ATS Services is now Talagy, with new owner - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founder Delore Kesler, acquired the company and will servdas chair. Kesler will retainj the title of chairman Amy McGeorge will assume the role of presidengtand CEO. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “Thix is an exciting time in the growthn and evolutionof ATS, and I’m pleased to allo w the next generation of leadership to take the helm,” said Kesler created Jacksonville-based ATS Services in eventually forming a parent company that merged with three other staffingh firms, including .
The business split into two ventures: , whichb became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of information technology at ATS Servicesw before creating his own company, , a globall provider of on-demand talent management software, in 1996. Kesletr provided a loan that helped startfthe company. Vurv Technology was acquired by (NASDAQ: TLEO) in 2008 for $128.78 million. Talagy, which has 11 offices around the country and 80 will continue to offer the same productsand services, but instead of operating under multiple brands and business units the companyt will consolidate into a single brand.

Swine Flu threatens to close Springfield middle school - Dayton Business Journal:

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There are now five confirmed cases in theregionb — up from two earlietr this week — and 23 cases in Ohio, whichh is up from 13 on May 19. The five local cases includw one in ButlerCounty (a 30-year-old and four in Clark County (a 12-year-old male, a 25-year-olf male, a 15-year-old male and a 15-year-old Three of the Clark County cases are from the same middle in Springfield. There also are seven suspected casezs of the virus inClark County, includingh three from the middle school. Childrem at Northridge Middle school are continuing asof Friday.
The directotr of the and the school superintendent are working together on a dailyu basis and awaiting the results of the suspectedd cases before shuttingit down, a spokeswoman for the healthu district said. The school district was not immediately availabldfor comment. The Swined Flu — or H1N1 virus — is now in 11 Ohio countieas as it continuesto spread. There are 12,9545 confirmed cases worldwide, according to the , with 46 countries havinf at leastone case. There have been 92 deathws confirmed caused by SwineFlu worldwide, accordintg to the WHO. Mexico, wherer the illness is believed tohave originated, has 4,1745 cases and 80 deaths, accordingv to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 8,975 confirmed and probable casesx in 48 states as of11 a.m. according to the federal . Thers have been 15 confirmed deaths inthe U.S., with threre in Texas, three in two in Illinois, one in Washington, one in Utah, four in New York and one in officials said that as of 12 p.m. Thursday the officiak number of confirmed cases of Swin Flu inOhio were: • Clarmk County – 3 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old male, 12-year-oldr male) • Cuyahoga County 2 (41-year-old female, 9-year-old male) • Franklin Countty – 10 (31-year-old male, 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-ole female, 19-year-old female, 21-year-old male, 20-yeard old male, 22-year-old 23-year-old female, 19-year-old male) There also are 25 suspecf cases of Swine Flu in Ohio.
Peoples who are sick are urged to stay home from work or schook and to avoid contactwith others, except to seek medical This action can avoic spreading illness further, healthj officials said.

William Boyd Printing site sold for $1.3M - Portland Business Journal:

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Ltd., an affiliate of Cos. in Clifton closed on the $1.3 million purchase on June 3. Cass Hill intendse to convert theformer 1.3-acre industrial site at 39-49i Sheridan Ave. into an office/retail/residentiapl project. The property is locaterd behindthe & Suites on Chapel Street, near the heart of the city’ds entertainment district. Tony Sabatino of representedx the seller. Cass Hill was represented by Eileejn Lindbergof /Albany. Marc H. Paquin, presidentf of Cass Hill Development Cos., couldn’t be reacher for comment. Cass Hill owns severapl properties downtown, including a 30,000-square-foot office buildinb on Monroe Street across from the formerprintingt plant.
Boyd Printing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcuy protection inSeptember 2005. A federa l bankruptcy judge in March 2008 approved the sale of the buildinges to help satisfythe company’s Some of the company’s assets were purchased by Carl an officer at Boyd Printing, who openes a separate corporation, Inc., in Colonie. Previouz deals for the Sheridan Avenue property fizzled before Cass Hill signed a purchase contracttlast year.

New Walmart adds 300 jobs in S. Texas - Business First of Columbus:

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Perry was onhand for the opening of the supercenter which will bringf 300 new jobs to the Southj Texas city with a populationof 3,500. “Employers are lookingt at Texas and realizingthat we’vre not only kept a lid on the problemzs that are troubling other states, but also worked to fosterf an environment that encourages people to pursue their build businesses and create jobs,” Perry The Penitas Supercenter will generate an estimated $300,0009 to $400,000 in sales tax revenue, with one-half percenyt going to support the Penitas Crimr Control and Prevention District, which funds law enforcement crime prevention programs and new “There is no question that this area is on a growth thanks to its dynamic proximity to our largest international tradintg partner, and the unbeatabls work ethic here in the Valley,” Perry

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Professionals from all business sectors those who were laid off and those feeling uneasy about their jobfutures — have drivemn the increase in applications, COO Terrgy Freeman said. And Cook Street isn’ alone. Three- to five-month cooking programs, designedd to help people move intonew careers, are on the rise in Denvedr as business people especially those in their late 30s rethink their lives. Many professionals, tiring of the corporated culture, are following long-buriedd culinary dreams and looking to become chef sor caterers, or just to work in a field that makesx them happier. “We’re definitely seeing more activity.
We’ve seen more people from different industries that find it hardefr toobtain jobs,” Freemanh said of her rising pool of applicants for the downtown Denved school’s professional chef program , whicn runs for 18 weeks and costs “They see all these layoffsd as a sign for them to move into somethiny different, something they’ve always wanted to do.” Culinaruy school officials say it’s a familiart trend, as they saw similar interes t during the last recession eight years ago.
But what’s intriguinb is the number of people who, even beford the market collapsed, already had begum thinking about leaving behin d careers and tryingsomething new, they Those include David Bravdica, 38, of who worked for 12 years in airport and aviatiob management. After more than 10 years “in an office, in a cube, behinx a desk,” Bravdica decider he wanted to work on somethintg where he could really see so he attended Cook Streety and then becamea co-owner of Flavorf Catering. Suddenly, more friends and acquaintances are asking Bravdicqa what it takes to leave thebusinesds world, he said. He also co-owns a pasture-raiser poultry business in northern Colorado.
“With the I’ve seen an increase in people readjustintg or looking at their livesand saying, ‘an I doing what I want to be he said. “I think people eitherr turn a corner themselves or are forced to turn that Cooking is an attractive field because peoplse haveto eat, even during an economicv downturn, and enjoy doing so, said Karen COO of Boulder’s , where a six-montyh professional program costs $28,450. And with more people becoming interestedr in both eating healthier and eatingfood that’d grown locally, there are growinh opportunities for local food entrepreneurs, leadingv to a “slight” increase in she said.
Erin McLaughlin of Denver left behined a career in real estater data management to attend Cook Streetlast year, and founsd that 10 of the 11 peoplde in her class were changintg careers. She now teaches recreational cookintg classes at Home on the Range in Denvetr and islaunching Twinkle, an organic baby food company, next month. “I think [the recession] has made people reassess said McLaughlin, 39. Added Jorge de la Torre, dean of culinarh education atin Denver: “I think people are saying, ‘I’k going to take this [layoff] as a I’m going to do what I always wanted to The increase in applicants means more competition for clasxs openings.
Cook Street, for example, may grow its professionakl chef program. But even with rising application it wants to focus on the quality rathet than quantity ofits graduates, Freeman said. And ever sincwe private lender Sallie Mae announced in January that it no longer would provide aidfor vocational-school Culinary School of the Rockies has had a lot of applicantsw who can’t afford to enter its programs, Barelz said. Her school just obtained its eligibility forfederaol funding, but still gets more interesy than it can accommodate, she said.

New Sheplers ownership has aggressive growth plan - St. Louis Business Journal:

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"We've been here since 1899 and there are 19 stores so to say that they had a slow growtb plan isan understatement," says Mark Syrstad, who took over as CEO when a San Franciscoi investment firm bought the chain in late July. "We're looking to (open) two to four new stores over the next two yearsd andthen we'll see about accelerating Syrstad has experience in quick expansion. He helped grow and while runningthe , a children'x apparel store, he was the triggerman in the compangy opening 248 stores in four countriexs during a two-year period.
He promises it won'tt take another 108 years -- or even 50, for that matter -- to open the next 19 "If we wanted to open 200 it wouldn't take 50 years," Syrstad "I would be around for it." Being No. 1 in a nichd market certainly helps fuel talk of Sheplers is a name that is clearly identifiefd withWestern attire. "The branx has a lot of potential," says Keith the new vice presidentfof marketing, a San Francisco native who workefd with Syrstad during the Gymboree expansion. "It reallyu has a tradition that hasn't been marketedc at all.
" The underplayed marketing effort and slowgrowth process, when combined with Sheplers perch atop the industry, has createdx what Syrstad calls "a perfect storm" for "Here's this company that's No. 1 in its nichr and yet there are a lot of thing s notimplemented yet," he says. "That' exciting to all of us." Sheplers, which had phone-order or Internet salexs in all 50 states and 100 countries last is destinedfor growth.
Fran Jabara knew that when he and his partnersa at sold their minoritg stake in the companyto , whichu bought the entire company, in late "We saw a lot of marketse we had not expanded into," Jabara "But the Internet market was growing rapidly. We saw that as a wonderfu l wayto grow." He'll get no argument from Internet commerce has grown many retaiol operations by making product available to anyone anywhere with just a few It's also far less expensive than brick-and-morta locations from coast to coast.
But for Sheplers to trul y realize its potential asthe world'e top retailer of Western clothing, he it has to utilize a multichannel approach that consist s of catalogs, the Internet and retaiol locations. "You can't smell it on the Internet," he "You can't try it on. We thinj it's a combination of those channela of distribution that give a branfd equityand strength. ... And you have to give (the the same experience whether buying from a catalog or a storre or onthe Internet." Kurt a partner at Gryphon, isn't specific when discussingh future locations, but says there are plentty of places to choosew from.
"If you just look at a map of the United Statew and think about wherethe white-space opportunities are, there are some very logical placesx when you match up name and where you want to take he says. "There are some interesting whit spacesto consider." But expansion won't come until Sheplers is readyt for it, Kaull says. "We're only 90 days in," he "We're staring down a holiday season. There's plenthy of work to do in thecompany now.
The whol e prong of new-store growth is something we will do indue Jabara, considered the godfather of Wichita businesds success after founding Wichita State University' s Center for Entrepreneurship and having a hand in the whirlwind expansionss of both and , says the decisionb to sell came about a year ago. "We though t it was in the best interesyt of company to try to finda buyer," he When Jabara Ventures Group boughrt into Sheplers in 1987, it had no intention of stickinv around for 20 years, he says. But the experiencde was positive -- and profitable. "A an investment banker, you do not stay that long in a he says.
"You normallyt would like to get out in five toeighty years, but we really enjoyesd our relationship with the Sheplers management." CEO Mike Anop and CFO John Mosleyy did a good job of opening Sheplerds stores in other markets. In 20 it grew from eight stores to its current number and opened up market s likeLas Vegas, Phoenix and Reno.

Medicaid patients sue JFS - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Hillary Phillips is a 25-year-old Blanchester resident with a rare genetix disorder that causesinvoluntary movements, seizures and hearing according to a press releas e from the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati. In Phillips was notified that her Medicaid Managed Care Buckeye CommunityHealth Plan, would no longer pay for her to get treatmen t at University Hospital, where she sees four Ohio failed to adequately inform Buckeyes members about the processe for changing managed care plans, said Trey of the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, lead counse for the five plaintiffs.
“Many patients need to keep their same doctors who have been treating themfor years,” he said in the “Federal and state law require Ohio to let disabledf Medicaid residents transfer from one managed care plan to anothed in order to receive adequate healthg care.” The lawsuit alleges that Ohio ignored Buckeywe members’ requests for a did not provide notices with appeal rights when member were denied, did not automatically transfer member s after their request pended for a certainj number of days, and did not inform members of alternative providersd to meet their needs.
Daly said there are abour 700 Buckeye members who asked Ohio to changetheir plans, but Ohio only processed abougt 160 requests. The lawsuit was filed in the Hamiltohn County Court of Common Pleas and seeks a declaratiohn that the Ohio Department of Job and Familyh Services violated the law and an injunction to stop the departmen from refusing to pay forthe plaintiffs’ care at Healt Alliance providers. Janet Pecquet of the law firm BeckmanWeil co-counsel for the plaintiffs, said Buckeye notifiede Ohio in late January that it was terminating its contracyt with the Health Alliance effectivre April 30, 2009.
The Health Alliance is made up of five including University, as well as 900 affiliated primary care physician and specialists. “Ohio law allows for disabled Medicaids Managed Care members to switch plans withou a reason duringa one-month open enrollmenr period,” she said. “The open enrollment period is Buckeye members were denied the opportunity to make a meaningful decision during the open enrollment month becaus e they did not know that Buckeye was eliminatinvg somany providers.
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