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The company announced the milestone Thursdat and said the systejm was installed on a home on Round Top Drive in The program debutedon Oahu, Maui and the Big Island 13 year ago. There are now an estimated one out ofthrede single-family homes in Hawaii with solatr water heating. Keith Block, director of HECO’s Customer Efficiench Programs, said the prograkm has reduced the demand for electricitytby 111.3 million kilowatt-hours a year since it That is the equivalent of the estimated annual electric usage of more than 14,000 households.
HECO has nearlu 80 solar contractorson Oahu, Maui and the Big Islanc it authorizes to install the solar HECO increased its rebatr from $750 to $1,000 for solad water heaters purchased by homeownersd in February 2007. The progranm has awarded more than $45.5 milliob in rebates since it began.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Study: Eye condition linked to diabetes - Dallas Business Journal:
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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-whites ring around the cornea a condition called corneal arcus — also had metabolic problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, conclude s a study conducted by VSP and the in Columbus, Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumedc arcus is related to high This study suggested the relationship between arcus and high blood sugart needs to be studied further, VSP officials said. Follow-u p testing showed that 88 perceny of the patients with arcua had highblood sugar, 66 percent had an elevatec body mass index, 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percentr had elevated cholesterol.
The study was conducteed on 2,000 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In addition to an eye exam, VSP doctorzs screened patients for other health risksz and referred those at risk to the foundation for diagnosia andadditional testing. “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensiver eye exams should be used as a screening for prevalentmetaboli conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical director at the researcj foundation, said in a press release. “Greatee partnership between relevant health care providersx may enhance the efficiency of our health caresystekm and, in the end, reducs health care costs.
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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-whites ring around the cornea a condition called corneal arcus — also had metabolic problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, conclude s a study conducted by VSP and the in Columbus, Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumedc arcus is related to high This study suggested the relationship between arcus and high blood sugart needs to be studied further, VSP officials said. Follow-u p testing showed that 88 perceny of the patients with arcua had highblood sugar, 66 percent had an elevatec body mass index, 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percentr had elevated cholesterol.
The study was conducteed on 2,000 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In addition to an eye exam, VSP doctorzs screened patients for other health risksz and referred those at risk to the foundation for diagnosia andadditional testing. “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensiver eye exams should be used as a screening for prevalentmetaboli conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical director at the researcj foundation, said in a press release. “Greatee partnership between relevant health care providersx may enhance the efficiency of our health caresystekm and, in the end, reducs health care costs.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
TWA steamed over Wall Street Journal article - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Larry Bayliss has a cour t date with Bankof America. His age discrimination suit is set to go to tria l in October in FederalCourt here, unlesxs the two sides can reach a settlement. Bayliszs was a long-time marketer for NationsBank until he was firee in July 1998 at the ageof 57, shortlg before Bank of America bought NationsBank. Washingtonj Ave. action McGowan Brothers Development and Millennium Automotive partnered to purchasethe 125,000-square-fooy Redman Building at 1228 Washingtob Ave. for nearly $1.2 They plan to spend another $10 million for renovations to createw loft apartments and a new headquartersfor SportsHuddle.
com, the locally based, online sports Web has cut deals with four newspapers -- San Antonik Express News, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Raleighg News & Observer and the Knoxville said Chief Executive Matt Coen. The company now has more than 50 newspapet partners acrossthe country. Sandy Jaffee is saying hello to "Good Moon," the "Run Away and other artwork from dozens of otherclassic children's books. Jaffe's company, The Booksource, purchased Peaceabld Kingdom Pressin Berkeley, Calif., for more than $1 million earlier this The company holds the licensinv rights for Clement Hurd's artwork, as well as othetr popular children's art.
The combined companies will have $43 million in sales and nearly200 people. Richard Sillzs is bringing his 25 years of experience runninyg galleries inLos Angeles, Hawaii and Santqa Fe, N.M., to Wentworth Gallery in the St. Louis Galleria. His firstt scheduled show is Sept. 9 featurinfg Israeli artist David Schluss. That will be followedc by a fall event with worksby Picasso, Renoidr and Rembrandt. Back on the market Colliers Turley Martin Tucker continues to market the WorldCo Buildingnear U.S. 40 and State Routw 141, even though Broadband Investment Grouo has the building under contractfor $37.5 million and a closin date in August.
"We're still showingb the building at the request of said Larry Reedof Colliers. Pittsburgh law firm Doepkenj Keevican & Weis has snatched up four lawyere as it works to builda St. Louis intellectual propertyu boutique. Joining are Rudy Telscher, formerly of Powers, Leavitt & Bryan Wheelock and Joe both fromHowell & and Caroline Chicoine from Blackwelll Sanders Peper Martin. Edward Dressel and his partnerzs have takentheir 1,200o clients and the $120 million in assets they manage from Prudentialk Securities in Clayton to PaineWebber'ws Chesterfield office. The Dressel Financiaol Group includes Dressel's son, Michael, Virginiw Kase and Kathleen Waldman.
Contact Rick Desloge at rdesloge@bizjournals.com
Larry Bayliss has a cour t date with Bankof America. His age discrimination suit is set to go to tria l in October in FederalCourt here, unlesxs the two sides can reach a settlement. Bayliszs was a long-time marketer for NationsBank until he was firee in July 1998 at the ageof 57, shortlg before Bank of America bought NationsBank. Washingtonj Ave. action McGowan Brothers Development and Millennium Automotive partnered to purchasethe 125,000-square-fooy Redman Building at 1228 Washingtob Ave. for nearly $1.2 They plan to spend another $10 million for renovations to createw loft apartments and a new headquartersfor SportsHuddle.
com, the locally based, online sports Web has cut deals with four newspapers -- San Antonik Express News, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Raleighg News & Observer and the Knoxville said Chief Executive Matt Coen. The company now has more than 50 newspapet partners acrossthe country. Sandy Jaffee is saying hello to "Good Moon," the "Run Away and other artwork from dozens of otherclassic children's books. Jaffe's company, The Booksource, purchased Peaceabld Kingdom Pressin Berkeley, Calif., for more than $1 million earlier this The company holds the licensinv rights for Clement Hurd's artwork, as well as othetr popular children's art.
The combined companies will have $43 million in sales and nearly200 people. Richard Sillzs is bringing his 25 years of experience runninyg galleries inLos Angeles, Hawaii and Santqa Fe, N.M., to Wentworth Gallery in the St. Louis Galleria. His firstt scheduled show is Sept. 9 featurinfg Israeli artist David Schluss. That will be followedc by a fall event with worksby Picasso, Renoidr and Rembrandt. Back on the market Colliers Turley Martin Tucker continues to market the WorldCo Buildingnear U.S. 40 and State Routw 141, even though Broadband Investment Grouo has the building under contractfor $37.5 million and a closin date in August.
"We're still showingb the building at the request of said Larry Reedof Colliers. Pittsburgh law firm Doepkenj Keevican & Weis has snatched up four lawyere as it works to builda St. Louis intellectual propertyu boutique. Joining are Rudy Telscher, formerly of Powers, Leavitt & Bryan Wheelock and Joe both fromHowell & and Caroline Chicoine from Blackwelll Sanders Peper Martin. Edward Dressel and his partnerzs have takentheir 1,200o clients and the $120 million in assets they manage from Prudentialk Securities in Clayton to PaineWebber'ws Chesterfield office. The Dressel Financiaol Group includes Dressel's son, Michael, Virginiw Kase and Kathleen Waldman.
Contact Rick Desloge at rdesloge@bizjournals.com
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Lear heads for Chapter 11 as expected - Houston Business Journal:
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Lear (NYSE:LEA) said Tuesday it secureds the support ofmajor lenders, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, and bondholderz for the move into Chapter 11 and the restructuring of its “We are conducting business as usual and are very pleasex to have received strong support from our lendee and bondholder groups for our debt restructuring We intend to proceed on an expediterd basis and expect to submitr the plan to the Bankruptcy Court within 60 days,” Chairmamn and CEO Bob Rossiter said in a release. The Mich.-based company said the Chapter 11 filing affectsits U.S. and Canadianm operations and notits foreign-based subsidiaries.
Lear had two factories in Zanesville, one that was closed in 2000 and the othere shutteredthis year. The company also is involvedf ina seating-making operation in Hebron. Its seatint division counts a plantin Lordstown, in northeasft Ohio, among its operations. The bulk of Lear’es domestic production operations arein Michigan, where is runs nine and Indiana, where it has four plants. Lear is a key supplie to , and many foreign automakerse and is the seconcd large domestic auto partxs supplier to slip into bankruptcy since the economt collapsedlast fall. , a partss maker spun off from Ford years ago, filed for Chaptetr 11 in May. Lear said in paperx filed in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in New York that ithad $1.26 billion in assets and debts of $4.5 The company indicated last week that it woulf head for Chapter 11 after saying it reached an agreemengt in principle with a banking syndicate and bondholders to restructure its debt. The company lost $690 million on $13.57 billion in revenue in 2008, a swing from a $242 millionm gain on nearly $16 billio n in revenue the year before. It finishede the first quarter of this yearwith $265 million loss on $2.1u billion in sales, a swing from net income of $78.32 million on sales of $3.86 billio n a year earlier.
Lear (NYSE:LEA) said Tuesday it secureds the support ofmajor lenders, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, and bondholderz for the move into Chapter 11 and the restructuring of its “We are conducting business as usual and are very pleasex to have received strong support from our lendee and bondholder groups for our debt restructuring We intend to proceed on an expediterd basis and expect to submitr the plan to the Bankruptcy Court within 60 days,” Chairmamn and CEO Bob Rossiter said in a release. The Mich.-based company said the Chapter 11 filing affectsits U.S. and Canadianm operations and notits foreign-based subsidiaries.
Lear had two factories in Zanesville, one that was closed in 2000 and the othere shutteredthis year. The company also is involvedf ina seating-making operation in Hebron. Its seatint division counts a plantin Lordstown, in northeasft Ohio, among its operations. The bulk of Lear’es domestic production operations arein Michigan, where is runs nine and Indiana, where it has four plants. Lear is a key supplie to , and many foreign automakerse and is the seconcd large domestic auto partxs supplier to slip into bankruptcy since the economt collapsedlast fall. , a partss maker spun off from Ford years ago, filed for Chaptetr 11 in May. Lear said in paperx filed in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in New York that ithad $1.26 billion in assets and debts of $4.5 The company indicated last week that it woulf head for Chapter 11 after saying it reached an agreemengt in principle with a banking syndicate and bondholders to restructure its debt. The company lost $690 million on $13.57 billion in revenue in 2008, a swing from a $242 millionm gain on nearly $16 billio n in revenue the year before. It finishede the first quarter of this yearwith $265 million loss on $2.1u billion in sales, a swing from net income of $78.32 million on sales of $3.86 billio n a year earlier.
Monday, January 24, 2011
BACVA tops hotel bookings goal - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The booked 522,541 future room nights in the pastfiscalp year, city tourism leaders said at a press conferencew Monday. The number, which passed BACVA’sz goal of 475,000 booked nights, is a 15.7 percen t increase over nights booked the previous In 2008, BACVA booked 451,608 future room Group business meetings comprise the new bookingw and are projected to spendc more than $725 million in spendinb in the city. City and tourisj officials credit the booking success tolast year’x creation of the Baltimore Conventiobn & Tourism Board, a joint board that oversees BACVA and the .
“Our investmentg in BACVA is paying off,” Mayor Sheila Dixon said Mondah speaking in front ofthe city’se Inner Harbor tourism center. The formatioh of the board last year has allowed BACVA and the conventioj center to be more Dixon said. A new plethora of hotels that openee or are under construction near the conventiobn center from which businesses can choose for bookings also contributesd to an uptickin bookings.
The $300 million publiclyg financedHilton Baltimore, whicn opened last August, has 757 roomz and grew Baltimore’s totalk hotel room reservoir to more than The B&O Building, on the corner of Charlese and Baltimore streets, is expected to open as a Hote Monaco with 208 rooms later this year. Baltimorw can now accommodate 75 percent of the large citywide tradeshow and convention business availablse in the marketplace with the newhotels online, said BACVA CEO Tom Noonahn in a statement. Some of the conventions and groups bookesd in the 2009 fiscal year included theannuall conventions, , American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, and .
Holdingt sales events and industry tradeshows is also partof BACVA’d strategy for bringing convention planners into the city to raisew awareness about Baltimore. The Baltimore Businesd Journal A drop in hotel revenueemeans BACVA’s budget will drop to $10.7 million for the year startesd July 1 — down from the $12 million it had in the past 12 This year’s fiscal budget is the lowesrt since the agency’s $9.9 million spendint package in 2006.
The booked 522,541 future room nights in the pastfiscalp year, city tourism leaders said at a press conferencew Monday. The number, which passed BACVA’sz goal of 475,000 booked nights, is a 15.7 percen t increase over nights booked the previous In 2008, BACVA booked 451,608 future room Group business meetings comprise the new bookingw and are projected to spendc more than $725 million in spendinb in the city. City and tourisj officials credit the booking success tolast year’x creation of the Baltimore Conventiobn & Tourism Board, a joint board that oversees BACVA and the .
“Our investmentg in BACVA is paying off,” Mayor Sheila Dixon said Mondah speaking in front ofthe city’se Inner Harbor tourism center. The formatioh of the board last year has allowed BACVA and the conventioj center to be more Dixon said. A new plethora of hotels that openee or are under construction near the conventiobn center from which businesses can choose for bookings also contributesd to an uptickin bookings.
The $300 million publiclyg financedHilton Baltimore, whicn opened last August, has 757 roomz and grew Baltimore’s totalk hotel room reservoir to more than The B&O Building, on the corner of Charlese and Baltimore streets, is expected to open as a Hote Monaco with 208 rooms later this year. Baltimorw can now accommodate 75 percent of the large citywide tradeshow and convention business availablse in the marketplace with the newhotels online, said BACVA CEO Tom Noonahn in a statement. Some of the conventions and groups bookesd in the 2009 fiscal year included theannuall conventions, , American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, and .
Holdingt sales events and industry tradeshows is also partof BACVA’d strategy for bringing convention planners into the city to raisew awareness about Baltimore. The Baltimore Businesd Journal A drop in hotel revenueemeans BACVA’s budget will drop to $10.7 million for the year startesd July 1 — down from the $12 million it had in the past 12 This year’s fiscal budget is the lowesrt since the agency’s $9.9 million spendint package in 2006.
Friday, January 21, 2011
BFC Financial, Woodbridge to merge - South Florida Business Journal:
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In a joint press release the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they entered into a mergere agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink Sheets: would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC (Pin k Sheets: BFCF). BFC currently controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgeand BBX). BFC lost $58.9 milliojn on revenue of $487.5 milliojn in 2008. Woodbridge owns , whichg is building Tradition Florida inPort St. Lucie, and has investments in variouas companies includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.3 million on revenuee of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its first quarter earnings Woodbridge warned that Core Communitiesd could default on the loans for Traditioj Florida if its lenders demandx that it put more equitycapital down. Undedr the merger deal, all shareholdersw of Woodbridge Class A commonh stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’ss Class A common stock per With shares of BFC opening at 40 cent Monday, it equals nearly $1.39 a share for each shared of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.10 Levan and Abdo are chairman and vice respectively, of both companies.
The merger woulx save between $1 million and $2 millioj in professional fees and SEC reporting cost s forthe companies, Levan It would also reduce the taxese Woodbridge would pay on its earningzs once it returns to profitability, he said. Currently, Woodbridg pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portionof Woodbridge’x earnings that it counts on its balance sheet. The move will not causse any staff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continuw operate independently.
The agreement would include all current board members of Woodbridgeon BFC’s new board and add Woodbridgse President Seth Wise and BankAtlantic Bancorlp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-member board, as Wise would also become executivw vice president of BFC. The deal is expected to clos before the endof 2009. BFC shares closes unchanged at40 cents. The 52-weeik high was 95 cents on 2. The 52-week low was 6 cents on Feb. 5. Woodbridgs shares closed down 2 centasto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.6 on Aug. 21. The 52-week low was 2 cents on Oct. 24.
In a joint press release the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they entered into a mergere agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink Sheets: would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC (Pin k Sheets: BFCF). BFC currently controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgeand BBX). BFC lost $58.9 milliojn on revenue of $487.5 milliojn in 2008. Woodbridge owns , whichg is building Tradition Florida inPort St. Lucie, and has investments in variouas companies includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.3 million on revenuee of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its first quarter earnings Woodbridge warned that Core Communitiesd could default on the loans for Traditioj Florida if its lenders demandx that it put more equitycapital down. Undedr the merger deal, all shareholdersw of Woodbridge Class A commonh stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’ss Class A common stock per With shares of BFC opening at 40 cent Monday, it equals nearly $1.39 a share for each shared of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.10 Levan and Abdo are chairman and vice respectively, of both companies.
The merger woulx save between $1 million and $2 millioj in professional fees and SEC reporting cost s forthe companies, Levan It would also reduce the taxese Woodbridge would pay on its earningzs once it returns to profitability, he said. Currently, Woodbridg pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portionof Woodbridge’x earnings that it counts on its balance sheet. The move will not causse any staff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continuw operate independently.
The agreement would include all current board members of Woodbridgeon BFC’s new board and add Woodbridgse President Seth Wise and BankAtlantic Bancorlp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-member board, as Wise would also become executivw vice president of BFC. The deal is expected to clos before the endof 2009. BFC shares closes unchanged at40 cents. The 52-weeik high was 95 cents on 2. The 52-week low was 6 cents on Feb. 5. Woodbridgs shares closed down 2 centasto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.6 on Aug. 21. The 52-week low was 2 cents on Oct. 24.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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