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In a statement, the schoool said Sargent offered his resignation University President Peter Donohud has appointed Associate Dean Doris DelTost o Brogan asacting dean. Sargent had been Villanova Law’s dean sinc 1997, when he joined the school after service as a professorr and associate dean at Universit y of Maryland Schoolof Law. He also taught at the law schoolas ofAmerican University, Southern Methodist University and the Universitg of Baltimore. He was the longest-tenurex law school dean among the sixlocal schools. The school is not sayint whether Sargent will be stayint on asa professor.
While the release did not list any of his chief among them would be overseeing the constructionm of the new lawschool building. Brogan is a longstandinf member of the Villanova community and has served as associate dean for academi c affairssince 1992. She graduated magna cum laude from Villanova’s School of Law and was an associate at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, beforse returning to Villanova as a member of the law facultyh in 1983. She teaches conflict of laws and domestic and has written in the areasof ethics, domesti c abuse and family law.
“As always, our primary responsibilituy is toour students, and we will move forward with a searcb for a new dean as quickly and diligently as the university said.
Sunday, 9 September 2012
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Logan's retail updates play to passenger preferences - Boston Business Journal:
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The move comes as part of an effort tosatisfuy travelers' growing demand for more, different and in some cases healthier food choices, according to Jack the business general manager for the , which operates Logan. The changea were prompted by responsesto 's ongoing quarterlyt passenger surveys. "There's greater demand," said Hemphill, "but also (the storess and concepts) needed upgrades. These were old facilitiesw that weren't supplying the needs of the It has been at least 15 years since most of the retail facilitieswere updated, he said.
Massport recently spen t millions of dollars updating the food court and adding restaurants and retail Itspent $18 million on Terminal B a project that included a new food court, upgrades to existinfg retail outlets as well as othere outlets currently under construction. Massport opened two restaurants -- Bonfirre and Legal C Bar -- thers last fall. There is a 31 percentt increase in sales for TerminalB year-to-date, said The terminal will feature anotherd 15 new stores, including Boston-based Locapl Charm, which is alreadgy open.
One of the debut concepts ther e is Cisco Brew Pub of featuringthe beers, wines and spirits from the eponymouse island brewing company, which also operates a distillery and winery. Cisco is slatede to open in June in theold Killian'sw Pub locale. Boston Deli also closeed to make room for theSunglass Hut. Massporty spent $15 million on Terminal C, constructing a new food coury as well as building out retail outletzs to service JetBlue Airwaysand customers. Abouty 14 outlets will be added toTerminal C.
Thoswe options include Remy's Sports Bar, namec after the former Red Sox second basemanand announcer, and , a Burlington-basedx operator specializing in Chinese, Japanese and other Asianb cuisines, and Currito, a quick-serve burrito outlet. Remy'sw is slated to open in June, Ryo and Currito in , operated by Dlou which also owns Remy's, will open in About six stores will open in Terminal E this including Breugger's Bagels, which is alreaduy open. Logan's concession sales were $136 million last according to Hemphill. Airport officials expec t to hit $155 million this year. overseee retail in Terminals Aand C.
The move comes as part of an effort tosatisfuy travelers' growing demand for more, different and in some cases healthier food choices, according to Jack the business general manager for the , which operates Logan. The changea were prompted by responsesto 's ongoing quarterlyt passenger surveys. "There's greater demand," said Hemphill, "but also (the storess and concepts) needed upgrades. These were old facilitiesw that weren't supplying the needs of the It has been at least 15 years since most of the retail facilitieswere updated, he said.
Massport recently spen t millions of dollars updating the food court and adding restaurants and retail Itspent $18 million on Terminal B a project that included a new food court, upgrades to existinfg retail outlets as well as othere outlets currently under construction. Massport opened two restaurants -- Bonfirre and Legal C Bar -- thers last fall. There is a 31 percentt increase in sales for TerminalB year-to-date, said The terminal will feature anotherd 15 new stores, including Boston-based Locapl Charm, which is alreadgy open.
One of the debut concepts ther e is Cisco Brew Pub of featuringthe beers, wines and spirits from the eponymouse island brewing company, which also operates a distillery and winery. Cisco is slatede to open in June in theold Killian'sw Pub locale. Boston Deli also closeed to make room for theSunglass Hut. Massporty spent $15 million on Terminal C, constructing a new food coury as well as building out retail outletzs to service JetBlue Airwaysand customers. Abouty 14 outlets will be added toTerminal C.
Thoswe options include Remy's Sports Bar, namec after the former Red Sox second basemanand announcer, and , a Burlington-basedx operator specializing in Chinese, Japanese and other Asianb cuisines, and Currito, a quick-serve burrito outlet. Remy'sw is slated to open in June, Ryo and Currito in , operated by Dlou which also owns Remy's, will open in About six stores will open in Terminal E this including Breugger's Bagels, which is alreaduy open. Logan's concession sales were $136 million last according to Hemphill. Airport officials expec t to hit $155 million this year. overseee retail in Terminals Aand C.
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Batavia Downs seeks more slots - Business First of Buffalo:
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, which operates the track and hopes to land state approval for at least 150 more video slot The renovation work will run the gamutt from installing a new fire sprinkler system to expandingf its meetingspace and, possibly, adding a hotel. The work is consideres essential and comes as the racino has experienced a dramatifc spikein attendance. During a four-week period that endedr on May 23, Batavia Downs took in $3.2 milliom in slot-machine revenues, an 18.11 percent increase from the same periodin 2008. The harnessx track has 604 slot machines, the smallest allotment of any racink inNew York.
“We’re at capacity,” said Martin Biniasz, Western Regiona l Off-Track Betting Corp. director of marketing. “We’re actuallg approaching the point where we are maxed Biniasz said Western Regional OTB hopes to secur e state approval for the additional slot machines in the coming No time frame has been establishedby Albany. Batavia Downs has an estimated $60 million economic impact on the regio between Buffaloand Rochester. In the meantime, work is beinf mapped out to preparde for the expanded number of video slot machines. The work includes transforminh a first floor meeting room in the main grandstand into newmeetingf space.
Some older paddocks and barns may be demolishexd to make way for a proposed hotel. The hotel will be on the last phases of therenovation work, Biniasz “There’s a lot of other, more basic work that needd to happen first,” he said. By ’s two slot-machine operations also reporterrevenue growth. Fairgrounds Raceway in Hamburg tookin $4.5 milliomn in revenues, an 8.4 percent while the Finger Lakess slot machines operation reported $8.7 million in a 5.3 percent hike.
“We’re delighted that people in the Buffaloo and Rochester markets continue to see our venues as greaft entertainment options close to saidWilliam Bissett, president of Delaware North Companies Gaminhg & Entertainment.
, which operates the track and hopes to land state approval for at least 150 more video slot The renovation work will run the gamutt from installing a new fire sprinkler system to expandingf its meetingspace and, possibly, adding a hotel. The work is consideres essential and comes as the racino has experienced a dramatifc spikein attendance. During a four-week period that endedr on May 23, Batavia Downs took in $3.2 milliom in slot-machine revenues, an 18.11 percent increase from the same periodin 2008. The harnessx track has 604 slot machines, the smallest allotment of any racink inNew York.
“We’re at capacity,” said Martin Biniasz, Western Regiona l Off-Track Betting Corp. director of marketing. “We’re actuallg approaching the point where we are maxed Biniasz said Western Regional OTB hopes to secur e state approval for the additional slot machines in the coming No time frame has been establishedby Albany. Batavia Downs has an estimated $60 million economic impact on the regio between Buffaloand Rochester. In the meantime, work is beinf mapped out to preparde for the expanded number of video slot machines. The work includes transforminh a first floor meeting room in the main grandstand into newmeetingf space.
Some older paddocks and barns may be demolishexd to make way for a proposed hotel. The hotel will be on the last phases of therenovation work, Biniasz “There’s a lot of other, more basic work that needd to happen first,” he said. By ’s two slot-machine operations also reporterrevenue growth. Fairgrounds Raceway in Hamburg tookin $4.5 milliomn in revenues, an 8.4 percent while the Finger Lakess slot machines operation reported $8.7 million in a 5.3 percent hike.
“We’re delighted that people in the Buffaloo and Rochester markets continue to see our venues as greaft entertainment options close to saidWilliam Bissett, president of Delaware North Companies Gaminhg & Entertainment.
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwidwe chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themed bar and interactived game centers across the laid off roughly 100 employees, giving each a 60-dag administrative leave package, according to a company statement. Rick an ESPN vice president who overseesZone operations, said in the statement that the restaurant could not survive the This economic downturn has been markerd nationally by reduced consumet spending on eating out and on entertainment “A decision like this is neve easy. We recognize and appreciate the commitment and yeare of service of all of these Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economic environment offered us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foog meeting place for sports with one room featuring more than a dozen largw televisions tuned into contests of all kind and anothetr full of video and sports games ranging from basketbalp to bowling. None of the eight other ESPN Zone location s willbe closed, as all “are meetinbg our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmen for the , which owns the Tabor Center, issued a statemenyt saying it was “sorry to hear of their decisiob to discontinue their Denver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “haxs created a new opportunity for us to brinyg new concepts to 16th it said. One of those new concepts is TheTiltee Kilt, a Celtic-themed restaurant and sports bar with 20 locationzs operating nationwide and another 10 planned. The chain, whicu is expected to open its Denver locationj this fall and to offet outdoorpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foog lease at Tabor Center, accordinv to a news release. The Tilted Kilt begajn in Las Vegas in 2003 and is notedc for its servers dressedin knee-higb socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-baring plaid halter tops.
It will be one of a numbee of new tenants opening in the Tabor Centerthis “These new additions to Tabore Center’s retail offering reflect our continuing efforts to enhance the services and amenitiezs for the tenants, customers and visitors to the Tabo r Center,” said Steve Budorick, executive vice presidentf and partner at Callahan Capital Partners.
The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwidwe chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themed bar and interactived game centers across the laid off roughly 100 employees, giving each a 60-dag administrative leave package, according to a company statement. Rick an ESPN vice president who overseesZone operations, said in the statement that the restaurant could not survive the This economic downturn has been markerd nationally by reduced consumet spending on eating out and on entertainment “A decision like this is neve easy. We recognize and appreciate the commitment and yeare of service of all of these Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economic environment offered us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foog meeting place for sports with one room featuring more than a dozen largw televisions tuned into contests of all kind and anothetr full of video and sports games ranging from basketbalp to bowling. None of the eight other ESPN Zone location s willbe closed, as all “are meetinbg our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmen for the , which owns the Tabor Center, issued a statemenyt saying it was “sorry to hear of their decisiob to discontinue their Denver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “haxs created a new opportunity for us to brinyg new concepts to 16th it said. One of those new concepts is TheTiltee Kilt, a Celtic-themed restaurant and sports bar with 20 locationzs operating nationwide and another 10 planned. The chain, whicu is expected to open its Denver locationj this fall and to offet outdoorpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foog lease at Tabor Center, accordinv to a news release. The Tilted Kilt begajn in Las Vegas in 2003 and is notedc for its servers dressedin knee-higb socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-baring plaid halter tops.
It will be one of a numbee of new tenants opening in the Tabor Centerthis “These new additions to Tabore Center’s retail offering reflect our continuing efforts to enhance the services and amenitiezs for the tenants, customers and visitors to the Tabo r Center,” said Steve Budorick, executive vice presidentf and partner at Callahan Capital Partners.
Monday, 3 September 2012
UNCC honors Rodgers Builders CEO - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The Charlotte-based company has worked on severaoluniversity projects, including the Barnhardt Student Activity Irwin Belk Track and Fieldr Center, Lynch Residence Hall and the Bioinformatics Research Center. Rodgers Builder s also is the construction managerd onthe university’s new, $50.4 million Center City Building project that is slated to open in the fall of 2011. A groundbreakingg ceremony was held in April forthe 12-story, classroom buildingy at the corner of Ninth and Brevards streets in uptown Charlotte.
“What sets Pat aparyt from most is her she remains personally invested in the institutionsd and organizations she touches long afterd her formal involvementhas ended,” says Philip UNC Charlotte chancellor. “Her commitment to the betterment of our communitt extends to herbusiness philosophy. In Rodgers Builders has been hailed time and agaim as the epitomeof civic-minded Rodgers is also chair of the Charlotte Symphonyt board and will assume the chairmanship of the Charlotte Chambe board in 2011. The university established the Distinguishedd Service Awardin 1987.
It honorzs individuals who have provided outstanding leadership and service to the Charlotte communitt and to the advancemenf ofUNC Charlotte. Rodgers was honored Tuesday during a luncheohn atthe school. UNC Charlotte is the fourth-larges campus among the 17 institutionse of theUNC system. It is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte offering doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s programs. Fall 2008 enrollment was includingnearly 5,000 graduate students.
The Charlotte-based company has worked on severaoluniversity projects, including the Barnhardt Student Activity Irwin Belk Track and Fieldr Center, Lynch Residence Hall and the Bioinformatics Research Center. Rodgers Builder s also is the construction managerd onthe university’s new, $50.4 million Center City Building project that is slated to open in the fall of 2011. A groundbreakingg ceremony was held in April forthe 12-story, classroom buildingy at the corner of Ninth and Brevards streets in uptown Charlotte.
“What sets Pat aparyt from most is her she remains personally invested in the institutionsd and organizations she touches long afterd her formal involvementhas ended,” says Philip UNC Charlotte chancellor. “Her commitment to the betterment of our communitt extends to herbusiness philosophy. In Rodgers Builders has been hailed time and agaim as the epitomeof civic-minded Rodgers is also chair of the Charlotte Symphonyt board and will assume the chairmanship of the Charlotte Chambe board in 2011. The university established the Distinguishedd Service Awardin 1987.
It honorzs individuals who have provided outstanding leadership and service to the Charlotte communitt and to the advancemenf ofUNC Charlotte. Rodgers was honored Tuesday during a luncheohn atthe school. UNC Charlotte is the fourth-larges campus among the 17 institutionse of theUNC system. It is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte offering doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s programs. Fall 2008 enrollment was includingnearly 5,000 graduate students.
Sunday, 2 September 2012
Lockton taps turnaround specialist to open Boston office - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Michael Toner is an expert on insurancw issues facing companies in the procesw of turnaroundsand restructurings, Kansas City-based Lockto n said in a release Toner is a director of the . Dean a spokesman with Kansas City-based said in an interview that Tonereadds “to the skill set that we directors, officers and other strategicc assistance for corporations.” “It’s a timelyy thing given some of the issues in the marketplace rightt now,” Davison said. Lockton’ clients are facing a wide rangeof challenges, Davison “many of them different than we’ve seen in the last decadse or so.
” “The credit crunch and the economic slowdowm are putting stress on some of our he said. An example of how Lockton’s team s have been called on in differenftways recently, Davison said, involves companies that are looking at self-insurancer programs and facing stress about collateral they need to post, often in the form of letters of which cost more in this economic “It’s not as simple as buying an insurancde policy ... but you have to deal with stresses with how much to tie up in your insurancs line of credit and minimize it so you have othee credit lines to manage your maintain cash flow and grow your business inothere areas,” Davison said.
Lockton is the world’zs largest privately held insurance The companyranks No. 1 on the Kansaxs City BusinessJournal ’s list of area independeng insurance agencies based on property-casualth premium volume in the metropolitan area and No. 2 based on health and benefitspremiujm volume. Lockton has aboug 3,825 employees, including about 850 in the KansaaCity area, Davison said.
Michael Toner is an expert on insurancw issues facing companies in the procesw of turnaroundsand restructurings, Kansas City-based Lockto n said in a release Toner is a director of the . Dean a spokesman with Kansas City-based said in an interview that Tonereadds “to the skill set that we directors, officers and other strategicc assistance for corporations.” “It’s a timelyy thing given some of the issues in the marketplace rightt now,” Davison said. Lockton’ clients are facing a wide rangeof challenges, Davison “many of them different than we’ve seen in the last decadse or so.
” “The credit crunch and the economic slowdowm are putting stress on some of our he said. An example of how Lockton’s team s have been called on in differenftways recently, Davison said, involves companies that are looking at self-insurancer programs and facing stress about collateral they need to post, often in the form of letters of which cost more in this economic “It’s not as simple as buying an insurancde policy ... but you have to deal with stresses with how much to tie up in your insurancs line of credit and minimize it so you have othee credit lines to manage your maintain cash flow and grow your business inothere areas,” Davison said.
Lockton is the world’zs largest privately held insurance The companyranks No. 1 on the Kansaxs City BusinessJournal ’s list of area independeng insurance agencies based on property-casualth premium volume in the metropolitan area and No. 2 based on health and benefitspremiujm volume. Lockton has aboug 3,825 employees, including about 850 in the KansaaCity area, Davison said.
Saturday, 1 September 2012
$1.2M awarded to 19 former Wurld employees - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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million in back pay to 19 former employeesz of the defunctInternet start-up company of Saratoga Springs, accordinf to judgments filed in state Supreme Court in Saratogsa County. James Hacker, a Lathan attorney, awarded back pay and damages earlierthis year, approximatelyy three years after the company ran into financiao problems and ran behind on payroll. Among the formet employees named in state Supreme Courr records wasStephen Kerber, brother of Wurldd Media Inc. co-founder Greg Stephen Kerber wasawarded $207,153, according to a judgment filed in April. Wurld Media was once a promising Internet start up company that produced a technology similato iTunes.
The company, which had 500 private ran into financial problems in 2006 and sold its assetx tofor $4.3 million in July 2007. Two of the company’x top executives, Greg Kerber and Richard the finance officer, have been convicted of felonies in the collapsde ofthe company. Saxton was convicted of grane larcenylast fall. He is appealing the verdict. Kerber was convicteds of grand larceny last month forstealing $32,000 in companyu assets and using that money to buy repair his car and hire a lawyef to represent him in a previous criminal Wurld, which at one time employed 60 began to miss payroll regularly in 2006.
Several employeex filed a federal lawsuit against the companh and it ended up being handlesdby Hacker, an arbitrator. The Saratoga County District Attorney’s office said last monthu that it does not appear that Wurld Mediqa has enough money left to repay employeesxand investors.
million in back pay to 19 former employeesz of the defunctInternet start-up company of Saratoga Springs, accordinf to judgments filed in state Supreme Court in Saratogsa County. James Hacker, a Lathan attorney, awarded back pay and damages earlierthis year, approximatelyy three years after the company ran into financiao problems and ran behind on payroll. Among the formet employees named in state Supreme Courr records wasStephen Kerber, brother of Wurldd Media Inc. co-founder Greg Stephen Kerber wasawarded $207,153, according to a judgment filed in April. Wurld Media was once a promising Internet start up company that produced a technology similato iTunes.
The company, which had 500 private ran into financial problems in 2006 and sold its assetx tofor $4.3 million in July 2007. Two of the company’x top executives, Greg Kerber and Richard the finance officer, have been convicted of felonies in the collapsde ofthe company. Saxton was convicted of grane larcenylast fall. He is appealing the verdict. Kerber was convicteds of grand larceny last month forstealing $32,000 in companyu assets and using that money to buy repair his car and hire a lawyef to represent him in a previous criminal Wurld, which at one time employed 60 began to miss payroll regularly in 2006.
Several employeex filed a federal lawsuit against the companh and it ended up being handlesdby Hacker, an arbitrator. The Saratoga County District Attorney’s office said last monthu that it does not appear that Wurld Mediqa has enough money left to repay employeesxand investors.
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