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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Police: Pa. man on 'bath salts' arrested 3 times - Danbury News Times
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Love Guru - Boston Business Journal:
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Klein recently became owner and presidentof , a datinyg service in Newton that caters to professional singles who are seekingv more than just casual relationships. While he just acquiredd the businessin March, The Post Club has been aroundc for close to 20 years. Kleihn has owned other types of businesses in the includinga construction-related venture and a parcel-shipping Proceeds from the sale of a family businessx and a business loan helped finance the “When I was looking around, I had seen other dating servicese on the market,” Klein “They were all They didn’t have the image I was looking for. I heard about The Post Club.
It had a good reputation and the model was one I was more interestecd inworking with.” As onlinde dating services such as have gained tremendous popularity in recengt years, Klein claims The Post Club is different. The model stressexs an intimate social aspectfor members, as well as a hands-onn approach by staff who help find compatible Members initially pay a lifetime membership fee. The priced ranges from $1,600 to $3,600, dependinvg on the level of servicre amember desires.
At the members get more matchmakingh activity from staff who recommend potential matcheds and can make calls to arrange an Ofthe club’s 13 employees, therd are nine full- and part-time staffers involved in facilitating relationships, he said. After joining, member then pay a $30 monthlt fee and provide extensive information abouttheir background, goals and relationship preferences. Then staff assisf with findingsuitable dates. There are 900 to 1,000 Post Club membersz at any given time, according to Klein. The numbefr has been consistent forseveral years.
Klein said it’s not unusual to lose 20 to 30 members per montubecause they’re either passive about the process — attending events increasexs their chances of success — or they actuallhy meet someone. “They might have met someone in the Post club oroutsided (the club),” he “It’s a funny business in that you want people to Acceptance into the club is generally open to all whether they are divorced, have been widowesd or have never been married. Theres is no age requirement, said Klein, but memberd are typically in their mid-30sd through their 60s.
Their common goal is that they want to find someonee who is interested ina long-term commitment. “Aes people get out of their 20s, they are active in the workforce. It’ss harder and harder to find matches,” he “You spend the majority of your day with felloe workers and mostpeople don’yt want to get into a dating situatio n with people they work The Post Club holds monthly gatherings, such as wine-and-cheesre socials, which Klein describes as an informalo way for members to meet and get to know one Upcoming events include a cigar-tasting party, a billiards night and a ski The idea, and anothed thing that sets the club apart from othe r dating services, is that the social aspect enablesa members to have a much bettetr idea about a person before agreeinb to a date — something that is often not possible with online services, he noted.
Donna Tetreaultt said it was her fatigue with onlinr dating that led her to The Post Club last where she mether fiance, Williakm Vuilleumier. “Bill and I had each triede other services briefly a while agoand didn’t like the way it was run, primarilg because they were ‘mea markets’ and we were looking beyond that,” Tetreault “The Post Club is a dating service, but so much more, and that is what we had each been While some say you can’t put a pricd on love, when it comeas to joining The Post Club, the cost of membershil may seem steep to some in the currenf economic downturn.
Klein said conditions are having some impact on enrollment as more peoplde need to think seriously before committing in exceszsof $1,000 to find a potentialo soul mate. “We still have a lot of peopl e coming down to learn aboutthe club, but we are seeingt an increase in the number of peopld who want to go home and thinlk about it before signinyg up. But they are stillk signing,” he said. Looking to the Klein, who expects to net $1.2 million in revenure for 2008, plans to target the growintg seniors market and perhaps even place some member servicexs online to allow easier viewing accesaof profiles.
Klein recently became owner and presidentof , a datinyg service in Newton that caters to professional singles who are seekingv more than just casual relationships. While he just acquiredd the businessin March, The Post Club has been aroundc for close to 20 years. Kleihn has owned other types of businesses in the includinga construction-related venture and a parcel-shipping Proceeds from the sale of a family businessx and a business loan helped finance the “When I was looking around, I had seen other dating servicese on the market,” Klein “They were all They didn’t have the image I was looking for. I heard about The Post Club.
It had a good reputation and the model was one I was more interestecd inworking with.” As onlinde dating services such as have gained tremendous popularity in recengt years, Klein claims The Post Club is different. The model stressexs an intimate social aspectfor members, as well as a hands-onn approach by staff who help find compatible Members initially pay a lifetime membership fee. The priced ranges from $1,600 to $3,600, dependinvg on the level of servicre amember desires.
At the members get more matchmakingh activity from staff who recommend potential matcheds and can make calls to arrange an Ofthe club’s 13 employees, therd are nine full- and part-time staffers involved in facilitating relationships, he said. After joining, member then pay a $30 monthlt fee and provide extensive information abouttheir background, goals and relationship preferences. Then staff assisf with findingsuitable dates. There are 900 to 1,000 Post Club membersz at any given time, according to Klein. The numbefr has been consistent forseveral years.
Klein said it’s not unusual to lose 20 to 30 members per montubecause they’re either passive about the process — attending events increasexs their chances of success — or they actuallhy meet someone. “They might have met someone in the Post club oroutsided (the club),” he “It’s a funny business in that you want people to Acceptance into the club is generally open to all whether they are divorced, have been widowesd or have never been married. Theres is no age requirement, said Klein, but memberd are typically in their mid-30sd through their 60s.
Their common goal is that they want to find someonee who is interested ina long-term commitment. “Aes people get out of their 20s, they are active in the workforce. It’ss harder and harder to find matches,” he “You spend the majority of your day with felloe workers and mostpeople don’yt want to get into a dating situatio n with people they work The Post Club holds monthly gatherings, such as wine-and-cheesre socials, which Klein describes as an informalo way for members to meet and get to know one Upcoming events include a cigar-tasting party, a billiards night and a ski The idea, and anothed thing that sets the club apart from othe r dating services, is that the social aspect enablesa members to have a much bettetr idea about a person before agreeinb to a date — something that is often not possible with online services, he noted.
Donna Tetreaultt said it was her fatigue with onlinr dating that led her to The Post Club last where she mether fiance, Williakm Vuilleumier. “Bill and I had each triede other services briefly a while agoand didn’t like the way it was run, primarilg because they were ‘mea markets’ and we were looking beyond that,” Tetreault “The Post Club is a dating service, but so much more, and that is what we had each been While some say you can’t put a pricd on love, when it comeas to joining The Post Club, the cost of membershil may seem steep to some in the currenf economic downturn.
Klein said conditions are having some impact on enrollment as more peoplde need to think seriously before committing in exceszsof $1,000 to find a potentialo soul mate. “We still have a lot of peopl e coming down to learn aboutthe club, but we are seeingt an increase in the number of peopld who want to go home and thinlk about it before signinyg up. But they are stillk signing,” he said. Looking to the Klein, who expects to net $1.2 million in revenure for 2008, plans to target the growintg seniors market and perhaps even place some member servicexs online to allow easier viewing accesaof profiles.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Business groups slam proposed tax increases - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The said it opposes changes to the corporateeminimum tax, a new corporate incomw tax and a new personalk income tax. The alliance consistd of 30 business groups that represenf morethan 25,000 Oregon businesses and emplou 500,000 residents. Raising the taxex could cause the state tolose 6,000 jobs, according to state revenue office estimates. “These proposals ignore the stark realities of ourcurrenrt recession,” the group said in a news release sent by J.L. a lobbyist with Associated Oregon Industries. “They are counterproductiv measures that kill jobs and prolongour recession.
” The corporatre minimum tax and corporate income tax proposal would collectively harm companies with small profit margines as well as businesses looking to invest more in capitakl equipment, the group said. The alliance called on lawmakerd to instead focuson private-sector job retention and “We believe strongly that increased taxes are detrimental to job Wilson said in the news release. “An increasexd tax burden will hurt the ability of our members to createe desperatelyneeded jobs. It is the wrong approach to balancethe state’sa budget.
” Other groups signing the letterf include Associated Oregon Loggers, Independent Communitgy Banks of Oregon, the Northwest Food Processorsa Association, Oregon Association of Realtors, the Oregon Automobile Dealers Association, the Oregon Bankers the Oregon Home Builders Association, the Oregonj Restaurant Association and the Oregonb Trucking Association. Oregon’s House and Senate members hope to adjourn byJuly 1. Lawmakerzs must address a $4.2 billion budgert shortfall before they adjourh or in a series of specialo sessions throughout the rest ofthe year.
The said it opposes changes to the corporateeminimum tax, a new corporate incomw tax and a new personalk income tax. The alliance consistd of 30 business groups that represenf morethan 25,000 Oregon businesses and emplou 500,000 residents. Raising the taxex could cause the state tolose 6,000 jobs, according to state revenue office estimates. “These proposals ignore the stark realities of ourcurrenrt recession,” the group said in a news release sent by J.L. a lobbyist with Associated Oregon Industries. “They are counterproductiv measures that kill jobs and prolongour recession.
” The corporatre minimum tax and corporate income tax proposal would collectively harm companies with small profit margines as well as businesses looking to invest more in capitakl equipment, the group said. The alliance called on lawmakerd to instead focuson private-sector job retention and “We believe strongly that increased taxes are detrimental to job Wilson said in the news release. “An increasexd tax burden will hurt the ability of our members to createe desperatelyneeded jobs. It is the wrong approach to balancethe state’sa budget.
” Other groups signing the letterf include Associated Oregon Loggers, Independent Communitgy Banks of Oregon, the Northwest Food Processorsa Association, Oregon Association of Realtors, the Oregon Automobile Dealers Association, the Oregon Bankers the Oregon Home Builders Association, the Oregonj Restaurant Association and the Oregonb Trucking Association. Oregon’s House and Senate members hope to adjourn byJuly 1. Lawmakerzs must address a $4.2 billion budgert shortfall before they adjourh or in a series of specialo sessions throughout the rest ofthe year.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Century-old collegiate rowing competition coming to Lake Natoma - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The 107th National Championships are being presentefd by the andthe . Competition begins at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 4. The three-day competitiob ends at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, June 6, with the men’s heavyweight varsityt eight final. The will defend its 2008 crowns in theheavyweight men’s eight and lightweight women’x eight, while Cornell will try to repeat as championa in the lightweight men’s eight. The is the defending championh in the Jim Ten Eyck teampointsw championship.
“We’re honored to be the firsrt community in this part of the Unitecd States to stage an event ofthis stature,” John executive director of the Sacramento Sportds Commission, said in a news “Sacramento has a history of hosting world-classs sporting events, and the IRA Championships certainly help us expanc on that tradition.” “The Aquatifc Center has a long historgy of hosting collegiate rowing championships at the highesy level, including the WIRA ( ), Pac-10 and NCAA Women’w National Championships,” Brian Dulgar, operations managedr of the Aquatic Center, said in the news release.
“We believ the Sports Commission and theECAC ( ) will help us set a new standarde for the IRA Championships.” A three-day ticket to the IRA Championships costsz $20 and can be purchased the day of the Daily tickets are $5 for $10 for Friday and $12 for
The 107th National Championships are being presentefd by the andthe . Competition begins at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 4. The three-day competitiob ends at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, June 6, with the men’s heavyweight varsityt eight final. The will defend its 2008 crowns in theheavyweight men’s eight and lightweight women’x eight, while Cornell will try to repeat as championa in the lightweight men’s eight. The is the defending championh in the Jim Ten Eyck teampointsw championship.
“We’re honored to be the firsrt community in this part of the Unitecd States to stage an event ofthis stature,” John executive director of the Sacramento Sportds Commission, said in a news “Sacramento has a history of hosting world-classs sporting events, and the IRA Championships certainly help us expanc on that tradition.” “The Aquatifc Center has a long historgy of hosting collegiate rowing championships at the highesy level, including the WIRA ( ), Pac-10 and NCAA Women’w National Championships,” Brian Dulgar, operations managedr of the Aquatic Center, said in the news release.
“We believ the Sports Commission and theECAC ( ) will help us set a new standarde for the IRA Championships.” A three-day ticket to the IRA Championships costsz $20 and can be purchased the day of the Daily tickets are $5 for $10 for Friday and $12 for
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Cases increase for business turnaround specialists - Business First of Columbus:
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Company owners may be too closde to the situation tosee what’s reallh going on in their business, or so exasperated that they’r ready to give up. That’s when they hire turnaround specialists. “Wd go in, do the triages that’s required, stopping the bleeding and making sure thepatienr survives,” said Rich Jenkins, managing director of the Denver officde of restructuring firm Alvarez and Marsal, and 2009 president of the ’sd Denver chapter. “From there, we identify the area where we can cut costs in the near then go diagnose thebigger problem.
” The local TMA chaptee is composed of turnaround practitioners, lenders, attorneys, accountants, financiall specialists, operations specialists and other professionals. The chapter has almosft 190 members and holds meetings on the last Wednesdayu of each month at the DenverAthletifc Club. The chapter offere educational programs as well asnetworking opportunities. “Turnarounc managers or restructuring officers are specially saidJim Markus, a membef of the law firm of LLC in and immediate past president of the local TMA chapter.
“Their expertise is in looking at and helpintg companies to best manage their For example, look at the core operating division of a businesds — some of them might be pulling down the business because they’re losing and other units are profit centers. “A good turnaround officedr will help owners focus onthe business, and look for portion of the business that can stand on their own, as opposefd to those that are losing mone and don’t have a viable chance of [They concentrate on] how they can get a companuy where they can have positiv e cash flow.” There’s plenty of turnaround work out thers right now.
“There seem to be a lot more [trouble companies] than there used to be, and the problems are harder to solve than they usedto be,” Markux said. It was much easier to find financing beforew therecession hit, he said, citinv sources such as banks, asset-basedd lenders (factor companies) and private funding sourcee such as private equity distressed opportunity funds and hedge funds. r2 advisors llc won a TMA awarrd for work it performed for alocal company. Tom Kim, a bankruptcy lawyer who is the firm’e senior managing director, said he was broughty in after a troubled company had idled its manufacturing plant and facef heavycredit pressure.
“Oncde we figured out that [the businesw model] could still work, we had to figured out sources of cash and how we wouldspenx it,” he said. Also, he helped ease the debt negotiating longer terms onexistin 30-, 60- and 90-daty arrangements. The company was righted, and abouy 18 months later, the owner sold most of it and becamw aminority owner. “And now the companyu is doing just great,” Kim said.
• Sometimesd a business owner, or senior is too close to the situation to unearth the root causes of A bank askedBill Mackenzie, managing director of Denver-based LLC, to liquidate a company, because the bank had lost confidenc e in the borrower’s ability to survive. Aftetr the initial meeting, “I said, ‘give us two weekes to see if liquidation is the only he said. “‘Maybe we can come to another solution.’” After two weeks of study, Mackenzie told the bank and the borrowert thathe didn’t think liquidation was in anyone’sx best interest.
Then he began searching for the borrower’s “hook”— “What in the busines s model has a unique edgeto it?” he “What is it that may allow the compangy to survive?” He found it, somethinf that would be valuable to potential buyers: The borrower had legacy arrangements — grandfather clauses datint to the company’s start in whicy suppliers gave it discounts of 10 percent to 15 percent. “These agreements allowee the company to get substantial discounts fromthei purchases,” Mackenzie said. “And anybodyu that acquired the company would benefitr fromthose contracts. That gave them a competitiv e edge.
” Bottom line: They sold the company withib threemonths — enabling 125 employees to keep their jobs. Then there are business ownerse who simply give up and walk and decide to liquidatdtheir companies. “That doesn’t help anybody,” Markus said. “When a businesws shuts its doors, the assets get auctioned off and all the employees are fired. We try to find ways to restructuree a businessso there’se greater value.” Sometimes, compan owners wait too long to seek help. “That is not Markus said. “A lot of times, businessez wait too long, and their options becomee muchtoo limited.
In the restructurin g arena, the earlier we can get the better the chance we can findthe
Company owners may be too closde to the situation tosee what’s reallh going on in their business, or so exasperated that they’r ready to give up. That’s when they hire turnaround specialists. “Wd go in, do the triages that’s required, stopping the bleeding and making sure thepatienr survives,” said Rich Jenkins, managing director of the Denver officde of restructuring firm Alvarez and Marsal, and 2009 president of the ’sd Denver chapter. “From there, we identify the area where we can cut costs in the near then go diagnose thebigger problem.
” The local TMA chaptee is composed of turnaround practitioners, lenders, attorneys, accountants, financiall specialists, operations specialists and other professionals. The chapter has almosft 190 members and holds meetings on the last Wednesdayu of each month at the DenverAthletifc Club. The chapter offere educational programs as well asnetworking opportunities. “Turnarounc managers or restructuring officers are specially saidJim Markus, a membef of the law firm of LLC in and immediate past president of the local TMA chapter.
“Their expertise is in looking at and helpintg companies to best manage their For example, look at the core operating division of a businesds — some of them might be pulling down the business because they’re losing and other units are profit centers. “A good turnaround officedr will help owners focus onthe business, and look for portion of the business that can stand on their own, as opposefd to those that are losing mone and don’t have a viable chance of [They concentrate on] how they can get a companuy where they can have positiv e cash flow.” There’s plenty of turnaround work out thers right now.
“There seem to be a lot more [trouble companies] than there used to be, and the problems are harder to solve than they usedto be,” Markux said. It was much easier to find financing beforew therecession hit, he said, citinv sources such as banks, asset-basedd lenders (factor companies) and private funding sourcee such as private equity distressed opportunity funds and hedge funds. r2 advisors llc won a TMA awarrd for work it performed for alocal company. Tom Kim, a bankruptcy lawyer who is the firm’e senior managing director, said he was broughty in after a troubled company had idled its manufacturing plant and facef heavycredit pressure.
“Oncde we figured out that [the businesw model] could still work, we had to figured out sources of cash and how we wouldspenx it,” he said. Also, he helped ease the debt negotiating longer terms onexistin 30-, 60- and 90-daty arrangements. The company was righted, and abouy 18 months later, the owner sold most of it and becamw aminority owner. “And now the companyu is doing just great,” Kim said.
• Sometimesd a business owner, or senior is too close to the situation to unearth the root causes of A bank askedBill Mackenzie, managing director of Denver-based LLC, to liquidate a company, because the bank had lost confidenc e in the borrower’s ability to survive. Aftetr the initial meeting, “I said, ‘give us two weekes to see if liquidation is the only he said. “‘Maybe we can come to another solution.’” After two weeks of study, Mackenzie told the bank and the borrowert thathe didn’t think liquidation was in anyone’sx best interest.
Then he began searching for the borrower’s “hook”— “What in the busines s model has a unique edgeto it?” he “What is it that may allow the compangy to survive?” He found it, somethinf that would be valuable to potential buyers: The borrower had legacy arrangements — grandfather clauses datint to the company’s start in whicy suppliers gave it discounts of 10 percent to 15 percent. “These agreements allowee the company to get substantial discounts fromthei purchases,” Mackenzie said. “And anybodyu that acquired the company would benefitr fromthose contracts. That gave them a competitiv e edge.
” Bottom line: They sold the company withib threemonths — enabling 125 employees to keep their jobs. Then there are business ownerse who simply give up and walk and decide to liquidatdtheir companies. “That doesn’t help anybody,” Markus said. “When a businesws shuts its doors, the assets get auctioned off and all the employees are fired. We try to find ways to restructuree a businessso there’se greater value.” Sometimes, compan owners wait too long to seek help. “That is not Markus said. “A lot of times, businessez wait too long, and their options becomee muchtoo limited.
In the restructurin g arena, the earlier we can get the better the chance we can findthe
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Daniel Radcliffe named hero for support of gay helpline - BBC News
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Contract award may end dispute with EBS - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The Department of Health and Human Services has awarderof Meriden, Conn., a $35 million contract to creat e seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines based on its new development That contract could be extende d for up to five years and $147 millionj in total value. Emergent BioSolutionzs said it hopes Protein Sciences uses that new revenue source to pay off anoutstandinyg $10 million loan to the smaller made to keep Protein operations going so Emergent could ultimately purchased it this time last year for up to $78 But those acquisition plans quickly fell apart, resulting in both companies accusingb the other of breaching the contract.
Emergen t sued Protein Sciences for fraud and breach of contracty last year in the first of twolawsuitse it’s filed against the Connecticut The second, filed earlier this month, was to seizr all of Protein Sciences’ assetes as collateral for the $10 million loan, for which Emergent said in a filing it had given two extensionz for repayment, one in January and the other at the end of May. “I’mn hopeful that this [HHS contract] will enable PSC to pay us saidDaniel Abdun-Nabi, presidenf of Emergent (NYSE: EBS).
“They haven’t come forwarf with an offer to pay us back at this But Protein Sciences executives said their investors had offeredd twice to repay theoutstandinh loan, but Emergent never responded. “Our investors have offererd Emergent to be paid off in the last couple of months on at leastt twodifferent occasions, wher Emergent didn’t give any feedback,” said Manon Cox, chief operatingh officer for Protein Sciences, which she said is with the new federal “There is money available to pay them back. They just haven’gt accepted it.” Abdun-Nabi says that statementt is untrue.
“If they have an offer that they canshow [us] to pay us, in full in that would be terrific,” he “We haven’t seen that offer.” Emergent said if Protein Sciencesa were to repay the which is now more than $10 milliomn with interest, it would drop its initiao lawsuit and move on. The procesxs had delayed the HHS contract award by roughl y a year as the federal agency determined how the situatiom would play out and whethe it would leave Protein Sciences with the meane to fulfill thecontract terms. Under the contract, the compang would need to fund the initia l development work itself and then submit invoicesa to the federal government tobe reimbursed.
“We had to do severak financial audits last of Protein Sciences before awardingthe contract, said Robin director of the Biomedica Advanced Research Development Authority, the HHS division that awarded the “We have been awaree for almost a year of a possibl e takeover.” While Protein Sciences claims that the local companyu attempted to block that contract, Robinson said Emergenft never spoke to him or the agency abou the potential award. Abdun-Nabi also said his companyh has no control over the federaklcontracting process. Earlier this Emergent ventured down yet another legal routee to win backits money.
It was one of three creditors to file a bankruptcy petition for Protein asking the court to relieve the Connecticut compant of its current management and replace those executives with anindependent trustee. In that bankruptcyt filing, which calls for a liquidation and auctio n ofthe company’s assets, Emergent said it’s owed $11.6 million, considerably more than the other two petitioninyg creditors who are owed $161,000 and $50,000.
The federal agency awarde Protein Sciences the contract to further develop its FluBlok seasonal flu vaccine a productin late-stage testing that had been of interes t to Emergent when it offere to buy Protein Sciences — as well as a new vaccinr treatment in development for the swinew flu.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarderof Meriden, Conn., a $35 million contract to creat e seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines based on its new development That contract could be extende d for up to five years and $147 millionj in total value. Emergent BioSolutionzs said it hopes Protein Sciences uses that new revenue source to pay off anoutstandinyg $10 million loan to the smaller made to keep Protein operations going so Emergent could ultimately purchased it this time last year for up to $78 But those acquisition plans quickly fell apart, resulting in both companies accusingb the other of breaching the contract.
Emergen t sued Protein Sciences for fraud and breach of contracty last year in the first of twolawsuitse it’s filed against the Connecticut The second, filed earlier this month, was to seizr all of Protein Sciences’ assetes as collateral for the $10 million loan, for which Emergent said in a filing it had given two extensionz for repayment, one in January and the other at the end of May. “I’mn hopeful that this [HHS contract] will enable PSC to pay us saidDaniel Abdun-Nabi, presidenf of Emergent (NYSE: EBS).
“They haven’t come forwarf with an offer to pay us back at this But Protein Sciences executives said their investors had offeredd twice to repay theoutstandinh loan, but Emergent never responded. “Our investors have offererd Emergent to be paid off in the last couple of months on at leastt twodifferent occasions, wher Emergent didn’t give any feedback,” said Manon Cox, chief operatingh officer for Protein Sciences, which she said is with the new federal “There is money available to pay them back. They just haven’gt accepted it.” Abdun-Nabi says that statementt is untrue.
“If they have an offer that they canshow [us] to pay us, in full in that would be terrific,” he “We haven’t seen that offer.” Emergent said if Protein Sciencesa were to repay the which is now more than $10 milliomn with interest, it would drop its initiao lawsuit and move on. The procesxs had delayed the HHS contract award by roughl y a year as the federal agency determined how the situatiom would play out and whethe it would leave Protein Sciences with the meane to fulfill thecontract terms. Under the contract, the compang would need to fund the initia l development work itself and then submit invoicesa to the federal government tobe reimbursed.
“We had to do severak financial audits last of Protein Sciences before awardingthe contract, said Robin director of the Biomedica Advanced Research Development Authority, the HHS division that awarded the “We have been awaree for almost a year of a possibl e takeover.” While Protein Sciences claims that the local companyu attempted to block that contract, Robinson said Emergenft never spoke to him or the agency abou the potential award. Abdun-Nabi also said his companyh has no control over the federaklcontracting process. Earlier this Emergent ventured down yet another legal routee to win backits money.
It was one of three creditors to file a bankruptcy petition for Protein asking the court to relieve the Connecticut compant of its current management and replace those executives with anindependent trustee. In that bankruptcyt filing, which calls for a liquidation and auctio n ofthe company’s assets, Emergent said it’s owed $11.6 million, considerably more than the other two petitioninyg creditors who are owed $161,000 and $50,000.
The federal agency awarde Protein Sciences the contract to further develop its FluBlok seasonal flu vaccine a productin late-stage testing that had been of interes t to Emergent when it offere to buy Protein Sciences — as well as a new vaccinr treatment in development for the swinew flu.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Vanpooling service coming to region - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The two-year pilot is expected to begib bythe fall. The progra m is a partnership of the Capital DistrictTransportation Authority, the Capital District Transportationb Committee, the Downtown Albany Business Improvement the state Department of Transportation and the . is currentl recruiting businesses that mighf have employees coming from the same region who would be interested in participating inthe “The main thing is you have to have at leasft a minimum number of people to use the Janack said.
The way the program would work is one of the participantsa would also act as the The van would be assigned to a stay atthat person’s place of employment during the day and remain at the driver’d home in the evening. The companh providing the wheelsis Inc. out of N.J. VPSI had $62 million in revenu e in 2008. VPSI was formed in 1977 and startedfor Today, the company has 5,000 vans in operatiobn in more than 45 states and 50,000 passengers. VPSI reported “At this as soon as possible we hope to begin rollingvans out,” said Jesse Kafka, VPSI’s business development executive. The company expects to have 20 vans in operation withintwo years.
“We expecrt to add one van or so each mont h through the life ofthe program,” he For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA plannert at 437-6865.
The two-year pilot is expected to begib bythe fall. The progra m is a partnership of the Capital DistrictTransportation Authority, the Capital District Transportationb Committee, the Downtown Albany Business Improvement the state Department of Transportation and the . is currentl recruiting businesses that mighf have employees coming from the same region who would be interested in participating inthe “The main thing is you have to have at leasft a minimum number of people to use the Janack said.
The way the program would work is one of the participantsa would also act as the The van would be assigned to a stay atthat person’s place of employment during the day and remain at the driver’d home in the evening. The companh providing the wheelsis Inc. out of N.J. VPSI had $62 million in revenu e in 2008. VPSI was formed in 1977 and startedfor Today, the company has 5,000 vans in operatiobn in more than 45 states and 50,000 passengers. VPSI reported “At this as soon as possible we hope to begin rollingvans out,” said Jesse Kafka, VPSI’s business development executive. The company expects to have 20 vans in operation withintwo years.
“We expecrt to add one van or so each mont h through the life ofthe program,” he For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA plannert at 437-6865.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
RCMP asked to probe former Tory staffer for interfering with info request - Montreal Gazette
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Globe and Mail | RCMP asked to probe former Tory staffer for interfering with info request Montreal Gazette OTTAWA â€" The Harper government has asked the RCMP to investigate a former Conservative political operative over claims that he interfered with a media request filed under the Access to Information Act. Public Works an! d Government Services Minister ... Tories C » |
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Let's be strategic: Tapping petroleum reserve is no answer to price spikes ... - Houston Chronicle
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Financial Feed | Let's be strategic: Tapping petroleum reserve is no answer to price spikes ... Houston Chronicle Let's be strategic: Tapping petroleum reserve is no answer to price spikes. Let's focus on real solutions With gasoline prices zooming toward the $4 mark and political uncertainty reaching into Saudi Arabia, a growing chorus of voices has been c » |
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Ritter confronted at bill signing by union grocery workers - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Ritter addressed the workers publiclyafter , repeating to them as he had writtebn in his May 19 veto of Housr Bill 1170 that he felt that the bill would have interruptedc ongoing union negotiations with grocery-storse chains , and Albertsons. But after severak minutes of explanation, workers began yelling, "Thaty is a lie!" and "Sir, why did you and the governor leftthe podium. "I have made my Thank you very much," Ritte said as he exited the packed west foyer ofthe .
Tensions between union workers and the Democratic governorr that they helped to elecg in 2006 have been simmering since his veto of the bill that wouldf haveallowed locked-out workers to collect unemploymengt insurance benefits. United Food and Commercial Workers UniobLocal No. 7 President Ernest Duran said that Ritter had themand "reneged on his promises," and some activists have begum looking for a candidate to oppose Ritte in a primary.
Ritter signed 29 bills Tuesday, culminatinh with an evening "Help for Working Familiezs Fair" at the Capitol in whicu he inked six laws to help unemployedc residents receive more benefits and keep homes from being foreclosed amongother things. Leaders from several construction uniond stood behind him as he signed one of the HouseBill 1310, which allows for the easieer filing of complaints if an employerf misqualifies a worker as an independent contractor. But, even beforee then, while Ritter was signing a measure that will alloa local governments tosell low- to no-interesg bonds for public construction under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the haranguesz began.
Crowd members clad in blacm UFCW shirtsyelled "Governor, can you explainn why you vetoed House Bill 1170?" and "We supportf you, governor; you turned your back on as Ritter largely ignored Then, as he later signed Senate Bill 247, which increasews the number of Coloradans who qualify for unemployment insurance and will bring in some $200 millio n in federal money, someone yelled: "Where was your supporg for the grocery workers when you vetoef House Bill 1170, governor?" Ritter replied: "I'm going to sign theser bills, and then we'll talk.
" After he finished, the governod rose to the microphone and firsgt told the crowd how many of the new laws will help workerss affected by the recession. He then explained that signin g HB 1170 would have been akin to the governmenrt implementing new playing rules for negotiations betweeb the UFCW and the three grocery chainxs that have been underway sinceApril 9. He also said that he would be open to reconsidering similar legislatiojn at afuture date.
He noted that a bill he signedr Tuesdayregarding electricians' education standardxs was similar to one he vetoed in 2008 while tellintg competing sides on the measure that they needex to work out a compromisde -- which they did this year. "Io also think that public policyh should not be used tointerrupt negotiations," Ritter told the which included about 25 UFCW workers along with proponents of the billa being signed. "It is my great hope that you'r able to work this Then question-shouting began from the And Ritter's speech to the group ended.
Ritter addressed the workers publiclyafter , repeating to them as he had writtebn in his May 19 veto of Housr Bill 1170 that he felt that the bill would have interruptedc ongoing union negotiations with grocery-storse chains , and Albertsons. But after severak minutes of explanation, workers began yelling, "Thaty is a lie!" and "Sir, why did you and the governor leftthe podium. "I have made my Thank you very much," Ritte said as he exited the packed west foyer ofthe .
Tensions between union workers and the Democratic governorr that they helped to elecg in 2006 have been simmering since his veto of the bill that wouldf haveallowed locked-out workers to collect unemploymengt insurance benefits. United Food and Commercial Workers UniobLocal No. 7 President Ernest Duran said that Ritter had themand "reneged on his promises," and some activists have begum looking for a candidate to oppose Ritte in a primary.
Ritter signed 29 bills Tuesday, culminatinh with an evening "Help for Working Familiezs Fair" at the Capitol in whicu he inked six laws to help unemployedc residents receive more benefits and keep homes from being foreclosed amongother things. Leaders from several construction uniond stood behind him as he signed one of the HouseBill 1310, which allows for the easieer filing of complaints if an employerf misqualifies a worker as an independent contractor. But, even beforee then, while Ritter was signing a measure that will alloa local governments tosell low- to no-interesg bonds for public construction under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the haranguesz began.
Crowd members clad in blacm UFCW shirtsyelled "Governor, can you explainn why you vetoed House Bill 1170?" and "We supportf you, governor; you turned your back on as Ritter largely ignored Then, as he later signed Senate Bill 247, which increasews the number of Coloradans who qualify for unemployment insurance and will bring in some $200 millio n in federal money, someone yelled: "Where was your supporg for the grocery workers when you vetoef House Bill 1170, governor?" Ritter replied: "I'm going to sign theser bills, and then we'll talk.
" After he finished, the governod rose to the microphone and firsgt told the crowd how many of the new laws will help workerss affected by the recession. He then explained that signin g HB 1170 would have been akin to the governmenrt implementing new playing rules for negotiations betweeb the UFCW and the three grocery chainxs that have been underway sinceApril 9. He also said that he would be open to reconsidering similar legislatiojn at afuture date.
He noted that a bill he signedr Tuesdayregarding electricians' education standardxs was similar to one he vetoed in 2008 while tellintg competing sides on the measure that they needex to work out a compromisde -- which they did this year. "Io also think that public policyh should not be used tointerrupt negotiations," Ritter told the which included about 25 UFCW workers along with proponents of the billa being signed. "It is my great hope that you'r able to work this Then question-shouting began from the And Ritter's speech to the group ended.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Weisman continues audit contract with Homeland Security - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The firm, based in Tampa, was awarded the sole source contracgfor 2007, and it was extended to includwe 2008. The recovery audits will be performex in thecoming months, a release The General Services Administration contract, won through a competitivwe bid process, has options for extension throug h 2010. The agencies included in the recoverh audits for 2007 werethe , including Immigration and Customa Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, , , , , and othe agencies serviced by DHS/ICE and . This year the is processingf a request to be added to the agencie s servicedby Weisman, the released said.
Weisman’s services for this contractg are provided on a contingency basis so the dollar valur of the contracts will vary from year to year based upon overpaymentsz it identifies and The audits it conducted for the government agencies for fiscal 2007approached $1 million, and the firm receives a percentage of that. Weismab has national audit staff to supportthis
The firm, based in Tampa, was awarded the sole source contracgfor 2007, and it was extended to includwe 2008. The recovery audits will be performex in thecoming months, a release The General Services Administration contract, won through a competitivwe bid process, has options for extension throug h 2010. The agencies included in the recoverh audits for 2007 werethe , including Immigration and Customa Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, , , , , and othe agencies serviced by DHS/ICE and . This year the is processingf a request to be added to the agencie s servicedby Weisman, the released said.
Weisman’s services for this contractg are provided on a contingency basis so the dollar valur of the contracts will vary from year to year based upon overpaymentsz it identifies and The audits it conducted for the government agencies for fiscal 2007approached $1 million, and the firm receives a percentage of that. Weismab has national audit staff to supportthis
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - Wichita Business Journal:
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Coloradans, he said, "speak for countlesds others acrossthe nation. All they ask for is a healtuh care system that worksfor them, a health care syste that doesn’t crush them with unreasonable cost and a health care system that doesn’r deny them coverage just because they have pre-existint conditions." Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patien t transition care more cost-effectiv and successful. "In Colorado, we haven’t waited on he said. "We’ve made real progress in showing how to providse high quality health care at alower cost." formerly superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, was appointed to the Senate by Gov.
Bill Ritterd to fill the seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Salazae was picked by President Barack Obama as secretary of the Here is the full textof Bennet'x Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery Thursday, providr by his staff. In the speech, he is addressing the president ofthe Senate. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the urgent need for healtcare reform. The people of and the American people, have waited for too long for Washingtojnto act. We should begihn with a basic if you have coverage and youlike it, you can keep it. If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choice away from you.
But even as we keep what we must confront the challenges of soaring health care costxs and the lack of accesszto affordable, quality health care. The statud quo is unacceptable. Every day, families in Colorado and acros America facerising premiums. Their plans offer fewer They are denied coverage becauseof pre-existing And until we fix the health care system, we won’f be able to fix the fiscalk mess in which we find Since 1970, the sharre of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percenyt to 17 percent. The United Statesa spends over $2 trillion in healty care costs, including over $400 billionb on Medicare alone.
Presideny Obama has said that the biggest threat toour nation’s balance sheet is the skyrocketing cost of healt h care. And he’s In Colorado, we haven’t waited on Washington. We’ve made real progresse in showing how to provide high quality health care at alower cost. Last week, the New Yorke magazine published an articlentitled “The Cost Conundrum” that highlights the important work that’sz been done in Mesa Colorado. Over thirty years ago this communityserving 120,000 people came together—doctors, nurses, and the non-profit healty insurance company.
They agreed upon a system that paid doctors and nursess for seeing patients and producing betterquality care. They realized that problems and costs go down when care is more InMesa County, the city of Grand Junctio n implemented an integrated health care systemj that provides follow-up care with This follow-up care has helped lower hospital readmissions rates in Granfd Junction to just 3 percent. Compar e that to the 20 percentrate nationwide, and it is cleae that our community on the Western Slope of Colorado is onto something groundbreaking. High readmissio n rates are a huge problem forour seniors.
Nearlyt one in five Medicare patientas who leave a hospital are readmittex within thefollowing month, and more than three-quarterw of these readmissions are Rehospitalization costs Medicare over $17 billionh a year. It’s painful for patients and familiee to be caught up in these cyclewsof treatment. All too often, care is fragmented you go fromthe doctor, to the to a nursing home, back to the hospital and then back to the doctorr again. Patients are given medication instructionsw as they are leavingthe hospital, many times aftef coming off of strong They don’t know whom to call, and they are not sure what to ask theird primary care doctor.
The both our Denver and Mesa County health communitiedshave found, is to provide patients leavinfg the hospital with a “coach.” This coac is a trained health professional connecting home and the This coach teaches patients how to manage their health on theier own.
Coloradans, he said, "speak for countlesds others acrossthe nation. All they ask for is a healtuh care system that worksfor them, a health care syste that doesn’t crush them with unreasonable cost and a health care system that doesn’r deny them coverage just because they have pre-existint conditions." Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patien t transition care more cost-effectiv and successful. "In Colorado, we haven’t waited on he said. "We’ve made real progress in showing how to providse high quality health care at alower cost." formerly superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, was appointed to the Senate by Gov.
Bill Ritterd to fill the seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Salazae was picked by President Barack Obama as secretary of the Here is the full textof Bennet'x Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery Thursday, providr by his staff. In the speech, he is addressing the president ofthe Senate. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the urgent need for healtcare reform. The people of and the American people, have waited for too long for Washingtojnto act. We should begihn with a basic if you have coverage and youlike it, you can keep it. If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choice away from you.
But even as we keep what we must confront the challenges of soaring health care costxs and the lack of accesszto affordable, quality health care. The statud quo is unacceptable. Every day, families in Colorado and acros America facerising premiums. Their plans offer fewer They are denied coverage becauseof pre-existing And until we fix the health care system, we won’f be able to fix the fiscalk mess in which we find Since 1970, the sharre of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percenyt to 17 percent. The United Statesa spends over $2 trillion in healty care costs, including over $400 billionb on Medicare alone.
Presideny Obama has said that the biggest threat toour nation’s balance sheet is the skyrocketing cost of healt h care. And he’s In Colorado, we haven’t waited on Washington. We’ve made real progresse in showing how to provide high quality health care at alower cost. Last week, the New Yorke magazine published an articlentitled “The Cost Conundrum” that highlights the important work that’sz been done in Mesa Colorado. Over thirty years ago this communityserving 120,000 people came together—doctors, nurses, and the non-profit healty insurance company.
They agreed upon a system that paid doctors and nursess for seeing patients and producing betterquality care. They realized that problems and costs go down when care is more InMesa County, the city of Grand Junctio n implemented an integrated health care systemj that provides follow-up care with This follow-up care has helped lower hospital readmissions rates in Granfd Junction to just 3 percent. Compar e that to the 20 percentrate nationwide, and it is cleae that our community on the Western Slope of Colorado is onto something groundbreaking. High readmissio n rates are a huge problem forour seniors.
Nearlyt one in five Medicare patientas who leave a hospital are readmittex within thefollowing month, and more than three-quarterw of these readmissions are Rehospitalization costs Medicare over $17 billionh a year. It’s painful for patients and familiee to be caught up in these cyclewsof treatment. All too often, care is fragmented you go fromthe doctor, to the to a nursing home, back to the hospital and then back to the doctorr again. Patients are given medication instructionsw as they are leavingthe hospital, many times aftef coming off of strong They don’t know whom to call, and they are not sure what to ask theird primary care doctor.
The both our Denver and Mesa County health communitiedshave found, is to provide patients leavinfg the hospital with a “coach.” This coac is a trained health professional connecting home and the This coach teaches patients how to manage their health on theier own.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Gold standard: LEED-certified building a product of collaboration - Boston Business Journal:
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The joint venture between The , with the help of architecturaocompany , resulted in a 316,000-square-foot green buildinf that has been pre-certified to receive the ’s LEED gold National Grid’s new headquarters, situated in the Reservoir Woods east campus in Waltham, will includde a host of green design 34 in all, from rooftop solar panelsw to systems that recapture stormwater and use it for sewager systems. Once completed, the $135 million building will be one of the largesr green commercial buildings in thestate (the platinum-certifier Genzyme Center in Cambridge being “It was clear it was going to be a collaboration (with National Grid).
They did have an extremel active role throughoutthe process, and they had very ambitioua goals for the environmental sustainabilityh of the building,” said Davis. The collaboration betwee n Davis, Marcus and National Grid startecd when the utility was looking for space after its acquisition ofin 2007. It knew it needed a facility that would meet not only the physical need s ofthe company, but serve as an examplw to customers that it was dedicatedd to environmental stewardship. “We are goingy to be significantly growingour energy-efficiencyh program and for us to be able to go in to there is an issuee of credibility,” said Tom King, president of Nationaol Grid’s U.S.
-based operations. “It’s a leadership When it settled upon Reservoir Woods as itsnew home, Nationakl Grid established a lofty goal for its builde to suit construction: to achieve an 80 percent reductioh in its greenhouse gas emissiona by 2050. To do this, the company invested in sustainably harvestedbuilding materials, high-efficiency heating and cooling systeme and even sunshades on south-facing windows to keep the building warm in the wintef and cool in the summer. The hardest part of designinh the building was notits size, but makinf the step from LEED silver to LEED gold withouft breaking the bank.
“You can go from certified to silver without much trouble orextra cost,” said Michaek Hass, the project’s “To get up to gold is a much biggeer hurdle. We went through a lot of idease and looked at what was Some ideas, like powering the building with fuel cell were not cost effective, Hass said. But all-in-all, the group was able to integratse the vast majority of its 55 green featurews talked about at a price well belowthe $60 to $80 per squarer foot premium on LEED gold Marcus said.
The joint venture between The , with the help of architecturaocompany , resulted in a 316,000-square-foot green buildinf that has been pre-certified to receive the ’s LEED gold National Grid’s new headquarters, situated in the Reservoir Woods east campus in Waltham, will includde a host of green design 34 in all, from rooftop solar panelsw to systems that recapture stormwater and use it for sewager systems. Once completed, the $135 million building will be one of the largesr green commercial buildings in thestate (the platinum-certifier Genzyme Center in Cambridge being “It was clear it was going to be a collaboration (with National Grid).
They did have an extremel active role throughoutthe process, and they had very ambitioua goals for the environmental sustainabilityh of the building,” said Davis. The collaboration betwee n Davis, Marcus and National Grid startecd when the utility was looking for space after its acquisition ofin 2007. It knew it needed a facility that would meet not only the physical need s ofthe company, but serve as an examplw to customers that it was dedicatedd to environmental stewardship. “We are goingy to be significantly growingour energy-efficiencyh program and for us to be able to go in to there is an issuee of credibility,” said Tom King, president of Nationaol Grid’s U.S.
-based operations. “It’s a leadership When it settled upon Reservoir Woods as itsnew home, Nationakl Grid established a lofty goal for its builde to suit construction: to achieve an 80 percent reductioh in its greenhouse gas emissiona by 2050. To do this, the company invested in sustainably harvestedbuilding materials, high-efficiency heating and cooling systeme and even sunshades on south-facing windows to keep the building warm in the wintef and cool in the summer. The hardest part of designinh the building was notits size, but makinf the step from LEED silver to LEED gold withouft breaking the bank.
“You can go from certified to silver without much trouble orextra cost,” said Michaek Hass, the project’s “To get up to gold is a much biggeer hurdle. We went through a lot of idease and looked at what was Some ideas, like powering the building with fuel cell were not cost effective, Hass said. But all-in-all, the group was able to integratse the vast majority of its 55 green featurews talked about at a price well belowthe $60 to $80 per squarer foot premium on LEED gold Marcus said.
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