Total identifies source of North Sea gas leak PhysOrg.com French energy giant Total said Thursday it had identified the source of a gas leak on a North Sea platform which has sparked fears of an explosion and wiped billions of euros off its market value. Four days after the Elgin platform was hastily ... |
Friday, March 30, 2012
Total identifies source of North Sea gas leak - PhysOrg.com
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Colorado stimulus board boosts minority-outreach effort - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Maranda Pleau, the small business coordinatodrfor Greeley-based general contractor , will join the Coloradl Economic Recovery and Accountability Board June 29, chairman Don Elliman said duringg a board meeting Thursday. Her job is to ensure minority businesses are aware of contracts relatedc to thestimulus package, Ellima n said. Officials with the Colorado Department of Transportatiojn told the board they will recommend the agencyy review how it handles complaints aboutf road and bridge contracts and the use ofthesd small, minority- and woman-owned businesses. CDOT's move came after Hamonb Contractors Inc.
in Denver raised concernsd about a bridge repair project paid for with money from the Americahn Recovery andReinvestment Act. Hamon lost a bid April 16 to rebuildf two bridges over Interstate 76 inAdams County. The lowes t bid for the contract camefrom Centennial-baserd , which bid $8 million for the project, nearlyt 15 percent under CDOT’xs estimate of $9.4 million. State contracts are typically awarded to thelowest bidder.
But Hamon objected to CDOT awardinhg the projectto Sema, saying Sema didn’t make a "good-faitjh effort" to hire enough minorit subcontractors, according to a June 3 letted from Mark Cavanaugh, directo of the Governor’s Economiv Recovery Team, to the accountability board. CDOT reviewed the and Sema’s efforts to get minority businesses involvesd in thebridge contract. The review concluded Sema met the agency’es threshold for trying and CDOT formallgy awarded the project to the CDOT executive director RussGeorge said.
But CDOT want s to review how it handled future complaints about using disadvantaged businesses on state Celina Benavidez, director of administration for CDOT, told the accountabilityt board she will recommend the agency’s commissioners form a reviewa committee involving members of the agency, interesrt groups, industry, the attorney general’s office, and federal transportation How to gather input from minority businessesx about their experience with a prime At the meeting, Hamon attorney Seth Firmender thankede CDOT for being willing to review the Helga Grunerud, executive director of the Hispanic Contractorsx of Colorado, also praised CDOT’s move, saying, "W believe we’ve been heard.
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Maranda Pleau, the small business coordinatodrfor Greeley-based general contractor , will join the Coloradl Economic Recovery and Accountability Board June 29, chairman Don Elliman said duringg a board meeting Thursday. Her job is to ensure minority businesses are aware of contracts relatedc to thestimulus package, Ellima n said. Officials with the Colorado Department of Transportatiojn told the board they will recommend the agencyy review how it handles complaints aboutf road and bridge contracts and the use ofthesd small, minority- and woman-owned businesses. CDOT's move came after Hamonb Contractors Inc.
in Denver raised concernsd about a bridge repair project paid for with money from the Americahn Recovery andReinvestment Act. Hamon lost a bid April 16 to rebuildf two bridges over Interstate 76 inAdams County. The lowes t bid for the contract camefrom Centennial-baserd , which bid $8 million for the project, nearlyt 15 percent under CDOT’xs estimate of $9.4 million. State contracts are typically awarded to thelowest bidder.
But Hamon objected to CDOT awardinhg the projectto Sema, saying Sema didn’t make a "good-faitjh effort" to hire enough minorit subcontractors, according to a June 3 letted from Mark Cavanaugh, directo of the Governor’s Economiv Recovery Team, to the accountability board. CDOT reviewed the and Sema’s efforts to get minority businesses involvesd in thebridge contract. The review concluded Sema met the agency’es threshold for trying and CDOT formallgy awarded the project to the CDOT executive director RussGeorge said.
But CDOT want s to review how it handled future complaints about using disadvantaged businesses on state Celina Benavidez, director of administration for CDOT, told the accountabilityt board she will recommend the agency’s commissioners form a reviewa committee involving members of the agency, interesrt groups, industry, the attorney general’s office, and federal transportation How to gather input from minority businessesx about their experience with a prime At the meeting, Hamon attorney Seth Firmender thankede CDOT for being willing to review the Helga Grunerud, executive director of the Hispanic Contractorsx of Colorado, also praised CDOT’s move, saying, "W believe we’ve been heard.
"
Monday, March 26, 2012
Westown a west side whopper - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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To be known as Westown, it woulxd have 1,450 homes, the majority mid-rised condominiums, but also 42 single-family homes and hundrede of townhouses. The community will be developed by Brock Built City Neighborhoods LLC inthe 43-acrse area roughly bounded by Fairmont Avenue, Booth English Street, Boyd Avenue, Culpepped Street, Huff Road and Ellsworth Drive, about a mile west of Atlantifc Station. It will also include 150,000 square feet of retail/commerciall space along Huff Road's intersections with English Boyd Avenue andBooth Avenue. The project'sz total price tag is about $400 million. Westown is alontg the proposed Beltline, near the proposefd Culpepper transit line.
The Beltline is a 22-mile loop of forme r rail line that encircles Westown would be the largesgt residential development in the city of Atlanta within the past 10 saidEugene James, director of 'sz Atlanta division, which tracks residential subdivisions. The next largestt development ongoing is Princeton a 785-home project being built by in the Camp Creel area, he said. Westown may be eclipsed in size inside the city limitasby Miami-based The Related Group's proposed CityPlace at which calls for nearly 3,900 condominiums, townhouse s and single-family homes, James said.
But Westown showz residential developers believe growing numbers of Atlanta home buyerse are interestedin close-in living. Prices in Westown will startr around $195,000 for the with townhouses in thehigh $300,000sa and single-family homes in the mid-$600,000s, said CEO Stevse Brock. Brock has builf in Atlanta for 22 years and movefd into the area westof Midtown, whic has been called Westside, Midtown West and Northwest Atlanta, 10 yearz ago with a project called Adams Crossing. Brock began assembling property for Westown in 1998 and says it will take sevemn years tobuild out. Targeteds buyers are singles or couples juststartingt families.
"We expect families, but it's not the suburb where families move forthe schools," Brock said. Westown'sd nearby elementary schools includw , Boyd Elementary, Townw Elementary and William J. Scott And although it may be more expensive to pay city ofAtlantz taxes, a home buyef in Westown is just two miles from Midtownm and about 3.5 milew from either Buckhead or downtown, he said, withouf ever having to get on the "If you live in the you are probably commuting an hour each Brock said, which can easily exceex 500 hours a year. "What's 500 hours a year worth to Thelogic hasn't been lost on other residential developers.
The Atlantqa Regional Commission (ARC) reviewed development planas in 2005 that calledfor 6,55y more residential units in the city of according to Matt Hennie, the ARC's communicationd coordinator. That number jumped to 15,150 in 2006. At the end of the firsgt quarter, the ARC has already reviewed, or is development plans that wouldadd 7,517 residential units. Developer Marc who has his own projectf in the same area as says he is amazed at all of the activitygoing on. "I drive around over there and I shaksemy head.
"
To be known as Westown, it woulxd have 1,450 homes, the majority mid-rised condominiums, but also 42 single-family homes and hundrede of townhouses. The community will be developed by Brock Built City Neighborhoods LLC inthe 43-acrse area roughly bounded by Fairmont Avenue, Booth English Street, Boyd Avenue, Culpepped Street, Huff Road and Ellsworth Drive, about a mile west of Atlantifc Station. It will also include 150,000 square feet of retail/commerciall space along Huff Road's intersections with English Boyd Avenue andBooth Avenue. The project'sz total price tag is about $400 million. Westown is alontg the proposed Beltline, near the proposefd Culpepper transit line.
The Beltline is a 22-mile loop of forme r rail line that encircles Westown would be the largesgt residential development in the city of Atlanta within the past 10 saidEugene James, director of 'sz Atlanta division, which tracks residential subdivisions. The next largestt development ongoing is Princeton a 785-home project being built by in the Camp Creel area, he said. Westown may be eclipsed in size inside the city limitasby Miami-based The Related Group's proposed CityPlace at which calls for nearly 3,900 condominiums, townhouse s and single-family homes, James said.
But Westown showz residential developers believe growing numbers of Atlanta home buyerse are interestedin close-in living. Prices in Westown will startr around $195,000 for the with townhouses in thehigh $300,000sa and single-family homes in the mid-$600,000s, said CEO Stevse Brock. Brock has builf in Atlanta for 22 years and movefd into the area westof Midtown, whic has been called Westside, Midtown West and Northwest Atlanta, 10 yearz ago with a project called Adams Crossing. Brock began assembling property for Westown in 1998 and says it will take sevemn years tobuild out. Targeteds buyers are singles or couples juststartingt families.
"We expect families, but it's not the suburb where families move forthe schools," Brock said. Westown'sd nearby elementary schools includw , Boyd Elementary, Townw Elementary and William J. Scott And although it may be more expensive to pay city ofAtlantz taxes, a home buyef in Westown is just two miles from Midtownm and about 3.5 milew from either Buckhead or downtown, he said, withouf ever having to get on the "If you live in the you are probably commuting an hour each Brock said, which can easily exceex 500 hours a year. "What's 500 hours a year worth to Thelogic hasn't been lost on other residential developers.
The Atlantqa Regional Commission (ARC) reviewed development planas in 2005 that calledfor 6,55y more residential units in the city of according to Matt Hennie, the ARC's communicationd coordinator. That number jumped to 15,150 in 2006. At the end of the firsgt quarter, the ARC has already reviewed, or is development plans that wouldadd 7,517 residential units. Developer Marc who has his own projectf in the same area as says he is amazed at all of the activitygoing on. "I drive around over there and I shaksemy head.
"
Saturday, March 24, 2012
FCS champ Bison open spring drills Saturday - Fox News
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Washington Examiner | FCS champ Bison open spring drills Saturday Fox News Fargo, ND รข€" Reigning FCS champion North Dakota State University will begin spring footb » |
Thursday, March 22, 2012
AMR CEO: Capacity cuts will take place - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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percent. The reduction is deeper than previous estimatess for theyear 2009. Prior projections suggestedd the airline would cut its capacityby 6.5 percentg in 2009 when compared with the year Arpey revealed that information while speaking at the Bank of America-Merrillp Lynch 2009 Global Transportation Conference Thursdaty in New York City. Arpey addedf that the company expects mainlined domestic capacity and international capacity in the second half of the year to bedown 15.5 percenf and 5.5 percent, respectively, when compared with the same periodc of 2008.
“Capacity discipline has been our mantraq formany years, and it has been one of the keys to our abilitgy to navigate our way througuh the industry’s many storms,” said Arpey. “The cuts we implemente d last year havebeen helpful, and as a result, we did not make major changes to our summer But looking forward, we think an adjustmentf to our fall schedule is warranted, so we are makingt additional cuts beginning in late American Airlines is the fourth largest airline servinb Honolulu International Airport, in terms of the numbeer of passengers carried, according to PBN
percent. The reduction is deeper than previous estimatess for theyear 2009. Prior projections suggestedd the airline would cut its capacityby 6.5 percentg in 2009 when compared with the year Arpey revealed that information while speaking at the Bank of America-Merrillp Lynch 2009 Global Transportation Conference Thursdaty in New York City. Arpey addedf that the company expects mainlined domestic capacity and international capacity in the second half of the year to bedown 15.5 percenf and 5.5 percent, respectively, when compared with the same periodc of 2008.
“Capacity discipline has been our mantraq formany years, and it has been one of the keys to our abilitgy to navigate our way througuh the industry’s many storms,” said Arpey. “The cuts we implemente d last year havebeen helpful, and as a result, we did not make major changes to our summer But looking forward, we think an adjustmentf to our fall schedule is warranted, so we are makingt additional cuts beginning in late American Airlines is the fourth largest airline servinb Honolulu International Airport, in terms of the numbeer of passengers carried, according to PBN
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Glencore Nears Takeover of Canada's Viterra - BusinessWeek
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CBC.ca | Glencore Nears Takeover of Canada's Viterra BusinessWeek Glencore is bidding with Agrium Inc. (AGU) and Richardson International Ltd. for the Regina, Saskatchewan-based grain handler, the people said, asking not to be identified before a formal announcement. A deal may be announced within 24 hours, ... $5.9-billion Viterra deal close< p size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"> Glencore Nears Takeover of Viterra for $6 Billion |
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Andy Pettitte coming back to Yankees - USA TODAY
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USA TODAY | Andy Pettitte coming back to Yankees USA TODAY "I don't think he's coming back to where he was. C » |
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