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Global Energy Services will market and provideSolar Power’es solar-panel lineup in the region. “We are very pleased that Peja and his Globaol Energy Solutions organization have joined with SPI as we expand our internationak distribution network into a part of the worlc where demand of solar isgrowing rapidly,” Sola r Power chief executive officer Steve Kirchetr said in a news release Wednesday. Stojakovic, a sweet-shooting small forwards for the NewOrleans Hornets, will be availablde at the Solar Powefr booth this week at InterSolar 2009 in Munich. Germany.
Sola Power has “an innovative line of photovoltaic sola energy products that are associated withvery high-quality product and performance standards,” said Stojakovic, a 10-year NBA Roseville-based Solar Power (OTCBB: SOPW) is an international manufacturer, distributor and installetr of photovoltaic solar systems. Shares of Solar Power dropped 7cents — or about 9.5 percent — to 67 cente in midday trading Wednesday.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
House Democrats want explanations for rising health care costs for poor - Minnesota Public Radio
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House Democrats want explanations for rising health care costs for poor Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. รข€" Democrats in the Minnesota House say the health insurance plans that take care of the state's Medicaid patients need to explain the skyrocketing cost of health care for Minnesota's poor. ... |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
BioMarin: Genzyme virus problem won
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Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) found a viruse strain and stopped production of two drugzs atthe Allston, Mass., facility. The Vesivirus 2117, apparently does not cause human infectionh but interrupts the growt h of cells that are used to make Aldurazyme — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fatal diseasre caused by an enzyme deficiencgy — was last filled at the Genzyme facility in Septembert 2008, according to BioMarin (NASDAQ: BMRN). The compang has about 10 months of vialed inventoryyon hand, it said, and uses a secondc fill finish supplier. A third supplier is expectee to be qualified laterthis year, BioMarih said.
BioMarin makes the bulk materiap used in Aldurazyme at its Novato The Food and Drug Administration hadinspected Genzyme’ss plant in September and October and reportedly was concernefd about controls to protect against contamination.
Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) found a viruse strain and stopped production of two drugzs atthe Allston, Mass., facility. The Vesivirus 2117, apparently does not cause human infectionh but interrupts the growt h of cells that are used to make Aldurazyme — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fatal diseasre caused by an enzyme deficiencgy — was last filled at the Genzyme facility in Septembert 2008, according to BioMarin (NASDAQ: BMRN). The compang has about 10 months of vialed inventoryyon hand, it said, and uses a secondc fill finish supplier. A third supplier is expectee to be qualified laterthis year, BioMarih said.
BioMarin makes the bulk materiap used in Aldurazyme at its Novato The Food and Drug Administration hadinspected Genzyme’ss plant in September and October and reportedly was concernefd about controls to protect against contamination.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Gov. Brewer signs solar bill, creates tax breaks, incentives - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Business and solar energy firms backed SenatsBill 1403, which creates new tax breaks and credits for sola r energy firms locating production, engineering and headquarters operations in the states. “That Gov. Brewer signed this bill into law is It puts Arizona in a positionj to be a leader in thesolart industry,” said Michael Bidwill, chairman and presiden t of the Arizona Cardinals. “We look forwarx to working with leaders in the solarr and renewable energy and this program gets us in the game to brint more projects to our GPEC argues the state needs special incentives and subsidies for solar energy firme to compete with other states and Skeptics of the bill questions creating tax creditsw for businesses when safety net and education programe face cuts because ofthe state’sa $3 billion deficit.
Conservatives also prefe r to see across-the-board tax cuts and breaks instead of thos e targeted tocertain industries. The bill also had the supporg of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon who wants to develop the city into a leadingb solarenergy hub.
Business and solar energy firms backed SenatsBill 1403, which creates new tax breaks and credits for sola r energy firms locating production, engineering and headquarters operations in the states. “That Gov. Brewer signed this bill into law is It puts Arizona in a positionj to be a leader in thesolart industry,” said Michael Bidwill, chairman and presiden t of the Arizona Cardinals. “We look forwarx to working with leaders in the solarr and renewable energy and this program gets us in the game to brint more projects to our GPEC argues the state needs special incentives and subsidies for solar energy firme to compete with other states and Skeptics of the bill questions creating tax creditsw for businesses when safety net and education programe face cuts because ofthe state’sa $3 billion deficit.
Conservatives also prefe r to see across-the-board tax cuts and breaks instead of thos e targeted tocertain industries. The bill also had the supporg of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon who wants to develop the city into a leadingb solarenergy hub.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Big banks to cut off California IOUs - San Francisco Business Times:
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However, more than 60 credit unions will continues takingthe state’s IOUs, accordinbg to a list posted on the ’ web site. But some of the Bay Area’sa largest credit unions are not on the Bay Area credit unions onthe list, as of include Kaiperm Diablo Federal Credit Union in Walnut Uncle Credit Union in Livermore, San Francisco Federal Credig Union, San Francisco Fire Credit and San Mateo Credit Union in Redwood City and Stanforcd Federal Credit Union in Palo Alto, SRI Federal Credirt Union in Menlo Park. Holders of California’s IOUs will have to contacft the credit unions directly to see whetherf they qualifyfor membership.
Some expect check-cashera to accept the state’s IOUs — and charge hefty fees for the The Securities and Exchange Commissiodeclared California’s IOUs to be a limiting who can buy and sell them in an efforty to prevent investors from being The move is also likely to limitt the market for the state’s In deciding not to extend its July 10 deadlins for accepting California IOUs, said, “The State of Californiz – just like any household or businessx – must be responsible for living withibn its means. Banks are not and cannoty be the solutionto California’s budgert problems.
“We were reluctant to accept the warrantd in thefirst place, and can’t accept them Wells Fargo accepted the registereds warrants to help our customerx who are not at fault and expectingh that the Legislature and governor would complet the budget within days,” Wells Fargko said. “We’re trying to strike a balance between the gravity of the situationj and the needs ofour customers,” the bank Bankers say they’ll try to help their customersd using credit lines and other product and services. , the larges bank operating in California, said that acceptinf the state’s IOUs represents operational andfinanciak challenges.
The bank also cited its previous experience in takingb the notes the last time the state issuede themin 1992. “Thwe longer the registered warrantxwere accepted, the longer it took the Legislaturr to resolve the matter,” BofA said. “Wes do not want our acceptance of registerex warrants to deter the state from reachinvg a budget agreement as soonas possible.”
However, more than 60 credit unions will continues takingthe state’s IOUs, accordinbg to a list posted on the ’ web site. But some of the Bay Area’sa largest credit unions are not on the Bay Area credit unions onthe list, as of include Kaiperm Diablo Federal Credit Union in Walnut Uncle Credit Union in Livermore, San Francisco Federal Credig Union, San Francisco Fire Credit and San Mateo Credit Union in Redwood City and Stanforcd Federal Credit Union in Palo Alto, SRI Federal Credirt Union in Menlo Park. Holders of California’s IOUs will have to contacft the credit unions directly to see whetherf they qualifyfor membership.
Some expect check-cashera to accept the state’s IOUs — and charge hefty fees for the The Securities and Exchange Commissiodeclared California’s IOUs to be a limiting who can buy and sell them in an efforty to prevent investors from being The move is also likely to limitt the market for the state’s In deciding not to extend its July 10 deadlins for accepting California IOUs, said, “The State of Californiz – just like any household or businessx – must be responsible for living withibn its means. Banks are not and cannoty be the solutionto California’s budgert problems.
“We were reluctant to accept the warrantd in thefirst place, and can’t accept them Wells Fargo accepted the registereds warrants to help our customerx who are not at fault and expectingh that the Legislature and governor would complet the budget within days,” Wells Fargko said. “We’re trying to strike a balance between the gravity of the situationj and the needs ofour customers,” the bank Bankers say they’ll try to help their customersd using credit lines and other product and services. , the larges bank operating in California, said that acceptinf the state’s IOUs represents operational andfinanciak challenges.
The bank also cited its previous experience in takingb the notes the last time the state issuede themin 1992. “Thwe longer the registered warrantxwere accepted, the longer it took the Legislaturr to resolve the matter,” BofA said. “Wes do not want our acceptance of registerex warrants to deter the state from reachinvg a budget agreement as soonas possible.”
Monday, February 14, 2011
Domino's Pizza Refranchises 26 Minneapolis Stores to Proven Operator - PR Newswire (press release)
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Domino's Pizza Refranchises 26 Minneapolis Stores to Proven Operator PR Newswire (press release) ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, today announced that it has refranchised its 26 company-owned stores to a local owner-operator. The change of ownership took ... |
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Banks get creative catering to consumer demand for savings - Nashville Business Journal:
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The products include savings accounts and CDs thatofferd incentives, perks and upgrades designede to assist customers with theirf short- and long-term savings goals. There’s also a groundswello of new financial literacy classea that take banking lessons into the workplace or Classes cover everything from avoiding foreclosure to strategies for thesophisticatedr investor. They’re usually free and don’t involves hard-core selling. But they do allow banks to get theire brand in front of thousandsof people. Response to ’s workplac e banking classes hasbeen “overwhelming,” says Melanie Regions’ consumer banking executive for Middl Tennessee.
“We became an automated industry in the spirir of quick communicationand speed,” Blani says. “But now people are gettinbg back tothe fundamentals. They are in a cash optimizatiob mode.” Regions also has introducec its SecondChance CD, which allowds customers a 1 percent market rate increasw if they meet their savinges goals for a The bank also has a no-penalth option that lets participants take one withdrawa l during the term of the CD. The bank also recently introduced a customerf assistance program for familiesin distress. This progranm helps participants reduce or restructurweproblematic loans.
Blank says the program has helpedabout 12,000 people nationwide avoid foreclosure. has had a workplace banking program called Work Perks forfive years. However, the economicv downturn has created a flood of new interesgt inthe program, says Paula Mansfield, vice president of workplacd banking for the bank’s Middle Tennessee branches. “Man companies are having to cut back on thingslike contributions,” Mansfield says. “They are lookingg for ways to show employees they are still conducted a series of focuss groups in Middle Tennesseew earlier this year todetermine customers’ needs.
“Thety said, ‘Help me save better, budgety better and save for college and People are worried that theirchildrehn don’t know how to invest,” says Connise White, marketing director for the Middlse Tennessee branches of Fifth Fifth Third also is rolling out Relationship a product that’s meant to encouragr savings and draw business to the bank. Customers who sign up for a Fifth Third checking account automatically get double the interestf rate on a savings account at the Another product, the Goal Setter savinges account, works with customers to set savings goals and rewardsz them with interest hikes.
White says the bank is lookingf ata double-digit increaser in deposits this year. Information from Fifth Third’sd market research inspired local branches to plan a serieaof “Health and Wealth” festivals. The grassroots events will be held at bank branchea and willfeature mini-seminars on savinf and budgeting, credit repair and affordable home Along with the financial classes will be diabetes screenings, a personal fitness trainer giving fitness healthy food booths and activities for children and massages. “Our researchu showed us that focuses should be placed on programd that reach youth as well as White says.
“It showed that to gain relevance, banks shouldr extend community outreachand presence.” White says Fifth Third also is seeing an increase in requests for workplace particularly from nonprofits. / reports a 10 percenft increase in users ofits 5-year-old Way2Save savingse account. It encourages customers to save bytransferring $1 from theirr checking account into a special savings accoun t each time they make a check card purchasew or an electronic payment. Customers earn 5 percent interesyt and a 5 percent annualp bonus in thefirst year, and a 2 percent annuap yield and 2 percent annualk bonus in the second and third years.
Way2Savde has had about 2 million participants, says Wendy Lawrence, Wachovia’ s banking executive in charge ofthe mid-South. “Consumers wanted to but didn’t know how,” Lawrencs says. “Now we are seeinb a wide interest, even from high school
The products include savings accounts and CDs thatofferd incentives, perks and upgrades designede to assist customers with theirf short- and long-term savings goals. There’s also a groundswello of new financial literacy classea that take banking lessons into the workplace or Classes cover everything from avoiding foreclosure to strategies for thesophisticatedr investor. They’re usually free and don’t involves hard-core selling. But they do allow banks to get theire brand in front of thousandsof people. Response to ’s workplac e banking classes hasbeen “overwhelming,” says Melanie Regions’ consumer banking executive for Middl Tennessee.
“We became an automated industry in the spirir of quick communicationand speed,” Blani says. “But now people are gettinbg back tothe fundamentals. They are in a cash optimizatiob mode.” Regions also has introducec its SecondChance CD, which allowds customers a 1 percent market rate increasw if they meet their savinges goals for a The bank also has a no-penalth option that lets participants take one withdrawa l during the term of the CD. The bank also recently introduced a customerf assistance program for familiesin distress. This progranm helps participants reduce or restructurweproblematic loans.
Blank says the program has helpedabout 12,000 people nationwide avoid foreclosure. has had a workplace banking program called Work Perks forfive years. However, the economicv downturn has created a flood of new interesgt inthe program, says Paula Mansfield, vice president of workplacd banking for the bank’s Middle Tennessee branches. “Man companies are having to cut back on thingslike contributions,” Mansfield says. “They are lookingg for ways to show employees they are still conducted a series of focuss groups in Middle Tennesseew earlier this year todetermine customers’ needs.
“Thety said, ‘Help me save better, budgety better and save for college and People are worried that theirchildrehn don’t know how to invest,” says Connise White, marketing director for the Middlse Tennessee branches of Fifth Fifth Third also is rolling out Relationship a product that’s meant to encouragr savings and draw business to the bank. Customers who sign up for a Fifth Third checking account automatically get double the interestf rate on a savings account at the Another product, the Goal Setter savinges account, works with customers to set savings goals and rewardsz them with interest hikes.
White says the bank is lookingf ata double-digit increaser in deposits this year. Information from Fifth Third’sd market research inspired local branches to plan a serieaof “Health and Wealth” festivals. The grassroots events will be held at bank branchea and willfeature mini-seminars on savinf and budgeting, credit repair and affordable home Along with the financial classes will be diabetes screenings, a personal fitness trainer giving fitness healthy food booths and activities for children and massages. “Our researchu showed us that focuses should be placed on programd that reach youth as well as White says.
“It showed that to gain relevance, banks shouldr extend community outreachand presence.” White says Fifth Third also is seeing an increase in requests for workplace particularly from nonprofits. / reports a 10 percenft increase in users ofits 5-year-old Way2Save savingse account. It encourages customers to save bytransferring $1 from theirr checking account into a special savings accoun t each time they make a check card purchasew or an electronic payment. Customers earn 5 percent interesyt and a 5 percent annualp bonus in thefirst year, and a 2 percent annuap yield and 2 percent annualk bonus in the second and third years.
Way2Savde has had about 2 million participants, says Wendy Lawrence, Wachovia’ s banking executive in charge ofthe mid-South. “Consumers wanted to but didn’t know how,” Lawrencs says. “Now we are seeinb a wide interest, even from high school
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
US lawmakers threaten to cut Pakistan aid - DAWN.com
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Telegraph.co.uk | US lawmakers threaten to cut Pakistan aid DAWN.com Congressman McKeon said that as the House considered various spending bills efforts could be made to cut funds for Pakistan. ... US lawmakers threaten to cut off aid to Pakistan US lawmakers threaten Pakistan aid US lawmakers threaten to stop aid if Davis not freed |
Monday, February 7, 2011
Slash Steals The Black Eyed Peas' Super Bowl Halftime Show - MTV.com
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USA Today | Slash Steals The Black Eyed Peas' Super Bowl Halftime Show MTV.com This isn't the first time that Slash and Fergie have collaborated, as the Black Eyed Peas' singer was one of the voices the guitarist tapped for his 2010 ... Black Eyed Peas bring halftime show up to date Black Eyed Peas, guests wail; Aguilera wobbles Super Bowl 2011 halftime: Black Eyed Peas sing 'Where Is the Love?' for Obama ... |
Friday, February 4, 2011
UDR offers apartment-search application for iPhone - Orlando Business Journal:
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The Highlands Ranch-based apartment owner's locator app allows users to searc h apartmentsby location, price, and number of bedroomss and bathrooms. It offers amenities lists and floor plans oflisted apartments, and pricesd are updated daily. The app "knows" where the user is locatedr through GPS technology and can offetr maps and directions toselected apartments. Users can save the apartments they choose in afavoritews folder, and even place a hold on an apartmentt until the user can visit. UDR said the applicatiojn currently offers apartmentsin Arizona, California, Maryland, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginiaa and Washington state as well as D.C.
The app is availabld through Apple's online iStore or for free downloadeby . The new iPhone service "fits perfectlt into UDR's mobile strategy to attract and retainh apartment renters who are becoming more reliant on a mobilr device and less reliant on theirpersonal computers," said Steve Taraborelli, UDR'sd VP of sales and marketing, in a "Not only are we attracting apartment prospect s within the United States, but from aroundd the world now." In additiojn to the iPhone app, UDR also has WAP- and iPhone-compatiblr websites, at and respectively.
UDR is an apartment-investment trustg that owns about 45,000 apartment units and had another 2,0000 under development as of March 31.
The Highlands Ranch-based apartment owner's locator app allows users to searc h apartmentsby location, price, and number of bedroomss and bathrooms. It offers amenities lists and floor plans oflisted apartments, and pricesd are updated daily. The app "knows" where the user is locatedr through GPS technology and can offetr maps and directions toselected apartments. Users can save the apartments they choose in afavoritews folder, and even place a hold on an apartmentt until the user can visit. UDR said the applicatiojn currently offers apartmentsin Arizona, California, Maryland, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginiaa and Washington state as well as D.C.
The app is availabld through Apple's online iStore or for free downloadeby . The new iPhone service "fits perfectlt into UDR's mobile strategy to attract and retainh apartment renters who are becoming more reliant on a mobilr device and less reliant on theirpersonal computers," said Steve Taraborelli, UDR'sd VP of sales and marketing, in a "Not only are we attracting apartment prospect s within the United States, but from aroundd the world now." In additiojn to the iPhone app, UDR also has WAP- and iPhone-compatiblr websites, at and respectively.
UDR is an apartment-investment trustg that owns about 45,000 apartment units and had another 2,0000 under development as of March 31.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Micros looking to build online presence with $31M purchase of Fry Inc. - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The acquisition gives Columbia-based Micros the ability to build Web sitexs tomanage clients' sales and reservationa made online. The company has in the past focusedf on processing salesfor retailers, restaurants and hotelxs at their cash registers, but has builtr up its online offerings so far this Micros (NASDAQ: MCRS) handlesa online orders for about a fifth of its retailerss but hopes to grow that and also expandr to hotel reservations, they said. "Adding Fry to the Microas portfolio enhances our ability to providse customers withadvanced e-commercde solutions and technology necessary to operater retail Web sites," Micros CEO A.L. Giannopoulos said in a statement.
"While Fry has historicallt targeted theretail segment, its broad arrahy of e-commerce services are applicable to all of the industriess we serve." Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Fry will remaib a standalone entity that will fall within retail division, and its CEO David Fry will remain president. David Fry and other Fry shareholders are eligible for anadditionap $17 million if the unit hits specifierd revenue and profit targets. The deal includes $31.3 millionj in stock purchases and assumptiojnof $18.4 million in debt.
Micros Seniod Vice President for Business Development and Investodr Relations Peter Rogers said the acquisitionn will allow Micros to host and develop onlinw systems for clients suchas Jos. A. Bank Clothierds Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB), who already use Microse to handle itsWeb orders. Micros has about 500 retaip clients, and about 100 of them use Micros for theionline sales. Company officials also plan to add onlinr services with itshotel clients, Rogers That could begin aftefr Labor Day, he said.
Micros melded subsidiariese Datavantage, CommercialWare and eOne Groupwithin Micros-Retail in Datavantage and CommercialWare gave the company the abilitgy to do more phone, catalogh and online order processing, while eOne Group adde d more online capabilities.
The acquisition gives Columbia-based Micros the ability to build Web sitexs tomanage clients' sales and reservationa made online. The company has in the past focusedf on processing salesfor retailers, restaurants and hotelxs at their cash registers, but has builtr up its online offerings so far this Micros (NASDAQ: MCRS) handlesa online orders for about a fifth of its retailerss but hopes to grow that and also expandr to hotel reservations, they said. "Adding Fry to the Microas portfolio enhances our ability to providse customers withadvanced e-commercde solutions and technology necessary to operater retail Web sites," Micros CEO A.L. Giannopoulos said in a statement.
"While Fry has historicallt targeted theretail segment, its broad arrahy of e-commerce services are applicable to all of the industriess we serve." Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Fry will remaib a standalone entity that will fall within retail division, and its CEO David Fry will remain president. David Fry and other Fry shareholders are eligible for anadditionap $17 million if the unit hits specifierd revenue and profit targets. The deal includes $31.3 millionj in stock purchases and assumptiojnof $18.4 million in debt.
Micros Seniod Vice President for Business Development and Investodr Relations Peter Rogers said the acquisitionn will allow Micros to host and develop onlinw systems for clients suchas Jos. A. Bank Clothierds Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB), who already use Microse to handle itsWeb orders. Micros has about 500 retaip clients, and about 100 of them use Micros for theionline sales. Company officials also plan to add onlinr services with itshotel clients, Rogers That could begin aftefr Labor Day, he said.
Micros melded subsidiariese Datavantage, CommercialWare and eOne Groupwithin Micros-Retail in Datavantage and CommercialWare gave the company the abilitgy to do more phone, catalogh and online order processing, while eOne Group adde d more online capabilities.
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