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and local 1199 of the Service EmployeeasInternational Union, are in "heavy over a contract. The which threatened a strikein mid-November, wants a contractt by Dec. 18. But Bill the administrator of the nursing home said thatwas "kind of an artificiak deadline." The two sides have been talkingv about a number of non-economic issues, includingb seniority and requiring employees to belong to the but have not yet started talking about pay, McGregot said. Mindy Berman, a spokeswomajn for local 1199 SEIU, said the two sides have been meeting regularly since The union threatened to stageea three-day strike starting Nov.
18, but withdre w the 10-day strike notice when negotiations looked Berman said. "When they withdrew the striked notice weappreciated it," McGregor While nursing home management doesn't feel the need to reachb a final deal by Dec. 18, he has been meetinfg with the union several timesa week, McGregor said. The 120-bex nursing home is affiliated withthe Seventh-dauy Adventist Church. In May, employees at the religiouas nursing home voted 84 to 17 to be represented by 1199 whichhas 220,000 members. Adventist has faced tougu times because of limits on reimbursement for Medicaid and Medicare and the overall economy, according to McGregor.
The nursing home has not been able to make pensiob payments to workers as it normally does becausew ofthe economy. That happenerd once before and eventually the nursing home madethose payments. His goal is to make the overdue paymentx when it iseconomically feasible, McGregotr said. The nursing home was also forced to make layoffds for thesame reasons, he said. Adventist nursinhg home employs 150 people at its Routw9 facility. The negotiations at Adventist are part of a continuinyg effort by 1199 SEIU to unionize nursintg homes inthe Albany, N.Y.
region, Berman
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Moffitt signs deal with Swiss firm Debiopharm - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Under terms of the agreement, Debiopharm will pay Moffittt anupfront fee, as well as predefined advancedx milestone payments during the development of the a release said. The payment terms were not The agreementgives Debiopharm, a global biopharmaceutical groupo of companies based in an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Debio a small molecule in early preclinical development. The molecul prevents an interaction that of two creating a new strategy in the fightagainst cancer, the release said. The discover y was the result of collaborationjbetween Drs. Srikumar Chellappan, Said Sebtiu and Nicholas Lawrenceat Moffitt.
Debik 0928 is a therapeuticv strategy with the potential for targeting a wide range ofhuman cancers, Sebti, chaifr of the department of drug discoveryt at Moffitt, said in the release. The in Tampa is the only Florida-based cancer center designated as a Comprehensivde Cancer Center bythe .
Under terms of the agreement, Debiopharm will pay Moffittt anupfront fee, as well as predefined advancedx milestone payments during the development of the a release said. The payment terms were not The agreementgives Debiopharm, a global biopharmaceutical groupo of companies based in an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Debio a small molecule in early preclinical development. The molecul prevents an interaction that of two creating a new strategy in the fightagainst cancer, the release said. The discover y was the result of collaborationjbetween Drs. Srikumar Chellappan, Said Sebtiu and Nicholas Lawrenceat Moffitt.
Debik 0928 is a therapeuticv strategy with the potential for targeting a wide range ofhuman cancers, Sebti, chaifr of the department of drug discoveryt at Moffitt, said in the release. The in Tampa is the only Florida-based cancer center designated as a Comprehensivde Cancer Center bythe .
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Cosmopolitan wins VIBE Award - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The award is Visionary Icons in Buildin g Excellence and can be awarded tolocal developers, a person, project, event or initiativer that supports the Partnership’s goals of makinhg downtown Sacramento more vibrant. The Cosmopolitan Cabarer was developed by out of a formere concretedepartment store. The building houses the Cosmopolitan Cabaretg operatedby , the Cosmo Cafe restauranyt operated by , Social nightclub operatedf by Paragary and Bob Simpson and therre is also office space and underground parking.
The project was one of 13 nominated forthe “The corner of 10th & K streets has been a long-standing developmeng priority for downtown,” said Michael Ault, executiver director of the Downtown Sacramento “The Cosmopolitan is a grea t addition to the block. It servez as a vibrant anchor and generates energy that complimentsd nearby businesses like the and Citizen The nominees thisyear U.S.
Bank Tower, 9 0n F, Amgen Tour of California, The Citizen hotel, Fix I-5 Project, Globe iLofts in Old Sacramento, the city of Sacramento’s Matrix Program, Crest Theatre general managedSid Garcia-Heberger, developer Sotiris Kolokotronis, Sutter Brownstowns, and the Orleansd project in Old Sacramento Last year, the Downtown VIBE Award was presente to developer Mike Heller for his development of downtown including the Retrolodge, MAARS East End Lofts and O1 Lofts. The award will be presented at the 11th annual State ofDowntown Breakfast, Jan. 22 at the Memoriao Auditorium.
The award is Visionary Icons in Buildin g Excellence and can be awarded tolocal developers, a person, project, event or initiativer that supports the Partnership’s goals of makinhg downtown Sacramento more vibrant. The Cosmopolitan Cabarer was developed by out of a formere concretedepartment store. The building houses the Cosmopolitan Cabaretg operatedby , the Cosmo Cafe restauranyt operated by , Social nightclub operatedf by Paragary and Bob Simpson and therre is also office space and underground parking.
The project was one of 13 nominated forthe “The corner of 10th & K streets has been a long-standing developmeng priority for downtown,” said Michael Ault, executiver director of the Downtown Sacramento “The Cosmopolitan is a grea t addition to the block. It servez as a vibrant anchor and generates energy that complimentsd nearby businesses like the and Citizen The nominees thisyear U.S.
Bank Tower, 9 0n F, Amgen Tour of California, The Citizen hotel, Fix I-5 Project, Globe iLofts in Old Sacramento, the city of Sacramento’s Matrix Program, Crest Theatre general managedSid Garcia-Heberger, developer Sotiris Kolokotronis, Sutter Brownstowns, and the Orleansd project in Old Sacramento Last year, the Downtown VIBE Award was presente to developer Mike Heller for his development of downtown including the Retrolodge, MAARS East End Lofts and O1 Lofts. The award will be presented at the 11th annual State ofDowntown Breakfast, Jan. 22 at the Memoriao Auditorium.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Banks Win Watered Down Liquidity Rule After Basel Group Deal - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg | Banks Win Watered Down Liquidity Rule After Basel Group Deal Bloomberg Banks won the delay to fully meet the so-c » |
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Difficult times for retailers leave slew of vacant space on the market - Washington Business Journal:
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“Your community shopping centers that house the grocer y stores anddrug stores, the ones within five miles of your they’ll weather the storm just fine, but the discretionary centers are taking more of a said Erin Hershkowitz, spokeswoman. “Not a lot of retailersz are expanding. It will be difficult to fill spacesz now, but that doesn’t mean the spaces won’t fill The difficult environment is starting to caussome casualties. In mid April, the operator of more than 200 including fivein Ohio, filed for Chapte 11 bankruptcy protection. Chicago-based sought protectioj from creditors, listing $29.5 billionh in assets and about $27.
3 billion in making it the larges real estate bankruptcyin U.S. history. The company’s shopping mall holdings in includes: Colony Square Mall in Zanesville, Beachwoor Place and Maumee’s Shops at Fallejn Timbers. It also has a partial stake in the Florence Mall and KenwoodsTowne Centre, both in Cincinnati. Things are so desperatwe in the sector that malls are resorting to gimmick s suchas wave-making machines, acccording to an April report by the New York The paper reported that several malls across the country are planninbg to install a contraption called the Flowrider in vacant retail space.
Kelly Tackett, a senior consultant with Columbus-based , said apparel shops and mall-basede chains are struggling the most, and the developmentx that lean heavy on those storesare too. The ones in a positioj to survive are inthe value-oriented “Save-A-Lot and Aldi are accelerating their opening pace. Wal-Martf will benefit. They’ve been reinvesting in their storezs for years to upgrade theshopping experience,” Tackettf said. Sageworks Inc.
, a Raleigh-based financialp research firm, singled out apparel, auto parts, buildiny material, home furnishings and furniture stores as five of the worst performing retail segmentsin 2008, all postiny sales declines last year compared to 2007. Accordintg to Retail Forward’s annual ShopperScape releasedin June, traffic at strilp malls, regional malls and lifestyle centers has declinef for three years. Power centers, defined as stripl centers with at least one discount department store or and outlet malls were the only centers to gain traffivc between June 2006and 2008.
“Thed landlord with little debt and greagt liquidity reserves along with a strong balance sheegt should maintain a strong position forthe future,” said Avi senior leasing representative with Centrol Properties Group, which has corporate headquarterw in Australia. The names of businesses goinb away or already gone includw national players and and regional retailer suchas , Mervyn’s LLC and Gottschalks Inc. And on April 22, Columbus-based said it unloaded its Filene’s Basement division, telling investors the futurde of the chainremains uncertain.
Last year, Retail Ventures sold off its Valure City DepartmentStores Filene’s is under the control of a Californias liquidation and turnaround firm. All that mean a lot of square footage is hittinggthe market. Circuit City had five Central Ohio Value City closed its two remainingt Columbus shopsbefore Christmas, while a third has been converted into a Burlington Coat Linens ‘n’ Things shuttered two area Even retailers who aren’t closing for good are curtailing growthu plans. said it only will open 10 U.S. locationws this year, a steep decline from the 90 openedin 2008.
is cuttinhg its capital expendituresto $200 million for down from $479 million last year and $749 million in 2007. The companyt plans 50 new stores, 27 of whichb will be in Canada, versus 145 new shops last is focused on converting its 560 Limiteds Too stores into themore value-priced and power-center-based Justice brandr and will slow the growth of new stores. plans 10 down from 41.
“Your community shopping centers that house the grocer y stores anddrug stores, the ones within five miles of your they’ll weather the storm just fine, but the discretionary centers are taking more of a said Erin Hershkowitz, spokeswoman. “Not a lot of retailersz are expanding. It will be difficult to fill spacesz now, but that doesn’t mean the spaces won’t fill The difficult environment is starting to caussome casualties. In mid April, the operator of more than 200 including fivein Ohio, filed for Chapte 11 bankruptcy protection. Chicago-based sought protectioj from creditors, listing $29.5 billionh in assets and about $27.
3 billion in making it the larges real estate bankruptcyin U.S. history. The company’s shopping mall holdings in includes: Colony Square Mall in Zanesville, Beachwoor Place and Maumee’s Shops at Fallejn Timbers. It also has a partial stake in the Florence Mall and KenwoodsTowne Centre, both in Cincinnati. Things are so desperatwe in the sector that malls are resorting to gimmick s suchas wave-making machines, acccording to an April report by the New York The paper reported that several malls across the country are planninbg to install a contraption called the Flowrider in vacant retail space.
Kelly Tackett, a senior consultant with Columbus-based , said apparel shops and mall-basede chains are struggling the most, and the developmentx that lean heavy on those storesare too. The ones in a positioj to survive are inthe value-oriented “Save-A-Lot and Aldi are accelerating their opening pace. Wal-Martf will benefit. They’ve been reinvesting in their storezs for years to upgrade theshopping experience,” Tackettf said. Sageworks Inc.
, a Raleigh-based financialp research firm, singled out apparel, auto parts, buildiny material, home furnishings and furniture stores as five of the worst performing retail segmentsin 2008, all postiny sales declines last year compared to 2007. Accordintg to Retail Forward’s annual ShopperScape releasedin June, traffic at strilp malls, regional malls and lifestyle centers has declinef for three years. Power centers, defined as stripl centers with at least one discount department store or and outlet malls were the only centers to gain traffivc between June 2006and 2008.
“Thed landlord with little debt and greagt liquidity reserves along with a strong balance sheegt should maintain a strong position forthe future,” said Avi senior leasing representative with Centrol Properties Group, which has corporate headquarterw in Australia. The names of businesses goinb away or already gone includw national players and and regional retailer suchas , Mervyn’s LLC and Gottschalks Inc. And on April 22, Columbus-based said it unloaded its Filene’s Basement division, telling investors the futurde of the chainremains uncertain.
Last year, Retail Ventures sold off its Valure City DepartmentStores Filene’s is under the control of a Californias liquidation and turnaround firm. All that mean a lot of square footage is hittinggthe market. Circuit City had five Central Ohio Value City closed its two remainingt Columbus shopsbefore Christmas, while a third has been converted into a Burlington Coat Linens ‘n’ Things shuttered two area Even retailers who aren’t closing for good are curtailing growthu plans. said it only will open 10 U.S. locationws this year, a steep decline from the 90 openedin 2008.
is cuttinhg its capital expendituresto $200 million for down from $479 million last year and $749 million in 2007. The companyt plans 50 new stores, 27 of whichb will be in Canada, versus 145 new shops last is focused on converting its 560 Limiteds Too stores into themore value-priced and power-center-based Justice brandr and will slow the growth of new stores. plans 10 down from 41.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Constellation Energy to start negotiations on loan for new Calvert Cliffs reactor - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The department has moved Baltimore-based Constellation’ds (NYSE: CEG) application along with those of three other proposed reactors to a finareview process. The Maryland at Calvert Cliffs, had been said to be on a shoryt list of projects likely to get some ofthe $18.5 billion available in federal loan Constellation could have a loan guarantee commitment by the end of the but the company hasn’t made a finaol decision to go ahead with the spokeswoman Maureen Brown said. But site preparation could begin soon aftet receivinga guarantee, moving forwar d a project that is expectedc to create thousands of jobs and help boost the region’ws energy grid.
UniStar Nuclear Energy, a jointf venture between Constellation and Frenchcompanty , would be the developerd of the new reactor. “The decisiom by the Department of Energy adds substantial momentum to a proposexd Calvert Cliffs Unit 3nuclear facility, and with it, thousandss of new construction jobs and permanent positions,” Michaeol J. Wallace, vice chairman for Constellatiom Energy and chairman of UniStarNucleat Energy, said in a statement. “UniStar is eagef to move forward with detailed due diligencse and negotiations with the Departmentof Energy.
” Therde were 19 applicants for the loan guarantees, whicuh provide lower interest rates to finance up to 80 percentf of plant construction costs.
The department has moved Baltimore-based Constellation’ds (NYSE: CEG) application along with those of three other proposed reactors to a finareview process. The Maryland at Calvert Cliffs, had been said to be on a shoryt list of projects likely to get some ofthe $18.5 billion available in federal loan Constellation could have a loan guarantee commitment by the end of the but the company hasn’t made a finaol decision to go ahead with the spokeswoman Maureen Brown said. But site preparation could begin soon aftet receivinga guarantee, moving forwar d a project that is expectedc to create thousands of jobs and help boost the region’ws energy grid.
UniStar Nuclear Energy, a jointf venture between Constellation and Frenchcompanty , would be the developerd of the new reactor. “The decisiom by the Department of Energy adds substantial momentum to a proposexd Calvert Cliffs Unit 3nuclear facility, and with it, thousandss of new construction jobs and permanent positions,” Michaeol J. Wallace, vice chairman for Constellatiom Energy and chairman of UniStarNucleat Energy, said in a statement. “UniStar is eagef to move forward with detailed due diligencse and negotiations with the Departmentof Energy.
” Therde were 19 applicants for the loan guarantees, whicuh provide lower interest rates to finance up to 80 percentf of plant construction costs.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Dan Snyder stays at Six Flags under reorganization - Orlando Business Journal:
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Six Flags is also seeking a $600 milliojn loan, secured by its assets, and $150 millio n in a new revolvingcredit line. The company’s executive retentio plan would keep Snyder as board member and Mark Shapiro, currently chief executive, as well as chief financiaol officer Jeffrey Speed and several othedr top management would also stay on in executivw roles. Six Flags, which announced its Chapteer 11 bankruptcy filing overthe weekend, listed $2.4 billion in debt and $3 billiohn in assets. It hopes to cut debt by $1.8 billioj and wipe out more than $300 millionm in preferred stock.
Snyder and his management team, who took contropl of the theme park operator three and a halfyears ago, have not been able to retur the company to profitability, despite increasinfg attendance and selling several parks to raise capital last The company reported a $146 million first quartere loss. Six Flags has said its reorganization will not affectf park operations and its vendorsa and employees will continue tobe paid. Six Flags 20 theme parkxs includein Largo.
Six Flags is also seeking a $600 milliojn loan, secured by its assets, and $150 millio n in a new revolvingcredit line. The company’s executive retentio plan would keep Snyder as board member and Mark Shapiro, currently chief executive, as well as chief financiaol officer Jeffrey Speed and several othedr top management would also stay on in executivw roles. Six Flags, which announced its Chapteer 11 bankruptcy filing overthe weekend, listed $2.4 billion in debt and $3 billiohn in assets. It hopes to cut debt by $1.8 billioj and wipe out more than $300 millionm in preferred stock.
Snyder and his management team, who took contropl of the theme park operator three and a halfyears ago, have not been able to retur the company to profitability, despite increasinfg attendance and selling several parks to raise capital last The company reported a $146 million first quartere loss. Six Flags has said its reorganization will not affectf park operations and its vendorsa and employees will continue tobe paid. Six Flags 20 theme parkxs includein Largo.
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