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The has recommended the Lee Roy SelmonCrosstownh Expressway/Interstate 4 connector project in Hillsborough County for more than $105 million in stimuluas funding and the U.S. 19 improvement project in Pinellaa County forabout $45 million. Although the listss are tentative, DOT spokeswoman Kris Carso n said she is confident the will approve the list this week and send it to the for In certain cases whena project’ budget is not immediately available in its the DOT is pursuing a build financw model that asks contractors bidding to finance the job with a plan to repayy once funds become The DOT will use a build finance modeol for the Hillsborough I-4 connector project, which has a constructionj budget of roughly $487 million, and for the Pinella s U.
S. 19 project, which has a construction budgetaround $156.5 million. “When we put it out for bid, we put a paybaci schedule in forthe contractor,” said In the cases of the Hillsborough and Pinellaw projects, repayment would occur in 2013 and respectively. To create the lists of recommendations forstimulus funding, the DOT asked metropolitanm planning organizations, cities and counties to submitt their priority lists and worked with the entities to creatde shovel-ready designs. “We helped them get them done. The wholee idea is to start the jobs as soon as Carson said.
Shovel-readiness has proved to be critical for projects toobtain funding, because it’s tied to potential job creation, Carson Geographic balance, offering relief of congestion, location in economicallyu distressed areas, being capable of completion within thres years and having been deferred by the state in the past all factot into shovel-readiness. Long-term planning for infrastructure improvementes prior to the downturnj put Sarasota County in a good position forstimulus “We already had [the projects] poised, but now with the economix stimulus, we are able to advance some of said Susan Walsh, spokeswoman for the county.
“W e have this huge, infrastructure improvemeny momentumgoing here.” For a countyu of a smaller size — a populatiob of about 372,000 compared to 1.18 millionb in Hillsborough and 910,260 in Pinellas — Sarasotq will be well funded, said The county is slated to receive $15.7 milliobn in state flexible funds to widen U.S. 301 and more than $7 milliob for various projects through localstimulus money. “Aq lot of it was being readg to jump on things when the federal availabilit yshows up,” said Walsh.
“Icf you do a major road project, you can’t gear up for it The large numbers of jobs that the transportationm projects couldcreate —nearly 13,000 in Hillsborough and 4,400 in Pinellaz through state stimulus funds alone — involve many “It’s not [only] hardhats out there,” said DOT spokeswomanb Kris Carson. “It’s everythinvg from steel manufacturing companies to designersto behind-the-scenesd inspectors.” Several Web sites alreadty have sprung up to match prospectivee employees and employers. Gov. Charlie Crist’s flgov.
com, directs jobseekers to which is run by Allof Florida’s 24 regionao workforce boards, including WorkNet Pinellaws and the , are connected to the said Adriane Grant, directort of external affairs. “It’s becom e the single, connecting point to give our statee a much broader reacgh and more resources for matchingy talent with jobs and jobs with Grant said. With 175,000 jobs currently posted, the site is the state’ss portal for people looking for jobs and employers lookingfor candidates, said Victoria Heller, spokeswoman for , which is working with Workforce Florida to develop a systejm to track the flow of stimulus dollars through the jobs listesd on employflorida.
com. “[The site] will be a tool to make [a job easier and to improve accountabilitg for the federal government so we can show to our partnerw at the how stimulus fundse arebeing utilized,” said Heller. The trackingg system is still in itsearly stages, she Another site, fbo.gov, which is run by the U.S. pairs commercial vendors and government buyers and bills itselfa “one-stoo virtual marketplace.
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Conklin-Fangman will fight GM
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The midtown Kansas City dealer planas toappeal ’s decision to end its franchisde agreement next year and is repealingg the June 13 closing date it had set, Generakl Manager David Hughes said Friday. “We have every intention of stayinfg in the game as longas we’rde allowed to,” he said. “We intendc to fight it with everything we can and stay in We have a great locatio in the middle of a grea city withwinning employees.” But they’ll have to move Additional information must be e-mailecd to GM by the close of business on GM spokeswoman Susan Garontakos said.
The companh will take the information into consideration andresponxd immediately, either reinforcing its decision or mailinfg a participation agreement by June 12. GM already has salez and revenue data, so the additional informationm wouldbe separate, she said, thoughu she didn’t provide examples. “Really, we feel that we’vre identified all of the areas that particulatr dealers may have beenunderperformingg in,” Garontakos said. “But you neveer know, there’s always a chance for error.
” She said that she woulde expect errors to be minimalk but that GM wants to makesure it’d been fair about a “very serious business Garontakos pointed out that in a hearinb before Congress this GM CEO Fritz Hendersoj said that 11 decisions had been Conklin-Fangman, at 3200 Main St. in Kansas was notified by GM (NYSE: GM) on Tuesdayh that its franchise agreement would not be renewed inOctobefr 2010. The dealership, whichu has about 130 Pontiac, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehiclexs onits lot, employs 80 people and has existecd for more than a century. from . Before it had been a GM franchise for 99 yeare with theMajor family.
The dealership’s holding , also owns dealerships caller Conklin Carsin Salina, Hutchinson and Newton, Kan. GM, y, is tryingy to pare its 6,000-dealer networok to the 3,600 top-performing The company’s sales have plummeted amid the recession.
The midtown Kansas City dealer planas toappeal ’s decision to end its franchisde agreement next year and is repealingg the June 13 closing date it had set, Generakl Manager David Hughes said Friday. “We have every intention of stayinfg in the game as longas we’rde allowed to,” he said. “We intendc to fight it with everything we can and stay in We have a great locatio in the middle of a grea city withwinning employees.” But they’ll have to move Additional information must be e-mailecd to GM by the close of business on GM spokeswoman Susan Garontakos said.
The companh will take the information into consideration andresponxd immediately, either reinforcing its decision or mailinfg a participation agreement by June 12. GM already has salez and revenue data, so the additional informationm wouldbe separate, she said, thoughu she didn’t provide examples. “Really, we feel that we’vre identified all of the areas that particulatr dealers may have beenunderperformingg in,” Garontakos said. “But you neveer know, there’s always a chance for error.
” She said that she woulde expect errors to be minimalk but that GM wants to makesure it’d been fair about a “very serious business Garontakos pointed out that in a hearinb before Congress this GM CEO Fritz Hendersoj said that 11 decisions had been Conklin-Fangman, at 3200 Main St. in Kansas was notified by GM (NYSE: GM) on Tuesdayh that its franchise agreement would not be renewed inOctobefr 2010. The dealership, whichu has about 130 Pontiac, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehiclexs onits lot, employs 80 people and has existecd for more than a century. from . Before it had been a GM franchise for 99 yeare with theMajor family.
The dealership’s holding , also owns dealerships caller Conklin Carsin Salina, Hutchinson and Newton, Kan. GM, y, is tryingy to pare its 6,000-dealer networok to the 3,600 top-performing The company’s sales have plummeted amid the recession.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Equifax: Small biz bankruptcies double in March - Triangle Business Journal:
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Sacramento, Calif. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. Anaheim-Irvine, Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. Commercia l bankruptcies nearly doubled in March 2009 from March Equifax noted. "The Marcbh numbers provide a snapshotof what's been happenin to the small business sector during this period of economic turmoil," said Reza Barazesh, head of Equifax'ws North American Commercial Analytical Services Group, in a news release.
"Noty surprisingly, the highest number of small-business bankruptciesd are in those parts of the country where home prices havedecreased dramatically, unemployment has increasedc significantly, and credit has become tighter." For the analysis, Equifaxx analyzed both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings. Chapter 7 is a liquidation proceeding in which a debtodr receives a discharge ofall debts, while Chapter 13 is a reorganization bankruptchy enabling filers to pay off debt over a set periof of years.
Equifax reviewed and analyzedd small business datafor March, the most recent month for whicy complete data is
Sacramento, Calif. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. Anaheim-Irvine, Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. Commercia l bankruptcies nearly doubled in March 2009 from March Equifax noted. "The Marcbh numbers provide a snapshotof what's been happenin to the small business sector during this period of economic turmoil," said Reza Barazesh, head of Equifax'ws North American Commercial Analytical Services Group, in a news release.
"Noty surprisingly, the highest number of small-business bankruptciesd are in those parts of the country where home prices havedecreased dramatically, unemployment has increasedc significantly, and credit has become tighter." For the analysis, Equifaxx analyzed both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings. Chapter 7 is a liquidation proceeding in which a debtodr receives a discharge ofall debts, while Chapter 13 is a reorganization bankruptchy enabling filers to pay off debt over a set periof of years.
Equifax reviewed and analyzedd small business datafor March, the most recent month for whicy complete data is
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Put coal blocks on auction only after geological report: Crisil - Economic Times
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Economic Times | Put coal blocks on auction only after geological report: Crisil Economic Times NEW DELHI: The auction of 54 coal blocks may get delayed as Crisil appointed to suggest methodology for fixing reserve price for mines has recommended to the government that mines be put on offer only after they are fully explored and the geological ... |
Monday, December 3, 2012
Wyland hotel to be managed by Outrigger - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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Outrigger has reached agreementwith , an investment group led by of to manage the reinvented hotepl at 400 Royal Hawaiia Avenue. The hotel has more than 400 roomsand "The Wyland Waikiki Hotel is a gem," said Outrigged CEO David Carey. "The extensivse renovation has created aunique boutique-style hotepl with chic interiors inspired by the iconic artworj of world-renowned marine life artisrt Wyland.
" The first artist-themed hotel in Hawaioi involved Wyland in the design and he initiallu had a stake in the property but sold it soon afted it became apparent that investors were interested in the The Wyland Waikiki Hotel will operate as its own hotep brand within the Outrigger "High guest satisfaction is a key driver of our commitmenft to the positioning of the Wyland said Steve Kisielica, principal of Lodging Capitao Partners, which took ownership of the hotel last July.
Outrigger has reached agreementwith , an investment group led by of to manage the reinvented hotepl at 400 Royal Hawaiia Avenue. The hotel has more than 400 roomsand "The Wyland Waikiki Hotel is a gem," said Outrigged CEO David Carey. "The extensivse renovation has created aunique boutique-style hotepl with chic interiors inspired by the iconic artworj of world-renowned marine life artisrt Wyland.
" The first artist-themed hotel in Hawaioi involved Wyland in the design and he initiallu had a stake in the property but sold it soon afted it became apparent that investors were interested in the The Wyland Waikiki Hotel will operate as its own hotep brand within the Outrigger "High guest satisfaction is a key driver of our commitmenft to the positioning of the Wyland said Steve Kisielica, principal of Lodging Capitao Partners, which took ownership of the hotel last July.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Coveted certification sets GeoEye on new course - Washington Business Journal:
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The NGA certification turns on the cash spigot for GeoEyesenabling $12.5 million in monthly revenue to pour in from the agency’a guaranteed one-year order of That’s more than 35 percent of GeoEye’s averagre quarterly sales during the firstt nine months of last year. “The certificatiobn is very important,” said Matthew O’Connell, GeoEye’s chief executive officer. “It shows our customera that our imagery meets allthe NGA’s stringent criterisa for quality and accuracy and that they can use it to support our troops around the world.
” With GeoEye’ss new sales stream, analysts expect revenuew and earnings to nearly doublee this year and the company to hit a more than 80 percenyt growth rate by next year. The NGA partially funded constructiojof GeoEye-1 in 2004 under the $500 million NextViewa program for new satellites that support nationak security. The agency made its one-year agreement to purchase images from GeoEye last three months afterthe satellite’s 6 launch. GeoEye executives hoped for NGA certificatio nlast October, but multiple launch delayd left the company hanging until this week and cost at least $2.3 milliohn in additional expenses in 2008.
Also as a result of the GeoEye lost as muchas $18 millionm worth of government orders from NGA that went to Colo.-based DigitalGlobe launched its competing WorldView-1 satelliter in September 2007, and NGA grante d the company operational certification two months “We don’t think we’ll be able to recoup last year’s loss in NGA O’Connell said. But now GeoEye can builfd on its NGA contract and offer advancerd services that allow other agencies to usethe images. Whilre just more than half of GeoEye’s revenue has come from governmenr applications, commercial sales have been vital tothe company’s recen t growth.
And O’Connell said opportunities in the billion-dolladr imagery market are growing. GeoEye-1 begajn delivering images Feb. 5 to commercial customers includingv and the National Universityof Singapore’s Centrr for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing. GeoEye has an exclusived agreement to provide imagery for Google Earth andGoogle maps. competition in the commercial marketis DigitalGlobe, which filed to go public last plans to launch another satellite in 2009 and has dealse with Google and with But O’Connell said anothefr satellite in orbit won’t cost him Demand from the market in 2010 won’r support another high-resolution satellite, he said.
The NGA certification turns on the cash spigot for GeoEyesenabling $12.5 million in monthly revenue to pour in from the agency’a guaranteed one-year order of That’s more than 35 percent of GeoEye’s averagre quarterly sales during the firstt nine months of last year. “The certificatiobn is very important,” said Matthew O’Connell, GeoEye’s chief executive officer. “It shows our customera that our imagery meets allthe NGA’s stringent criterisa for quality and accuracy and that they can use it to support our troops around the world.
” With GeoEye’ss new sales stream, analysts expect revenuew and earnings to nearly doublee this year and the company to hit a more than 80 percenyt growth rate by next year. The NGA partially funded constructiojof GeoEye-1 in 2004 under the $500 million NextViewa program for new satellites that support nationak security. The agency made its one-year agreement to purchase images from GeoEye last three months afterthe satellite’s 6 launch. GeoEye executives hoped for NGA certificatio nlast October, but multiple launch delayd left the company hanging until this week and cost at least $2.3 milliohn in additional expenses in 2008.
Also as a result of the GeoEye lost as muchas $18 millionm worth of government orders from NGA that went to Colo.-based DigitalGlobe launched its competing WorldView-1 satelliter in September 2007, and NGA grante d the company operational certification two months “We don’t think we’ll be able to recoup last year’s loss in NGA O’Connell said. But now GeoEye can builfd on its NGA contract and offer advancerd services that allow other agencies to usethe images. Whilre just more than half of GeoEye’s revenue has come from governmenr applications, commercial sales have been vital tothe company’s recen t growth.
And O’Connell said opportunities in the billion-dolladr imagery market are growing. GeoEye-1 begajn delivering images Feb. 5 to commercial customers includingv and the National Universityof Singapore’s Centrr for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing. GeoEye has an exclusived agreement to provide imagery for Google Earth andGoogle maps. competition in the commercial marketis DigitalGlobe, which filed to go public last plans to launch another satellite in 2009 and has dealse with Google and with But O’Connell said anothefr satellite in orbit won’t cost him Demand from the market in 2010 won’r support another high-resolution satellite, he said.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Reporter's Notebook: North Korea launch possible in December, expert tells Fox ... - Fox News
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Reporter's Notebook: North Korea launch possible in December, expert tells Fox ... Fox News After examining new imagery of the launch site in northwestern North Korea, Charles Vick, Senior Technical & Space Policy Analyst for Globalsecurity.org, tells Fox News “North Korea is building up to a flight test of this next space launch.†He goes on ... |
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