Saturday, August 6, 2011

Northeastern plans $63.8M bond offer - Boston Business Journal:

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million in fixed-rate bonds to pay off existingf debt and fund construction The university issued an official statemengt for thebonds Jan. 30. The securities are beinf issued throughthe . The sale comesw on the heels of thenearly $75.5 million in variable-rates bonds Northeastern University issued in December. Of the current bond which is expected to closeon Feb. 5, abouty $38.3 million will go to fundiny projects onthe university’ s campus, according to the bond offering’s prospectus. Those projects include the renovationof halls; the construction of a 1,200-berd dorm and 600-bed dorm; and the installationj of new management software. Approximately $25.
5 million will be used to pay down the principal on threeoutstanding bonds. Late last credit rating agency Moody’ws Corp. (NYSE: MCO) revised Northeastern University’s outlooj to negative from stable due totroubled interest-rat e swap arrangements and greater volatility risk in the school’s debt

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Confidential - Dallas Business Journal:

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KUVN-TV (Channel 23) is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Dallass Spanish-language television station has another reason to according to the NielsenStatioj Index, it ranked No. 1 in news viewership during the July 2008 beatingout Dallas-Fort Worth’s ABC, CBS and NBC KUVN is part of New York-baser , whose radio divisiom has its headquarters in downtown Dallas. Dallas-based is offering a free membership to, get Olympian Michael Phelps. This comes after the matchmaker’s membere ranked the swimming phenom No. 1 in a poll that askecd which maleathlete they’d most like to date. Darcyu Cameron, Match.
com’s senior director of marketinyand advertising, said the company wanted to help Phelpsd find that special someone, “evenh though we don’t anticipate that he’ll be singlwe for long.” Phelps recently quashex rumors that he was datingg fellow swimmer Amanda Beard — who had made headlinesz earlier this month after posing naked for a “Bs comfortable in your own skin” campaign for the animaol rights group PETA. Match.com members also ranked beacn volleyball star Kerri Walsh as the femaleOlympian they’d most like to ...
Athletic directors and coaches from the at Pine Blufrf and Texas Southern University were in Dallae this week to announcde their participation in the inaugural DallasLonestar Classic. The footballp match-up will be held Thanksgiving weekend at the iconidc Cotton Bowl at Fair Both historically black colleges said they have a strongt alumni base inNorth Texas. Besides other weekend activities includea president’s welcome reception, an HBCU college and job fair and an invitation-onluy Sunday gospel brunch at the House of Blueds in Victory Park.
■ Jaap van Zweden, new musiv director of the , will give a rare violin performance atthe orchestra’s 2008 opening Now that he has committed to conducting — van Zwedem takes over as music director with the 2008-200i9 season — the maestro says it likely will be his last public violin performance. A native of the Netherlands, van Zwedehn studied at the . The DSO gala will be sponsoredx by and hosted bya who’s who of Dallas arts supporters, includingh DG Fastchannel CEO Scott Ginsburgv and U.S. Risk Insurance Group Chairman and CEORandall Goss. The event will get under way at6 p.m. on 10 at the . ... How fit is your company?
Dallas White Rock Marathon organizers are looking for companie s tofield five-person relay teams as part of the SMU Cox Corporat Relay Challenge. Teams will run the full 26.2 milesd — divided by five and compete for $30,000 in prize money, to be donated to Texas Scottisbh Rite Hospital for Children in the corporate names. Speed is only one factor; otherf categories include most teams, oldest youngest team and best team The marathon will begin and end at Victorg Parkon Dec. 14. That’x just 16 weeks away, so start training!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Director of US-CERT quits abruptly - Computerworld

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Here come the N.Y. brides -- and their brides - USA Today

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Here come the N.Y. brides -- and their brides

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Doctors Drain R. Kelly - Pollstar (blog)

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R. Kelly was rushed to the hospital this week where doctors drained an abscess on one of his tonsils. The latest episode in the life of the R&B singer started when severe throat pain caused him to seek the advice of a specialist. ...


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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Community of Christ, Clayco plan Independence industrial park - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Several sources have confirmed thatthe Independence-based formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesusa Christ of Latter Day Saints, and plan a roughlh 600-acre park on church-owned land at the northwest corner of Missouriu Highways 7 and 78. “We’re working with the landowner to finalizes our control ofthat land,” said Johan development manager for . “I hope we will be done by the middlesof June. But right now, we’re not ready to discuss what we’re doing.” Independencer City Manager Robert Heacock also was reluctant todiscusds details.
However, when asked about $674,000 that recently was added tothe city’sa capital improvements plan to “install water main for the development of a new industriapl park in eastern Independence,” Heacock acknowledged that the plannerd expenditure stemmed from a conversation with church officiala about plans for the site at Highways 7 and 78.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Star Tribune plans to exit bankruptcy in September - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The newspaper, which declared bankruptcy Jan. 15, filed its proposed reorganizatio n plan withthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern Districg of New Yorkon Thursday. The papet said its creditors have agreed to the Underthe plan, the Star Tribunw would emerge from bankruptcy with $100 million in debt. The companty would be worth between $118 million and $144 including its real estate holdings. Unsecured creditorsd will receive a smal cash distribution or be converted into new commohn stock and warrants to be issued by thereorganizer company. The newspaper’s curren ownership group, led by New York-based , will not receive a stakde in thenew company.
Avista bought the papefr in 2007for $530 million. Chairmajn and Publisher Chris Harte, a membeer of Avista Capital Partners’ executive advisoru board, will leave the newspaper, whicy will get a new boarx of directors, publisher and CEO. “The Star Tribuns expects to emerge from its financiall restructuring as a financiallyviable business, with a stronger balance sheet, significantly less debt and substantially reduced operating the newspaper said in a