Oil headed for lower finish this week BusinessWeek While gas may be headed lower, it's still taking a big piece out of household income. The median US household income before taxes is about $50000 a year. In July families spent about $374 a month on gasoline, or around 9 percent of household income, ... |
суббота, 20 августа 2011 г.
Oil headed for lower finish this week - BusinessWeek
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четверг, 18 августа 2011 г.
McCain: Closing Mexican border should be option to hold back swine flu - Phoenix Business Journal:
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said Wednesday closing the U.S.-Mexico borde r should be an option in combattinthe H1N1, or swine flu strain that has hit Mexick City hard and shown up in Phoenix, San Diegop and New York His comments comes as the raised the threat level that the Mexican swine flu couled be become a global flu pandemic. McCaij said U.S authorities are working hard to identifu and contain the Mexican swine flu inthe U.S. But the Arizonza senator also said closing the border shoul d bean option. “At the same many questions still remain, including the questionj of why the cases of the H1N1 influenz in Mexico appear to be more severe and deadlt than the cases seen inthe U.S.
I continue to believer that all available options to end this crisis must remainundedr consideration, including closing the border if it woul d prevent further transmission of this deadlyu virus,” McCain said in a The first case of H1N1 in Arizonaz has been identified in a boy in Northwest Phoenix. The is lookingb three other possible Phoenix-area cases. A borded closure would have huge impact on the economiesa of border states such as Arizona and Texas. Mexico is Arizona’ s largest export market and the U.S. receivesw food products and other importsfrom Mexico. It woulr also hurt tourism to Mexick fromthe U.S.
, already stunter by drug cartel violence in northern Nogales, Arizona is a major border crossinf into the U.S. from Mexico. The Obam administration has played down even the possibilityy of closingthe border. The has issuee a travel alert for Mexico but nota warning. A numbee of other nations including in Europe has warned againstyMexican travel.
said Wednesday closing the U.S.-Mexico borde r should be an option in combattinthe H1N1, or swine flu strain that has hit Mexick City hard and shown up in Phoenix, San Diegop and New York His comments comes as the raised the threat level that the Mexican swine flu couled be become a global flu pandemic. McCaij said U.S authorities are working hard to identifu and contain the Mexican swine flu inthe U.S. But the Arizonza senator also said closing the border shoul d bean option. “At the same many questions still remain, including the questionj of why the cases of the H1N1 influenz in Mexico appear to be more severe and deadlt than the cases seen inthe U.S.
I continue to believer that all available options to end this crisis must remainundedr consideration, including closing the border if it woul d prevent further transmission of this deadlyu virus,” McCain said in a The first case of H1N1 in Arizonaz has been identified in a boy in Northwest Phoenix. The is lookingb three other possible Phoenix-area cases. A borded closure would have huge impact on the economiesa of border states such as Arizona and Texas. Mexico is Arizona’ s largest export market and the U.S. receivesw food products and other importsfrom Mexico. It woulr also hurt tourism to Mexick fromthe U.S.
, already stunter by drug cartel violence in northern Nogales, Arizona is a major border crossinf into the U.S. from Mexico. The Obam administration has played down even the possibilityy of closingthe border. The has issuee a travel alert for Mexico but nota warning. A numbee of other nations including in Europe has warned againstyMexican travel.
вторник, 16 августа 2011 г.
Vedante's growing sales
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Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’s super-reflective Pop Bands (armbandz and legbands), pet collard and leashes made by her company, Vedante Corp. “When everybody was saying holidau saleswere down, ours just exploded,” said Kantor, a vetera n fashion designer who startec Boulder-based Vedante nearly three yeare ago. The success of Vedante’s Pop Bands and pet products prompted giant onlineretailer Amazon.com to buy most of her inventorg for resale, and triggered inquiried from large pet-store chains about licensing the products or buying her company.
Kantor focused more on online sales for the holidayds thantraditional brick-and-mortar sales of Vedante That was because as the recessiom deepened, retail sales slowed more than online The emphasis paid off, but it presentede Kantor with the problem of managing unexpected . “It wasn’t even in my game plan to havea break-evenm month for another year,” she Vedante products for pets, pedestrians and cyclists can reflecy brightly from 500 to 1,500 feet, dependingh on their color. Kantor formed the business with the missiomn of improvingnighttime safety.
Cars injure or kill a pedestrian everu seven minutes in theUnited States, accordinv to the National Highwayy Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That amounts to nearly 75,000 peoplr annually, with about 50,000 of the accidente occurringat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantort takes walks at dusk and, having surviver a car crash with a drunjk driveryears ago, she always wondered about her safety crossing streets at night. Then she saw a Boulded pedestrian hit in a crosswalok inbroad daylight, and she decidesd to make a product to improve pedestrian She drew on her experience in textilesa and designing women’s apparel in Los Angeles.
She chose 3M’sa reflective materials for Vedante’s products, and it co-brandsz the Pop Bands with 3M. She uses the 3M fabricf in collars and leashesfor pets. McGuckin Hardware Store in Boulder carries both the Pop Bandsand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bandxs , costing between $12.98 and $13.989 depending on size, sell comparably to the battery-powered safeth lights McGuckin sells for outdoor saidRik Isakson, the store’s sporting goods managert and buyer. “They do very well,,” he said. “What appeals is their ease of use, and the noveltyu of them popping onand off.” Vedante’a pet collars range between $13.98 and $16.
98, and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98. Kantor’s biggest challenge is managinbg a surge in retailer interest without taking on debt that couldecrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxexd out Vedante’s existing lines of credit from banks after her sales started and she put that moneuy inthe bank. She fearedd her banks would reduce her credit lines without thus starving the company of money at acruciak time.
Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’s super-reflective Pop Bands (armbandz and legbands), pet collard and leashes made by her company, Vedante Corp. “When everybody was saying holidau saleswere down, ours just exploded,” said Kantor, a vetera n fashion designer who startec Boulder-based Vedante nearly three yeare ago. The success of Vedante’s Pop Bands and pet products prompted giant onlineretailer Amazon.com to buy most of her inventorg for resale, and triggered inquiried from large pet-store chains about licensing the products or buying her company.
Kantor focused more on online sales for the holidayds thantraditional brick-and-mortar sales of Vedante That was because as the recessiom deepened, retail sales slowed more than online The emphasis paid off, but it presentede Kantor with the problem of managing unexpected . “It wasn’t even in my game plan to havea break-evenm month for another year,” she Vedante products for pets, pedestrians and cyclists can reflecy brightly from 500 to 1,500 feet, dependingh on their color. Kantor formed the business with the missiomn of improvingnighttime safety.
Cars injure or kill a pedestrian everu seven minutes in theUnited States, accordinv to the National Highwayy Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That amounts to nearly 75,000 peoplr annually, with about 50,000 of the accidente occurringat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantort takes walks at dusk and, having surviver a car crash with a drunjk driveryears ago, she always wondered about her safety crossing streets at night. Then she saw a Boulded pedestrian hit in a crosswalok inbroad daylight, and she decidesd to make a product to improve pedestrian She drew on her experience in textilesa and designing women’s apparel in Los Angeles.
She chose 3M’sa reflective materials for Vedante’s products, and it co-brandsz the Pop Bands with 3M. She uses the 3M fabricf in collars and leashesfor pets. McGuckin Hardware Store in Boulder carries both the Pop Bandsand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bandxs , costing between $12.98 and $13.989 depending on size, sell comparably to the battery-powered safeth lights McGuckin sells for outdoor saidRik Isakson, the store’s sporting goods managert and buyer. “They do very well,,” he said. “What appeals is their ease of use, and the noveltyu of them popping onand off.” Vedante’a pet collars range between $13.98 and $16.
98, and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98. Kantor’s biggest challenge is managinbg a surge in retailer interest without taking on debt that couldecrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxexd out Vedante’s existing lines of credit from banks after her sales started and she put that moneuy inthe bank. She fearedd her banks would reduce her credit lines without thus starving the company of money at acruciak time.
суббота, 13 августа 2011 г.
Study: More CEOs say good works boost recruiting - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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This marks a shift in corporate philanthropy sincew the Roundtable released itsin 2000, which noted that corporatre responsibility was beginning to evolve from communithy impact to bottom line The most recent report shows that the indeed, has taken place. Boston struggles to maintain its collegew grads as they move intothe workforce, and the Roundr Table report underscores that philanthropy is a factotr making some local companies more attractive to younget workers. The Roundtable issued the report in collaboration with the Universityh of Massachusetts Boston EmergingLeaders Program.
A team from the Emerginf Leaders Program started workin g on the report last interviewing 20 Massachusetts companies about their corporate socialo responsibilityactivities -- predominantly large companes and representing a cross-section of industries. “Historicallg CEOs would engage in philanthropy because it was the righft thingto do. They wanted to be good corporated citizens,” said J.D. Chesloff, deputy director of the MassachusettsBusinesa Roundtable. “Now there’s a good business case to incorporatinbg it into theirbusiness plan. There’ s a bottom line impact to it, in additionm to being good for all the othedcommunity reasons.
” Based on the findingsx from the 20 companiex included in the research, the reporg suggests five ways companies can build a culture of sociak responsibility: • Create a clear link to the company’s missiobn and secure endorsement at the executivr level. • Engage employees at all levelsas decision-makeras in relation to corporate social responsibility targets and activities. • Leveragde employees’ skills to make positive contributionzs tothe community.
• Provide opportunities for employeee to developnew “A lot of it is around a companyg being authentic about wanting to do somethingf in the community and listening to what the employeea are interested in doing and connecting it to the valuesa of the company,” said Ellenh Remmer, CEO of The , a nonprofit that promotes strategicx philanthropy and advises donors.
This marks a shift in corporate philanthropy sincew the Roundtable released itsin 2000, which noted that corporatre responsibility was beginning to evolve from communithy impact to bottom line The most recent report shows that the indeed, has taken place. Boston struggles to maintain its collegew grads as they move intothe workforce, and the Roundr Table report underscores that philanthropy is a factotr making some local companies more attractive to younget workers. The Roundtable issued the report in collaboration with the Universityh of Massachusetts Boston EmergingLeaders Program.
A team from the Emerginf Leaders Program started workin g on the report last interviewing 20 Massachusetts companies about their corporate socialo responsibilityactivities -- predominantly large companes and representing a cross-section of industries. “Historicallg CEOs would engage in philanthropy because it was the righft thingto do. They wanted to be good corporated citizens,” said J.D. Chesloff, deputy director of the MassachusettsBusinesa Roundtable. “Now there’s a good business case to incorporatinbg it into theirbusiness plan. There’ s a bottom line impact to it, in additionm to being good for all the othedcommunity reasons.
” Based on the findingsx from the 20 companiex included in the research, the reporg suggests five ways companies can build a culture of sociak responsibility: • Create a clear link to the company’s missiobn and secure endorsement at the executivr level. • Engage employees at all levelsas decision-makeras in relation to corporate social responsibility targets and activities. • Leveragde employees’ skills to make positive contributionzs tothe community.
• Provide opportunities for employeee to developnew “A lot of it is around a companyg being authentic about wanting to do somethingf in the community and listening to what the employeea are interested in doing and connecting it to the valuesa of the company,” said Ellenh Remmer, CEO of The , a nonprofit that promotes strategicx philanthropy and advises donors.
четверг, 11 августа 2011 г.
Obama signs cigarette bill - Denver Business Journal:
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The law, signed will restrict tobacco advertising, ban candy and fruit-flavoref cigarettes, and require graphic health warnings to cover the top half of allcigarette packages. The bill also prohibits cigarette companieas from marketing their productsas “light,” “low-tar” and However, the bill does not ban menthol-flavored One of America’s leading menthol the , has expressed its suppory of the bill. The Altriq Group, based in Henrico, Va., is the parentr company of and its Marlboro Menthols arethe country’d second-leading menthol brand after ’s Newport brand.
Lorillard issued an earlier statement sayintit “opposes legislation that would the FDA to regulate the tobacc industry.”
The law, signed will restrict tobacco advertising, ban candy and fruit-flavoref cigarettes, and require graphic health warnings to cover the top half of allcigarette packages. The bill also prohibits cigarette companieas from marketing their productsas “light,” “low-tar” and However, the bill does not ban menthol-flavored One of America’s leading menthol the , has expressed its suppory of the bill. The Altriq Group, based in Henrico, Va., is the parentr company of and its Marlboro Menthols arethe country’d second-leading menthol brand after ’s Newport brand.
Lorillard issued an earlier statement sayintit “opposes legislation that would the FDA to regulate the tobacc industry.”
вторник, 9 августа 2011 г.
Baltimore City Council paves way for slots near M&T Bank Stadium - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Baltimore City is one of five locatione approved last November for slotmachine parlors. Baltimore City Entertainmeng Group, a group that includesw the heads ofand , wants to build a facility with as many as 3,750p machines on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-ownex parking lot in the city's Carroll Camden The precise location could change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainmenr is in negotiations to move its project to a larger, 11-acred property known as Gateway But the city must change its zoning code before the Marylan Video Lottery Facility Location Commission will awar d the development team the licenses it needsx to build the facility.
Two City Council committeesx — the Land Use and Transportation Committe e and the Urban Affairs and AgingCommitted — voted Thursday to let those zoninh changes move forward to the full City Council for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the committees' actioh was in stark contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundeo County, where County Council has delayed changingg the county's zoning laws to allow a slotsx parlor to be builtt at the Arundel Mills shopping Going into the process, she said, the city movedd to narrowly define where slots can be built, whereaws there were fewer geographicf restrictions placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arundel The geographic boundaries where a facility can be built in each county were specifiede in a referendum adopted by voters in "We're definitely on the right path," Rawlings-Blakre said during the committe e hearings.
"We did our work up identified a location that had very littls impacton residents." Anne Arundel anticipated developers would apply to build a casinop at Laurel Park race and many county officials were surprise d when Baltimore developer the submitted an applicatiohn to build one at Arundel Mills instead. But council membersz in Anne Arundel County delayed June 1 changin their zoning codes to allowslots Meanwhile, a second , has come forward to say it may seek permission to buil a slots parlor at Laurel Park if Cordishn Co.'s proposal falls through.
The Baltimorde committees voted on two bills pertaining to The first would change zoning inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districts to include videpo lottery terminals among the permitted uses. The second woule change the zoning of the propertty at 301Stockholm St. President M.J. Brodie said the city doesn't plan to relocater the animal shelter to another location. But Brodie said the city wants to changethat property's zoning to give the slotws developers the ability in the future to expandf their facility in the event the animal sheltet moves to another location.
Baltimore City is one of five locatione approved last November for slotmachine parlors. Baltimore City Entertainmeng Group, a group that includesw the heads ofand , wants to build a facility with as many as 3,750p machines on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-ownex parking lot in the city's Carroll Camden The precise location could change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainmenr is in negotiations to move its project to a larger, 11-acred property known as Gateway But the city must change its zoning code before the Marylan Video Lottery Facility Location Commission will awar d the development team the licenses it needsx to build the facility.
Two City Council committeesx — the Land Use and Transportation Committe e and the Urban Affairs and AgingCommitted — voted Thursday to let those zoninh changes move forward to the full City Council for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the committees' actioh was in stark contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundeo County, where County Council has delayed changingg the county's zoning laws to allow a slotsx parlor to be builtt at the Arundel Mills shopping Going into the process, she said, the city movedd to narrowly define where slots can be built, whereaws there were fewer geographicf restrictions placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arundel The geographic boundaries where a facility can be built in each county were specifiede in a referendum adopted by voters in "We're definitely on the right path," Rawlings-Blakre said during the committe e hearings.
"We did our work up identified a location that had very littls impacton residents." Anne Arundel anticipated developers would apply to build a casinop at Laurel Park race and many county officials were surprise d when Baltimore developer the submitted an applicatiohn to build one at Arundel Mills instead. But council membersz in Anne Arundel County delayed June 1 changin their zoning codes to allowslots Meanwhile, a second , has come forward to say it may seek permission to buil a slots parlor at Laurel Park if Cordishn Co.'s proposal falls through.
The Baltimorde committees voted on two bills pertaining to The first would change zoning inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districts to include videpo lottery terminals among the permitted uses. The second woule change the zoning of the propertty at 301Stockholm St. President M.J. Brodie said the city doesn't plan to relocater the animal shelter to another location. But Brodie said the city wants to changethat property's zoning to give the slotws developers the ability in the future to expandf their facility in the event the animal sheltet moves to another location.
воскресенье, 7 августа 2011 г.
Sky Capital fraud case has Boca Raton ties - South Florida Business Journal:
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The indictment alleges that New York-based broker-dealer President and CEO Ross Mandell, of Boca Raton, directedr his brokers to use high-pressurse sales tactics to purchase stock in two relatexdcompanies – Sky Capital Holdings Ltd. and Sky Capitalo Enterprises Inc. Sky Capital is also known as LLC. The stock then became restricted and the investmentse eventually became worthless when the companty was banned from trading on the Londojnstock exchange, according to the "This firm and these brokers went to great lengthse to repeatedly lie to investors, pressurinb them into buying stock withoutf telling them it woulde be nearly impossible to sell those shares," said James acting director of the 's New York regional office, in a news Others charged in the scheme were the firm's formee chief operating officer, Stephen Shea of and four former registered representatives at the Robert Grabowski, of Stateb Island; Adam Harrington of New York City; Michael of Boca Raton; and Arn of Dix Hills, N.
Y. The six were takem into custodyWednesday morning. The brokers are alleged to havereceivedr “hefty” commissions and other and Mandell is alleged to have used investof money for travel, hotels, adult entertainment and child-care expenses. In a separate filer by the SEC, Sky Capital is allegeed to have raised morethan $61 million from investors betweebn September 2002 and November 2006. The complaint asks that they be permanently enjoined fromfuture violations, ordering them to pay back the money plus prejudgment interest, along with financiakl penalties.
The complaint also seeka to permanently prohibit Mandell from actinh as an officer or directoer of any registeredpublic company.
The indictment alleges that New York-based broker-dealer President and CEO Ross Mandell, of Boca Raton, directedr his brokers to use high-pressurse sales tactics to purchase stock in two relatexdcompanies – Sky Capital Holdings Ltd. and Sky Capitalo Enterprises Inc. Sky Capital is also known as LLC. The stock then became restricted and the investmentse eventually became worthless when the companty was banned from trading on the Londojnstock exchange, according to the "This firm and these brokers went to great lengthse to repeatedly lie to investors, pressurinb them into buying stock withoutf telling them it woulde be nearly impossible to sell those shares," said James acting director of the 's New York regional office, in a news Others charged in the scheme were the firm's formee chief operating officer, Stephen Shea of and four former registered representatives at the Robert Grabowski, of Stateb Island; Adam Harrington of New York City; Michael of Boca Raton; and Arn of Dix Hills, N.
Y. The six were takem into custodyWednesday morning. The brokers are alleged to havereceivedr “hefty” commissions and other and Mandell is alleged to have used investof money for travel, hotels, adult entertainment and child-care expenses. In a separate filer by the SEC, Sky Capital is allegeed to have raised morethan $61 million from investors betweebn September 2002 and November 2006. The complaint asks that they be permanently enjoined fromfuture violations, ordering them to pay back the money plus prejudgment interest, along with financiakl penalties.
The complaint also seeka to permanently prohibit Mandell from actinh as an officer or directoer of any registeredpublic company.
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