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The sponsorship involvement by the MilletBrewing Co./Coors Brewing Co. jointg venture also includes a donationof $75,000 for scholarshipz to the National Puerto Rican Day Parad and Diversity Foundation Scholarship Funds. The funds enablwe students to complete their high schookeducation and/or continue their studies at an institutio n of higher learning. More than 500 students from 25 stateas have benefited from the prograjm since its inceptionin 1997. MillerCoors, which claim Coors Light is the best-selling beer in Puertk Rico and NewYork City, said the annual Puertok Rican Day parade in Manhattan attractsw three million spectators.
In Chicago, a week-lonfg festival includes a parade that attracts making it the largest Hispanic event inthe city. Financia terms of the Coores Light sponsorship werenot disclosed.
вторник, 15 ноября 2011 г.
воскресенье, 13 ноября 2011 г.
Report: D.C. area posts a strong economic performance - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The report ranked the 100 largest U.S. metro areas based on employment, unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan housing prices and foreclosure rate s in thefirst quarter. D.C. rankedr No. 13, while San Antonio, Texas, placed No. 1 and Detroit came in last at No. 100. “All metropolitanb areas are feeling the effects of this but the distress is not shared saidAlan Berube, research director of the metropolitan policy program at the D.C.
institute and co-author of the “While some areas of the country have experiencec only ashallow downturn, and may be emerginvg from the recession people living in metro areas that are now performinh weakest economically should prepare themselves for a long recoverhy period.” At the first quarter’s end, only 10 of the 100 metrko areas were starting to show signd of recovery, said the report, and said Texas was the only placre that saw growth in employment and output. Output increaseds in just a handfukl ofmetro areas, including D.C.; Seattle; Texas; and Virginia Beach, Va..
The reporty also pointed out that metroo areas with concentrations of jobs in certain sectoras have resulted in fewer dramatic job The Rankings: San Antonio, Texasx Austin, Texas McAllen, Texas Baton Rouge, La. Okla. Omaha, Neb. El Paso, Texas Wichita, Kan. D.C. Albuquerque, N.M. Virginia Va. Harrisburg, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. New Haven, Rochester, N.Y.
The report ranked the 100 largest U.S. metro areas based on employment, unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan housing prices and foreclosure rate s in thefirst quarter. D.C. rankedr No. 13, while San Antonio, Texas, placed No. 1 and Detroit came in last at No. 100. “All metropolitanb areas are feeling the effects of this but the distress is not shared saidAlan Berube, research director of the metropolitan policy program at the D.C.
institute and co-author of the “While some areas of the country have experiencec only ashallow downturn, and may be emerginvg from the recession people living in metro areas that are now performinh weakest economically should prepare themselves for a long recoverhy period.” At the first quarter’s end, only 10 of the 100 metrko areas were starting to show signd of recovery, said the report, and said Texas was the only placre that saw growth in employment and output. Output increaseds in just a handfukl ofmetro areas, including D.C.; Seattle; Texas; and Virginia Beach, Va..
The reporty also pointed out that metroo areas with concentrations of jobs in certain sectoras have resulted in fewer dramatic job The Rankings: San Antonio, Texasx Austin, Texas McAllen, Texas Baton Rouge, La. Okla. Omaha, Neb. El Paso, Texas Wichita, Kan. D.C. Albuquerque, N.M. Virginia Va. Harrisburg, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. New Haven, Rochester, N.Y.
четверг, 10 ноября 2011 г.
Southwest traffic down in June - Portland Business Journal:
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Dallas-based (NYSE:LUV) said it flew 6.73 billion revenue passengefr milesin June, down from 6.88 billionj in the same period a year ago. Revenuwe passenger miles, which measure one paying passenger flown per is the official measure of airline The airline’s capacity fell 4 percent in June while its load or percentage of seats filled, grew more than a percentage poinf to 79.5 percent. Southwest in the first half of the year saw trafficv drop 2 percentto 36.6 billion revenue passenger milex from 37.
4 billion last The airline, which carried about 28 percent of all Port Columbusz passengers through May, also said it is sellinh one-way tickets for as low as $30, $60 and $90, dependiny on how far customers are traveling. The fares are availabl through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday and are possibles for flights booked for travel in the period runningfrom Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. Clickj for more details.
Dallas-based (NYSE:LUV) said it flew 6.73 billion revenue passengefr milesin June, down from 6.88 billionj in the same period a year ago. Revenuwe passenger miles, which measure one paying passenger flown per is the official measure of airline The airline’s capacity fell 4 percent in June while its load or percentage of seats filled, grew more than a percentage poinf to 79.5 percent. Southwest in the first half of the year saw trafficv drop 2 percentto 36.6 billion revenue passenger milex from 37.
4 billion last The airline, which carried about 28 percent of all Port Columbusz passengers through May, also said it is sellinh one-way tickets for as low as $30, $60 and $90, dependiny on how far customers are traveling. The fares are availabl through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday and are possibles for flights booked for travel in the period runningfrom Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. Clickj for more details.
вторник, 8 ноября 2011 г.
House chair criticizes SBA's auto dealer inventory loans - Washington Business Journal: Washington Bureau
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The SBA recently announced that it temporarilu will allow auto dealerse to useits 7(a) business loan prograjm to finance vehicle inventory. Many lenders had stopped makingthese so-called floorplan loans to auto dealers. Rep. Nydiaa Velazquez, D-N.Y., who chairs the House Smallk Business Committee, fears "there is a significantly higher risk of loan on thesefloorplan loans. This could force the SBA to increase the subsidhy ratefor 7(a) which would make the loans costlierd for future borrowers.
In a June 2 letter to SBA AdministratorfKaren Mills, Velazquez notedf the SBA had "long prohibited the use of its financinf programs for the purpose of wholesale lending, and for good Because lenders are limited in their ability to exercise full contro l over the financed items, the exposure to loss in floorplanb loans is greater than in other types of Vehicles serve as collateral for floorplan loans, and the value of this collaterap "will depreciate rapidly" givenn the glut of inventory facing auto makers in the wake of the bankruptcyu reorganizations of Chrysler and General Motors, Velazquez wrote.
"Whilre clearly there is a need to provide this industryy withtransitional assistance, doing so by focusing on inherentlt risky financial arrangements seems she wrote. "The potentially negative impacts of this policy change are likelyu to extend well beyon d theauto industry." But Tony president and CEO of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, said the floorplan loans shouldn't be any riskier than other typesa of 7(a) loans if lenderzs administer the loans "I think it's appropriate for the SBA to look at everythingt they can do for all small businessesz right now, given small businesses' inability to access Wilkinson said.
Velazquez also contended the time the agency spent on developing a complex new loan program should have been speng on implementing overdue programs called for in the economicstimulud bill. The floorplan loans will help onlya "very limiterd group" of small businesses, she noted. Had the SBA instead focused more on thestimulus programs, "thousands of smalll businesses that can no longer wait for help wouled have seen assistance," Velazquez wrote.
The SBA recently announced that it temporarilu will allow auto dealerse to useits 7(a) business loan prograjm to finance vehicle inventory. Many lenders had stopped makingthese so-called floorplan loans to auto dealers. Rep. Nydiaa Velazquez, D-N.Y., who chairs the House Smallk Business Committee, fears "there is a significantly higher risk of loan on thesefloorplan loans. This could force the SBA to increase the subsidhy ratefor 7(a) which would make the loans costlierd for future borrowers.
In a June 2 letter to SBA AdministratorfKaren Mills, Velazquez notedf the SBA had "long prohibited the use of its financinf programs for the purpose of wholesale lending, and for good Because lenders are limited in their ability to exercise full contro l over the financed items, the exposure to loss in floorplanb loans is greater than in other types of Vehicles serve as collateral for floorplan loans, and the value of this collaterap "will depreciate rapidly" givenn the glut of inventory facing auto makers in the wake of the bankruptcyu reorganizations of Chrysler and General Motors, Velazquez wrote.
"Whilre clearly there is a need to provide this industryy withtransitional assistance, doing so by focusing on inherentlt risky financial arrangements seems she wrote. "The potentially negative impacts of this policy change are likelyu to extend well beyon d theauto industry." But Tony president and CEO of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, said the floorplan loans shouldn't be any riskier than other typesa of 7(a) loans if lenderzs administer the loans "I think it's appropriate for the SBA to look at everythingt they can do for all small businessesz right now, given small businesses' inability to access Wilkinson said.
Velazquez also contended the time the agency spent on developing a complex new loan program should have been speng on implementing overdue programs called for in the economicstimulud bill. The floorplan loans will help onlya "very limiterd group" of small businesses, she noted. Had the SBA instead focused more on thestimulus programs, "thousands of smalll businesses that can no longer wait for help wouled have seen assistance," Velazquez wrote.
воскресенье, 6 ноября 2011 г.
Tickets on sale for 'Twilight' saga's next film - Peninsula Daily
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Zee News | Tickets on sale for 'Twilight' saga's next film Peninsula Daily And unlike earlier years, fans won't have to line up for tickets the day before the showing. Tickets for the 12:05 am and 12:10 am Port Angeles premiere showings are available at the box office or at www.tinyurl.com/3kwbjuc. They cost $10 for adults, ... Here are few new chances to win tickets for the UK Premiere of Breaking Dawn ... |
пятница, 4 ноября 2011 г.
Long View Gallery to relocate - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The gallery signed a long-term lease at 1234 9th St. NW for 5,00p0 square feet, or four times more spacee than its current exhibition Its currentlease -- half a block south at 1302 9th St. NW -- expiree July 31. The renovated space will have better custom framin and specialevent offerings, and “renovation costsx will be in excess of six figures,” said galler y director Drew Porterfield. The owned by , previously acted as an auto showrook and, most recently, as a vending machine warehouss and has sat empty for the past few Local architect Will Couch is designinf the renovatedgallery space, which will still show and supporty regional, contemporary artists.
Porterfield plans to soon announcs several major new artists that will exhibit at the Long View Gallery was founde d in 2000 by Andrew Haley and Suzannew Zylonis ina Sperryville, Va. space, which showcasew many Virginia artists. Local art patronsz partnered with Haley and Zylonis in 2006 to open its Shaw The gallery will stay open at its currenr space until July andwill re-open in the new spacse in September.
The gallery signed a long-term lease at 1234 9th St. NW for 5,00p0 square feet, or four times more spacee than its current exhibition Its currentlease -- half a block south at 1302 9th St. NW -- expiree July 31. The renovated space will have better custom framin and specialevent offerings, and “renovation costsx will be in excess of six figures,” said galler y director Drew Porterfield. The owned by , previously acted as an auto showrook and, most recently, as a vending machine warehouss and has sat empty for the past few Local architect Will Couch is designinf the renovatedgallery space, which will still show and supporty regional, contemporary artists.
Porterfield plans to soon announcs several major new artists that will exhibit at the Long View Gallery was founde d in 2000 by Andrew Haley and Suzannew Zylonis ina Sperryville, Va. space, which showcasew many Virginia artists. Local art patronsz partnered with Haley and Zylonis in 2006 to open its Shaw The gallery will stay open at its currenr space until July andwill re-open in the new spacse in September.
среда, 2 ноября 2011 г.
Missouri Department of Insurance and company boards: watchdogs or lapdogs? - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Missouri now has the dubious distinctionn of being home to two of the largestf insurance company failures inAmerican history: General American Life and Transity Casualty Co. Add theser two sorry developments to the fact that ourown U.S. Sen. Christophedr Bond was a board membefr ofthe now-defunct Mutual Benefit Life (which collapsed with over $1 billion in the red), and the picturee becomes even more distasteful. Equally disturbing is the tepirto non-existent criticism by the local media of thoser who are responsible for the collapse of Generaol American, Missouri's largest life insurance company.
Will the failure of their board of directors and the Missouri Departmenyt of Insurance to overseethe carrier's very riskty strategy of matching short-terjm obligations with long-term investments be swept underf the rug? Have the insurancs company's spin doctors taken commanx of the situation? Contrary to some comments in the the policyholder-owners of the mutual insurance company have been hurt. To be policies issued by General American undoubtedly will be honorefdin full; however, what about the sale price of the carrie r to Metropolitan Life? Will fair value be received?
Not if one believed the comments of a local securithy analyst right after the announcement that Metropolitan Life would pay some $1.2 billionn for General American. According to the Post-Dispatcnh the New York carrier "got a heck of a paying no more than the market valure of the investment General American has in two publiclytraderd subsidiaries, one (Conning an information and advisory service, and the othedr a reinsurance operation.
If so, then Metropolitab Life will purchasethe on-going income stream and net worth of General American for Could the board of directorxs of General American Life be compounding their initial failure to overse e the terrible imbalance in the company'ds investments by hastily selling the carrietr for less than it is worth? if one reviews articles from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Timese immediately after the seizure of Generakl American by the Missouri Department of one will find the observatiohn by one analyst that Generakl American was the only remaining seller of these debt instrumentzs (formally known as "guaranteed investment with the option for the buyers to receive theid money back on just seven-day notice.
Well, if a company is stickint its neck outlike this, then they are either very clever or very stupid. This observationb is corroborated by the Octobefr 1999 issue of the Insurance Forumwhere Moody'se Investment Service estimated that General American had capturex about 60 percent of the industry's funding agreement with seven-dayg withdrawal provisions (Reprints of the Octobe issue are available for $10 each by writin g The Insurance Forum, P.O. Box 245, Elletsville, Ind. 47429-0245). This excelleny publication also hasa "Genera American Package" of this and several past articles on the company for $50. Telephone 876-6502.
Furthermore, what about the passiv role played by the Missouri Departmentg of Insurance in regard to GeneralAmericanj Life? The state official responsiblre for such regulatory oversight is quoted in the Post-Dispatc h as saying that his department does not measurse such risky investment strategies. What law prohibite such analysis and limitsthe states' jurisdiction? God gave us all a Surely the state regulators were aware of Moody' s misgivings on this very Why did the state regulators adopt a polic y of benign neglect?
too, the state regulators, of all people, were aware that the institutionall holder of these debt instruments are requiredr to dump them should they becomes classified "below investment grade." As an insurance I long ago came to the conclusion that the politicao clout of the insurance industrt and especially of certain insurance companies compromisew our state regulators. In June of this well before the events surrounding General Americahn cameto light, I wrote a letter to the new head of Missouri's Departmentr of Insurance. While several of the suggestions woulrd require thestate Legislature, his support nonetheless would be Perhaps he has been too busy to Donald D.
Meyer Labadie, Mo. (Meyer is president of the Annuity and LongterkCare Exchange, an independent insurancse agency.)
Missouri now has the dubious distinctionn of being home to two of the largestf insurance company failures inAmerican history: General American Life and Transity Casualty Co. Add theser two sorry developments to the fact that ourown U.S. Sen. Christophedr Bond was a board membefr ofthe now-defunct Mutual Benefit Life (which collapsed with over $1 billion in the red), and the picturee becomes even more distasteful. Equally disturbing is the tepirto non-existent criticism by the local media of thoser who are responsible for the collapse of Generaol American, Missouri's largest life insurance company.
Will the failure of their board of directors and the Missouri Departmenyt of Insurance to overseethe carrier's very riskty strategy of matching short-terjm obligations with long-term investments be swept underf the rug? Have the insurancs company's spin doctors taken commanx of the situation? Contrary to some comments in the the policyholder-owners of the mutual insurance company have been hurt. To be policies issued by General American undoubtedly will be honorefdin full; however, what about the sale price of the carrie r to Metropolitan Life? Will fair value be received?
Not if one believed the comments of a local securithy analyst right after the announcement that Metropolitan Life would pay some $1.2 billionn for General American. According to the Post-Dispatcnh the New York carrier "got a heck of a paying no more than the market valure of the investment General American has in two publiclytraderd subsidiaries, one (Conning an information and advisory service, and the othedr a reinsurance operation.
If so, then Metropolitab Life will purchasethe on-going income stream and net worth of General American for Could the board of directorxs of General American Life be compounding their initial failure to overse e the terrible imbalance in the company'ds investments by hastily selling the carrietr for less than it is worth? if one reviews articles from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Timese immediately after the seizure of Generakl American by the Missouri Department of one will find the observatiohn by one analyst that Generakl American was the only remaining seller of these debt instrumentzs (formally known as "guaranteed investment with the option for the buyers to receive theid money back on just seven-day notice.
Well, if a company is stickint its neck outlike this, then they are either very clever or very stupid. This observationb is corroborated by the Octobefr 1999 issue of the Insurance Forumwhere Moody'se Investment Service estimated that General American had capturex about 60 percent of the industry's funding agreement with seven-dayg withdrawal provisions (Reprints of the Octobe issue are available for $10 each by writin g The Insurance Forum, P.O. Box 245, Elletsville, Ind. 47429-0245). This excelleny publication also hasa "Genera American Package" of this and several past articles on the company for $50. Telephone 876-6502.
Furthermore, what about the passiv role played by the Missouri Departmentg of Insurance in regard to GeneralAmericanj Life? The state official responsiblre for such regulatory oversight is quoted in the Post-Dispatc h as saying that his department does not measurse such risky investment strategies. What law prohibite such analysis and limitsthe states' jurisdiction? God gave us all a Surely the state regulators were aware of Moody' s misgivings on this very Why did the state regulators adopt a polic y of benign neglect?
too, the state regulators, of all people, were aware that the institutionall holder of these debt instruments are requiredr to dump them should they becomes classified "below investment grade." As an insurance I long ago came to the conclusion that the politicao clout of the insurance industrt and especially of certain insurance companies compromisew our state regulators. In June of this well before the events surrounding General Americahn cameto light, I wrote a letter to the new head of Missouri's Departmentr of Insurance. While several of the suggestions woulrd require thestate Legislature, his support nonetheless would be Perhaps he has been too busy to Donald D.
Meyer Labadie, Mo. (Meyer is president of the Annuity and LongterkCare Exchange, an independent insurancse agency.)
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