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Fast-casual restaurants finding now is a prime time to expand - San Antonio Business Journal:
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One of the latest concepts looking to take a bite out of the locaklburger business: Smashburger. The Denver-based chain has inkedr a franchise dealwith LLC. Locally based SB Alamo hopeas to eventually open up to 45 stores under the Smashburgerumbrell — across a territory that includes San Austin, West Texas and New Mexico. The first Alamo City store is slatefd to be unveiled by the endof Meanwhile, concepts like Freddy’sa Frozen Custard and Krystal both fairly new names to the local market have plans to expanr in San Antonio.
Brad Wahl, vice president of marketinf for Chattanooga-based , says his company plansz to open three to five more Krystal restaurants in San Antonilo over the course ofthis year. The new store s would be on top of the three the chain has alreadyopened — including a high-tecbh take on the drive-in concept on the city’s far Northeast Side. At a time when many fast-food and their potential patrons, have put on the brakes when it comes to spending, there are still some industry playerz that have decided now is exactlyu the time to invest in expanding market share in citieds like San Antonio.
This past for example, , a privately equity firm also headquarteresin Denver, invested $15 million to help primr the Smashburger chain’s expansiob nationwide. Since its debut a little over twoyears ago, Smashburger has grownj to a 10-restaurant chain — including eightt in Colorado and one each in Houston and Kansas. And the future, with Consumer Capital’s looks even brighter. Smashburger’s goal is to open 30 to 60 new restaurants in 2009, according to company “To look at our business model, you wouldn’ t know there’s an economic downturn,” says Joe vice president of communications for Consumere Capital Partners.
Concepts like Krystal, Smashburger and Freddy’s fall in to what’s commonly known as the quick-service-restauranyt category. These restaurants bill themselves as being able to offerr a qualityproduct quickly. Having a lot of restaurant on the ground is also key toa chain’xs convenience factor. Price, however, is the true selling point of theswe restaurants. No business is recession-proof, Wahl But Krystal’s price pointr has certainly made the chainmore recession-resistant. But even a good pric e will only get a restauranftso far. James Oberg heads up South Texas Custard the South Texas Franchiseefor Wichita, Kan.-based Freddy’s.
Sincd opening his first Freddy’es on the far Northeast Side backin 2006, Obergv has added seven more stores in greate r San Antonio; one in Cedar just north of Austin; and a seconfd is on the way in greater Austin. Ober g stresses that being able to save peopldemoney doesn’t mean much if a restauranr cannot offer value for the consumer’s dollar. “It’sa all about who executes a consistent, qualit product,” says Oberg, adding that especially now consumers are not goingv to sacrifice qualityfor price. “Thee dollar in your back pocket means more to you than it did fouryearw ago,” Oberg adds.
Like their quick-service restaurants are also countinbgtheir coins. In the search for land to owners say that paying a premium to be in the next big shoppingy center is no guarantees that the customerswill come.
One of the latest concepts looking to take a bite out of the locaklburger business: Smashburger. The Denver-based chain has inkedr a franchise dealwith LLC. Locally based SB Alamo hopeas to eventually open up to 45 stores under the Smashburgerumbrell — across a territory that includes San Austin, West Texas and New Mexico. The first Alamo City store is slatefd to be unveiled by the endof Meanwhile, concepts like Freddy’sa Frozen Custard and Krystal both fairly new names to the local market have plans to expanr in San Antonio.
Brad Wahl, vice president of marketinf for Chattanooga-based , says his company plansz to open three to five more Krystal restaurants in San Antonilo over the course ofthis year. The new store s would be on top of the three the chain has alreadyopened — including a high-tecbh take on the drive-in concept on the city’s far Northeast Side. At a time when many fast-food and their potential patrons, have put on the brakes when it comes to spending, there are still some industry playerz that have decided now is exactlyu the time to invest in expanding market share in citieds like San Antonio.
This past for example, , a privately equity firm also headquarteresin Denver, invested $15 million to help primr the Smashburger chain’s expansiob nationwide. Since its debut a little over twoyears ago, Smashburger has grownj to a 10-restaurant chain — including eightt in Colorado and one each in Houston and Kansas. And the future, with Consumer Capital’s looks even brighter. Smashburger’s goal is to open 30 to 60 new restaurants in 2009, according to company “To look at our business model, you wouldn’ t know there’s an economic downturn,” says Joe vice president of communications for Consumere Capital Partners.
Concepts like Krystal, Smashburger and Freddy’s fall in to what’s commonly known as the quick-service-restauranyt category. These restaurants bill themselves as being able to offerr a qualityproduct quickly. Having a lot of restaurant on the ground is also key toa chain’xs convenience factor. Price, however, is the true selling point of theswe restaurants. No business is recession-proof, Wahl But Krystal’s price pointr has certainly made the chainmore recession-resistant. But even a good pric e will only get a restauranftso far. James Oberg heads up South Texas Custard the South Texas Franchiseefor Wichita, Kan.-based Freddy’s.
Sincd opening his first Freddy’es on the far Northeast Side backin 2006, Obergv has added seven more stores in greate r San Antonio; one in Cedar just north of Austin; and a seconfd is on the way in greater Austin. Ober g stresses that being able to save peopldemoney doesn’t mean much if a restauranr cannot offer value for the consumer’s dollar. “It’sa all about who executes a consistent, qualit product,” says Oberg, adding that especially now consumers are not goingv to sacrifice qualityfor price. “Thee dollar in your back pocket means more to you than it did fouryearw ago,” Oberg adds.
Like their quick-service restaurants are also countinbgtheir coins. In the search for land to owners say that paying a premium to be in the next big shoppingy center is no guarantees that the customerswill come.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Idaho woman charged with stick-figure threat - Boston Herald
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Idaho woman charged with stick-figure threat Boston Herald BOISE, Idaho â€" A woman who was about to be released from an Idaho prison will stay behind bars a while longer because federal prosecutors say she mailed a threatening stick figure drawing to a relative. Linda Joyce Lakes was serving time at the ... |
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Report: MediaNews Group, Verve Wireless to partner on mobile news - Boston Business Journal:
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Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnershipsx with MediaNews as well as othernewspaper companies: The Hearst a minority owner of the Post and most otherd MediaNews newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobile siteefor newspapers. Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitzed Prize in 1986 as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articled on the InternalRevenue Service. Vervs already is working with the Associatef Press news service as well asMcClatchy Co., New York Timese Regional Group and Media General, Mediaweeki said. Another mobile-news company, Crisp Wireless, is working with Gannetty Co. Inc.
, America's largest newspaper chain, as well as the Washingtomn Post. The Denver Post currently offers a that featureas a list ofrecent headlines. But newspapers nationwid are looking for ways to generate more revenuer from their mobile news feeds througg such means as targetedloca advertising. Mediaweek quoted a forecast from the Kelseyh Group that local mobile ad revenue willtop $3.1 billionh by 2013, up from $160 million in 2008. The New York Timezs Co. has said recently it may startr charging readers for news delivererd tomobile devices, Mediaweek said.
Last month, MediaNewss executives said they and will develolp ways to charge readers for some of itsweb "We cannot continue to give all of our content away for MediaNews CEO William Dean Singleton and President Josephy "Jody" Lodovic .
Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnershipsx with MediaNews as well as othernewspaper companies: The Hearst a minority owner of the Post and most otherd MediaNews newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobile siteefor newspapers. Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitzed Prize in 1986 as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articled on the InternalRevenue Service. Vervs already is working with the Associatef Press news service as well asMcClatchy Co., New York Timese Regional Group and Media General, Mediaweeki said. Another mobile-news company, Crisp Wireless, is working with Gannetty Co. Inc.
, America's largest newspaper chain, as well as the Washingtomn Post. The Denver Post currently offers a that featureas a list ofrecent headlines. But newspapers nationwid are looking for ways to generate more revenuer from their mobile news feeds througg such means as targetedloca advertising. Mediaweek quoted a forecast from the Kelseyh Group that local mobile ad revenue willtop $3.1 billionh by 2013, up from $160 million in 2008. The New York Timezs Co. has said recently it may startr charging readers for news delivererd tomobile devices, Mediaweek said.
Last month, MediaNewss executives said they and will develolp ways to charge readers for some of itsweb "We cannot continue to give all of our content away for MediaNews CEO William Dean Singleton and President Josephy "Jody" Lodovic .
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Scientists: Unidentified material found at bottom of salt dome - WBXH
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Scientists: Unidentified material found at bottom of salt dome WBXH Scientists with Texas Brine have discovered large amounts of an unidentified material in the bottom of the abandoned salt dome in Assumption Parish. While measuring the depth of the cavern, the tool bottomed out at around 4,000 feet, which is more than ... |
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Koch Group Kicks Off Massive Voter Mobilization Effort - The Nation. (blog)
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The Nation. (blog) | Koch Group Kicks Off Massive Voter Mobilization Effort The Nation. (blog) Its “National Prosperity Action Day.†Tea Partiers, Republican volunteers and conservative activists are being summoned by Americans for Prosperityâ€"the group founded and financed by several large corporations, and led by the billionaire Koch brothers ... |
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Tabby Cat Stripes, Blotches Tied To Specific Gene In Feline DNA Study - Huffington Post
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Sky News Australia | Tabby Cat Stripes, Blotches Tied To Specific Gene In Feline DNA Study Huffington Post Scientists say they've found the gene that sets the common tabby pattern â€" stripes or blotches. It's one of several genes that collaborate to create the distinctive design of a cat's coat, and it's the first of the pattern genes to be identifie d. Cats ... Stripes on your tabby cat? Or blotches? Scientists ID the gene behind those ... How tabby cats get their stripes |
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Researchers Track Gene Expression To Create Atlas of Human Brain - RedOrbit
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RedOrbit | Researchers Track Gene Expression To Create Atlas of Human Brain RedOrbit Among other findings, these data show that 84% of » |
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Ben Franklin Technology Partners OKs Click Equations, other investments - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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million to eight early-stage • Click Equations of Conshohockenwas OK’xd for $250,000. The company’s pay-per-click software enables advertisers and agencieds to manage large paidsearch • ColdLight Solutions LLC of Wayne was approved for ColdLight makes software applications capable of scouring vast volumes of data, makingt strategic recommendations and actually learningt from success and failure. • CoreDial of Plymoutjh Meeting was approvedfor $100,000. CoreDial provides hosted PBX, and data services for emergin growth andmedium businesses. • Hybrid Integration of Yardleyu will beallotted $225,000.
Hybrid develope workflow automation software forthe printing, packagint and publishing industries. • The Neat Co. of Philadelphiw will get $87,500. The Neat Co. developsw and retails hardware and software solutions to analyze andorganize receipts, business cards and more — then stores everythinf on a computer for easy reference. • Sage Technologiezs Ltd. will get $200,000. Sage manufacturesx and marketslow power, portable thermal imaging (infrared) systems for front-line military and firefighting personnel. Smart Structures Inc. of Southampton will get $230,000.
Smart developed a systemn that tests and monitors the health ofthe nation’d physical infrastructure, based on a miniature wireless sensor designed to be cast directly into wet concretre during construction. • TicketLeap Inc. of Philadelphia was approved for TicketLeap isa full-service ticketing software and event-management solution. Ben Franklinj Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is part ofthe Pa.
-based Ben Franklin Technology Partners economic development
million to eight early-stage • Click Equations of Conshohockenwas OK’xd for $250,000. The company’s pay-per-click software enables advertisers and agencieds to manage large paidsearch • ColdLight Solutions LLC of Wayne was approved for ColdLight makes software applications capable of scouring vast volumes of data, makingt strategic recommendations and actually learningt from success and failure. • CoreDial of Plymoutjh Meeting was approvedfor $100,000. CoreDial provides hosted PBX, and data services for emergin growth andmedium businesses. • Hybrid Integration of Yardleyu will beallotted $225,000.
Hybrid develope workflow automation software forthe printing, packagint and publishing industries. • The Neat Co. of Philadelphiw will get $87,500. The Neat Co. developsw and retails hardware and software solutions to analyze andorganize receipts, business cards and more — then stores everythinf on a computer for easy reference. • Sage Technologiezs Ltd. will get $200,000. Sage manufacturesx and marketslow power, portable thermal imaging (infrared) systems for front-line military and firefighting personnel. Smart Structures Inc. of Southampton will get $230,000.
Smart developed a systemn that tests and monitors the health ofthe nation’d physical infrastructure, based on a miniature wireless sensor designed to be cast directly into wet concretre during construction. • TicketLeap Inc. of Philadelphia was approved for TicketLeap isa full-service ticketing software and event-management solution. Ben Franklinj Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is part ofthe Pa.
-based Ben Franklin Technology Partners economic development
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Senate adds renewable energy credits to bailout - Triangle Business Journal:
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Earlier this week, the credits came close to extinction when it lookexd like the House was going to go home forthe year. But when the massive Wall Streety bailout was defeated on the Housrfloor Monday, House leaders decide to reconvene later this week to try “All sides in the fray have been chastenec by the near-death experience,” said Greg Wetstone, seniot director of government affairs for the . “We’re still in the game, but it’s a narrow At times, the rhetoric has gotten heated, such as on when a House leader accused the Senate oflegislatint “by blunt force.
” At issue is a program of tax creditsd that the renewable industry says are vital to its growtb as interest grows in alternatives and the cost of fossill fuels eats into family budgets. The details of the credits vary somewhay in the many different bills that have been introduced and passedf thedifferent chambers. In their latest $18 billion incarnation, the tax credig for producing electricity from wind would be extendeds forone year, while the credit for other renewable sourcezs would be extended for two The tax breaks for solar energy would be extendeed for eight years. Last week, the Senate passec an extension of the renewable tax credits ina 93-2 vote.
They were wrappecd in with several other including extensions of the othetrtax credits, benefits for disaster victims and a measurde to prevent 24 million households from getting hit with the $61.u billion alternative minimum tax increase due to take effec t this year. It would have been paid for by increasinbg the tax burden of oil companies and terminatinvg a tax deferral used by hedgefund managers. Senate leaderd called it a “delicatde compromise,” strengthened by the Bush administration’s decisiohn to withdraw a veto Given the lopsided vote and the WhiteHouse support, politica l observers and analysts called it a breakthrough moment.
Whil e renewable tax credits in the plan were offser withtax increases, some balked as other tax breako extensions were not paid for. House leaderx also growled the packagw was dumped on them at the last minute as they were abougtto adjourn. “Take it or leave it is not a good said House Majority Leader StenyHoyerr (D-Md.), who held two news conferences to denouncre the Senate tactics. “Legislating by blunt force is not the way we ough tto proceed.” Senate leaders responded that they were not tryinvg to tell the House to take it or leaves it.
But when the Senate announced Tuesdag night that they were adding the tax packager to themassive bailout, it lookedd as though the Senate was tryingf to force the hand of House If the Senate passes the combined bill Wednesdayg night, House members will be under intense pressure to suppor it, despite their reservations, for fear of further roilin the economy. Hoyer said he is “not with the Senate’s maneuver in a television interviewWednesdah morning. He said he planes to discuss the Senate’s revisions with fellow Housee Democrats. There were 30 Democrats who voted againstthe Senate’s AMT bill, including Of those, 13 voted for the bailou t bill.
Those members must now decide if their commitment to a balances budget trumps the call to aid the If the bailout package the renewable credit will passwith it. If it fails, Congreses still probably won’t go home for the They would likely come back to try to fashio n something else thatwill pass. For the rest of this story, continuinfg coverage of renewable tax credits and other sustainabilitybusiness news, go to .
Earlier this week, the credits came close to extinction when it lookexd like the House was going to go home forthe year. But when the massive Wall Streety bailout was defeated on the Housrfloor Monday, House leaders decide to reconvene later this week to try “All sides in the fray have been chastenec by the near-death experience,” said Greg Wetstone, seniot director of government affairs for the . “We’re still in the game, but it’s a narrow At times, the rhetoric has gotten heated, such as on when a House leader accused the Senate oflegislatint “by blunt force.
” At issue is a program of tax creditsd that the renewable industry says are vital to its growtb as interest grows in alternatives and the cost of fossill fuels eats into family budgets. The details of the credits vary somewhay in the many different bills that have been introduced and passedf thedifferent chambers. In their latest $18 billion incarnation, the tax credig for producing electricity from wind would be extendeds forone year, while the credit for other renewable sourcezs would be extended for two The tax breaks for solar energy would be extendeed for eight years. Last week, the Senate passec an extension of the renewable tax credits ina 93-2 vote.
They were wrappecd in with several other including extensions of the othetrtax credits, benefits for disaster victims and a measurde to prevent 24 million households from getting hit with the $61.u billion alternative minimum tax increase due to take effec t this year. It would have been paid for by increasinbg the tax burden of oil companies and terminatinvg a tax deferral used by hedgefund managers. Senate leaderd called it a “delicatde compromise,” strengthened by the Bush administration’s decisiohn to withdraw a veto Given the lopsided vote and the WhiteHouse support, politica l observers and analysts called it a breakthrough moment.
Whil e renewable tax credits in the plan were offser withtax increases, some balked as other tax breako extensions were not paid for. House leaderx also growled the packagw was dumped on them at the last minute as they were abougtto adjourn. “Take it or leave it is not a good said House Majority Leader StenyHoyerr (D-Md.), who held two news conferences to denouncre the Senate tactics. “Legislating by blunt force is not the way we ough tto proceed.” Senate leaders responded that they were not tryinvg to tell the House to take it or leaves it.
But when the Senate announced Tuesdag night that they were adding the tax packager to themassive bailout, it lookedd as though the Senate was tryingf to force the hand of House If the Senate passes the combined bill Wednesdayg night, House members will be under intense pressure to suppor it, despite their reservations, for fear of further roilin the economy. Hoyer said he is “not with the Senate’s maneuver in a television interviewWednesdah morning. He said he planes to discuss the Senate’s revisions with fellow Housee Democrats. There were 30 Democrats who voted againstthe Senate’s AMT bill, including Of those, 13 voted for the bailou t bill.
Those members must now decide if their commitment to a balances budget trumps the call to aid the If the bailout package the renewable credit will passwith it. If it fails, Congreses still probably won’t go home for the They would likely come back to try to fashio n something else thatwill pass. For the rest of this story, continuinfg coverage of renewable tax credits and other sustainabilitybusiness news, go to .
Sunday, September 16, 2012
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
TBBJ readers find no cheer in Obama health care reform plans - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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That’s the finding in the latest Business Pulse the nonscientific weekly online poll designex to provide a snapshot about what readersare thinking. Reader commentary on the poll was and just 26 percent of the 494 respondentss to the poll supported or were open tothe president’zs ideas on reforming the healthu care system. More than 60 percent of respondentss said they did not support the with another 14 percent sayin g they were skeptical but needed to know more beforeedismissing them. One reader suggested they didn’r like paying for health insurance, but at least they get excellenyt treatment and response time whenthey do, they believe.
“I'mm concerned about what government involvemenrwill mean. Once my health insurance dollars starft flowing intothe government’s general fund, I expecr only a few cents will come out to pay for my health care,” the reader, identified as “JJ,” “The rest will get squandered by the politicians. If you thin k insurance companies and businesses are greedgy just wait until you get a load of how the governmeng starts to handle It won’t just be the redistributioj of wealth, but also our rights. Sorryy but we filled our quota ofsurgeriesa today, come back in two weeks.” Reader Lee Strattonj suggested readers keep it simple by consideriny two things.
“First, name one countryh with ‘socialized’ medicine that works. Second, name one thinvg the federal government runsthat [runds smoothly]. The post office? ? ? Sociak services? Medicare?” Reader Tom Kay said he supports Obama’d effort to reform American health “By all measures, it most definitely neede reforming,” he said. American healtuh care is the most expensive in the yet its quality ranks down in the bottom 20 percenrt of the top 50developed nations, he wrotre in comments.
“However, I really have not hearcd nor read about any real details ofwhat he’s so I would reserve final judgment until I can reviea those details at some length.” Reader s can continue commenting on the healtgh care poll by . Meanwhile, the latest Businesa Pulse Survey isnow online. In it, the newspapeer is interested in reader opinions aboutg your local daily newspaperprint edition. Wouldd you miss it if it went away? To vote now, .
That’s the finding in the latest Business Pulse the nonscientific weekly online poll designex to provide a snapshot about what readersare thinking. Reader commentary on the poll was and just 26 percent of the 494 respondentss to the poll supported or were open tothe president’zs ideas on reforming the healthu care system. More than 60 percent of respondentss said they did not support the with another 14 percent sayin g they were skeptical but needed to know more beforeedismissing them. One reader suggested they didn’r like paying for health insurance, but at least they get excellenyt treatment and response time whenthey do, they believe.
“I'mm concerned about what government involvemenrwill mean. Once my health insurance dollars starft flowing intothe government’s general fund, I expecr only a few cents will come out to pay for my health care,” the reader, identified as “JJ,” “The rest will get squandered by the politicians. If you thin k insurance companies and businesses are greedgy just wait until you get a load of how the governmeng starts to handle It won’t just be the redistributioj of wealth, but also our rights. Sorryy but we filled our quota ofsurgeriesa today, come back in two weeks.” Reader Lee Strattonj suggested readers keep it simple by consideriny two things.
“First, name one countryh with ‘socialized’ medicine that works. Second, name one thinvg the federal government runsthat [runds smoothly]. The post office? ? ? Sociak services? Medicare?” Reader Tom Kay said he supports Obama’d effort to reform American health “By all measures, it most definitely neede reforming,” he said. American healtuh care is the most expensive in the yet its quality ranks down in the bottom 20 percenrt of the top 50developed nations, he wrotre in comments.
“However, I really have not hearcd nor read about any real details ofwhat he’s so I would reserve final judgment until I can reviea those details at some length.” Reader s can continue commenting on the healtgh care poll by . Meanwhile, the latest Businesa Pulse Survey isnow online. In it, the newspapeer is interested in reader opinions aboutg your local daily newspaperprint edition. Wouldd you miss it if it went away? To vote now, .
Friday, September 14, 2012
Qld Govt disability funding trial labelled 'piecemeal' - ABC Online
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Qld Govt disability funding trial labelled 'piecemeal' ABC Online MARK COLVIN: Disability support groups say the Queensland Government's plan to test only part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is a piecemeal approach. The trial will investigate "self-directed" funding to give people with disabilities more ... |
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Sacramento Business Journal: Sacramento Commercial Real Estate Listings - View Commercial Real Estate
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
72F Soldier Field, Chicago, IL - SI.com
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72F Soldier Field, Chicago, IL SI.com ATTENDANCE: Intermittent Clouds 72F Soldier Field Chicago, IL. Current Play; Top Performers. Offense; Defense; Special; Team. Colts. Scoring Summary. Offense; Defense; Special; Team. Bears. Intermittent Clouds 72F Soldier Field, Chicago, IL. Though ... |
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan 'Was Never a Man of Substance' - ABC News (blog)
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ABC News (blog) | Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan 'Was Never a Man of Substance' ABC News (blog) This is Paul Ryan who used to be a man of substance, who put up plans, I may disagree with some of them, but with great levels of specificity. Now they've said they're going to cut $5 trillion in taxes, increase spending in the military, and somehow .. . The past two weeks have shown us that Paul Ryan isn't so different from the ... |
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Lingle orders unpaid days off for workers - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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In an address broadcast from the State Lingle also said she wouldc scale back free Medicaid benefitsto low-incomew adults and said the state would delay paying some of its large r bills until July. The governor is also askingh the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Office of Hawaiiabn Affairs to implement equivalent furlough days or restric ttheir budgets. Hawaii law does not allowq ordering furloughs for the Departmentof Education, the University of Hawaiui or the Hawaii Health Systems but Lingle said theirf spending will be restricted in an amount equivalenft to the three-days-per-month The furloughs, which start July 1, amoungt to about a 13.
8 percent pay cut, or abouf $5,500 for a worker making $40,000 a As with layoffs, Lingle does not have to negotiatew the furloughs with any of the unione representing state workers. Lingle has said she doesn’gt want to lay off workers because of the disruptivre effect of contract rules that would enable senior workerswto “bump” junior workers, even if they worked in differentf state agencies. The furloughs will save $688 Lingle said the savings are needed to clos e a gapof $730 million between now and June 30, 2011, as forecast by the state’ s Council on Revenues May 28. All told, Hawaioi is expected to see tax revenues fallby $2.7 billion over the next two years.
“Idf we do not implement the furlough we would have to lay off upto 10,0000 employees to realize an equivalentr amount of savings,” Lingle said. The statre has about 46,000 workers, including 21,000 employees of the Departmentof Education. Lingle blames the fiscal shortfall on thelingering recession, rising dropping visitor arrivals, a decline in privater building permits, a doublingv of foreclosures, and record bankruptcy levels. The stats Legislature ended its session last month by raisingf tax rates onhotepl rooms, high-income earners, luxury home transactions and tobaccok to help meet the budget shortfall.
But Lingle, a Republican whose vetoes of thosr measures were overridden bymajority Democrats, said she wouldx not ask for additionalo tax increases. She also rejected callsx for legalizing gambling. However, Lingle noted that 70 percent of state operating fundw go to labor costs and that the state had provided employee wage increase of betweej 16 and 29 percent over the past fouryearsa “when our economy was thriving.
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In an address broadcast from the State Lingle also said she wouldc scale back free Medicaid benefitsto low-incomew adults and said the state would delay paying some of its large r bills until July. The governor is also askingh the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Office of Hawaiiabn Affairs to implement equivalent furlough days or restric ttheir budgets. Hawaii law does not allowq ordering furloughs for the Departmentof Education, the University of Hawaiui or the Hawaii Health Systems but Lingle said theirf spending will be restricted in an amount equivalenft to the three-days-per-month The furloughs, which start July 1, amoungt to about a 13.
8 percent pay cut, or abouf $5,500 for a worker making $40,000 a As with layoffs, Lingle does not have to negotiatew the furloughs with any of the unione representing state workers. Lingle has said she doesn’gt want to lay off workers because of the disruptivre effect of contract rules that would enable senior workerswto “bump” junior workers, even if they worked in differentf state agencies. The furloughs will save $688 Lingle said the savings are needed to clos e a gapof $730 million between now and June 30, 2011, as forecast by the state’ s Council on Revenues May 28. All told, Hawaioi is expected to see tax revenues fallby $2.7 billion over the next two years.
“Idf we do not implement the furlough we would have to lay off upto 10,0000 employees to realize an equivalentr amount of savings,” Lingle said. The statre has about 46,000 workers, including 21,000 employees of the Departmentof Education. Lingle blames the fiscal shortfall on thelingering recession, rising dropping visitor arrivals, a decline in privater building permits, a doublingv of foreclosures, and record bankruptcy levels. The stats Legislature ended its session last month by raisingf tax rates onhotepl rooms, high-income earners, luxury home transactions and tobaccok to help meet the budget shortfall.
But Lingle, a Republican whose vetoes of thosr measures were overridden bymajority Democrats, said she wouldx not ask for additionalo tax increases. She also rejected callsx for legalizing gambling. However, Lingle noted that 70 percent of state operating fundw go to labor costs and that the state had provided employee wage increase of betweej 16 and 29 percent over the past fouryearsa “when our economy was thriving.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Day says no way of knowing if certificate info came from torture - CTV News
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Day says no way of knowing if certificate info came from torture CTV News TORONTO -- A former federal cabinet minister told an Ontario court Thursday he had been warned that there was no way of knowing whether information in a national security certificate used to arrest accused terrorist Mohamed Mahjoub was obtained through ... |
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
TransCanada nails down preferred route - Lincoln Journal Star
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CBC.ca | TransCanada nails down preferred route Lincoln Journal Star “The preferred alternative route in this Supplemental Environmental Report was developed based on extensive feedback from Nebraskans,†he said, “and reflects our shared desire to minimize the disturbance of land and sensitive resources in the state.†... TransCanada L istens to Nebraskans Transcanada Submits Environmental Report for Nebraska Pipeline; Shares Slip ... TransCanada submits new Keystone environment report |
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Game recap: Leilehua keeps Mililani at bay - MaxPreps
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Game recap: Leilehua keeps Mililani at bay MaxPreps Leilehua (Wahiawa, Hawaii)'s advantage, which at one point stood at 10 points, dwindled to four before the final whistle blew on a 17-13 victory over Mililani (Hawaii). After taking the lead on a touchdown run in the first quarter, the Mighty Mules led ... |
Sunday, September 2, 2012
David, Bacharach song lyric sample - Washington Post
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David, Bacharach song lyric sample Washington Post A sampling of some lyrics to well-known songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who died Saturday. ___. Loading... Comments · Weigh In · Corrections? Personal Post. “Do You Know the Way to San Joseâ€. Do you know the way to San Jose? I've been away ... |
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Retailers bank on idea of low-price guarantees - San Antonio Business Journal:
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But the plan will work only if largwe numbers ofcustomers don’t pursue the companies’ which would force them to drop prices they’c rather keep at current levels, several industry watcher s said. announced May 12 it wouldr become the latest retaik chain to offer to sell productz belowlisted costs, if shoppers brinvg in printed ads from competitors showing that the same producf is selling for a lower price there. The Minneapolis-basesd chain is testing the policy in two markets Denver andOrlando — and will use thosd results to help it decide whethedr to take the offer nationally, spokeswoman Delisa McLinden said.
Thus Target joins both locally managed and nationao chains specializingin electronics, general goodsz or even fitness equipment that offer similaf promises. The price-matching policies first began to spring up roughlyt 20years ago, but really have gained steamk in the past 10 years, according to Ken a marketing professor at . Some might think it’s a bad time for the marketingv approach, given that retailers are enduringslowee sales: March 2009 retail sales were down 10.6 percenft from March 2008, accordint to the . But several companty owners said they see this as a more appropriate time to offetsuch deals.
McLinden said Target decided to try out the policyg as part of a new marketing push to emphasizse its low prices during a time of Jim Pearse, owner of Thornton-based chaij , said maintaining such a policy makess it easier to build customer trus t at a time when peoplwe tend to shop aroundd more. “In this economy, it’s a great service to the Pearse said. “When the competition is having a then we’re having a sale on the same … From the customer’s pointg of view, it givesa them more confidence to make a purchase.
” But whild some customers will scan ads and compared prices of specific items, most don’y do that level of homework — and that’s what stores hope for, said Donalxd Lichtenstein, professor and chairman of the marketing divisiohn of the ’s Leeds School of Business. Instead, many shopperxs will hear that a stored offersa price-matching guarantee and just assumw that any business that would do that also woulde have low prices, Lichtenstein And they’ll buy from that store without noticingb that what they’re purchasing might be more expensive than the same item somewheree else.
The careful shopper may find that some storeds sell a unique productthat can’rt be compared to other stores, Manning and Lichtensteimn said. Take the home-fitness machines at , a 10-stord Colorado chain based in Glenwood HealthStyles is the only licensed Colorado dealer for severa l linesof equipment, meaning that no othe store in the state could advertise a comparabl e price, co-owner Dave Sheriff Of course, some potential customers still will bring in online ads or ads from other in which case Sheriff has to make sure the listed pric includes freight, warranty and delivery.
But if it does, he said, he won’t hesitate to offer the lower price in exchange for increased loyalty fromthat buyer. “Our margihn goes down, but we know we’ve got a customer who knows us and wants to buyfrom us,” said the exercised physiologist, who founded the chain 16 yearsw ago. “It’s more than, say, the Internet group or the group out of state canprovide them.
” Othefr stores are alleged to have become too particular in theirr price-matching policies and begun denying legitimate A New York resident, for has filed a lawsuit againsg electronics chain , arguing the companyy taught its employees how to deny valid according to multiple media reports. Best Buy officials didn’f return messages seeking response tothe Yet, in penny-pinching times, shoppers actually will become more energizexd to compare prices and spend time to find the best Manning said. And that could backfire on the storea hoping the policies alone will get customers into stores withoutresearchinyg costs, he said.
But the plan will work only if largwe numbers ofcustomers don’t pursue the companies’ which would force them to drop prices they’c rather keep at current levels, several industry watcher s said. announced May 12 it wouldr become the latest retaik chain to offer to sell productz belowlisted costs, if shoppers brinvg in printed ads from competitors showing that the same producf is selling for a lower price there. The Minneapolis-basesd chain is testing the policy in two markets Denver andOrlando — and will use thosd results to help it decide whethedr to take the offer nationally, spokeswoman Delisa McLinden said.
Thus Target joins both locally managed and nationao chains specializingin electronics, general goodsz or even fitness equipment that offer similaf promises. The price-matching policies first began to spring up roughlyt 20years ago, but really have gained steamk in the past 10 years, according to Ken a marketing professor at . Some might think it’s a bad time for the marketingv approach, given that retailers are enduringslowee sales: March 2009 retail sales were down 10.6 percenft from March 2008, accordint to the . But several companty owners said they see this as a more appropriate time to offetsuch deals.
McLinden said Target decided to try out the policyg as part of a new marketing push to emphasizse its low prices during a time of Jim Pearse, owner of Thornton-based chaij , said maintaining such a policy makess it easier to build customer trus t at a time when peoplwe tend to shop aroundd more. “In this economy, it’s a great service to the Pearse said. “When the competition is having a then we’re having a sale on the same … From the customer’s pointg of view, it givesa them more confidence to make a purchase.
” But whild some customers will scan ads and compared prices of specific items, most don’y do that level of homework — and that’s what stores hope for, said Donalxd Lichtenstein, professor and chairman of the marketing divisiohn of the ’s Leeds School of Business. Instead, many shopperxs will hear that a stored offersa price-matching guarantee and just assumw that any business that would do that also woulde have low prices, Lichtenstein And they’ll buy from that store without noticingb that what they’re purchasing might be more expensive than the same item somewheree else.
The careful shopper may find that some storeds sell a unique productthat can’rt be compared to other stores, Manning and Lichtensteimn said. Take the home-fitness machines at , a 10-stord Colorado chain based in Glenwood HealthStyles is the only licensed Colorado dealer for severa l linesof equipment, meaning that no othe store in the state could advertise a comparabl e price, co-owner Dave Sheriff Of course, some potential customers still will bring in online ads or ads from other in which case Sheriff has to make sure the listed pric includes freight, warranty and delivery.
But if it does, he said, he won’t hesitate to offer the lower price in exchange for increased loyalty fromthat buyer. “Our margihn goes down, but we know we’ve got a customer who knows us and wants to buyfrom us,” said the exercised physiologist, who founded the chain 16 yearsw ago. “It’s more than, say, the Internet group or the group out of state canprovide them.
” Othefr stores are alleged to have become too particular in theirr price-matching policies and begun denying legitimate A New York resident, for has filed a lawsuit againsg electronics chain , arguing the companyy taught its employees how to deny valid according to multiple media reports. Best Buy officials didn’f return messages seeking response tothe Yet, in penny-pinching times, shoppers actually will become more energizexd to compare prices and spend time to find the best Manning said. And that could backfire on the storea hoping the policies alone will get customers into stores withoutresearchinyg costs, he said.
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