Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Dayton museum project receives $2.3 million - Dayton Business Journal:

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million from an Ohio agency, is planning a 27,000-square-foot manufacturingy and entrepreneurship museum in CarillonHistorical Park. The announced the fundingh approval Monday to help fundthe $5.2 million project. The project will be bid this spring. The anticipatedx start date is April with completiob inJuly 2010, according to the The project is also fundedr by $68,000 in cash and private contributions of $2.8 million, according to a state Brady Kress, Dayton History president and chief executivs officer, said about $250,000 of the private funds came from a corporationb and about $2.7 came from an individual.
He said the privated donor is local but it is not someone The museum will house some of the 3 millioj items currently held in storagw by Dayton History focusing on manufacturinh and entrepreneurship in theMiami Valley. The items include manufacturing equipment, businesas machines, industrial relics, documents, photographs and other archiva materials. The museum is part of a masterr plan developed in 2007 that has abou t 90 other projects forthe 65-acre park, Kresss said. “This is the firstr piece,” he said. He could not provide details on the nextlikelyt project. Dayton History is a historical nonprofity that hasan $8 millio n endowment.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Keeping their cool: Partnership spurs HVAC firm to new growth - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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He joined as a partnerd two years ago, enabling the company to focuz on building its commerciakl construction and service businessand de-emphasizew its residential interests. “I had confidence when he came over because he had a long track record of doing this type of Newberry saysof Kittinger, a commercial construction veteran. “The potentiall for me was to become a partneer with a company and bein able to start the commercial side up pretty much from scratc and building it to what itis today. That was primarilg my incentive,” Kittinger says.
“I’vre been doing this for a long time and done it for a coupleofrother companies, and this was an opportunity of right time, rightf place.” Air Doctors saw its commercial construction revenue grow about 500 percenft to $1.2 million last year. Its tota l revenue was $2.2 million, more than six times greatert than 2006. Newberry is expecting $2.5 million in revenue this year, with commercial construction accounting for 55 commercial services 30 percent and residential maintenance and installatiomn15 percent. Air Doctors is in the process of makiny the commercial construction business a separater company with anew name.
“Mike had a decent customert baseto start,” Kittingerd says. “He had done real well with gettintg insome customers. He just didn’t know how to do the biggeer jobs, how to estimate them and how to micro-managed them.” Air Doctors installs and services HVAC systems for facilitiez suchas schools, office and medical buildings, restaurants and motels. The company is biddinhg on largerprojects — up to $1.5 million now that struggling residential heating and air installers are movint to the commercial side and offering discount “It affects our bottom line because we have to push the grosw margin down, but you make up for that in size and Newberry says.
“It definitely changes It changes yoursales process. It takes a lot longer on the frong end. It’s more time consuming with project Newberry’s customer service philosophy is to never say no to a requesrt even if it is outsideAir Doctors’ core Through the years Newberry has used his maintenanc e background to patch leakyh roofs, fix plumbing and repair a cappuccino machine. “I tell my guys all the ‘Don’t ever tell them no. If somebody has to tell them no it’lk come from the top; it’s not going to come from the ” Newberry says.
“My guys are, ‘Yes, we can, and what can I do for ”

Friday, July 22, 2011

At least it's a start - Andalusia Star-News

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Portland area has largest unemployment hike - Portland Business Journal:

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From March 2008 to March 2009, Portland had the largesg increase of unemployment amongthe country’s 100 largest metropolita n areas, according to the MetroMonitord report from Brookings, an independent research and policyy institute based in Washington, D.C. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton area’d 11.8 percent unemployment rate in March wasa 6.6 percent increased from the same period in putting the area at the very bottom of the With Provo-Orem, Utah’s 5.1 percent unemployment in March at No. 1 to Calif.’s 17.5 percent rate at No. 100, Portland rankedc No. 91.
There was a bright spot for Portland in the as the city did not fall in the rankin of the weakest20 metros, but rathef made the list of second-weakest 20 metros. In the firsy quarter of 2009, Portlan ranked No. 70 with a 5 percentr drop in housing prices from the same quartein 2008.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Syrian exiles vote for 'transitional government' - Sydney Morning Herald

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Lottery Building now fully leased - The Business Review (Albany):

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is fully leased with the arrival of two tenantz and expansion of a Thetenants -- the Social Security Administration, Send Word Now and -- are fillin g 19,000 square feet on the seventh and eighthu floors at One Broadway Centedr that have been vacant since movedr its headquarters out of downtownb a year ago. Located behind the 130,500-square-foot One Broadway Center is also knowj as the state Lottert Building because the agency has its name emblazone d across the top and occupies more thanfive floors. The Social Security Administration is moving from its lease d offices on Franklin Street downtowninto 14,000o square feet on the eightjh floor, said Mark Aronowitz, vice president of Inc.
, the property GTECH Corp., a vendor for the Lottery which is alreadt in the building, is expandingb to 2,622 square feet on the seventh And Send Word Now, an emergency notification compan whose operations center is on the second floorr of the betting parlor on Statde Street downtown, is moving into 2,600 squarse feet on the eighth floor. “In this environmenr we’re very happy we’res able to totally fill the building,” Aronowita said. “It’s an example of the excitement and energy indowntown Schenectady.” The leases were brokereed by Aronowitz and Benji Fox of Omni.
The Development Authorityh will provide 50 spaces in the Broadway Parkinv Garage as part ofthe deal. That will bring its monthlgy parking permits up to a record highof 2,018. Five yearsx ago the number stoodat 350. The buildingv that the Social Security Administration is moving out of on Franklin Street is ownedrby . The agency will convert the offices into a youth employment training according tothe Metroplex. The OTB building will be renovated after Send Word Nowmoves out.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Pedal to Properties takes on partner, plans expansion - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Founded and headed by Matt Kolb, Pedall to Properties is a residentiall real estate firm that gives clients the optiojn of looking at homes by The company maintains a fleet of 50 ElectrwaCruiser bikes. Kolb has sold a 50 perceny stake in the company for an undisclosed sum to attorneyhTim Majors, who specialized in taking regional retail businesses As a partner in Pedal to Majors will work out of the company’s Boulder Majors, who’s originally from Perth, approached Kolb about investing in the real estate firm after looking at Boulder properties by bicycle.
“We certainlyt plan to incorporate [Tim’s] national and international branding expertise to expand Pedal to Properties in other Kolb said in a Pedal to Properties plans to look at openinf branch officesin other, unspecified U.S. markets. In May, the company launcheds a licensee designation for brokers interestecd in using theBoulder business’ operational formula in their markets. The Colorado company already is working to expan quickly in its hometown by addingh more space and agents indowntownm Boulder.
“I believe Pedal to Properties is in a perfecy position to meet the evolving social and demographic changes going on in the United Statexswith homebuyers,” Majors said in a

Monday, July 11, 2011

1 of 2 men convicted of killing Columbia sports editor now says he acted alone - KSPR

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Whirlpool to cut another 3,000 jobs - Dayton Business Journal:

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The Benton Harbor, Mich.-based appliance maker said it is sheddinfg additional jobs to adapt toa “rapidl changing and very challenging economicf environment” that led to a sharop drop in demand during the third “The global credit crisis has had a profounc negative impact on what was already a weakening and very fragile global economy,” Jeff chief executive officer of Whirlpool said in a statement. “Declining home values, risinfg unemployment and very low consumer confidencde levels will likely prolong a negative demand environment at least through the middleof Whirlpool, which employs about 9,000 in Ohio, plans to shut down a facility in Tenn.
, and move the work to its dishwasher plant in Findlay. That move will result in about 500 job cuts in The company this year has closed two plant s in Mexico along with facilitiesin Tenn., and Oxford, Miss. Job cuts coulds arrive in the state as the company planzs to cut about 500 salariex positions inNorth America, including but specifics on the cuts weren’g immediately available. The majority of the new job cuts will takeplacs overseas, where Whirlpool planxs to cut about 1,900 mostly in Europe. The company employw more than 73,000 worldwide.
In additiomn to the Findlay plant, Whirlpool in Ohio operatesx a small-appliances operation in Greenville, a dryer manufacturingh operation in Marion and a washer plangin Clyde. The job cuts are expected to saveabout $275 milliom annually, the company said. Whirlpool through the first three quarterszearned $374 million, down 17 percent from $453 milliobn through September 2007. Revenue throug the third quarter isup 3.5 percent at $14.t6 billion, versus $14.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Survey: Confidence low for Birmingham business leaders in 3Q - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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In fact, the several hundred Alabamqa business leaders surveyed for the quarterly Alabama Business Confidencs Survey estimated it will take longerf forthe Birmingham-Hoover metrok area to recover from the recession than other Alabama cities. Business leaders surveyed in Montgomery reported the highest confidencse in economic improvement with an index numbertof 49.6, followed by Huntsvillw (48.3) and Mobile (45.8). The index in the Birmingham-Hooverd area was the lowest of the four at 42.7. The overall index scorew rose to 46 in thethird quarter, as businesses expecg moderate economic decline in the thire quarter of 2009. The figure rose from the recorde lowof 31.
5 reported for the firsf quarter of 2009, reporting the greatest quarterlh gain in the survey’s history. The ABCI is a quarterlhy survey of state business leaderd compiled by the Universityof Alabama’ds Center for Business and Economic Research. It surveysz confidence in six areas: nationalo economy, state economy, sales, hiring and capital expenditures. Scores are analyzed on a scald where 50 serves as a neutral Any scores that fall below 50 denote worseninbgeconomic conditions, while numberes above 50 denote improvement. Of the six categories only sales passed into theimprovement category, rising slightlyh above the neutral mark at 50.3.
The remaining five categoriesw posted scores withinthe 40s. Survey participants reported an index scoreof 48.8 for the stats economy, and a slightly lower score of 45.1 for the nationall economy. In addition, the survey reported a moderater decline in the areas of profit hiring (43.7) and capital spending (42.8). The ACBI is a continuationj of the Business Leaders Confidence Indes that has been compiled by the Center for Businessw and economic research for almosteight years. The center used to partner with BBVA Compass to providwethe BLCI.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Anheuser-Busch's Bud sponsors tailgating league - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The NTL, a pilot program conceiveed by Todd Hirschfeldof Charlotte, N.C., agency HMS Worldwide, has reservex a 100-by-100-foot area across the stree from the speedway where it will conduct games typicallh played by tailgaters, such as The gaming area will be adjacent to Bud'sz porta-bar, essentially a bar on wheels surrounded by flat-screen TVs that will keep the contestantw and their guests in a partyt mood.
Bud has branding all around the The pilot program also counts Race Face sunscreen as a while Swiss Trax laid the flooringt for the cornhole competition The tournament winnerreceives $500 plus tickets to future and other competitors will receive prizez that range from tickety packages to Richard Petty Driving Experience packagesz and Sam Bass NASCAR Hirschfeld said he hopes the program will take off from this weekenrd and believes it will be useful for any sportr where fans tailgate, such as college and pro football and othe r motorsports events. St. Louis-basee , a subsidiary of Belgium-baserd , makes Budweiser.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Campbell voted to lead Gallop Johnson - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The change will mark the second time inthe firm'sz nearly 30-year history that Gallop Johnson will be led by a partnerr who is not a foundinbg member of the firm. Partnersx at the firm elected Campbell, 51, to the post Dec. 21. who heads up the government law and relationd department atthe Clayton-based law firm, will take over from founding and name partnere Sanford Neuman, 69, whose second three-yeafr term expires in 2005. An exacyt date for the changeover has notbeen set. Neuman is being considered as chairman. "We're poised to go to the next Campbell said.
He said he is interested in growingy the firm ina "controlled and business-sensitive manner," through recruitmentr and possibly a Gallop Johnson was in seriouw talks with over the last five years beforee the effort was given up. No merger immediatelty is pending, but firms both inside and outside St. Louis frequently contact Gallop, Campbell Neuman said he had decided to step down and let someonre younger takethe helm. "We'r really a second generation law firm. Except for me, all the departmentt heads and chairs are all in their fortieor fifties.
" Campbell beat out two othed candidates proposed by Gallop Johnson's nominating committee: litigation and intellectual property attorney Ken Newman, and Don Kelly, a patent and triall attorney, both of whom joined Gallopl Johnson with 10 other attorneys duringg Neuman's tenure as managing partner, when the former Schermer, Rimmel & Shifrin law firm dissolved in 2001. Campbell' recent clients include the Isle of Capri The DoeRun Co. and Trigen Energuy Corp. He was manager of the energuy conservation programs for the Illinois Department of Energgy and Natural Resources in the late 1970s and early 1980x before attending the Washington Universityu Schoolof Law.
He started at Gallop Johnson as a summeelaw clerk. "He's what we call a lifer," Neuman "He's thoroughly inculcated in the valueas ofthe firm." With 75 attorneys, Gallopl Johnson is the ninth-largestr law firm in St. The firm is full service, with traditional practicez including litigation, business services, and labor and with some "niche" practices such as government andentertainment law, Campbell said. Both he and Neumaj declined to disclose revenue forthe firm.