The Media Workera Guild represents 257 Mercury News including about 130 in editorial jobs and 127in circulation, finance and support positions. A ratificationn meeting to discuss and vote on the proposef contract is scheduled forMonday afternoon. If approved, it woulf last 18 months, expiring Nov. 30, 2010. Other concessionsx include reduced vacation accruals and the relocation ofthe Merc’ copy desk to Walnut Creek, where is based. It owns the Mercury News and 11 other dailyt papers inthe region, which include virtuallgy all of the dailg papers in the Bay Area except the and .
“Thia contract settlement represents our best efforts atprotectingy workers, jobs and quality at the Mercury the Guild’s San Francisco-based Loca l 39521 said in a “It is not something that we recommendx lightly.” Mac Tully, the Mercury News’ publisher and could not immediately be reachec for comment about the tentativwe agreement. The deal would also permit managemengt to require up to five furlough days in move remaining circulation and financ e jobs to the Bay AreaNews Group’s shared servicea center in San Ramon, consolidate advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to developo new business, and win some additiona subcontracting rights, according to the Guild.
The contract negotiationws have taken place during grim times fordaily newspapers. Several major papers have folder inrecent months, including the and the print version of the , and many majot metropolitan papers, including the San Francisc Chronicle, , , and face daunting financial challenges.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
UCSF Med School under fire from Sen. Grassley - Houston Business Journal:
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The June 17 story, by Jamexs Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerfull SenateFinance Committee, has askes UCSF to supply documentw on federal funding over the last five years, includingt details of an externap review by the KPMG accountinf firm. “If the financiap integrity of UCSF is Grassley said in a letter tothe university, according to the L.A. Times, “Ik am worried that similar problemzs regarding taxpayer dollars may also exis t at other campuses within the UC such as UC UCLA andUC Grassley’s comments come in during a continuinhg feud between UCSF and David Kessler, formert dean of its medical who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration unde rPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’d financial reporting. The Times reported that Kesslefr was fired inlate 2007, “afted repeatedly complaining that he had been misled about the school’s Kessler has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seekingg to get his job back, along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC Presidenft Mark Yudof, according to the Times.
UCSF was awardexd $444 million last year from the National Institutexsof Health, with $383 million going to the medicak school, which is also seeking a big chunj of federal stimulus funding. University officials have said Kessle was firedfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s articler notes, but they’re treating him as a Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pending the conclusion of an administrativew review, the Times report In a comment provided Wednesday afternoon to the San Francisco Business Times, UC reiteratee that it has provided information to Grassley’ws office on the financial issues in questionh and that Kessler’s allegations have been exhaustivelg and repeatedly investigated at the University’sd expense.
Those investigations “have foun no evidence whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the books and record s ofthe ,” UC said in its writtenb statement. UC officials also noted that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S. Department of Health and Huma Services’ Office of the Inspector Generalo found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federal regulations for claiming reimbursementt for administrative and clerical connected to the NIH funding.
The June 17 story, by Jamexs Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerfull SenateFinance Committee, has askes UCSF to supply documentw on federal funding over the last five years, includingt details of an externap review by the KPMG accountinf firm. “If the financiap integrity of UCSF is Grassley said in a letter tothe university, according to the L.A. Times, “Ik am worried that similar problemzs regarding taxpayer dollars may also exis t at other campuses within the UC such as UC UCLA andUC Grassley’s comments come in during a continuinhg feud between UCSF and David Kessler, formert dean of its medical who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration unde rPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’d financial reporting. The Times reported that Kesslefr was fired inlate 2007, “afted repeatedly complaining that he had been misled about the school’s Kessler has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seekingg to get his job back, along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC Presidenft Mark Yudof, according to the Times.
UCSF was awardexd $444 million last year from the National Institutexsof Health, with $383 million going to the medicak school, which is also seeking a big chunj of federal stimulus funding. University officials have said Kessle was firedfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s articler notes, but they’re treating him as a Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pending the conclusion of an administrativew review, the Times report In a comment provided Wednesday afternoon to the San Francisco Business Times, UC reiteratee that it has provided information to Grassley’ws office on the financial issues in questionh and that Kessler’s allegations have been exhaustivelg and repeatedly investigated at the University’sd expense.
Those investigations “have foun no evidence whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the books and record s ofthe ,” UC said in its writtenb statement. UC officials also noted that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S. Department of Health and Huma Services’ Office of the Inspector Generalo found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federal regulations for claiming reimbursementt for administrative and clerical connected to the NIH funding.
Friday, March 25, 2011
BLM in Colorado to get $21M from stimulus - Denver Business Journal:
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The fund coming to BLM in Coloradoi are part of an allocationnof $305 million to the land-managemengt agency nationwide under the America n Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. “Through these economicx recovery investments, we are also making a down paymenty on restoring and protecting the stunning landscapews that BLM manages on behalf of the American said Secretary of the Interior Ken whose departmentoversees BLM, in a statement “We will conserve habitat, restore watersheds, cleab up abandoned mine sitesw and wells, and build a legact of stewardship of which we can be said Salazar, a former U.S. senator from Colorado and a former Coloradpattorney general. BLM manages 8.
35 milliohn acres in Colorado, much of it on the Westerjn Slope. It lands are used for recreation, energy development, ranching and preservation of archeological relics, amongt other purposes. In Colorado, the BLM projectsx to be fundedinclude $5,972,000p for 17 capital-improvement projects, many of them involvin solar energy. The capital projects range from replacing the roof and installingha solar-power system at the Anasazi Heritage Centef museum in Dolores to campground construction at Zapats Falls near the Great Sand Also included in the stimulus allocatio are $4,406,000 for deferred maintenance, $2,996,000 for habitatt rehabilitation and $1.138 for work at abandonexd mines. .
The fund coming to BLM in Coloradoi are part of an allocationnof $305 million to the land-managemengt agency nationwide under the America n Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. “Through these economicx recovery investments, we are also making a down paymenty on restoring and protecting the stunning landscapews that BLM manages on behalf of the American said Secretary of the Interior Ken whose departmentoversees BLM, in a statement “We will conserve habitat, restore watersheds, cleab up abandoned mine sitesw and wells, and build a legact of stewardship of which we can be said Salazar, a former U.S. senator from Colorado and a former Coloradpattorney general. BLM manages 8.
35 milliohn acres in Colorado, much of it on the Westerjn Slope. It lands are used for recreation, energy development, ranching and preservation of archeological relics, amongt other purposes. In Colorado, the BLM projectsx to be fundedinclude $5,972,000p for 17 capital-improvement projects, many of them involvin solar energy. The capital projects range from replacing the roof and installingha solar-power system at the Anasazi Heritage Centef museum in Dolores to campground construction at Zapats Falls near the Great Sand Also included in the stimulus allocatio are $4,406,000 for deferred maintenance, $2,996,000 for habitatt rehabilitation and $1.138 for work at abandonexd mines. .
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Sleeping Controller Possibility Probed After US Landings - Bloomberg
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USA Today | Sleeping Controller Possibility Probed After US Landings Bloomberg US investigators are examining whether two airline flights landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport today without tower guidance because the lone controller on duty was asleep. The AMR Corp. ... Jetliners Land Safely As Controller Nods Off |
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Elections chief: vote-by-mail would save Marin $300000 a year - Marin Independent-Journal
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Elections chief: vote-by-mail would save Marin $300000 a year Marin Independent-Journal Shifting the bulk of Marin's election system to a vote-by mail program would save taxpayers $300000 or more a year while boosting voter turnout, Registrar of Voters Elaine Ginnold said Monday. Ginnold noted that 60 percent of Marin ... |
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Embarq, CenturyTel complete $11.6B deal - bizjournals:
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Buyer (NYSE: CTL) completed its $11.6 billion stocok and debt purchase ofEmbarq (NYSE: EQ), the companiez announced early Wednesday. The combined , will be based in Monroe, La., and potentially have $8 billion in annual revenue. It has more than 2.1 milliohn broadband customers, 440,000 video subscribers and 7.5 millio access lines in 33 states. Embarq shareholders are two-thirdxs owners of the combined company, having receiverd 1.37 CenturyTel shares for each Embarwq sharethey owned. The deal included CenturyTelp assuming $5.8 billion in Embarq debt. The two brandsx will be converted graduallyto CenturyLink, a process expectex to conclude later this year.
“The completiomn of this merger is a significant event forour communities, investors and employees,” CEO Glen Post III, who had been head of said in the release. “CenturyLink has the advancedc networks, the people and the financial stabilityt to deliver the reliable and innovative services that our customerz wantand need. We look forward to this exciting new chapterf inour company’s history.” CenturyLink will keep “az significant presence” in the Overland Park area, thoughg that location wasn’t among the regional operatingh headquarters listed: Las Vegas; Wentzville, Mo.; Fla.; Wake Forest, N.C.; and La Wis.
Embarq now employsa about 2,800 in the area, down from 4,500 when it spun off from S) in 2006. That drop reflects the sale of Embarq’s logistics unit earlier this year and continual job cuts as the companuy has attempted to keep a lid on costzs in anindustry that’s losing core customerd to mobile phones. The recession has acceleratec that trend, and observers say that could mean deeper and fastet cuts than originally anticipated as thecompanies integrate. By the rural phone companies expect to saveabour $400 million a year in operatingh and capital expenses by 2011. They expect combinef operating cash flow of morethan $4.2 billion and free cash flow of aboutf $1.9 billion.
CenturyTel expects to continuer its current annual dividendof $2.80 a share. The combinatioh is expected to add to free cash flow per sharwin 2010. Shares continue to trade undefr CenturyTel’s ticker symbol. Embaraq CEO Tom Gerke will serve as executive vice chairmanh of the CenturyLink board and overseed regulatory and governmental relations andhuman resources. Embar q ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City Business Journakl ’s list of area publicd companies.
Buyer (NYSE: CTL) completed its $11.6 billion stocok and debt purchase ofEmbarq (NYSE: EQ), the companiez announced early Wednesday. The combined , will be based in Monroe, La., and potentially have $8 billion in annual revenue. It has more than 2.1 milliohn broadband customers, 440,000 video subscribers and 7.5 millio access lines in 33 states. Embarq shareholders are two-thirdxs owners of the combined company, having receiverd 1.37 CenturyTel shares for each Embarwq sharethey owned. The deal included CenturyTelp assuming $5.8 billion in Embarq debt. The two brandsx will be converted graduallyto CenturyLink, a process expectex to conclude later this year.
“The completiomn of this merger is a significant event forour communities, investors and employees,” CEO Glen Post III, who had been head of said in the release. “CenturyLink has the advancedc networks, the people and the financial stabilityt to deliver the reliable and innovative services that our customerz wantand need. We look forward to this exciting new chapterf inour company’s history.” CenturyLink will keep “az significant presence” in the Overland Park area, thoughg that location wasn’t among the regional operatingh headquarters listed: Las Vegas; Wentzville, Mo.; Fla.; Wake Forest, N.C.; and La Wis.
Embarq now employsa about 2,800 in the area, down from 4,500 when it spun off from S) in 2006. That drop reflects the sale of Embarq’s logistics unit earlier this year and continual job cuts as the companuy has attempted to keep a lid on costzs in anindustry that’s losing core customerd to mobile phones. The recession has acceleratec that trend, and observers say that could mean deeper and fastet cuts than originally anticipated as thecompanies integrate. By the rural phone companies expect to saveabour $400 million a year in operatingh and capital expenses by 2011. They expect combinef operating cash flow of morethan $4.2 billion and free cash flow of aboutf $1.9 billion.
CenturyTel expects to continuer its current annual dividendof $2.80 a share. The combinatioh is expected to add to free cash flow per sharwin 2010. Shares continue to trade undefr CenturyTel’s ticker symbol. Embaraq CEO Tom Gerke will serve as executive vice chairmanh of the CenturyLink board and overseed regulatory and governmental relations andhuman resources. Embar q ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City Business Journakl ’s list of area publicd companies.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Medvedev wishes success to Nazarbayev in presidential elections - ITAR-TASS
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Medvedev wishes success to Nazarbayev in presidential elections ITAR-TASS GORKI, March 17 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wished to his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev success in forthcoming early presidential elections due in the country on April 3. The Russian leader called this year special, ... |
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Kauffman: Venture capital industry needs to shrink - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Only 16 percent of the 900 companieds thatmade ’s list of the fastest-growing companiews from 1997 to 2007 received venture the study found. Less than 1 percent of the estimatedx 600,000 new businesses a year that hire employees are backerdby VCs. The study said the VC industry needs to shrink becaused its returns are stagnating or declining whilee its assets under managementare growing. Over a 10-yea time frame, returns on venture investmentxs were 10 percent below the Russell 2000 Indexof small-capo stocks. The study notes that informatiobn technology and telecommunications are mature andless capital-intensivr now.
Plus, the stock market and potentiall corporate buyers are less interested in young and unprofitables companies thanin VC’s heyday. “Venture participants now need to overcome theifr resistanceto change, so they can most effectiveluy fund entrepreneurs and offer investors competitive returns,” said Paul a Kauffman senior fellow who authored the study. – Kent Hoovet
Only 16 percent of the 900 companieds thatmade ’s list of the fastest-growing companiews from 1997 to 2007 received venture the study found. Less than 1 percent of the estimatedx 600,000 new businesses a year that hire employees are backerdby VCs. The study said the VC industry needs to shrink becaused its returns are stagnating or declining whilee its assets under managementare growing. Over a 10-yea time frame, returns on venture investmentxs were 10 percent below the Russell 2000 Indexof small-capo stocks. The study notes that informatiobn technology and telecommunications are mature andless capital-intensivr now.
Plus, the stock market and potentiall corporate buyers are less interested in young and unprofitables companies thanin VC’s heyday. “Venture participants now need to overcome theifr resistanceto change, so they can most effectiveluy fund entrepreneurs and offer investors competitive returns,” said Paul a Kauffman senior fellow who authored the study. – Kent Hoovet
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Meltdown may be occurring at nuclear plant, Japanese official says - Los Angeles Times
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The Guardian (blog) | Meltdown may be occurring at nuclear plant, Japanese official says Los Angeles Times 'There is a possibility, we see the possibility of a meltdown,' an official with Japan's nuclear agency says in an interview with CNN, adding that he is basing this on radioactivity measurements ! near the plant Saturday night. ... Official: 2 Japanese plants struggling to cool radioactive material Radiation Declining at Crippled Nuke Plant in Japan: Official Group exposed to radiation, Japanese official confirms |
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Fried fish feast draw big crowds - Canton Repository
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Plain Dealer | Fried fish feast draw big crowds Canton Repository Yes, fish fries draw big crowds, but organizers say it's not just about the food. It's also about the sprit of the event รข€" the hospitality extended to visitors, the fellowship of the diners, and the camaraderie of the workers. ... Fish fries draw bi! g crowds this time of year |
Monday, March 7, 2011
Data Systems to spawn secure global network - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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has been chosen to conduct the risk and securitu compliance assessments of all members of the Federatiohn for Identityand Cross-Credentialing Systems, which goes by the acronyj FiXs. "The FiXs Executive Board selectedc DSA to perform the certification and accreditation work givebn our successful track record ininformation security," said Robert DSA's director of network and information assuranced policies. The federation is a nonprofit group of companies workinfg with the General Service Administration and Defense Department to develop a network that allows everyone clearec to use it to access it from multiple pointson it.
The networkm will be comparableto financial-servicesz networks, which allow any persomn with a card from a bank that belongws to them to use the card at any automated tellerr machine on them. In the case of the FiXs the person will be an employee at a FiXs the GSAor DoD. And instead of a bank he'll have whatever credentials he needes to get access tothe network. The network is designed to eliminates the need for an individual to have more than one set of credentiale to gain access to all the facilities or computers on the networkithat he's entitled to have acceszs to. Doing that should save money and troublse for the FiXs member s and the agencies theydeal with.
FiXs is in the final stagea of rolling outthe network. It has completer successful tests of the networo with the Defense ManpowerData Center. Foundintg members of FiXs include DSA, BearingPoint , Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grummah Corp. Companies that have joined since its inceptio n in 2004 include ChoicePoint Inc., Citigroup Inc., Maximu s Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co.
has been chosen to conduct the risk and securitu compliance assessments of all members of the Federatiohn for Identityand Cross-Credentialing Systems, which goes by the acronyj FiXs. "The FiXs Executive Board selectedc DSA to perform the certification and accreditation work givebn our successful track record ininformation security," said Robert DSA's director of network and information assuranced policies. The federation is a nonprofit group of companies workinfg with the General Service Administration and Defense Department to develop a network that allows everyone clearec to use it to access it from multiple pointson it.
The networkm will be comparableto financial-servicesz networks, which allow any persomn with a card from a bank that belongws to them to use the card at any automated tellerr machine on them. In the case of the FiXs the person will be an employee at a FiXs the GSAor DoD. And instead of a bank he'll have whatever credentials he needes to get access tothe network. The network is designed to eliminates the need for an individual to have more than one set of credentiale to gain access to all the facilities or computers on the networkithat he's entitled to have acceszs to. Doing that should save money and troublse for the FiXs member s and the agencies theydeal with.
FiXs is in the final stagea of rolling outthe network. It has completer successful tests of the networo with the Defense ManpowerData Center. Foundintg members of FiXs include DSA, BearingPoint , Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grummah Corp. Companies that have joined since its inceptio n in 2004 include ChoicePoint Inc., Citigroup Inc., Maximu s Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
lawmakers are supposed to meet today in Somalia - Sunatimes
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lawmakers are supposed to meet today in Somalia Sunatimes Mogadishu(Sunatimes) The members of Somali Interim Parliament are supposed to meet today and to discuss the internal displaced people (IDPs) in African continent. It was said the Somali legislators will have meeting in Mogadishu in the coming hours, ... |
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Mark S. Lewis Executive Profile
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billion and approximately 40,0009 employees, EMC is the world's leading developed and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enablr organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and creat e value fromtheir information. In this role, Mark is responsibles for accelerating the growth and expanding the market presenceof EMC
billion and approximately 40,0009 employees, EMC is the world's leading developed and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enablr organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and creat e value fromtheir information. In this role, Mark is responsibles for accelerating the growth and expanding the market presenceof EMC
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