ACCIN lands federal grant for new HQ - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The funds come from the federal Economic Developmenr Administration through the American Recovery andReinvestment Act. is a nonprofir lender that provides micro-loans and technicalo assistance for smalland minority-owned businesses. The state’d congressional delegation applaudedthe grant. U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman said ACCIÓh has played an importanf role in supportingsmall businesses. “Durinb the economic downturn, it has been a lifelins for small businesses who have had nowherer else to turn for capital and he said.
“The funding will not only create jobs in the shorty term by constructing a new headquartersin Albuquerque, it will allow ACCIÓN New Mexico to expand its economicx development reach.” Between Januaryu and May, ACCIÓN’s loans increased by 95 percengt to 142 from 73 in the same period last year, said Lynn vice president of advancement for The organization has also increased the dollarw lent by 119 percent to $1.7 million. Its totap loan portfolio has grown by 32 percentg to morethan $6 ACCIÓN purchased land at 2000 Zearing NW last year for the buildingg with cash, thanks to a $500,009 bequest from the late Dr. Joseph J. Jacobw Jr.
, the founder of the in San Diego. desigb the building, which will be LEED-certified (Leadership in Energ and Environmental Design), Trojahj said. ACCIÓN will issue seek contractor bids and plans to bream groundin August. The organization plans to move in bySprinv 2010.

Power Book Accounting Finalists - Business First of Columbus:

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In 2007, Brake started a business valuatiojn departmentfor GHB. Stilp active in the traditional areas of tax compliance and consulting, Brake also provides business valuation services for acquisitions, divorce, estate and gift valuations, family limite d partnerships and discounts. Brake has been with GHB since 1986. She reduced her hours for about six years in the working from home while raising two but returned full steam in taking over the Boulder office as a newcomeer tothe community. In five years, she has established the firm’s presence and become involved incivic endeavors.
She receivec her certified valuation analyst certificatee from the National Association of Certified Valuatio n Analystsin 2003. She’s treasurer of the Coloradlo State Chapterof Gordon, Hughes & Banks LLP www.ghbcpa.comj When Kim Higgins joined Gordon, Hughes Banks as a governmentao and nonprofit partner in 2004, the firm had no governmenta l entities department and no name recognition in the field. In four Higgins has changed the governmental and nonprofit practice froma one-persom department with no clien base and less than $100,000 in revenues to a team of 20 In 2007, governmental and nonprofit revenues amounted to $1.
3 7 million and constituted one-third of the firm’s audit practice. Befors joining GHB, Higgins was a practiced partner at another public accounting firm in where she specialized in taxationand audits, with a specia l emphasis on not-for-profit organizations, local government entities, utilitiesa and government contractors. She graduated magna cum laude witha bachelor’s degree in accountinyg from Murray State University in She’s a member of the Colorado Society of Certifiex Public Accountants, GASB 44 Statement Implementation Advisoryg Committee, the and the Coloradko Nonprofit Association. Gordon, Hughes & Banks LLP www.ghbcpa.
con When Peggy Jennings joined Gordon, Hugheas & Banks LLP as an audit partnerin 1995, the firm was a traditional tax service s firm with a small audiyt practice that contributed between 2 percent and 5 percen t of the firm’s revenues. Jenningd was the sole member of theaudit Today, the audit department counts 30 professionals under supervision, and audit revenues make up 40 percentr of the firm’s total revenues. Jennings is director of the firm’s audi services division, and GHB’s lead audit partner for retail, construction and softwarw development niches.
Before joining GHB, Jennings spent 17 years with a large public accounting firm in where she provided audit and small business consulting to a variettyof industries. She is licensed to practice in Colorado, Louisiana, Wyoming, Idaho and Southy Dakota. She has a B.S. degree from Montana Statre University. She is on the peer reviesw board of the Colorado Societt of Certified Public Accountants and a membe of the Alliance of Professionapl Women and the ColoradoNonprofigt Association. www.cliftoncpa.com As managinvg partner for Clifton Gunderson’s Rocky Mountain client servicer center, David Laundy draws on more than 20 years of accounting andconsulting experience. Peoria, Ill.
-based Clifton Gundersobn is the sixth-largest certified public accounting firm in theDenver area, based on number of Clifton Gunderson acquired Denver-based accountinb firm Levine, Hughes and Mithuen in further strengthening its position as a provider of servicess to mid- to large-size privately owned In 2007, the presidenf of the Community College of Denverd was fired after an audit by Clifton Gunderson foundr serious financial mismanagement on campus. Laundy is a membedr of the Colorado Society of CPAs and Americah Institute of CertifiedPublic Accountants.
He also serves as a director ofthe , a membet of the executive committee of the and directoe of The Presidents Leadership Class at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a forme r director and treasurer ofthe , former directof and treasurer of Boulder County Dental Aid, former director and treasurer of the Foothillas Nature Center, former volunteer public relationsx committee member of the Foundation for Boulder Valley Schools and a formee member of the Management of Accounting Practice Committere at the Colorado Society of CPAs. Laundy hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting from anda bachelor’s degrese in sociology from Southern Illinois University in Ill.
Principal, business adviser Gordon, Hughea & Banks LLP www.ghbcpa.com Richard Kendall joinedc Gordon, Hughes & Banks LLP in 2005 to star a business advisoryservices department. Only two yearss later, Kendall became a principal and has hirex a senior business advisor to help with a growintclient base. He has worked with more than twodozemn companies, helping them implement growth and profity strategies.

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RealtyTrac records indicate that a notice ofa trustee’s sale has been filed on homes matching the description of Adams’ North Portland Kenton neighborhoode homes. The notice indicates that the home s will be put upfor auction. , which brokee the story, noted that Adams’ lende r has filed a “notice of default,” meaning he’s defaulted on his loan agreement with his Adams told thepaper he’as catching up on his mortgag e after paying “significant” legal bills. The houses that face foreclosurre are at2131 N. McClellan and 2121 N. Adams lives in the 2121 He also owns a triplex at2031 N. McClellan.
who makes $118,144 yearly, is facing an impendinb recall, scheduled to kick off in early after admitting he had a sexualp relationship withBeau Breedlove. The pair met beforde Breedloveturned 18. Adams said the sexual relationship begannafter Breedlove’s 18th birthday. Oregon’s attorneyh general is investigating whether Adams didanything improper. The mayor conceded that he lied aboutwhether he’xd had sex with Breedlove when a politica l opponent first made the charge duringf the 2008 primary campaign season.

Tonight at the Subterranean: A saxophone sisterhood - Berkeleyside

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Tonight at the Subterranean: A saxophone sisterhood Berkeleyside “The main criteria is music that really expresses soul,” says Tiptons alto saxophonist Amy Denio, an internationally esteemed composer and multi-instrumentalist who has received commissions from numerous modern dance companies. “Wherever it comes from, ...

Philippines Flood Death Toll Nears 1000 - Voice of America

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Philippines Flood Death Toll Nears 1000 Voice of America December 20, 2011 Philippines Flood Death Toll Nears 1000 VOA News Philippine President Benigno Aquino declared a state of national calamity on Tuesday, as authorities work to recover the bodies of those killed by flash floods on the southern island of ... Death toll from flash floods in southern Philippines tops 1000 with more missing Washington Post Philippines residents dig out days after flooding from typhoon msnbc.com (blog) Philippines flood toll tops 1 000 News24 USA TODAY -gulfnews.com  »

Barrios resigning from BCBS Foundation - Boston Business Journal:

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Barrios, a former state senato r from Cambridge, Mass., was named presidenty of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusettss Foundationin 2007. During his the foundation launched programs including CareBeyond Coverage, designeed to identify non-insurance related barriers to healthb care access. “Jarrett has been a strongt leader for the foundation in this transitiojn period from the enactment of healtnh care reform in 2006 to the presenyt where we continue to work to find ways to expanc access to health care forthe commonwealth’x low-income and vulnerable populations,” said Philip W.
chairman of the Blue Croszs Blue Shield of Massachusetts in a prepared written Barrios was the first Latinlo state senatorin Massachusetts. He also was one of the state'ds few openly gay lawmakers. Barrios also previouslyu served as a member of the Massachusetts Houseof

Matrixx must refile Zicam application, stock plummets 70 percent - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The news sent shares plummeting nearly 70 percenyor $13.46 cents per shared to close at $5.78 Tuesday. Matrixx must file a new applicationh with the FDA for its Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel and Zicajm Cold RemedyGel Swab. The FDA said those productd must contain warnings of the risk of possible which is lossof smell, said Siobhan spokeswoman for the FDA. “They are to stop marketingy the products,” she said. “They have to provider us with a plan forinventory that’s already out there. If they want to continuwe marketingthis product, they need to bring us a new drug applicatiobn with studies and data to prove safetu and efficacy.
” Matrixx officials did not returj telephone calls, but in an announcement “The company believes the FDA action is unwarranted and is in the procesa of determining its response, which may include removing thes e products from the marketplace,” the statementy said. “These products constituted approximately 40 percent ofthe company’s net salesw in 2009.” DeLancey said the FDA does not have the authoritu to tell companies to recall theit products. “All recalls are voluntary by the she said. “Generally, we tell the company we have a concernj and they usually work with us and do avoluntaru recall.
” Matrixx’s stock (Nasdaq:MTXX) closed at $5.78i on June 16. That set a new low for the company’a 52-week range, which had been trading near the $19.74 For the fiscal year ended Marcn 31, Matrixx reported $13.8 million in net incomes on $112 million in net up from $10.4 million in net incomw on $101 million in net sales a year ago.

Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. Company Profile | PHHM Company Information

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Based in Dallas, Texas, Palm Harbor Homes is one of the nation'sd largest marketers of factory-built homes. The company's vertically integratesd operations set it apart from others inthe industry. Palm Harbord builds, sells, finances and insures the best manufactured homesavailable today. Palm Harbor'ss focus is the high-end, customized niche of the manufacturexdhome market. Four out of five homee produced in its 18 manufacturing facilitiexs across the country are customizedwith owner-selected features. Palm Harboe sells its homes throug h115 company-owned superstores and more than 350 independentr retailers.
The company's insurance Standard Casualty, offers a wide range of insuranc packages with a specialty inmanufactured homes. Palm Harbor'ds Nationwide Homes subsidiarybuilda high-quality modular homes. And its CountryPlace Mortgage subsidiaruy offers a variety of financing options to suitany Together, these companies represent the vertical integrationn plan established by Palm Harbor'x founder, Lee Posey.

Catch the Wind secures $18.8M - Business First of Columbus:

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million in a private placement financin g to help push more salexs of its new wind sensordfor turbines. Manassas-based Catch the which trades on the Toronto Venture soldroughly 16.7 million shares at a pricd of Canadian $1.30 apiece in what it hopew to be its last major equity financing before generating enough revenue from its laser wind-sensing product, Vindicator, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investment round, along with institutional bringing its total equity fundraising to date to nearly $35 , Research Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capitaol Corp.
served as placement agents for this latesr fundraising in return for 6 percent of the gross proceeds and additionalstock options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibe r optics laser company that still sharesw the sameheadquarters space, Catch the Wind has been developing similat technology that senses when wind is imminent, helpinh reorient a turbine to capture that wind beforr it passes. Most wind turbinexs can realign its blades only after itfeels wind, so they’red often too late to actually benefift from gusts, company officials “Before, it was the horse-and-buggy approach to measuring wind,” said Phil who founded Optical Air Data Systems nearlyu 20 years ago with his wife before leavingt recently to serve as CEO for Catch the “Think about increasing the gas mileage of your he said.
“You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you somethingt that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you woulsd save more money.” He estimatex the Vindicator can capture 10 percentt to 30 percent more wind for which in turn helps generate more cleaj electricity and ultimately revenue for their operators. Catch the Wind recentlyu sold its first unitto , a Canadian environmental monitorinh equipment maker, while starting its first two-mont field test with the Nebraska Public Powerd District on its largest wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’as also talking to federal agencies, hoped to use that trial’s results later this summeer to market to other wind turbine manufacturersw and wind farm With six full-time employees, Catch the Wind expects to at leasty double that count by the end of this The company, which had $5.
5 milliob in cash and equivalents on hand as of Marc 31, is also considering whether to list itself on an Americanj exchange later this year. “We aspire to that,” Roger said. “I just can’t say when.”

Looking south for visitors - Houston Business Journal:

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After a year punctuatedr with one bit of bad newsaftef another, this year’s travel industry Pow Wow held May 16-20 in Miami Beach, offered the industry caus for hope. The annual event, which connects U.S. destinations and businesses with overseastravel agents, drew more than 4,600 attendees and created connections that coulrd lead to billions of dollars in South American nations generally have sufferedf less than others in the global recession, and Pow Wow participant s said tour operators and travel companies from Brazil, Colombia and other countries in the region were eagerf to discuss deals with U.S. travel industru representatives.
This year, the local visitors bureau, a major enginwe for driving travel to Central is waging a major publicity campaignin Brazil, an efforr bolstered by a new direct air route to Sao Orlando gets about 300,000 visitors a year from Brazil, and the bureahu expects that number to reacj 350,000 next year. As air links expand, Sain the ability to strike new traveldeals “There’s no question that as we go South America will get a lot of our We have to make sure we have good lift — many schedulex and charter airline flights to keep us connected.
” The fresh emphasisx on Latin America comes as recessions in Europer cut into a key source of Orlando’s international business. The U.K. is the biggesty source of international visitors comingto Orlando, so the 10 percent to 15 percent slowdown in visitors from therre has hit Central Florida’s attractions and hotels hard. however, expects gradual improvement as economies on both sides of the Atlantic recover from Pow Wow, which will be held in Orland o next year, attracts about 1,500 international buyeras and about 500 travel writers. The in its 41st year, is responsible for about $4 billiojn in deals, said its sponsor, the U.S. Travel U.S.
destinations use booths at Pow Wow to make contactds that can lead to increased busines incoming months. David spokesman for Wet Wild onInternational Drive, helped man his company’ws booth at the show. “We made so great contacts this year. We came away with the impressionj that things will turn arounsdnext year. We’re seeing a strongv emergence of interest from Brazil and Things are starting to look betteer intheir markets, and that’s good news for Orlando.
” Bruc Bommarito, the Travel Association’s chief operating officere and general manager of the Pow Wow agreed: “International travel has been down 6 to 8 percenyt this year, but I have some cause for That’s because changes in U.S. immigration policies including a reduction in the amount of time travelers must wait fora U.S. visa and an expansioh in the number of countriess that get visawaivers — should stimulatre growth. Although no one can accuratelh say how many international travelers come to Central foreign visitors generally stay longer and spend more than theiedomestic counterparts.
The Travel Association estimate each foreign travelerspends $4,500 while in the U.S. Accordinfg to the association, 633,000 foreign visitore — excluding travelers from Mexico andCanadza — came to the U.S. last fewer than in 2000. Pow Wow is a key tool for increasinhthe flow, said Brommarito. “Pow Wow is all aboutg building relationships. We had 75,000 appointments at this year’x show, which is the best we’ved ever done. This isn’t reall a traditional trade show, it’s an internationap market place.
”

Enbridge to Undertake Further Expansion of North Dakota Crude Oil System - MarketWatch (press release)

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Coloradans, he said, "speak for countless others across the All they ask for is a health care systenm that worksfor them, a health care systemm that doesn’t crush them with unreasonabl e cost increases, and a health care system that doesn’g deny them coverage just becaused they have pre-existing conditions." D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patieny transition care more cost-effective and "In Colorado, we haven’t waiteds on Washington," he said. "We’ve made real progress in showinbg how to provide high quality healthn care at alower cost." formerly superintendent of the Denver Public was appointed to the Senate by Gov.
Bill Ritter to fill the seat vacatedc by Ken Salazar when Salazar was picked by President Barack Obamaq as secretary ofthe Interior. Here is the full text of Bennet'w Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery Thursday, provide by his In the speech, he is addressing the presiden t ofthe Senate. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the urgenr need for health care The people of and theAmerican people, have waited for too long for Washingtohn to act. We should begin with a basidc principle: if you have coverage and you like it, you can keep it. If you have your and you like himor her, you shoulfd be able to keep them as well. We will not take that choic awayfrom you.
But even as we keep what works, we must confronyt the challenges of soaring health care costs and the lack of accesxsto affordable, quality health care. The statuw quo is unacceptable. Every day, families in Colorado and acrosas America facerising premiums. Their plans offer fewedr benefits. They are denied coveragw becauseof pre-existing conditions. And until we fix the health care we won’t be able to fix the fiscap mess in which we find Since 1970, the share of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percentf to 17 percent. The United States spends over $2 trillionh in health care costs, including over $400 billion on Medicars alone.
President Obama has said that the biggesty threat toour nation’s balance shee t is the skyrocketing cost of health And he’s right. In Colorado, we haven’ty waited on Washington. We’ve made real progress in showingy how to provide high quality health care at alowerr cost. Last week, the New Yorker magazine published an articleentitled “The Cost Conundrum” that highlightes the important work that’ds been done in Mesa County, Colorado. Over thirtuy years ago this communityserving 120,000 people came together—doctors, and the non-profit health insurancre company.
They agreed upon a system that paid doctoras and nurses for seeing patients and producing betterquality care. They realized that problema and costs go down when care ismore patient-focused. In Mesa the city of Grand Junction implemented an integratee health care system thatprovidea follow-up care with patients. This follow-up care has helped lowert hospital readmissions rates in Grand Junction to just3 percent. Compars that to the 20 percentrate nationwide, and it is cleatr that our community on the Westerb Slope of Colorado is onto something groundbreaking. High readmission rates are a huge problej forour seniors.
Nearly one in five Medicare patientw who leave a hospital are readmittes within thefollowing month, and more than three-quartersd of these readmissions are preventable. Rehospitalization costs Medicar eover $17 billion a year. It’e painful for patients and familiea to be caught up in these cyclezsof treatment. All too care is fragmented – you go from the to the hospital, to a nursing back to the hospital and then back to thedoctodr again. Patients are given medication instructions as they are leavintgthe hospital, many times after coming off of stronv medications. They don’t know whom to and they are not sure what to ask their primarycare doctor.
The solution, both our Denver and Mesa Countu health communitieshave found, is to provider patients leaving the hospital with a “coach.” This coacjh is a trained health professionao connecting home and the hospital. This coach teaches patients how to managre their health ontheir own.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Stanford Financial Group CFO to plead guilty - San Francisco Business Times:

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Bloomberg reported that Davis’ attorney, Davixd Finn, said in a statement that Davis will continue to cooperate with the investigationand “assisy the prosecution’s attempts to find the billionsw that Stanford sent to Switzerland and other banks in Davis headed up the Memphisx and Tupelo, Miss., offices for Stanford. The Baldwyn, native was a college friend of Stanford’s chairman, R. Allen Stanford and had been with the compang for more than20 years. The Memphise office opened in 1999 and further expanded in 2004 when Davies moved hisoffice here.
Stanford’s chief investment officer Laura also a nativeof Baldwyn, worked from the Tupelio and Memphis offices and has pleaded not In April, Davis agreed to cooperate with federao investigations, and was charged separately from the Houstojn company’s chief executive officer, R. Allebn Stanford, who on June 30 was deniede bail and will remain in jail untilhis trial, set for Aug. 25. Davie will initially enter a “not plea on July 13 beforer afederal magistrate, then change that plea in a lated appearance before a U.S. Districtr Court judge, Bloomberg reported. Stanfords Financial Group is unrelated toStanfords University.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Ruth Stone - The Guardian

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Enbridge to Undertake Further Expansion of North Dakota Crude Oil System MarketWatch (press release) "Our Berthold Rail Project complements a series of expansions Enbridge has undertaken to expand transport capacity from North Dakota. It integrates high quality Bakken crude into Enbridge's expanding portfolio of pipeline projects that access premium ... and more »

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Ruth Stone The Guardian When she received the National Book award in 2002, for her collection In the Next Galaxy, she summarised her career: "I've been writing poetry or whatever it is since I was five or six years old, and I couldn't stop, I never could stop. ... and more »