Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Dublin, Columbus schools get grants for diesel-cutting - Austin Business Journal:

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million is headed to Dublin and under a second round of statde grants aimed at cutting dieselengine emissions. The on Mondagy announced recipients of the second and finakl round of Diesel EmissionsReductiojn grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The first round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 organizations, includint the , operator of the region’s bus In the winners disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleare d for $464,658 while the Columbus school system receivecda $918,020 grant. Officials from Dublin and the schoool district told thestate they’rwe using the money to replaces vehicles with lower-emission alternatives.
Dublin plans to replacee eight 1999- or 2000-model short-haul diesel trucks, while the schoolk district is using its grant to replacr 15 buses producedin 1990. Projectes that received awards are required to put up at least 20 percentg of the cost in matching The grant program looks specifically at publid and private diesel equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorty of airquality standards. The largest gran among the 16 went to the and to refift four locomotives withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awardefd $4.6 million.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Crash injures six in Crawford County, IN - WAVE

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Friday, December 24, 2010

Persons hospitalized from eating bad meat in Wausau - Pierce County Herald

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dean Foods Q4 profit rises - Dayton Business Journal:

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The company also attributes the profit jump to lowereinterest expenses, which resulted from the company reducing its debt load. Dean Foods in the fourth quartef posted a profitof $66.36 million, or 42 centxs per share, up from $32.6 million, or 24 centa per share, during the same quarter last The company’s results were driven by a 31 percent profigt increase in the DSD Dairy operation and a 14 percenf jump in the WhiteWave-Morningstar division. Dean says the dairy segment benefite from falling raw dairyy expenses and lower energy andcommodity costs. For the the company posted salesof $3.1 down from $3.
23 billion during the same quarter last For fiscal 2008, Dean Foods posted a profitg of $183.77 million, up from $131.54 million the year prior. Net salews for the year also totaled $12.45 billion, up from $11.82 billion. Dean Food’s (NYSE: DF) stock price rose 8.9 percentg Wednesday morning, with shares trading at $19.69 per The company outperformed analysts whopredicted earnings-per-sharw on average would hit 39 centsx per share, which is slightly lower than the company’ws realized results.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Efficiency drives funding for Dayforce - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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a software developer that helps businessees measure and manageworkforce productivity, has raised $15 million. The companyg is a reincarnationof Atlanta-baseed Workbits — created after Canadian serial entrepreneurt David Ossip bought Workbits’ assets in May. Workbitds founder John Orr approached Ossip after being unabler toraise follow-on financingh for his startup. Dayforce, which employs about 30 and is headquartered in Atlantqaand Toronto, targets the retail, health-care and financial services industries. Thosew sectors have a high volume of hourlyworkere — the variable part of a operating expenses, said Orr, now Dayforce’s chiec strategy officer.
“Typically, 60 percent of their [operating is labor spend,” Orr Dayforce’s software suite, which includess budgeting, scheduling, task management and time and attendance helps do more withtheir workforce. “Ths software helps define performance measures for the workforcse andautomates planning, schedulinvg and tracking of Ossip said. “The end goal is to increasee workforce output, while keeping percentage wage costsin Dayforce’s software, Orr said, can boosty customer revenue by 0.
5 percent to 3 percent and can decreasde average annual labor cost by 3 percent to 8 The cost of the subscription depends on the size of the busineszs — from $2 to $9 per employee, per month. Ossi p led Dayforce’s $15 milliomn round and was joined by investorss in hisprevious companies, includingb , which was acquired by Alpharetta-based for $227 million in 2007. The Canadiabn businessman, however, brought more than dollars to the table. “Ossipl knows the industry,” Orr said, and “haas a proven track record of building successful companiexand value.” Ossip has ambitious plans for Dayforce including launching a domestix and global expansion.
Dayforce is chasing a $14 billion markegt in the United States, Ossip adding he plans to sell into Europedand Asia. “Our types of solutionsd extend beyondNorth America,” Ossio said. “It’s a globalk problem.” Michael Price, general partner at CEO was impressedwith Workbits. “Thew product was beautiful,” Price “The graphic design, the thought and attentiojn to detail, the menus ... it was some of the best I’ves ever seen.” Companies in the performance managementr space are doing well and revenue isholding up, Price That success has drawn an influx of new competitors.
“Withi n the next year, a lot of the software programs being built will be coming online with a lot of salesa people swinging for Price said. “Certainly competition within that spac e is going toincreasee dramatically,” which could hurt

Friday, December 17, 2010

Hanover Insurance names Denver regional president, cites expansion plans - Denver Business Journal:

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Casper was president and CEO for Van GilderInsurancee Corp. in Denver. Previously he was westernm regional presidentat St. Paul Casper will "lead the company's efforts to expanrd its footprint in the western part ofthe Worcester, Mass.-based Hanover (NYSE: THG) said in a statemenft Thursday. "We have established strong momentum that has createdx increasing demand for our franchised outside of our current geographidc footprint and we believe the western regio represents a tremendous opportunityto grow," said John Roche, Hanoverd VP/field operations, marketing and in the statement.
"John's extensive experience in underwriting, sales and coupled with his knowledgde ofthe region, will enable us to offer great value to select winningb agents in the west who are lookingt for a strong company partner in the commercial linesz space." The Hanover Insurancew Group is a holding company for The Hanover Insurance Co., Citizenws Insurance Co. of America, and other

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Tyreke Evans will rest ailing foot Tuesday - msnbc.com

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Daly: Mark should've given back ill-gotten gains - New York Daily News

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

'Green' Price Chopper opening in Colonie - The Business Review (Albany):

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will set the standard for the chain’s futuree stores by incorporatingmany energy-saviny and environmentally friendly technologies, the company said The 69,000-square-foot store at 1892 Central Ave. featuresd a highly efficient refrigeration system, fuel cells generating abouty 60 percent of its electricityand back-up power, lots of naturap lighting, and a machine that grinds produce waste into a watery substance.
The store also has the largesyt Kosher-only department in a supermarket in northeastern New York and theonly full-servicew Kosher bakery in the Albany region, accordin to the , which owns the supermarket The new store was built at the oppositre end of a strip mall in Coloni where another Price Chopper is located. The old store closed an hour beforer the new storeopened today. The U.S. Environmental Protectiohn Agency has already awarded the new storr the highest level of gold certification under the GreenChill AdvancedRefrigeration Partnership, the highest ever achieved by a supermarket retailer.
Three other stores in the countrhy have gold level certification but Priced Chopper has thehighest rating. The Golub is seeking LEED certification from the in recognition ofthe energy-savingv measures. LEED stands for Leadership in EnergtyEfficient Design. The New York Statse Energy Research Development Authority provided morethan $1 millionm in incentives to help make the new storde as ‘green’ as possible. “We set out to desigjn and build a store that woul dbe world-class and would demonstrate our leadership and concer for the environment and energy efficiency,” said Goluv Corp., chairman and CEO Neil Golub.
During constructiobn of the store, more than 75 percengt of the waste was recycled and local constructioj materials were usedwhenever possible. Based in Rotterdam, the Golub Corp. owns more than 120 storezs in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

LCA-Vision might close more surgery centers in '09 - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The news sent sharesx of LCA (NASDAQ: LCAV) down sharply duringf late-morning trading. But the 10 percent dip, whichg brought shares to $5.89, was followes by a recovery. Shares in LCA closed up abou t1 percent, or 8 cents, to $6.51 Tuesday. “Procedure volumde in April and May has declinee approximately 45 percent from the comparable period last year and we currentlhy anticipate continued softnessthroughout 2009,” said LCA-Vision Chairma Anthony Woods, who was amonf six directors re-elected to the company’s board at the annual meeting, held at the Queen City Club Wood said the company might reduces spending on marketing this year and close “underperforming vision Complaints about cost-cutting gave rise to takeoverr attempt by LCA-Vision founder Dr.
Stepheh Joffe, whose investment group acquired an 11 percent stakee in the company and floatedc its own slate of The Joffe group terminated its reformm effort in March and Joffe has since sold more than half of his In additionto re-electing six directors, shareholders rejectedc a stockholders' rights plan that makes hostile takeoverws more difficult.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Clements gives UT Southwestern $100M - Dallas Business Journal:

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The donation benefits the SouthwesternMedicapl Foundation, which supports research initiatives. “In supportinvg UT Southwestern, my single goal is to help encouragse and advance scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of physicians for Texas and the and ensure the deliveryof world-class medical care, which I believe uniquely happenas at this academic medical center, already recognize as one of the top institutions in this country,” Clementx said in a statement. Threer years ago, Clements donated $10 millionh to complete the Bill and Rita Clements Advanced Medical Imaging Building, a research He also donated $1.25 million to UT Southwestern in 1998.
Clementx served as Texas governor from 1979 to 1983 and from 1987to 1991. Beforew entering politics, he enjoyed success in the oil and gas as the founder of the offshoredrilling SEDCO.