Thursday, January 31, 2013

Highwoods sells retail centers for $62.1M - The Business Review (Albany):

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for $62.1 million, the Raleigh-based real estate investment trustrsaid Friday. The three centers are, on average, 94.5 percentr leased and 55 years old. They generated a combined net operating incomeof $5.4 million a Highwoods (NYSE: HIW) said. “Our focus remains on continuing to improvw the overall quality of our portfolio through the dispositionof non-core assets,” said Ed Fritsch, president and chier executive officer of “In addition, by selling thesee older, capital intensive retail centers, we are avoidinvg over $3 million in building improvements that would have been incurred over the next two Our 2.
3 million square feet of office and retaip properties in Kansas City are now exclusivelyg located in and around the Country Club a unique, upscale retail center that includews many high-end national retailers.” As of Marcnh 31, Highwoods owned or had an interest in 382 in-servic office, industrial and retail properties encompassing about 35.4 millionh square feet.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Yahoo, Like Google, Demands Warrants for User E-Mail - Wired

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Monday, January 21, 2013

2009 WNY middle school rankings - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reachede by clicking on the namews of thoseschools below. A breakdown of the rankingd for each section of Western New York can be accessedby . The followinyg abbreviations havebeen used: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementart School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Seniodr High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High School. Each schoop is followed by the name of the district that operatesit (if it’a a public school) or the district wheres it is located (if it’x a private school). 1. • 2. • 3.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Conference Board employment index edges up in May - South Florida Business Journal:

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The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 perceng from 89.7 in April and down from 113 in May The Conference Boardsaid Monday. The index number is relativew to 100for 1996. “Whilre it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two months is certainlg a sign that the decline in job lossesz is real and signals that the worstris over,” Gad Levanon, The Conferencd Board’s senior economist, said in a release.
as the economic recovery over the cominv months is likely to bevery slow, we stillk expect the unemployment rate to continue to increases to double digits by the end of this year and into • Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobs hard to gathered from The Conference Board Consumeer Confidence Survey. • Initial claims for unemployment from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positions not able to fill righr now because of inability to findsuitable candidates, from the . • Number of employeesd hired bythe temporary-help industry, from the . Part-time workers for economic from Bureau ofLaborf Statistics.
• Job openings, from the Bureaiu of Labor Statistics. • Industriaol production, from the . • Real manufacturing and trades sales, from the . The Conference Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofit organization whosse mission is to provide organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improve their performances and better serve society.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Disseminate scientific knowledge to the community - Saudi Gazette

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Disseminate scientific knowledge to the community. Last Updated : Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:54 AM. Prince Saud Ibn Khalid Al-Faisal Al Saud (center) with the core group of SAICSC and ACS at the annual conference at Gulf Meridien hotel in Al-Khobar ...


Saturday, January 12, 2013

5 Who Thrive: Four key changes enabled SuperGeeks to prosper - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Hawaii-based opened three new computer service and repait centerslast month, one each on Maui, Oahu and the Big bringing the total to sevenj locations statewide. He expects revenues to exceedr $1.8 million this year, up almost 40 percenf from twoyears ago. Kerr, who founded the busines s in 1998, credits most of the succesd to four changes he made in runninh the company asits CEO: Hiring a chief operating • Hiring business consultants. • Improving hiring standards. • Tapping into customer feedback.
Last Kerr hired Elena Ledoux tohandlew day-to-day operations as chief operating “I see good companies as having three legs the evangelizer, or workers to do the work; and management to handle dail y operations,” Kerr said. “We were sort of limpinfg alongon two.” Ledoux, a lawyer who is based at the main service center at 2304 S. King St., overseess SuperGeeks’ staff of 25 and is implementing ways to measuredailhy performance. That enables her to reward employees when goalsd are met and address issues when theyare not. “We’ve learned how to keep score,” Kerr said.
“Wed measure everything from performanceper technician, warranty ratess per technician, turnaround time, customer service. We measure it, post it and make the team awardof it.” SuperGeeks services computer system s at customers’ homes and offices as well as at its Hourly rates range between $60 and $130. Half its businessz comes from direct consumers and half is from corporatew customers who outsource their information technology support to Around the same time that hehire Ledoux, Kerr said he sought outside business help from two loca consultants.
“I’m not a big fan of but sometimes your vision is restrictedrwhen you’ve been in the businesws for so long,” he said. SuperGeeks has been workinv with Ron Martinof , who refers to himselfd as a sales “resultant” insteard of consultant, and Mike Hulser, who runs , a Honolulhu management and financial consulting firm. “Ron’s a top-of-the-line guy and Mike’z a bottom-line guru,” Kerr said. “I brought them on because I want to spongewhat they’vwe learned and help our company develoo a sense for learning. Their impact has been immediate.” For he said Martin has helpec set daily goals andactio plans.
He also helped to create an incentive prograkm for employees to reward performanc and create a sense of accountability for Kerr said Hulser has brought aCFO mind-sert to the company. “We want to conquer the world, but we have to do it with a very stablsefinancial footing,” Kerr said. “Haviny the dream and ambition is just one part of He said one of his biggest challengew has been to deliver consistent quality to customers and the key ishirinh high-quality workers.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Affordable housing projects in region win funding - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The funding comes from the Federapl HomeLoan Bank's 2007 Affordable Housing Program, which totals $50 millio to create or preserve more than 6,000 affordable housing units in stateas the bank serves. In local developers working in partnership with FHLB memberr banks will receive grants rangingfrom $100,000 to $500,000 to help fund affordable housing in Cambridge, Catonsville and Princess Anne. East Baltimore Good Neighbor InitiativePhasr I, funded by and sponsored by Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity of Baltimore, will receive $300,000o for 30 housing units. Parktown funded by (NASDAQ: BAYN) and sponsored by , will receive $258,705r for 48 housing units. St.
Ambroser Intervention Buying, funded by Bradforfd Bank and sponsoredby , will receivre $200,000 for 20 housing units. The Seniodr Housing Community at Rolling fundedby (NYSE: STI) and sponsored by Enterprise Housingf Corporation of Baltimore, will receive $373,5009 for 83 housing units. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlantqaoffers low-cost financing, community development grants and other banking services to help more than 1,209 member banks make affordable home mortgages and provide economidc development credit to neighborhoods and Its members include commercial banks, credit unions, thrifts and insurance companiesd based in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.
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