Saturday, January 29, 2011

Tessenderlo Kerley buys herbicide line from DuPont - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The herbicide, marketed globally under the DuPonf Lorox and Linex brands as well as severaklmixture trademarks, is used primarily in the carrot, celery, potato, cotton and soybean Marketing and development for the new products will be handled by TKI’ds Phoenix-based business unit, however, that is not expected to spur locaol hiring said spokesman Brian H. Lawrence. “TKkI is committed to expanding the crop protectiojn range of our We intend to continue building our NovaSource Crop Protection Group with the addition of strategic products as theybecom available,” said Jordan Burns, CEO of TKI.
TKI employsx 350 people in North America and has 10 manufacturing but none of those arein Phoenix. The company produces crop protection chemicals and proces s chemicals and offers related service s in theUnited States, Mexico, Centralo and South America and selected Europeanh countries. Financial terms of the agreement werenot

Thursday, January 27, 2011

IBM Signs IT Services Agreement with Rogers

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IBM will support Rogers' ongoing information technologhy transformation with a stable and highlt availableIT environment. To accommodats future growth, Rogers will have immediate accessto IBM's state-of-the-art data center located outside This will be linked to Rogers' existing data cente r facility using Rogers Business Serviced networking technology. IBM will also upgrade Rogers' existing data center facilities and storage capabilities over the nextseverakl years. "IBM is committed to supporting Rogers through the deliveryof cost-effectivde and flexible services, as well as througu access to IBM's technology innovation," said , generalp manager, Global Technology IBM Canada.
This agreement represents a new businesxs relationship for thetwo companies. For more informationh on IBM, visit . Media Contact: Mike Bodeh IBM Media Relations mboden@ca.ibm.com 416-478-7117

Monday, January 24, 2011

Verizon Drops To One 3G Data Plan, Premium 4G Pricing Imminent - Android Police

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Jennifer Lopez's 'On The Floor' Video To Be An 'Underground Party' - MTV.com

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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Nationwide Arena sale under discussion - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Preliminary talks have been held between Blue Jacketx and FranklinCounty officials, state legislators and Nationwide Insurancde executives over helping the National Hockey Leagu e club solve its economicv problems, Columbus Business First has learned. One optionb under discussion calls for the county to buythe 18,000-seat arenz from Nationwide so the team can work towarf getting a better lease. The issuew is likely to come to a head in coming weeks as lawmakerxs decide whether to grant Franklin County the authority to imposw or seek voter approvapl for an increase in alcohol and tobaccoexcise taxes.
Such a provision could be adder to the state budget bill that the Generalp Assembly must pass byJune 30. Proceedss from a higher “sin tax” could provides a revenue stream for the county to tap to retire debt on bonds it would issue to finance anarena purchase, according to peopled involved in the discussions. Ohio’s beer and wine tax ratee stand at 18 centsa and 32 centsa gallon, There is also a $1.256 state tax on a pack of Better deal for team? Nationwids Arena is owned by a partnership of Nationwide Insurance and Dispatcu Printing Co., with the insurer holding a 90 percenyt stake.
The Blue Jackets lease the nine-year-oldr arena and operate it, but revenue from event isn’t covering operating costs, said Blue Jackete President Mike Priest. That’s forcinfg the club to take money from hockey operations to make up the he said. The formula worked in the earlyh years ofthe franchise, when the team’s playedr payroll was lower and game attendancee was higher, Priest said, but it has contributed to financial losses the Blue Jackets have sufferedf in recent years. The club has lost a combined $80 millionh over the past seveh years. “We have a buildinbg financial issue,” Priest said. “Thagt leads to a team financiakl issue.
If we can fix the building we can fix the team Team officials are exploring whether county ownership of the arenas could result in favorable changes to the Blue operating terms, Priest said. A county agency – the Conventiobn Facilities Authority – owns the land under the arens and the nearby Greater ColumbusaConvention Center. The county also owns Huntington the home of the Columbusw Clippers in theArena District. “The county has not agreesd to do anything,” Priest said. “Nothingh has been concluded.” Commissionera are aware of what the Blue Jacketsz are proposing but have not takemn a position on buyingthe arena, said county Administratorr Don Brown.
The county could not afforxd to buy the building unless a revenue stream was guaranteeed to retire bond debt that woulc go witha purchase, he said. Officials also would need to examinew theBlue Jackets’ finances, lease terms and revenue from non-hockeuy events such as concerts. The club likely would be askerd to signa long-term lease to ensure it remains in Columbus, Brown “Without a covenant or guarantee like that,” he “I doubt the county would be interested. It woulcd not make business sense to take on ownershipl without being assured of ananchor Public-private partnerships involving professional sports arenas and stadiums are common, Priesgt said.
For example, tax revenue from alcohopl and tobacco sales was used in Cuyahoga Counth to help finance construction of a basketbalkl arena for the Cleveland Cavaliers and a basebalk stadium for the Indians inthe 1990s. Columbusd went the opposite route in 1997 afted voters defeated a tax proposal to fund construction of adowntownb arena. Nationwide and Dispatch Printing, owner of the Columbud Dispatch and othermedia operations, stepped in to build the $150 millionm arena when Worthington Industries Inc. founder John H. McConnell led an investors group that landedd an NHL franchise for the The privately ownedBlue Jackets, whose majorityt owner is Worthington Industries CEO John P.
haven’t disclosed details of the team’as finances. But media reportes have put the team’s lease on Nationwide Arena at morethan $3 milliom a year. Priest said the Blue Jackets gave up severa revenue sources to help get thearenw built, including 15 of the arena’s 52 luxury suites that were sold for 25 year s by Nationwide. The team gets revenue from the remaininluxury suites, but receives no revenue from parkingy or arena naming rights, he Priest was asked if the Blue Jackets would consider leaving Columbus if the arena issued is not resolved.
“The very reasojn we are being so he said, “is to avoid having to deal with that question and I believe as a communityt we have the ability to find a Nationwide has participated in discussions on “public-private opportunities” for the Blue including a sale of the said Eric Hardgrove, a spokesmanh for the Columbus-based insurer. “W are not actively looking to sellthe arena,” he “It is one of the many options under consideration to help ensure the Blue Jackets remain a strong, viabls presence here for years to

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Vestas board touring Colorado manufacturing plants - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The 12-member board, alongh with Ditlev Engel, Vestas’ president and CEO, flew to Coloradoo on Sunday and hada one-hour meeting with Gov. Bill said Roby Roberts, senior vice president for externaol relations forVestas Americas, the Americann arm of the “They’re visiting all the manufacturing facilitiee in Colorado,” Roberts said. Vestas, based in Randers, manufactures and sells wind turbine s used toproduce electricity. It tradea on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange at thesymbol VWS. The compan boasts it had 20 percent ofthe world’s wind turbine markety in 2008, with more than 38,000 Vestas-made wind turbines installed worldwide.
The group Monday was touring the company’d $100 million manufacturing plantin Windsor, where the big bladeas that capture the wind are made. Board membersa also were also spending time in where Vestas is planning a seconsd blade plant and a nacellesassemblgy plant, and in where Vestas is building the world’z biggest plant for making the steel towers that hold the wind turbines aloft. “We’re spending more than $1 billion in the United Statesw and making a good commitment tothe market, so they wantedd to see it first hand,” Roberts said.
The Windsor plant north of Denver, which when running at full capacitg is expected to employ about 600 employeed and produce as manyas 2,00o0 wind blades per year. The planrt opened in March 2008. • The Brightob blade factory and nacelle assembly plants valued at acombined $290 which was announced in August 2008. The plantes are expected to be fully operationaklin 2010. The blade factory will emplouy about 650 people and the nacelle plangt will have about700 employees, Vestas has said. • The $250 millionh Pueblo wind tower plant, expected to open later this year. It will make 900 steel towers annuallyg and employ 450 to550 workers.
The group plannedc to leave Colorado Monday evening for where the Vestas Americaw divisionis based, to see the company’s marketing, sales and serviced operations, then tour a wind farm in Washingtohn state, Roberts said.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Governor could sue Legislature over budget delay - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Brewer said Monday she wantsz the Legislature to transmit budgert bills approved on June 4 as required by the Arizona constitutionn and said she could take the Legislaturse to court overthe matter. Some Democrats, who opposeds spending cuts inthe Republican-backed legislativw budget, have also pushed theifr leadership in the state Assembly to also legally press for the budgety bills to be transmitted to the Arizona Senate President Bob Burns and Housr Speaker Kirk Adams said they were disappointed that also a Republican, is threatening to bring the courtz into budget negotiations. “It is regrettabld that we now have anothed delayin negotiations.
It is unfortunate the governor is seekinb to involve the courts in an ongoingf budget negotiation while the Legislature is stillin session. It delayws and obstructs the process,” Burns and Adams said in a jointstatement Monday. Brewer could veto the GOP budge t because of its cutsto education, publid health, social service and university The governor and business leaders also want ask votera to increase the state’s 5.6 percent saleas tax by one point for three yearxs to deal with the budget mess.
Conservative Republicah lawmakersand anti-tax groups oppose that

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

NHL Network moves to popular Comcast channel lineup - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The Philadelphia-based cable-television giant and the network, which is basec in New York, didn’ft reveal the agreement’s financialk terms or specify its length beyond callingyit long-term. Comcast has carried the network on its Sport Entertainment Package the past two That has about 2 million subscriberas and usually costs anadditional $5 to $7 a About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.3 million digitak customers get Digital Classic, which is one step above Comcast’s base level of digital service. Comcast will still carry the network on its Sportw Entertainment Package for customers who get that but notDigital Classic.
The NHL Network carries regulaer seasonNHL games, post-game pressa conferences from the NHL All Star Game and Stanleyg Cup Finals, a dailg highlights show during the and many other NHL-related The deal also gives Digital Classic customers access to NHL On Demand programming, which includea condensed games, historic gamee and player profiles. Comcast last month resolvedc a dispute with the NFL Network that resulte in Comcast moving the NFL Network to the DigitakClassic lineup.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Workers at two MillerCoors plants ratify new deals - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-yeadr contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employeew at the two breweries and provide wage and pensiojn increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoorsw because they provide stability for theif families,” said Jack Cipriani, directof of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, whicnh represents workers at the “For the next three our members at MillerCoors know that their wages and pension benefitse will increase, which is sayingg a lot in today’s The contracts call for no health care cost increases for workers in the first year of the contract and only minord increases for the second and third years, accordinv to the union.
The new deal also guarantee s that employees who have retired or who will retirr during the course ofthe three-year contractse won’t be required to pay health care premiums. “Wr value all generations of our members, so we made sure that theres were improvements for both active memberes at MillerCoors and the retirees who had pave d the way before with their long yearsdof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoorw workers nationwide. The union also represents workers at the MillerCoor s breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contract coverinf employees at the plant areunder way.
MillerCoorsa is a joint venture between MillertBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewing Co., Golden, that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatew a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’ s west side. Workers at the Milwauke brewery are represented by Brewery Workersw Local 9 of the United AutoWorkers

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Kansas Health Policy Authority will cut 14 jobs - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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According to a release, 13 staff membere were informed Friday that their jobs would be effectiveJuly 2. Authority spokesman Peter Hancocki said in an interview Monday that the policyt director position also will be eliminated as executive staff positions are reducee from fiveto four. Barb Langnere will move out of that position to servs as actingMedicaid director, according to the release. Hancock said that the authority’sz operational budget has been cutby $3.5 million for the fiscapl year that begins July 1.
According to the the authority also is reducing spending with the contractor that processesw claims for payment under Medicaid and theStats Children’s Health Insurance Program. That move is expecter to save $3.6 million. Savings from the contractg reductions are shared with thefederalo government, which funds more than half of Medicaisd administrative costs, according to the release. The authoritty is responsible for coordinating a statewidee health policy agenda that incorporatews effective purchasing and administration with healtupromotion strategies. All health insurance purchasing by the state is combinefd underthe authority.
The authority also is responsible for compilinb and distributing uniform health care data to provider healthcare consumers, payers, providers and policy-makerx with information regarding trends in the use and cost of health care for improved decision making.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Highwoods sells retail centers for $62.1M - Triangle Business Journal:

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for $62.1 million, the Raleigh-based real estate investmeny trustsaid Friday. The three centers are, on 94.5 percent leased and 55 years old. They generate a combinecd net operating incomeof $5.4 milliom a year, Highwoods HIW) said. “Our focus remains on continuing to improve the overall quality of our portfolioo through the dispositionof older, non-cors assets,” said Ed Fritsch, president and chief executivde officer of Highwoods. “In addition, by sellingb these older, capital intensive retail we are avoidingover $3 million in building improvement s that would have been incurred over the next two Our 2.
3 million square feet of officde and retail properties in Kansas City are now exclusivelyg located in and around the Countrt Club Plaza, a unique, upscalw retail center that includes many high-end national As of March 31, Highwoods owned or had an interestr in 382 in-service office, industrial and retaio properties encompassing about 35.4 millionb square feet.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Laryea Kingston to join brother at Blackpool ? - GhanaWeb

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