89.3 KPCC | Rose Parade Grand Marshal Jane Goodall on conservation 89.3 KPCC The 78-year old stopped by the KPCC studios to talk about her focus on global conservation. On how her view of the world has changed in the five decades since she conducted her research in what is now Tanzania. รข€œ[My view of the world] has totally ... < br /> |
Monday, December 31, 2012
Rose Parade Grand Marshal Jane Goodall on conservation - 89.3 KPCC
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
General Mills: 4Q earnings exceed estimates - Boston Business Journal:
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The Golden Valley-based food manufacturer shared preliminary results of the quarter with investors in advance of meetingsz it was having with investords inEurope Monday. General Mills previously said it expectedebetween $3.87 and $3.89 per share, excludingb certain one-time charges. General Mills will repor its complete fourth quarter and year end resultsxJuly 1. In fiscal 2010, Genera l Mills said it’s comfortable with the currenrt Reuters average earnings per shard estimateof $4.15 per share. As for its sale outlook in 2010, the company said expectxs in itslargest segment, the U.S. retailo market, will continue the momentum from the lastfiscal year.
(Through the firsrt nine months offiscal U.S. retail sales were up 10 percent). Sales were booster in 2009 due to but the company said in 2010 its expecting inflation tobe “quitew low” with most of its sales growth coming from an expectedx increase in the volume of goods Also in 2010, General Mills said it expects its International segment to record stronf sales growth. It also said its bakeries and foodservice segmen will see a declinr in sales in 2010 compared to the 2009 in part due tothe company’se divestitures during 2009 of aboutf $150 million in this business segment. In earlyg morning trading Monday, General Mills’ stock GIS) was trading up $2.
09, or 4 to $54.25 per share.
The Golden Valley-based food manufacturer shared preliminary results of the quarter with investors in advance of meetingsz it was having with investords inEurope Monday. General Mills previously said it expectedebetween $3.87 and $3.89 per share, excludingb certain one-time charges. General Mills will repor its complete fourth quarter and year end resultsxJuly 1. In fiscal 2010, Genera l Mills said it’s comfortable with the currenrt Reuters average earnings per shard estimateof $4.15 per share. As for its sale outlook in 2010, the company said expectxs in itslargest segment, the U.S. retailo market, will continue the momentum from the lastfiscal year.
(Through the firsrt nine months offiscal U.S. retail sales were up 10 percent). Sales were booster in 2009 due to but the company said in 2010 its expecting inflation tobe “quitew low” with most of its sales growth coming from an expectedx increase in the volume of goods Also in 2010, General Mills said it expects its International segment to record stronf sales growth. It also said its bakeries and foodservice segmen will see a declinr in sales in 2010 compared to the 2009 in part due tothe company’se divestitures during 2009 of aboutf $150 million in this business segment. In earlyg morning trading Monday, General Mills’ stock GIS) was trading up $2.
09, or 4 to $54.25 per share.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
American to cut 1,600 jobs - Orlando Business Journal:
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American Airlines, a subsidiary of Fort Worth-based AMR (NYSE: AMR), said 1,200 flight attendanyt positions will beimpacted nationwide, along with 300 airport servicesw staff members and 50 cargo servicr positions. Flight attendant cuts will be made on a basizsof seniority. As is customary in most layoffs, American said voluntarh exit packages will be offered to employees who may want toretirr early. Tim Smith, a spokesman for said the layoffs were made in conjunctiom with capacity reductions announced by Americabon Thursday. The positions lost in Orlandop may not allbe "involuntary" jobs lost, with some workerz taking early retirement, Smith The airline employs 245 in Orlando.
In a lette to American employeesreleased Thursday, the company’s senior vice president of humamn resources Jeff Brundage said, “These reductions come as a result of our effortsx to 'right size' our operation and respondr to the weaker demand for travell by reducing our including seasonal changes, and addressingh lower-than-expected attrition.” Brundage in his letter added that the cuts coincided with CEO Gerard Arpey’s announcemeng that the airline will be cutting its capacituy by 7.5 percent due to lower consumerf travel demands.
American Airlines, a subsidiary of Fort Worth-based AMR (NYSE: AMR), said 1,200 flight attendanyt positions will beimpacted nationwide, along with 300 airport servicesw staff members and 50 cargo servicr positions. Flight attendant cuts will be made on a basizsof seniority. As is customary in most layoffs, American said voluntarh exit packages will be offered to employees who may want toretirr early. Tim Smith, a spokesman for said the layoffs were made in conjunctiom with capacity reductions announced by Americabon Thursday. The positions lost in Orlandop may not allbe "involuntary" jobs lost, with some workerz taking early retirement, Smith The airline employs 245 in Orlando.
In a lette to American employeesreleased Thursday, the company’s senior vice president of humamn resources Jeff Brundage said, “These reductions come as a result of our effortsx to 'right size' our operation and respondr to the weaker demand for travell by reducing our including seasonal changes, and addressingh lower-than-expected attrition.” Brundage in his letter added that the cuts coincided with CEO Gerard Arpey’s announcemeng that the airline will be cutting its capacituy by 7.5 percent due to lower consumerf travel demands.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
GM to sell Hummer to Chinese company - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The announcement comes one day after GM with planes to become a leaner Missouri has oneHummerd dealership, in Chesterfield. Jim owner of Lynch said he knew the automaker was working on a deal to sell the brandr but welcomed the news as a way toease fears. “It’s good for business that it some of the apprehension that the bransd may be going away inthe public’ws perception,” he said. The automaker said it has a memoranduj ofunderstanding (MoU) and that the sale is expected to close by the end of thirs quarter of this year. The deal is expectex to secure morethan 3,000 U.S. jobs in engineering and at Hummer dealerships aroundsthe country.
The company said the proposed transaction callsz for the new Hummer ownerr to continue to contract vehicle manufacturing and business servicese from GM during a defined transitional time For example, under the proposedr agreement, GM’s Shreveport, La., assembly plany would continue to assemble the H3 and H3T through at leasty 2010. GM is also trying to sell its Saab and Saturn brands and will phase out itsPontiav brand.
The announcement comes one day after GM with planes to become a leaner Missouri has oneHummerd dealership, in Chesterfield. Jim owner of Lynch said he knew the automaker was working on a deal to sell the brandr but welcomed the news as a way toease fears. “It’s good for business that it some of the apprehension that the bransd may be going away inthe public’ws perception,” he said. The automaker said it has a memoranduj ofunderstanding (MoU) and that the sale is expected to close by the end of thirs quarter of this year. The deal is expectex to secure morethan 3,000 U.S. jobs in engineering and at Hummer dealerships aroundsthe country.
The company said the proposed transaction callsz for the new Hummer ownerr to continue to contract vehicle manufacturing and business servicese from GM during a defined transitional time For example, under the proposedr agreement, GM’s Shreveport, La., assembly plany would continue to assemble the H3 and H3T through at leasty 2010. GM is also trying to sell its Saab and Saturn brands and will phase out itsPontiav brand.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Joseph Hamrock Executive Profile
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Previously, from 2003 to 2007, he was senior vice presidenrt and chief information officerin AEP's Shared Services responsible for development and support of AEP'z software applications and operation of AEP's information technology infrastructure. From 2002 to he was senior vicepresident - General Services. Hamrocj joined AEP in 1986 as an electrical engineeer in transmission and distribution planning at Ohio Poweein Steubenville, Ohio, where he also serves in commercial and industrial customer services.
He transferred to Columbus to superviser the commercial marketing and customer servicews staff and has held severalothee positions, including director - strategic development and executive assistant to E. Linn Drapere Jr., AEP's chairman, president and chief executive officer. Hamrocl received a bachelor's degree in electricao engineering in 1985 from Youngstown State Universitty in Ohio anda master'es degree in business administration from the Massachusettzs Institute of Technology in Cambridge, where he was a Sloa n fellow. He is a registered professional engineefin Ohio. **All Executive profile data providedd byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
Previously, from 2003 to 2007, he was senior vice presidenrt and chief information officerin AEP's Shared Services responsible for development and support of AEP'z software applications and operation of AEP's information technology infrastructure. From 2002 to he was senior vicepresident - General Services. Hamrocj joined AEP in 1986 as an electrical engineeer in transmission and distribution planning at Ohio Poweein Steubenville, Ohio, where he also serves in commercial and industrial customer services.
He transferred to Columbus to superviser the commercial marketing and customer servicews staff and has held severalothee positions, including director - strategic development and executive assistant to E. Linn Drapere Jr., AEP's chairman, president and chief executive officer. Hamrocl received a bachelor's degree in electricao engineering in 1985 from Youngstown State Universitty in Ohio anda master'es degree in business administration from the Massachusettzs Institute of Technology in Cambridge, where he was a Sloa n fellow. He is a registered professional engineefin Ohio. **All Executive profile data providedd byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Nonprofits prepare for a share of broadband stimulus funds - Denver Business Journal:
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billion of the American Recoveru and Reinvestment Act allocatecd to provide broadband access to unserved and underserved populationw acrossthe nation, the region’sx nonprofits are scrambling to bring a share to Soutuh Florida. Though the federal government hasn’t decideds the rules for disbursingthe money, advocates have been strategizing for monthsz on ways to bridge the digital divide and increase the region’es competitiveness by completing new projects and expanding existingt ones. But, getting South Florida fully wired won’ft be easy.
With ideas ranging from providinvg free broadband access for disadvantaged students to puttinyg government agencies ona single, high-speerd network and outfitting emergency responders with mobile Wi-Fi, the challenge is to pursude those initiatives most likely to succeed. One existing programm hoping to capitalize on stimulus money isFloridqa LambdaRail, a Tallahassee-based nonprofit cooperative of educationh and research organizations that share a broadbans connection, which allows them to save money. , , , and use the ultra-fastf LambdaRail, but the cooperative is lookinhg to expand its services to benefit otherfnonprofit agencies, CEO Phil Halstead said.
Ther e are too many unserved or underserved people in he said, noting many institutions could streamline costs and increas e speed by using “The state is seeking a Halstead said. “We’re trying to create an Eisenhower interstatde systemfor broadband.” To that end, LambdaRail is to host a “broadbandd summit” at FAU on June 16. The summit will bring togethetr technology chiefs to study ways to expand use ofthe LambdaRail. Questions of how to get stimulux money and what to do with it will loom larg overthe summit, Halstead said. The $7.2 billion up for grabw for broadband will be split betweebthe U.S. ($4.7 billion) and the ($2.5 said Linda Fuchs, Gov.
Charlie Crist’s deputy coordinator for stimulus The Agriculture funds are supposed to targegtrural populations, while the Commerce money will be a littlew more flexible. Even so, Fuchs cautioned that the federapl government is still decidinv how to distributethe money. It is unknow whether funds will go througthe states, as is the case with transportationn stimulus money, or directly to local And, unlike the transportation funds, broadband moneh will be doled out competitively. In otheer words, South Florida may not see a Fuchs said. To maximize their each county has a nonprofit agencymakingv plans.
The Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition developed a workinhg proposalin December, said Kim Marcille, chairwoman of the coalition’se interim executive committee. There was abourt $200 million worth of need she said. One idea under consideration is to expandElevate Miami, a city of Miami program that targets the county’s underserved. Another possibility is providinv low- or no-cost broadband access for the homesz ofdisadvantaged children. The coalition would also like to creatsa “telemedicine network” in county schools, allowing doctora to examine students through video conferencing, Marcillse said.
In Broward, county organizations could reduce waste by consolidatiny on a sharedbroadband pipe, insteaxd of paying for servicex separately, said Phyllis Schiffer-Simon, president of OneBroward, a nonprofiyt digital advocacy group. “We’d be creatinh our own network.” OneBroward’s workintg proposals would costabout $25 million, Schiffer-Simon said. Chuck project manager for the Palm Beach Broadband said the county could use stimulus money to providwfree Wi-Fi access to the homes of disadvantaged students.
Another idea is to link governmeny and nonprofit agencies in rural areas to acentralp network, such as the “We can provide them with dramaticallyg increased bandwidth over what they currentlh have at about one-third the he said.
billion of the American Recoveru and Reinvestment Act allocatecd to provide broadband access to unserved and underserved populationw acrossthe nation, the region’sx nonprofits are scrambling to bring a share to Soutuh Florida. Though the federal government hasn’t decideds the rules for disbursingthe money, advocates have been strategizing for monthsz on ways to bridge the digital divide and increase the region’es competitiveness by completing new projects and expanding existingt ones. But, getting South Florida fully wired won’ft be easy.
With ideas ranging from providinvg free broadband access for disadvantaged students to puttinyg government agencies ona single, high-speerd network and outfitting emergency responders with mobile Wi-Fi, the challenge is to pursude those initiatives most likely to succeed. One existing programm hoping to capitalize on stimulus money isFloridqa LambdaRail, a Tallahassee-based nonprofit cooperative of educationh and research organizations that share a broadbans connection, which allows them to save money. , , , and use the ultra-fastf LambdaRail, but the cooperative is lookinhg to expand its services to benefit otherfnonprofit agencies, CEO Phil Halstead said.
Ther e are too many unserved or underserved people in he said, noting many institutions could streamline costs and increas e speed by using “The state is seeking a Halstead said. “We’re trying to create an Eisenhower interstatde systemfor broadband.” To that end, LambdaRail is to host a “broadbandd summit” at FAU on June 16. The summit will bring togethetr technology chiefs to study ways to expand use ofthe LambdaRail. Questions of how to get stimulux money and what to do with it will loom larg overthe summit, Halstead said. The $7.2 billion up for grabw for broadband will be split betweebthe U.S. ($4.7 billion) and the ($2.5 said Linda Fuchs, Gov.
Charlie Crist’s deputy coordinator for stimulus The Agriculture funds are supposed to targegtrural populations, while the Commerce money will be a littlew more flexible. Even so, Fuchs cautioned that the federapl government is still decidinv how to distributethe money. It is unknow whether funds will go througthe states, as is the case with transportationn stimulus money, or directly to local And, unlike the transportation funds, broadband moneh will be doled out competitively. In otheer words, South Florida may not see a Fuchs said. To maximize their each county has a nonprofit agencymakingv plans.
The Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition developed a workinhg proposalin December, said Kim Marcille, chairwoman of the coalition’se interim executive committee. There was abourt $200 million worth of need she said. One idea under consideration is to expandElevate Miami, a city of Miami program that targets the county’s underserved. Another possibility is providinv low- or no-cost broadband access for the homesz ofdisadvantaged children. The coalition would also like to creatsa “telemedicine network” in county schools, allowing doctora to examine students through video conferencing, Marcillse said.
In Broward, county organizations could reduce waste by consolidatiny on a sharedbroadband pipe, insteaxd of paying for servicex separately, said Phyllis Schiffer-Simon, president of OneBroward, a nonprofiyt digital advocacy group. “We’d be creatinh our own network.” OneBroward’s workintg proposals would costabout $25 million, Schiffer-Simon said. Chuck project manager for the Palm Beach Broadband said the county could use stimulus money to providwfree Wi-Fi access to the homes of disadvantaged students.
Another idea is to link governmeny and nonprofit agencies in rural areas to acentralp network, such as the “We can provide them with dramaticallyg increased bandwidth over what they currentlh have at about one-third the he said.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
N. Ky. jobless rates drop in April - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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percent in April from 9.8 percenft the month before. That is up from 5 percent in Aprikl 2008. • Boone: 8.9 percent. That is a decline from 9.1 percengt in March, but it is up from 4.6 percent in Aprilk 2008; • Campbell: 9.2 percent. That's down from 9.3 percenrt in March but up from 4.9 percent a year ago; Carroll: 11.7 percent. The rate compares to 13 percenty in Marchand 6.3 percent a year ago; Gallatin: 11.8 percent. That's down from 12.7 percent the montbh before but an increasefrom 6.6 percentf in the year-ago period; • Grant: 11.9 That compares to 12 percent in Marc and 6 percent in April • Kenton: 9.7 percent. The rate was unchangefd from March and upfrom 4.
9 percent in Aprik 2008; • Owen: 9.6 percent. That's down from 10.6 percentf in March and up from 5.7 percent a year ago; • Pendleton: 12.6 percent. The rate was unchanges from the previous month and upfrom 6.7 percenft in April 2008. Kentucky’s statewide unemployment rate was 9.7 percent in compared to 10.3 percent in March and 5.5 percent in April 2008, accordingt to the Office for Employment and part ofthe .
percent in April from 9.8 percenft the month before. That is up from 5 percent in Aprikl 2008. • Boone: 8.9 percent. That is a decline from 9.1 percengt in March, but it is up from 4.6 percent in Aprilk 2008; • Campbell: 9.2 percent. That's down from 9.3 percenrt in March but up from 4.9 percent a year ago; Carroll: 11.7 percent. The rate compares to 13 percenty in Marchand 6.3 percent a year ago; Gallatin: 11.8 percent. That's down from 12.7 percent the montbh before but an increasefrom 6.6 percentf in the year-ago period; • Grant: 11.9 That compares to 12 percent in Marc and 6 percent in April • Kenton: 9.7 percent. The rate was unchangefd from March and upfrom 4.
9 percent in Aprik 2008; • Owen: 9.6 percent. That's down from 10.6 percentf in March and up from 5.7 percent a year ago; • Pendleton: 12.6 percent. The rate was unchanges from the previous month and upfrom 6.7 percenft in April 2008. Kentucky’s statewide unemployment rate was 9.7 percent in compared to 10.3 percent in March and 5.5 percent in April 2008, accordingt to the Office for Employment and part ofthe .
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