Monday, 11 June 2012

Motor sports: Wilson takes advantage of late Rahal scrape to grab win - Denton Record Chronicle

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Motor sports: Wilson takes advantage of late Rahal scrape to grab win

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AP / Ralph Lauer Fans look on as Justin Wilson spins out while celebrating his win Saturday night in the IndyCar Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. By Matt Crider / Staff Writer FORT WORTH â€" Justin Wilson scooted into the lead with 1 ...


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Saturday, 9 June 2012

Eddie Bauer owes NW creditors - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Eddie Bauer in U.S. Bankruptch Court in Delaware. The company listed total assetdof $476.1 million and totao debts of $426.7 milliojn as of May 30. The retailer’sa largest unsecured creditor is the Bank of New which according to court papers isowed $75 Eddie Bauer also owes $2.5 millio n to U.S. Customs. In addition to Expeditors, Eddie Bauer listed threed other companies with ties to the area amongb its 30 largestunsecured creditors. , an Enumclaw companty that designs and buildsdisplaty fixtures, is owed $218,000; and Seattle photographt company Voda Studios in Seattle is owed Eddie Bauer says it also owes the Seattlw branch of , $856,000.
RR Donnelley is baseds in Chicago andprovidexs printing, direct mail and othefr services for retailers and other The Bellevue-based retailer listed five major shareholders that — combinef — own 27.6 percent of the common stock. They are: , an equithy firm in Boston; , a private equity firm in San H PartnersCapital LLC, of New York and Royce Associates investment funds, of New York.

Friday, 8 June 2012

MDRNA loses $12.3M in Q4 - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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million, or a loss of 39 centd per share, which compares with a net lossof $12 million, or a loss of 47 cents per share a year Revenues at the Bothell biotech (NASDAQ: MRNA) fell to $147,00o from $6.1 million in 2007. For fiscal 2008, the company reported a loss of $59.q2 million, or a loss of $2.012 per share, compared with a loss of $52.3 million, or a loss of $2.1o per share a year earlier. Revenue fell to $2.6 milliom from $18.1 million in fiscal 2007. No majorf analysts cover the company. A one-timew $8.3 million restructuring charge affectedfiscal 2008. . Revenuesw were less in fiscal 2008 dueto PG) pulling out of a partnership deal in 2007.
Sincr then the company has refocused itselrf on RNAinterference research. Company officials said they endeds fiscal 2008with $3.4 millioh in cash and cash equivalents, compared with $41.6 million at the end of 2007. They said becausw of the company’s low cash position, they expecty to receive a “going opinion from their accountants, which will be filed with the company’s annualp 10-K report for the fiscal year. Share in MDRNA fell more than 16 percentt inTuesday trading, falling 7 cents to closew at 36 cents.

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Celtics ticket sales 'Heat' up for Game 6 at Garden - Boston Herald

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Celtics ticket sales 'Heat' up for Game 6 at Garden

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Holzman said Ace Ticket had about 150 Game 6 tickets at the TD Garden left for sale as of 11 am The cheapest seats start at $250 for a balcony seat and $400 for a lower level seat. “Yesterday these seats were $150 and $300, respectively.



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Tuesday, 5 June 2012

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New York-based Moody’s in a releases Monday said it lowered its ratingof $6.8 billionm in general obligation bonds to Aa2 from Aa1. That’zs a step down to the third-highest rating from the The rating, Moody’s said, also applies to $40 million in coal developmentt general obligation bonds set to sellnext week. Moody’as wrote that the downgrade followed “a long period of pronounced economixunderperformance caused, in part, by the overweightinhg of manufacturing in the state’s industryu employment profile.” Fitch last week lowered its ratinyg on the Ohio bonds, despite holding to a outlook, for similar reasons.
Moody’x analysts Edward Hampton and Mariaz Coritsidis also maintained a stable outlook on the stater bonds on expectations that the state will be able to handl e itsfiscal challenges. But the analysts also pointerd to a number ofpotential snags, includin g the use of “non-recurring” revenue – specifically the state’s rainyg day fund and federal stimulus dollars to shore up existing and projecter future budget holes.
“While Ohio has a history of timelgy spending reductions to addressrevenue shortfalls, it increasingly is using non-recurringh measures, such as restructuring debt to defer principal repayment,” the analysts

Sunday, 3 June 2012

Pedal to Properties takes on partner, plans expansion - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Founded and headed by Matt Kolb, Pedal to Propertiees is a residential real estate firm that gives clients the option of lookingg at homesby bicycle. The company maintainx a fleet of 50 ElectrCruiser bikes. Kolb has sold a 50 percentt stake in the company for an undisclosed sum to attorneuyTim Majors, who specializes in takiny regional retail businesses As a partner in Pedal to Majors will work out of the company’s Boulder office.
Majors, who’as originally from Perth, approached Kolb about investing in the real estate firm aftefr looking at Boulder propertiesby “We certainly plan to incorporate national and international branding expertise to expand Pedall to Properties in other markets,” Kolb said in a Pedal to Properties plans to look at openingb branch offices in other, unspecified U.S. In May, the company launched a licensere designation for brokers interested in using theBoulde business’ operational formula in their markets. The Coloradoo company already is working to expand quickl y in its hometown by adding more space and agents in downtown Boulder.
“I believe Pedal to Properties is in a perfecy position to meet the evolving social and demographic changes goinfg on in the Uniter Stateswith homebuyers,” Majors said in a

Saturday, 2 June 2012

Do-gooders head to happiest place (hint: we don't mean heaven) - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Now, a few Californians with inspiring volunteering stories will be able to say the same thanks to a statewide contest that launchedx this week to inspirr more peopleto volunteer. In its "Find It. Do It. Share It." contest, a state agency that promotes volunteering, is asking volunteers to submiga written, audio or video entry with their own inspirinbg volunteer story, whether it took place last week or threw decades ago. The agency will name two granxdprize winners, each of whom will receive a trip for four to the , an opportunity to participate in a volunteer project with DisneyVoluntEARS on Family Volunteer Day Nov.
17, and a trip for two to attenxdThe Women's Conference, a sold-out event in Long Beacnh hosted by Gov. Arnolsd Schwarzenegger and First LadyMaria Shriver. Another 27 finalists each will receivefour one-day Disneylande Resort park-hopper tickets. Entries will be accepteds until Sept. 23. More information can be found at californiavolunteers.org. The food figh continues... Legal action against 24 activists who blockeds a busy Davis intersection May 1 in suppor tof food-service workers at UC Davis cranked up a notch last week when Yolo County Superiord Court Commissioner Janene Beronio refused to dismisws misdemeanor charges against them.
The defendants were arrestedc after they refused a police order to Their attorneyargued Aug. 15 that the protesy was a peaceful assemblyy protected under theFirst Amendment, but Beronio counteree that disrupting traffic is not peacefuk assembly. The group was offeresd a diversion program as an alternativeto trial, but most have turnefd down a deal and asked for court-appointed attorneyss to defend them, said Kevin Christensen, lead researcher for the Local which is trying to organize the workers.
"Ww are not pleading guilty, taking a course and paying a saidKatie Davalos, a UC Davis studenr and peace activist who joineed the protest in a gesture of solidarity with food-servicw workers, hired by an outsides contractor, who want to become universithy employees. "For me, it is a matter of All other dining hall workers at otherr UCs have beenbrought in-house." Protesters say Gaithersburg, Md.
-base d , which employs about 500 food-service workerss in campus eateries, offers poor wages and University officials are scrambling to resolve the food fightf before students show up for class next "We are trying to reach a resolutio n in favor of both the university and the employees," said UC Davis spokeswoman Lisa University officials are concerned about employment fairness and equity, but also making serviceas affordable to students, she said. "We are tryinf to strike a balance." is building the fourth-largest solar-powet system in California at its distribution warehousrein Rocklin. The Dayville, Conn.
, company expect it will start producing power by the end of the The company has already installedthe panels, which cove more than one-third of the 487,000-square-foot building. The systej will produce about 1.5 million kilowatt-hourx of electricity annually, saving the company $230,0009 per year on its bills, said Thomasd Dziki, vice president of sustainabl development for UnitedNatural Foods. He woulcd not disclose the price ofthe 1.19-megawatt system, which provides the equivalent amount of power used by 140 averag American households each year. , based in Nortu Chelmsford, Mass., is installing the system.
The solafr array tops the 1 megawatt solare power system installed onthe 140,000-square-foot Tony'd Fine Foods' West Sacramento warehouse in 2005. Power-hungry refrigeratedr warehouses are ideal candidates forsolar electricity. Most companiees are looking for ways to get but construction firm is also looking to get The ElDorado Hills-based company last week launchede a special projects division that will court the smallef jobs such as building additions, tenanyt improvements and seismic retrofits.
Bob Kjome, vice president of pre-constructiom services, said the idea stems from the company's exclusive contract with which has resulted in Roebbelejcompleting 6,000 projects, most of them on the small in the past nine years. The average cost for thosd projects was lessthan $150,000, Kjome Roebbelen is still a large force in the Sacramentok market, ranking second in 2006 with revenue of $377.5 million.