Plaintiffs notch legal win in Ill. cigarette suit - CBS News

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Plaintiffs notch legal win in Ill. cigarette suit CBS News (AP) ST. LOUIS â€" The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for plaintiffs' attorneys to push that a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris be revived, sending the matter back to the trial court for more hearings. ... and more »

Public TV business show honors local philanthropist - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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An entrepreneur and a philanthropist, Fisher founded and served as vice chairmajn and chief financial officer until his retirementin 1980. In 1985 he endoweds the Fisher School of Accounting atthe , and later the Universityt awarded him a doctor of humane letters degree. Fishe r and his wife, Aleta, support many locaol charitable organizations. They have been active in supporting The Long Phoenix House, , Homeless Emergency Project and Clearwater for The administers their charitable funds. The focud of the program, hosted by analyst and financiall consultantGeoff Simon, represents a trend in publicx television, said Richard Lobo, president and chief executivse officer of WEDU, in a release.
"These typexs of programs are the future of publixctelevision stations. WEDU is returning to its rootsw and featuring more and morelocaol programming," Lobo said. Simonh received his an executive MBA from the Universithy of South Florida College of Businesxs Administration and an undergraduate degree with honors from the Universithy of Wisconsin Collegeof Journalism. WEDU is one of two publi c TV stations in west centrap Floridaserving Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota.
WEDU is supportedf primarily through individual memberships and isthe most-watcher PBS station in Florida, broadcastiny to 16 counties, it said in the

Cal State San Bernardino hosting cultural conference; Native American Day on ... - San Bernardino Sun

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Cal State San Bernardino hosting cultural conference; Native American Day on ... San Bernardino Sun Wally "Uncle Wally" Antone, right, of the Quechan Tribe and others sing Native American bird songs during the California Native American Day at Cal State University San Bernardino on Friday, September 24, 2010. (Al Cuizon) Gourd rattles, ... and more »

Pedal to Properties leases Boulder office space - Denver Business Journal:

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The residential real estate firm’s newly leaser space is at 1949Pearl St., a location in the Pearkl Street Mall area previously occupied by Besos boutique. The space will be the company’e new flagship office, and is expecte d to open in July. “This is an excellenr location that affords us visibilityand access,” company founded and President Matt Kolb said in a statement. Pedal to Properties is a residential real estatew firm that gives clients the option of looking at homezby bicycle. The company maintains a fleet of 50 ElectraCruiser bikes. , the real estate brokerag e is expanding because of a new capital infusion from attorney Tim now half-owner and president for U.
S. operations of Pedal to Majors, who’s originally from Perth, Australia, approached Kolb about investingt his firm after looking at Bouldedr propertiesby bicycle. In additiobn to expanding in Boulder, Pedal to Properties plans to look at openinvg branch officesin other, unspecified U.S. markets. In May, the compant launched a licensee designation for brokers interested in using the Boulder operational formula intheir markets.

Drop in bookings may spur ski resorts to offer incentives - Denver Business Journal:

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Boulder travel company SkiColorado.com had a 30 percenrt decline in advanced room bookings at Colorado ski resorts in September fromSeptember 2007. Last ski the company fed $13 million in revenue into the Coloradooski industry, which was up 15 percent from the 2006-2007 season. SkiColorado.co forecasts a 15 percent dip in bookings for theupcoming season. As a result, the companyy laid off seven employeesthis fall. we had to let our lowesft production salesagents go,” said Kristenn Cherry, director of operations. in August, we hire five to seven sales agents.
” The company booked 25,000 room nightd at Colorado mountain resorts last ski with condominiums accounting for 70 percenft ofthe bookings, multimillion-dollar homesx for 10 percent to 15 percent, and the rest goinv to hotels. , whicy owns and operates Vail, Beaverr Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado, alonbg with several hotels, reported a 17 perceny drop in advanced bookingsthrough Sept.
25, accordingg to its fourth-quarter earnings report releasedlast Ski-pass sales were down 8 “As an update on our season pass salezs and lodging booking for the upcominyg season, we’ve certainly begun to see the impact of the currenr economic softness during thesd unprecedented times,” Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz said in the fourth-quartef conference call last month. “Whether these results represeny guests delaying their purchases or signs of a visitation declinre for the upcoming season is not somethinb we candiscern yet, as we clearly have less visibilityt into these early-season indicators.
” also has made fewerf season-pass sales, but spokeswoman Leigh Hierholzedr declined to quantify the decrease. Another online bookinb company, Ski.com, said booking have been down. “It’s down in the single said Dan Sherman, Ski.com spokesman, adding that the company expectsthis season’s bookings to be on pace with two years ago. To boosr business, Ski.com and mountain resorts are offering booking incentivexto consumers, such as free lift free spa credits and packagwe deals, earlier than usual.
tracks ski resort trendas each year, and CEO Melanie Mills said this season will be an excellengt time to watchfor “It’s going to be a great winte for those who live on the Front Rangee in Colorado, because I imaginde there’s going to be a lot of greaft deals to get people to ski in the she said.

Finding reasons, solutions when buying decisions are put on hold - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The challenge is determining if the delah is adisguised objection, an unresolved concern, an excusde or real. Most how can you get to the truth and move thesale forward? Buyers are like Wall Street: Neither likes Understanding risk can help you smooth the progress toward a Caution is an indication of risk and it’s rampant right now. Sellers become too, not wanting to hear a negative But consider that getting a negative decision now is bettef than getting one after investing energy and resources pursuing a prospect for weekds oreven months.
Try facilitating a discussion around best-case and worst-case What is the worsgt case if theydo nothing, and what is the best case if they move forward? What is the worst-case scenario if they buy now, and what is the best case if they delah the decision? Having this conversation gives you the opportunity to influence theitr thought process and provide input into the scenarios. Threre common themes emerge as reasons fordelayed decisions, whic are incomplete or poor initial qualification, unansweresd concerns and changes in priorities. Where you are, what to do Did you just take the prospect’zs word that they coulds benefit fromwhat you’re selling?
Qualifying the need means gaining evidencs that their situation justifies the purchase. For everyone wants new office furniture, but how does not buyingy it now affectthe company? It coulde range from lost productivity to poor market image to no effect at all. If there’ds evidence of significant impact, the urgency to make a purchaseis It’s also important to acquire the perspectiv of all involved decisiohn makers to identify roadblocks.
It’s rare for everyone to agreew on needs and priorities within a Withoutthis information, it’s difficult to implemenft a strategy to move Opportunities that need funding or that are waiting for fundinf are less likely to closwe than those that have a budgety allocated. Risk-adverse sellers avoid having the early crucial conversationa about budgetsand money. Hoping that traditional benefits will carryu the decision is riskier than having a direct and franlk discussion about the investment requirements early in thesalew process. There is a difference between not having the budget and being unwilling to invesrtthe budget.
One is a logistical problekm while the other is a perceiveedvalue problem. You can’t fix logistics, but you can address In a cautionary climate, you must run an game and qualify thoroughly. A presentatioj or proposal that is prematurse will automatically generatea stall. Buyers unconsciously go through three major phasesof First, they evaluate if they have a need that is severde enough to fix. Once a need is clear, the assessmen of options occurs.

Clear: No refunds - Houston Business Journal:

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On its Web site, blamed its financial conditionb for its inability to handout refunds. The company shut down its lanes at and other airports on Mondauy night because it failed to come to termd with a major New York-based Verified Identity Pass said earlier this week it “hass been unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor to continud operations.” Last March, the companyu reported 20,000 registered travelers in metro Atlanta. Clear memberas paid up to $199 for an annual membership for accesz to designated security lanes at participatingairportz nationwide.
Members provided biometric data, which was encoded on a for the promise of a speedier and convenientf trip through airport CLEAR lanes opened at the airporf about the same time as an expansion of the main securitt lanesat Hartsfield-Jackson. The new additions includede lanes designed specifically forexperienced travelers. Airport officiala have said the added lanez have kept security wait times beloe 10 minuteson average, whicj might have made CLEAR lanes less advantageous to In other company news, Verified Identity Pass said applicanf and member data is currently secured in accordance with the ’d Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards.
It said it will continuw to secure such information and will take appropriat steps to deletethe information.

Shoe print found in search for autistic boy lost in forest - Los Angeles Times

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Shoe print found in search for autistic boy lost in forest Los Angeles Times San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lt. Rick Ells told KTLA News that searchers found what they believed to be a shoe print in the forest. More than 60 deputies and California Highway Patrol officers are looking for the boy, and a helicopter is in the air, ... and more »

Tech companies help clients win stimulus funds - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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By helping their clients get some ofthe $100 billion in federal stimulus money earmarked for technologyu spending, companies like , , and hope to stem an expected revenue decline as corporations and institutions cancel projectw in the economic downturn. Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) has set up with videods and links to information on what fundsa are available and how to IBM (NYSE:IBM) is offering a software program designex to help companies monitor how they're spending stimulusz funds and has held online seminarz on how federal funds are being distributed.
Its efforts were criticizecd last month, however, by labor groupzs who said it was trying to capitalizw on federal tech stimulus spending whilesendingy U.S. jobs to India. The Wall Streer Journal reports that Oracle has also scheduled an event for this month in whichn it will offer advice on how to winstimuluzs money, while Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has trained sales staff to help customerzs apply for funding. , whichn is supported by funds from a numbet of tech companies in the partneredwith Washington, D.C.
-based LLC on a March 27 symposium on stimulus “Even the most sophisticatefd organizations are still tryinv to get their arms aroun d the stimulus funding because they realize this is an incredibls business opportunity,” said Al Gordon, CEO of Nationaol Strategies.

Balsillie could face $100 million relocation fee for Phoenix Coyotes - Business First of Buffalo:

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That would be on top of his offerdof $213 million for the financiallgy troubled hockey team to Coyotes ownert Jerry Moyes. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judgse Redfield Baum is hearin arguments Tuesday on whether the Coyotez can move to Canada as part of theird Chapter 11bankruptcy reorganization. Baum is not expectecd to rule on thematter Tuesday, but focusedx on rights and some kind of relocation fee to reimbursde the league for its lost expansioh team opportunity in Hamilton should the Coyotes move there.
The $100 millionj figure was cited in court NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman declined to commen t outside the downtown Phoenix bankruptcy court onthe $100 millio or what a relocation fee might entail. The NHL and othere pro sports leagues are fighting the Coyotes move sayingb it could prompt other teamsx to file bankruptcy in an attempt to move to other markets. Baum, however, noted that moves by the Baltimored Colts, San Diego Clippers and othera have not hada long-term detrimentaol impact on pro sports.
NHL representatives said Tuesday that the league will continued to fund the Coyotes through next season ifneed be, and its priorit y is an ownership group that would keep the team in If that’s not possible, then bidders looking to move the team couldf be considered, officials said. Balsillie contends that NHL hockey is not financiallyg viable in the Phoenix marke t and is pushing for his offer to be approved by the end of The Coyotes have lost morethan $300 millionj since moving to the Phoenixz market in 1996 from Winnipeg. The court hearing was slaterd to continue Tuesday afternoon includintg arguments against the Coyotes move from the cityof Glendale, whicbh owns Jobing.
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The report, which lists what it callsa some ofthe nation’s “mosr unfair civic court jurisdictions” notes that “many judges in Soutyh Florida continually allow the plaintiffs' bar to push the envelopes of civil justice. And with the state'se high court as unpredictable asit is, there's no confidencd that improper trial court rulings will be corrected on The report is being criticized by the , whicn represents trial lawyers, as "widely debunked" and funder by "negligent corporations and industries to undermine the civik justice system.
" "ATRA's tobacco and insurance financierds spend millions on junk reports so they can continue theie negligent behavior and avoid accountabilty," Jon CEO of the American Association for The foundation, meantime, notes that lawsuit abuses have a negatived impact not only on the nation’w economy, but also on individual state’s economies. "Evergy dollar spent defending against a speculative lawsuitr is a dollarthat won't be spent on researcb and development, capital investment, worker training or job creation,” ATRF President Tigeer Joyce said.
“Unfortunately, for those living in Hellholexs jurisdictions during this economic it can be that much harder to find or keep a job and get criticall healthcare services, as employers and doctors are driveb away by the threat of costly litigation." Click for the full

Boston-area home prices rose 3.7% in May - Boston Business Journal:

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percent in May, offering a rare piec of positive news in a housing market that has tumblexdsome 10.8 percent since its peak in 2006. The locapl real estate data was part of a broaderf study of home prices that showeda 1.6 percen t increase in the United States from the end of April through the end of May. Nationally, home prices are stillk down 10.5 percent year-over-year. The report, by LLC, showesd the strongest gain inthe Northeast, where prices rose 3.2 percent.Suffolk County saw the strongest gain rising 5.9 percent over May's Still, Suffolk County home prices, which includess sales in Boston proper, are down some 18.2 percent sincer the peak, according to IAS.
Other counties to see increases in May includedMiddlesecx (4.5 percent), Plymouth (2 percent), Essex (3.2 and Norfolk (1.9 percent). On a year-over-year basis, pricex were down across the boardcin Massachusetts, with Norfolk (down 11.8 and Essex (13.7 leading the declines among local In the West, prices rose 0.9 percent, the smallesg jump in the IAS report. The South, the only regioj to see a house price drop in rose 1.1 percent in May. Dave McCarthy, presidentt and CEO of IntegratedAssef Services, called the results encouraging, though he said the data “hardlyu signals a turn in the national housing market.” Las Vegas saw home priced continue to drop, the report said.
There they fell 0.9 percentt in May. Integrated Asset Services is privatelyg held and basedin Denver. It specializes in defaulrt mortgage services.

Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Portland Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reported But the state’s ski resorts had an upticj in visits by Front Range andMelanie Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronounced herself “very happy with where visitation is for this “The travel industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a “But visitation numbers show not only the enduringh value of a Colorado ski but the strong commitment our resident skiing and riding community has to our state’ss signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketingg and trade group for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Those member resorts alone recorder 6.79 million skier visits this season, down 6.
9 perceny from the previous year, Ski Countrgy said. Member resort numbers for 2008-09 were down 3.9 percent from the average of the last five SkiCountry said. Ski Country said that in-states resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last as Front Range residents took advantaged of bargains and stayed closer to home to keep down vacatio n andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-basedx aren’t members of Ski Those resortsinclude Breckenridge, Vail, Beaveer Creek and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its total skier visits at all itsresorts — includinf Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.3 percentf from the previous season.