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A study released Monday by Challenger, Gray & Christmaes found that tech industry layoffs in the second quarter amounterdto 33,891 in the U.S., a 60 perceny drop from the first quarter. The study also found the second-quartert job cuts were about equal to the second quarterrof 2008, before the worsft of the financial crisis rocked the The local technology sector has been up and depending on the industry, according to Arizona Workforce, a research publication by the Arizonaz Department of Commerce. Computer and electronic parte manufacturers droppedabout 1,200 jobs from May 2008 to but aerospace manufacturers added about 500.
Also down was which shed about 1,600 jobs in the Phoenix area from May 2008 to and professional, scientific and technical services, which lost nearlyy 10 percent of the sector’s May 2008 work force of roughlg 101,000 in the past At the same time, the report shows that losses from April to May were much smallefr or flat in most of those sectors. “The downtur in the economy has affected each sector ofthe high-tecyh industry differently,” said Jim Garnett, executive director for TechAmerica in “In a recent ranking by the Bureau of Laborf Statistics, while Arizona’s manufacturing employment is down over the year by 5.
1 the state had one of the smallest percentage losses compared to all states. From April to May, computer and electronic parts lost 200 jobs whiles aerospace gained 300 he said. Although the rate of layoffs appears tobe slowing, the U.S. tech industryt lost 118,108 jobs in the first six monthof 2009, the largest declinew in the past seven years.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Goff to step down as NZ Labour leader - Sydney Morning Herald
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3News NZ | Goff to step down as NZ Labour leader Sydney Morning Herald Phil Goff looks set to step down as Labour leader in the coming week but he won't be retiring from New Zealand's parliament. Mr Goff told media at his farm in Clevedon, south-east of Auckland, on Sunday that he takes full responsibility for Labour's ... Goff to step down as NZ Labour leader Labour's Nash blames media slant for defeat Goff set to step down as Labour leader |
Friday, November 25, 2011
Holly Corporation Company Profile | HOC Company Information
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Our principal source of revenue is from the sale of high valuse light products such as diesel fuel and jet fuel in markets in the southwestern and westermUnited States. Our sale s and other revenues and net income for the nine monthse endedSeptember 30, 2008 were $4,943.76 million and $70.0 million, respectively. Our sales and otheer revenues and net income for the nine monthsz endedSeptember 30, 2007 were $3,351.5 million and $284.4 million, respectively. Our principal expenses are costs of productas sold and operating Our total operating costs and expenses for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2008 were $4,830.i9 million, an increase from $2,950.
8 million for the nine months endef September 30, 2007. On February 29, 2008, we closed on the sale of certain crude pipelines and tankage assets (the Crude Pipelines and Tankagw Assets) to HEP for $180.0 million. ...
Our principal source of revenue is from the sale of high valuse light products such as diesel fuel and jet fuel in markets in the southwestern and westermUnited States. Our sale s and other revenues and net income for the nine monthse endedSeptember 30, 2008 were $4,943.76 million and $70.0 million, respectively. Our sales and otheer revenues and net income for the nine monthsz endedSeptember 30, 2007 were $3,351.5 million and $284.4 million, respectively. Our principal expenses are costs of productas sold and operating Our total operating costs and expenses for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2008 were $4,830.i9 million, an increase from $2,950.
8 million for the nine months endef September 30, 2007. On February 29, 2008, we closed on the sale of certain crude pipelines and tankage assets (the Crude Pipelines and Tankagw Assets) to HEP for $180.0 million. ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Game centers take business to next level - East Bay Business Times:
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The 46-year-old Fremont engineer, a 20-year veteran of the semiconductoer industry, is the first of a relativelt new breed. As the operator of Rivalutionin Pleasanton, MacPherson is one of the firsrt to test the franchise concept in the highly fragmented gaming center Such gaming centers have been long been popular in Asia countries such as Korea and Singapore. In the Uniteed States, the number of such businesses, whicn allow customers to rent high-end PC terminals with blazing fast networjk connections bythe hour, have been doubling each year for the past threed years, according to San Francisco-based an association for gamingf centers.
The group estimates that there may be closeto 1,000 such U.S. centers. More than a dozenm gaming centers operate in the Bay The centers are typically hubs for PC gamingy enthusiasts playing popular titles suchas "Medal of "Halo," "Counter-Strike" and "Quake." "When I first started checking this out, one employee thought I was picking up my MacPherson said. "I'm certainly of a differenr generation, but I bring some stuff to the table in this MacPherson is not without hisyouth connection.
The compang was started by Will Huynh andThua Lee, two twenty-somethings who openee the first Rivalution center in the neighborhoodr of their old high schoolk in East San Jose in March 2001. The following the two opened another center in SouthSan Jose. Huynh and Lee say the success of those two centers spurred them to take theid business model to thefranchisre level. As such, they could take advantagre of what the first two years taught them abouft running such a business and spread that toother entrepreneurs. "As lot of people start up these places becausr they want to be in businessfor themselves, but there' a learning curve," Huyngh said.
"There's a lot we can offer them, so it'sa a win-win situation." The company openefd its first franchise location in Redondlo Beach in Southern Californialast March. In MacPherson opened the secondRivalution franchise, or what the company calls Rivap 4, in Pleasanton near Stoneridge Shopping A fifth franchise opened in Milpitas last month, and another is slated to open in Salt Lake City on Feb. 21. Rivalutiojn is not alone in testing thefranchised concept. Last year, GameWyze of Dallas and GameStates Entertainmentof Vancouver, British Columbia, launched franchise plans.
Otheres are moving in the same and some worry the trend may brinbg in people without a graspp on how to run sucha business. Kevihn Kordes, co-owner of Fusion Net Centert in Pleasanton, is planning to launch a franchise progra m later this year but cautionsthat there's more to running a successful gaming centerr than simply getting the right computers and Internet "This business is so sporadic and fast nothing's stable at this Kordes said. "There's a specific formula you have to Itjust doesn't happen. It all comes down to how you retaijyour clientele.
" Specifically, gaming centers are less about the hardwarde and more about the communitty they provide, Kordes says. Most gamers have theie own equipment at home but welcome a chance to get arounsother gamers, play each othef and share strategies. Gamingg tournaments are also abig draw; both host tournaments and teams for games such as "Meda of Honor" and "Counter-Strike," among others. Mark executive director of iGames, said many gamint centers are seeing their businesses stabilize and learning abour how togrow them. But the secrety to success, according to Nielsen, is a locatiomn that offers the right mix of young people with disposable incomes.
Both Rivalution and Fusiohn Net Center are locatednear Pleasanton'ws two high schools, giving them easy access to the importanty after-school crowd. "The biggest thing I'j concerned about - from a franchisde point of view - is that the core ingredieng is not your paint job or how nice thecomputere are. It's all about the community," Nielsenj said. "You can't go around and set up centerw just because onedoes well.
"
The 46-year-old Fremont engineer, a 20-year veteran of the semiconductoer industry, is the first of a relativelt new breed. As the operator of Rivalutionin Pleasanton, MacPherson is one of the firsrt to test the franchise concept in the highly fragmented gaming center Such gaming centers have been long been popular in Asia countries such as Korea and Singapore. In the Uniteed States, the number of such businesses, whicn allow customers to rent high-end PC terminals with blazing fast networjk connections bythe hour, have been doubling each year for the past threed years, according to San Francisco-based an association for gamingf centers.
The group estimates that there may be closeto 1,000 such U.S. centers. More than a dozenm gaming centers operate in the Bay The centers are typically hubs for PC gamingy enthusiasts playing popular titles suchas "Medal of "Halo," "Counter-Strike" and "Quake." "When I first started checking this out, one employee thought I was picking up my MacPherson said. "I'm certainly of a differenr generation, but I bring some stuff to the table in this MacPherson is not without hisyouth connection.
The compang was started by Will Huynh andThua Lee, two twenty-somethings who openee the first Rivalution center in the neighborhoodr of their old high schoolk in East San Jose in March 2001. The following the two opened another center in SouthSan Jose. Huynh and Lee say the success of those two centers spurred them to take theid business model to thefranchisre level. As such, they could take advantagre of what the first two years taught them abouft running such a business and spread that toother entrepreneurs. "As lot of people start up these places becausr they want to be in businessfor themselves, but there' a learning curve," Huyngh said.
"There's a lot we can offer them, so it'sa a win-win situation." The company openefd its first franchise location in Redondlo Beach in Southern Californialast March. In MacPherson opened the secondRivalution franchise, or what the company calls Rivap 4, in Pleasanton near Stoneridge Shopping A fifth franchise opened in Milpitas last month, and another is slated to open in Salt Lake City on Feb. 21. Rivalutiojn is not alone in testing thefranchised concept. Last year, GameWyze of Dallas and GameStates Entertainmentof Vancouver, British Columbia, launched franchise plans.
Otheres are moving in the same and some worry the trend may brinbg in people without a graspp on how to run sucha business. Kevihn Kordes, co-owner of Fusion Net Centert in Pleasanton, is planning to launch a franchise progra m later this year but cautionsthat there's more to running a successful gaming centerr than simply getting the right computers and Internet "This business is so sporadic and fast nothing's stable at this Kordes said. "There's a specific formula you have to Itjust doesn't happen. It all comes down to how you retaijyour clientele.
" Specifically, gaming centers are less about the hardwarde and more about the communitty they provide, Kordes says. Most gamers have theie own equipment at home but welcome a chance to get arounsother gamers, play each othef and share strategies. Gamingg tournaments are also abig draw; both host tournaments and teams for games such as "Meda of Honor" and "Counter-Strike," among others. Mark executive director of iGames, said many gamint centers are seeing their businesses stabilize and learning abour how togrow them. But the secrety to success, according to Nielsen, is a locatiomn that offers the right mix of young people with disposable incomes.
Both Rivalution and Fusiohn Net Center are locatednear Pleasanton'ws two high schools, giving them easy access to the importanty after-school crowd. "The biggest thing I'j concerned about - from a franchisde point of view - is that the core ingredieng is not your paint job or how nice thecomputere are. It's all about the community," Nielsenj said. "You can't go around and set up centerw just because onedoes well.
"
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Cincinnati beaten in every aspect in 20-3 loss to Rutgers, Munchie doesn't ... - Washington Post
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Cincinnati beaten in every aspect in 20-3 loss to Rutgers, Munchie doesn't ... Washington Post PISCATAWAY, NJ รข€" While sophomore quarterback Munchie Legaux struggled in his first start for Cincinnati, he wasn't the only Bearcat to have a problem Rutgers beat the Bearcats (7-3, 3-2 Big East) in almost every phase of the game in a 2 0-3 win that ... Cincinnati beaten in every aspect in 20-3 loss to Rutgers, Munchie doesn't ... |
Friday, November 18, 2011
Liquidia hires another Johnson & Johnson executive - Charlotte Business Journal:
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In his new role, Templemamn oversees the manufacturing unit for the ResearchTriangle Park-based nanotechnolog company. Liquidia Technologies Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures precisely engineered particles and films for a variety of life and materialdsscience applications. “Dr. Templeman brings to Liquidia a diverse array of clinicakl and commercialmanufacturing experience. He also has extensivew knowledge in regulatory compliance and sharees our passion for bringinv safer and more effective therapiesxto market,” Fowler said in a statement. Liquidia, founded in employs 50 people in two sitesin RTP.
In his new role, Templemamn oversees the manufacturing unit for the ResearchTriangle Park-based nanotechnolog company. Liquidia Technologies Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures precisely engineered particles and films for a variety of life and materialdsscience applications. “Dr. Templeman brings to Liquidia a diverse array of clinicakl and commercialmanufacturing experience. He also has extensivew knowledge in regulatory compliance and sharees our passion for bringinv safer and more effective therapiesxto market,” Fowler said in a statement. Liquidia, founded in employs 50 people in two sitesin RTP.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Yolo moth quarantine extended - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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A voracious pest and nativee of Australia, a light brown apples moth was discovered in a trap in DavisApril 1. A secondd moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingg a quarantine within a mile radiu of those two traps. More discoveries have movedx the quarantine to include the entire city of Produce and ornamental plants can still go to stores and farmera markets inside thequarantine area, but agricultural ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unless certifiedc to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supply and also to our This moth eats ornamentap plants and trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesmajn with Food & “In Australia they call the light brown applwe moth the ‘light browb eat-everything’ moth.
” The moth in its varying stagess of life eats 2,000 plants, including 250 crop species. It can devastatre stone fruit trees, grape citrus trees and even There are monitor traps all over the stat e forthe moth, and more than 2,80p square miles of land statewid e is now under quarantine, Lyle said. Davids is the only area under quarantine inthe four-county
A voracious pest and nativee of Australia, a light brown apples moth was discovered in a trap in DavisApril 1. A secondd moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingg a quarantine within a mile radiu of those two traps. More discoveries have movedx the quarantine to include the entire city of Produce and ornamental plants can still go to stores and farmera markets inside thequarantine area, but agricultural ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unless certifiedc to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supply and also to our This moth eats ornamentap plants and trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesmajn with Food & “In Australia they call the light brown applwe moth the ‘light browb eat-everything’ moth.
” The moth in its varying stagess of life eats 2,000 plants, including 250 crop species. It can devastatre stone fruit trees, grape citrus trees and even There are monitor traps all over the stat e forthe moth, and more than 2,80p square miles of land statewid e is now under quarantine, Lyle said. Davids is the only area under quarantine inthe four-county
Monday, November 14, 2011
Human Capital: People on the Move, July 14 - Boston Business Journal:
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named Erica Papagno as managerr of its Hyannis branch which is expected to open laterthis summer. Papagno, who has 18 year s of banking experience, previously workec for , where she held several bankinhg management positions onCape Cod. Inc. , a Taunton-base d wholesale food distributor, promoted Greg Burgess to chief operatingf officer and named Chris Kelberman vice presidentof finance. Burgesw previously served as executive vice presidentyof sales, finance and administration at Kelberman most recently served as VP of financse and administration for a divisiob of .
Kristin Darby joinedc CRICO/RMF , a Cambridge-based patient safety and medical malpractic company owned by and serving themedicalk community, as chief information officer. Darby, who has more than 15 yearse of information technology and health care previously served as director of information technologuyfor . To notify the BBJ about a potentiao HumanCapital alert, contact Sean McFadden at smcfadden@bizjournals.com.
named Erica Papagno as managerr of its Hyannis branch which is expected to open laterthis summer. Papagno, who has 18 year s of banking experience, previously workec for , where she held several bankinhg management positions onCape Cod. Inc. , a Taunton-base d wholesale food distributor, promoted Greg Burgess to chief operatingf officer and named Chris Kelberman vice presidentof finance. Burgesw previously served as executive vice presidentyof sales, finance and administration at Kelberman most recently served as VP of financse and administration for a divisiob of .
Kristin Darby joinedc CRICO/RMF , a Cambridge-based patient safety and medical malpractic company owned by and serving themedicalk community, as chief information officer. Darby, who has more than 15 yearse of information technology and health care previously served as director of information technologuyfor . To notify the BBJ about a potentiao HumanCapital alert, contact Sean McFadden at smcfadden@bizjournals.com.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Nixon Told Jury Watergate Recording Gap Was 'Accident' - San Francisco Chronicle
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Nixon Told Jury Watergate Recording Gap Was 'Accident' San Francisco Chronicle (Updates with Nixon comments on presidential confidentiality in third-fourth paragraphs after 'Common Practice' subheading.) Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Richard Nixon told a grand jury investigating the Watergate scandal that the 18 ... |
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Fifth Third agency search doesn't cloud Sunrise's hopes - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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million rebranding initiative, is searching for a new advertising agency, a move that coulrd have a huge impact on its agency of record for the last10 . The downtown agency, which employs 42 and counts Fifthh Third as the largest of its 14 will compete in thereview process. Co-owner George Sabert said he hopes to retaijthe business. "Given the nature of Fifth Thired andhow they're reviewing their business now from an operationakl standpoint, it's a fairly normal thing," said Sabert.
"It'ds something that most accounts Cincinnati's largest bank, which has $100 million in asset s and morethan 1,100 locations in 10 states, buys an estimate d $29 million a year in media time and advertisinb space, according to Brandwee magazine. The bank wouldc not describe the size ofits account, nor would it identify the agenciezs it plans to invite as bidders. It hopeas to complete the reviewby year's end. "What we're doing righyt now is researching thoss agencies we would like to speak with. After we make that determination, we wouls engage them in conversation," said Debraz DeCourcy, a Fifth Third spokeswoman.
Fifth Third hired the local design firm Deskey to revampothe bank's corporate logo. It was part of a rebrandinv effort that took two yearsd to develop and included the retirement ofthe bank'ds longtime slogan, "Working hard to be the only bank you'lo ever need." The new tag-line: "At Fiftb Third Bank, we're moving ahead with DeCourcy said there is "no connectionb whatsoever" between the rebranding initiative and the agency "We're thrilled with our brand positioning," she Sabert declined to say how much of his company'ss annual revenue comes from the Fifthu Third account.
He said Sunrise Advertising generaterdabout $4 million in revenuw last year and is on pace to reacgh $5 million this In addition to Fifth the represents , , and
million rebranding initiative, is searching for a new advertising agency, a move that coulrd have a huge impact on its agency of record for the last10 . The downtown agency, which employs 42 and counts Fifthh Third as the largest of its 14 will compete in thereview process. Co-owner George Sabert said he hopes to retaijthe business. "Given the nature of Fifth Thired andhow they're reviewing their business now from an operationakl standpoint, it's a fairly normal thing," said Sabert.
"It'ds something that most accounts Cincinnati's largest bank, which has $100 million in asset s and morethan 1,100 locations in 10 states, buys an estimate d $29 million a year in media time and advertisinb space, according to Brandwee magazine. The bank wouldc not describe the size ofits account, nor would it identify the agenciezs it plans to invite as bidders. It hopeas to complete the reviewby year's end. "What we're doing righyt now is researching thoss agencies we would like to speak with. After we make that determination, we wouls engage them in conversation," said Debraz DeCourcy, a Fifth Third spokeswoman.
Fifth Third hired the local design firm Deskey to revampothe bank's corporate logo. It was part of a rebrandinv effort that took two yearsd to develop and included the retirement ofthe bank'ds longtime slogan, "Working hard to be the only bank you'lo ever need." The new tag-line: "At Fiftb Third Bank, we're moving ahead with DeCourcy said there is "no connectionb whatsoever" between the rebranding initiative and the agency "We're thrilled with our brand positioning," she Sabert declined to say how much of his company'ss annual revenue comes from the Fifthu Third account.
He said Sunrise Advertising generaterdabout $4 million in revenuw last year and is on pace to reacgh $5 million this In addition to Fifth the represents , , and
Monday, November 7, 2011
House Ethics Comm. Probes Rep. Laura Richardson - The New American
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House Ethics Comm. Probes Rep. Laura Richardson The New American The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is launching a probe into whether Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) required congressional aides to work on her 2010 reelection campaign on the government's clock while using House resources. ... |
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Pocket Picks roundup: 5th November - Motorola Xoom 2, iPhone GarageBand ... - Pocket Gamer
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Pocket Gamer | Pocket Picks roundup: 5th November - Motorola Xoom 2, iPhone GarageBand ... Pocket Gamer Hello and welcome back to another Pocket Picks roundup on this fine/wet/cold Guy Fawkes night. For the benefit of our international readers, he's the chap who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament, best known now as the symbol for ... |
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Jenkins of Publix boosts CompCare holdings - Houston Business Journal:
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Jenkins paid $2 million. The shares will be issuexd in aboutthree weeks, aftert CompCare completes a previously disclosed increase in its authorize d common stock, a filinbg with the said. who CompCare stock earlier this year, will own a totap of 14 million or 43.4 percent of the totalo number of shares outstanding, the filingv said. Jenkins paid 25 cents a share for the stocl in the May21 agreement. The stock traded on the open markeg that day at 55 cents a Its 52-week range has been between 15 cents and 95 cents a Jenkins currently is chairman of the executive committer at Publix, a Lakeland-based grocery chain and the largest privately owned company in the Tampaw Bay area.
CompCare (OTCBB: CHCR) said it planz to use the net proceed s from the sale of the securities for workingf capital and generalcorporate purposes. The Tampa-baserd company provides behavioral health, substance abuse, direct-to-consumer marketingb of health care products and employeeassistance programs. CompCare bought in January, and the former chairmah and chief executive of Clark Marcus, was named chairman and co-chief executivr of CompCare earlier this month.
Jenkins paid $2 million. The shares will be issuexd in aboutthree weeks, aftert CompCare completes a previously disclosed increase in its authorize d common stock, a filinbg with the said. who CompCare stock earlier this year, will own a totap of 14 million or 43.4 percent of the totalo number of shares outstanding, the filingv said. Jenkins paid 25 cents a share for the stocl in the May21 agreement. The stock traded on the open markeg that day at 55 cents a Its 52-week range has been between 15 cents and 95 cents a Jenkins currently is chairman of the executive committer at Publix, a Lakeland-based grocery chain and the largest privately owned company in the Tampaw Bay area.
CompCare (OTCBB: CHCR) said it planz to use the net proceed s from the sale of the securities for workingf capital and generalcorporate purposes. The Tampa-baserd company provides behavioral health, substance abuse, direct-to-consumer marketingb of health care products and employeeassistance programs. CompCare bought in January, and the former chairmah and chief executive of Clark Marcus, was named chairman and co-chief executivr of CompCare earlier this month.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
A Look at Charleston's Cruise Ship Controversy - Fox News
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Fox News | A Look at Charleston's Cruise Ship Controversy Fox News The historical town of Charleston, South Carolina is battling a modern-day sea invasion -- not of mythical pirates or Civil War battle ships. The city is being invaded by cruise line tourists (and the crew) that critics have ... Customs concerns cancel Charleston port of c&nbs p;» |
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