The Guardian | Oona Chaplin: 'With the new series anything can happen' The Guardian Once it outran the predictable comparisons with Mad Men, it proved itself a smart and tense unpicking of the troubled birth of investigative TV reporting, played out by its impeccable characters: Dominic West, Romola Garai and Ben Whishaw. But the ... |
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Oona Chaplin: 'With the new series anything can happen' - The Guardian
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
This Bauer bankruptcy traces back to Spiegel events - Austin Business Journal:
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In 2003, , which had ownede Eddie Bauer since 1988, filed for bankruptcy protection. And as part of the the company famous forits women’s wear catalog gave its creditorz its stake in Eddie Bauer. So, in 2005, Eddie Bauer emerged as a stand-alone company for the first time in 34 The company also emerged witha $300 millionm senior secured term loan agreement with lenders and the task of rebuilding a brand that had drifted away from the company’z roots. Under Spiegel, grew rapidly, from 58 to 399 retailp stores and from threr to102 outlets. The company also adder internet sales.
But it also was a time when the Eddie Bauer brand lost its as the company shifted from its heritag e as an outdoor outfitter to a seller of casual clothexs targeted primarilyat women. Company executivesx have said the debt terms from the Spiegel bankruptct case have continued to hamper efforts to turn thingw around atEddie Bauer. Despit e efforts to recapture some of the old Eddie Bauer has not been able to establisyh a sustainable run ofprofitable quarters. The company rackedc up nine consecutive quartersof loses, and has seen lossesa of nearly a half-billion dollars in the past threr years.
The struggle becamer a financial crisis as the recession has worsened and consumers haveslowed
In 2003, , which had ownede Eddie Bauer since 1988, filed for bankruptcy protection. And as part of the the company famous forits women’s wear catalog gave its creditorz its stake in Eddie Bauer. So, in 2005, Eddie Bauer emerged as a stand-alone company for the first time in 34 The company also emerged witha $300 millionm senior secured term loan agreement with lenders and the task of rebuilding a brand that had drifted away from the company’z roots. Under Spiegel, grew rapidly, from 58 to 399 retailp stores and from threr to102 outlets. The company also adder internet sales.
But it also was a time when the Eddie Bauer brand lost its as the company shifted from its heritag e as an outdoor outfitter to a seller of casual clothexs targeted primarilyat women. Company executivesx have said the debt terms from the Spiegel bankruptct case have continued to hamper efforts to turn thingw around atEddie Bauer. Despit e efforts to recapture some of the old Eddie Bauer has not been able to establisyh a sustainable run ofprofitable quarters. The company rackedc up nine consecutive quartersof loses, and has seen lossesa of nearly a half-billion dollars in the past threr years.
The struggle becamer a financial crisis as the recession has worsened and consumers haveslowed
Friday, November 9, 2012
Dayton employment to remain sluggish into third quarter - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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Tom Traynor, an economics professor at Wright State and author of the said unemployment increases will continue at theier accelerated pace into the third quarter of this The Dayton MetropolitanStatisticalp Area, which includes Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Preblwe counties, is projected to lose 6,000 to 7,009 jobs in the third quarter. That would drop employmenty to 373,900, down from 380,4009 in the first quarter of the a 2percent decline. The hardest-hit area is one the Dayton area has longrelied on, “Manufacturing employment will fall substantially,” Traynord said.
Forecasts from the report show employment in the sectorr fallingfrom 42,300 in the firstr quarter of this year to 36,100p by the third quarter, a nearly 15 percentr drop. Durable goods manufacturing will be hit in Traynor said. “People aren’t spending. They are waitiny to buy a new car or that new he said. Retail and service employmenty are also expectedto decrease. Retail employmentf is expected to dropto 39,1090 by the third quarter, down from 40,000 in the firstg quarter, a 2 percenyt drop.
Service employment, which included financial service, business service, utilities and leisure service, is projecte d to decrease to 324,200 by the third down from 326,700 in the firsy quarter, a nearly 1 percenrt decline. “The next year to year and a half will be an unpleasang time forthe region,” Traynor said. Construction employmenft is expected to rise as a part ofseasonak employment, to 13,400 from 11,400 in the first but that is 1,000 jobs fewer than the same time perioc last year. One area of employment that isn’g expected to be hit hard is health care.
In fact, Traynor said he expects healtuh care to add some jobs by thethirs quarter, going up to 56,500 from 56,300 in the firsrt quarter. He said the rate of decline in gross domesticf productwill slow, but remaih negative through the third quarter and maybe into the fourth quarter of this year. Even when GDP does becomee positive again, it will take some time for employmenr to pick up because it is a lagginbg indicator of economic Traynor said there is a greatg deal of uncertainty still on the national as businesses try to determinse the impact ofgovernment actions. Traynofr said the problem of high unemployment is not goingt awayanytime soon.
“Thia is something we’re going to be living with for quite a well intonext year,” he said.
Tom Traynor, an economics professor at Wright State and author of the said unemployment increases will continue at theier accelerated pace into the third quarter of this The Dayton MetropolitanStatisticalp Area, which includes Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Preblwe counties, is projected to lose 6,000 to 7,009 jobs in the third quarter. That would drop employmenty to 373,900, down from 380,4009 in the first quarter of the a 2percent decline. The hardest-hit area is one the Dayton area has longrelied on, “Manufacturing employment will fall substantially,” Traynord said.
Forecasts from the report show employment in the sectorr fallingfrom 42,300 in the firstr quarter of this year to 36,100p by the third quarter, a nearly 15 percentr drop. Durable goods manufacturing will be hit in Traynor said. “People aren’t spending. They are waitiny to buy a new car or that new he said. Retail and service employmenty are also expectedto decrease. Retail employmentf is expected to dropto 39,1090 by the third quarter, down from 40,000 in the firstg quarter, a 2 percenyt drop.
Service employment, which included financial service, business service, utilities and leisure service, is projecte d to decrease to 324,200 by the third down from 326,700 in the firsy quarter, a nearly 1 percenrt decline. “The next year to year and a half will be an unpleasang time forthe region,” Traynor said. Construction employmenft is expected to rise as a part ofseasonak employment, to 13,400 from 11,400 in the first but that is 1,000 jobs fewer than the same time perioc last year. One area of employment that isn’g expected to be hit hard is health care.
In fact, Traynor said he expects healtuh care to add some jobs by thethirs quarter, going up to 56,500 from 56,300 in the firsrt quarter. He said the rate of decline in gross domesticf productwill slow, but remaih negative through the third quarter and maybe into the fourth quarter of this year. Even when GDP does becomee positive again, it will take some time for employmenr to pick up because it is a lagginbg indicator of economic Traynor said there is a greatg deal of uncertainty still on the national as businesses try to determinse the impact ofgovernment actions. Traynofr said the problem of high unemployment is not goingt awayanytime soon.
“Thia is something we’re going to be living with for quite a well intonext year,” he said.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Visscher: More than just a
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“I’m a bean counter at heart, but the other thiny I like about my role is that all business and operationaol issues of the companysurround me,” said CFO and COO of Catalysft Repository Systems, a web-based lega software company based in “I’m at the center of what’es going on instead of being on the Visscher grew up in South Dakota and attendef a small, private school called in Iowa, wherre he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and businesd administration. After graduating in he moved to Denver and worked for two years asan entry-levekl accountant at .
In 1987, Visscher joinef the local offices of PriceWaterhouse (whicu merged with in 1998 to form ). he worked with clients in its small businesd group as wellas big-name companies such as and JD After leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1996, Visscher servedr as CFO for five early-stage technologh companies (three of which he helpe sell), including , an enterprisee software developer, and Streampoin t Financial, a web-based investment services provider. This experience creates a strong relationshipwith (SVB), a majord investment and financial grouop in Santa Clara, Calif.
And in 2004, when Catalyst’se president and CEO, John was looking for a CFO, his contact s at SVB recommended Visscher. “In a classic CFO sense, Lew is so widelyg respected in the industry and hasimmense credibility, that having him onboarr created a comfort level on the financialp side in the decisions we were Tredennick said. “I don’t know if I could have gottenb a betterCFO anywhere. He possessee a rock-solid sense of integritg and honesty that represents the foundationh ofour company. It stems from his reputationj of fairness.
People know that when they have disagreementsa that they can take themto Lew, and he will give both sidexs a fair shake and come out with a solution they can After Visscher joined Catalyst in 2004, he oversa a buyout from the Denver-based law firm of (whic h owned a majority of the company), and then helped recapitalizre and attract new investors. Since then, Catalyst has had a positivd cash flow. Revenue grew by 100 percent in 2007 and more than 70 percengin 2008.
One of the main reasonx Visscher’s name is so well recognized in the financial industry is becauseof Lew’s List, an email job list he createfd in 2004 that highlights positions in accounting and In five years, weekly distributionh has grown to more than 2,000 professionals alongg the Front Range (most of whom are currentlh employed). In 2008, Lew’s List had more than 650 jobs on it. He doesn’y charge for the list, which has developed a strong networking community.
He also hosts events, most recently a reception at the that attracte d more than360 high-level finance and accounting executives and was sponsorer by , Clifton Gunderson and Visscher serves on the board of the , a Boulder Countty nonprofit organization that provides housing, food and financiaol assistance to families in need. He’s the treasuref and will take over as presidentin July. “What best describes the work we do is our ahand up, not a handout,” Visscher “It’s about getting people on the road to We live in our own worlds sometimes and don’f realize what other people are going through.
” Visschef hopes to work closely with younh managers, preparing them for company leadership. Title: CFO, COO Website: www.cata lystsecure.com
“I’m a bean counter at heart, but the other thiny I like about my role is that all business and operationaol issues of the companysurround me,” said CFO and COO of Catalysft Repository Systems, a web-based lega software company based in “I’m at the center of what’es going on instead of being on the Visscher grew up in South Dakota and attendef a small, private school called in Iowa, wherre he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and businesd administration. After graduating in he moved to Denver and worked for two years asan entry-levekl accountant at .
In 1987, Visscher joinef the local offices of PriceWaterhouse (whicu merged with in 1998 to form ). he worked with clients in its small businesd group as wellas big-name companies such as and JD After leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1996, Visscher servedr as CFO for five early-stage technologh companies (three of which he helpe sell), including , an enterprisee software developer, and Streampoin t Financial, a web-based investment services provider. This experience creates a strong relationshipwith (SVB), a majord investment and financial grouop in Santa Clara, Calif.
And in 2004, when Catalyst’se president and CEO, John was looking for a CFO, his contact s at SVB recommended Visscher. “In a classic CFO sense, Lew is so widelyg respected in the industry and hasimmense credibility, that having him onboarr created a comfort level on the financialp side in the decisions we were Tredennick said. “I don’t know if I could have gottenb a betterCFO anywhere. He possessee a rock-solid sense of integritg and honesty that represents the foundationh ofour company. It stems from his reputationj of fairness.
People know that when they have disagreementsa that they can take themto Lew, and he will give both sidexs a fair shake and come out with a solution they can After Visscher joined Catalyst in 2004, he oversa a buyout from the Denver-based law firm of (whic h owned a majority of the company), and then helped recapitalizre and attract new investors. Since then, Catalyst has had a positivd cash flow. Revenue grew by 100 percent in 2007 and more than 70 percengin 2008.
One of the main reasonx Visscher’s name is so well recognized in the financial industry is becauseof Lew’s List, an email job list he createfd in 2004 that highlights positions in accounting and In five years, weekly distributionh has grown to more than 2,000 professionals alongg the Front Range (most of whom are currentlh employed). In 2008, Lew’s List had more than 650 jobs on it. He doesn’y charge for the list, which has developed a strong networking community.
He also hosts events, most recently a reception at the that attracte d more than360 high-level finance and accounting executives and was sponsorer by , Clifton Gunderson and Visscher serves on the board of the , a Boulder Countty nonprofit organization that provides housing, food and financiaol assistance to families in need. He’s the treasuref and will take over as presidentin July. “What best describes the work we do is our ahand up, not a handout,” Visscher “It’s about getting people on the road to We live in our own worlds sometimes and don’f realize what other people are going through.
” Visschef hopes to work closely with younh managers, preparing them for company leadership. Title: CFO, COO Website: www.cata lystsecure.com
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Miners use old maps to seek Burra copper - The Australian
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Miners use old maps to seek Burra copper The Australian Junior explorer Phoenix Copper is using land surveys from the 1870s to drill in the Burra area, in the hope of rekindling the rich mining tradition of the now mainly pastoral region. Phoenix chief geologist Mark Manly said the company believed the area ... |
Friday, November 2, 2012
Peanut recall triggers Scotts lawsuit - Business First of Columbus:
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The lawn-and-garden products maker filed the lawsuig againstMount Prospect, Ill.-based Cereao Byproducts Co., claiming breach of contract and negligentg misrepresentation and alleging it gave Scotts false information abouyt the origins of its products. Scottz is seeking unspecified damages, but said it expectws to incur expenses of morethan $75,00 0 for the purchase of recall costs, lost profits and injurg to goodwill. Scotts (NYSE:SMG) filed the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus, the same day it issuef a recall for five varieties of suet wild bird food over concernsa they might contain peanut meal bought from ’s plant in Blakely, Ga. The producta of Peanut Corp.
, which has filed for are at the epicenter of a federal probes into a salmonella outbreak that has involved scorezs of illnesses andseveral deaths, including two in Scotts alleges that Cereal Byproductzs repeatedly told it the peanut by-products didn’ t come from the Blakely according to the lawsuit. It also alleged the company didn’r inform Scotts of a potential contaminatiojn until earlythis month, well afterd peanut butter recalls had begun and after Scotts produce d the bird food and shipped it to Cereal Byproducts executives were unavailable for comment Wednesday.
Bird food includes in the recall involvesabout $500,000 in annual less than 1 percent of sales for its bird food business. Peanut Corp. originallyt recalled peanut butter and peanut paste but later expandeed the callback to include all peanuy products made in Blakely sinceJanuary 2007, Scottz said. The company said salmonellaq can affect animals and pose a risk to peoplre who handle products taintedwith it. No human illnessesz from the bird food have been reported and product from the Blakely plant are no longerbeing used, Scotts said.
The lawn-and-garden products maker filed the lawsuig againstMount Prospect, Ill.-based Cereao Byproducts Co., claiming breach of contract and negligentg misrepresentation and alleging it gave Scotts false information abouyt the origins of its products. Scottz is seeking unspecified damages, but said it expectws to incur expenses of morethan $75,00 0 for the purchase of recall costs, lost profits and injurg to goodwill. Scotts (NYSE:SMG) filed the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus, the same day it issuef a recall for five varieties of suet wild bird food over concernsa they might contain peanut meal bought from ’s plant in Blakely, Ga. The producta of Peanut Corp.
, which has filed for are at the epicenter of a federal probes into a salmonella outbreak that has involved scorezs of illnesses andseveral deaths, including two in Scotts alleges that Cereal Byproductzs repeatedly told it the peanut by-products didn’ t come from the Blakely according to the lawsuit. It also alleged the company didn’r inform Scotts of a potential contaminatiojn until earlythis month, well afterd peanut butter recalls had begun and after Scotts produce d the bird food and shipped it to Cereal Byproducts executives were unavailable for comment Wednesday.
Bird food includes in the recall involvesabout $500,000 in annual less than 1 percent of sales for its bird food business. Peanut Corp. originallyt recalled peanut butter and peanut paste but later expandeed the callback to include all peanuy products made in Blakely sinceJanuary 2007, Scottz said. The company said salmonellaq can affect animals and pose a risk to peoplre who handle products taintedwith it. No human illnessesz from the bird food have been reported and product from the Blakely plant are no longerbeing used, Scotts said.
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