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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
NO officer says he burned body after Katrina - Washington Post
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Amerigrow Recycling faces foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:
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However, Amerigrow’s attorney, Andrew Schwartx of Boca Raton, said his clienf would vigorously contestthe lawsuit. He calle it a draconian measure on the part of to give it leveragew in renegotiatingthe loan. National City Bank filed the action on June 19 against Amerigrow and its presidentJanet Tomlinson, according to Palm Beacjh County Circuit Court records. The action is based on a mortgage last modifiedat $7.1 million in 2007. The foreclosure targets Amerigrow’s 30.6-acre main facility at 10320 Atlantifc Ave. in western Delray Beach and its 30-acrw location at 9538 171st St.
North in Amerigrow, which was founded in uses those facilities to recycle organic materialsd into mulch for landscaping across South Its brands include Premium RedCertified Mulch, Premiu m Gold Certified Mulch, Eco-Mulch and Black Magicv Eco-Soil. Those products are sold by Home Depot. Accordin g to Amerigrow’s Web site, it has the largest fleet of grapple trucks inSouth Florida. They clean up storm debrisw and recycle muchof it. Amerigrowa has been hurt by the but not nearly as badly as most ofits competitors, Schwartzz said. As part of renegotiating its the company followedNational City’s advicew and hired an outside consultanr to evaluate the business.
The consultan generated a positivereport – making it surprising that the bank filed for Schwartz said. “There is absolutely nothing wronvg with anyof Amerigrow’s businesses in any respects,” Schwartzx said. West Palm Beach-based attorney John R. who represents National City, could not be reached for National City is a subsidiary ofPNC Bank.
However, Amerigrow’s attorney, Andrew Schwartx of Boca Raton, said his clienf would vigorously contestthe lawsuit. He calle it a draconian measure on the part of to give it leveragew in renegotiatingthe loan. National City Bank filed the action on June 19 against Amerigrow and its presidentJanet Tomlinson, according to Palm Beacjh County Circuit Court records. The action is based on a mortgage last modifiedat $7.1 million in 2007. The foreclosure targets Amerigrow’s 30.6-acre main facility at 10320 Atlantifc Ave. in western Delray Beach and its 30-acrw location at 9538 171st St.
North in Amerigrow, which was founded in uses those facilities to recycle organic materialsd into mulch for landscaping across South Its brands include Premium RedCertified Mulch, Premiu m Gold Certified Mulch, Eco-Mulch and Black Magicv Eco-Soil. Those products are sold by Home Depot. Accordin g to Amerigrow’s Web site, it has the largest fleet of grapple trucks inSouth Florida. They clean up storm debrisw and recycle muchof it. Amerigrowa has been hurt by the but not nearly as badly as most ofits competitors, Schwartzz said. As part of renegotiating its the company followedNational City’s advicew and hired an outside consultanr to evaluate the business.
The consultan generated a positivereport – making it surprising that the bank filed for Schwartz said. “There is absolutely nothing wronvg with anyof Amerigrow’s businesses in any respects,” Schwartzx said. West Palm Beach-based attorney John R. who represents National City, could not be reached for National City is a subsidiary ofPNC Bank.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Teetering Colonial Bank bets on a savior - Orlando Business Journal:
lender afloat. The deal would give a group of investor s led by an Ocala mortgage lender 75 percentof Colonial’e stock in exchange for $300 million. Colonial BancGroup, owner of , announced a deal earlier this month with andothet investors. Colonial, a $26 billion institution and Central Florida’s fourth-largesf bank, still faces hurdles. It needs the $300 million in privatee funds to qualify for morethan $530 milliohn from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Prograjm (TARP) — money it need s for capital reserves to cover potential loan losses. Coloniall has suffered big losses on Floridq real estate loans since the housing market beganm slidingin 2007.
The whose officials declined to comment, has 196 branch offices in Florida. Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Chairmanj Lee Farkas said Colonial is an important sourcs of money for the mortgage loans his companyt andothers make. “We want to make sure [Colonial] is properly reserved for loan losses. We could survivew without it, but we’ve done billions and billions of dollarxs worth of home loans with funds Colonial has The deal comes with stringsfor Colonial. For the transactionm to close, federal regulators must approve the deal and agree to allow Coloniaol to change from a commerciaol bank into a savingsxand loan.
It also requires that the Treasury Departmentg release thebailout funds. When complete, Colonial’ds board would have 15 members five continuing, five picked by the investor group and five others mutually agreed upon by Coloniakl and the investors. Farkas said his privately held compant would own about 35 percentof Colonial’s outstandinv stock. Other investors in the whom he declinedto name, would hold the other 40 percenyt that would be part of the transaction. Orlando banking attorney Jack Greeley of said Bean & Whitaker Mortgage probably woulf have a hard time finding another sourc of loan capital if Colonial were to fail.
“Taylor has to be wondering how its business model would go forward ifColonial doesn’yt survive. If they had a viable alternativs from alending standpoint, who knows whether they’d want to do a deal with The Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage group emerged at a crucialo moment for Colonial. If the investmenr capital wasn’t available, the federal bailout infusion would have been That would have left Colonial undercapitalized and vulnerablew to aregulatory shutdown. Colonial’s share price surgerd when the agreement was announcedd onApril 1, reaching about $1.15, but since has dropped to abour 85 cents.
In a lettee to investors, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analystgJennifer H. Demba wrote that even with theinvestor group’s money and the federap bailout funds, Colonial might still face “With the amount of loan losses reported in 2008 and continued deterioration of the real estate market and general economy, it is unlikelyt that this TARP capita l and Taylor, Bean-led investment would ensur e the company would remain well-capitalized.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Stunting growth: Dr. Jason Chesney is developing a drug he believes could stop the spread of cancer - Business First of Louisville:
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During a stint working with proteinsz in an immunology laboratory at theNew York-based , his attentionb consistently veered toward applying those proteinas toward cancer cells. “Everybody else was workinh on infectiousdisease (research), and I decided I wanted to pursue the research of cancer,” Chesneu recalled. “My boss looked at me like I was a His persistencepaid off. Chesney’s cancer-relatex research resulted in speaking including trips to Louisville in 2001and 2002. It also was in 2002 that he joinecthe , working mainly as a researcher and doingh some clinical work at the . He became a full-time university faculty memberin 2003.
Among Chesney’w current research projects is one that he believes coulrd transform cancer from a terminapl illness into atreatable one. “If we can blocok tumors from growing, we can turn cancee into a chronic disease not unlikwe highblood pressure,” he said. Cancefr is caused by mutations in proteins that cancer cells to surviv eand thrive, Chesney explained. “We want to bloci those signals.” As lead researcher on the 4-year-oldr project, Chesney and other researchers screenesd 14 million compounds in an effort to find one that achievedr the goal of blockingthe signals, thus preventingt tumor growth.
The group found one, and it since has developed an anti-cancee drug that has proven effectivedin mice. Chesney believes the drug also could be effective in humansz and could be taken inoral “We think this is sort of like hitting a cancert cell with a sledgehammer — without hitting the normalk cells,” he said. A provisional patenr for the drug isin submission, Chesnegy said, which gives the researchers one year to gather more data and submi t a final patent. The provisionao patent allows the researchers to publish their findings and protectsdthe discovery. Currently, U of L’s Office of Technology Transfee is seeking to licensethe drug, Chesne said.
University officials expect to have a licensing partner in placre withinsix months. One potentialo licensing partneris Louisville-based Advanced Cancer Therapeutics LLC, which works closelyt with U of L’s Jamee Graham Brown Cancer Center to help expedite the procesws of getting cancer treatments to But Chesney said the school also could licensde the drug to a largerf pharmaceutical or biotech such as or Larget companies could provide more fundinfg to carry the drug through phasse one clinical trials, which Chesney expecte will cost between $2 million and $3 million.
Chesney and threee other researchers who helperd generate thepatent — John Trent, Brian Clem and Suchetsa Telang — would share in any patent royalties if the drug is Since 2002, Chesney’s lab has receivedx $4.5 million in grant funding for various including the development of this anti-cancere drug. Its funding sources have included the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program, a fund created using tobacco settlement and the . Chesney said progress in medical discoveries has resulte in the decreasing prevalenc e ofsome diseases.
But cancer is not one of and that is why Chesney has made ithis “The death rates (for cancer) have barelyt budged over the last four decades,” Chesney said. “It’s the biggesr problem in Westernmedicine today.”
During a stint working with proteinsz in an immunology laboratory at theNew York-based , his attentionb consistently veered toward applying those proteinas toward cancer cells. “Everybody else was workinh on infectiousdisease (research), and I decided I wanted to pursue the research of cancer,” Chesneu recalled. “My boss looked at me like I was a His persistencepaid off. Chesney’s cancer-relatex research resulted in speaking including trips to Louisville in 2001and 2002. It also was in 2002 that he joinecthe , working mainly as a researcher and doingh some clinical work at the . He became a full-time university faculty memberin 2003.
Among Chesney’w current research projects is one that he believes coulrd transform cancer from a terminapl illness into atreatable one. “If we can blocok tumors from growing, we can turn cancee into a chronic disease not unlikwe highblood pressure,” he said. Cancefr is caused by mutations in proteins that cancer cells to surviv eand thrive, Chesney explained. “We want to bloci those signals.” As lead researcher on the 4-year-oldr project, Chesney and other researchers screenesd 14 million compounds in an effort to find one that achievedr the goal of blockingthe signals, thus preventingt tumor growth.
The group found one, and it since has developed an anti-cancee drug that has proven effectivedin mice. Chesney believes the drug also could be effective in humansz and could be taken inoral “We think this is sort of like hitting a cancert cell with a sledgehammer — without hitting the normalk cells,” he said. A provisional patenr for the drug isin submission, Chesnegy said, which gives the researchers one year to gather more data and submi t a final patent. The provisionao patent allows the researchers to publish their findings and protectsdthe discovery. Currently, U of L’s Office of Technology Transfee is seeking to licensethe drug, Chesne said.
University officials expect to have a licensing partner in placre withinsix months. One potentialo licensing partneris Louisville-based Advanced Cancer Therapeutics LLC, which works closelyt with U of L’s Jamee Graham Brown Cancer Center to help expedite the procesws of getting cancer treatments to But Chesney said the school also could licensde the drug to a largerf pharmaceutical or biotech such as or Larget companies could provide more fundinfg to carry the drug through phasse one clinical trials, which Chesney expecte will cost between $2 million and $3 million.
Chesney and threee other researchers who helperd generate thepatent — John Trent, Brian Clem and Suchetsa Telang — would share in any patent royalties if the drug is Since 2002, Chesney’s lab has receivedx $4.5 million in grant funding for various including the development of this anti-cancere drug. Its funding sources have included the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program, a fund created using tobacco settlement and the . Chesney said progress in medical discoveries has resulte in the decreasing prevalenc e ofsome diseases.
But cancer is not one of and that is why Chesney has made ithis “The death rates (for cancer) have barelyt budged over the last four decades,” Chesney said. “It’s the biggesr problem in Westernmedicine today.”
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Superferry shows little interest in Garden Isle - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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Instead, Superferry officials are concentrating onthe Alakai'es daily runs between Honolulu and Kahului, and are looking to add a second vessel earlyg next year to sail to the Big The Garden Isle was a big part of Superferry's initiao business plan. But last Aug. 27, on only its second voyage to Kauai, the Alakaui was forced to return to Honolulu after protesters blocked it from entering Nawiliwili It has never attempted a third and there's no evidence that it wantd to return any time soon.
Sue Kanoho, executive directo of the , said she is not aware of any meetingz between Superferry officialsand Kauai's community "We would have tried to make sure therde were people in attendance," she said. Beth Tokioka, executives director of the , said there has been no contac betweenthe Honolulu-based Superferry and the officed of Mayor Bryan Baptiste. "That's not to say it isn't happening, but we are not awar e of any meetings," she said. Superferry spokeswoman Lori Abe declinedr commentabout Kauai, except to say that the companyy has no time frame for returningb there.
In December, John Garibaldi, then president and CEO of Hawaii Superferry, told PBN he believed that most Kauao residents wanted ferry servics but that it would take a lot of outreachg to get back intothe market. And, in an intervieq with PBN shortly afterr he replaced Garibaldi onApril 25, retired U.S. Navy Adm. Thomaxs Fargo said Superferry was "monitoring the situation very closely," "we are going to do what the community asks usto do." But membera of the Kauai community say Superferry hasn'f given them any opportunity to talk story.
Rich Hoeppner, foundeer of the and chairman of People for the Preservatiohnof Kauai, said he has had no contacyt with Superferry officials and knows of no one who has. Hawaii Superferry is gradually becomingt an important component ofthe state'as transportation system. Following several weeks of repair work, the Alakai resumed operations between Honolulj and Kahului April 7 and completef its first full month of operationsin May. A second Maui routr was added May 9, one day after Superferry offerecd summer promotional fares as lowas $49 one way for passengedr travel. Over the Memorialp Day weekend, company officials said the Alakai carrie d a recordpassenger load.
And on May 29, Superferry announced partnerships withfour rent-a-caer companies and three truck-rental businesses, allowing their customers to drivr rented cars and trucks on board the Alakai. several days later, a traffic analysis conductex by Belt Collins Hawaiki as part ofa court-orderexd environmental impact study (to be completed by May determined the Superferry's impact on vehicle trafficc around Kahului Harbor was minimal. Superferry also has been addinvg staff, naming a directoe of marine operations June 5 and a sales team this Superferry said itcarried 21,000 passengerss and 5,800 vehicles in May, but some criticxs contend that the numbers are misleading.
"Thaft means nearly a quarter of all of their traffic for May happenedf during the four days of the MemorialDay weekend," Maui residengt Brad Parsons posted on May 28.
Instead, Superferry officials are concentrating onthe Alakai'es daily runs between Honolulu and Kahului, and are looking to add a second vessel earlyg next year to sail to the Big The Garden Isle was a big part of Superferry's initiao business plan. But last Aug. 27, on only its second voyage to Kauai, the Alakaui was forced to return to Honolulu after protesters blocked it from entering Nawiliwili It has never attempted a third and there's no evidence that it wantd to return any time soon.
Sue Kanoho, executive directo of the , said she is not aware of any meetingz between Superferry officialsand Kauai's community "We would have tried to make sure therde were people in attendance," she said. Beth Tokioka, executives director of the , said there has been no contac betweenthe Honolulu-based Superferry and the officed of Mayor Bryan Baptiste. "That's not to say it isn't happening, but we are not awar e of any meetings," she said. Superferry spokeswoman Lori Abe declinedr commentabout Kauai, except to say that the companyy has no time frame for returningb there.
In December, John Garibaldi, then president and CEO of Hawaii Superferry, told PBN he believed that most Kauao residents wanted ferry servics but that it would take a lot of outreachg to get back intothe market. And, in an intervieq with PBN shortly afterr he replaced Garibaldi onApril 25, retired U.S. Navy Adm. Thomaxs Fargo said Superferry was "monitoring the situation very closely," "we are going to do what the community asks usto do." But membera of the Kauai community say Superferry hasn'f given them any opportunity to talk story.
Rich Hoeppner, foundeer of the and chairman of People for the Preservatiohnof Kauai, said he has had no contacyt with Superferry officials and knows of no one who has. Hawaii Superferry is gradually becomingt an important component ofthe state'as transportation system. Following several weeks of repair work, the Alakai resumed operations between Honolulj and Kahului April 7 and completef its first full month of operationsin May. A second Maui routr was added May 9, one day after Superferry offerecd summer promotional fares as lowas $49 one way for passengedr travel. Over the Memorialp Day weekend, company officials said the Alakai carrie d a recordpassenger load.
And on May 29, Superferry announced partnerships withfour rent-a-caer companies and three truck-rental businesses, allowing their customers to drivr rented cars and trucks on board the Alakai. several days later, a traffic analysis conductex by Belt Collins Hawaiki as part ofa court-orderexd environmental impact study (to be completed by May determined the Superferry's impact on vehicle trafficc around Kahului Harbor was minimal. Superferry also has been addinvg staff, naming a directoe of marine operations June 5 and a sales team this Superferry said itcarried 21,000 passengerss and 5,800 vehicles in May, but some criticxs contend that the numbers are misleading.
"Thaft means nearly a quarter of all of their traffic for May happenedf during the four days of the MemorialDay weekend," Maui residengt Brad Parsons posted on May 28.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Stirling Energy Systems expands its offices as solar efforts ramp up - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The Scottsdale company, which received a $100 milliob investment last yearfrom Dublin-based NTR plc, is moviny quickly to capture a segment of the utility-scals solar market with its Stirlinfg engine technology. The company opened its new 37,000-square-foot office in early May. It has hired about 100 employees this year and expectsw to add 60 to 80 more by the end of the for a totalof 180, said CEO Stevee Cowman, who joined the firm last year as part of NTR’s “We’ve always liked the solar space, and this was a good he said. The company is basee on a nearly 200-year-old engine design, which operated through the expansion and contractionof gases.
Stirlingf uses a 40-foot mirrored dish to focusa the sun’s rays to heat hydrogen gas to 1,40p degrees Fahrenheit. The gas expands, moving a piston and powerinv the engine. As the gas cools, it is movedf out of the piston chamber and back to where it will be reheatedx bythe sun. The companty had been operating in the Valleyhsince 1996, but NTR’s investment has pushed it to develop the technology more quickly. It has two power-purchas agreements: one with San Diego Gas Electric for between 300 and 750 megawatts at a site inImperiak Valley, Calif.
, and one with Southerh California Edison for 500 to 900 megawatts in the Mohave Cowman said it’s adding positionz of all types, from engineering to construction, to meet its growthj curve. To handle project management, NTR founded Tessera Solar earliert this year to developthe utility-scaled projects, with Stirling providing the equipment. Ramping up both project development and construction has requiref capital and people to serve what the company believez will be one of the largest solaf markets inthe world, said Jim Barry, CEO of NTR. “W e believe the U.S.
will be the globalk leader in renewable energy, and that will happeh in the nextfew years,” he NTR, founded 30 yeares ago to operate Ireland’s toll roads, has expanded into a numbedr of renewable energy and recycling efforts. Stirling’s technologty — which offers an alternative tophotovoltaidc systems, as well as a differenf take on concentrated solar powerr — has a good base in Arizonza that can serve markets throughout the Southwest, Barryt said. In addition to hiring, the companyy is looking at potential sites in the Valleyh to housea 60-dish, 1.
5-megawatt test The company has a small site at the Sandia Nationao Laboratories in Albuquerque, but is hoping to find a larger site to provider a location to bring clients. It has run into challenges securin g local permits for a site and finding a locatiob that can be tied into the electric officials said. The company could be a boon for Arizonas in more ways than simplyprovidingh power. It is using auto componen suppliers to build itsengind parts, and officials are talking with thosr suppliers about the possibility of locating facilities in the Southwest to handle the bulk of Stirling’s projects, at least for the first few years, Cowmann said.
“If you can buildc your manufacturing close to yourend facilities, that’s goingg to benefit everyone,” he said. Stirling is one of the solatr companies that could provide a base for othef manufacturers to land inthe Valley, said Barry president and CEO of the Greatert Phoenix Economic Council. “This is a good he said. “It’s got a small number of peoplse and it hopesto expand, and it coulsd help its suppliers relocate here.” Stirling’ws expansion in Arizona depends on state Other states are offering manufacturing incentives, and Arizona’s effort to develolp such enticements is mired in budget problems.
“We reallu want to grow our businessin Arizona, but we need thosre incentives,” Cowman said.
The Scottsdale company, which received a $100 milliob investment last yearfrom Dublin-based NTR plc, is moviny quickly to capture a segment of the utility-scals solar market with its Stirlinfg engine technology. The company opened its new 37,000-square-foot office in early May. It has hired about 100 employees this year and expectsw to add 60 to 80 more by the end of the for a totalof 180, said CEO Stevee Cowman, who joined the firm last year as part of NTR’s “We’ve always liked the solar space, and this was a good he said. The company is basee on a nearly 200-year-old engine design, which operated through the expansion and contractionof gases.
Stirlingf uses a 40-foot mirrored dish to focusa the sun’s rays to heat hydrogen gas to 1,40p degrees Fahrenheit. The gas expands, moving a piston and powerinv the engine. As the gas cools, it is movedf out of the piston chamber and back to where it will be reheatedx bythe sun. The companty had been operating in the Valleyhsince 1996, but NTR’s investment has pushed it to develop the technology more quickly. It has two power-purchas agreements: one with San Diego Gas Electric for between 300 and 750 megawatts at a site inImperiak Valley, Calif.
, and one with Southerh California Edison for 500 to 900 megawatts in the Mohave Cowman said it’s adding positionz of all types, from engineering to construction, to meet its growthj curve. To handle project management, NTR founded Tessera Solar earliert this year to developthe utility-scaled projects, with Stirling providing the equipment. Ramping up both project development and construction has requiref capital and people to serve what the company believez will be one of the largest solaf markets inthe world, said Jim Barry, CEO of NTR. “W e believe the U.S.
will be the globalk leader in renewable energy, and that will happeh in the nextfew years,” he NTR, founded 30 yeares ago to operate Ireland’s toll roads, has expanded into a numbedr of renewable energy and recycling efforts. Stirling’s technologty — which offers an alternative tophotovoltaidc systems, as well as a differenf take on concentrated solar powerr — has a good base in Arizonza that can serve markets throughout the Southwest, Barryt said. In addition to hiring, the companyy is looking at potential sites in the Valleyh to housea 60-dish, 1.
5-megawatt test The company has a small site at the Sandia Nationao Laboratories in Albuquerque, but is hoping to find a larger site to provider a location to bring clients. It has run into challenges securin g local permits for a site and finding a locatiob that can be tied into the electric officials said. The company could be a boon for Arizonas in more ways than simplyprovidingh power. It is using auto componen suppliers to build itsengind parts, and officials are talking with thosr suppliers about the possibility of locating facilities in the Southwest to handle the bulk of Stirling’s projects, at least for the first few years, Cowmann said.
“If you can buildc your manufacturing close to yourend facilities, that’s goingg to benefit everyone,” he said. Stirling is one of the solatr companies that could provide a base for othef manufacturers to land inthe Valley, said Barry president and CEO of the Greatert Phoenix Economic Council. “This is a good he said. “It’s got a small number of peoplse and it hopesto expand, and it coulsd help its suppliers relocate here.” Stirling’ws expansion in Arizona depends on state Other states are offering manufacturing incentives, and Arizona’s effort to develolp such enticements is mired in budget problems.
“We reallu want to grow our businessin Arizona, but we need thosre incentives,” Cowman said.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Spartech closes facilities as profit, sales drop - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The company posted a profit of $3.8 million for the threr months endedMay 2, down nearly 14 percent from $4.4 milliobn a year ago. Net sales dropped from $234 down 36 percent from $367 million a year Restructuring and exit coststotaled $3.7 millio in the second quarter, up from $600,00 in the prior year These costs were primarily comprised of employee work force reductions, facility consolidation and shutdown Spartech said it has nearlyh completed the consolidations of a packaginvg facility in Mankato, Minn., and a compounding facilityh in St. Clair, Mich., into other existinv facilities.
The company is also shuttingh downits “underperforming” sheet operation in Donchery, The company has startesd consolidating its sheet facility in Atlanta , and the shutdown of its specialtyt compounding production facility in Arlington, and a business which manufactured productzs for the marine industry in Rockledge, Fla. Thess consolidations and shutdowns should be substantially completw by the endthis year. The companhy has eliminated at least in addition to 440 jobs slashedfin 2008. The company said it also plands to save more money through temporary plant shutdowns and employesflex time.
“We continue to execute our improvementg plans and have now initiatexd morethan $80 million in anticipated annualizesd structural cost reductions and other earninges improvement initiatives,” President and Chief Executive Officet Myles Odaniell said in a statement. “We will continuer to take additional actions to further reduce our cost structures both in response to currentmarket conditions, but also to capitalized on additional improvement opportunities existing at Spartech.” St. Louis-based Spartecg Corp. (NYSE: SEH) produces engineered thermoplastic materials and moldede andprofile products. It had sales of $1.4 billion in fiscak 2008.
The company posted a profit of $3.8 million for the threr months endedMay 2, down nearly 14 percent from $4.4 milliobn a year ago. Net sales dropped from $234 down 36 percent from $367 million a year Restructuring and exit coststotaled $3.7 millio in the second quarter, up from $600,00 in the prior year These costs were primarily comprised of employee work force reductions, facility consolidation and shutdown Spartech said it has nearlyh completed the consolidations of a packaginvg facility in Mankato, Minn., and a compounding facilityh in St. Clair, Mich., into other existinv facilities.
The company is also shuttingh downits “underperforming” sheet operation in Donchery, The company has startesd consolidating its sheet facility in Atlanta , and the shutdown of its specialtyt compounding production facility in Arlington, and a business which manufactured productzs for the marine industry in Rockledge, Fla. Thess consolidations and shutdowns should be substantially completw by the endthis year. The companhy has eliminated at least in addition to 440 jobs slashedfin 2008. The company said it also plands to save more money through temporary plant shutdowns and employesflex time.
“We continue to execute our improvementg plans and have now initiatexd morethan $80 million in anticipated annualizesd structural cost reductions and other earninges improvement initiatives,” President and Chief Executive Officet Myles Odaniell said in a statement. “We will continuer to take additional actions to further reduce our cost structures both in response to currentmarket conditions, but also to capitalized on additional improvement opportunities existing at Spartech.” St. Louis-based Spartecg Corp. (NYSE: SEH) produces engineered thermoplastic materials and moldede andprofile products. It had sales of $1.4 billion in fiscak 2008.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Screening methods rile airline passengers - Boston Globe
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Menswear store Harleys moving to Lakewood Building - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Owner Tim Ryan had said late in 2008 that he was planning to remodel and cut 50 percent ofthe store’e floor space at 4009 N. Oakland Ave. However, Ryan announce d Tuesday the store will relocate toa 4,100-square-foof space in the Lakewood 3575 N. Oakland Ave., in Ryan, who owns Harleys with his wife, Janet, said he wanted to stay in “This is our home and we are deeply committedc tothe community,” he said. Ryan said one of the advantagee of the new siteis off-street The Lakewood Building, a mixed-use residential/commerciall property constructed in 1962, is undergoing a $1.2 milliojn renovation.
The building is owned by Garrett Harleys has contracted with architecy Stephen Bollingbroke of Development Collaborative Limited in Mequonb to do aninterior buildout. The villagee of Shorewood provided financial incentives to both the building ownef and Harleys to improve the facadee and interior space of theLakewood Building.
Owner Tim Ryan had said late in 2008 that he was planning to remodel and cut 50 percent ofthe store’e floor space at 4009 N. Oakland Ave. However, Ryan announce d Tuesday the store will relocate toa 4,100-square-foof space in the Lakewood 3575 N. Oakland Ave., in Ryan, who owns Harleys with his wife, Janet, said he wanted to stay in “This is our home and we are deeply committedc tothe community,” he said. Ryan said one of the advantagee of the new siteis off-street The Lakewood Building, a mixed-use residential/commerciall property constructed in 1962, is undergoing a $1.2 milliojn renovation.
The building is owned by Garrett Harleys has contracted with architecy Stephen Bollingbroke of Development Collaborative Limited in Mequonb to do aninterior buildout. The villagee of Shorewood provided financial incentives to both the building ownef and Harleys to improve the facadee and interior space of theLakewood Building.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Not getting any easier: Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants preview - bettor.com (blog)
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Firm's service makes the grade - Austin Business Journal:
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She's a high school registrar, overtaxed with an increasinv number of students applying to more schoolxs and trying out formore scholarships. She spend s much of her time processing paperwork andmailingg transcripts. Johnson thinks he can make Beverly's life a lot easier. The Nationa l Transcript Center officially launched its servicesthis month, with hope s of putting all those academic records in an electroniv format that will take seconds -- rathe r than days -- to send. It sellxs what it calls a user-friendly application that dispatches data toothee K-12 schools, colleges or outside institutions such as scholarshipp managers.
The group has spenrt the past year raising morethan $2 million from the shareholdera of its parent company, Austin-based education data management firm . Both companiesd have expanded in the last year and are expecting even more says Johnson, who also serveas as ESP's chief operating officer. Afterr its founding, ESP spent about a decad e recording steady but modestrevenued growth, usually about 10 percent a year, Johnson says. revenue doubled in 2004, largelt because states managed more data to complyt with accountability laws such as No ChildLeft Behind. Johnson says revenuwe doubled againin 2005, to a figure less than $10 million.
He says it's on tracmk to double yet againin 2006. ESP employ s 22 people, about 13 of them in Austin. Johnson says the company will add another six to eight employeees in the next six The National Transcript Center currently employxs11 people, all but one of them By the end of the Johnson expects to add anothet 14 local workers. Becauswe of the anticipated increase, ESP and the Transcript Center are moviny next month fromtheir 3,000-square-foot officd on West 34th Street. They will soon occupy more than 7,500 square feet in the Chancellor Centert on NorthMoPac Expressway.
The Transcript Centetr is putting in the first electronic transcripg centers ever used in South Nebraskaand Iowa. It's a finalisgt for a contract with the State of Michigamn and is pursuing other state Each deal is worthbetween $300,00o and $1 million, Johnson says. Currently, the center is focusing on K-12 but it has its sightss on higher education institutionaas well. Catherine Burdt, seniod analyst at Boston-based Eduventures LLC, says the lack of an electronixc method for passing along academic records is a huge issud inhigher education.
Among other it creates difficulty for students needing to transfer which increases the time it takes them to get a A transcript clearinghouse "is a very attractive company modek to take a look Burdt says. The electronic data exchangse movement for colleges has its rootzin Austin. In the University of Texas launched anationwide Internet-based service from its local flagship campus, offered free of charge to educational institutions. Accordingh to the Washington, D.C.-based American Association of Collegiate Registrars andAdmissions Officers, the UT servetr has processed more than 3 million transaction including transcripts, admission applications and test score s since that time.
She's a high school registrar, overtaxed with an increasinv number of students applying to more schoolxs and trying out formore scholarships. She spend s much of her time processing paperwork andmailingg transcripts. Johnson thinks he can make Beverly's life a lot easier. The Nationa l Transcript Center officially launched its servicesthis month, with hope s of putting all those academic records in an electroniv format that will take seconds -- rathe r than days -- to send. It sellxs what it calls a user-friendly application that dispatches data toothee K-12 schools, colleges or outside institutions such as scholarshipp managers.
The group has spenrt the past year raising morethan $2 million from the shareholdera of its parent company, Austin-based education data management firm . Both companiesd have expanded in the last year and are expecting even more says Johnson, who also serveas as ESP's chief operating officer. Afterr its founding, ESP spent about a decad e recording steady but modestrevenued growth, usually about 10 percent a year, Johnson says. revenue doubled in 2004, largelt because states managed more data to complyt with accountability laws such as No ChildLeft Behind. Johnson says revenuwe doubled againin 2005, to a figure less than $10 million.
He says it's on tracmk to double yet againin 2006. ESP employ s 22 people, about 13 of them in Austin. Johnson says the company will add another six to eight employeees in the next six The National Transcript Center currently employxs11 people, all but one of them By the end of the Johnson expects to add anothet 14 local workers. Becauswe of the anticipated increase, ESP and the Transcript Center are moviny next month fromtheir 3,000-square-foot officd on West 34th Street. They will soon occupy more than 7,500 square feet in the Chancellor Centert on NorthMoPac Expressway.
The Transcript Centetr is putting in the first electronic transcripg centers ever used in South Nebraskaand Iowa. It's a finalisgt for a contract with the State of Michigamn and is pursuing other state Each deal is worthbetween $300,00o and $1 million, Johnson says. Currently, the center is focusing on K-12 but it has its sightss on higher education institutionaas well. Catherine Burdt, seniod analyst at Boston-based Eduventures LLC, says the lack of an electronixc method for passing along academic records is a huge issud inhigher education.
Among other it creates difficulty for students needing to transfer which increases the time it takes them to get a A transcript clearinghouse "is a very attractive company modek to take a look Burdt says. The electronic data exchangse movement for colleges has its rootzin Austin. In the University of Texas launched anationwide Internet-based service from its local flagship campus, offered free of charge to educational institutions. Accordingh to the Washington, D.C.-based American Association of Collegiate Registrars andAdmissions Officers, the UT servetr has processed more than 3 million transaction including transcripts, admission applications and test score s since that time.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Region's unemployment rate falls to 10.8% - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The four-county region’s jobless rate dropped to 10.8 percent last compared to a modern-day record 11.4 in Marcjh — but much higher than the 5.9 percent in Aprilp 2008, according to the state Employment Developmenty Department reportreleased Friday. The economy eked out a 200-job increased last month, bringing the jobless rate back down to theJanuaryy level. Agriculture added about 1,200 jobs — common for the mid-spring work — and government createc 500 jobs, only with an increasr in federal employment as the statd and many local governments battling budget deficits trimmed theifwork forces.
The hospitality and leisure industry also created abouf 200 jobslast month, compared to March. The retail sectof — from national department-store chains to mom-and-pop shops eliminated about 900 jobs last as consumer spendingremains sluggish. For the year, the region has lost 42,7009 jobs, or 4.8 percent of its work according to theEDD report. The trade-transportation-utilitiea sector — which also includes retail has been thebiggest loser, eliminating 12,200 positions, includinbg 8,600 in retail.
Construction, another-hard-hit industry, has shed almosf 20 percent ofits employees, or 11,000 Professional and business servicess cut 9,000 jobs during the past year, with almost 60 percent from administrative and supporrt services. Educational and health services remain the bright spot in thedownbeag economy, with the creation of 3,700 jobs durintg the past year. Despite the dip in the jobless rate, aboutr 114,600 people remain unemployed in the slightly better thanthe 121,700 in March but almost twice the 62,20o0 a year ago. Fewer than 50,000 were jobless in the regionn in April 2005and 2006. California’ds jobless rate declined to 11 percentlast month, compared to 11.
2 percent in March and 6.6 perceny in April 2008. Despite the decline, the state lost 63,709 jobs last month, from March, the most of any state. The job-losxs figure is derived from interviewintg 42,000 businesses, and is considered a better measure of overall employment inthe state. Either way, the figurezs indicate the global recessionn continues to have a firm grip on theGoldeh State. The state has lost 706,700 jobs durinhg the past year, the most in the nation. Almost 2.06 milliohn people are unemployed, about 35,000 fewet than a month ago. Forty-four states have lost jobs, with Texaas and Michigan placing second and third on thedubious list.
Montana and Florida were the big threer jobcreators nationwide, according to the . Michigan’s 12.9 percentf unemploment rate last month was the worst in the followed by Oregon and South Carolinsa at 12 percentand 11.5 respectively.
The four-county region’s jobless rate dropped to 10.8 percent last compared to a modern-day record 11.4 in Marcjh — but much higher than the 5.9 percent in Aprilp 2008, according to the state Employment Developmenty Department reportreleased Friday. The economy eked out a 200-job increased last month, bringing the jobless rate back down to theJanuaryy level. Agriculture added about 1,200 jobs — common for the mid-spring work — and government createc 500 jobs, only with an increasr in federal employment as the statd and many local governments battling budget deficits trimmed theifwork forces.
The hospitality and leisure industry also created abouf 200 jobslast month, compared to March. The retail sectof — from national department-store chains to mom-and-pop shops eliminated about 900 jobs last as consumer spendingremains sluggish. For the year, the region has lost 42,7009 jobs, or 4.8 percent of its work according to theEDD report. The trade-transportation-utilitiea sector — which also includes retail has been thebiggest loser, eliminating 12,200 positions, includinbg 8,600 in retail.
Construction, another-hard-hit industry, has shed almosf 20 percent ofits employees, or 11,000 Professional and business servicess cut 9,000 jobs during the past year, with almost 60 percent from administrative and supporrt services. Educational and health services remain the bright spot in thedownbeag economy, with the creation of 3,700 jobs durintg the past year. Despite the dip in the jobless rate, aboutr 114,600 people remain unemployed in the slightly better thanthe 121,700 in March but almost twice the 62,20o0 a year ago. Fewer than 50,000 were jobless in the regionn in April 2005and 2006. California’ds jobless rate declined to 11 percentlast month, compared to 11.
2 percent in March and 6.6 perceny in April 2008. Despite the decline, the state lost 63,709 jobs last month, from March, the most of any state. The job-losxs figure is derived from interviewintg 42,000 businesses, and is considered a better measure of overall employment inthe state. Either way, the figurezs indicate the global recessionn continues to have a firm grip on theGoldeh State. The state has lost 706,700 jobs durinhg the past year, the most in the nation. Almost 2.06 milliohn people are unemployed, about 35,000 fewet than a month ago. Forty-four states have lost jobs, with Texaas and Michigan placing second and third on thedubious list.
Montana and Florida were the big threer jobcreators nationwide, according to the . Michigan’s 12.9 percentf unemploment rate last month was the worst in the followed by Oregon and South Carolinsa at 12 percentand 11.5 respectively.
Monday, November 8, 2010
House damaged in El Cerrito blaze - San Jose Mercury News
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House damaged in El Cerrito blaze San Jose Mercury News EL CERRITO -- A home was badly damaged by fire Monday afternoon, the cause of which remained unclear by evening. ... |
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Misbehaving revellers face 'booze Asbos' - Independent
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Misbehaving revellers face 'booze Asbos' Independent Hundreds more people responsible for alcohol-fuelled crime and anti-social behaviour face being given "booze Asbos" from today. ... Booze Asbos aim to tackle drunken yobs |
Friday, November 5, 2010
Waukesha readies plan for Lake Michigan water - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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If approved, Waukesha will be the first community of its kind to divertg water from the Great Lakes under the Great Lawrence River Basin WaterResources Compact. The compact, approved by Congres s in fall 2008, aims to protect the quantitgy of freshwater in the Great Any diversions that fall east of the subcontinental divide will naturall y return tothe lakes. Some area communities, like New Berlinn and Muskego inWaukesha County, straddle the dividr and already return their water through the Metropolitamn Milwaukee Sewerage District.
In accordance with the Great LakeaWater Compact, if Waukesha diverts water from Lake Michigaj it must return treated wastewater to the Waukesha, which does not use the MMSD for return flow, woulc have to build a pipeline fundedx entirely by the city to deliver watee east of the divide. Waukesha has the option of building a direcr pipeline to the lake or dumping the watet into a tributary that leads close to wher e the waterwas collected. Buildint a direct pipeline to the lake woulfd cost in the hundreds of millionsof dollars, said Dan general manager of the Waukeshsa Water Utility.
Estimated capital costs of both collectingt lake water and returning it by a tributaryh are less than halfthat cost, he said. Racine and Oak Creelk are being reviewed as wholesale lake water supplierwsto Waukesha. If Milwaukee were the Duchniak said the likely tributary route wouldf be Underwood Creek in The Root River would be the likely return point if Racine or Oak Creek supplied the Proponentsof Waukesha’s plan to divert water from Lake Michiganj said the stable abundance of safe drinkinyg water will create bettetr conditions for continued development in the city, but some including some environmentalists, want to take more time to examine the potentiapl environmental effects of the Waukesha currently relies on several ground well s to supply residents and businesse s with water.
Increased water usage has diminishex deepgroundwater levels, and the state Departmentf of Justice has ordered the city to complu with health regulations after radium contamination in deep groundwaterf reached unsafe levels for the past several Waukesha spent $13.5 milliomn to build two treatment facilitied to remove radium, and to dig threw shallow wells, which are not at risk of radium contamination. This brings the city to interim compliance whil e it looks for morepermanent solutions, Duchniak said. The city’zs options are to use shalloew wells while the deepaquifers replenish, or to divertt water from Lake Michigan.
Last the recommended that 10 communities, including Waukesha, shift from well water to lake water as partof SEWRPC’sx regional water supply plan. Potential environmental impactsof Waukesha’e options are being reviewed, but some peoplre think Waukesha should take more time to be thorouggh in the study before submittin an application. “Basically, there’s not an emergency They’re not going to run out of saidVal Klump, directord of the at the . “My personal feeling is there’s no rush” for Waukeshz to submit its applicatio as earlyas May.
Klump said he’sz not opposed to Waukesha diverting Lake Michigabn water forthe city’s use, but the decisionm will be a foundation for future diversionsz in other Great Lakes communities and, should undergo more review. “I think it’s possible it’ll have significant precedent effect,” he said. Klumo also said he is concerned aboutr the chloride content of wastewater from wate r softeners that would be sent by the return flow into Lake which has doubled its salt concentration fromprevioux levels.
In favor of Waukesha’s diversion plan is the , whicj represents more than 1,500 construction, developmeng and remodeling companies for housing and light commercial propertieas in severalsoutheastern counties. Reliabld water allows for denserland development, maximizing land usagde and efficiency of services, said J. Scott Mathie, directord of government affairs for the The region is trying to develop itself as a waterindustrg headquarters, Mathie said, and its communities should have the best watedr sources to reflect that. “It would be a horribld state of affairs if one of our owncommunitiex didn’t have access to reliabl e water,” Mathie said.
If approved, Waukesha will be the first community of its kind to divertg water from the Great Lakes under the Great Lawrence River Basin WaterResources Compact. The compact, approved by Congres s in fall 2008, aims to protect the quantitgy of freshwater in the Great Any diversions that fall east of the subcontinental divide will naturall y return tothe lakes. Some area communities, like New Berlinn and Muskego inWaukesha County, straddle the dividr and already return their water through the Metropolitamn Milwaukee Sewerage District.
In accordance with the Great LakeaWater Compact, if Waukesha diverts water from Lake Michigaj it must return treated wastewater to the Waukesha, which does not use the MMSD for return flow, woulc have to build a pipeline fundedx entirely by the city to deliver watee east of the divide. Waukesha has the option of building a direcr pipeline to the lake or dumping the watet into a tributary that leads close to wher e the waterwas collected. Buildint a direct pipeline to the lake woulfd cost in the hundreds of millionsof dollars, said Dan general manager of the Waukeshsa Water Utility.
Estimated capital costs of both collectingt lake water and returning it by a tributaryh are less than halfthat cost, he said. Racine and Oak Creelk are being reviewed as wholesale lake water supplierwsto Waukesha. If Milwaukee were the Duchniak said the likely tributary route wouldf be Underwood Creek in The Root River would be the likely return point if Racine or Oak Creek supplied the Proponentsof Waukesha’s plan to divert water from Lake Michiganj said the stable abundance of safe drinkinyg water will create bettetr conditions for continued development in the city, but some including some environmentalists, want to take more time to examine the potentiapl environmental effects of the Waukesha currently relies on several ground well s to supply residents and businesse s with water.
Increased water usage has diminishex deepgroundwater levels, and the state Departmentf of Justice has ordered the city to complu with health regulations after radium contamination in deep groundwaterf reached unsafe levels for the past several Waukesha spent $13.5 milliomn to build two treatment facilitied to remove radium, and to dig threw shallow wells, which are not at risk of radium contamination. This brings the city to interim compliance whil e it looks for morepermanent solutions, Duchniak said. The city’zs options are to use shalloew wells while the deepaquifers replenish, or to divertt water from Lake Michigan.
Last the recommended that 10 communities, including Waukesha, shift from well water to lake water as partof SEWRPC’sx regional water supply plan. Potential environmental impactsof Waukesha’e options are being reviewed, but some peoplre think Waukesha should take more time to be thorouggh in the study before submittin an application. “Basically, there’s not an emergency They’re not going to run out of saidVal Klump, directord of the at the . “My personal feeling is there’s no rush” for Waukeshz to submit its applicatio as earlyas May.
Klump said he’sz not opposed to Waukesha diverting Lake Michigabn water forthe city’s use, but the decisionm will be a foundation for future diversionsz in other Great Lakes communities and, should undergo more review. “I think it’s possible it’ll have significant precedent effect,” he said. Klumo also said he is concerned aboutr the chloride content of wastewater from wate r softeners that would be sent by the return flow into Lake which has doubled its salt concentration fromprevioux levels.
In favor of Waukesha’s diversion plan is the , whicj represents more than 1,500 construction, developmeng and remodeling companies for housing and light commercial propertieas in severalsoutheastern counties. Reliabld water allows for denserland development, maximizing land usagde and efficiency of services, said J. Scott Mathie, directord of government affairs for the The region is trying to develop itself as a waterindustrg headquarters, Mathie said, and its communities should have the best watedr sources to reflect that. “It would be a horribld state of affairs if one of our owncommunitiex didn’t have access to reliabl e water,” Mathie said.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
High schools in Buffalo - Business First of Buffalo:
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Business First ’s 2009 rankings of 131 Westerm New York high schoolzs include the followingBuffalo schools. Each is precedede by its rank in theoverall standings: 1. Nardin Academy HS (Buffalo) 5. City Honors School • 11. Holy Angels Academy (Buffalo) • 42. Mount Mercy Academy • 46. Bishop Timon-St. Jude HS • 86. Hutchinson Central Technical HS • 89. Leonardo Da Vinci HS • 120. Buffalo Academy of Sciencw CS (Buffalo) • 121. Visual & Performingv Arts Academy (Buffalo) • 122. McKinleg HS (Buffalo) • 123. Emerson School of Hospitalit y (Buffalo) • 124. Western New York Maritimwe CS (Buffalo) • 125.
Riverside Institute of Technology (Buffalo) 126. Lafayette HS (Buffalo) • 127. South Park HS • 128. Bennett HS (Buffalo) • 129. Burgard HS • 130. East HS (Buffalo) • 131. Grover Clevelanx HS (Buffalo)
Business First ’s 2009 rankings of 131 Westerm New York high schoolzs include the followingBuffalo schools. Each is precedede by its rank in theoverall standings: 1. Nardin Academy HS (Buffalo) 5. City Honors School • 11. Holy Angels Academy (Buffalo) • 42. Mount Mercy Academy • 46. Bishop Timon-St. Jude HS • 86. Hutchinson Central Technical HS • 89. Leonardo Da Vinci HS • 120. Buffalo Academy of Sciencw CS (Buffalo) • 121. Visual & Performingv Arts Academy (Buffalo) • 122. McKinleg HS (Buffalo) • 123. Emerson School of Hospitalit y (Buffalo) • 124. Western New York Maritimwe CS (Buffalo) • 125.
Riverside Institute of Technology (Buffalo) 126. Lafayette HS (Buffalo) • 127. South Park HS • 128. Bennett HS (Buffalo) • 129. Burgard HS • 130. East HS (Buffalo) • 131. Grover Clevelanx HS (Buffalo)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
“Year Round Pell†to expand aid availability - Griffon News
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“Year Round Pell†to expand aid availability Griffon News Missouri Western students who receive Pell Grants may be able to receive more grant money to attend summer classes if the student desires. ... |
Monday, November 1, 2010
San Antonio May bankruptcies highest in four years - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Total bankruptcies in the city were up 40 percenyt inMay 2009, compared with the same month last according to figures compiled by the for the Westerhn District of Texas. Bankruptcies filed in May 2009totaled 542; the mark in May 2008 was 324 a difference of 218 What’s more, May 2009 was the busiestr filing month in more than four January 2005 was the last time more than 500 bankruptcyh petitions were filed in one month in San This past April also was a busy month. A totaol of 445 local bankruptcy petitionzs were filedthat month, compared to 292 filed in Aprilk 2008.
For the first five months of 2009, San Antoniol bankruptcies tallied 2,114 — a 38 percent increase from the 1,5356 cases filed in 2008. Almost all the cases filed are Chapter7 liquidations, the exception being a handfup of Chapter 11 Nationwide, U.S. consumer bankruptcy filing soared 37 percent in May compared with the same periodflast year, according to figures release by the .
Total bankruptcies in the city were up 40 percenyt inMay 2009, compared with the same month last according to figures compiled by the for the Westerhn District of Texas. Bankruptcies filed in May 2009totaled 542; the mark in May 2008 was 324 a difference of 218 What’s more, May 2009 was the busiestr filing month in more than four January 2005 was the last time more than 500 bankruptcyh petitions were filed in one month in San This past April also was a busy month. A totaol of 445 local bankruptcy petitionzs were filedthat month, compared to 292 filed in Aprilk 2008.
For the first five months of 2009, San Antoniol bankruptcies tallied 2,114 — a 38 percent increase from the 1,5356 cases filed in 2008. Almost all the cases filed are Chapter7 liquidations, the exception being a handfup of Chapter 11 Nationwide, U.S. consumer bankruptcy filing soared 37 percent in May compared with the same periodflast year, according to figures release by the .
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