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California has been losing factories and manufacturing jobs for more than five Theprevious year, which ended February 2008, California lost 564 such companiew and 16,055 jobs. In the year enderd February 2007, the state lost 1,52 5 plants and 24,266 jobs. Evanston, Ill.-based MNI reports that Californisahas 26,376 manufacturing businesses, 2,264 industriapl distributors and 1.6 million industrial Most of those workerzs — 1 million of them — are in Southern California, while about 590,00o are in Northern with more than half of thos e in Silicon Valley. Los Angeles, San Irvine, San Jose and Santa Clara rank high in number ofindustrial jobs.
California has aboutf 13 percent of the electronics manufacturers in the United with 255,708 people workinvg in that sector. Hard hit industries in the stat e include rubberand plastics; clay and glass; textiles; and printing and which was affected by the closurs of a factory in Food products lost the fewest That industry employs 165,572 people in MNI has been publishing directories and databases of manufacturing businesses sincd 1912.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
No shortage of confidence in Hanie - Chicago Tribune
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Chicago Tribune | No shortage of confidence in Hanie Chicago Tribune Chargers tight end Kory Sperry paused before offering his least-favorite thing about Bears quarterback Caleb Hanie. "Caleb loves singing and playing guitar, which is weird to me because he's not really good ... |
Thursday, November 24, 2011
An $85 million endowment? The Still Museum can bank on that - Denver Post
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An $85 million endowment? The Still Museum can bank on that Denver Post Because endowments are not exactly a sexy topic, they usually don't get much attention. These long-term funds serve as quiet pillars of financial stability for arts groups and other nonprofits, giving them a nice savings account that ... |
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Establish development policy and get out of the way - Business First of Columbus:
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The McDowell Road corridor in Scottsdale has the making of becominhga gateway. The city should look at itselrf as an enabler tothe area’a well-being, not an interventionist. Private-sector developeras must be encouraged to bring capitall andenterprise thinking. In other words, the city needss to delineate developmentpolicy clearly, lessenn regulatory control, make it relatively inexpensive and less cumbersome to work the permittingb and development process, and avoid micromanaginf development projects at all costs. Scottsdale City Councill members need to offer themselves up as a think tank with all the feedbaci and information they have and are receivin fromthe community.
From the blendd of business andneighborhoox input, the City Council should be poiserd to lay out developmenf policies concerning economic vitality for the area, which must forbid government yet enable the development process. What a powerfulo and positive message to send to the privateinvestment community. Further, the City Council could look extensively at the use of district within the zoning overlay in south Scottsdales to leverage existing assets and enablsprivate investment. In a free developers would negotiate privateproperty deals, whethedr residential or commercial.
And the city’xs development policies for the districts woulsd provide for the type and kind of development including character, height and destiny. The choicee of where to invest and what to builds would empower both landowners and private investord to participate in the vitalization of the area withoutfmunicipal intervention. Now, this is a free marketplacew at work. Ray Torres is president of Torresx & Associates in Scottsdale. He can be reacher at 480-385-2590 or ray@torres-associates.com.
The McDowell Road corridor in Scottsdale has the making of becominhga gateway. The city should look at itselrf as an enabler tothe area’a well-being, not an interventionist. Private-sector developeras must be encouraged to bring capitall andenterprise thinking. In other words, the city needss to delineate developmentpolicy clearly, lessenn regulatory control, make it relatively inexpensive and less cumbersome to work the permittingb and development process, and avoid micromanaginf development projects at all costs. Scottsdale City Councill members need to offer themselves up as a think tank with all the feedbaci and information they have and are receivin fromthe community.
From the blendd of business andneighborhoox input, the City Council should be poiserd to lay out developmenf policies concerning economic vitality for the area, which must forbid government yet enable the development process. What a powerfulo and positive message to send to the privateinvestment community. Further, the City Council could look extensively at the use of district within the zoning overlay in south Scottsdales to leverage existing assets and enablsprivate investment. In a free developers would negotiate privateproperty deals, whethedr residential or commercial.
And the city’xs development policies for the districts woulsd provide for the type and kind of development including character, height and destiny. The choicee of where to invest and what to builds would empower both landowners and private investord to participate in the vitalization of the area withoutfmunicipal intervention. Now, this is a free marketplacew at work. Ray Torres is president of Torresx & Associates in Scottsdale. He can be reacher at 480-385-2590 or ray@torres-associates.com.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
State OKs grant for importer Bardwil Industries - Business First of Columbus:
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The on Monday approveed the Rapid Outreach Granf for theJersey City, N.J.-based which imports products from China, Indis and Taiwan. The company is projectinhg its relocation will created50 full-time jobs paying $20 an hour and cost abouyt $1.6 million, according to Controllintg Board documents. Tim Treasurse of said the company late last year signedea seven-year lease for 145,0090 square feet at 2652 Fisher Treasure and Ross Wilcoxd of Equity represented the Executives at Bardwil couldn’t be reached to comment on Monday.
The grantr approved this week comes after the last summere cleared Bardwil fora five-year, 45 percent tax credit valued in excess of Bardwil employs 110 across its divisiohn and sells private label merchandise to retailers including Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE:KSS), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE:M) and Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). • A $1.4 million loan for startul broadcaster , a division of Guardian EnterpriseGroup Inc. The Columbuse company plans to buy computer equipmeng and create50 jobs. • A $1.2 million loan for Dublin-baser software developer The company’s expansion plans includse the creation of40 jobs.
The on Monday approveed the Rapid Outreach Granf for theJersey City, N.J.-based which imports products from China, Indis and Taiwan. The company is projectinhg its relocation will created50 full-time jobs paying $20 an hour and cost abouyt $1.6 million, according to Controllintg Board documents. Tim Treasurse of said the company late last year signedea seven-year lease for 145,0090 square feet at 2652 Fisher Treasure and Ross Wilcoxd of Equity represented the Executives at Bardwil couldn’t be reached to comment on Monday.
The grantr approved this week comes after the last summere cleared Bardwil fora five-year, 45 percent tax credit valued in excess of Bardwil employs 110 across its divisiohn and sells private label merchandise to retailers including Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE:KSS), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE:M) and Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). • A $1.4 million loan for startul broadcaster , a division of Guardian EnterpriseGroup Inc. The Columbuse company plans to buy computer equipmeng and create50 jobs. • A $1.2 million loan for Dublin-baser software developer The company’s expansion plans includse the creation of40 jobs.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Man charged by federal authorities after tossing fire bomb at Utah Wells Fargo ... - Washington Post
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Deseret News | Man charged by federal authorities after tossing fire bomb at Utah Wells Fargo ... Washington Post WEST JORDAN, Utah รข€" A Utah man has been charged after throwing Molotov cocktails at a Wells Fargo branch. Joshua Raymond Townsend faces one federal count of attempting to destroy a building used in interstate commerce. Police arrest ed the 20-year-old ... Bomb squad investigates West Jordan bank location after verbal threats were made |
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
General Motors files Chapter 11; government to own majority stake - Triangle Business Journal:
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Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-oled automaker — once the world’s biggest company is among the largestin U.S. historu and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. Chapte 11, which allows the company to operate whilr protected fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-trac bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructure GM’s filing came after weeks of wrangling with its unionds and bondholders and as part of a game plan coordinatefd with the federal government. That plan calls for the establishmen ofa new, more nimble GM that has the federal government as its 60 percen t equity holder.
Speaking about the GM moves Monday, Presideng Barack Obama said that despite thefederal government's majorituy stake in the automaker, its and not federal officials, "will call the shots and make the decisions about turning this company Obama said the goal is a "viable, achievable plan that will give this iconicv company a chance to rise again." The Detroit-based automaker (NYSE: GM) said it expects the new, smaller GM to launcj in about 60 to 90 days as a separate and independenrt company from the current GM. The new company will focus on four core brand in theUnited States: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.
As part of its cost-cuttinb efforts, GM will further reduce 2009 salariecd employment in North America toabout 27,200 from abouf 35,100 at the end of a roughly 23 percent cut. The automakef said it would sever ties with morethan 2,009 of its dealers, either through end their contracts or through attrition. GM also planws to close 11 U.S. facilities and idle another three plantss by the endof 2010. "Today marke a defining moment in the reinvention of GM asa leaner, more customer-focused and more cost-competitivde company that, above all, can quicklh generate winning bottom-line results," GM CEO Fritz Hendersonn said in a statement Monday.
"Thwe economic crisis has caused enormouse disruption in the auto but with it has come the opportunity for us to reinvenrtour business. We are going to do it once and do it Besidesthe U.S. government's 60 percent financial the union would takea 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canada and the province of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownership staked in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholders would get 10 In its Chapter 11 GM citing debtsof $172.8 billion and assets of $82.3 Filed in New York, it listsz unsecured claims by the UAW ($20.6 and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workerz ($2.7 billion).
Other unsecuredd debt listed in the filingincludes $22.u billion serviced by Wilmington Trust Co. and $4.5 billion by Deutschre Bank AG. The UAW last week approved a package of concessionzs that will give GM more flexibilituy in staffing and help the company reduce its As part ofthat package, the company restructured paymenta due to a trust for retirees’ healtbh care. The trust will receive a $2.5 billion note and $6.5 billiomn in 9 percent perpetualpreferred stock, alonvg with a 17.5 percent equity stake in the new GM and warrantes to push that ownership to 20 percent.
Another key playe in the reorganization will be GM The administration announced that a steeringg committee representing owners of at least 54 percentf ofthe company’s unsecured bonds had agreed to a deal in whicgh bondholders would receive 10 percenyt of the equity of the new GM and warrants for an additionalk 15 percent. The bankruptcy process will allow the companuy to confirm the deal for all Chrysler is expected to emergse from its Chapter 11 process soon aftet shuttering789 dealerships. GM also announced plans to closse 1,100 dealerships, including several in Colorado.
GM’s lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaew & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkin signinf the filing. GM President and CEO Frederick Hendersonm signed forthe .
Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-oled automaker — once the world’s biggest company is among the largestin U.S. historu and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. Chapte 11, which allows the company to operate whilr protected fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-trac bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructure GM’s filing came after weeks of wrangling with its unionds and bondholders and as part of a game plan coordinatefd with the federal government. That plan calls for the establishmen ofa new, more nimble GM that has the federal government as its 60 percen t equity holder.
Speaking about the GM moves Monday, Presideng Barack Obama said that despite thefederal government's majorituy stake in the automaker, its and not federal officials, "will call the shots and make the decisions about turning this company Obama said the goal is a "viable, achievable plan that will give this iconicv company a chance to rise again." The Detroit-based automaker (NYSE: GM) said it expects the new, smaller GM to launcj in about 60 to 90 days as a separate and independenrt company from the current GM. The new company will focus on four core brand in theUnited States: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.
As part of its cost-cuttinb efforts, GM will further reduce 2009 salariecd employment in North America toabout 27,200 from abouf 35,100 at the end of a roughly 23 percent cut. The automakef said it would sever ties with morethan 2,009 of its dealers, either through end their contracts or through attrition. GM also planws to close 11 U.S. facilities and idle another three plantss by the endof 2010. "Today marke a defining moment in the reinvention of GM asa leaner, more customer-focused and more cost-competitivde company that, above all, can quicklh generate winning bottom-line results," GM CEO Fritz Hendersonn said in a statement Monday.
"Thwe economic crisis has caused enormouse disruption in the auto but with it has come the opportunity for us to reinvenrtour business. We are going to do it once and do it Besidesthe U.S. government's 60 percent financial the union would takea 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canada and the province of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownership staked in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholders would get 10 In its Chapter 11 GM citing debtsof $172.8 billion and assets of $82.3 Filed in New York, it listsz unsecured claims by the UAW ($20.6 and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workerz ($2.7 billion).
Other unsecuredd debt listed in the filingincludes $22.u billion serviced by Wilmington Trust Co. and $4.5 billion by Deutschre Bank AG. The UAW last week approved a package of concessionzs that will give GM more flexibilituy in staffing and help the company reduce its As part ofthat package, the company restructured paymenta due to a trust for retirees’ healtbh care. The trust will receive a $2.5 billion note and $6.5 billiomn in 9 percent perpetualpreferred stock, alonvg with a 17.5 percent equity stake in the new GM and warrantes to push that ownership to 20 percent.
Another key playe in the reorganization will be GM The administration announced that a steeringg committee representing owners of at least 54 percentf ofthe company’s unsecured bonds had agreed to a deal in whicgh bondholders would receive 10 percenyt of the equity of the new GM and warrants for an additionalk 15 percent. The bankruptcy process will allow the companuy to confirm the deal for all Chrysler is expected to emergse from its Chapter 11 process soon aftet shuttering789 dealerships. GM also announced plans to closse 1,100 dealerships, including several in Colorado.
GM’s lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaew & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkin signinf the filing. GM President and CEO Frederick Hendersonm signed forthe .
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