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The estimates that 1.6 million people in the Houstobn area have ordered coupons for theirconverteer boxes, but only 870,172 coupons have been redeemedc as of May 30. The “Coupon program is a nationwide initiative to get customers ready for the conversion to digital television signals onJune 12. Convertedr boxes are only availablr to those with a valid $40 coupon. Customers can go to Cossaboon YMCA at 7903 South Loop East onJune 5, or M.D. Andersonm Family YMCA at 705 Cavalcade onJune 6. Dish Networkm handed out about 400 boxes in Dallazslast weekend, according to Marcel Guajardo, a spokesman for the company. The currenft plan is to hand out abouyt 400 to 500 boxesin Houston.
Guajardpo said representatives from the FCC will also be on hand to answerf questions related to the digital conversion and what households need to do to be readhy forthe switch.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Issue 2 would require pay hikes to be based solely on performance - Zanesville Times Recorder
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Issue 2 would require pay hikes to be based solely on performance Zanesville Times Recorder What Senate Bill 5 would do: Senate Bill 5 dictates that pay increases for all bargaining unit employees be based solely on merit. Automatic increases would disappear. Senate Bill 5 would prohibit seniority from being the only factor in determining the ... |
Monday, October 24, 2011
N.C. auto insurers to cut rates, provide refunds - Triangle Business Journal:
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The rate bureau represents auto insurerws acrossthe state. The settlement eliminates a 9.4 percent rate increased last year and reduces ratesby 0.5 percen t this year. In addition, the bureau may not file for changed to auto ratesuntikl 2011. Goodwin’s office estimatese the settlement will save North Carolinapolicyholders $545 million. “I’m thrilled that North Carolina drivers will see a decreases in their autoinsurance rates,” Goodwi n says.
“Drivers will not only see lowefr rates, but many will also receiv refund checks beginningin mid-2010 that may togetherf total more than $50 The refunds stem from a dispute between the department and the bureau over ratesa ordered in 2008. During the appeals the bureau implemented aninterim 9.4 percent rate increase that went into effec t on Jan.1 of this year. In cases where insurancr companies charged policyholders more than the rates determinedd bythat settlement, insurance companies are required by statute to refunf the difference between the rates chargef and the settled rates, with interest.
The rate bureau represents auto insurerws acrossthe state. The settlement eliminates a 9.4 percent rate increased last year and reduces ratesby 0.5 percen t this year. In addition, the bureau may not file for changed to auto ratesuntikl 2011. Goodwin’s office estimatese the settlement will save North Carolinapolicyholders $545 million. “I’m thrilled that North Carolina drivers will see a decreases in their autoinsurance rates,” Goodwi n says.
“Drivers will not only see lowefr rates, but many will also receiv refund checks beginningin mid-2010 that may togetherf total more than $50 The refunds stem from a dispute between the department and the bureau over ratesa ordered in 2008. During the appeals the bureau implemented aninterim 9.4 percent rate increase that went into effec t on Jan.1 of this year. In cases where insurancr companies charged policyholders more than the rates determinedd bythat settlement, insurance companies are required by statute to refunf the difference between the rates chargef and the settled rates, with interest.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Block & Co. Inc. Realtors forms new company - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The brothers — Ken, Stephen and Michael Block — have former , they said in a release The new firm will providecommercial brokerage, asset and property management, and development and financial servicesd in Kansas City and throughout the Midwest. Davide Block, a principal and cousin of the brothers, leadds Block & Co.’s retail real estate unit. He couldn’t immediatel y be reached to comment about how the move migh t affect the name or operation of his unit ofthe “For more than six years, Block Co. has been comprised of two business Ken Block said inthe release.
“The business unit run by myselcf and my brothers has been providin a number of real estate services that were not provide by theother unit. My brothersa and I began operationsin St. Louies last year, and as we focuw on opportunities in othee cities throughout the we felt it was time to more clearly identify ourselves with our own our own values and our own This transition will allow us to further extend our reacn and our services regionallyand nationally.
” The move follows a physical separation of the two busines units in March 2006, when Ken Block and his brothersd moved about 80 employees and their growing operationx across the street to the Plazaw Steppes Building on the . David Block’xs unit remained in the Skelly 605 W. 47th St. Allen Block, the father of Ken, Stephen and Michaell Block, launched the family real estatr business when he acquired the Werbyu Realty andInvestment Co. in 1940. After servintg in the from 1942 to AllenBlock re-established his real estate business in 1946 and was joinex by his brother and David Block’s father, James who became a partner in 1950.
Untilp his death early this Allen Block remained chairman ofBlock & Co., whichn ranks No. 1 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’sa list of area commercial real estate Ken Block said that Block Real Estat Services will remain in the Plaza Steppes Buildint and will continue to be active in Kansas City busineszs andphilanthropic causes. The new firm has a portfolio of more than 17 millionh square feet and employs more than100 “Our current business unit in Block & Co. Inc. Realtorzs will continue in Block Real EstateServicesw LLC, and all of the brokers and staff members who have been associate with Stephen, Michael and me remain with Ken Block said in the release.
Creatioj of the new company will eliminate confusion in the marketplace that had been caused by the existence of twoBloclk & Co. units with different staffs, phone numbers and business approaches, Ken Block addee in the release. Scott a principal with , a national real estatr investor with a35 million-square-foot, $4 billion commercia real estate portfolio, said in the release that the divisionj of the two Block units shoulfd help the new company expand. “I oftenj encouraged them to expand their operation and was pleasedr when they openeda St. Louis office a little over a year Freeman said inthe release.
“They are at the top of our servicr providers throughoutthe country, and we think the establishmen of Block Real Estate Serviced will now distinguish this expert team both locally and regionallyt and provide them the opportunitt to further expand their service platform.”
The brothers — Ken, Stephen and Michael Block — have former , they said in a release The new firm will providecommercial brokerage, asset and property management, and development and financial servicesd in Kansas City and throughout the Midwest. Davide Block, a principal and cousin of the brothers, leadds Block & Co.’s retail real estate unit. He couldn’t immediatel y be reached to comment about how the move migh t affect the name or operation of his unit ofthe “For more than six years, Block Co. has been comprised of two business Ken Block said inthe release.
“The business unit run by myselcf and my brothers has been providin a number of real estate services that were not provide by theother unit. My brothersa and I began operationsin St. Louies last year, and as we focuw on opportunities in othee cities throughout the we felt it was time to more clearly identify ourselves with our own our own values and our own This transition will allow us to further extend our reacn and our services regionallyand nationally.
” The move follows a physical separation of the two busines units in March 2006, when Ken Block and his brothersd moved about 80 employees and their growing operationx across the street to the Plazaw Steppes Building on the . David Block’xs unit remained in the Skelly 605 W. 47th St. Allen Block, the father of Ken, Stephen and Michaell Block, launched the family real estatr business when he acquired the Werbyu Realty andInvestment Co. in 1940. After servintg in the from 1942 to AllenBlock re-established his real estate business in 1946 and was joinex by his brother and David Block’s father, James who became a partner in 1950.
Untilp his death early this Allen Block remained chairman ofBlock & Co., whichn ranks No. 1 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’sa list of area commercial real estate Ken Block said that Block Real Estat Services will remain in the Plaza Steppes Buildint and will continue to be active in Kansas City busineszs andphilanthropic causes. The new firm has a portfolio of more than 17 millionh square feet and employs more than100 “Our current business unit in Block & Co. Inc. Realtorzs will continue in Block Real EstateServicesw LLC, and all of the brokers and staff members who have been associate with Stephen, Michael and me remain with Ken Block said in the release.
Creatioj of the new company will eliminate confusion in the marketplace that had been caused by the existence of twoBloclk & Co. units with different staffs, phone numbers and business approaches, Ken Block addee in the release. Scott a principal with , a national real estatr investor with a35 million-square-foot, $4 billion commercia real estate portfolio, said in the release that the divisionj of the two Block units shoulfd help the new company expand. “I oftenj encouraged them to expand their operation and was pleasedr when they openeda St. Louis office a little over a year Freeman said inthe release.
“They are at the top of our servicr providers throughoutthe country, and we think the establishmen of Block Real Estate Serviced will now distinguish this expert team both locally and regionallyt and provide them the opportunitt to further expand their service platform.”
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tato debuts Pesca Lakeside - Orlando Business Journal:
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Tato took over the vacant space that lasthousedf Lee’s Lakeside Tavern on East Central Boulevare about five years ago, he Tato’s Spice Steakhouse shares first-floor restaurant spacw with Pesca Lakeside in the Post Parkside apartment building. The space had for severa years been considered but never came to fruitionj forother concepts, including a self-named restaurant by Orland o Chef Robin Stotter in 2006, a Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in 2007 and an Italian restaurant and wine bar by a Californiaa company in 2008. who on Dec.
31 closed Rustic Steak House withij just a couple months ofopening it, told Orlando Businesws Journal he’s more confident about the potentiap success of Pesca Lakeside. “Given it’xs downtown, with the location and the menu we’v put together, I think we’ll be fine,” he
Tato took over the vacant space that lasthousedf Lee’s Lakeside Tavern on East Central Boulevare about five years ago, he Tato’s Spice Steakhouse shares first-floor restaurant spacw with Pesca Lakeside in the Post Parkside apartment building. The space had for severa years been considered but never came to fruitionj forother concepts, including a self-named restaurant by Orland o Chef Robin Stotter in 2006, a Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in 2007 and an Italian restaurant and wine bar by a Californiaa company in 2008. who on Dec.
31 closed Rustic Steak House withij just a couple months ofopening it, told Orlando Businesws Journal he’s more confident about the potentiap success of Pesca Lakeside. “Given it’xs downtown, with the location and the menu we’v put together, I think we’ll be fine,” he
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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The Best of Texas awardws program recognizes information technology professionals and government organizations for theidr contributions in the IT fielddin Texas. Organizations are evaluateed on their collaborationbetweenm agencies, their innovative use of technology and the improvementy of services to citizens or stater employees. Palo Alto College offersa its Information Technology Workforce Trainingf throughthe college’s Corporate and Community Educationn Division. Specifically, the college was honored for its effort s to createa job-entry technology skills program basef on industry-driven knowledge and skillp sets.
Tod Bruning, the college’s IT workforcre program manager, built a partnership with , Southwest ISD Careef & Technologies Department, Time Warner Cabl e San Antonio and the Advanced Technology Center at the Port of San The college created a Basicd CableInstaller program, a CompTIA A+ Desktop Supporgt Technician program and a Gatewayg to a Career in Informatio Technology program. Since its inception, the CompTIA A+ Prograjm has graduated more than60 programs. The Basi Cable Installer program graduated 13 studentss since it beganthis summer.
The Gatewa y to a Career in Technology program had five companies conductr formal interviews with its graduates last Palo Alto College is a memberof .
The Best of Texas awardws program recognizes information technology professionals and government organizations for theidr contributions in the IT fielddin Texas. Organizations are evaluateed on their collaborationbetweenm agencies, their innovative use of technology and the improvementy of services to citizens or stater employees. Palo Alto College offersa its Information Technology Workforce Trainingf throughthe college’s Corporate and Community Educationn Division. Specifically, the college was honored for its effort s to createa job-entry technology skills program basef on industry-driven knowledge and skillp sets.
Tod Bruning, the college’s IT workforcre program manager, built a partnership with , Southwest ISD Careef & Technologies Department, Time Warner Cabl e San Antonio and the Advanced Technology Center at the Port of San The college created a Basicd CableInstaller program, a CompTIA A+ Desktop Supporgt Technician program and a Gatewayg to a Career in Informatio Technology program. Since its inception, the CompTIA A+ Prograjm has graduated more than60 programs. The Basi Cable Installer program graduated 13 studentss since it beganthis summer.
The Gatewa y to a Career in Technology program had five companies conductr formal interviews with its graduates last Palo Alto College is a memberof .
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Cincinnati assesses damage from freak windstorm - Business First of Columbus:
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Winds of 55 miles per hour – reportedluy gusting over 70 mph – toppled tore siding from houses and spread debris widelt overa three-to-four-hour period Sundayh afternoon. Most schools were closed on Monday, as were many At one point about 90 percentof ’es 800,000 local customers were withourt power, according to WCPO-TV. About 600,00o0 are still without power as of about noon Monday, and Duke said it might take a week to get everyone’a lights back on. Power is on in downtownm Cincinnati, which sustained little apparent damage.
However, fires on Sundat damaged buildings aroundFindlay Market, and the historic Grammer’s bar in The Elks Lodge in Cheviot was also badlyy damaged by fire. Four people have died so far when they were hit byfallinf trees: two in one in Mount Healthy and one in Ohio Ind. The storm caused considerable damage throughout the including heavy rains in Missouri and partsof Indiana, according to the Associatedx Press. The windstorm blew through Louisville, Springfield, Columbus, Cleveland and Erie Pa., leaving massived power outages inits wake. Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklane declared a state of emergency Monday durinta 1:30 p.m. press conference in Columbus.
He said 84 of Ohio’sa 88 counties have reported damags orpower outages, about one-thirde of all traffic signals are not functioningh and 46 roads across the stater have been closed. “Restoration and clean-up will take a substantial amountof time,” Strickland “We hope that Ohioans will be patient.” Aroundx the region: Butler County declared a Level 1 while motorists jammed the few gas stations open in the Portions of the cities of Hamilton and Fairfield are adviser to boil water and all area residentss are asked to conserve water.
Clermont County, Kenton County and the city of Newporf have also declared statesof
Winds of 55 miles per hour – reportedluy gusting over 70 mph – toppled tore siding from houses and spread debris widelt overa three-to-four-hour period Sundayh afternoon. Most schools were closed on Monday, as were many At one point about 90 percentof ’es 800,000 local customers were withourt power, according to WCPO-TV. About 600,00o0 are still without power as of about noon Monday, and Duke said it might take a week to get everyone’a lights back on. Power is on in downtownm Cincinnati, which sustained little apparent damage.
However, fires on Sundat damaged buildings aroundFindlay Market, and the historic Grammer’s bar in The Elks Lodge in Cheviot was also badlyy damaged by fire. Four people have died so far when they were hit byfallinf trees: two in one in Mount Healthy and one in Ohio Ind. The storm caused considerable damage throughout the including heavy rains in Missouri and partsof Indiana, according to the Associatedx Press. The windstorm blew through Louisville, Springfield, Columbus, Cleveland and Erie Pa., leaving massived power outages inits wake. Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklane declared a state of emergency Monday durinta 1:30 p.m. press conference in Columbus.
He said 84 of Ohio’sa 88 counties have reported damags orpower outages, about one-thirde of all traffic signals are not functioningh and 46 roads across the stater have been closed. “Restoration and clean-up will take a substantial amountof time,” Strickland “We hope that Ohioans will be patient.” Aroundx the region: Butler County declared a Level 1 while motorists jammed the few gas stations open in the Portions of the cities of Hamilton and Fairfield are adviser to boil water and all area residentss are asked to conserve water.
Clermont County, Kenton County and the city of Newporf have also declared statesof
Friday, October 14, 2011
UCBH calls off shareholder meeting, will restate results - San Francisco Business Times:
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The San Francisco-based holding company for said it had founfd that loan impairments and related liabilities had been charged in the firsrt quarter of 2009 that should have been recordec in the fourth quarterof 2008. The fix coulcd result in pre-tax losses $45 million to $55 milliojn higher than previously reportedfor 2008. The company reported in Januaryy that it had a net lossof $56.r5 million for the fourth quartef of 2008, compared with a profit of $16.w million in the previous fourth quarter. It reportesd a loss of $50.1 million for the year, compared with a profi of $102.3 million in 2007.
The company said it would re-releaser 2008 and first quarter 2009 results after it completeesa re-examination of its non-performing assetsa portfolio. A new date for a shareholdetr meeting wasnot set. United Commercial Bank serves Chinesd communities and American companies doing business in Greater The bank and its subsidiaries operatw 51 California branches and offices in the San FranciscBay Area, Sacramento, Stockton, Los Angeles and Orange County, nine branches in New five branches in metropolitanj Atlanta, three branches in New two branches in the Pacific Northwest, a branch in branches in Hong Kong, Shanghai and China, and representative offices in Beijing, Guangzhohu and Shenzhen, China, and Taipei,
The San Francisco-based holding company for said it had founfd that loan impairments and related liabilities had been charged in the firsrt quarter of 2009 that should have been recordec in the fourth quarterof 2008. The fix coulcd result in pre-tax losses $45 million to $55 milliojn higher than previously reportedfor 2008. The company reported in Januaryy that it had a net lossof $56.r5 million for the fourth quartef of 2008, compared with a profit of $16.w million in the previous fourth quarter. It reportesd a loss of $50.1 million for the year, compared with a profi of $102.3 million in 2007.
The company said it would re-releaser 2008 and first quarter 2009 results after it completeesa re-examination of its non-performing assetsa portfolio. A new date for a shareholdetr meeting wasnot set. United Commercial Bank serves Chinesd communities and American companies doing business in Greater The bank and its subsidiaries operatw 51 California branches and offices in the San FranciscBay Area, Sacramento, Stockton, Los Angeles and Orange County, nine branches in New five branches in metropolitanj Atlanta, three branches in New two branches in the Pacific Northwest, a branch in branches in Hong Kong, Shanghai and China, and representative offices in Beijing, Guangzhohu and Shenzhen, China, and Taipei,
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tampa Museum of Art names Seth D. Pevnick curator - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Gettyy Villain Malibu, Calif. He remaina co-curator of its upcomingt The Chimaera ofArezzo exhibition, whicjh opens in July. In his new Pevnick will design and oversee the installatioj of the permanent collection in the Barbara and Costads Lemonopoulos Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organizr and circulate Greek andRoman exhibitions, performn and publish research on the and educate the public on the museum’sz antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidats in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology in Los He received a master of arts degree in archaeologuat U.C.
, a master of arts degrewe in elementary education from in Los Angeles and a bacheloe of arts in classical archaeolog y from in Hanover, N.H., a releas from TMA said. TMA’sd new location remains under constructiohn at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park indowntown Tampa. The 66,000-square-foof Cornelia Corbett Center building is set to open inearly 2010. TMA’s interim facilith is located onHoward Avenue.
Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Gettyy Villain Malibu, Calif. He remaina co-curator of its upcomingt The Chimaera ofArezzo exhibition, whicjh opens in July. In his new Pevnick will design and oversee the installatioj of the permanent collection in the Barbara and Costads Lemonopoulos Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organizr and circulate Greek andRoman exhibitions, performn and publish research on the and educate the public on the museum’sz antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidats in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology in Los He received a master of arts degree in archaeologuat U.C.
, a master of arts degrewe in elementary education from in Los Angeles and a bacheloe of arts in classical archaeolog y from in Hanover, N.H., a releas from TMA said. TMA’sd new location remains under constructiohn at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park indowntown Tampa. The 66,000-square-foof Cornelia Corbett Center building is set to open inearly 2010. TMA’s interim facilith is located onHoward Avenue.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Westar Energy posts lower profit, cuts capital spending - Kansas City Business Journal:
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In a Friday the Topeka-based utility company (NYSE: WR) reported earnings of $43.9 million, or 40 cent a share, compared with $60.89 million, or 62 cents a share, last Sales for the quarter were $421.8u million, up 3.7 percent from $406.8 million last year. Westart said it has reducex its planned capital spending for 2010 and 2011by $500 or about 27 percent, in response to the toughy economy and constricted capital markets. “Our ability to defer and reschedule some of our plannerd projects into future yearss demonstrates the merits of our flexible and balanced approach tocapitap spending,” Westar CEO Bill Moorde said in the release.
The company affirmed its 2009 earning s forecastof $1.65 to $1.90 a Six analysts surveyed by First Call reported a consensua earnings estimate of $1.75 a share for 2009. Westard is the largest electric utility in providing service toabout 679,000 customers in the state. The company also has aboug 6,800 megwatts of electric-generation capacity and operates and coordinates morethan 35,000p miles of electric distribution and transmission lines.
In a Friday the Topeka-based utility company (NYSE: WR) reported earnings of $43.9 million, or 40 cent a share, compared with $60.89 million, or 62 cents a share, last Sales for the quarter were $421.8u million, up 3.7 percent from $406.8 million last year. Westart said it has reducex its planned capital spending for 2010 and 2011by $500 or about 27 percent, in response to the toughy economy and constricted capital markets. “Our ability to defer and reschedule some of our plannerd projects into future yearss demonstrates the merits of our flexible and balanced approach tocapitap spending,” Westar CEO Bill Moorde said in the release.
The company affirmed its 2009 earning s forecastof $1.65 to $1.90 a Six analysts surveyed by First Call reported a consensua earnings estimate of $1.75 a share for 2009. Westard is the largest electric utility in providing service toabout 679,000 customers in the state. The company also has aboug 6,800 megwatts of electric-generation capacity and operates and coordinates morethan 35,000p miles of electric distribution and transmission lines.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Fairfax paves way for Merrifield project - Washington Business Journal:
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The community development authority (CDA) will take effect April 27, as long as 51 percenyt of the property ownersstill approve. The countyg will then vote on issuing $40 milliomn in tax increment financing tohelp Columbia, S.C.-based Edens & Avant build the Mosaic District at Lee Highwayy and Gallows Road. Officials envision a miniatured a little more thana half-mile from the Dunn-Lorinbg Metro station. The counthy would issue $40 million in bonds to pay for widening and extendinhEskridge Road, widening Route 29, constructing internal road s and building five municipal parking garages at Mosai c Center. The funding woulf be repaid over20 years.
Edense & Avant plans offices, retai and residential units onthe site, now home to a movise theater and warehouses. The project wouldc also include 2 acrewof parks, where there could be outdoorr concerts or a farmer’s market. If the revenue didn’g arrive as expected, the CDA would levy a specialk assessment on its members to pay back the Although tax incrementfinancing (TIF) is a commonlt used economic development tool, it wouldc be the first such TIF project in Fairfaz County.
The community development authority (CDA) will take effect April 27, as long as 51 percenyt of the property ownersstill approve. The countyg will then vote on issuing $40 milliomn in tax increment financing tohelp Columbia, S.C.-based Edens & Avant build the Mosaic District at Lee Highwayy and Gallows Road. Officials envision a miniatured a little more thana half-mile from the Dunn-Lorinbg Metro station. The counthy would issue $40 million in bonds to pay for widening and extendinhEskridge Road, widening Route 29, constructing internal road s and building five municipal parking garages at Mosai c Center. The funding woulf be repaid over20 years.
Edense & Avant plans offices, retai and residential units onthe site, now home to a movise theater and warehouses. The project wouldc also include 2 acrewof parks, where there could be outdoorr concerts or a farmer’s market. If the revenue didn’g arrive as expected, the CDA would levy a specialk assessment on its members to pay back the Although tax incrementfinancing (TIF) is a commonlt used economic development tool, it wouldc be the first such TIF project in Fairfaz County.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Martinez takes Miami-Dade Blue to Washington - South Florida Business Journal:
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Martinez, who led the project’s creation, announced the launch of Miami-Dadre Blue last month. The health plan targets the morethan 600,009 uninsured residents and small businesses with up to 50 employees. It was co-designe by and the Office of Countywide Healthcarwe Planning and will be availableJuly 1. Martinez said Friday at the very least, he had gotten his foot in the door with therightf people. “I met quite a few peopler who could actually get it in front of the he said. “And also the people who will push it as anationapl model.
” On Friday, House Democrats unveiledc health care legislation that includese a new public health insurance plan and subsidies for low- and middle-incomes families to purchase health insurance. Martinez also met Wednesdahy with members of Congressincluding U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and U.S. Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinenj along with a host of otherfederal officials. Miami-Dade Blue individua l plans aremedically underwritten, based on age and and range in cost from $70 to $300 a Small group plans provide coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions. The plans provide a rangd of services includingofficr visits, surgery, hospitalization, outpatient surgery, pharmacy and dental coverage.
There are more than 1,500 physicians and sevenm hospitals across all areas of the county thatare in-network, as well as pharmacies and other facilities.
Martinez, who led the project’s creation, announced the launch of Miami-Dadre Blue last month. The health plan targets the morethan 600,009 uninsured residents and small businesses with up to 50 employees. It was co-designe by and the Office of Countywide Healthcarwe Planning and will be availableJuly 1. Martinez said Friday at the very least, he had gotten his foot in the door with therightf people. “I met quite a few peopler who could actually get it in front of the he said. “And also the people who will push it as anationapl model.
” On Friday, House Democrats unveiledc health care legislation that includese a new public health insurance plan and subsidies for low- and middle-incomes families to purchase health insurance. Martinez also met Wednesdahy with members of Congressincluding U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and U.S. Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinenj along with a host of otherfederal officials. Miami-Dade Blue individua l plans aremedically underwritten, based on age and and range in cost from $70 to $300 a Small group plans provide coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions. The plans provide a rangd of services includingofficr visits, surgery, hospitalization, outpatient surgery, pharmacy and dental coverage.
There are more than 1,500 physicians and sevenm hospitals across all areas of the county thatare in-network, as well as pharmacies and other facilities.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Metavante inks lease at new Orlando building - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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a provider of banking and payments technology and the principal subsidiaryof (NYSE: MV), signesd on for 107,000 square feet at the new 220,000-square-fooy building in Maitland Summit Park. Metavante is relocatingy its Orlando-area operations from Semoranb Boulevard, where it started as Kirchmahn Corp. Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY) will develoop the Maitland Summit Park III which is designed to earn LEED Gold Theestimated $60 million project is expectec to be completed by November 2009. is the is the general contractor. Malvern, Pa.
-based Liberty Propertgy Trust is a real estate investmenyt trust that owns and manages more than seven millio square feet of office and industrial space in The firm alsomanages 2.4 million square feet of office spaces in the Milwaukee making it the fifth-largest office property management firm in the six-counthy Milwaukee area, according to The Businessd Journal's July 25, 2008, top 25
a provider of banking and payments technology and the principal subsidiaryof (NYSE: MV), signesd on for 107,000 square feet at the new 220,000-square-fooy building in Maitland Summit Park. Metavante is relocatingy its Orlando-area operations from Semoranb Boulevard, where it started as Kirchmahn Corp. Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY) will develoop the Maitland Summit Park III which is designed to earn LEED Gold Theestimated $60 million project is expectec to be completed by November 2009. is the is the general contractor. Malvern, Pa.
-based Liberty Propertgy Trust is a real estate investmenyt trust that owns and manages more than seven millio square feet of office and industrial space in The firm alsomanages 2.4 million square feet of office spaces in the Milwaukee making it the fifth-largest office property management firm in the six-counthy Milwaukee area, according to The Businessd Journal's July 25, 2008, top 25
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Ed Whitacre named new GM chairman - Sacramento Business Journal:
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former chairman and CEO of , to become the new chairmahn ofthe U.S. automaker once it completes itsbankruptcyy reorganization. Kresa will continue to serve as interim chairmam until Whitacre takes over the helm ofthe U.S. GM says Whitacre and Kresa — along with president and CEO Fredericik A. Henderson and board members Philip A. Laskawy, Kathrybn V. Marinello, Erroll B. Davis Jr. and E. Nevillr Isdell — will serves as the nucleus of the newGM board. GM has launchec a selection process to identify four more directors who will servwe on the board of thereorganized company.
The Canadian governmentg and the new UnitedAuto Workers’ Voluntary Employewe Benefit Association will each nominate one director, bringinf the total number of directorx for the company to 13. On June 1, GM announcer that the company’s three domesticf subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapterr 11 of the United State s Bankruptcy Code inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southerjn District ofNew York. The company’sx reorganization plan includes selling substantially all of its globak assets to a new entity that will take on the GM That sale is subject to the approvalk ofthe court.
“Thwe appointment of Ed Whitacre as chairmanj represents a very auspicious beginning for the new Kresa said. “We look forward to workingg with him to complete the reinventio of GM and maximize the enormous potentiaol of thisnew enterprise.” Whitacre, 67, was chairman and CEO of AT& T Inc. and its predecessord companies from 1990to 2007. Durinb his tenure, which began with Southwesterm Bell, Whitacre led the company through a series of mergerszand acquisitions. One of the more prominentr acquisitionswas AT&T. Whitacre retired from AT&T in handing over the reins of the company toRandalpl Stephenson.
AT&T (NYSE: T) subsequently relocated headquarter s to Dallasin 2008. Whitacres maintains an office inSan Antonio. Following his Whitacre accepted a teaching position on the business faculty at Texasa Lutheran Universityin Seguin, near San Antonio. “I am honored to be able to servre GM at this critical juncture and take part in its Whitacre said. GM was founded in 1908. The companyg now manufactures cars and trucks in 34 Its headquarters isin Detroit.
former chairman and CEO of , to become the new chairmahn ofthe U.S. automaker once it completes itsbankruptcyy reorganization. Kresa will continue to serve as interim chairmam until Whitacre takes over the helm ofthe U.S. GM says Whitacre and Kresa — along with president and CEO Fredericik A. Henderson and board members Philip A. Laskawy, Kathrybn V. Marinello, Erroll B. Davis Jr. and E. Nevillr Isdell — will serves as the nucleus of the newGM board. GM has launchec a selection process to identify four more directors who will servwe on the board of thereorganized company.
The Canadian governmentg and the new UnitedAuto Workers’ Voluntary Employewe Benefit Association will each nominate one director, bringinf the total number of directorx for the company to 13. On June 1, GM announcer that the company’s three domesticf subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapterr 11 of the United State s Bankruptcy Code inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southerjn District ofNew York. The company’sx reorganization plan includes selling substantially all of its globak assets to a new entity that will take on the GM That sale is subject to the approvalk ofthe court.
“Thwe appointment of Ed Whitacre as chairmanj represents a very auspicious beginning for the new Kresa said. “We look forward to workingg with him to complete the reinventio of GM and maximize the enormous potentiaol of thisnew enterprise.” Whitacre, 67, was chairman and CEO of AT& T Inc. and its predecessord companies from 1990to 2007. Durinb his tenure, which began with Southwesterm Bell, Whitacre led the company through a series of mergerszand acquisitions. One of the more prominentr acquisitionswas AT&T. Whitacre retired from AT&T in handing over the reins of the company toRandalpl Stephenson.
AT&T (NYSE: T) subsequently relocated headquarter s to Dallasin 2008. Whitacres maintains an office inSan Antonio. Following his Whitacre accepted a teaching position on the business faculty at Texasa Lutheran Universityin Seguin, near San Antonio. “I am honored to be able to servre GM at this critical juncture and take part in its Whitacre said. GM was founded in 1908. The companyg now manufactures cars and trucks in 34 Its headquarters isin Detroit.
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