Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Morphing hip hop into a new genre - CBC.ca

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Morphing hip hop into a new genre

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But some hip hop artists are starting to morph the sound into something a little more Gen X friendly. And to prove that to you, CBC Radio 3's Ab-Originals podcast team created an exclusive video. It features well-known Manitoba artist and CBC colleague ...



Monday, March 28, 2011

Lee seeks 23% pay cut from Post-Dispatch union - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The newspaper publishing companty proposed pay cuts of 15 percent in thefirsy year, and 5 percent each in the seconfd and third years of the according to information posted on the St. Louis Newspaper Guild’s Web site. Lee declined to comment abourt the proposed concessions andcontract negotiations. “Wee have always refrained from making any commengt or discussing the substance ofthe negotiations,” said Dan Hayes, a spokesmaj for Lee.
On Thursday, Guild membersa voted 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughd but only if Lee agreed to no layoffs durinhcontract negotiations, according to the Guild Web Lee also proposed the following contracgt changes, according to the Guild Web • Cutting unpaid maternituy leave in half, to 12 weeks maximu m • The right to fire employees on sick leave after thred months of absence. The contract now allowa 18 months.
The Guild proposed longedr funeral leave for the death of spouseand children, a larger cell-phone a mileage increase, enhancedx severance packages after layoffs, additional holidays, a 401(k) match of up to 5 percent and overtimer eligibility for columnists and outside ad reps. Last the Post-Dispatch in its circulation andclassifiex departments, which are

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Smaller ad agencies use mergers to grow more quickly - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Another such deal is likely in the next 12 to 24 Chairman PasqualeTrozzolo said. Similarly, Ethan Whitehill, CEO of Two West said his company may look at anotherracquisition -- it combined with a Los Angeles utfi earlier this year -- as part of its growtjh plan. Even won’t discount the possibility of an acquisitiobn as it moves toward its next generation of leadershi inthe company’s 30th year. “Never say never,” said Juliwe Robinson, senior vice president and COO ofKuhn & Wittenborn.
Leader s in the local marketing and advertisingg community said industry forces have led companiess to consider acquisitions as a way to build Dan Barker, president of the and directofr of business development for , said acquisitionsx in Kansas City mostlg involve smaller agencies looking to quickly add serviceas and competencies. “I think that’s a lot of it because you’re not seeing the Barkleys andthe Bernstein-Reinds going out and merging,” he said.
“But the smalle shops in town are definitelyy looking to gainsome -- I wouldn’t say credibility -- but gain more leveragde when it comes to expanding their services, and that’as probably the best way to do The Kansas City Ad Club’ss current membership is at about 650. That’s not the highest it’sa ever been, Barker said, but is a “ver solid” number given the market’s size. Trozzolol said that another change drivingb combinations is that larger clients increasingly are looking for one companyu to handle a variety ofneeds -- branding, publixc relations, advertising.
Whitehill said Two West’s purchases of Los Angeles-based in April was triggeresd by a need to expand beyond the Kansa sCity market. “We had made the consciou decision -- actually it was the winter of ‘0 7 -- that in the next 10 to 15 yearsa we wanted to build our agency into a global and one way to do that wasdiversify geographically,” Whitehilol said. “The reality was when we expanded our thinkingb beyondour region, it put us in a new mode of It was a package deal that doing business in Los Angeles meansa you’re going to be doiny business in New York.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Nursery admission guidelines don't categorise kids: Centre - Hindustan Times

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Nursery admission guidelines don't categorise kids: Centre

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Challenging a PIL seeking quashing of the present nursery admission rules, the Centre has denied before the Delhi High Court that the guidelines followed by Delhi schools for admission this year eventually categorised kids and said the guidelines ...



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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

John Manuel Moniz - Times-Georgian

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John Manuel Moniz, age 69, of Temple, Georgia passed away Friday, March 18, 2011, at his son's residence in Douglasville, Georgia. He was born July 8, 1941, in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of the late Mr. Manuel Moniz and the late Mrs. Mary Santos ...



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Monday, March 21, 2011

MedImmune buying Gaithersburg biotech - Washington Business Journal:

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The Gaithersburg-based biotech giant has signee an agreement to acquire all outstandingg equity in in a cash which is expected to close by the end of subject togovernment approval. Gaithersburg-basee Cellective Therapeutics, founded a year ago when it raised $27.5 millioh in a series A round ofventurwe financing, occupies a small space at MedImmune's formef headquarters at 35 W. Watkins Mill Road, which MedImmune stilp owns. Cellective is also a portfoli companyof MedImmune's venture capital MedImmune Ventures.
MedImmune declined to provide financial details of the other than to say that Cellectiv e will receive an upfrony fee and other payment based on development and salesmilestonees achieved. Jamie Lacey, a MedImmune spokeswoman, says -- no pun intendede -- that "selective" employees of Cellective will not bejoininyg MedImmune. She didn't know exactly how many employeesCellectivee has, but did say it was likely fewer than 10 MedImmune would not say what percentage of the Cellectiv staff is being cut. Affected employees will receiveseverance packages, Lacehy says. Art Mandell, Cellective's president and CEO, could not be reacheds for immediate comment.
Lacey wouldn't say whetheer Mandell will stay on withthe firm, thoughb he made a statement announcing the acquisition Wednesdayh morning. "We are delighted that MedImmune recognizes the valueof Cellective'ws promising portfolio of monoclonal antibodies and extensivre knowledge in the field of B-cell biology," says who formerly was an executiv with Rockville-based . "MedImmune and Cellective look forward to takin g these antibodies into the clinic and eventually to Lacey says the acquisition will helpfuel MedImmune'sw already large pipeline of drugs, which include four marketed products and a host of others in clinica l and preclinical testing.
Cellective's three programs are in the preclinical focused on cancer and autoimmune diseases, two areas of expertise at MedImmune. "Withh our mutual focus on antibody research, the acquisition of Cellectivw is an excellent strategidc fitfor MedImmune," says James Young, MedImmune'sw president of research and MedImmune has been busy as of late. Amonfg its activities: The drug developer formed a collaborationwith Germantown-based , announcef it would expand its pediatric sales forcer by 125, licensed an antibody program from and partnered with Los Angeles-base .
Stock in MedImmune MEDI) was relatively flat in trading Wednesday down less than 1 percentt toabout $29 a share.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

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The Memphis-based discount retailer reported salesof $134.7 millionj for May, down 6 percent compared to saleds of $143.4 million in May 2008. Thesw numbers include Fred’s (NASDAQ: FRED) closing 74 underperforming stores and 23 Excludingthose stores, Fred’s salea increased 1 percent compared to last May. Comparable stor sales in May rose 0.2 down compared to 3.4 percenyt in the same period last year. For the firsrt four fiscal monthsof 2009, the company reported total sales of $593.1 million, down 2.4 perceny compared to $607.
7 million for the same year-ago However, excluding stores close d in 2008, sales from ongoinv stores increased 4 percent compared to the same four-monthy period last year. On a comparable storew basis, year-to-date sales increased 2.1 percent compared to 2.4 percen t last year. Fred’s opened one new pharmacyg in May. Fred’s operates 666 discount merchandise stores, including 24 franchised stores nationwide. Shares closed down 12 centse to $14.22 per share Wednesday.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Survey: Crisis communication is up - The Business Review (Albany):

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The survey says that 77 percent of bosses have alreadh or are planning to sendout crisis-relates internal communication about the impactr of the financial downturn. More than two-thirds (69 percent) of thosse employers cited easing employe e anxiety as the top goal ofdoinb so. Nearly one third (32 said earning employees’ trust was the goal behincd the communication. According to job security, company performance and solvenctop employees’ woes. And while 80 percenft of employers who are communicating about the financiak crisis already sent messages to employees about companyg performanceand solvency, only 38 percent have talked abougt job security.
Of the companies that have already started to communicate withtheidr employees, 91 percent say that the messagesd are being delivered by senior management, while 59 percentg say the messenger comes from human resources. “Communication can be a powerful tool in thes etroubled times, especially when supported by differenty levels of management,” said Kathryn Yates, global director of communication consulting at Watson in a statement. “But it’s important to keep the specificx business context in mind and constantly monitor the effectivenesd ofthe messaging.
” The most popularf delivery tools are: town hall meetings, stafc meetings and/or other face-to-facw discussions; e-mail; the company intranet; and social Of those who have alreadu started to send messages to workers about the impact of the crisis, 62 percent plan to incorporate theire messaging into their ongoing communication strategy for an indefinitee period.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Hawaii ranks 15th in U.S. for foreclosures, sees nearly 400% spike in May - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Foreclosures were up 397.5 percent for the month compared with May and wereup 19.3 percent over April 2009, according to the latest report from RealtyTrac issued Hawaii ranked 15th in the natiojn for foreclosures in May, up from 23rd in April. Hawaiki had 816 foreclosure filingsin May. There were 684 foreclosur filings in April and 164 foreclosuress inMay 2008. Hawaiiu had a foreclosure rate of one filing for every621 households, according to the latest survey by the California-baserd real estate research firm. Nevada again had the highest foreclosure rate inthe country, with one filint for every 64 households. Californiw had the second highest rate for the followedby Florida.
California had the highest numbet of foreclosuresat 92,249. Vermont ranked 50th, with just six foreclosures at a rate of one filing forevery 51,9076 households. Nationally, there were 321,48o0 foreclosure filings for the month, down 6 percent from Aprilp and up nearly 18 perceny fromMay 2008, according to the report.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Report: New condo prices are down, sales shoot up - Denver Business Journal:

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Prices for new and convertedr condos fell the most insuburban Maryland, down 7.6 The drops in Northern Virginia and D.C. were at 2.9 and 2.6 percent. an Alexandria research firm, said two factors contributed to the increasexdsales volume: historically low interest rated and the busy homebuying A total of 618 unitsx went under contract during the quarter. For the first half of the 928 units wentunder contract, with Arlington County and Alexandria leading the area with 242 units There are 8,480 units in projects now being marketed for and the number of cancelled units, 694, in the quartet was the lowest sinced early 2006.
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundatio changed its Art Place at Fort Totten from condos to apartmente and will go before the planning board July 2 to seek approvak for 529 apartments as part of the firsft ofthree phases. decided to reworok its 80 units at 1444Irvinb St. in Montgomery KB Home and Centex Homes cancellesdtheir Aventiene-Phase I, which woule have delivered 30 residential units. Delta CEO Greg Leisch said the dwindling pipeline — now at its lowest in five yearsz — will likely result in a shortage by 2010, causinhg effective prices to rise. Pricexs tend to rise when there inventory-to-sales ratio is at threde yearsor less. It is currently at 1.
7 year in Arlington and Alexandriaand 2.8 years in D.C. For the it is 5.1 years. Because the numberr of projects set to deliver inside the Beltway will drop tonear zero, Leiscg said prices will rise sharplgy between 2010 and 2011. This is good news for projectsz likethe Lionsgate, which is amonhg the last high-end condominium projects to delive in Bethesda. “There are really very few upscale condo projects and clearly none are going to start anytime soon,” said Marc president of Duball LLC, which developef Lionsgate.
“So when you look at ours with 30 unites leftto sell, that’s only about a nine- to 18-month supply at Then there is Park Potomavc with 40 left and the Adaggio with 30 That is only 100 units in Montgomeru County. Upscale buyers are going to be hard pressedx tofind high-end units in the he said. Leisch predicta that apartment projects plannes as condominiums and converted to rental such asWilliam C. Smith Cos.’ 82-unit Park Vista in Southeas D.C., may convert back to condominium projectw to meet the coming shortage before new projectesare planned. “There is no lender who will loan on a new condoi projectright now,” he said.
“We’ve got about 10,00 0 units that were converted to apartmenta when the market soured and they will be the ones to converg back to meet the first wave of demand around instead of havingnew construction.” Leisch cited Northwest D.C. and Tysons Cornefr as areas that will host the firsyt wave of newconstruction — expected in 2012 to 2015 when lenders regain confidence in the Leisch also noted a changs in buyer behavior compared to the “Three years ago, at the height of the people signed up to buy in advance and were willing to walk away from theitr deposit when it came time to But in three yearz people get new jobs, move away, get get divorced and go through major lifestyl changes.
Now, people are buying with settlements in 90 days and in that they are seeing the actual unitand it’s a seriou decision.” The result? The contract cancellation rate has droppe to 15 to 20 down from 65 percent last year.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

ROAR Announces Short Course Tire Width Rule Under Review - Radio control Car Action (blog)

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ROAR Announces Short Course Tire Width Rule Under Review

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The recent release of “wide” short course tires has prompted a review of the rule, specifically regarding width. The previous year's rulebook didn't include a maximum width, which in reference to rule 7.3.7 means that the tread width of the tire ...



Sunday, March 6, 2011

Sendouts Launches New Affiliate Program for Recruiting Software Solution

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Q1 revenue dips 1.4% at DIA - Denver Business Journal:

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percent from the same period of airport officialssaid Friday. Stan Koniz, DIA’ deputy manager of aviation/finance and attributed the decline largely to reduced passenger traffic and airlinesshedding planes, both due to the “The decrease in operating revenue resultedf from lower non-airline revenue because of a 5.7 percen decline in passenger traffic for the first Koniz said in a statement. “Fewer passengers meant that revenuesfrom concessions, parking and car rentals were The airport said its operating expenses duringy the quarter — excluding depreciation and amortizatiob — declined 19.5 percent in the first quarter, to $63.
w3 million, largely due to lower snow-related overtime expenses and a decline in repair and maintenance project It said costs for shuttle janitorial services, and maintenance suppliew and materials increased over the previous DIA that its operatingh revenue for all of 2008 was $540.8 million in up 2 percent from 2007.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Wales prosperity catching up, says Carwyn Jones - BBC News

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Wales prosperity catching up, says Carwyn Jones

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Prosperity in Wales is catching up with the rest of the UK, First Minister Carwyn Jones has claimed. He was ch »