Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Economic summit: Alex Sanchez advises against overspending - South Florida Business Journal:
In the wake of the “liquidity between 2003 and 2007, Floridiane should return to fundamentals andstay "calm and Sanchez said. Bankers still want to make loans and most bankers are workingwith "folks in need," he “If a banker does not make loanse the bank does not make money,” he A bank would rather arrange a payment plan to keep peopled in their homes than foreclose, he said. Sanchezz showed less patience with realestatd “flippers,” even those left with severalp condos and facing foreclosure. He said the only flipperz he wants to see in the state are in the Throughoutthe address, Sanchesz stressed the importance of regulation.
Regulators have the power to keepmoney safe, he said. A crowd of 150 businesspeopld turned out for the Wednesdahy morning meeting atthe . of Palm Harbotr sponsored the event. Florida Bankers , , and also sponsored the breakfast
Monday, August 29, 2011
Ky. video-gaming bill dies in Senate committee - Charlotte Business Journal:
The Senate Appropriations Revenue Committee, on Monday voted 10-5 against the measure, with two members according to theLexington Herald-Leader. The House had previousl y passedthe bill. The legislation would have permitted video-lottert terminals at Kentucky horse tracks, includiny Turfway Park in Florence. "The limited gaming proposal was designed to help save a signaturer industry inperil – an industry that meansd 100,000 jobs and $4 billion in investmeng for our state," said Gov. Steve Besheare in a Monday evening statement. "It is unfortunated that every voice on this critically importany issue was not heard and everyh votenot counted.
" At a Frankforty press conference, Turfway Park President Bob Elliston said Turfwagy could close by 2010 if Ohio passes gamingf legislation and Kentucky does not. Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandx recently reversed his stance against gamblingat
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Jacobs Accepts No. 2 Role in the Giants' Backfield - New York Times
New York Daily News | Jacobs Accepts No. 2 Role in the Giants' Backfield New York Times EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ รข" A year ago, Brandon Jacobs seemed combative and frustrated, his disappointment about the role he was given in the Giants' running game evident. This season, Jacobs has appeared more accepting and at ease, ... JACOBS ADDS GASOLINE TO HIS OWN FIRE Jacobs out to prove himself again Giants' Brandon Jacobs ready to carry the load again at running back again as ... |
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Bankruptcy judge OKs sale of GM's assets - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
led by the U.S. government. Judge Robert Gerbert of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York overroder the objections of several agreeing with GM that the sale was needec to keep the automaker in Gerber approved the sale toNGMCO Inc., an entity fundedx by the U.S. Treasuryt Department. Gerber’s order included a four-day stay before the sale could close. The Detroit-based company for Chapter 11 bankruptcygJune 1. Gerber's decisioj sets the stage for the new GM to emergee frombankruptcy Thursday. Besides the U.S.
the Canadian government and health-care trust for the Unitedd Auto Workers will have stakes in the new NGMCO will change its name to GeneralMotorzs Co. and continue to operate under GM’x corporate and sub-brands, GM (NYSE: GM) said in a Monda release. The government hopes to take GM publifin 2010. In the meantime, the old GM will change its name to MotorasLiquidation Co. and will remaimn in bankruptcy as trusteew wind downthe business. GM that as part of its it will lay offanother 21,000 close at least a dozen plants and end its relationshipa with about 6,000 dealers, including some 38 in Missour and 66 in Illinois.
As of the end of Missouri had 160 GM dealerships and Illinoishad 315. GM planw to cut a shift from its Wentzville plant in 887 workers, or nearly half its hourlg work force there. Feeling pressur e from more than a dozenm attorneysgeneral nationwide, including from Missouri and Illinois General Motors Corp. has agreed to assume liability for injurieas drivers suffer from car defectd after the automaker emerges from Buton Monday, the Chicago-based filed notice of appeal on behalf of individuals who have sued GM with product-liabilitty claims.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
MLB Standings Update: Only 13 Teams Are Legitimately In Contention With 7 ... - SB Nation
MLB Standings Update: Only 13 Teams Are Legitimately In Contention With 7 ... SB Nation As the season begins to wind down, only 13 teams can truly be considered to be in contention for either a division title or a Wild Card, although I will add one more team this week that is on the very edge of contention. With seven weeks to go, ... |
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
IN RE ADOPTION OF MODULE 3 HOUSING ELEMENT - Leagle.com
IN RE ADOPTION OF MODULE 3 HOUSING ELEMENT Leagle.com IN RE ADOPTION OF MODULE 3 HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN INSTRUCTIONS BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HIGHLANDS COUNCIL. Kevin D. Walsh argued the cause for appellant Fair Share Housing Center (Fair Share Housing Center, attorneys; Mr. Walsh, ... |
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Two more leave BofA board - Phoenix Business Journal:
According to a filing with the Securities andExchanges Commission, Prueher and Frank didn’t resign becauswe of any disagreement with the company. Jackie Ward and Patriciz Mitchell resigned earlythis month. Mitchell is a former New York television executive and currently serves as chievf executive of the Paleyg Centerfor Media, a New York nonprofit. Ward is the retirer chief executiveof Atlanta-basedc Computer Generation Inc., a software Robert Tillman, a former Lowe’ws Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW) chief resigned from the BofA board effectivreMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announcefd former lead independentdirector O. Templew Sloan had left the board.
BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’zs reason for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA director for 13 Inearly June, four outside directors were electe to BofA’s board. They are former Federao Reserve GovernorSusan Bies, former Compass Bancshares Inc. chiet executive and chairman D. Paul Jones, forme r Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Donald Powelo and retired BankOne Corp. and Visa International Inc. executive William Boardman. BofA’s board has been undet intense scrutiny in recent months as the bank sufferesd through asharp stock-price decline after acquiring Merrillo Lynch & Co. The Charlotte-based bank also has received $45 billion in taxpayer aid.
At the bank’z annual meeting in late April, shareholdersx voted to strip Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis of his positio n asboard chairman. Walter Massey was installexd as the new chairman and has indicate the board needs to be Lewis remainsthe bank’s CEO and
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Everybody's Happy Nowadays - Tapped (blog)
Everybody's Happy Nowadays Tapped (blog) Dissatisfaction from some Democratic activists notwithstanding, 78 percent of Democrats approve of Obama, according to the latest Gallup survey. In particular, liberal Democrats and African Americans ... |
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Could Joe Webb Wind Up the Vikings' #2 Quarterback? - The Viking Age
Washington Examiner | Could Joe Webb Wind Up the Vikings' #2 Quarterback? The Viking Age Christian Ponder was more-or-less handed the back-up spot by everyone outside the Vikings organization after Donovan McNabb's arrival, but Leslie Frazier has kept an open mind about things, and now it appears Webb and Ponder are at least running ... Vikings new, but not rebuilding Vikings keeping Joe Webb at quarterback ... for now Frazier likes what he sees in quarterbacks |
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Palm Beach County clerk cuts 66 employees - Sacramento Business Journal:
million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’s budgegt by July 1, county clerk Sharonh Bock said in a news The cuts are expectedto “significantly impact servicde levels at the Clerk’s seven Palm Beach County locations,” she notecd in the release. The requiree staff cuts leave the office with fewer people to pursue and collect millions of dollarse in unpaid traffic andcourt fees, which will lead to more budget cuts. “It’s a viciou cycle designed to underfund us into she said.
Thirty-two employees accepted a buyout offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payourt on theirsick leave, rather than the normal 25 percent to 50 perceny offered under current termination policies. On May 29, an addition 34 employeesd were told during staff meetings that they were beinglaid off, effectivr June 12. They will receive four weeks of pay. With thesde layoffs and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positionsa -- 16 percent of management positions and 12 percenr of hourly positions -- in the past year.
The Cleri & Comptroller’s Office, which employs more than 800 in offices throughougt PalmBeach County, handles the business arm of the cour system. Employees receive, file and retrieve cour documents, process fees and traffixc fines, and enter and maintain case information inthe court’s computer