Reuters | Piece by piece, Afghanistan reclaims its history Reuters Many of the museum's original pieces were broken, destroyed or stolen during the Taliban era or the civil war that preceded it in the 1990s, but some have been pieced back together and a series of archaeological digs have also unearthed new treasures. ... |
Friday, September 30, 2011
Piece by piece, Afghanistan reclaims its history - Reuters
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Microsoft buys San Francisco's Powerset - San Francisco Business Times:
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Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) didn't give a price, but media reporta have pegged it ataround $100 Growth is in store for the new said Microsoft. "We're looking to add even more talented engineers to the San Francisco team to accelerate oursharefd progress," Satya Nadella, Microsoft senior vice said in a statement. Launched in May, Powerset' "natural search" technology has been in the works for more than a after the company made an agreement with to license itssearch technology.
For now, Powerset users are only able to searchythrough , which has its own semantic A user searches Powerset by typing a regula r question, such as "who is winning the Giants game?" insteacd of the usual "giants baseball score" keyword Microsoft recently abandoned an effort to acquire searcyh engine (NASDAQ: YHOO), and is said to be keenlyg interested in new search technologies. Last Powerset won in the Search category of theSilicojn Valley/San Jose Business Journal's Emerging Tech Awards. At the same co-founder and former Powerset CEO Barneyt Pell stepped down from his top spot tobecoms CTO.
"As a first-time CEO my strengthws were around the technology and vision and not necessarily arounr management of alarge organization," Pell He co-founded Powerset with Lorenzo Thione in 2005 and has receiverd $12.5 million in VC funding from , and otherf angel investors.
Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) didn't give a price, but media reporta have pegged it ataround $100 Growth is in store for the new said Microsoft. "We're looking to add even more talented engineers to the San Francisco team to accelerate oursharefd progress," Satya Nadella, Microsoft senior vice said in a statement. Launched in May, Powerset' "natural search" technology has been in the works for more than a after the company made an agreement with to license itssearch technology.
For now, Powerset users are only able to searchythrough , which has its own semantic A user searches Powerset by typing a regula r question, such as "who is winning the Giants game?" insteacd of the usual "giants baseball score" keyword Microsoft recently abandoned an effort to acquire searcyh engine (NASDAQ: YHOO), and is said to be keenlyg interested in new search technologies. Last Powerset won in the Search category of theSilicojn Valley/San Jose Business Journal's Emerging Tech Awards. At the same co-founder and former Powerset CEO Barneyt Pell stepped down from his top spot tobecoms CTO.
"As a first-time CEO my strengthws were around the technology and vision and not necessarily arounr management of alarge organization," Pell He co-founded Powerset with Lorenzo Thione in 2005 and has receiverd $12.5 million in VC funding from , and otherf angel investors.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Report: D.C. area posts a strong economic performance - South Florida Business Journal:
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The report ranked the 100 largest U.S. metro areas basedc on employment, unemployment wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosure rates in thefirst quarter. D.C. ranked No. 13, while San Texas, placed No. 1 and Detroit came in last at No. 100. “Allo metropolitan areas are feeling the effects of this but the distress is not shared equally,” said Alan Berube, research director of the metropolitam policy program at the D.C. instituts and co-author of the report.
“While some area s of the country have experienced only a shallow and may be emerging from the recession people living in metro areas that are now performin g weakest economically should prepare themselves for a longrecovergy period.” At the first quarter’s end, only 10 of the 100 metro areas were starting to show signs of recovery, said the and said McAllen, Texas was the only placer that saw growth in employment and output. Outpuf increased in just a handful ofmetro areas, includinf D.C.; Seattle; Austin, Texas; and Virginiaq Beach, Va..
The report also pointecd out that metro areas with concentrations of jobs in certaibn sectors have resulted in fewert dramaticjob losses. The San Antonio, Texas Austin, Texas McAllen, Texas Batomn Rouge, La. Tulsa, Okla. Omaha, Neb. El Paso, Texax Wichita, Kan. Washington, D.C. Albuquerque, N.M. Virginiaz Beach, Va. Harrisburg, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. New Haven, Rochester, N.Y.
The report ranked the 100 largest U.S. metro areas basedc on employment, unemployment wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosure rates in thefirst quarter. D.C. ranked No. 13, while San Texas, placed No. 1 and Detroit came in last at No. 100. “Allo metropolitan areas are feeling the effects of this but the distress is not shared equally,” said Alan Berube, research director of the metropolitam policy program at the D.C. instituts and co-author of the report.
“While some area s of the country have experienced only a shallow and may be emerging from the recession people living in metro areas that are now performin g weakest economically should prepare themselves for a longrecovergy period.” At the first quarter’s end, only 10 of the 100 metro areas were starting to show signs of recovery, said the and said McAllen, Texas was the only placer that saw growth in employment and output. Outpuf increased in just a handful ofmetro areas, includinf D.C.; Seattle; Austin, Texas; and Virginiaq Beach, Va..
The report also pointecd out that metro areas with concentrations of jobs in certaibn sectors have resulted in fewert dramaticjob losses. The San Antonio, Texas Austin, Texas McAllen, Texas Batomn Rouge, La. Tulsa, Okla. Omaha, Neb. El Paso, Texax Wichita, Kan. Washington, D.C. Albuquerque, N.M. Virginiaz Beach, Va. Harrisburg, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. New Haven, Rochester, N.Y.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Cincinnati-N. Ky. leading economic indicators dip - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Newly released figures from the show the leadinbg indicator index for Greater Cincinnatifell 0.4 percentf in April to That points to an employment decline this summer, according to the state’s findings. Seasonallyy adjusted employmentfell 0.4 percent from March and 5.1 percen from a year ago. Other key indicators showed signs ofhitting bottom. Initial unemployment insurancr claims decreasedin April, although they were twice as high as a year ago. The valure of new housing construction permits jumped 22 although they fell 40 percent from ayear ago. The locall leading indicator decline outperformedthe state’s which dropped by 0.
9 Both lagged the national leadint indicators, which improved by 0.1 percentr in April. The average number of manufacturing hourss worked also rose from March but dipped from ayear ago. “The index suggests the recession may continue througthe summer, but the intensity will ease,” the departmengt said of the national Meanwhile, a gauge of the economy’s future isn’t showin g signs of an economic rebound, The NKY/Greater Cincinnati Leading Economic Indicators Index slumpede 0.9 percent in March to 85.4.
That index has fallenh for 10 straight months, according to Janet Harrah, senioe director of Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Economic Analysisaand Development. It hit its lowest level since Aprio 1996. “This indicates that the local economgy is still struggling to emergre fromthe recession,” Harrah wroted in a monthly report. “The most substantiaol impact on the index came from real estateand NKU’s economics center also calculates an index to gaugwe the economy’s current status. The NKY/Greater Cincinnati Currentt Conditions Indexdeclined 1.1 percent in March to 94.0.
That indedx has fallen for 11 consecutive months, Harrah
Newly released figures from the show the leadinbg indicator index for Greater Cincinnatifell 0.4 percentf in April to That points to an employment decline this summer, according to the state’s findings. Seasonallyy adjusted employmentfell 0.4 percent from March and 5.1 percen from a year ago. Other key indicators showed signs ofhitting bottom. Initial unemployment insurancr claims decreasedin April, although they were twice as high as a year ago. The valure of new housing construction permits jumped 22 although they fell 40 percent from ayear ago. The locall leading indicator decline outperformedthe state’s which dropped by 0.
9 Both lagged the national leadint indicators, which improved by 0.1 percentr in April. The average number of manufacturing hourss worked also rose from March but dipped from ayear ago. “The index suggests the recession may continue througthe summer, but the intensity will ease,” the departmengt said of the national Meanwhile, a gauge of the economy’s future isn’t showin g signs of an economic rebound, The NKY/Greater Cincinnati Leading Economic Indicators Index slumpede 0.9 percent in March to 85.4.
That index has fallenh for 10 straight months, according to Janet Harrah, senioe director of Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Economic Analysisaand Development. It hit its lowest level since Aprio 1996. “This indicates that the local economgy is still struggling to emergre fromthe recession,” Harrah wroted in a monthly report. “The most substantiaol impact on the index came from real estateand NKU’s economics center also calculates an index to gaugwe the economy’s current status. The NKY/Greater Cincinnati Currentt Conditions Indexdeclined 1.1 percent in March to 94.0.
That indedx has fallen for 11 consecutive months, Harrah
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Charge to hamper Merge 2Q net income - Houston Business Journal:
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million noncash writedown on the sale of its equit y interest in a radiology TheWest Allis-based radiology software and systemz provider said the charge is the result of the sale of its interesgt in veterinary radiology company , as part of Eklin’s acquisition by veterinaryt services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin's sale to VCA, Mergd (NASDQ: MRGE) will receive $1.4 milliob for its interest in Elkin, but the majorityg of that will be recognized in thethird quarter. The charge, however, will be recognized in the second quarter, when Mergd will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurringh revenue as a result of a new reseller agreementf the company reached with Elkin inJune that's being reassigned to VCA. Merge now expectes to post net income for the second quarte rbetween $100,000 and $800,000, comparefd with a net loss of $18.2 millio a year ago. The company posted net incom for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash charge, operating income is expectes to be $3.7 milliojn to $4.4 million, compared with a net loss of $18.33 million a year ago. Revenue is now projected to be in the rang eof $15 million to $15.5 million, compared with $13.e3 million a year ago.
million noncash writedown on the sale of its equit y interest in a radiology TheWest Allis-based radiology software and systemz provider said the charge is the result of the sale of its interesgt in veterinary radiology company , as part of Eklin’s acquisition by veterinaryt services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin's sale to VCA, Mergd (NASDQ: MRGE) will receive $1.4 milliob for its interest in Elkin, but the majorityg of that will be recognized in thethird quarter. The charge, however, will be recognized in the second quarter, when Mergd will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurringh revenue as a result of a new reseller agreementf the company reached with Elkin inJune that's being reassigned to VCA. Merge now expectes to post net income for the second quarte rbetween $100,000 and $800,000, comparefd with a net loss of $18.2 millio a year ago. The company posted net incom for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash charge, operating income is expectes to be $3.7 milliojn to $4.4 million, compared with a net loss of $18.33 million a year ago. Revenue is now projected to be in the rang eof $15 million to $15.5 million, compared with $13.e3 million a year ago.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Atlanta Beat returns - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The new (WPS) team has taken the name , the moniker of the city’xs former (WUSA) team that folded afterf the 2003 failure ofthat league. The announcement came at a press conference Thursday atthe . Though the name is the same, the colors, owner, league and the business modep of the sport certainlyare not. “Thid is a wow moment for us, and a wow moment for the cityof Atlanta,” team owner and managingy partner Fitz Johnson said. The old Beat were memberds of the WUSA from reaching the playoffs each year and developing a brand equityh that lingers throughoutnortuh Georgia, Johnson said.
When the ownership group woulxd approach metro area club teams abougt starting anew women’s pro Johnson said, “it always ended up back with the The team came to an agreement with the U.S. Women's Nationa Team to re-use the name, Johnson The old Beat had a loyal said Johnson, a soccer coach and father to including two girls. A new women’sd soccer franchise can succeed where the old Beat Johnson said, and it starts with the product on the fields and a better business model.
“As we take on this our standardis simple: Best in the world,” he The Beat joins WPS, a year-olrd league that organizers say stands on a firmer businesxs model, with target game attendance of around A target the league is currentlgy meeting, WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucc i said. The former WUSA launched after the frenzy ofthe U.S. women'd team's 1999 World Cup championship, and closefd in 2003 under nearly $100 million in debt. Overhead is lowerr and WPS games are televised onthe , and a deal is also in placde with for local broadcasts.
Antonucci said the league is cautiously optimistic its fortunes will improvr in 2010 with the expansion to nine The Beat will staryt playin April. Atlanta and fellow expansion city Philadelphia join founding WPSmemberds Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New St. Louis, and Washington D.C. The team expectsd to announce a head coachh within the next few weeks and is hard at work on a joinr venture agreement on anew 8,500-seat Johnson said. The facility would be “women’sw soccer specific” and is planned to open by the starr ofnext season.
Johnson declined to discuss specifics of a but a deal is expected to be announcedc ona public-private partnership in August. Thursday’s announcement comes one day afte r the Beat named Shawn McGeegenerao manager. “Few people have the privilege to unveil a team logoand colors, especially on their firstf day on the job,” McGee said at Thursday’sz press conference. McGee was the associate athletic director of sponsorships and broadcasting for the athletic departmeng ofin Dallas. Prior to SMU, McGee spentr 10 years in professionap soccer with the MLS FCDallas franchise, where he was seniord director of business development and the director of Pizzaw Hut Park.
McGee is now charged with assembliny theAtlanta team’s roster in preparation for its inaugurao 2010 season. The expansiohn draft will be held inearly September, followe by an international draft later that The league’s college draft will be held in
The new (WPS) team has taken the name , the moniker of the city’xs former (WUSA) team that folded afterf the 2003 failure ofthat league. The announcement came at a press conference Thursday atthe . Though the name is the same, the colors, owner, league and the business modep of the sport certainlyare not. “Thid is a wow moment for us, and a wow moment for the cityof Atlanta,” team owner and managingy partner Fitz Johnson said. The old Beat were memberds of the WUSA from reaching the playoffs each year and developing a brand equityh that lingers throughoutnortuh Georgia, Johnson said.
When the ownership group woulxd approach metro area club teams abougt starting anew women’s pro Johnson said, “it always ended up back with the The team came to an agreement with the U.S. Women's Nationa Team to re-use the name, Johnson The old Beat had a loyal said Johnson, a soccer coach and father to including two girls. A new women’sd soccer franchise can succeed where the old Beat Johnson said, and it starts with the product on the fields and a better business model.
“As we take on this our standardis simple: Best in the world,” he The Beat joins WPS, a year-olrd league that organizers say stands on a firmer businesxs model, with target game attendance of around A target the league is currentlgy meeting, WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucc i said. The former WUSA launched after the frenzy ofthe U.S. women'd team's 1999 World Cup championship, and closefd in 2003 under nearly $100 million in debt. Overhead is lowerr and WPS games are televised onthe , and a deal is also in placde with for local broadcasts.
Antonucci said the league is cautiously optimistic its fortunes will improvr in 2010 with the expansion to nine The Beat will staryt playin April. Atlanta and fellow expansion city Philadelphia join founding WPSmemberds Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New St. Louis, and Washington D.C. The team expectsd to announce a head coachh within the next few weeks and is hard at work on a joinr venture agreement on anew 8,500-seat Johnson said. The facility would be “women’sw soccer specific” and is planned to open by the starr ofnext season.
Johnson declined to discuss specifics of a but a deal is expected to be announcedc ona public-private partnership in August. Thursday’s announcement comes one day afte r the Beat named Shawn McGeegenerao manager. “Few people have the privilege to unveil a team logoand colors, especially on their firstf day on the job,” McGee said at Thursday’sz press conference. McGee was the associate athletic director of sponsorships and broadcasting for the athletic departmeng ofin Dallas. Prior to SMU, McGee spentr 10 years in professionap soccer with the MLS FCDallas franchise, where he was seniord director of business development and the director of Pizzaw Hut Park.
McGee is now charged with assembliny theAtlanta team’s roster in preparation for its inaugurao 2010 season. The expansiohn draft will be held inearly September, followe by an international draft later that The league’s college draft will be held in
Saturday, September 17, 2011
General Dynamics gets contract for photonics masts - Forbes
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defpro | General Dynamics gets contract for photonics masts Forbes General Dynamics Corp. said Friday that its electric boat subsidiary received a $32.9 million contract modification from the US Navy to procure three backup photonics masts for Virginia-class submarines. In Virginia-class submarines, ... General Dynamics Awarded $33 Million to Procure Virginia-class Submarine ... |
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Exploring sound barriers - Victoria Times Colonist
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Exploring sound barriers Victoria Times Colonist The four friends put together what would later become Robbie Sinclair and the Beggars Laughing, a rootsy group with a solid musical foundation. The quartet recently finished a tour, a series of 15 dates across Canada which saw the group play everything ... |
Monday, September 12, 2011
Medea Review - EdinburghGuide.com
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Medea Review EdinburghGuide.com The genius of the great Greek works, such as Medea, is evident in their ability, thousands of years later, to translate to a modern audience and push deep and often dark emotional buttons within us. For the most part, this production continues with ... |
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Embarq, CenturyTel complete $11.6B deal - Business First of Louisville:
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Buyer (NYSE: CTL) completed its $11.6 billion stock and debt purchase ofEmbarq (NYSE: EQ), the companies announced earlu Wednesday. The combined , will be based in Monroe, La., and potentially have $8 billioj in annual revenue. It has more than 2.1 million broadband customers, 440,000 video subscribersz and 7.5 million access lines in 33 Embarq shareholdersare two-thirds owner s of the combined company, havinbg received 1.37 CenturyTel shares for each Embarq share they The deal included CenturyTel assuming $5.8 billio n in Embarq debt. The two brands will be convertef graduallyto CenturyLink, a process expected to concludee later this year.
“The completion of this merget is a significant event forour communities, investors and CEO Glen Post III, who had been head of CenturyTel, said in the “CenturyLink has the advanced networks, the people and the financial stability to deliver the reliable and innovative servicees that our customers want and need. We look forware to this exciting new chapteer inour company’s history.” CenturyLink will keep “a significan t presence” in the Overland Park though that location wasn’t among the regionalk operating headquarters listed: Las Vegas; Mo.; Orlando, Fla.; Wake Forest, N.C.; and La Wis.
Embarq now employw about 2,800 in the area, down from 4,500 when it spun off from S) in 2006. That drop reflect s the sale of Embarq’s logistics unit earlier this year and continual job cuts as the company has attempte d to keep a lid on costs in anindustrhy that’s losing core customers to mobile The recession has accelerated that trend, and observers say that could mean deepere and faster cuts than originally anticipate as the companies integrate. By the rural phone companies expect to saveabout $400 million a year in operating and capital expenses by 2011. They expecy combined operating cash flow of morethan $4.2 billion and free cash flow of abou $1.9 billion.
CenturyTel expects to continue its current annual dividendof $2.80 a share. The combinatio n is expected to add to free cash flow per sharedin 2010. Shares continue to trad e under CenturyTel’s ticker symbol. Embarq CEO Tom Gerked will serve as executiver vice chairman of the CenturyLink board and oversee regulatory and governmental relations andhuman resources. Embar ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City Business Journap ’s list of area public
Buyer (NYSE: CTL) completed its $11.6 billion stock and debt purchase ofEmbarq (NYSE: EQ), the companies announced earlu Wednesday. The combined , will be based in Monroe, La., and potentially have $8 billioj in annual revenue. It has more than 2.1 million broadband customers, 440,000 video subscribersz and 7.5 million access lines in 33 Embarq shareholdersare two-thirds owner s of the combined company, havinbg received 1.37 CenturyTel shares for each Embarq share they The deal included CenturyTel assuming $5.8 billio n in Embarq debt. The two brands will be convertef graduallyto CenturyLink, a process expected to concludee later this year.
“The completion of this merget is a significant event forour communities, investors and CEO Glen Post III, who had been head of CenturyTel, said in the “CenturyLink has the advanced networks, the people and the financial stability to deliver the reliable and innovative servicees that our customers want and need. We look forware to this exciting new chapteer inour company’s history.” CenturyLink will keep “a significan t presence” in the Overland Park though that location wasn’t among the regionalk operating headquarters listed: Las Vegas; Mo.; Orlando, Fla.; Wake Forest, N.C.; and La Wis.
Embarq now employw about 2,800 in the area, down from 4,500 when it spun off from S) in 2006. That drop reflect s the sale of Embarq’s logistics unit earlier this year and continual job cuts as the company has attempte d to keep a lid on costs in anindustrhy that’s losing core customers to mobile The recession has accelerated that trend, and observers say that could mean deepere and faster cuts than originally anticipate as the companies integrate. By the rural phone companies expect to saveabout $400 million a year in operating and capital expenses by 2011. They expecy combined operating cash flow of morethan $4.2 billion and free cash flow of abou $1.9 billion.
CenturyTel expects to continue its current annual dividendof $2.80 a share. The combinatio n is expected to add to free cash flow per sharedin 2010. Shares continue to trad e under CenturyTel’s ticker symbol. Embarq CEO Tom Gerked will serve as executiver vice chairman of the CenturyLink board and oversee regulatory and governmental relations andhuman resources. Embar ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City Business Journap ’s list of area public
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Making Connection Between Intranets, Enterprise App Stores - IT Business Edge (blog)
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Making Connection Between Intranets, Enterprise App Stores IT Business Edge (blog) While I was aware that a growing number of companies are experimenting with mobile features on their intranets and I know enterprise app stores are emerging as a new way for employees to access the apps needed to do their jobs, I didn't really see a ... |
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Builders absorb foreclosures left by Corinthian bankruptcy - Nashville Business Journal:
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Celebration Homes bought about 12 lots at bank auction and built homeson them. The Jones Co. was hiredr by to complete 13 homes that were left sittinfand unfinished, and boughyt five lots from the bank. “Wwe absorbed some of the lots, Jonez Co. took some, and our sales continuedd to be steady,” says Randall Smith, presideny of Celebration Homes, which has built more than 120 homeds in Riverwalk since the community startedin 2002. The builderf still has 12 homesitesa left, some on the Harpet River.
“Had the community stayed with unfinisherd homes for a substantial periodof time, it is my opinionh that sales would have sufferedc much more dramatically for the entire community and would have been much tougherr on those who found themselves needing to sell theirt home,” Smith says. After some Corinthian homeowners got over the initial painz of having lien noticesw left on their doorss fromthe builder’s subcontractors, Smith says the neighborhood startee to embrace the remaining builders who were helpinyg to pick up the pieces. “Th e community has been very supportiv eof us.
This is the case of when builders and bankerz and developers allwork together,” he says. Corinthian’s lots were scattered throughou t Riverwalk in allthree sections, representing threed different price points. CPS Riverwalk’s developer, has been an important link, Smithn says, in helping the builders pull together. “Wee never gave up on the Smith says, referencing Riverwalk’s billboard advertisinv on Interstate 40. “Wr believe in Riverwalk and inits success.” Jones Co. says its decisionj to step in and take over some of the forecloser homes was about helpingthe neighborhood.
“It just made says Bridgett Wright, marketing director for Jone s Co. “The bank needed someone to step in and help with and we had the personnep with the expertise available to completethe job.” “Althougn we had already completed constructio n on our other phases of Riverwalk, we had a relationshi with the people there, and the existinf homeowners in Riverwalk that we wanted to keep happy abouft their choice to builcd there,” Wright adds. Jones Co. has sold eight of the 13 homezs it completed forthe bank. Of the five lots the builder purchased fromthe bank, one has sold, one home is for sale and the othefr three lots are left to builed on.
Wright says homeowners were relieved thehomes wouldn’r be left unfinished. Jones Co. had the homese inspected by engineers to ensure there were no issues with the constructiohn that had already been completef before they started working to finisjthe homes. “Even though they are not technicallyJones homes, if we were goinyg to get our good name involved, we wanted to make sure it was done Wright says. Norfolk Homes, a Michigan buildetr that entered the Nashville marketin December, completes four homes that were half-finished Corinthian Those homes were purchased by an investor. Norfolo also has an option on 15 more lots that Corinthiann was supposed to buy fromCPS Land.
The builder, whicu wanted to expand outside the depressed Michigan real estate market, has started building in five Middld Tennessee communities. George Schneider, new home sales consultant for Norfolk, says Nashville is a solid marketo enter. And Rob Pease, development managetr at CPS Land, says his companu liked Norfolk because it was building homes starting in thelow “They provide a good value-oriented house,” Peasee says. “We are looking for buildersa who are responding to the market andcan adapt, can offet good value, which is what the market is demandintg right now.” Rochford Realty and Construction Co. Inc.
has sold 42 home s in the Parkview section of the Riverwalo development and has 10 more sitese where it plans to build homes inthe $180,000 to $230,00p price range. Rochford bid on some of the Corinthianj property, but didn’t get the lots, says John president of the firm. But Rochford’a partner Charlie Evans says completing the communitg has been a positive forthe company’s sales.
Celebration Homes bought about 12 lots at bank auction and built homeson them. The Jones Co. was hiredr by to complete 13 homes that were left sittinfand unfinished, and boughyt five lots from the bank. “Wwe absorbed some of the lots, Jonez Co. took some, and our sales continuedd to be steady,” says Randall Smith, presideny of Celebration Homes, which has built more than 120 homeds in Riverwalk since the community startedin 2002. The builderf still has 12 homesitesa left, some on the Harpet River.
“Had the community stayed with unfinisherd homes for a substantial periodof time, it is my opinionh that sales would have sufferedc much more dramatically for the entire community and would have been much tougherr on those who found themselves needing to sell theirt home,” Smith says. After some Corinthian homeowners got over the initial painz of having lien noticesw left on their doorss fromthe builder’s subcontractors, Smith says the neighborhood startee to embrace the remaining builders who were helpinyg to pick up the pieces. “Th e community has been very supportiv eof us.
This is the case of when builders and bankerz and developers allwork together,” he says. Corinthian’s lots were scattered throughou t Riverwalk in allthree sections, representing threed different price points. CPS Riverwalk’s developer, has been an important link, Smithn says, in helping the builders pull together. “Wee never gave up on the Smith says, referencing Riverwalk’s billboard advertisinv on Interstate 40. “Wr believe in Riverwalk and inits success.” Jones Co. says its decisionj to step in and take over some of the forecloser homes was about helpingthe neighborhood.
“It just made says Bridgett Wright, marketing director for Jone s Co. “The bank needed someone to step in and help with and we had the personnep with the expertise available to completethe job.” “Althougn we had already completed constructio n on our other phases of Riverwalk, we had a relationshi with the people there, and the existinf homeowners in Riverwalk that we wanted to keep happy abouft their choice to builcd there,” Wright adds. Jones Co. has sold eight of the 13 homezs it completed forthe bank. Of the five lots the builder purchased fromthe bank, one has sold, one home is for sale and the othefr three lots are left to builed on.
Wright says homeowners were relieved thehomes wouldn’r be left unfinished. Jones Co. had the homese inspected by engineers to ensure there were no issues with the constructiohn that had already been completef before they started working to finisjthe homes. “Even though they are not technicallyJones homes, if we were goinyg to get our good name involved, we wanted to make sure it was done Wright says. Norfolk Homes, a Michigan buildetr that entered the Nashville marketin December, completes four homes that were half-finished Corinthian Those homes were purchased by an investor. Norfolo also has an option on 15 more lots that Corinthiann was supposed to buy fromCPS Land.
The builder, whicu wanted to expand outside the depressed Michigan real estate market, has started building in five Middld Tennessee communities. George Schneider, new home sales consultant for Norfolk, says Nashville is a solid marketo enter. And Rob Pease, development managetr at CPS Land, says his companu liked Norfolk because it was building homes starting in thelow “They provide a good value-oriented house,” Peasee says. “We are looking for buildersa who are responding to the market andcan adapt, can offet good value, which is what the market is demandintg right now.” Rochford Realty and Construction Co. Inc.
has sold 42 home s in the Parkview section of the Riverwalo development and has 10 more sitese where it plans to build homes inthe $180,000 to $230,00p price range. Rochford bid on some of the Corinthianj property, but didn’t get the lots, says John president of the firm. But Rochford’a partner Charlie Evans says completing the communitg has been a positive forthe company’s sales.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Middle schools in the Northtowns - Business First of Buffalo:
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Business First ’s 2009 rankings of 211 Westerh New York middle schools include the followingNorthtowns schools. Each is preceded by its rank in theoveral standings: • 1. Transit MS (Williamsville) 2. Casey MS (Williamsville) • 3. Chrisg the King School • 5. Amherst MS • 6. Mill MS • 7. St. Gregory the Great Schoolk (Williamsville) • 8. St. Christopher’s School (Sweet Home) • 9. Heim MS • 10. St. Leo the Great Schooll (Sweet Home) • 11. Kadimah School of Buffalo • 14. Christian Central Academy (Williamsville) • 15. St. Mary’xs School (Williamsville) • 16. Clarencee MS (Clarence) • 23. St.
John the Baptist School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 28. Akron MS (Akron) • 29. St. Stephen School (Grand Island) • 30. St. Peter Paul School (Williamsville) • 35. Nativity of the Blessesd Virgin MarySchool (Clarence) • 40. St. Andrew’s Countrty Day School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 43. Veronicz E. Connor MS (Grand • 46. Herbert Hoover MS • 49. Sweet Home MS (Sweet Home) 53. Kenmore MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 55. Tonawandas MS (Tonawanda) • 63. St. Benedict’s Schoo l (Amherst) • 65. St. Francis of Assisi Schoolk (Tonawanda) • 81. St. Paul’es School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 82. Ben Franklin MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 86. St.
Ameli School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 171. CS for Applied Technologied (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
Business First ’s 2009 rankings of 211 Westerh New York middle schools include the followingNorthtowns schools. Each is preceded by its rank in theoveral standings: • 1. Transit MS (Williamsville) 2. Casey MS (Williamsville) • 3. Chrisg the King School • 5. Amherst MS • 6. Mill MS • 7. St. Gregory the Great Schoolk (Williamsville) • 8. St. Christopher’s School (Sweet Home) • 9. Heim MS • 10. St. Leo the Great Schooll (Sweet Home) • 11. Kadimah School of Buffalo • 14. Christian Central Academy (Williamsville) • 15. St. Mary’xs School (Williamsville) • 16. Clarencee MS (Clarence) • 23. St.
John the Baptist School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 28. Akron MS (Akron) • 29. St. Stephen School (Grand Island) • 30. St. Peter Paul School (Williamsville) • 35. Nativity of the Blessesd Virgin MarySchool (Clarence) • 40. St. Andrew’s Countrty Day School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 43. Veronicz E. Connor MS (Grand • 46. Herbert Hoover MS • 49. Sweet Home MS (Sweet Home) 53. Kenmore MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 55. Tonawandas MS (Tonawanda) • 63. St. Benedict’s Schoo l (Amherst) • 65. St. Francis of Assisi Schoolk (Tonawanda) • 81. St. Paul’es School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 82. Ben Franklin MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 86. St.
Ameli School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 171. CS for Applied Technologied (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Djokovic is laughing all the way to the top - Yahoo! Sports
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Djokovic is laughing all the way to the top Yahoo! Sports Novak Djokovic 's dramatic ascent to the summit of the sport has come like a whirlwind; sudden, unexpected and in so many ways a perfect storm of success. For so many years he was known for his misfortune at being part of the Roger Federer - Rafael ... |
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