Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Sling Media Company Profile | Company Information

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Founded in 2004, Sling Media, Inc. is a differenrt kind of consumer electronic scompany - one that's working to demystify convergencs technologies and to create empowering experiences for the digitakl media consumer. The focus of Sling Medisa is toembrace - not replace

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Concussions dominate talks at Quebec hockey summit - Globe and Mail

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The epidemic of head injuries and concussions in the game was front and centre Saturday at the Molson Export Quebec Hockey Summit. The continuing uncertainty surrounding Sidney Crosby's return from a head injury loomed large as discussions were held on ...


2011 Hockey Summit

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

ABC: Candid camera show did not relocate off Avenue - Greenwich Time

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

UTSA doctoral accounting students eligible for new scholarship - Triangle Business Journal:

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UTSA accounting doctoral students are now eligiblw to apply for the Accounting Doctoral Scholarsfellowship program. The UTSA College of Businesx is one of only 40 academic programss nationwide to participate in the Accounting DoctoraplScholars program. Each the institute will select 30 candidates nationwide to receivea four-year $30,000o stipend. The aim of the Accountingf Doctoral Scholars program is to increasew the number of doctoral accounting graduateswin America. There is a critical shortage of accounting doctoral faculty teaching auditing and tax according to UTSA and the The goal is to increase the number of people with doctorap degreesin accounting.
The plan is to encourage these individuals to then join the business faculty at schools throughout the country so that they can teacnundergraduate courses. The institutw founded the Accounting Doctoral Scholars programin 2008. The program is funded by accounting firms. Candidates should have experience in audit or tax in a publicaccountingg firm, be a U.S. citizen or permanentg resident and be workingv toward a career as an accounting faculty member. Applications will be acceptef for the Fall 2010 classthrougbh Oct. 1. UTSA’s College of Business is one of the 40th larges t business schools in the nationb with morethan 5,800 Web site: www.adsphd.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

'Trans'-cending stereotypes: Tackling transgender bias in the workplace - Business Management Daily

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'Trans'-cending stereotypes: Tackling transgender bias in the workplace

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Disney Preserve carbon study launched - Business First of Buffalo:

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The study is viewed as a vital step toware determining how to calculate carbon credits forany cap-and-trader program. The federal government woulc first set a limit on the volume of emissions that can be producex acrossthe U.S. in a given year and then granty tradablefederal permits, called “allowances,” to covered entities for each ton of CO2 The intention is to encouragee firms to discover cheap methods to cut emission whilw allowing those with no easy meanas to reduce pollution to buy permits. The systenm could allow landowners to sell carbon credits to companieas wishing to show they are making efforts to reducre theircarbon footprint.
This comesd on the heel of a passage of a climate change bill bythe U.S Houses Energy and Commerce Committee requirinf a 17 percent reduction in greenhouse emissioj by 2020 and to set up a cap-and-trade The bill is expected to come before the U.S. House by late “When we’re done setting everything up, we will be able to take data from the begin to understand whether this ecosystemm isstoring carbon, releasing carbon or doinb both under various environmental conditions,” said Ross UCF biologist and professor on the project, in a preparede statement.
“Then we can develop a reliable, quantifiablw model for calculating carbon storage in natural Disney Wilderness, located in southwesterjn Osceola County, was originally created in 1993 to mitigate wetlanda lost to development of . Wetlandzs cover about 2,550 acres and the site is home to 14 documentede and 12 unconfirmed protected species of birdsand other.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Hollo closes on purchase of 1101 Brickell - Orlando Business Journal:

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Tibor Hollo’s company, , (FECR) closedf Tuesday on the purchase of 1101 Brickell which was owned bythe now-defunct Leviev The South Florida Business Journal first a deal was in the works in May. The developerr announced the close of thepurchasde Wednesday, but did not disclose the price. Hollo’s company did not get third-partyt financing for the deal, according to a company statement. Hollk is planning to invest $12 milliohn to renovate the pair of office buildings on the In addition to mechanical repairs and FECR plansnew retail, including spacs for a restaurant.
The physical makeover will includd upgrading the airconditioning system, generators, lighting, lobbies and landscaping. “We plan to significantly invest in the beautificatio and renovation of 1101 Brickell to improvwe conditions for our currenty tenants and to continue to attract businesses interested in an attractivs office building in a prime location onBrickellk Avenue,” Jerome Hollo, an FECR vice president, said in a Leviev Boymelgreen had planned to redevelop the which houses a pair of modes t office buildings, into a massive officse and residential complex.
The city of Miami approved a permit to builda 74-story, mixed-use projectf with 270,000 square feet of office, 30,000 square feet of retailk and 650 residences. But, the partnership dissolved in with Leviev Boymelgreen principal Lev Leviev eventuallt taking control of a portfoli ofMiami properties, including 1101 The seller in Hollo’s deal was Africa-Israel Properties, Leviev’s company. The 1101 Brickelo property housesa 35-year-old, 11-story office renovated in the 1990s, and a 19-story office towerd built in 1985.
Tentants include the Ilingua languager school, the Venezuelan and Argentine consulates and Banci Industrial de Venezuela y Social de Venezuela sold the properth to Leviev Boymelgreenin 2005. Real estate experts say Hollo likelg will hold onto the 1101 Brickell site until the marke t rebounds and existing project already out of the groundxare absorbed. There are threre office buildings under construction in the downtowjnMiami area, two of which have yet to sign any

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Mechanics in high gear - bizjournals:

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The seven shops joined the internationa l FixAuto brand, which meana they consolidated just enough to win valuabled business from the insurance industry while protecting their mom-and-pop The seven new Fix Auto shops collectivelh employ 104 people and had more than $17.8 million in revenue last year. The shopzs originally teamed up nearly sevenyears ago, but untilp this year kept their old name with the Fix Auto brand remaining secondary to theif business identities. This spring, all sevenn agreed to convert to the Fix Auto name in orded to stand out in a marker dottedwith independents.
Fix Auto is an international networo of independent auto repair shops that pooles its buying power and marketing resourcese and positions itself as a preferred partneer forauto insurers. To independent business owners, beingt part of a network brings the benefits of alarge corporation, includin discounts of up to 33 percent on common supplies such as paint and body parts. For a shop with monthlyg revenuearound $150,000, it costsw roughly $500 to $600 per montg to join the network.
Local body shop owners say the Fix Auto modeol will also help them compet for insurance business and survived an industry some expect to shrink from a highof 60,000o businesses to about Some experts, however, advise againsr such networks. “We normally don’t suggesyt clients (join a network),” said Kurt Lewis, assistany sales director for IPA, a consulting firm in Buffall Grove, Ill., that works with body shops. Lewis suggestse that companies do a thorough audit of theierbusiness instead. Employee productivity, customer service and sales are just a few areasw that Lewis said companies can adjusrt to strengthen thebottom line.
Body shop owners, however, said the deal with Fix Auto was “I needed to position myself to be able to survive inthe future,” said Shon Kim, ownedr of Fix Auto Gresham, formerly Obrist Cunningham and president of the Fix Auto Oregon territory. He says auto insurers, like health work with preferred usually large operators with multiple In the absence of a networkm likeFix Auto, that leaves mom-and-popl body shops on the sidelines. It’ a difficult time in the auto body The industry posted a 4 percent net profityin 2008, according to Sageworks Inc., a research firm. Nationally, sales growth in the $1.8 billionm industry slowed to 3.8 percen in 2008, half its 2002 rate.
“We’re having to work a lot harderr to make just about the same oreven less,” Kim Some owners lamented the name

Friday, August 12, 2011

BioMarin: Genzyme virus problem won

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Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) found a virua strain and stopped production of two drugs atthe Mass., facility. The strain, Vesivirus 2117, apparently does not caused human infection but interrupts the growth of cellws that are used to make Aldurazyme — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fatall disease caused by an enzyme deficiency was last filled at the Genzyme facility in September 2008, according to BioMarin (NASDAQ: BMRN). The companyy has about 10 months of vialer inventoryon hand, it said, and uses a seconc fill finish supplier. A third supplier is expected to be qualifieds laterthis year, BioMarin said.
BioMarijn makes the bulk material used in Aldurazymd at its Novato The Food and Drug Administrationn hadinspected Genzyme’s plant in September and October and reportedlu was concerned about controls to protect against contamination.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Catch the Wind secures $18.8M - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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million in a private placemeng financing to help push more sales of its new wind sensorefor turbines. Manassas-based Catcbh the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Ventur Exchange, sold roughly 16.7 million shares at a price ofCanadiajn $1.30 apiece in what it hopes to be its last major equity financing before generating enough revenue from its lasetr wind-sensing product, Vindicator, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investment along with institutional investors, bringing its totaol equity fundraising to date to nearly $35 , Research Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capital Corp.
servedf as placement agents for this latest fundraisingt in return for 6 percent of the gross proceeds and additionalstocki options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fiber optics laser company that still sharesd the sameheadquarters space, Catchu the Wind has been developing simila technology that senses when wind is helping reorient a turbine to capture that wind beford it passes. Most wind turbinea can realign its blades only after itfeelzs wind, so they’re often too late to actually benefit from gusts, company officials “Before, it was the horse-and-buggy approachg to measuring wind,” said Phil who founded Optical Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife beforer leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catcgh the Wind.
“Think about increasing the gas mileage of your he said. “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you somethiny that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you would save more He estimates the Vindicator can capture 10 percent to 30 percentr more wind for turbines, whichb in turn helps generate more cleanb electricity and ultimately revenue for their operators. Catch the Wind recentlyh sold its first unitto , a Canadiajn environmental monitoring equipment maker, while starting its first two-month field test with the Nebraskaz Public Power District on its largesy wind farm with 36 wind turbines.
The local which said it’s also talking to federal agencies, hopese to use that trial’s results late this summer to market to other wind turbine manufacturers and windfarm operators. With six full-time Catch the Wind expects to at least doublew that count by the end of this The company, which had $5.5 million in cash and equivalents on hand as of March 31, is also consideringf whether to list itself on an American exchangd later this year. “We aspire to Rogers said.
“I just can’t say

Sunday, August 7, 2011

WEEK IN REVIEW - South Florida Business Journal:

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Based in Buenos Airesx and Miami, main Claxson (Pink XSONF) shareholders are the and funds associatexwith . Once the deal Claxson would maintain its interests in Playboy TV Latin DigitalLatin America, DMX and Musicd Latin America, as well as a broadcast radiop business in Chile and a broadband and Internet UM to pay $2.2M settlemenf The is to pay $2.2 million in a settlement over physiciajn services at , its teaching hospital. The civil settlement stems from an investigation and audit in which the Departmenrt of Health and Human Servicews found UM submitted improper claimz to Medicare Part B for servicese to hospital inpatients betweenJune 1, 1995, and May 31, 1996.
Additionap claims reviewed related to servicez in 1997through 1999. The auditf found UM failed to provide sufficient documentation forsome claims. Otherss were improperly coded orimproperlgy billed. Further, the government said, from June 1, 1995, to Dec. 31, UM submitted claims for critical care service in situations where patients were notcriticallt ill, where critical care services were not rendered or wherew critical care services were insufficiently documented. American Eaglse is to offer its firstg direct route from Miamito Mexico. The plan is to star once-daily nonstop roundtrips betweeh and onMarch 2.
has assigned an auto insurer based inCoral Gables, an initial "B++" rating and "stable" outlook for 2007. The Fitcu financial ratings agency has assigneda "BBB-" long-termk issuer default rating and an "F3" short-term issuerd rating to Fitch also affirmed the ratings of the Coraol Gables-based bank's main subsidiary, Commercebank, N.A. The ratinvg outlook remains stable. Pure, a nightclub on the Las Vegads strip, is headed to Miami said it will bring Pure Nightclubh to the onceits $500 millionn renovation is complete in 2008. said it will buy a compan y to allow its software tohave real-time access to theirt desktops, servers and other items.
The Fort Lauderdale-based remoter access software firm did not say how much it will pay for a privately held firm basedin Waltham, Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) did say the 100-person company's real-time technologyu will help it deliver more agiler information technology, better security and reliabilitg and new options for how businesse s deliver applications and desktops over theif networks. said it has settled litigation broughft by of America andthe . The allegations againstr the Cooper City-based financial service firm serving commercial fleet operators were breach of fiduciarg duty and breachof contract. More than $1 millionn in damages were sought.
In the settlement, Coacg (OTCBB: CIGI) paid TGIA and NAIT $400,000 on Dec. 12. Plantation-basedd said it has become the exclusive shipping servicee for customers at the NBC Experience Storein Manhattan. The new DHL Shippingg Spot at the store hasa self-service countedr and a touch-screen interface to pack, label and ship a DHL package. DHL said it providexs the packing materials and customers may use the servicde whether or not they made a purchases at theNBC store. Bruce Rossmeyer, CEO of 14 locations, has openec his 14th Harley-Davidson, this time in The 65,000-square-foot facility is at 201 Internationakl Parkway. The company has other stores in Fort Lauderdale andPompanoi Beach.
The United States Indooer Soccer Association said it has allied withFort Lauderdale-based LLC, a professional employer organization. O2HR is to providee members of Arlington, Va.-baserd with services for payroll payroll tax, human resource consulting, employeew benefits, risk and safeth management, workers compensation and employer's liability insurance. Plantation-basedd said it will open a 114,000-square-foot contact centerf in Huntington, W. Va. The outsourceds customer management firm said it plans to bring 700 new jobs to the In an expansion inFort Reynolds, Smith and Hills, a facilities and infrastructurd consulting firm, has moved to the , at 3125 W. Commercial Blvd.
, Suite 130. The firm said the move doublee its sizeto 9,394 square feet. RS&H said it expects the officre to employ34 associates, including engineers, architects, planners and support staff by mid 2007. The phonw number is (954) 474-3005. Fort Lauderdale-based (NASDAQ: FUEL) is to changw its name to , and move its incorporatiom to Delawarefrom Florida. Both were approved at its annual meeting, subject to final approval from the company's primary lender and seniore secured debtholders. Dr. Arnold "Bud" Tanisw is to celebrate his 50th year carin g forSouth Florida's infants, children and adolescentsa on Jan. 16, 2007.
The Hollywood city commission is to recognizew the pediatrician atits Jan. 17 Tanis indicated he has no planwsto retire. Yatai Town Homes, planned for the Victoriaq Park neighborhood of east Fort has opened a temporary sales paviliomn in the Coldwell Banker kiosko at theGalleria Mall. The 33 town homes are to have upto 2,500o square feet of living space in a three-bedroom and three-and-a-half bath plan. Prices start at said it is organizinga humanitarian, educational and information exchangs mission to Cuba in June. Organizers indicater business interests will remainb dormant under the currentCuban government.
The group said its trip, co-sponsoredd by the , is designed to identifh and assist the humanitarian needs of theCuban people. Plannexd information exchangesinclude agriculture, ranchinf and food processing, water purification, irrigation and related transportation, medicine and life sciences. WTC Palm Beacjh is working with the World Trade Center in Havana to organizethe 30-persomn trip. Juno Beach-based , LLC, said its Lone Star Wind, LLC, subsidiarg has closed on a $700 million crediy facility: a $600 million 15-year variablde rate term loan anda $100 millionm 10-year letter of credit facility.
Loan proceedds are to go toward repaying a portiob of the investment the company made in buying and/or constructing three wind power projects in western Texasz totaling 606.5 megawatts of capacity. (NYSE: GEO) said it has signefd contracts to manage and operate 123 forensicd mental health beds in Soutj Florida for the state Department of Childrenand Families. The Boca Raton-based correctional and detention firm saidthe five-yeare agreement starts March 1 and has a five-yearr renewal option period. Two eateries, Hole-N-Hearty and Phat Sandwiches and plus two apparel andfootwear boutiques, East Coast Boardrooj and Sole Estate, have opened in West Palm Beach's Clematisw District.
Also, Roxy's Pub, the Clematis Street landmar that first opened its doordsin 1932, is to re-open in Januaryg under new ownership. Sticky Web (Pink SIKY) has changed its name to (Pink Sheets: The Boca Raton-based Internet and software firm has changer its name to the branfd it has usedsince 1997. Laurie E. has opened , a public relations, special events and marketinh firm at 6131Lyons Road, Suitr 200, in Coconut Creek. The phone number is 415-9126. Zuckerman is president of the She was formerly managingh director forFort Lauderdale-based .

Friday, August 5, 2011

Gartner: Lenovo lost PC market share in 3Q - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Lenovo, which has headquarters in Morrisville, shipped 5.89 millionm units in the quarter, good for a 7.3 perceng market share, Gartner says. A year Lenovo’s market share was 7.8 The company’s 8 percent growth in shipmenta was outstripped by growth in the overallPC industry, whichn saw shipments grow, by 15 percent, to 80.6 million Gartner said both the U.S. professional markef and the Chinamarket – places Lenovo counts on for a major chunk of its business – slowed in the (NYSE: HPQ) kept its spot atop the globak PC market with an 18.4 percent up from 18.3 percent last year. No. 2 Dell DELL) saw its market share slip, to 13.6 percent from 14.1 And No.
3 , the Taiwanesed company that bolstered its business in the last year by buyinhg both Gateway and European PC maker Packard grew its market shareto 12.5 percent. It was 9.7 percentg a year earlier.