Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Avigen revenue falls in Q3 - San Francisco Business Times:

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The biotechnology company reported a net lossof $6.5 million, or 32 centd a share, on revenue of $8,000 for the quartefr ended Sept. 30. Last year over the same the company reported a net lossof $6.9 million, or 34 cent a share, on revenue of $140,000. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Firsf Call estimated a net loss of33 cents. Total operating expensex for the most recent quartefwas $6.9 million, compared to $7.7 million for the same perior in 2003.
In the company announced a restructuriny andlayoff plan, cutting its work force by 40 In a statement, Kenneth Chahine, the company' chief executive officer, said that the quarter's financial resultsz are in line with management expectations and consistenft with the company's realigned product development As of Sept. 30, the company had approximately $81 millioh in cash, cash equivalents, available-for-sale securities and restricte d investments. Shares of the company AVGN) were up 6.7 percent to $3.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Free Agent: Realm of the Mad God - Gamespy.com

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNLLa Salle loses 80-79 in OT to No. 22 Temple - Hawaii News Now

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AngioDynamics to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

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Mr. DeVivo is scheduled to present on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 4:05 pm ET. A live webcast and subsequent archived replay of AngioDynamics' presentations at these conferences may be accessed via the investor relations section of the Company's Web ...



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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Chrysler to restart Kenosha engine plant - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The Auburn Hills-Mich.-based automaker idled all its plants when it filede for Chapter 11 bankruptcyApril 30. Chrysler said factorie in Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Canada and Mexico woulde resume operationsJune 29. A Dodge plant in Detroiy had already resumed operationson Monday. Chrysletr emerged from its Chapter 11 bankruptc y onJune 10, with the company’s assetsw being transferred to a new corporation operatedd by . The reorganization plan remade the company into one owneed 55 percent by a unionpension trust, 20 percenrt owned by Fiat — a share that could grow to 35 percen — and the rest owned by the governmentss of the United States and Canada.
Fiat cannog obtain a majority stake in Chrysler untilp all taxpayer fundsare repaid. Chrysler had intende to close its engine plant in Kenosha in 2010 underthe

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Report: Foreclosures are top sellers - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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said banks that are willing to deal on foreclosed units are driving the firsytquarter activity. For example, Shoma at Keys Cove in soutn Miami-Dade County sold the most, with 50 unitws closing in thefirst quarter. The Vue at Brickelll sold 25 condos, ranking it seventh on CondoReports.com’ top-190 list. “Many banks have taken ownershipl of units in these buildingds and are looking toget out,” said Adam president of CondoReports.com. “Banks, either through shortg sales or units they own as a resultof foreclosures, are the most active sellerz in today’s market as they are willing to accept marketg prices.
” The 10 most activer buildings produced an average of 29 sales, or one sale evergy three days. The buildings accounted for more than 11 percenyt of all condo sales in according toa CondoReports.com news Most of the activity is tied to individual unit sales, and not bulk Cappel said. “These buildings are moving toward stabilituy as speculative investors and thinly capitalized owners are beinf replaced witheither owner-occupant or well-capitalized, patient investords buying in at a much lower cost,” Cappel said in the “Most are individual unit sales. The studyy looked at closed salesin 2,000 condoi projects with at least 50 unitse throughout Miami-Dade.
The study excluded unitw delivered in 2008 and 2009 because those sales were likelyh driven bypreconstruction contracts, Cappe l said.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Orlando board backs 11-story project - Orlando Business Journal:

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The Columbus, Ohio-based development firm on Feb. 17 received master plan approval from the Orlando Municipal Planninb Board foran 1.36-acre office midrise project in the area knownm as Uptown. The project must still gain the backingv of the OrlandoCity Council, which has not set a hearing on it. Preliminaruy plans for the site, located at the southeastg corner of North Orange Avenuw and ParkLake Street, include 151,755 square feet of officre space, 12,092 square feet of ground-floor retail and nearly 500 parking spaces, according to plans submitted to the city by Pizzuto Park Lake LLC.
Senior Vice President Scott who works out ofthe firm’s Orlando office, said the firm coulde start construction by next fall, depending on how thingw go with tenant signings. He declined to share the estimateproject value, but Orange County records show Pizzut i Park Lake spent nearly $8.1 million on eight parcel s totaling 2.6 acres on North Orange and Park Lake betweenj April and May of last The architect for the projectf is Hunton Brady Architects and Bowyer-Singleton & Associatesz Inc. is the engineer, according to a city Hall said Pizzuti is about a month away from signinh a couple ofmajor tenants, which is crucialk for the project’s financing.
Lenders typicallyg require more than 50 percent of the space to be leasedf before loaning money for aconstruction “Class A office space in downtown Orlando is still very attractive to Hall said. “There are still peopled out there whose businesses are still who are busy as ever and stillsigninvg leases.” But the project appearws to come at a time when vacancie are growing and landlorda are competing heavily to outpric e one another in the tenant-friendly Downtown Orlando experienced a fourth-quarter 16.3 percent vacanct rate in Class A officre space, according to . That number was 15.5 percent in the third quarter, the reportr said.
Hall said he’s confident Pizzuti’s projectg will be able to attract long-term tenants, versus all the short-termk deals that are being offered by other landlordws in adepressed market. Pizzuti appears to on schedules to capitalize on markert conditions oncethey improve, said Craig Ustler, principalp of Orlando-based Ustler in November announced plans to begib work on a new $35 million, seven-story offices building on South Street and Summerlin Avenur after inking to a 65,000-square-foot lease.
Ustle r said that deal, which eats up 65 percen t of thenew building’s office space, was key to the Ustler said Pizzuti will likely have to securse a tenant for 75,000-100,000 squarwe feet of space to get it but it’s not impossible. “In the short the next couple of months are goint to be alittle challenging, but he’ll get it Ustler said of Hall. “This is a good time for them to be wherethey are.
They’re clearly spendingh money, they’re serious about the and it’s a good development firm with agood Additionally, Pizzuti will likely becomes a tenant in the new building, Hall The company currently leases space in Lincoln Plaza in downtown

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Cincinnati Metro bracing for funding cuts; may reduce service - Orlando Business Journal:

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About $44.1 million – or about half of the bus service’sd $94.6 million operating budget comes from the cityof Cincinnati’s earnings tax, accordinhg to a Metro news release issued Based on the city’s projected earnings tax Metro anticipates a reduction of betweem $2 million and $3 milliojn in that funding by 2010. And most Metro ride are related to employment or personal business. With unemployment hovering around 10 percent andbudgetes tight, the agency said ridership is So Metro also expects fare revenue to be from $3 million to $5 million lower than budgeted.
In Hamilton County has notified Metro thatit can’t provider 2009 general fund dollarsa for Access service for people with disabilities that goes beyon d what the Americans with Disabilities Act requires. The countg has provided funding for the additional service for thepast decade. That represents $233,0090 in funding. The state of Ohio also has reduced the 2009 amounrt Metro receives for elderly and disabled fare subsidby $137,000, the agency said. “Fod many years Metro has struggled to provide more service than it can Metro CEO Marilyn Shazor said in thenews “We’ve cut costs behincd the scenes, increased fares and improved service efficiency.
We’ve dipped into our reservez and deferred critical capital projects likebus replacement. These stepzs bought us time, but we can’t overcomee the additional lossesin revenue. We must reassessx the level of service that we can reasonablhy provide within the newbudget reality.” Metro will spend the summee analyzing options and talking with customers, employeexs and others to help the agency make decisions for the rest of 2009 and for the 2010 the news release said. “The financiao model is broken,” Shazor said in the release. “We must right-sizde Metro and provide the very best servicr we can within the resourceszwe have.
” Metro also is struggling with inadequate capitalo dollars to replace buses beyond theif useful 12-year life. Even with stimulus dollarw awarded this year forcapital projects, the agencyy will not have enough money in 2010 to replac e 69 buses that are beyond theirr useful life, the release said. Transit systemx in Dayton, Cleveland, Atlanta, St. Louis, San Portland, Boston, Charlotte, Phoenix, Minneapolis, New Chicago and other major marketds also have either implemented or are consideringservicw cuts, fare increases or both to addreses budget deficits since last fall, Metro said in the Metro, operated by the , provides bus service throughout Hamilton County, and portions of Butler, Clermonrt and Warren counties.

Friday, February 10, 2012

O'Hare Airport joining pre-check screening program - Chicago Sun-Times

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

On The Occasion of Valentine's day, ItsHot.com Announces More New Designs In ... - DigitalJournal.com (press release)

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A Diamond is a woman's best friend. That's why she would love to wear one close to the heart this Valentine's. ItsHot launched a stunning collection of diamond pendants including Diamond Heart Pendants and Diamond Cross Pendants.



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Monday, February 6, 2012

Cloudyn Ends Need for Rampant Over-Provisioning in the Cloud - MarketWatch (press release)

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Cloudyn Ends Need for Rampant Over-Provisioning in the Cloud

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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cloudyn today announced the general availability of the next generation in cloud cost management solutions, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for dynamically optimizing the costs of cloud ...



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Friday, February 3, 2012

Shunning the January sales: How European football turned its back on big ... - Goal.com

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Who were the biggest movers in the transfer market? How much was spent? Who was the most expensive player? Goal.com recaps all the major transactions in January Spending was down in almost all of Europe's major leagues in the first month of 2012, ...



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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Jazz Digest, February 2012 - Jazz Journal

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Barry Witherden: During 2011 I've derived considerable enjoyment from recordings by such relatively new musicians and bands as Curios, Trichotomy, Led Bib, Kairos 4Tet and Panacea, and the output of independent labels like Edition and Babel, ...



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