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UCF previously announced a proposal to deletd several academic programs in responseto $77. 2 million in state budget cuts. But a July 10 releasr said keeping statistics will preservew 12 faculty and two stafcf jobs and allow 75 students to continue in the Statistics will have to increased degree production and put a greatee emphasis on biostatistics anddata mining. “Aftee further consideration in recent I believe a restructuring of statistics will allow us to preserve the prograj as long as it meets newproductivitg measures,” said UCF Provost and Executivde Vice President Terry The suspension of actuarial sciences has the same personnel and instructional impact s as deletion, but allowws the program to be reinstated later if desired.
Actuarial sciencexs would be phased out intwo years. Both statistic s and actuarial sciences are programs in the Collegweof Sciences. Since UCF has had $77.2 million cut from its recurrin gstate budget, which includes a $38.e3 million cut for the 2009-10 budge that took effect July 1. The remainin four programs proposed forelimination are: cardiopulmonary sciences and radiologic sciences; engineering technology; and managementt information systems. The amended proposalp involves 37 employees andabout 1,025 students. If approved, the cuts woule save UCF about $4.6 million.
Programs would be phaseed out overtwo years, and affected employeea would remain with UCF until at leasr the end of spring 2010. Affectexd students would be assisted with a path todegree completion. The UCF boarf of trustees will discuss the revisee proposal at a committee meetingJuly 13. Its educational program committee will vote on whether to recommend the reviseds proposal to thefull board, which will meet later in July to take officiao action. No final decisions will be made at this committee which is open tothe public.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Goodyear Reports All-Time Record Quarterly Sales, Earnings - MarketWatch (press release)
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Goodyear Reports All-Time Record Quarterly Sales, Earnings MarketWatch (press release) AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company /quotes/zigman/228079/quotes/nls/gt GT +6.09% today reported that its third quarter 2011 sales and earnings were the best in its history. ... |
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Charge to hamper Merge 2Q net income - Boston Business Journal:
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million noncash writedown on the sale of its equith interest in aradiology company. The West Allis-based radiologg software and systems provider said the charge is the resulgt of the sale of its interesg in veterinary radiologycompanyh , as part of Eklin’s acquisitioj by veterinary services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin'as sale to VCA, Merge MRGE) will receive $1.4 million for its interes t in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognize in thethird quarter. The however, will be recognized in the second quarter, when Mergee will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurrinbg revenue as a result of a new reselleer agreement the company reached with Elkin inJune that'ws being reassigned to VCA. Merge now expectas to post net income for the secon d quarterbetween $100,000 and $800,000, compared with a net loss of $18.2w million a year ago. The company posted net incomwe for the first quartet of 2009of $2.8 million. Excluding the noncash charge, operating income is expected tobe $3.7 million to $4.4 compared with a net loss of $18.3 million a year ago. Revenur is now projected to be in the rangesof $15 million to $15.5 compared with $13.3 million a year ago.
million noncash writedown on the sale of its equith interest in aradiology company. The West Allis-based radiologg software and systems provider said the charge is the resulgt of the sale of its interesg in veterinary radiologycompanyh , as part of Eklin’s acquisitioj by veterinary services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin'as sale to VCA, Merge MRGE) will receive $1.4 million for its interes t in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognize in thethird quarter. The however, will be recognized in the second quarter, when Mergee will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurrinbg revenue as a result of a new reselleer agreement the company reached with Elkin inJune that'ws being reassigned to VCA. Merge now expectas to post net income for the secon d quarterbetween $100,000 and $800,000, compared with a net loss of $18.2w million a year ago. The company posted net incomwe for the first quartet of 2009of $2.8 million. Excluding the noncash charge, operating income is expected tobe $3.7 million to $4.4 compared with a net loss of $18.3 million a year ago. Revenur is now projected to be in the rangesof $15 million to $15.5 compared with $13.3 million a year ago.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Whistleblower suits filed against medical device companies, including Medtronic, St. Jude Medical - Business First of Columbus:
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A Houston court unsealed documentse related to the legal complaintdon Tuesday. Other companies named in the suitinclude , a Mass.-based firm with operations in Maple Grove and Ardenm Hills, and , of San Ramon, Endoscopic has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settls a claim filed by the U.S. Justicee Department. Fridley-based Medtronic said in a statemenft that the unsealing of the document isa "normal step in the process set forth in the statutd for the handling of these kindss of cases." "As with all litigatio n matters, this case will run its coursew through the judicial process, where Medtronic will file its responseds and argue its positions," the company stated.
Officials from Bostojn Scientific andLittle Canada-based St. Jude Medical couldn’t immediately be reached for commentWednesday morning. The recent allegationa accuse the device companies of marketingv products used to remove scar tissue as treatmentas foratrial fibrillation, an abnormal heary rhythm. Federal regulators had not approvecd the use of the devices as a means to addressatrialo fibrillation.
A Houston court unsealed documentse related to the legal complaintdon Tuesday. Other companies named in the suitinclude , a Mass.-based firm with operations in Maple Grove and Ardenm Hills, and , of San Ramon, Endoscopic has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settls a claim filed by the U.S. Justicee Department. Fridley-based Medtronic said in a statemenft that the unsealing of the document isa "normal step in the process set forth in the statutd for the handling of these kindss of cases." "As with all litigatio n matters, this case will run its coursew through the judicial process, where Medtronic will file its responseds and argue its positions," the company stated.
Officials from Bostojn Scientific andLittle Canada-based St. Jude Medical couldn’t immediately be reached for commentWednesday morning. The recent allegationa accuse the device companies of marketingv products used to remove scar tissue as treatmentas foratrial fibrillation, an abnormal heary rhythm. Federal regulators had not approvecd the use of the devices as a means to addressatrialo fibrillation.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Chase bank hiring 200 in Milwaukee - Business First of Columbus:
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New employees are working at theChases Tower, 111 E. Wisconsin Ave., and are focuser mainly on negotiating new payment arrangements with homeownerzs delinquent ontheir payments, said spokeswomaj Christine Holevas. Chase is one of the nation’a largest mortgage servicers with a portfolikof $1.5 trillion. The bank addeed billions in mortgage business with the September 2008 acquisitionm ofWashington Mutual. The new hiresd include loan specialists, negotiators, underwriters and supervisors, Holevas Many already have started Chase hasabout 1,400 employees in greater and nearly 950 in Milwaukee, Holevas Chase, which is part of , New York City, runs 41 branchesw in the metropolitan area.
In December Chase cited declining activityin home-equity lending when it announced job eliminations by early Februaru in its downtown Milwaukee home equity servicing center. Some employees who were laid off earlier this year are likely among those being hired for the mortgageservicinbg functions, Holevas said. “We had terrificf people and we want to get the best of those she said. Chase bank officials like the qualit y of employees in Milwaukee and their work Holevas said. She could not predictg the longevity of thenew jobs. “As the businessw changes so do our employment needs,” Holevas said. “Wes staff according to customers’ needs.
” As the numbet of foreclosures continues torise nationally, Chase is far from the only bank to boostr its staff for handling troubled mortgages. Some banks, includint M&I Marshall & Ilsley in Milwaukee, have institute foreclosure moratoriums as they attempt to modify mortgagez toreduce payments. M&I’ds foreclosure moratorium is scheduled to expire onJune 30. In the past six M&I has increased by 50 percent its staf f dedicated to assisting the increasing numbefr of homeowners facingfinancial stress, said Dick Becker, president of the bank’se Wisconsin community bank unit.
He declinedf to disclose the number of jobsthat M&I has M&I works with homeowners before they reach delinquency to avoid foreclosure and also seekas solutions for homeowners alreadyt in foreclosure, Becker said. Minneapolis-based , which has the second-largest depositf market share in metropolitan Milwaukeee and services more than 1 millionmortgagese nationally, announced in March that it is constructing a building in Owensboro, Ky., for its mortgage services unit. The bank alreadg employs 850 people in Owensboro and the new buildinyg will accommodate up to 300new employees. At the community bank the loan modification strategies are implemented on asmaller scale.
For example, , Wauwatosa, increased its collections staffr from two to three plusa half-timde employee to tackle the increased workload, said president and CEO Doug Gordon. Collections employeese review the home-owner’s financial situation in an efforft toavoid foreclosure, Gordon said. The employees discuss what the homeowner can afford for payments and whether the mortgage is he said. The bank has successfully modified many mortgagesx and even stopped some foreclosurew while they werein process, he “We’d much rather modify them work with them — than foreclose,” Gordobn said. “Nobody wins in that.
We don’g want to own the real estate andthey don’t want to lose the real
New employees are working at theChases Tower, 111 E. Wisconsin Ave., and are focuser mainly on negotiating new payment arrangements with homeownerzs delinquent ontheir payments, said spokeswomaj Christine Holevas. Chase is one of the nation’a largest mortgage servicers with a portfolikof $1.5 trillion. The bank addeed billions in mortgage business with the September 2008 acquisitionm ofWashington Mutual. The new hiresd include loan specialists, negotiators, underwriters and supervisors, Holevas Many already have started Chase hasabout 1,400 employees in greater and nearly 950 in Milwaukee, Holevas Chase, which is part of , New York City, runs 41 branchesw in the metropolitan area.
In December Chase cited declining activityin home-equity lending when it announced job eliminations by early Februaru in its downtown Milwaukee home equity servicing center. Some employees who were laid off earlier this year are likely among those being hired for the mortgageservicinbg functions, Holevas said. “We had terrificf people and we want to get the best of those she said. Chase bank officials like the qualit y of employees in Milwaukee and their work Holevas said. She could not predictg the longevity of thenew jobs. “As the businessw changes so do our employment needs,” Holevas said. “Wes staff according to customers’ needs.
” As the numbet of foreclosures continues torise nationally, Chase is far from the only bank to boostr its staff for handling troubled mortgages. Some banks, includint M&I Marshall & Ilsley in Milwaukee, have institute foreclosure moratoriums as they attempt to modify mortgagez toreduce payments. M&I’ds foreclosure moratorium is scheduled to expire onJune 30. In the past six M&I has increased by 50 percent its staf f dedicated to assisting the increasing numbefr of homeowners facingfinancial stress, said Dick Becker, president of the bank’se Wisconsin community bank unit.
He declinedf to disclose the number of jobsthat M&I has M&I works with homeowners before they reach delinquency to avoid foreclosure and also seekas solutions for homeowners alreadyt in foreclosure, Becker said. Minneapolis-based , which has the second-largest depositf market share in metropolitan Milwaukeee and services more than 1 millionmortgagese nationally, announced in March that it is constructing a building in Owensboro, Ky., for its mortgage services unit. The bank alreadg employs 850 people in Owensboro and the new buildinyg will accommodate up to 300new employees. At the community bank the loan modification strategies are implemented on asmaller scale.
For example, , Wauwatosa, increased its collections staffr from two to three plusa half-timde employee to tackle the increased workload, said president and CEO Doug Gordon. Collections employeese review the home-owner’s financial situation in an efforft toavoid foreclosure, Gordon said. The employees discuss what the homeowner can afford for payments and whether the mortgage is he said. The bank has successfully modified many mortgagesx and even stopped some foreclosurew while they werein process, he “We’d much rather modify them work with them — than foreclose,” Gordobn said. “Nobody wins in that.
We don’g want to own the real estate andthey don’t want to lose the real
Monday, October 17, 2011
Aussie Dollar Weakens Before RBA Minutes, Snapping 3-Day Advance - BusinessWeek
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Aussie Dollar Weakens Before RBA Minutes, Snapping 3-Day Advance BusinessWeek Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar weakened before the Reserve Bank of Australia releases tomorrow minutes of its meeting on Oct. 4 when Governor Glenn Stevens signaled there's more scope to cut interest rates if necessary. ... |
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