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, which is owned by of Lihue, is seeking permits to expandr its state ocean lease from 28 acresx to61 acres. That wouled enable the Kailua-based companyy to quadruple the volume of its cages and increase productionfrom 1.2 millionh pounds to 5 million pounds annually. The expansioj requires four permits, which the company appliesd for late lastmonth — two from the state , one from the stat Health Department and a federal Hukilau, which grew out of a projecy in the late 1990s, expects the expansion to generatd $20 million in annual revenue, with wholesalse prices of about $4 a pound.
The company sells its producrt almost entirely withinthe state, to restaurants and said founder, co-owner and CEO Randy Cates. Hukilau’as current operation includes four submerged eachmeasuring 3,000 cubic meters in Its permit applications seek approval to replacde the existing cages with eight new ones that are doublr the current cage sizes. The largetr set would still be two mile s offshore inMamala Bay. The expansion is expectef to cost $13 million, which Cates said will be financedr through federal loans and private He expects the permitting process to be completed in the firsr quarter ofnext year.
Hukilau also is building a fingerlinyg (baby fish) hatchery in Campbell Industrial Park in The facility is expected to be completed this year and producer about 10 million fingerlings If approved, Hukilau Foods’ expansion wouldf follow the downsizing of Kona Blue Water Hawaii’s only other open-ocean fish The Kona farm announced earlier this year that it will reducse annual production of its farmed Hawaiiajn yellowtail from 1 million pounds to 600,0090 pounds. Hukilau Foods grew out of a UH aquaculture research projectthat Cates, a forme r commercial fisherman, took over in 1999. He formed in 2000 to convertf thepilot open-ocean farm into a In 2007, Grove Farm Co.
acquired Cates’ companu and renamed it Grov e Farm Fish andPoi LLC, whicbh does business as Hukilau Foods.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Brown Shoe posts loss - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The shoe company reported a lossof $7.6 million, or 18 centzs per share, for the quarter ended May 2, compared to a profitf of $7.2 million a year ago. Resultw included $1.7 million for information technology costs. Brow n recorded net sales of $538.7 million, down nearlyh 3 percent from $554.5 million a year earlier. Analystes had anticipated a loss of 27 cents per sharweand $539.3 million in revenue. “As anticipated, the consumed spending environment remained challenging in the first which negatively impacted our salesand profitability,” Chairman and Chiefd Executive Ron Fromm said in a statement.
“We have decreasede our Famous Footwear store opening plan for 2009 and we now expectt net openings to be flat to down 15 in We are planning net store closings of approximatelt 30 stores per year in 2010and St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Co. Inc. (NYSE: BWS) owns and marketws shoes underthe LifeStride, Connie, Buster Brown and other and operates the Famous Footwear and Naturalizer retail The company operates a desigjn studio and showroom in N.Y., and global offices in Italy and Brazil. The company has aboutf 13,000 employees worldwide.
The shoe company reported a lossof $7.6 million, or 18 centzs per share, for the quarter ended May 2, compared to a profitf of $7.2 million a year ago. Resultw included $1.7 million for information technology costs. Brow n recorded net sales of $538.7 million, down nearlyh 3 percent from $554.5 million a year earlier. Analystes had anticipated a loss of 27 cents per sharweand $539.3 million in revenue. “As anticipated, the consumed spending environment remained challenging in the first which negatively impacted our salesand profitability,” Chairman and Chiefd Executive Ron Fromm said in a statement.
“We have decreasede our Famous Footwear store opening plan for 2009 and we now expectt net openings to be flat to down 15 in We are planning net store closings of approximatelt 30 stores per year in 2010and St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Co. Inc. (NYSE: BWS) owns and marketws shoes underthe LifeStride, Connie, Buster Brown and other and operates the Famous Footwear and Naturalizer retail The company operates a desigjn studio and showroom in N.Y., and global offices in Italy and Brazil. The company has aboutf 13,000 employees worldwide.
Friday, March 11, 2011
PNC raises more than $600M following stress test - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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PNC (NYSE:PNC) was among the nation’ws 19 largest bank holding companiesz tested to see if they were adequately capitalized to withstane worst case scenarios ina prolonged, severe Ten were directed to raise including PNC, which was told it needed an additionalo $600 million. It was the smallest amoun assigned to thetested banks, and the only one less than $1 “Given the ongoing uncertainty in the market, capital strengtn and liquidity are key drivers of Jim Rohr, PNC chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “I am pleased that we were able to raisee therequired $600 million of common equityg at market prices and in a relatively shoryt time frame.
” PNC also said it has no plans to convery preferred shares issued under the Capitap Purchase Program of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asse t Relief Program and that it plan s toredeem Treasury’s $7.6 billion investment as soon as subject to approval by banking regulators. PNC operatesa PNC Bank and National City Bank National City has twodozen Milwaukee-area locations, including the former St. Franciws Bank locations.
PNC (NYSE:PNC) was among the nation’ws 19 largest bank holding companiesz tested to see if they were adequately capitalized to withstane worst case scenarios ina prolonged, severe Ten were directed to raise including PNC, which was told it needed an additionalo $600 million. It was the smallest amoun assigned to thetested banks, and the only one less than $1 “Given the ongoing uncertainty in the market, capital strengtn and liquidity are key drivers of Jim Rohr, PNC chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “I am pleased that we were able to raisee therequired $600 million of common equityg at market prices and in a relatively shoryt time frame.
” PNC also said it has no plans to convery preferred shares issued under the Capitap Purchase Program of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asse t Relief Program and that it plan s toredeem Treasury’s $7.6 billion investment as soon as subject to approval by banking regulators. PNC operatesa PNC Bank and National City Bank National City has twodozen Milwaukee-area locations, including the former St. Franciws Bank locations.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Study: Planned layoff figures continue downward trend - Houston Business Journal:
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Employers announced 111,182 planned job cuts last 16 percent fewer thanthe 132,590 announced in according to the latest report on monthly job cuts by The studt noted that the May job cuts were 7.4 percenf more than the 103,522 announced in the same month a year ago. This year has not been kind to The report found that so far in 2009 employerz haveannounced 822,282 job more than double the 394,193 announced througy May last year. But while job cuts remained well abovwelast year's pace, May markedr the fourth consecutive month with a decline in job-cu announcements. Since reaching a peak of 241,749 in job-cut totals have fallen by an averageof 17.5 percenf per month.
CEO John Challenger remains cautious aboutr the jobmarkets prospects. “This decline in job cuts could be Challenger said ina statement. “The second quarter is typically the lowest quarter of the year when it comesa tojob cuts. Corporate downsizinf may continue to remain slow during the summer but if the past isany indication, we couldr see the pace accelerate againm in the latter half of the thir quarter through the end of the year.
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Employers announced 111,182 planned job cuts last 16 percent fewer thanthe 132,590 announced in according to the latest report on monthly job cuts by The studt noted that the May job cuts were 7.4 percenf more than the 103,522 announced in the same month a year ago. This year has not been kind to The report found that so far in 2009 employerz haveannounced 822,282 job more than double the 394,193 announced througy May last year. But while job cuts remained well abovwelast year's pace, May markedr the fourth consecutive month with a decline in job-cu announcements. Since reaching a peak of 241,749 in job-cut totals have fallen by an averageof 17.5 percenf per month.
CEO John Challenger remains cautious aboutr the jobmarkets prospects. “This decline in job cuts could be Challenger said ina statement. “The second quarter is typically the lowest quarter of the year when it comesa tojob cuts. Corporate downsizinf may continue to remain slow during the summer but if the past isany indication, we couldr see the pace accelerate againm in the latter half of the thir quarter through the end of the year.
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Bank of America
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The former president of -Marylans tried to take a few months tojust “do nothing.” She had the rare chance afted leaving the bank in February. She was one of severapl high-level executives to lose her job inthe N.C.-based bank’s reorganization. But Gamble, 46, is back in the finance game She andCindy Flanders, BofA’s forme global commercial bank executive for the have launched LLC, a private equityu firm that will focus on funding companied with $10 million to $100 milliom in revenue.
Eventually, the two want to raise enoughu money to start a privateequitgy fund, grabbing some of the capital they see “sitting on the At least one estimate pegs that capital at $400 “I don’t do ‘nothing’ well,” Gamble joked recentl at in Harbor “I was trying really hard to do It’s a hard habi t to break.” What Flanders and Gamblre are learning to break from is the corporatd life, not an easy thingf to do when you’ve spent your whole caree amid organizational flow charts and board Though both lost their jobs because of the bank’s attempf to right itself after its force acquisition of troubled , theidr story is hardly the typical tale of the displaced They left with retirements intact, a strong relationshil with the bank, severance packages, lots of contacts and choices.
Their first choice was not to returmn tocorporate life. The travel, the structure and the 70-hourd weeks were something they were ready togive up. “At this stags in our careers, we want to dictatew the terms,” Gamble said. Being able to do just that magnified the dichotomy between the middlse manager who finds herself lookingt for something to pay the bills andthe well-connectef exec who is ready to pursue her next big Those who can afford to are using layoffxs to do what they finally want to do or something they never dreamed of The Internet is filled with advice for how to change careerws and find happiness.
People not conteng on changing careers and working for someonwe else are likely to drivde a wave of new companies in the nextfive years. “Thoses that are entrepreneurial are using their contacts and sources to eithe r develop their own business or work with someone on creatinvgnew companies,” said Lawrencer J. Holmes, managing director of the , a Howardc County search firm that recruits executiveswin finance, health care, technology and insurance. He said Gambl and Flanders will join the many from Wall banks and other financiall companies who are venturing out ontheird own. Top executives like them have an advantage over othersx inthe market.
They have management expertisr and knowmany people. Driving the new business trendd is that fewer top executives want to move toanothee city. A man Holmes tried to recruit recentlyh turned downa $100,000 pay increasd because it involved moving. “Before people moved all the time,” Holmes said. “I don’t know if their values We see it allthe time. They thinjk life is too short.” The two women had both mulled the next step in theie careers for at least the past two Changes at Bank of America forced them to finallydo it. Both coulf have found other roles in the bank inanothee city. Instead, they decided to plot theidr next move inthe Baltimore-Washington area.
55, thought about becoming an executive coacbh and decidedthere wasn’t enough demand for the She then became fixated on private equityy after asking colleagues to talk abou her strengths and weaknesses. Flanders liked deals and came across many in 35 years of She ran Bankof America’sx commercial and business banking clientr teams from central New Jersey down through Virginia, providing financial services to companies with $2 million to $2 billio in revenue. She knows lots of companiese and CEOs, a good start in tryinvg to drum up business onyour own. “I kept cominyg back to this when I talkerd to somany clients, and I was encouraged to do Flanders said.
“It was the best way to leveragee the network I built up over somany years.” As Flandersz plotted Skipjack, Gamble tried to relax. Relaxing for Gamble meang working out with a trainere at alocal gym, rowing crew on the Middlw Branch, spending more time with her family and continuing work on half a dozen nonprofir boards.
The former president of -Marylans tried to take a few months tojust “do nothing.” She had the rare chance afted leaving the bank in February. She was one of severapl high-level executives to lose her job inthe N.C.-based bank’s reorganization. But Gamble, 46, is back in the finance game She andCindy Flanders, BofA’s forme global commercial bank executive for the have launched LLC, a private equityu firm that will focus on funding companied with $10 million to $100 milliom in revenue.
Eventually, the two want to raise enoughu money to start a privateequitgy fund, grabbing some of the capital they see “sitting on the At least one estimate pegs that capital at $400 “I don’t do ‘nothing’ well,” Gamble joked recentl at in Harbor “I was trying really hard to do It’s a hard habi t to break.” What Flanders and Gamblre are learning to break from is the corporatd life, not an easy thingf to do when you’ve spent your whole caree amid organizational flow charts and board Though both lost their jobs because of the bank’s attempf to right itself after its force acquisition of troubled , theidr story is hardly the typical tale of the displaced They left with retirements intact, a strong relationshil with the bank, severance packages, lots of contacts and choices.
Their first choice was not to returmn tocorporate life. The travel, the structure and the 70-hourd weeks were something they were ready togive up. “At this stags in our careers, we want to dictatew the terms,” Gamble said. Being able to do just that magnified the dichotomy between the middlse manager who finds herself lookingt for something to pay the bills andthe well-connectef exec who is ready to pursue her next big Those who can afford to are using layoffxs to do what they finally want to do or something they never dreamed of The Internet is filled with advice for how to change careerws and find happiness.
People not conteng on changing careers and working for someonwe else are likely to drivde a wave of new companies in the nextfive years. “Thoses that are entrepreneurial are using their contacts and sources to eithe r develop their own business or work with someone on creatinvgnew companies,” said Lawrencer J. Holmes, managing director of the , a Howardc County search firm that recruits executiveswin finance, health care, technology and insurance. He said Gambl and Flanders will join the many from Wall banks and other financiall companies who are venturing out ontheird own. Top executives like them have an advantage over othersx inthe market.
They have management expertisr and knowmany people. Driving the new business trendd is that fewer top executives want to move toanothee city. A man Holmes tried to recruit recentlyh turned downa $100,000 pay increasd because it involved moving. “Before people moved all the time,” Holmes said. “I don’t know if their values We see it allthe time. They thinjk life is too short.” The two women had both mulled the next step in theie careers for at least the past two Changes at Bank of America forced them to finallydo it. Both coulf have found other roles in the bank inanothee city. Instead, they decided to plot theidr next move inthe Baltimore-Washington area.
55, thought about becoming an executive coacbh and decidedthere wasn’t enough demand for the She then became fixated on private equityy after asking colleagues to talk abou her strengths and weaknesses. Flanders liked deals and came across many in 35 years of She ran Bankof America’sx commercial and business banking clientr teams from central New Jersey down through Virginia, providing financial services to companies with $2 million to $2 billio in revenue. She knows lots of companiese and CEOs, a good start in tryinvg to drum up business onyour own. “I kept cominyg back to this when I talkerd to somany clients, and I was encouraged to do Flanders said.
“It was the best way to leveragee the network I built up over somany years.” As Flandersz plotted Skipjack, Gamble tried to relax. Relaxing for Gamble meang working out with a trainere at alocal gym, rowing crew on the Middlw Branch, spending more time with her family and continuing work on half a dozen nonprofir boards.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Pike River hearings delayed - Newstalk ZB
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Voxy | Pike River hearings delayed Newstalk ZB Commission chairman Justice Graham Panckhurst says a new date was necessary to enable counsel and others to prepare for the preliminary hearing, and to reorganise their affairs following the earthquake. In the meantime, the Commission Office has been ... Quake puts off Pike River inquiry preliminary hearing Pike River commission hearing deferred |
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Stimulus funds lag health woes - South Florida Business Journal:
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“If the economy has improved in that we will have less pressure onthe system,” he said. “I reform efforts are actually implemented in thattime – and are actuallgy successful during that time – we may see that cliftf put [further] out, or it’s not as an abrup of a cliff.” THE DETAILS: Many of the panelists say theidr companies are hiring. Baptist Healtj South Florida is looking for as many as 100registeredr nurses, as well as advanced nurss practitioners and licensed clinicalp professionals. Applicants need a year of acute care hospita experience and aFloridqa license. It has 43 openings for professional/clinical most requiring a state license.
Career opportunitiesz also exist inthe pharmacy, respiratory, rehabilitation, accounting, informatio n technology and risk managemenrt areas. Sapoznik Insurance is hiring thres to four licensed insurance agents with experience in group orindividuap health, life, disability and other ancillary products. It is also lookingb for a group insurance quoting specialist and account IOS Health Systems has been on a hiring which is expected to continur throughoutthe year. It expects to add six salesa positions, four software implementers and foursoftwaree developers.
Most jobs requires technical, project management and customefrservice skills, but training in health care and health informatiob technology is provided.
“If the economy has improved in that we will have less pressure onthe system,” he said. “I reform efforts are actually implemented in thattime – and are actuallgy successful during that time – we may see that cliftf put [further] out, or it’s not as an abrup of a cliff.” THE DETAILS: Many of the panelists say theidr companies are hiring. Baptist Healtj South Florida is looking for as many as 100registeredr nurses, as well as advanced nurss practitioners and licensed clinicalp professionals. Applicants need a year of acute care hospita experience and aFloridqa license. It has 43 openings for professional/clinical most requiring a state license.
Career opportunitiesz also exist inthe pharmacy, respiratory, rehabilitation, accounting, informatio n technology and risk managemenrt areas. Sapoznik Insurance is hiring thres to four licensed insurance agents with experience in group orindividuap health, life, disability and other ancillary products. It is also lookingb for a group insurance quoting specialist and account IOS Health Systems has been on a hiring which is expected to continur throughoutthe year. It expects to add six salesa positions, four software implementers and foursoftwaree developers.
Most jobs requires technical, project management and customefrservice skills, but training in health care and health informatiob technology is provided.
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