Sunday, October 10, 2010

Dow falls 15.87 points; US Gold leads Colorado gainers - Denver Business Journal:

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The Dow’s drop was small falling 15.87 points, or 0.19 percent and the other indiceds didn’t gain much grounxd into positive territory. The S&PP 500 closed at 921.23, up 2.86 pointxs (0.31 percent). The NASDAa Composite finished at 1,827.47, up 19.75 points (1.09 percent). Amongf actively traded Colorado stocks, US Gold (UXG) led the day’sa gainers, up 8.68 percent (19 to close at $2.38. • Asceny Solar Technologies Inc. (ASTI) Up 8.58 percent (60 cents) to $7.59. • Kodia Oil & Gas (KOG) — Up 8.02 perceng (less than 1 cent) to • Delta Petroleum (DPTR) — Up 7.46 perceng (15 cents) to $2.16. • Cibetr Inc. (CBR) — Up 3.
88 percent (12 to $3.21. Among actively tradedx Colorado stocks thatdeclined Friday, Level 3 Communications recorded the biggest drop, falling 8.4 or 11 cents, to closd at $1.20.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Recipe: Simplest Minestrone - The Eyeopener

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Recipe: Simplest Minestrone

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Voting begins on King Soopers contract offer - San Francisco Business Times:

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Voting on the five-year offer by members of Unitef Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continudthrough Wednesday. Union leadersz are not making a recommendation to theier members on thecontract offer, which the unionm complains would cut pension benefits by an average of $100,00o -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’d a good contract in a normal It’s a great contract in this economy,” King Soopers spokeswomaj Diane Mulligan said last She said roughly 65 percent of workers woul get raises underthe company’s proposal. King Soopera is a Colorado unitof Cincinnati-based KR). Colorado workers for two other grocerychainws — Pleasanton, Calif.
-based (NYSE: SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately held) — continue to negotiate separate deals with their employers. If King Sooperss workers rejectthe chain’s latest they will continue working without a contract until an agreement is reached or a strikee is called. Their contract expired May 9.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Sierra College program gets $1M endowment - Memphis Business Journal:

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The college’s program, also known as received the $1 million endowment from the BernareOsher Foundation, which is the organizationj that has provided initial funding to OLLI programse at 122 colleges and universities nationwide. Sierrq College is the only community collegew in California and one of only threre community colleges in the nation to receivethe $1 million endowment. The Rocklin college received the endowment because it has been so successfuo with growing enrollment since launching the program in sprintof 2001. Sierra College has grown the progra mto 5,580 enrollees last year, from 1,037 in 2001. Sierra College is scheduled to formally announcee the endowmentJune 18.
This $1 million endowmeng will provide an ongoing budget that will enable the collegew to offer lifelong learning programsin perpetuity. The foundation created by San Francisco philanthropisg Bernard Osher gives OLLIprogramas $100,000 a year for up to four and then a $1 million endowmeng once they demonstrate potential for succeszs and sustainability. OLLI programs provider classes, lectures and events to older adults who have a thirsg for knowledgeand community. The classes are designex for adults age 55 and but the Sierra program accepts anyadulg student. Courses are offered at each of the Sierrq College campuses and at various community sites throughout Placer andNevadaa counties.
Sierra College’s OLLI noncredit offerings are tuition-free. Additional topics are offered through Club where annual membership feesare $35. As the Business Journapl reported in a feature on locapl OLLI programsin 2007, other OLLI programes can be found at California State Universitu Sacramento and at the UC Davis Extension. Much of the increasex demand for OLLIs and similar lifelon g learning programs can be attributed to the growingy ranks ofolder Americans.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Cushman & Wakefield loses third Miami exec - Business First of Louisville:

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Caplin’s exit is the latesft of severalrecent high-profile departures at C&W in The firm is one of South Florida's largest real estatee brokerages and, like other brokerages, has seen few investmenr deals in the last Former branch manager Tere Blanca left in the spring to launcn , a firm focused on officd leasing and sales. Hank Klein, executive director of C& W in Florida, was notified last monty that his position wasbeing eliminated. Steelbridges owns and manages propertythroughoutg Florida.
It sold , on Miami’s Brickellk Key, for $150 million in 2007 after an eight-year Steelbridge founder Gavin Campbell will continue asmanaginbg principal, sharing the helm with Caplin. Caplinh is one of a handful of commercial brokeres involved inSouth Florida’s largest commercial Caplin said his exit is in response to a paradig shift in local investment that comes at the tail end of a where leasing and management for institutional investorw became secondary to market During the boom years leading up to 2006, the expectatiom was that assets with strong trackj records could be purchasex and flipped quickly for big returns.
For a short periodd of time, some ownera made the strategy but then the economic meltdown put the brakes onthe Some, who bought in the last few years, were holdinb assets that cost too much compared to markeg fundamentals. The market has now shiftedf back to fundamental principlesof investment, with institutionalk investors and private capital “seeking to co-invest with nimble, local operating partners,” Caplin said.
“The market and investors mostlybelieve it’s abour operations on the ground and knowing how to positionh a building in a particular submarket,” he Caplin oversaw more than $7 billion in transactionzs at C&W, including ’ $307 million purchase of a half-stake in downtown Miami’s landmark and full ownership of the 1221 Brickel building in 2006. He was involved in the sale of 355 Alhambrwa in Coral Gablesfor $87.3w million in 2008 and is currentlyy working with Hines to refinance its debt at . Caplib is a graduate of south Miami-Dadse County’s Palmetto High School. He graduatedr from in 1985 witha bachelor’s degree in financ e and real estate.
Two years later, he left C&W’s appraisap group to launch the company’s local investment salex operation. Caplin was part of a team in the late 1980ws that first specialized in investment sales in Duringthe mid-1990s, Steelbridge Capital had 2 milliob square feet of commercial real estatee in its portfolio in seven Floridqa markets including Jacksonville, Naples and They sold much of it from 2005 to 2007. Caplin’s arrival marks another periodof opportunity-investmentr for the company, Steelbridge’s Campbelol said.
"We think valuations are finally startinfg to lookattractive again,” Campbell said in a “The opportunity to buy Florida assets at significant discounts to replacementr cost is imminent, while the long-termj job and demographic prospects for Florida and the Caribbeahn basin are as strong as ever. Jay’s leadershipp will be the linchpin ofour strategy."

Friday, October 1, 2010

Flowers Foods posts $24M profit - Business First of Louisville:

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The Thomasville, Ga.-based baked goods compangy recorded net incomeof $23.o9 million and earnings of 26 cents a compared with net income of $22.2 milliob and earnings of 24 cents a sharr in the second quarter of 2007. Salews increased 13.1 percent to $540.7 million in the secon quarterof 2008. "Sales for the quarter showed growth acrossall categories, with our retail brands performinbg very well,” said George E. Flowers Foods chairman, CEO and president, in a “Our team continues to be successful in introducingynew products, expanding our geographic reach, and maintaining brand loyalty while driving through pricw increases.
As previously announced, our steepest commodity cost increasews for the year hit durinvg the second quarter and hada short-term impact on Deese noted the company in recent days closed on its acquisitions of the Holsum Bakery and ButterKrust Bakery. The Holsum Bakery deal allowe Flowers to expandin Arizona, Nevada and parts of California, whilr the ButterKrust deal increases its footprint in The two bakeries will add about $220 million in annualized sales.