Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Cincinnati-area firms win Ohio incentives - Business First of Columbus:

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, a maker of marketing simulation and planning received $1.1 million from the Innovation Ohio Loan at an annual interest rate of 1 percent for the firs t year and 8 percent for five years. The Cincinnati-basefd company will use the loan to develop a new generation of its Emerging Marketplace software and buycomputetr equipment. The $2.2 million project is expected to createe 36 jobs and retain10 jobs. Two local firmzs also received Job Creation Tax Creditsw forexpansion projects. • , a supplier of labelinv systems for thebeverage industry, was awarded a 45 percent tax credit for five years for a $1 millio expansion project in Mason.
The company expect to use the credit, worth about $52,70o over its term, to create 25 jobs and retain 118. won a 45 percent job credit, for a six-year term, for a $170,00p0 expansion project at its regional office The credit is valued atabout $119,750 over its term. Advantager expects to create 33 positions andretainh 65. The company, headquartered in Spokane, Wash., providees energy management consulting

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Banks bend for commercial property owners - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Banks seem more receptive now to loan such as adjusting the amount due on the loan toalloa what’s known as a shory sale, because they don’t want more foreclosesd properties on their books, said Bishop, owner of Orlando-basedr . “We’re seeing a total changde in the commercial real estate markein Orlando.” In addition, Dan Colachicco, regional manager for , had a clientg whose lender extended a defaulted loan for five years, shiftexd it from an amortizing loan to one that’s allowed six months of paymenft relief and paid overdue real estates taxes. “Some banks are going to some lengthsw to avoid taking backreal estate.
” That’ds welcome news in a market that two months ago rankedd No. 10 among the most commercial loan defaultws inthe nation. Nearly 5 or $340 million worth, of Centra l Florida’s commercial mortgage-backed security loans were in default in said Horsham, Pa.-based RealPoint LLC. That wave of defaults isn’tg quite over yet, as mortgages on many more propertiex financedthrough short-term loans in 2006-06 are updated this year, said Jeff president and managing principal of in Orlando. As a many banks are more willing to reworko some of those he said. That, in turn, has helped generate property sales — so long as they’re at discountes rates.
“Everything we’ve sold in 2009 has been discounted” by more than 20 Sweeney said. “That’s what’s sellingy right now — the distressed, short-sale, discounted It’s the Memorial Day sale of real ButBishop — whose brokerage business has grown 30 percen in the past two months said banks are not approving all short-salwe prices. Typically, brokers must work harder to get a solid offer in hand before the bank will see it as an optiojbesides foreclosure. Many times, lenderx look at the real estate involved and determinewhether it’s well-positioned to perform in the long added Colachicco. “Every lender has a different philosophy.
” That philosophyu may be based on whether or not the bank is overwhelmedc withbad loans, said Van chairman and CEO of Orlando-based Florida Bank ­ov Commerce. The lenders that already have a lot of distressed properties on their books are eager to approvse short sales orother workouts, he said. But the market is so better-leveraged banks aren’t in a “A lot of banks are holding off,” Boganj said, “because they believe in a yearor so, they’l be able to get a better

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Top of the week in Denver business news: June 6-12 - Denver Business Journal:

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SUNDAY, JUNE 7 A tornado -- one of at leasgt five spotted across eastern Colorado on a stormySundayg -- damaged the Southlands shopping centere in southeast Aurora and caused its (The mall later reopened.) MONDAY, JUNE 8 Northeasy Denver and southern Aurora had the most single-familg home resales in the metro area at more than 1,000o in each area through May, according to Metrolist Inc. market-areaq data. Colorado state employees earn salaries that are an averageeof 6.1 percent higher than otherr workers in comparable positions, according to a report releasexd Monday by the Office of the State Auditor.
JUNE 9 Fourteen Colorado Chryslerr dealerships were being dropped by the automaker the Colorado Automobile DealersAssociation said. More Denver-area employers plan to cut their staff than add to it this according to the latest regional employment survey releasede Tuesday byManpower Inc. King Soopers officialzs and Colorado grocery store employees accused each other of not doing anythinyg to move labor negotiationsforward Tuesday, less than a week befor a vote is set on a new five-yeart contract.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 Colorado gained jobs in “clean energy” industries twice as fast as the state’s job-growtnh rate as a whole in the 10 years endingin 2007, a study released Wednesday by the Pew Charitablee Trusts reports. Economic conditions in Coloradoi and six neighboring states declinesd at a slower pace in April and May than in previouas months of the and businesseshave “firmer expectations of improvemenft going forward,” the U.S. Federap Reserve reported Wednesday in itslatest “Beigr Book” survey of the region’s business executives.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010

IBC Bank parent company achieved income growth in quarter - San Antonio Business Journal:

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Laredo-based IBC (NASDAQ: reported net income applicable to common shareholderof $34.3 million, or 50 cents per diluted for the quarter ended Marcuh 31, 2009. This comparez to net income applicable to common shareholderxof $33.5 million, or 49 cents per diluted share, for the prior-yeafr period. The lender’s net income during the firstg quarter of 2009 was negativelyu impacted by an increase in its provisionm on probableloan losses. That increase can be attributed to the generak weakness in the economy and the impact of that weaknes onthe company’s loan “I’m extremely pleased with the first quarter results, especially in lighr of the financial crisis.
Our strong earnings performance has offsert the costs of our provisioning program for probable loan losses and completely neutralized the cost of theTARP funding,” IBC President and CEO Denni E. Nixon says. “We are confidentf in the strength of our balance sheeyt and especially the quality of our loan Our securities portfolio has benefitefd enormously from the Federal Reserve Boarfdand U.S. Treasury actions in the bond which have interest rates down and bondpriced up.” Total assets at March 31, were $12.1 billion compared to $12.4 billion as of Dec. 31, 2008. The compang had total net loansof $5.7 billion at March 31, compared to $5.8 billion at Dec. 31, 2008.
Depositse were $6.9 billion at March 31, compared to Dec. 31, 2008. IBC is a multi-banj financial holding company that serves 102 communitiee in Texasand Oklahoma. The companh has more than 270 facilitiesx and more than440 ATMs.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Predicting Lindsay Lohan's Future: To Jail, or Not to Jail? - VIP Breakdown

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Chris Christie Says Republicans Must Stick to Principles: Video - Bloomberg

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Sources: NCR could relocate HQ to Georgia - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Ohio government officials said word began swirling May 28 thatNCR NCR) is , according to the Daytoh Business Journal , a sistet publication of Atlanta Businesse Chronicle . Last fall, NCR said it woulcd move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters tometrko Atlanta, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtres City and Duluth. While it remains to be seen if Atlantw gets another Fortune500 headquarters, NCR is rumored to be openinfg an additional facility in the Peach State, Atlantw Business Chronicle has learned. An announcement about that venture is expecteds as early as next sources in Atlanta andDaytonm said.
NCR is believed to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Columbus, Ga., according to a The global technology company coulds be eyeing about 100,000 square feet of officee space. Based on the square footage estimates, real estate sourcews said, the operation could house 300 to400 people. Companyg officials and Georgia economic development officialsremained tight-lippexd on any potential development. NCR global spokesman Richard Maton told the Daytomn Business Journal the company does not respond to rumorxsand speculation. In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumor s of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remainingin Dayton.
A Georgia Department of Economic Development spokeswoman did not returnj calls Fridayand Saturday. A spokeswoman said she had no informatiomn on the matter and a executivrdeclined comment. In October, NCR said it will co-locate an NCR Learning Center and its Customee Care Center hub for the Americas regiob withthe company’s existint Global Service Materials operation in Peachtreew City. NCR, founded in Dayton, is the city'sx largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billion in annua l revenue. The company relocated its executivee offices to New York City two years ago and leased a floofr at 7 World TradeCenter building.
This past the company told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amount of itsglobao workforce. That same month, the companyt removed the language "world from the sign at its Daytoh campus. Rumors have long circulated that NCRwoul move, however Ohio government and economicc development officials said speculation reached a new level in the past few The Ohio Department of Development has repeatedly sought informatiojn from the company, but as of Friday eveningt NCR remained mute, a state official told the Daytoj Business Journal . Ohio Gov.
Ted Strickland and NCR CEO Bill attempted to talkon Friday, howeve they were unable to coordinatee a time.