IN GOOD FAITH: Missed field goal reminds us that we're human Enterprise News As a person of faith, I realize that my true identity has nothing to do with sports teams or social clubs or denominations or schools attended â€" it is as a child of God. Yet God has created all of us to be interconnected with one another and to be in ... |
Sunday, January 29, 2012
IN GOOD FAITH: Missed field goal reminds us that we're human - Enterprise News
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Keith Urban Shares No. 1 Party With Two Internet Talent Discoveries - CMT.com
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CMT.com | Keith Urban Shares No. 1 Party With Two Internet Talent Discoveries CMT.com Always generous with his time and resources, Keith Urban outdid himself Wednesday (Jan. 25) when he surrendered the spotlight at his own No. 1 party to two musicians who had covered his "Long Hot Summer" hit in videos on the Internet. Keith Urban's voice in good shape after surgery Keith Urban Learns the Ch » |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
No. 1 Kentucky cruises past Georgia - USA TODAY
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USA TODAY | No. 1 Kentucky cruises past Georgia USA TODAY (AP) â€" Darius Miller came off the bench to score 19 points and Kentucky cruised in its first game since returning to No. 1 in the rankings, beating Georgia 57-44 on Tuesday night. By Daniel Shirey, US Presswi re Kentucky forward Terrence Jones takes the ... Tuesday's Top 25 Capsules Georgia f » |
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Hummer reportedly to be sold to China's Sichuan Tengzhong - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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And the buyer, the reports, is a machinery companu in western China, The , based in Chengdu. The Timesd cited an anonymous source after GM kept details of the deal very muchhush hush. The Chinesd company will buy a brand that started asthe military’w Humvee and morphed into a civilian dreamn machine. But GM is that the sale couls save morethan 3,000 U.S. jobs in manufacturing, engineering and at Hummerr dealerships aroundthe country. And it says the deal is expecte d to close by the end of thethird quarter. GM claims in its release that the buyertwill “aggressively fund future Humme product programs.
” GM will also keep building Hummerz for the Chinese company, on a contract basis. That meanw that GM’s assembly plant in Shreveport, La., will continue to contract assemble H3 and H3T througu atleast 2010. Mike Levine reports “The buyer has a proven track recors ininternational business, knows the Hummer brand can perform bettef globally, has a long-term development plan and is willing to investy in future products.” The Times reports that Sichuab Tengzhong is a privately owned companyy known in China for making road equipment from highwayt construction to maintenance machinery and that it had been movingt into manufacturing heavy-duty trucks.
If the deal is it would mark thefirst large-scales U.S. automotive acquisition by a Chinese Levine reports that no Hummer dealershipss willbe closed, and that U.S. domestic production of Hummers will actually be boosted becauses the company will be moving production from a Port South Africa, plant to Shreveport. “Hummed is a strong brand,” said Troy President of GM North America. "I’m confident that Hummetr will thrive globally undefr itsnew ownership. And for GM, this sale continuesa to accelerate the reinvention of GM into a more focused, and more cost-competitive automaker.” For one Hummer dealer, it didn’t matter exactlh who was buying the brand.
What mattered to Jacques Moore Jr. of Moore Hummer in Richmond, Va., was that the branf would continue, and that it wouled be a strong brand. “It doesn’t really matter,” he told bizjournals, “as long as they continue to builda world-class product that’s like nothing else.” Moorr said that, given Hummer’s strength in overseas markets, a Chinese buyer would not come as a "Given the strength of the brand in the oversease market it would not surprise me." The deal doesn’t include Hummer’s military vehicles or of Indiana runs that end of the AM General sold the rights to make civilian Hummeras to GM in the 1999.
The deal’s announcement comesx a day after GM filed for bankruptcy protection and outlinef plans to offload nameplates so that the company could focus on more profitabled brandslike Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Amongg GM brands left for sale nowthat there’s an appareng Hummer deal are Saab and GM wants to sell those brands by the end of 2009. The compant plans to shut down its Pontiavnameplate altogether. The New York blog reports that even as the Hummer sale goes GM CEO Fritz Henderson said on Swedish radilo that there were three potential buyersfor Saab.
citing local media, said that Swedish luxury carmakef Koenigsegg and American financierIra Rennert’a Renco were in the running for Saab. GM says it has been approachedr by 16 potential buyers interested in the Saturn That group includes financialk investors and some companies interested in distributinySaturn vehicles. By various accounts, GM has been looking for someonwe to buy Hummer for a year as gas pricesz shot to record levels and the publiv started to think in shadesof green. When GM lookedc into selling Hummerlast summer, the company thought it could get as much as $500 millioj for the brand, the New York Times reports.
But that price has likely fallen as auto saleshave plummeted. Hummer salew are down 67 percent in the first four monthes ofthis year.
And the buyer, the reports, is a machinery companu in western China, The , based in Chengdu. The Timesd cited an anonymous source after GM kept details of the deal very muchhush hush. The Chinesd company will buy a brand that started asthe military’w Humvee and morphed into a civilian dreamn machine. But GM is that the sale couls save morethan 3,000 U.S. jobs in manufacturing, engineering and at Hummerr dealerships aroundthe country. And it says the deal is expecte d to close by the end of thethird quarter. GM claims in its release that the buyertwill “aggressively fund future Humme product programs.
” GM will also keep building Hummerz for the Chinese company, on a contract basis. That meanw that GM’s assembly plant in Shreveport, La., will continue to contract assemble H3 and H3T througu atleast 2010. Mike Levine reports “The buyer has a proven track recors ininternational business, knows the Hummer brand can perform bettef globally, has a long-term development plan and is willing to investy in future products.” The Times reports that Sichuab Tengzhong is a privately owned companyy known in China for making road equipment from highwayt construction to maintenance machinery and that it had been movingt into manufacturing heavy-duty trucks.
If the deal is it would mark thefirst large-scales U.S. automotive acquisition by a Chinese Levine reports that no Hummer dealershipss willbe closed, and that U.S. domestic production of Hummers will actually be boosted becauses the company will be moving production from a Port South Africa, plant to Shreveport. “Hummed is a strong brand,” said Troy President of GM North America. "I’m confident that Hummetr will thrive globally undefr itsnew ownership. And for GM, this sale continuesa to accelerate the reinvention of GM into a more focused, and more cost-competitive automaker.” For one Hummer dealer, it didn’t matter exactlh who was buying the brand.
What mattered to Jacques Moore Jr. of Moore Hummer in Richmond, Va., was that the branf would continue, and that it wouled be a strong brand. “It doesn’t really matter,” he told bizjournals, “as long as they continue to builda world-class product that’s like nothing else.” Moorr said that, given Hummer’s strength in overseas markets, a Chinese buyer would not come as a "Given the strength of the brand in the oversease market it would not surprise me." The deal doesn’t include Hummer’s military vehicles or of Indiana runs that end of the AM General sold the rights to make civilian Hummeras to GM in the 1999.
The deal’s announcement comesx a day after GM filed for bankruptcy protection and outlinef plans to offload nameplates so that the company could focus on more profitabled brandslike Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Amongg GM brands left for sale nowthat there’s an appareng Hummer deal are Saab and GM wants to sell those brands by the end of 2009. The compant plans to shut down its Pontiavnameplate altogether. The New York blog reports that even as the Hummer sale goes GM CEO Fritz Henderson said on Swedish radilo that there were three potential buyersfor Saab.
citing local media, said that Swedish luxury carmakef Koenigsegg and American financierIra Rennert’a Renco were in the running for Saab. GM says it has been approachedr by 16 potential buyers interested in the Saturn That group includes financialk investors and some companies interested in distributinySaturn vehicles. By various accounts, GM has been looking for someonwe to buy Hummer for a year as gas pricesz shot to record levels and the publiv started to think in shadesof green. When GM lookedc into selling Hummerlast summer, the company thought it could get as much as $500 millioj for the brand, the New York Times reports.
But that price has likely fallen as auto saleshave plummeted. Hummer salew are down 67 percent in the first four monthes ofthis year.
Friday, January 20, 2012
State approves HMSA rate hikes - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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cited “double-digit increases in health care as a reason for raising the rates forits community-rated but said the increases were less than The increases, which take effecft July 1, range from 4.2 percent for the Healthy Plan Hawaii Plus, to 12.1 percent for the HMSA Preferredx Provider Plan and the HMSA CompMED plan, accordinv to a news release from HMSA. “Wer appreciate how difficult it is for business owners duringb this economic downturn and the last thing we want to do is make things harder,” said Steve Van Ribbink, executiver vice president and chief financial officer.
“But the fact is that this adjustment is necessary, and it’s good to know that an outsidwe independent party like the stater Insurance Division agrees that it is necessary.” which is the state’s dominant health plan with 703,47 7 members, posted a loss of some $36 millio n in 2008, and last montjh reported a $13.9 million loss in the first quartee of 2009. “We are currently in a situatiohwhere double-digit increases in health care costs are outpacingf increases in member dues,” said Van Ribbink. “We’re workinb hard to keep our administrative expenses low, increase our operationap efficiencies and generate the greatesrt value for our members.
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cited “double-digit increases in health care as a reason for raising the rates forits community-rated but said the increases were less than The increases, which take effecft July 1, range from 4.2 percent for the Healthy Plan Hawaii Plus, to 12.1 percent for the HMSA Preferredx Provider Plan and the HMSA CompMED plan, accordinv to a news release from HMSA. “Wer appreciate how difficult it is for business owners duringb this economic downturn and the last thing we want to do is make things harder,” said Steve Van Ribbink, executiver vice president and chief financial officer.
“But the fact is that this adjustment is necessary, and it’s good to know that an outsidwe independent party like the stater Insurance Division agrees that it is necessary.” which is the state’s dominant health plan with 703,47 7 members, posted a loss of some $36 millio n in 2008, and last montjh reported a $13.9 million loss in the first quartee of 2009. “We are currently in a situatiohwhere double-digit increases in health care costs are outpacingf increases in member dues,” said Van Ribbink. “We’re workinb hard to keep our administrative expenses low, increase our operationap efficiencies and generate the greatesrt value for our members.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Afghan official says NATO forces kill 5 civilians in night raid; alliance ... - Washington Post
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Avistar Continues to Deliver Proven and Scalable Virtual Visual Communications ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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Avistar Continues to Deliver Proven and Scalable Virtual Visual Communications ... MarketWatch (press release) Avistar /quotes/zigman/265455 AVSR -20.00% delivers the industry's most advanced and proven desktop videoconferencing capabilities to technology partners and end users worldwide. Many leading technology firms such as Citrix, IBM, LifeSize, and Logitech ... |
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