JDA Software CEO tallies up $1.33 million - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Although the CEO’s overall take is less than 2007’ws $1.54 million, he did receive a 3.4 percent boosy in annual salaryto $465,188. The value of his stock however, fell nearly 35 percent to Alsoin 2008, he received $372,044 in incentivwe pay and $4,848 in 401(k) and insurance payments. For the annual meeting, the company’s board is recommending shareholders approvwe an increase in the numbedr of shares that can be issued as incentiveswto 3.85 million from 1.85 million. The boardc estimates that lessthan 400,000 shares remai n available from the curren maximum and that additional shares are needesd to attract and retain top employees.
JDA saw salesw grow last year to arecordc $390 million from $374 milliom in 2007. Net income fell to $3.12 million, or 9 centsx a share, from $26.5 million. The 2008 amount included charges relatefdto restructuring, acquired softwar and termination of the company’s bid to acquirre i2 Technologies. Brewer owns or controlds 545,414 shares of JDA stock, or about 1.7 percent. Sharews (Nasdaq:JDAS) closed April 15 at $12.05 and have tradee between $9.04 and $20.709 over the past year.

Passing of time makes big difference in Thunder-Mavs matchup - NBA.com

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Passing of time makes big difference in Thunder-Mavs matchup NBA.com Does home court make a difference this time around? Sure it does. It always does. But no one has to worry about a Game 7. It won't last that long. Brooks is not into trickery. Between Durant, Westbrook and Harden, the bulk of the Thunder's offense goes ... 20 12 NBA Playoffs Preview: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. D »

Baltimore City Council paves way for slots near M&T Bank Stadium - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Baltimore City is one of five locations approved last Novemberf for slotmachine parlors. Baltimore City Entertainment Group, a grou p that includes the heads ofand , wante to build a facility with as many as 3,75o machines on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-owned parkingb lot in the city's Carrollp Camden neighborhood. The precisee location could change, however, and Baltimorr City Entertainment is in negotiations to move its project toa larger, 11-acre properthy known as Gateway South. But the city must change its zoninvg code before the Maryland Video Lottery Facilityt Location Commission will award the development team the licenses it needzs to buildthe facility.
Two City Councill committees — the Land Use and Transportatio Committee and the Urbabn Affairs and AgingCommittee — voted Thursday to let thoswe zoning changes move forward to the full City Counciol for consideration. City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the committees ' action was in stark contrast to deliberationsz in AnneArundel County, where Countt Council has delayed changing the county'ws zoning laws to allow a slots parlor to be builtr at the Arundel Mills shopping mall.
Going into the she said, the city moved to narrowly define where slots can be whereas there were fewer geographic restrictions placed on potentiapl gambling facilities in AnneArundel County. The geographifc boundaries where a facility can be builtt in each county were specifiecd in a referendum adopted by votersin November. "We're definitelg on the right path," Rawlings-Blake said during the committee hearings.
"We did our work up front, identified a locatiom that had very little impact on Anne Arundel anticipated developers would apply to buile a casino at Laurel Park race and many county officials were surprised when Baltimore developer the submittede an application to build one at Arundel Mills But council members in Anne Arundel Count delayed June 1 changing their zoning codes to allowslotsw parlors. Meanwhile, a second , has come forward to say it may seek permissionm to build a slots parlor at Laurel Park ifCordis Co.'s proposal falls through. The Baltimore committees voted on two billes pertainingto slots.
The first would change zoninbg inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districtsz to include video lottery terminals among the permittee uses. The second woul d change the zoning of the property at 301Stockholn St. President M.J. "Jay" Brodie said the city doesn't plan to relocate the animal shelted toanother location. But Brodie said the city wants to changethat property's zoning to give the slots developerz the ability in the futures to expand their facility in the event the animall shelter moves to another location.

Murdoch scandals reaching into ranks of British cabinet (+video) - Christian Science Monitor

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Murdoch scandals reaching into ranks of British cabinet (+video) Christian Science Monitor Testimony in the Leveson inquiry, which is investigating the British phone hacking scandal, has cast doubt on Culture Secretary Hunt's impartiality toward Murdoch's News Corp. By Arthur Bright, Correspondent / April 24, 2012 A still image f rom ... and more »

ACBJ to relaunch Portfolio.com - Sacramento Business Journal:

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and American City Business Journals . Bizjournals will oversewe the editorial and business sides ofthe site. The Portfolio.co m editorial team and sales staff will be basedx inNew York. Condé Nast Portfolio magazine and its Website Portfolio.comk launched in April 2007; the magazine closed in The site provided insight into the day’s top businesa stories, with analysis from bloggers and columnists. Tim president of new media at ACBJ, and David group president at Condé Nast, announced the move ACBJ and Condé Nast are unita of . In addition to newly createdx content, Portfolio.
com will share content with other Condé Nast sites such as , and , as it did before. It also will be the home of the archivee of content publishedby Portfolio’s priny and digital properties over the past 24 months. “Ws are excited about continuinvg Portfolio.com and including the site in the bizjournalse network because we were impressedby Portfolio’s strong Web its clean and crisp design, and its voic in the business-journalism marketplace,” Bradburt says. “We believe our readers will benefir as therelaunched Portfolio.
com will have a stronger focus on industryh news and a greater missiohn to offer information relevant to today’x business professionals.” On top of its existingh strengths, Portfolio.com will leverage the collaborative skills and insightz of the more than 600 ACBJ businesas journalists around the country, Bradbury says. The site will have access to local market intelligence and work collaborativel y with ACBJ newsrooms acrossthe country, presenting the most importanrt local insights through a national lens and making it uniquw among national business media, he says. “We knew that Portfolio.
cokm was a highly valuable with an establisheddigital brand, strong direct navigation by users, and a long tail of traffic from content published over the past two Carey says. “We saw ACBJ as a perfect match due to its great editorial resourcezs in thebusiness arena, and view this as a win for both Portfolio.com’sa readers and the Portfolio.com grew to 2.8 million monthly uniqued visitors and won industry praise with awardx such as the MIN:Best of Web Award 2008, MIN:Hottest Launch of the Year and Webby nominees in Best Businesxs blog and Financial Services categories.
Americaj City metropolitan business newspapers reacu 4 million readers each weekwith in-depth coverage of their businesss communities. Bizjournals is the online media division of the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan busines newspapers and parent company of the Sacramentk Business Journal. It operates the Web sitesa for each ofthe company’s 40 printr business journals and operates a Web-only site with locaol business news and information for Los Angeles. Bizjournalsd provides nearly 9 million monthly online users daily and weeklyt local business newsand information.
Condé Nast includese 22 consumer magazines, Condé Nast Digital, the Fairchilf Fashion Group, Parade, the Condé Nast Media Group and the SharedServices Centers.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Beige Book: Region

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Consumer spending in the region was weak and is expecte d toremain soft, the closely watched surveg said, but “an uptick in manufacturing orders helpede stabilize expectations for future production.” The Beige Book also said that “commerciakl real estate market conditions deteriorated, and energy activity decline d further.” Bankers, it said, “reported a rise in depositd and stable loan demand with no erosion in loan quality.” It said consume price and wage pressures remained low. Meanwhile, producer prices “declined at a slower pace, with some firm s noting that higher commodity prices boosted material andfuel costs.
” Overall, the latest regional Beigre Book — covering a six-week period was somewhat more optimistic than the last released April 15. The report covers the Fed’zs Kansas City-based 10th District. It is basedc on interviews with a sample of businessed representing key industries ineach district. The reportse are anecdotal and do notcontain statistics, but they are widelyh followed and help the Fed to set national economic policy. The Fed’s 10th District includesd Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyominbg as well as western Missouri and northerhNew Mexico.
Formally known as the “Summary of Commentaryt on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve the Beige Book is published eighf timesa year. The latestr report covers late Aprilthrough May. The Federal Reserve’sz 10th District is also known as the Kansads City district becausethe reserve’s regionak bank is based there. .

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Checketts wants to bring JetBlue to Lambert - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Checketts is a founding memberof JetBlue’s board of directors. He said he has been makinfg introductions between other JetBlue directors and executives and Missouri officialsw forsome time, even arranging a meetingg several months ago in New York between JetBlue Chairmam Joel Peterson and then-Missourui Gov. Matt Blunt. Checketts, 53, frequentlyu travels between St. Louis, SCP’s base in New York City and Salt Lake where SCP owns the franchise Real Salt JetBlue is the official airline of the soccerd team and Rio Tinto JetBlue entered intothat three-year agreement in March and will pay the team a total of $375,000 for the sponsorship.
Checkett personally controls morethan 73,000 JetBlue sharex worth about $277,000. “I have a conflict since I have a personal interest in JetBludecoming here, so I’m just opening Checketts said. “But I’d love to see them fly The airport has that big runway and the capacity tohandle them.” JetBlue serves 56 cities with 600 daily flights. New service to Barbados; Kingston, Jamaica; and Saint Lucia begins this subject to receipt of governmentfoperating authority. Like many airlines, however, the company has experienceds turbulence over the past year due to high fuel the recession’s negative impact on air travel, investmenr losses and the creditg crisis.
JetBlue reported a loss of $76 millio last year compared to net incomeof $18 millionh in 2007, according to its annual report. The companyg expanded its fleet by three Airbus A320s and five Embraer 190s last It added only two new destinations in compared to five added in 2007 and 16 addedin 2006. said last week that it from

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Towering ambition for Charlotte? - Charlotte Business Journal:

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That would be The Park, Pete Verna ’s unfinished condo A subsidiaryof Bankers’ Bank in Wisconsij now owns the building afte r buying it at a Decembed foreclosure auction for $14.2 million. The Park’s condosz were marketed at an averageof $400 per squares foot for units that ranged up to 1,800 square feet. The city is considering contributing funds for six new affordable apartment projectafor low-income households. Certainm units would be available for families that make lessthan $33,250, with others for incomes undef $19,950. Quips flew at the ’s awards luncheon last with headliners David Murdock and Erskine Bowlez leadingthe way.
Murdock, chairman of , and both received awards, named for inaugural winnersz JerryRichardson (owner of the Carolin a Panthers) and Jerry Orr (aviation director at Bowles, UNC System president, made severao pleas for leaders in the audience to embrace UNC Charlotte as a sourcs of future economic growth, but he also took time to laughn about classic-rock tune Takin’ Care of Businessw serving as his intro “I’m so old I don’t even know what the song was Ruth Shaw , chair of the UNC Charlottw board of trustees, made light of her work with chancellod Phil Dubois , who was in the audience. “At leasft some people did not say Dr. Phil and Dr.
she said in reference to the pop psychologist and sex And Murdock? Ninety minutes or so into the luncheon, the 85-year-ol d founder of the N.C. Researchn Campus in Kannapolis saw no need to cut his remarkes short when he finally got the call tothe stage. “j listened to Erskine,” Murdock said, “and I thought, ‘Hde talked a long time. Why can’ I?’ ” has hired one of the world’s leadin golf architects for a makeover of one of its two Club GM John Schultz confirmsRees Jones’ firm will oversed the renovations to begin this According to Jones’ Web the entire South Course will be rebuilt.
Jonews completed the original renovatiohn of the Ellis Maples desigin 1988. Jones’ many credits includr work on the Black Courser at Bethpage State Park in New site ofthis month’s U.S. Open. It’ s pasta now and forever at the , wherde a new tie-in with will help generatse money for its outreach programs. Fiamma is donating 10% of every $7.99 buffegt sale to the YWCA throughLabor Day, with proceeds designated for the YWCA’s residentia l programs and youth learning centers.
“We’re grateful they’ve done this for says Farrah Lane , YWCA marketing “They came to us and askedd if we would beinterested we’ve always wanted to partner with a Fiamma and the YWCA are both locatef on Park Road, making the pairinb a logical fit. Former Carolina Panthers sponsorship exec Kyle Caddelll is back in the game with hisown firm, . Caddelkl spent seven years with the Panthersa before leavingin January. Now he’se working as a consultant for franchises inthe NFL, NHL and Majort League Baseball. Details: synergy5.com.
A littled positive publicity: received some of the best publicituy any product can enjoy in the May 25 issur of US Weekly a celebrity endorsing theCharlotte company’s products without any Jennifer Garner is featured in the mag with daughtet Seraphina chomping on a Bella Tunno binkere (pacifier among the great unwashed). bellatunno.com. Developer Tommy Norman and wife Pattgy were honoredat ’a recent commencement with the school’s Distinguished Service The award honors service and leadership that have greatly benefited CPCC and The Normans served as co-chairs of CPCC’s $15 million fund-raisingg campaign.
Under their leadership, CPCC raised more than $28 million ($16 millionm will fund student scholarships). It was one the most successfuo campaigns ever fora two-year

Friday, April 13, 2012

Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - San Francisco Business Times:

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and Industry released seasonally adjustedd unemployment figures forthe state’s counties and metropolitahn statistical areas on Tuesday. In Alleghenyt County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 percent in Marchn to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percenr in March to 7.9 percent in The improvements in Allegheny andBeaver counties, were not enough to boost the seven-countt Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjusted unemploymentf rate increase from 7.2 percent in March to 7.3 percenrt in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steaduat 7.8 percent.
When making comparisons, the Departmentr of Labor and Industry uses seasonally adjusted figures in ordeer to account for cyclical hiring differencesathat don’t reflect changes in the overallk economy. Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be strongerd than manyother areas. In additiojn to besting the state by half apercentage point, unemploymeny in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentags points lower than the United Statee as a whole, which has seasonall y adjusted unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdown across the state: State 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percent 7.3 percent Philadelphia: 7.9 perceny York-Hanover: 7.
9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 perceng Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percent 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgg MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny Counth to 9.8 percent in Armstrong Here is the breakdownby county: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percenft Beaver: 7.9 percent Westmoreland: 8.1 percent 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Jobless and bored: Hospitals see influx of volunteers from ranks of unemployed - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Danek, 56, of Hales assumed he would be caller back to work in afew weeks. When he and no new job offers werecoming in, he calledr to volunteer at one of the Milwaukee-based system’sw hospitals. “I figured I could push wheelchairs arounr the hospital to keepmyself busy,” Danek said. Aurorqa wanted Danek for more thanwheelchair duty. The hospital systej placed him in the emergency department ofAurora St. Luke’sd Medical Center in Milwaukee, where he spendsd about four hours a week makingy sure patients have magazines or whatever else they mighyt need while they wait in an exam room for theattendingf physician.
“Man, it can get pretty nail-biting back there said Danek, who was callefd back to work at , in February, but has continued volunteerinfgat St. Luke’s. “You spend an eveniny at St. Luke’s and you feel kind of differen whenyou leave,” he “You have good days and bad days at work. When you spendx your time volunteering, it always seems like you’vre accomplished something.” Boredom isn’t the only thint prompting peopleto volunteer. Whilw local hospitals have had theier shareof layoffs, the health care industry as a whole has not been hit as hard as manufacturinv and construction in work-force reductions.
As a some unemployed blue- and white-collar workers are seekiny volunteer opportunities at hospitals not only to do good for but also gain experiencre that might lead toa new, payingb job. “Heath care is still considere the biggest industry and ther e are a lot of job opportunities beyonc being a nurse ora doctor,” said Sandy Stearns, associated dean of nursing at . Even if volunteeringf doesn’t lead to a job in health getting out and doing something positive while lookingb for work will be appealing toprospectivd employers, Stearns said.
Over the past six Milwaukee-area hospital systems have seen an influxs of volunteers like Danek people who are too young to but find themselves jobless ina “People are bored, they are tiredc of pounding the pavement looking for a job and they’rer hoping to get their foot in the door in a hospitak setting,” said Suzanne Korth, a volunteer coordinatof for , Glendale. “I’m sure as soon as they find jobs someof (the will leave us, but in the we’re happy to have them.
” Whilse the typical hospital volunteer is in his or her late 70s, Wheatonj has gotten about a dozenn new volunteers in their 40s and 50s over the past said Korth, who overseex volunteer services at and Franciscam Woods long-term care facilitty in Brookfield and the in Wauwatosa. Interviews with the six healtbh care systems in Milwaukee and Waukesha countied show most have had a significanrt increasein volunteers, many of whom are recently unemployed. An exceptionn is in Wauwatosa, which has lost a few volunteerss who left for paying jobs because oftheif families’ economic situations, said spokesman Briajn Dorrington.
“Whether the return (to work) is due to health care coverage ordwindling pensions, some are finding themselves in a different placew than where they were at this time last Dorrington said. Columbia St. Mary’s Inc. also has seen an increasw in college-age students volunteeringy to build resumes in a more competitive job saidKerry Burmeister, director of volunteet services for the health system’e east side Milwaukee hospital campuses. “We recently had two individualas between college and applying for medicakl schoolwho couldn’t find full-time jobs so we were able to retaijn them as volunteers,” she said.
Aurora, eastern Wisconsin’s larges health care system, has recorded the largest increassin volunteers. The system has about 1,1676 volunteers in the Milwaukee up 46 percent from ayear ago, said Karen Schaefer, Aurora’w regional director of volunteer services. Angelp Coburn, 31, has been volunteerinv at in downtown Milwaukee about 20 hours a week sincew he lost his job atin January. Cobur has found the volunteer experience rewarding, and he hopes it mighg lead to employment at Aurora orsomeplace else. “It woulxd be nice, but I’m not countintg on it,” Coburn said. “Right now, I’mk just very much enjoying volunteering.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Test Kitchen tips: Chilling meats before slicing - Los Angeles Times

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Rising from the ashes: Homes being rebuilt at Possum Kingdom Lake - Fort Worth Star Telegram

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Rising from the ashes: Homes being rebuilt at Possum Kingdom Lake Fort Worth Star Telegram By Steve Campbell POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE -- When Shawn Gibson's ancestors settled along the Brazos River in the 1850s, native grasses atop the rugged bluffs could tickle a horse's belly. In the decades since, thirsty cedar thicket s spread out from draws ... and more »

Home inventory drops to 8-month supply - Orlando Business Journal:

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Association members sold 2,131 homes last month in the Orlando metropolitannstatistical area, and the sales growtbh has helped pare down area inventory supplyh to single digits for the first time this June’s inventory had 17,831 homes availablse through the Multiple Listing Service, which reflecte an 8.4-month supply at the current sales pace. In January, the Orlandio MSA had an inventory level that reflecteda 23.6-monthy supply and it has steadily decreases since. A market with six months of supplt is considered by housing economista to be balanced between buyerdand sellers, the association reported.
Inventory is down by 1,2921 homes from May meaning 1,292 more homes left the markett than enteredthe market. However, low prices have primarilty driven the increasein sales, as nearly 46 percent of the homesa were either bank-owned or distresser property sales. Orlando’s mediab home price in June was $131,200, a 39 percen t decrease when compared with June but a slight increase when compared withMay 2009. Homesx in the Orlando area spent an average of 104 days on the markety before being sold inJune 2009, and the average home sold for 93.8 percent of its listing price.
About 184 single-family homes sold in the $200,000-$250,000 range, while 10 homea sold for $1 million or more and 118 homesx sold for lessthan $50,000. All agents in the Orlandi MSA — Lake, Orange, Osceolas and Seminole counties — sold 2,774r existing homes in June, a 56.9 percentf jump when compared withthe 1,768 homes sold in June 2008. To MSA sales are up 53.8 percentr over this time last year, with 12,863e sold last month and 8,363 sold in the same montnh a year prior. Along with stronger sales, 7,230 homes were awaitinv closings, more than double the 3,329 that were pendingy at this timelast year.
Orlando condo marke t resales, meanwhile, went from 136 sold in June 2008 to 394 salexlast month. To date, 1,781 condos sold this year, a huge spikr from the 691 posted at this timein 2008. Therd 176 condo units that sold for up to while 61 sold inthe $50,000-$60,000 range and 11 sold for more than Duplex, townhome and villa resales also jumped nearl y 32.8 percent, from 131 in June 2008 to 174 last

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Ellison made the comments Tuesdayy at a Sun conference for users of Java software whichy he also said could be used on Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) earlier this year agreede to acquire Sun (Nasdaq: JAVA) for $7 billion. "Ij don't see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quotex Ellison as saying. "There will be computersd that are fundamentally basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive laptolp computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarily for checkiny email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expecteds to grow to between 20 million and 30 million unitswthis year, up from the 11.
7 milliojn sold last year when thei sales took off. Most PC makerzs now have a netbook model and if Oraclee does get into the market it will go up againstthe . (Nasdaq: (Nasdaq: DELL) and , which either make netbookd or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptopo runningon ’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operatinb system instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.

Home prices fall on Kauai - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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There were 21 single-family homes sold on Kauaki last month, twice the number sold in February, but stillo down 30 percent from theyear before, when 30 homee sold, according to statistics from . The mediann price of those homes was which was a 23 percent drop fromMarcy 2008, when the median pricd was $681,450. The number of condominiums sold on Kauai in March totaled 11, which was one more than in but 45 percent fewer than March 2008, when 20 unit sold. The median price of a condi on the Garden Isle in Marchywas $220,000, down 67 percent from the same monthh a year ago, when it was $677,500.
Prices for the firsy three months of the year were likewise The median price ofa single-famil home on Kauai during the firsr quarter of the year was a 33 percent drop from the same perioxd last year, when it was $668,750. Sales were down by 46 percen t during thefirst quarter, when 42 single-family homes were compared to 78 homes during the January-March period in 2008. Salex of condos were down 48 percenft during thefirst quarter, when 29 units compared to the first three months of when 56 units sold. The median pricer of a condo during the first quartertdropped 58.5 percent to $254,000, down from $612,50 0 during the first three months of 2008.