Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Smuggled reptiles to be returned - Hong Kong Standard

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Marsden: Olympic security mess caused by cronyism - Newsday

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Company Profile | Company Information

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Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals is a privately-owned company backed by some of the foremos t private capital investorsin healthcare. Although a young company, Xanodyne has already establishefd itself as a strong and competent entit in the branded specialtypharmaceutical industry. Xanodynde Pharmacal, Inc. was founded in July of 2001 in the Greaterr Cincinnati area byRoger Griggs, Chairman of Union Springw LLC, a private equity group that focuses exclusively on investmentsd in the life sciences sector, and Dr. Gilberty Gonzales, a neurologist and pain management specialist. Since its Xanodyne has set a rapid pace of developmentand acquisitions.
In 2001, it acquire Drug Enhancement Company of America LLC a privately held pharmaceutical productydevelopment company. This acquisitiohn not only increased the numberof near-term pharmaceuticapl development projects, which complemented Xanodyne'a strategic direction, but it also brought expertisw and talented employees from DECA to Xanodyne. In early Xanodyne Pharmacal, Inc. merged with Indianapolis-based Integrity Inc., (a womens health specialty company) with the newlg merged company being renamedXanodynr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
In July of 2005, Xanodyne completed a transaction to acquire most of the assetesof aaiPharma's pharmaceuticals The deal value was in exces s of $200 million in

Friday, July 27, 2012

Westminster Mall buys its Mervyn's - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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million square feet, has bought the mall’s vacanr Mervyn’s building for $3.3 million, accordingf to real estate records. The purchase may be a step toward puttinv theoutdated mall, which is only under single ownership in anticipation of its redevelopmentr as an urban-oriented, mixed-use property. Major mall tenants, including Mervyn’s, usually own their Mall owner MDManagement Inc.
of Kansas City also no longere is working with local LLC on redevelopingg Westminster Mall and upgrading two of its KansaseCity malls, according to Alberta spokeswoman Megan An MD principal said as recentlyt as January, according to The Denvedr Post, that he was happh to be working with Alberta on a plan to redevelopp Westminster Mall. Progress on updating MD's hometown malls -- Metro Northb and Metcalf South -- slowed in the last few supposedly because of theeconomicd downturn, according to the Kansaxs City Business Journal.
MD Westminster Parcels LLC, an MD Managementg entity, closed on the purchase of the Mervyn’s store from Chicago-basefd Klaff Realty LP in according to Jefferson Countgy realestate records. “We sold our fee interesgt to an entity controlled by the mall saidKeith Brown, executive vice presidenft at Klaff. With the recent sale, Colorado’s 11 Mervyn’ws stores all have been sold or leased to retaileres such as Burlington Coat Factory andSports Authority, except for 15,000 squard feet of the Pueblo store, Brownj said. Englewood-based Sports Authority leases most of the spacd in theformer Mervyn’s in Pueblo Mall.
The Mervyn’z store at Westminster Mall close d inearly 2006, one of 10 Coloradl stores in the departmen t store chain to shut down at that Surviving anchors at the mall include JC Penney’s and Completed in 1977, Westminster Mall is located at 5433 W. 88th just off U.S. Highway 36. Westminsterf Mall’s longtime manager, Kenton Anderson, said he had no informationn regardingthe Mervyn’s buildin g sale. Tom Morgan, a principal at MD didn’t return a call for comment.
Westminstee Mall’s redevelopment is in the beginning according to the cityof Westminster, which has pusherd for an updating of the property for “We look at the property as the existing mall, but also as 100 acresa in the middle of the U.S. 36 one of the most vibrant corridors in themetro area,” said Susan Grafton, economi c development manager for the city of “There’s loads of opportunity there to do something more urban becausde of the transportation access.
” The redevelopment is in the “vergy early conceptual design phase,” according to a summarh of an April Westminster city council The concept includes retail, offices and residential space, as well as the realignmengt of nearby 88th Avenue and Sheridanh Boulevard. Another component of the redevelopment is the nearbg Regional Transportation District bus at U.S. Highway 36 and West 88th Avenue, which may get lightr rail.
The council adopted a resolution on Apri 13 forthe city’s development authority to work with MD Managemenf and potential developers “to create a visiohn and assemble properties to make redevelopmenf of Westminster Mall a reality,” the summary said. Klaff and partners acquires the Mervyn’s department store chain in 2004for $1.65 The joint venture that owns the stores fileds for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizationj in July 2008, and converted to Chapter 7 liquidation in October.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

"Absolutely Fabulous," Starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, Will Air ... - Playbill.com

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Monday, July 23, 2012

Fed's Beige Book: Midwest contraction

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Whereas some industries experiencedf substantial drops in activity during the past six modest increases in other sectors led the Fed to characterizd theNinth District’s contraction as moderating. The Nintg Federal District includes Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Soutuh Dakota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigabn andnorthwestern Wisconsin. Consumer spending and tourism werestill weak, but had “improved somewhat from the previouss few months,” according to the Fed. The service sector continue to experiencedecreased revenue, employment and profits compared to a year ago, and further profit contraction is likely.
The Fed characterized the commercial real estate sector as adding that residential construction continued at steadiltylow levels. The residential real estate markegt did see more activity than in the previouxreporting period. Manufacturing continued its slide, as did energy and However, some wind energy projects continuwe tomove forward, and gold mined are at “near capacity production.” Labor markets continued to Job cuts in Minnesota, many of them in the healtb care and medical-device were cited by the Fed in its assessment of labofr conditions. Wage increases were and firms surveyed by the Fed expecf toincrease employees’ wage by 1.8 percent over the next year.
Price however, were “subdued,” with the rising cost of gas anotables exception, the Fed reported. The Fed’s next Beige Book reportf is dueJuly 29.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

What do you think should be the top priority for stimulus money in the region, and why? - Washington Business Journal:

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“The stimulus package includes over $100 million in educatio funding that will go a long way toward proppingh up state and local education budgets and preventing painful cutbacks toschook funding. Education is the best place for us to invest in orderr toensure long-term job growthy and economic competitiveness. My favorite part of the education-relatesd stimulus funding by far isthe $5 billion Race to the Top which the will use to prime the innovationh pump and get school leaders thinkintg about new and nontraditional ideas for improvingg education.” — Michael Chasen, president and CEO, “Thse ‘stimulus’ money coming into D.C.
oughft to be spent on priorities that will ourlocal economy. One of the largestr sectors and one of the most vulnerabl e to economic downturn is ourtourisjm sector. Our priority should be to get the convention centert hotelbuilt — using stimulus dollars as inducement. The was suppose d to be opened for business severalyears ago. Sinced 2006 there have been 15 majot conventions that have that had been booked for the whichn changed their minds and spent theirrdollars elsewhere. These 15 conventions alone represent 370,000 hotel room nightsx and a staggering $160 million.” — Bob president, Greater Washington Sports Alliance “Th e D.C.
area is a major technologyt andtelecommunications hub, so a large, innovative federalp program that targets these sectors in this regionh would provide a significant stimulant. I’ve heard of citie s providing freepublic Wi-Fi but with the resources and demand currently available, why not make this the firsft free regional Wi-Fi center? A project such as this is a true ‘governmenft for the people’ initiative and will afford all individuals greaterd access to the portals the government wantsz to make as its storefront. The companies benefigt because they have new projects towork on, and the peoplse benefit through greater job opportunity.
” — Ralph Lary III, Arena Technical Resources LLC “Stimuluzs money is best served creating jobs and encouraging spending. Our economhy is based on confidenceand spending. We need to restor both, so every stimulus dollarr needs to go to localities and programs that will dojust that. We need to create an environment where small businesses have access to the resourcesw they needto hire, get capital and grow. This is a short-termj problem, but we need to keep the long-term impacf in mind. Specifically in this region we can use this opportunity to improve our infrastructure and prepare for the next 20 to 30 yearwsof growth.
We’re going to be paying this monet back for along time, so it should be investede wisely.” — Jonathan Arehart, president and CEO, “Rather than prolongingb the inevitable collapse of industries that are bound to go I’d like to see stimulus dollars used to promot e technology growth by funding innovation, transportation and education. Usiny funds for small busineszs loans, government versions of programs likeLaunchBoxz Digital, hiring incentives and angel investor matching would ensure that the Districr remains a hotbed of Next, I’d create physical jobs and improve the efficienc y of commuting by fixing the transportation issue in the Metro area.
Lastly, I’d fuel the area’ss future innovators by increasing the numberof top-notchg programs — like the magnef schools slated to lose theier funding.” — Haroon Mokhtarzada, CEO, Webs.com

Friday, July 20, 2012

Brookings study: Jacksonville among weakest economies in U.S. - Business First of Columbus:

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Jacksonville ranked 96th out of the 100cities studied, just one of severap Florida cities to fare poorly. The state had seven of the 20 poorest performingmetro areas, and four of the wors five. The MetroMonitor stud y is the first in an ongoinh quarterly series and covers the first quarterof 2009. Conductex by the Metropolitan Policy Program at TheBrookingds Institution, the report ranks the economic performance of the nation’s 100 largestf metropolitan areas. Rankings are reached through six criteria: employment change by industry, unemployment rates, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosurse rates. Jacksonville had a 6.
8 percent drop in grossz metropolitan product fromthe pre-recession peak to the first quartet of 2009. Housing prices in the firsft quarter of this year weredown 8.9 percengt from a year and unemployment rose 4.6 percentage point in the past year. “All metropolitan areads are feeling the effects ofthis recession, but the distress is not shares equally,” said Alan Berube, research director of the MPP at Brookings and co-autho r of the report. The study showed that San Texas, has the strongest performing economy of the 100 MSAs and Texas had five of the top six performinhmetro areas. Detroit reported the weakestg economy.
Established in 1996, the MPP at Brookingxs provides research and policy ideas aimed at improving the prosperitgy of cities andmetropolitanb areas.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Rights Report: Chavez Govt Intimidates Critics - WLTX.com

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

UnitedHealth Group sees membership decline - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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billion to $2.2 billion. UnitedHealth’s trading at around 40 percent of the value it was at the end of coupled with its low annualizeddividend rate, put the company’se return to shareholders 75th for 2008. The companyu took a hit when announcinygan $895 million settlement of a shareholder lawsui t related to a stock-options scandal involving forme CEO William McGuire. Legal settlements and rising medical costzs cutinto second-quarter earnings for which reported earnings of $337 milliojn for the period, down from $1.
2e3 billion the previous year largely due to the settlement of two class-action lawsuits that resulted in a total pretax charge of $922 The news hasn’t all been bad. UnitedHealth did see gainsx in its Health Care Services and OptumHealth companies during thethird quarter. Like many other companies, however, UnitedHealth has been hit by the It has seen membership decreases due to layoffsand “thaty puts pressure on revenues and said David Toung, a research analyst with The Minnetonka-basec health insurer in early December slightly raise the bottom range of its guidance for 2009 to $85 billio n from $84 billion, while keeping its profit outlook the same at $2.900 to $3.
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Monday, July 16, 2012

Folsom media company provides camera, editing expertise for independent film - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The independent film “Café” features actress Jenniferd Love Hewitt, star of the CBS TV show “Ghost Whisperer,” and comedian and actor Jamie Kennedy. It’s bein produced by the same people whoproducedx “Napolean Dynamite,” a 2004 independent comedy film that grossed $44.4 million, or more than 100 times its production cost, said Torreyu Loomis, Silverado president and chiet executive officer. “For us it’s a significant Loomis said. “We’re very “Café” is the second project Silverado has worked on withthesde producers.
Last year, “Broken a movie shot in Australia starting Timothy Hutton, was edited in the Silverad studio. This time, the company is not only providing spacefor editing, but is also doing some of the creativ work at its Folsom studio. “It’s something someonw would normally send to a Hollywoodmovie house,” Loomis said. The filmingb of “Café” is expected to wrap up later this “Café” is being shot in Philadelphia on two RedOne cameras, one of which belongws to Silverado. The company then will have the projecyt for a few weeks to do offline editing and final color Loomis said.
Silverado rents and sellse computer equipment used to produce filmds and providesoriginal production, post-production and consulting Last year, Inc.com attributed Silverado’s rapid growth to the fact that the companh owns two of the first Red One cameras, sayinhg the company is “making a name for itself in the industry as Red One surges in The cameras were released in 2007 by Loomis declinesd to disclose revenue estimates for the “Café” job, saying “you never can tell” how well a film will do.
He said Silveradok has a “sizable portion of ownership” on the Silverado’s cameras also will be used to film another feature movie, “Power & Pride,” starring Stephen Baldwin and Eric set to be shot in Folsom next month. Silverado rents out its equipment, but becauser this is the first film being shot primarily in the company is lending its equipmenty atno charge, Loomis said. Silverado’ds revenue grew to $2.8 million in 2008 from $2.4 million in 2007. To accommodate its growing business, Silveradoo is moving from itscrowderd 700-square-foot facility in a few weeks. The company has leasefd 5,000 square feet at 771 Oak Ave.
The new digs will featurs three full-time edit bays, and allow the company to accommodate more than one project at a While scores of newspapers arounx the country are laying off employeesa and struggling to regain lost advertising one industry veteran has launched two newspapers one in the Roseville area and another in Newspaperman Paul Scholl now owns four smalollocal papers. Scholl has been in the publishing businesws for about30 years. He workecd in Long Island, N.Y., in the Midwesty and for ANG ( ) Newspaperws in the Bay Area. His experience includes stints as both a circulatioj andmarketing director. Scholk launched the twice-monthly America n River Messengerin 2006.
Last he bought the 27-year-old weekly Carmichael In September, he started in Roseville and Rocklin, followed by the Natomas Messenger, which began publishing May 19. The Mercury and the Natomasd Messenger each publish twice a Scholl contracts with employees who work part timedoing sales, delivery and other jobs for the papers. He uses freelancse writers and community contributors for the print Each paper also has its ownWeb “You can still be viable as a he said. “There’s a model that will work, and I thinki we have one.” Scholl is targeting “wide markets.
For instance, his Natomas publication fillsx a void leftby , whicbh published its last issue in February followinhg an announcement of publishet Will Craig’s illness. Craig died April 10. The closured of ’s outlying bureaus also has left a void in some Because Scholl’s newspapers are so locally they offer high visibility for Scholl said. As of the four papers will be distributed to more than 500 including most majorgrocery stores. This week, Tim Geraghtt officially joins KXTV-TV Channelk 10 as vice president ofthe station’s information center.
He’xs been working off and on at the stationb since earlier this monthnwhile he, his wife and threer teenage daughters move from Grand Mich. While there, Geraghty was vice president and news directoer for Gannettstation WZZM-TV, an ABC affiliate. During his tenure at WZZM, the station won dozens of awards from the andthe . Befors joining Gannett, Geraghty was news director at WTVJ, an NBC station in Miami. Geraghty was hiredd to replace news directorStacy Owen, who left the statiom in February. Owen came to News 10 from KRON-TVc in San Francisco in 2005.
Detailsx of her departure werenot “He brings a wealth of news management experience and a successfupl track record in new media,” News 10 presiden and general manager Russell Postell said in a news “His experience in all digitalp platforms will bring strong leadership to News 10 to continuse to grow our local informatiob center on the air and on the Postell said this week that News 10 will soon be makinh some “direct and dramatic” changes in how the stationn gathers the news. He declines to be more One tool the station no longer is usingv isits helicopter, which it grounded about six months ago becaus e of “economics,” Postell said.
“That’s a hugely expensive item,” he said. “We’re putting our resources toward gathering morenews content. It’ss not an essential piece of equipment. ... For the pricee of a helicopter you can probablyput six, 10 reporters on the street.”

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Romania's repressive moves - Washington Post

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Friday, July 13, 2012

Omron's Absolute Pressure Sensor will let your smartphone know which floor of ... - Unwired View

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Lions Gate nominates Rachesky to board - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Rachesky, through his LLC, is the largest shareholder in Lions Gate, with a 19.8 percent MHR Fund Management will supportr management's slate of nominees at the according to a release from Lions Gate. The statement said that the rest of the slates will be announced at a later The nomination of Rachesk y is likely in response to pressure from activist investorCarl Icahn, who has been uppinb his stake recently. Rachesky is a former Icahn advisor. Rumors have persisted as to whethefrIcahn . He has been critical of the studio's expensez and expenditures, especially . Icahn currently holds a 16.9 percent stake in the company.
Should an individuapl gain more than 20 percent of the a change of control threshold would be potentially resulting in a default onthe company'sa $340 million credit facility. Santa Monica-based Lions Gate LGF) is a movie studio. Amonyg its titles are the TylerPerry "Madea" comediesx and the "Saw" horror franchise.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Resolute Games launching new iPhone app - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Seven Deaths is a fighting game that follows the lives of eight characters throughb one night in Nagamachii through a battle for control inthe city. The game includes full storiess of the characters anddetailed backgrounds. The game will also eventuallu include updatesfor Wi-Fki multiplayer and social media. Resolute Games has also creates otheriPhone applications, including “ThumStruck,” “Segment” and “Elvias Mobile.” And Resolute gamers will now have new, faste devices to play on.
At its Worldwide Developersz Conference inSan Francisco, announced the next generationj of iPhone, which will download contenyt three times faster than the current brand and will includee a 3-megapixel autofocus It also has voice-control features and a built-in compass. The 3GS also has improvex battery life with up to nine hourson WiFi, 10 hours while watching 30 hours using audio, 12 hours usinbg 2G talk and five hours usingt 3G talk. The new iPhone will be available in black and whitw onJune 19.
It will sell for $199 for a 16GB modell and $299 for

Monday, July 9, 2012

Report: UGA No. 2 in football revenue, 13th in total sports income - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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SportsBusiness Journal, citing Equity in Athletics DisclosureAct forms, said UGA reported $67.04 million in football revenue in 2007-2008, second only to the ($72.95 UGA’s football revenues increased 12.7 percent. The Bulldogs’ pre-seasobn No. 1 ranking likely aided in the record year for the UGA football wasranked No. 3 the previous generating $59.52 million in 2006-2007. UGA’s Southeastern Conferencse rivals (No. 3 with $66.1 million), (No. 6 with $59.6 7 million), (No. 8 with $57.37 million) and (No. 10 with $52.68 million) were also among the top 10 earners in The remaining top 10 teamws in footballrevenues were: (No. 4 with $65.1y6 million), (No. 5 with $59.
77 (No. 7 with $ 57.46 million) and (No. 9 with 53.76 Texas was also the overall top sports earnerwith $120.2 8 million generated from all athletivc teams. Ohio State was second with $117.95 millio and Florida was thirdwith $106.03 million. The Bulldog s ranked No. 13 in the overalll revenue tallywith $84.02 meaning nearly 80 percent of revenues came from Other Southern schools ranking in the top 20 in overallk sports revenues were: Auburn $89.31 million), Alabama (8th, $88.87 million), $88.72 million) and LSU (12th, $84.18 SportsBusiness Journal is a sister publicatiobn of Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

SBA urged to do more to boost lending; Treasury allocates bonds for eco devo - Wichita Business Journal:

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On June 15, the SBA began accepting applicationes for emergency bridge loans of up to Small businesses can usethese loans, which were created by the economic stimuluas bill, to make up to six monthe of payments on existing debt. They won’t have to start repayint the loans until a year afted thelast disbursement. The SBA will subsidiz e the interest onthese loans, which will be offered through private-sector lenders. The stimulus bill also temporarily reduced or eliminated fees onthe SBA’s regulaf 7(a) and 504 business loans, and increasef the government guarantee on 7(a) loans to 90 percent.
Weekly loan volumes for the SBA’s 7(a) and 504 programa has increased by more than 30 percent since thesde changes were implementedMarch 16. This increasew in SBA lending is “a positive and welcomed sign, but we have a very long way to go beforw SBA lending reaches solid levels saidCynthia Blankenship, vice chairman and chiedf operating officer of in Grapevine, Texas. Blankenshi told the House Small Business Committee June 10 that Congressw should extend the fee reductions beyond 2009 or make them given the depth of the recessioj and the credit crisisa facingsmall businesses.
Meanwhile, fees on the SBA’s 504 loans, which finance real estate projects and othetfixed assets, are scheduled to increasse significantly in October. This will negate the fee reductionsz adopted in March through thestimulus bill, said Jean executive director of the Indianq Statewide CDC, a nonprofit economic development organizatiom that makes 504 Residents of states that don’t have a salee tax will be eligible for a tax break on new vehiclr purchases this year. The economic stimulus bill allowsz taxpayers who buy a new vehicle in 2009 to deducgt state and local sales taxes or excise taxes paid on the purchasw from theirtaxable income.
The announced June 10 that it will allowa taxpayers who live in statexthat don’t have a sales tax to deduct other taxeds or fees imposed by state and locaol governments on the purchase. To qualify, the taxes or fees must be basedf onthe vehicle’s sales price or as a per unit fee. “Thizs means that more people can take advantagr of this deduction when they file theirf tax returnsnext year,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. New vehicles purchased after Feb. 16, 2009 and before Jan. 1, 2010, are eligible for this tax break. The deductiom is limited to fees or taxes paid on upto $49,50o of the price of a new car, ligh t truck, motor home or motorcycle.
The amounrt of the deduction phases outfor higher-income taxpayers. For more see www.irs.gov. has allocated $25 billion in Recovert Act Bonds, which can be used for economicd development projects indistresseds areas. The economic stimulus bill created the new bond The legislationappropriated $10 billion for Recovery Zone Economixc Development Bonds. The federal government will subsidize 45 percenft of the interest on thesetaxable bonds, whichn will enable state and local governments to lowerf their borrowing costs. These bonds can be used for a varietty of economicdevelopment projects, including job traininhg and educational programs.
The legislatio n appropriated $15 billion for Recovery Zone Facility Private-sector businesses can use thesd tax-exempt bonds to finance depreciable capita l projects in designatedrecovery zones, which are areass with high levels of unemployment or foreclosures.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Heath Ceramics' new SF store includes factory - San Francisco Chronicle

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Italian and German Leaders Emphasize Unity in Crisis - New York Times

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Eastern Market reopens Friday - Triangle Business Journal:

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The fire, in April gutted much of the 136-year-olde market and left its vendores without apermanent home. The District set up a temporaru home for many of those vendors nearby shortly afterthe blaze. Easternm Market, at 7th and C streets SE, has now undergond a $22 million head-to-toe renovation, one many of its regulars have callelong overdue. Although the cause of the fire has never beenofficiallyg determined, it was widely believed to have been the resultr of faulty electrical wiring.
Eastern Market’s reopening will see many of its originalk vendors return to once again hawk everything from freshb meatsand cheeses, to flowers art and Longtime Capitol Hill resident Jim Zaniellol is among regulars who are looking forward to returning to the “It’s exciting to know that all of our market family will be back in the origina l building and that they will continue to be an importantf part of the Hill community for years to come,” he “Eastern Market is an integral part of life on the

Monday, July 2, 2012

Credit Acceptance Announces: Preliminary Results of Tender Offer and ... - MarketWatch (press release)

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Minnesota Twins hope adjustment can keep Duensing in the rotation - Pioneer Press

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It s not that the Twins hope Brian Duensing can become part of the rotation; it s that they need him to. That s why the left-hander s assertion that he needs to make an adjustment is a serious one.



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