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Sometimes a Disclaimer Isn't Enough Down East In the Lewiston Sun Journal and the Morning Sentinel and possibly others, it was published without the disclaimer. I'm not sure who's to blame for that omission, but it's inexcusable. Big name: The Maine Public Broadcasting Network announced on Nov. ...

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million in 2009, Gaubertt says the recession has led to the partner progran not generating as much businessas “We got too comfortable in 2008 with peoplwe sending us business,” he says. “Noaw people are trying to find other ways to do the work at alowert cost.” Now, when pitching for business, Content-Actives sometimes brings a design firm along as a partnert instead of the other way around. Previously ContentActive usually went afterbusiness alone. “Inn many cases, a design partner got work andcalled us,” says Holland-Nelson. “Now, we’re gettingh closer to even.
” Another mistakde the company haslearned from, Holland-Nelson says, is being more strategicx in terms of seeking and accepting — customers. Earlh on, ContentActive was “not as focused as we couldd have been,” says Gaubert. “Wde went after anything.” Holland-Nelson “If you could pay us, you’dr be our customer,” she Today, things have changed. Now, Gaubert says, the firm is paying more attentioto “how to get and market our products and services out there in a bunch of differenf ways.
” In the fall of luxury retailer Stanley Korsha k tapped ContentActive to help it expand into In providing Dallas-based Stanley Korshak with its online launch, ContentActivse is helping the now e-tailer manage its product offeringz and content on a daily basis with according to Elaine Raffel, Stanley Korshak’ s executive director of marketing services. Anothef new initiative was to launc h a mobile CMS program calledMobileActive 1.0 in March. MobileActivew 1.0 lets CMS users change and manages their Websites andall mobile-enabled devices at the same time.
The ContentActivs CMS is now automatically formatter for mobile devices and is a feature of every new Existing customers were upgradex at anominal rate. Accordiny to Gaubert, no otherf local companies can automatically format contenft management programs formobile devices. Internally, ContentActive has worked to make its staftfeel appreciated. The small business has provided 401(k)z and a profit-sharing plan since its first year. And, it recentlhy launched an “Employee of the Month” campaign, which includesw honoring the firm’s top employeed on the company’s Web site. “We’ve receivesd the most wonderful response about says Holland-Nelson.

George Michael treated for pneumonia, cancels tour - BusinessWeek

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George Michael treated for pneumonia, cancels tour BusinessWeek A statement from publicist Connie Filippello said the 48-year-old former Wham! singer "is responding to treatment and slowly improving." Michael "is ill with pneumonia and any other speculation regarding his illness is unfounded and untrue," the ... George Michael is responding to treatment Hindustan Times George Michael responding to pneumonia treatment,  »

Spectrum Brands to exit Ch. 11 in August - Triangle Business Journal:

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The Atlanta-based consumer products company said it will exit bankruptcuy protection as soon as all closing conditions to the including the closing ofthe company’s exit financing, have been met. That will likel be in August, the company said. “When we we will have reduced our subordinated debtby $840 millionn and eliminated approximately $60 million of annual cash interesy expenses for at least each of the next two said Kent Hussey, CEO of Spectrum Brands, in a prepared statement. “Wwe will emerge with a stronger balance sheetf that will better position us to maintai and strengthen our current platform and to pursue opportunitiez to growour company.
” Spectrum Brands and its U.S. subsidiariexs filed for Chapter 11 inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Courrt for the Western District of San Antonio Divisionon Feb. 3. It had $4.4 billion in Spectrum makes Rayovac batteries, Tetr a pet supplies, Remington shavingy and grooming and personal care household insecticides and lawn and gardehcare products.

Local stocks gain after two-day plunge - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The Bloomberg-Courier Greater Cincinnati Index gained 1 percentto 94.9 That followed a 6.8 percent decline over the prioe two days. But it still leaves the index down 42 percent for the year and 24 percen tsince Sept. 30. The overall market turned in a majofr rebound after falling 10 percent over the previousetwo days. The Dow Jones Industria l Averagejumped 2.9 percent, or 248 points, to 8,94w while the S&P 500 climbed by the same amounty and other broad indexes rose almostg as much. New economic data Fridahy showing the jobless rate has hit its worst leveo in 14 years followed poor retail salesfigures Thursday. The unemploymenty rate for October leaptto 6.
5 percent as total jobs fell by 240,000 during the month. But the market’as worst two-day loss since 1987 already accountef for much of thebad news. “The markert generally does a pretty good job of leading the economic saidCern Basher, chief investment officer at O’Bryonville-basef Madison Wealth Management. “I thinko (the job numbers) were what peoplr were expecting.” Day-to-day marker moves don’t mean much, Basher said. Long he’s putting money into international stocks. Those marketsd should benefit from greater economic growth thanthe U.S. can generatse and downward pressure again onthe U.S.
dollar, he Locally, financial stocks led the way with some ofthe day’sx biggest gains Friday. (Nasdaq: jumped 6 percent to $10.69, while insurers Corp. (Nasdaq: and (NYSE: AFG) each leapt 4 percent. Wilmingtob bank NB&T Financial Group Inc. (Nasdaq: NBTF) soared 6 Cyclical stocks (NYSE: ASH) and AKS) also turned in sizable gains, while uniformk maker (Nasdaq: CTAS) climbed 3 percent. Departmenyt store operator Macy’s Inc. M) rebounded 5 percent, a day aftefr reporting weak Octobersales results. KR) and (NYSE: PG) each rose abouyt 2 percent. But (NYSE: SSP) tumblee 8 percent, a day after it tanked 13 percent.
It said Friday it suffered a third-quarter loss and will cut jobs and suspendsits dividend. (NASDAQ: PMRY) gave back some of its 40 percenr gain over the prior two falling18 percent. It posted strong third-quarte earnings after the marketclosexd Wednesday. (NYSE: CQB) and (Nasdaq: each fell more than 6

Former Glendale cop banned from Ariz. law enforcement - AZFamily

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Former Glendale cop banned from Ariz. law enforcement AZFamily A former Glendale police officer has been banned from ever again being a law-enforcement officer anywhere in Arizona. Earlier this year, Chris Balmaceda, 25, was accused to sending sexu »

Feds ready to ramp up stimulus projects - Memphis Business Journal:

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Vice President Joseph Biden in a conference call with reporterx Monday claimed the stimulus helpedcreater 150,000 jobs in the first 100 days after the Americaj Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passee in February. However, from 8.9 percentg in April to 9.4 percent in May, accordin g to the U.S. Department of Labor. Biden said stimulues contracts and funding could resultin 600,000 jobs beingf created this summer. ARRA also will fund 135,000 state and locall education jobsand 125,000 summer youthg jobs.
To that end, Biden said the governmenft is fast trackingstimulus projects, Construction and energy conservation contracts at 107 national Improvements at 90 veterans medical Construction funding for 200 water and wastewater treatmentg plants in rural areas. Construction at 98 airports nationwidrand 1,500 highways and at just undert 400 military bases. The priority projectsa have not yet been broken down by statewor locality. The move comes as some city governments say it is takingy months for ARRA moneyh to hit the local level so contract biddin gcan begin.
Other critica have complained that construction and government contractors alreadgy working in the publid sector are getting most ofthe benefits.

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Young hunters more likely to cause accidents, analysis shows - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

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Young hunters more likely to cause accidents, analysis shows Wisconsin Rapids Tribune Trevor Rueden sits in a wooded area Thursday in Seymour, where he slipped on some wet leaves, causing his shotgun to go off while hunting at age 16 in 2009. The slug went straight through his foot, breaking several bones. / Dan Powers/Gannett Wisconsin ... Hunters 21 and younger responsible for more than a quarter of hunting accidents Appleton Post Crescent  »

Clifton Gunderson selects Wauwatosa as new headquarters - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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McMasters is a partner in the Wauwatosza office at 10001 Innovation Drive in the Milwaukee CountyResearcbh Park. She took over the management reins of thecompangy Monday. Very few employees from Clifton Gunderson’s former headquarteras in Peoria, Ill., will be transferred to the Wauwatosa saidJen Dirks, a spokeswomam for firm who is locally based. Clifton Gunderson currentl occupies 27,500 square feet of office space at theResearchu Park, and may be in the markey to expand its offices eventually, said Dirks. The company employs 130 professionals in Wauwatosa and 230 at thePeoriaz office, its largest in the nation.
The accountinhg firm’s professional staff totals morethan 2,000 in 45 U.S.-base d offices. Clifton Gunderson has 10 officeswin Wisconsin.

Judgements: 49ers QB Smith silencing bust talk - CBSSports.com

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Judgements: 49ers QB Smith silencing bust talk CBSSports.com 1. Jim Harbaugh's biggest achievement is finding something in Alex Smith nobody else could. Don't tell me the49ers knew what was coming. They traded up in the second round to draft Colin Kaepernick. But this just in: Smith is 8-1 in his ... and more »

FOCUS: Factories take stock as flood recedes in Thailand's Ayutthaya - TMC Net

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FOCUS: Factories take stock as flood recedes in Thailand's Ayutthaya TMC Net 7 -- (Kyodo) _ A month after massive flooding submerged Thailand's industrial zone, inundated manufacturers have from this week been able to reach and retrieve core machinery and tools from their factories as water significantly receded from Ayutthaya ...

Haemonetics director, Covidien CEO Meelia, resigns; CEO pay set - Boston Business Journal:

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Meelia had been a Haemonetics director since 2005 and his term was set to expirsin 2011. The company said Meeli a stepped down to spend more time and energ in his executive role atCovidien (NYSE: COV), a Bermuda-based developerf of medical devices and imaging solutions, among other healtjh care products, according to a filing with the . In a separatre regulatory filing Wednesday, the companh outlined the compensation parameters for newly hire d CEO Brian Concannon and executiv e chairmanBrad Nutter. Concannon will receive $550,000 in salary and stands to earnanothedr $412,500 in bonuses if certain operating and managementr milestones are met.
Concannon also received options tobuy 32,853 shares of Haemonetics common stock and was grantedx 2,053 shares of its restricted stock. Haemonetics HAE), based in Braintree, Mass., also outlined several change-in-control provisionw that could pay Concannon up to three times his annual pay if a companu or person acquires 35 percent of Haemoneticxscommon stock. Nutter, the company’s former CEO, will receive $300,00 0 in annual pay as both Haemonetics board’sa executive chairman. He also remains an employee ofthe company, although his role was not detailedr in Wednesday’s filing.

Lykes, Pepin Heart, Air Flow Designs, J2 save energy - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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EcoAsset Solutions, a new subsidiar of the venerableTampa company, recently won a $93,425 state contracft to create a carbo n inventory of lands acquired through two conservation The subsidiary will provide a database of the carbon valud of state-owned land. Lykes also agreesd to grow energy caneon 20,000 acres in Highland s County to provide fuel for a new $250 millio n ethanol facility planned by , an alternative fuel development companh in Cambridge, Mass. A longtime agricultur e force in Florida, Lykes has planted thousands of acres of eucalyptusa and pine treesfor harvesting. Sustainabld eucalyptus mulch now is aLykesw product. 7L Brands LLC, a division of produces it. Lykes Bros.
Inc. is no longe r in the steamship, natural gas or meat businesxs and instead has shifted its focus to emerginfgreen businesses. EcoAsset Solutions, a new subsidiary of the venerable Tampa company, recently won a $93,4265 state contract to create a carbon inventory of lands acquiredf through two conservation programs. The subsidiary will provides a database of the carbon valueof state-owned Lykes also agreed to grow energyg cane on 20,000 acres in Highlands Counthy to provide fuel for a new $250 millionn ethanol facility planned by Vereniuk Corp., an alternative fuel development compant in Cambridge, Mass.
A longtimre agriculture force in Florida, Lykes has planted thousande of acres of eucalyptus and pine treesfor harvesting. Sustainablr eucalyptus mulch now is a Lykes 7LBrands LLC, a division of Lykes, produces it. — Jane Meinhardt took a page from thehospitalitgy industry, when it kicked off its “Car e to Be Green” program on May 4. The hospital now changes bed pillowcases and linenson request, instead of daily, to save waterr and energy. Infections aren’t a concern because the same patient is usinythe linen, said Denise Foto, clinical managet of the cath lab at Pepin.
Foto and Karenh House, a nurse in the cath lab, also lead a “Greemn Team” of 50 volunteers at the hospital who arecollectingy bottles, cans and newspapers for recycling. On April 20, in advancee of Earth Day, Pepin spent abouft $200 — the equivalent of one day’s worth of electricitt usage — to buy blocks of electricity generated from renewabls sources such as solar and wood wastrfrom “Our sponsorship allowas them to make more of this renewable energy,” House said. “This is somethingh the hospital and other businessese can do to be moreearth , the St.
Pete Times Forukm and the also have participated in the but no other health care facility hasdone so, said Rick a spokesman for Tampa Electric. — Margir Manning Tax credits, incentives advertisedf Almost the minute President Obama signed the stimulux billinto law, , an air conditionin and heating company in Tampa, Orlando and was advertising energy efficiency tax credits that could generatee up to $1,500 for customers who buy new heat And Air Flow isn’t the only company doingb it. “Anyone paying taxes can benefi tfrom this, so it makes sense to have businesses broadcastt that to their customers,” said Bill Becker, a CPA and tax partnerr at ’s Tampa office.
Past incentives were more for providinhgtax deductions, palpable to those who take the time to itemiz e expenses to the , Becker said. But moves to increas tax credits from 10 percent to 30 while increasing capsfrom $300 to $1,500, have becomer attractive to homeowners looking to save money with newerr heat pumps. While it might not exactlh prompt consumers to getnew energy-efficient devices, it could encouragde those who do need to replace older systemas to possibly upgrade to more expensive units they may not have consideredd otherwise, Becker said. — Michael Hinmajn Jose Morales hears about otherdcompanies struggling, but his Tampa firm, , isn’t feelinh the pain.
As a government contractor, first-quartere revenue at J2 Engineering jumped 55 percenftto $17 million, up from $11 million. And the which operates more as a generalo contractor than an engineering firmthese days, expects 2009 revenuer of $100 million, up from $60 million last year, Morales said. Morales suspects that much of the work his firm is pursuinv is part of the federal stimulus monet earmarked to improve the energu efficiency ofgovernment buildings. “sA lot of these projects will meet LEED Morales said.
J2 Engineering, a federally approved minority is going after jobs that range from the renovatiobn of hospitals to the construction of child developmentr centers atmilitary bases. Some contracts are for five years and valueds at millionsof dollars. The firm is also pursuing a contracr for a combat support facility atin — Janet Leiser