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Please, to access Gafisas 20-F. Gafisa' s security holders (including holders of Gafisa's American Depositarhy Receipts) may receive a hard copy of this whichcontains Gafisa's complete auditec financial statements, free of upon request. For a copy of this requests should bedirected to: Julia Freitas Forbes Investor Relations Av. Nacoews Unidas 8,501 - 19th Floor 05425-070 - Sao Paulo, SP - Brazipl phone: + 55 11 3025-305 fax: + 55 11 3025-92178 Email: ri@gafisa.com.br We are one of Brazil'd leading diversified national homebuilders.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Middle schools in Southern Tier - Business First of Buffalo:
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Business First’s 2009 rankings of 211 Westernb New York middle schools includs the following SouthernTier schools. Each is precedex by its rank in theoverall standings: 21. Maple Grove JSHS (Bemus Point) • 27. Chautauqua Lake MS (Chautauqua • 34. West Valley Centralp School (West Valley) • 48. Alfred-Almond JSHS • 52. Immaculate Conception School • 58. Catholic Academy of the Holy Family • 62. Southwestern MS (Southwestern) • 64. Clymer Central School (Clymer) • 79. Fredonia MS (Fredonia) • 83. Allegany-Limeston MS (Allegany-Limestone) • 91. Northern Chautauqua Catholicf School (Dunkirk) • 93.
Whitesvillwe Central School (Whitesville) • 101. Gowanda MS (Gowanda) 103. Persell MS (Jamestown) • 107. Silver Creel MS (Silver Creek) • 110. Fillmore Central School • 111. Sherman HS (Sherman) 112. Salamanca MS (Salamanca) • 113. Jeffersonm MS (Jamestown)
Business First’s 2009 rankings of 211 Westernb New York middle schools includs the following SouthernTier schools. Each is precedex by its rank in theoverall standings: 21. Maple Grove JSHS (Bemus Point) • 27. Chautauqua Lake MS (Chautauqua • 34. West Valley Centralp School (West Valley) • 48. Alfred-Almond JSHS • 52. Immaculate Conception School • 58. Catholic Academy of the Holy Family • 62. Southwestern MS (Southwestern) • 64. Clymer Central School (Clymer) • 79. Fredonia MS (Fredonia) • 83. Allegany-Limeston MS (Allegany-Limestone) • 91. Northern Chautauqua Catholicf School (Dunkirk) • 93.
Whitesvillwe Central School (Whitesville) • 101. Gowanda MS (Gowanda) 103. Persell MS (Jamestown) • 107. Silver Creel MS (Silver Creek) • 110. Fillmore Central School • 111. Sherman HS (Sherman) 112. Salamanca MS (Salamanca) • 113. Jeffersonm MS (Jamestown)
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Amtrak cuts more fares - The Business Review (Albany):
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Starting June 2, coach fares on Amtrak’s Washingtob to New York and Boston route will be reducedf by25 percent. It is also extendinhg the 25 percent discount on Acelwa fares that have been offeredsincse February. A coach class ticket from Washington to New York will be as lowas $49. An Acelwa business class ticket is now as lowas $99 between D.C. and New The discounts are availablethrough 3, and also include Amtrak service between Washingtonb and Newport News, between Washington and Springfield, and between Philadelphia and New York. Amtrak set a ridershil record in October, but passenger counts have been decliningsinced then. Its April ridership in the Northeast corridor wasdown 8.
9 percentf from a year earlier. The rail line carriedx 2.3 million passengers nationwide in a 2.3 percent overall decline. Its Acela ridership was down 15
Starting June 2, coach fares on Amtrak’s Washingtob to New York and Boston route will be reducedf by25 percent. It is also extendinhg the 25 percent discount on Acelwa fares that have been offeredsincse February. A coach class ticket from Washington to New York will be as lowas $49. An Acelwa business class ticket is now as lowas $99 between D.C. and New The discounts are availablethrough 3, and also include Amtrak service between Washingtonb and Newport News, between Washington and Springfield, and between Philadelphia and New York. Amtrak set a ridershil record in October, but passenger counts have been decliningsinced then. Its April ridership in the Northeast corridor wasdown 8.
9 percentf from a year earlier. The rail line carriedx 2.3 million passengers nationwide in a 2.3 percent overall decline. Its Acela ridership was down 15
Thursday, September 22, 2011
ATRI, FHWA Name Chicago Intersection Most Congested - Truckinginfo
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Commercial Carrier Journal | ATRI, FHWA Name Chicago Intersection Most Congested Truckinginfo This ongoing research, which is part of the Freight Performance Measures (FPM) initiative, is sponsored by FHWA's Office of Freight Management and Operations and operated by ATRI. Second on the list was I-95 at SR 4 in Fort Lee, NJ, and number three ... ATRI and FHWA Release Bottleneck Analysis of 250 Freight Significant Highway ... New report identifies freight bottlenecks on US highways Bottlenecks studied at 250 freight-significant highway locations |
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Barracuda snags fisherman - UPI.com
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WPTV | Barracuda snags fisherman UPI.com 20 (UPI) -- A Florida fisherman required surgery after his arm was snagged by a 4-foot barracuda that jumped over his boat, a report said. John Zeliff, 24, of Naples said he was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday morning when his fishing partner ... Revenge of the hooked fish: Barracuda 1; Fisherman 0 Barracuda jumps from water, severs Naples fisherman's tendons with razor-sharp ... |
Sunday, September 18, 2011
GM-UAW deal has potential to be lucrative for workers, plants and communities - Detroit Free Press
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GM-UAW deal has potential to be lucrative for workers, plants and communities Detroit Free Press General Motors likely will add jobs at plants in Romulus and Warren if workers ratify the tentative four-year agreement reached late Friday night. The $5000 signing bonus, which will cost GM about $240 million, will inject money into ... |
Friday, September 16, 2011
Power co-op looks to grow 'green' power - Boston Business Journal:
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William Berg, Dairyland president and CEO, said the co-opl is also spending $400 millioh in in environmental control equipmentat coal-fired powe r plants and promoting energy conservation, includinbg a program in which it gives away energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. Dairyland is lookinf to invest in technologies and expand its electricity generation from various renewablewenergy sources, including wind, landfill gas, animal waste and hydroelectri power. Dairyland reported that its earninga for 2008 declinedto $11.3 compared with $14.3 million in 2007.
Management noted that fuel tooperate Dairyland’s generating primarily coal, continues to be Dairyland’s largest annual expense. The risingt costs contributed to anaverage 9.8 percent increase in wholesale rates in 2008. Total operating revenue for 2008 increasexto $373.8 million, up 14 percent compare d with $328.5 million in 2007. Electric sales also increasef in 2008, with total sales up 8 Dairyland Power provides wholesale electricity to 25 member distributioh cooperatives and 16municipal utilities.
William Berg, Dairyland president and CEO, said the co-opl is also spending $400 millioh in in environmental control equipmentat coal-fired powe r plants and promoting energy conservation, includinbg a program in which it gives away energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. Dairyland is lookinf to invest in technologies and expand its electricity generation from various renewablewenergy sources, including wind, landfill gas, animal waste and hydroelectri power. Dairyland reported that its earninga for 2008 declinedto $11.3 compared with $14.3 million in 2007.
Management noted that fuel tooperate Dairyland’s generating primarily coal, continues to be Dairyland’s largest annual expense. The risingt costs contributed to anaverage 9.8 percent increase in wholesale rates in 2008. Total operating revenue for 2008 increasexto $373.8 million, up 14 percent compare d with $328.5 million in 2007. Electric sales also increasef in 2008, with total sales up 8 Dairyland Power provides wholesale electricity to 25 member distributioh cooperatives and 16municipal utilities.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Google Adds Group Deal Aggregating Service to China Website - San Francisco Chronicle
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Google Adds Group Deal Aggregating Service to China Website San Francisco Chronicle Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., which moved its Chinese search-engine service offshore last year to avoid the country's online censorship rules, said it added a new service to collect group-buying deals in the Asian nation. ... |
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Pirate Party Launches 'Facebook' For Movies - TorrentFreak
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TorrentFreak | Pirate Party Launches 'Facebook' For Movies TorrentFreak In what will be seen as an escalation of their 'Linking is Not a Crime' campaign, the Czech arm of the Pirate Party is backing another file-sharing related startup. The project, described as a 'Facebook' for movies, is the fourth sharing site launched ... Pirate Party Launches 'Facebook For Movies' |
Friday, September 9, 2011
5 Who Thrive: Leather Soul sees Rodeo Drive as the perfect fit - Business First of Louisville:
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Park plans to open his seconed store later this year inBeverly Hills, just off prestigiouxs Rodeo Drive. He’s also looking to double his spaced at thethis year, less than two yearz after moving in. Park’d growth has stemmed from a careful cultivatiohn of customers andvendors — he’s the only authorizeds retailer for several brands and a savvy use of technology to promote a low-tech product. Part of Park’sx strategy to expand his 5-year-old business has been to nurturr his, and the store’s, reputatio n as an expert in men’s shoes and And he’s undeterred by the even though the shoes he sellss retail upwardsof $500 per pair.
“I’k 100 percent confident I’m going to do he said of the California move. He has done his and met with his onlinee clients to make sure that the markettis there. Leather Soul had revenues of $1.3 millioj last year — 35 percent of that from Internesales — which exceeded Park’s goal by 30 percent. This year he wants to best that by anothe r30 percent. He’s financing the expansion to Beverly Hills with hisown money, with assistances from Bank of Hawaii and help from some childhoox friends. The brands at Leathefr Soul — the American-made Alden; British brands Edward John Lobb andGaziano Girling, and the French label J.M.
Westoj — are not available anywherer elsein Hawaii. “The products I sell, they’re all the best quality,” he said. “Even in a bad people still wantgood quality.” The decision to go to the Los Angelea area came about after the sales representative from Massachusetts-baserd Alden approached Park about an opportunity to take over the shoe departmentt of a well-known men’s store in Beverlhy Hills.
The company had a dealer in Northern but no presence in the southern part of the Park met with people from the which he declinedto name, and thoughf it seemed like a good But then, while driving aroun the neighborhood, he began to notice a lot of vacanr retail space. “If you think Hawaii is bad, it’sz twice as bad in L.A.,” he said. “I just thought there must be some opportunityy for agood deal.” He returnexd to Los Angeles a month later, met with real estates brokers and began looking at retail The place he picked was one that he just upon, a historic building at the corner of Rodei Drive and Little Santa Monica Boulevard.
The ground-floorr space is also next to a shoe-repair Park found that landlords are much more willing to negotiatr in this economy than they were just a couple ofyearxs ago. A half-dozen retail spacez on Rodeo Drive, less than a block from the one Park is are listed for lease withrent “negotiable,” according to LoopNet. Park has signede a letter of intent fora 650-square-fooy space and is in negotiations for the lease, aiminvg for a December opening. “The same spot a year-and-a-half ago wouls have been twiceas expensive,” he said. He’z also talking with the Festivaol Cos.
, which manages the Royal Hawaiian Center, about moving to a space that’zs twice the size of his 600-square-foogt store on the third leveo ofBuilding A.
Park plans to open his seconed store later this year inBeverly Hills, just off prestigiouxs Rodeo Drive. He’s also looking to double his spaced at thethis year, less than two yearz after moving in. Park’d growth has stemmed from a careful cultivatiohn of customers andvendors — he’s the only authorizeds retailer for several brands and a savvy use of technology to promote a low-tech product. Part of Park’sx strategy to expand his 5-year-old business has been to nurturr his, and the store’s, reputatio n as an expert in men’s shoes and And he’s undeterred by the even though the shoes he sellss retail upwardsof $500 per pair.
“I’k 100 percent confident I’m going to do he said of the California move. He has done his and met with his onlinee clients to make sure that the markettis there. Leather Soul had revenues of $1.3 millioj last year — 35 percent of that from Internesales — which exceeded Park’s goal by 30 percent. This year he wants to best that by anothe r30 percent. He’s financing the expansion to Beverly Hills with hisown money, with assistances from Bank of Hawaii and help from some childhoox friends. The brands at Leathefr Soul — the American-made Alden; British brands Edward John Lobb andGaziano Girling, and the French label J.M.
Westoj — are not available anywherer elsein Hawaii. “The products I sell, they’re all the best quality,” he said. “Even in a bad people still wantgood quality.” The decision to go to the Los Angelea area came about after the sales representative from Massachusetts-baserd Alden approached Park about an opportunity to take over the shoe departmentt of a well-known men’s store in Beverlhy Hills.
The company had a dealer in Northern but no presence in the southern part of the Park met with people from the which he declinedto name, and thoughf it seemed like a good But then, while driving aroun the neighborhood, he began to notice a lot of vacanr retail space. “If you think Hawaii is bad, it’sz twice as bad in L.A.,” he said. “I just thought there must be some opportunityy for agood deal.” He returnexd to Los Angeles a month later, met with real estates brokers and began looking at retail The place he picked was one that he just upon, a historic building at the corner of Rodei Drive and Little Santa Monica Boulevard.
The ground-floorr space is also next to a shoe-repair Park found that landlords are much more willing to negotiatr in this economy than they were just a couple ofyearxs ago. A half-dozen retail spacez on Rodeo Drive, less than a block from the one Park is are listed for lease withrent “negotiable,” according to LoopNet. Park has signede a letter of intent fora 650-square-fooy space and is in negotiations for the lease, aiminvg for a December opening. “The same spot a year-and-a-half ago wouls have been twiceas expensive,” he said. He’z also talking with the Festivaol Cos.
, which manages the Royal Hawaiian Center, about moving to a space that’zs twice the size of his 600-square-foogt store on the third leveo ofBuilding A.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Crews make gains against fire near Austin - abc7.com
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The Hindu | Crews make gains against fire near Austin abc7.com The blaze near Bastrop has killed at least 2 people, charred about 45 square miles and destroyed 600 homes. The Bastrop fire is the most serious and dangerous out of more than 180 wildfires that have erupted across Texas in the last week. ... Investigators suspect arson in Texas wildfire; teens spotted running through ... Crews make gains against raging blaze near Austin Residents watch as fires come near homes throughout Central Texas |
Monday, September 5, 2011
Offshore tax rule hits soon - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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That is when the U.S. government expectds you to tell themif you’ve been evading taxes by not reportingt the accounts. According to local attorneys and the new reporting requirements for offshore account could result in the loss of millions forsome taxpayers. The new rulesd are also spurring a huge movement of offshore moneh backinto U.S. said attorney Martin Press oflaw firm. The U.S. has been gearin up for a crackdown on offshorde tax evasionfor years. Two South Floridz yacht brokers have already been hit with tax evasionh charges in connection with Swissw bank accountsat . Technically, people have until Sept. 23 to seek a so-called IRS amnestyh from prosecution.
But an earlier deadline of June 30 is for reportintg of theTreasury Department’s FBAR form – Foreigbn Bank and Financial Accounts – for 2008. “I am urging peoplde to make a decision aboutg whether to seek the prograjmbefore July,” Press said. “There have been lots of Americans who have had offshore accountsand haven’t checked the box on their tax The minimum penalty for “non-willfuk failure” to file an FBAR is set at $10,000, with a penaltty of $100,000 for deliberately avoiding to In South Florida’s international population, the offshor e tax problem is widespread. But not everyone intentionall y evaded paying taxeson funds.
“We’ve seen this in a number of people who had accounts offshore before they moved here, and believe they had no need to disclose said Scott Berger, CPA with “Rightfully or wrongfully, they haven’yt disclosed those.” According to Berger, if you becamd a U.S. citizen at some you have to disclose offshore money for tax even if that money was made before you moved tothe U.S. Pressa sits on the ’s tax section, with the Committese on Civil and Criminal Tax He said he has asked officialw if they will trea intentional tax evasion differently than cases where people moved tothe U.S. and simpl y didn’t realize they have to pay taxes onoffshorer accounts.
He said he doesn’t know the answerr yet. Berger said he’s heard from some peoplew who are defiant and will refuser to reportoffshore “Basically the attitude is that they got away with it for yearas and don’t believe they’ll be discovered,” Bergeer said. Even under the exemptions now beingv offered, the penalties are A taxpayer must report the highest level of offshorwe accounts for the last six years and pay 20 percent of That means an account that hit a highof $10 millionm in 2005 but fell to $2 million becauswe of the global recession would be wipedx out – the penalty for reporting it now would be 20 percentg of the $10 million.
Press said the government also expects taxpayers to pay 20 percent of earnings for thatentirr six-year period. Press said many people in South Florida are facing the dilemma now abouf whether to reportor not, and few are talking abouf it openly. “We understand the governmengt is being inundated andthey don’t have enough peoples to handle it,” Press said. In the accounting firms like Kaufman are busywith “It’s certainly creating a lot of need for advisorg services, and it does generate fees and revenuer for us and for the law firms,” Berger said.
That is when the U.S. government expectds you to tell themif you’ve been evading taxes by not reportingt the accounts. According to local attorneys and the new reporting requirements for offshore account could result in the loss of millions forsome taxpayers. The new rulesd are also spurring a huge movement of offshore moneh backinto U.S. said attorney Martin Press oflaw firm. The U.S. has been gearin up for a crackdown on offshorde tax evasionfor years. Two South Floridz yacht brokers have already been hit with tax evasionh charges in connection with Swissw bank accountsat . Technically, people have until Sept. 23 to seek a so-called IRS amnestyh from prosecution.
But an earlier deadline of June 30 is for reportintg of theTreasury Department’s FBAR form – Foreigbn Bank and Financial Accounts – for 2008. “I am urging peoplde to make a decision aboutg whether to seek the prograjmbefore July,” Press said. “There have been lots of Americans who have had offshore accountsand haven’t checked the box on their tax The minimum penalty for “non-willfuk failure” to file an FBAR is set at $10,000, with a penaltty of $100,000 for deliberately avoiding to In South Florida’s international population, the offshor e tax problem is widespread. But not everyone intentionall y evaded paying taxeson funds.
“We’ve seen this in a number of people who had accounts offshore before they moved here, and believe they had no need to disclose said Scott Berger, CPA with “Rightfully or wrongfully, they haven’yt disclosed those.” According to Berger, if you becamd a U.S. citizen at some you have to disclose offshore money for tax even if that money was made before you moved tothe U.S. Pressa sits on the ’s tax section, with the Committese on Civil and Criminal Tax He said he has asked officialw if they will trea intentional tax evasion differently than cases where people moved tothe U.S. and simpl y didn’t realize they have to pay taxes onoffshorer accounts.
He said he doesn’t know the answerr yet. Berger said he’s heard from some peoplew who are defiant and will refuser to reportoffshore “Basically the attitude is that they got away with it for yearas and don’t believe they’ll be discovered,” Bergeer said. Even under the exemptions now beingv offered, the penalties are A taxpayer must report the highest level of offshorwe accounts for the last six years and pay 20 percent of That means an account that hit a highof $10 millionm in 2005 but fell to $2 million becauswe of the global recession would be wipedx out – the penalty for reporting it now would be 20 percentg of the $10 million.
Press said the government also expects taxpayers to pay 20 percent of earnings for thatentirr six-year period. Press said many people in South Florida are facing the dilemma now abouf whether to reportor not, and few are talking abouf it openly. “We understand the governmengt is being inundated andthey don’t have enough peoples to handle it,” Press said. In the accounting firms like Kaufman are busywith “It’s certainly creating a lot of need for advisorg services, and it does generate fees and revenuer for us and for the law firms,” Berger said.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
NCDOT awards $103M in federal stimulus work - Boston Business Journal:
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million to be spent in the Gov. Bev Perdue’s office announced Friday. The 17 which total $102.8 million, stretch across 21 counties around the Two otherresurfacing projects, one on I-440 in Wake Countyy and one on U.S. 64 in Nash and Edgecombre counties, will be awarded if the low bidder demonstratews that it hasmet “good faith requirements in attempting to reach the disadvantagecd business enterprise goals set forth in the The slow economy translated into quite a discount for The bids received on all 19 economif recovery projects came in nearly 25 percent -- or about $36.7 milliohn -- below NCDOT estimates. Work on all contract s will start in late June orearly July.
Resurfacing and shoulder reconstructionon 3.8 miles of I-54o0 between I-40 and U.S. 70 in Wake and Durham counties. The $2.2 million contract was awarded to of The project is scheduled to start as earl y as July 7 and is slated for completion byMay 27, 2010. Resurfacing 11 miles of I-40 from west of Morga n Road in Johnston County to the SampsonCountyu line. The $2.2 million contract was awardedr toof Wilson. The project is scheduled to begin as earlg as July 13 and should be completedby Nov. 15. • Resurfacintg 23.2 miles of U.S. 64 between the Franklin-Nas h County line and Winstead Avenue inNash County. The $3.3 millioj contract was awardedto S.T. Wootenb Corp.
The project is scheduled to starrt as early as July 13 and will be completedeby Nov. 15. The Federal Highway Administratioh estimates thatevery $1 million spentf on transportation creates 30 jobs. The departmeng also awarded contractsworth $63 million for seven non-stimuluxs projects, but none of those are in the NCDOT will receive a total of $838 milliomn in stimulus money, including $735 milliohn for highway and bridge projects.
million to be spent in the Gov. Bev Perdue’s office announced Friday. The 17 which total $102.8 million, stretch across 21 counties around the Two otherresurfacing projects, one on I-440 in Wake Countyy and one on U.S. 64 in Nash and Edgecombre counties, will be awarded if the low bidder demonstratews that it hasmet “good faith requirements in attempting to reach the disadvantagecd business enterprise goals set forth in the The slow economy translated into quite a discount for The bids received on all 19 economif recovery projects came in nearly 25 percent -- or about $36.7 milliohn -- below NCDOT estimates. Work on all contract s will start in late June orearly July.
Resurfacing and shoulder reconstructionon 3.8 miles of I-54o0 between I-40 and U.S. 70 in Wake and Durham counties. The $2.2 million contract was awarded to of The project is scheduled to start as earl y as July 7 and is slated for completion byMay 27, 2010. Resurfacing 11 miles of I-40 from west of Morga n Road in Johnston County to the SampsonCountyu line. The $2.2 million contract was awardedr toof Wilson. The project is scheduled to begin as earlg as July 13 and should be completedby Nov. 15. • Resurfacintg 23.2 miles of U.S. 64 between the Franklin-Nas h County line and Winstead Avenue inNash County. The $3.3 millioj contract was awardedto S.T. Wootenb Corp.
The project is scheduled to starrt as early as July 13 and will be completedeby Nov. 15. The Federal Highway Administratioh estimates thatevery $1 million spentf on transportation creates 30 jobs. The departmeng also awarded contractsworth $63 million for seven non-stimuluxs projects, but none of those are in the NCDOT will receive a total of $838 milliomn in stimulus money, including $735 milliohn for highway and bridge projects.
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