http://www.gooddir.com/authors/author-470.html
Tibor Hollo’s company, , closed Tuesday on the purchase of 1101Brickell Ave., whichy was owned by the now-defunct Leviev Boymelgreen. The Soutg Florida Business Journal first a deal was in the workesin May. The developer announced the closew of thepurchase Wednesday, but did not disclosse the price. Hollo’s company did not get third-parthy financing for the deal, according to a company statement. Hollol is planning to invest $12 million to renovate the pair of officse buildings onthe site. In addition to mechanical repairs and FECR plansnew retail, including spacee for a restaurant.
The physical makeover will include upgrading the airconditioning generators, lighting, bathrooms, lobbies and landscaping. “Wr plan to significantly invest in the beautification and renovationm of 1101 Brickell to improve conditions for our currentr tenants and to continue to attrac t businesses interested in an attractive office buildinh in a prime location onBrickelo Avenue,” Jerome Hollo, an FECR vice said in a statement. Leviegv Boymelgreen had planned to redevelop the which houses a pair of modesgtoffice buildings, into a massive office and residentia l complex.
The city of Miami approvefd a permit to builda 74-story, mixed-use project with 270,000 square feet of 30,000 square feet of retail and 650 But, the partnership dissolved in with Leviev Boymelgreen principal Lev Leviev eventually taking control of a portfolio of Miami including 1101 Brickell. The seller in Hollo’s deal was Africa-Israel Leviev’s company. The 1101 Brickell propertgy housesa 35-year-old, 11-story office tower, renovatee in the 1990s, and a 19-storyt office tower built in 1985.
Tentants includee the Ilingua language school, the Venezuelan and Argentinwe consulates and Banco Industrial de Venezuela y Sociakl de Venezuela sold the propert y to Leviev Boymelgreenin 2005. Real estate expertes say Hollo likely will hold onto the 1101 Brickelll site until the market rebounds and existinvg projects already out of the ground are There are three office buildings undet construction in the downtown Miami two of which have yet to signany tenants.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Alabama-PSU rivalry has produced classic moments - The Associated Press
http://b3st.net/authors/author-819.html
Kansas City Star | Alabama-PSU rivalry has produced classic moments The Associated Press ... face off at Bryant-Denny Stadium in their first meeting since 1990, renewing a rivalry that has produced some classic moments and monumental games. ... Bryant's Life and Death Cast a Shadow Over Paterno |
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
CoBiz posts $16M Q2 loss, begins stock sale - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
http://www.blogdust.com/blog-directory/authors/author-287.html
million, or 72 cents per share, in the secondd quarter, as the weak economy continued to exact a toll on the officialssaid Monday. The loss compares with a profitof $4.2 or 18 cents per share, in the same quartert a year earlier. Denver-based CoBiz (NASDAQ: COBZ) owns and Arizonsa Business Bank. The latest quarter’s resultsd include a $35.1 million pre-tax provision for loan and credi losses, or 150 percenft of net charge-offs — whicu were $23.
4 million — for the “We continue to take a conservativde posture in our provisioninfg forloan losses,” Chairman and CEO Steved Bangert said in a “Our second quarter provision bringx our allowance to loan ratioo to nearly 3.9 percent, one of the strongesg in the industry. While I remain confident in oursenior management’s ability to effectively respond to the currenyt credit obstacles, we felt it was prudent to continu e building the allowance given the uncertainty in the economy.” Nonperforminhg assets ended the quarter at $93.i9 million, or 3.7 percent of total assets, up from $52.5 million or 2 perceny of total assets on Marchy 31.
Separately on Monday, CoBia said it had begun a sale ofaboutg $45 million of its common It will use the proceeds for generalp corporate purposes, including supporting the capital needs of its bank expanding operations, possible acquisitions and working capital Last week, CoBiz announced it had hired Colorado and Arizonza market presidents, , to oversee banking operationes in each market. “We remaibn focused on building our franchise durinbg these challenging times and want to ensure we are positionecd to take advantage of unique markef opportunities that we expect will present Bangert said.
“To that end, we recently announcec the hiring of Colorado and Arizonqa market presidents who will oversee all bankinf operations in theirrespective markets, provides direction for future growth and free up some of our existingh resources to focus on high quality business developmentr opportunities. We will also continue to dedicate appropriate resources through our Speciao Assets Group to address resolution ofproblej loans.
”
million, or 72 cents per share, in the secondd quarter, as the weak economy continued to exact a toll on the officialssaid Monday. The loss compares with a profitof $4.2 or 18 cents per share, in the same quartert a year earlier. Denver-based CoBiz (NASDAQ: COBZ) owns and Arizonsa Business Bank. The latest quarter’s resultsd include a $35.1 million pre-tax provision for loan and credi losses, or 150 percenft of net charge-offs — whicu were $23.
4 million — for the “We continue to take a conservativde posture in our provisioninfg forloan losses,” Chairman and CEO Steved Bangert said in a “Our second quarter provision bringx our allowance to loan ratioo to nearly 3.9 percent, one of the strongesg in the industry. While I remain confident in oursenior management’s ability to effectively respond to the currenyt credit obstacles, we felt it was prudent to continu e building the allowance given the uncertainty in the economy.” Nonperforminhg assets ended the quarter at $93.i9 million, or 3.7 percent of total assets, up from $52.5 million or 2 perceny of total assets on Marchy 31.
Separately on Monday, CoBia said it had begun a sale ofaboutg $45 million of its common It will use the proceeds for generalp corporate purposes, including supporting the capital needs of its bank expanding operations, possible acquisitions and working capital Last week, CoBiz announced it had hired Colorado and Arizonza market presidents, , to oversee banking operationes in each market. “We remaibn focused on building our franchise durinbg these challenging times and want to ensure we are positionecd to take advantage of unique markef opportunities that we expect will present Bangert said.
“To that end, we recently announcec the hiring of Colorado and Arizonqa market presidents who will oversee all bankinf operations in theirrespective markets, provides direction for future growth and free up some of our existingh resources to focus on high quality business developmentr opportunities. We will also continue to dedicate appropriate resources through our Speciao Assets Group to address resolution ofproblej loans.
”
Monday, September 6, 2010
Dell Aero and Streak Made By Dell-inquents, Dated Android - Phones Review
http://riverside-ford.com/Transmission/Torque-Converter-Ford/
Phones Review | Dell Aero and Streak Made By Dell-inquents, Dated Android Phones Review Earlier on today we reported the latest Dell Aero news and wanted to look into it a little more, today we mentioned about this smartphone on AT&T and its ... |
Saturday, September 4, 2010
New owner surfaces in latest Filene
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Alan Cohen, Filene’s chief restructuring confirmed Monday afternoonthat Secaucus, N.J.-based Syms (NASDAQ:SYMS) and New York-basef Vornado (NYSE:VNO) agreed to pay abour $63 million for the chain. A cour t hearing is set for Wednesday to approvethe deal, Cohen said. The auction, whicb began Friday and was continuedto Monday, took placew about a week after an affiliate of Men’s Wearhousd (NYSE:MW) agreed to buy the chain for $67 But Crown Acquisitions, the company that was first in line to buy Filene’d assets, filed an objection to the sale with allegations that Men’ s Wearhouse didn’t follow bidding procedures.
Crown in coury filings described the first auction as a A judge sent the deal back for auctionbfollowing Crown’s objection. It wasn’yt clear Monday if Syms and Vornado would acquire allof Filene’x stores. Both Men’s Wearhouse and Crown had plannecd to acquire and keep opena majority, but not all, of Filene’x locations. The company has two Ohio including onein Columbus. Filene’s Basement sough t protection from creditors in May in Delaware bankruptcy months after closingseveral Columbus-based (NYSE: RVI), which maintains a majoritgy stake in discount shoe retailer (NYSE:DSW), sold the chain this year to FB II Acquisitiojn Corp.
, a new entity ownexd by liquidation and turnaround firm Buxbau m Group.
Alan Cohen, Filene’s chief restructuring confirmed Monday afternoonthat Secaucus, N.J.-based Syms (NASDAQ:SYMS) and New York-basef Vornado (NYSE:VNO) agreed to pay abour $63 million for the chain. A cour t hearing is set for Wednesday to approvethe deal, Cohen said. The auction, whicb began Friday and was continuedto Monday, took placew about a week after an affiliate of Men’s Wearhousd (NYSE:MW) agreed to buy the chain for $67 But Crown Acquisitions, the company that was first in line to buy Filene’d assets, filed an objection to the sale with allegations that Men’ s Wearhouse didn’t follow bidding procedures.
Crown in coury filings described the first auction as a A judge sent the deal back for auctionbfollowing Crown’s objection. It wasn’yt clear Monday if Syms and Vornado would acquire allof Filene’x stores. Both Men’s Wearhouse and Crown had plannecd to acquire and keep opena majority, but not all, of Filene’x locations. The company has two Ohio including onein Columbus. Filene’s Basement sough t protection from creditors in May in Delaware bankruptcy months after closingseveral Columbus-based (NYSE: RVI), which maintains a majoritgy stake in discount shoe retailer (NYSE:DSW), sold the chain this year to FB II Acquisitiojn Corp.
, a new entity ownexd by liquidation and turnaround firm Buxbau m Group.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Changing course - Boston Business Journal:
http://icbrain.com/Software-Developer-in-Canada/software-development-in-vancouver/
“Students were trying to make sensw of something that seemsvery confusing, and they wanterd to have a good understanding of what had takenh place,” said Michael E. Lawson, senior associate dean at BU’xs School of Management. The economic meltdown is providing finance and business courses at area collegees withan unfolding, unparalleled case study. Schools are delving into discussions to help thei students learn about the complex issuew that led tothis fall’s financial meltdown as well as give them the skillx they’ll need to enter a job marketf much less buoyant than it was a year ago.
“We’rw trying to bring this up on an ongoing basis so studentsw understandwhat happened, what is going on, what is beinhg suggested and what is the long-term said Atul Gupta, the Financed Department chairman at . Bentley played host to a public informatiob session on the financial crisis inearlyg October, with a half-dozen of the university’s finances instructors leading the panel discussio n and answering questions from the public.
’d scheduled similar events in including a panel discussiontitled “World On The and a community forujm called “The Financial Crisis: What Does It Mean for And recently launched a Web site called On The Globall Economic Crisis to pull together articles, opinions, podcasts, research and videos that focuses on the crisis. Instructors aren’t limiting discussion to scheduler forums, though.
Many business classes draw on actual cases to teach students about principlexsand practices, and school officials said that the fall’d events have provided plenty of fodder for “Many (instructors) are linking the classroom content directly to the dramatic eventd that are taking place,” said Heikkki Topi, Bentley’s associate dean of busineszs for Graduate and Executive Some of the classroom discussionss at Bentley have focused on how the bankz contributed to the subprime problem, and whether the Americann and European regulators responder appropriately, and how the Blacl Friday sales figures coulds indicate what’s ahead for the Gupta said.
However, while the economy is the big topid atbusiness schools, academic leaderzs said it hasn’t yet prompted big changesw in current curricula or even in individual instructor’sz syllabi. “It’s hard to rewrite the syllabue in the middle ofthe semester,” Gupt said. But Gupta and officials at othedr area business schools said they are lookingt ahead and structuring more formal lessons aboutg the current economic crisis into courses that arecoming up. Harvardc will have its first-year students this winter spenx a daydiscussing ’s purchase of from severalo different perspectives, according to a HBS spokeswoman.
The schookl is adding special classes on housing and the subprime crisisd in its Real Propertyy and RealEstate Development, Design, and Construction And in January HBS will introducde a new finance historh course, Creating the Modern Financial with cases focused on economic collapses including the current one. Meanwhile, Bentleg is developing a new class that will look at financial crises throughthe decades, Gupta said, noting that it’s importantf for students and schools to remember that the lessons shouldn’t focus so much on any one specific evenr but on the circumstances and driverws that led up to “There are some underlying drivers that caused these things to and you want students to understand thosre drivers,” he said.
“You can’t just bounce from problem to problem and solutionto solution, there has to be some majofr theme.” If students can master that, Guptaw added, they’ll be much more skilled at navigating the market when they enter it in the upcoming monthws and years. And they’llk hopefully be much better equippef to perhaps avoid or at least mitigatwefuture crises. “Students are terribly interested in all this stufdfbecause they’ve built their career ideass on having opportunities and what’s goin on may severely limit their job opportunities.
They’re also interested in this because they have a natural curiosityh about how this couldall happen,” said Allan Cohen, interimm dean and professor of global leadership at the Olin Graduate Schoopl of Business at Babson. “And you want a studeng to come out of some of thosrediscussions asking, ‘What’s my vision?’ ”
“Students were trying to make sensw of something that seemsvery confusing, and they wanterd to have a good understanding of what had takenh place,” said Michael E. Lawson, senior associate dean at BU’xs School of Management. The economic meltdown is providing finance and business courses at area collegees withan unfolding, unparalleled case study. Schools are delving into discussions to help thei students learn about the complex issuew that led tothis fall’s financial meltdown as well as give them the skillx they’ll need to enter a job marketf much less buoyant than it was a year ago.
“We’rw trying to bring this up on an ongoing basis so studentsw understandwhat happened, what is going on, what is beinhg suggested and what is the long-term said Atul Gupta, the Financed Department chairman at . Bentley played host to a public informatiob session on the financial crisis inearlyg October, with a half-dozen of the university’s finances instructors leading the panel discussio n and answering questions from the public.
’d scheduled similar events in including a panel discussiontitled “World On The and a community forujm called “The Financial Crisis: What Does It Mean for And recently launched a Web site called On The Globall Economic Crisis to pull together articles, opinions, podcasts, research and videos that focuses on the crisis. Instructors aren’t limiting discussion to scheduler forums, though.
Many business classes draw on actual cases to teach students about principlexsand practices, and school officials said that the fall’d events have provided plenty of fodder for “Many (instructors) are linking the classroom content directly to the dramatic eventd that are taking place,” said Heikkki Topi, Bentley’s associate dean of busineszs for Graduate and Executive Some of the classroom discussionss at Bentley have focused on how the bankz contributed to the subprime problem, and whether the Americann and European regulators responder appropriately, and how the Blacl Friday sales figures coulds indicate what’s ahead for the Gupta said.
However, while the economy is the big topid atbusiness schools, academic leaderzs said it hasn’t yet prompted big changesw in current curricula or even in individual instructor’sz syllabi. “It’s hard to rewrite the syllabue in the middle ofthe semester,” Gupt said. But Gupta and officials at othedr area business schools said they are lookingt ahead and structuring more formal lessons aboutg the current economic crisis into courses that arecoming up. Harvardc will have its first-year students this winter spenx a daydiscussing ’s purchase of from severalo different perspectives, according to a HBS spokeswoman.
The schookl is adding special classes on housing and the subprime crisisd in its Real Propertyy and RealEstate Development, Design, and Construction And in January HBS will introducde a new finance historh course, Creating the Modern Financial with cases focused on economic collapses including the current one. Meanwhile, Bentleg is developing a new class that will look at financial crises throughthe decades, Gupta said, noting that it’s importantf for students and schools to remember that the lessons shouldn’t focus so much on any one specific evenr but on the circumstances and driverws that led up to “There are some underlying drivers that caused these things to and you want students to understand thosre drivers,” he said.
“You can’t just bounce from problem to problem and solutionto solution, there has to be some majofr theme.” If students can master that, Guptaw added, they’ll be much more skilled at navigating the market when they enter it in the upcoming monthws and years. And they’llk hopefully be much better equippef to perhaps avoid or at least mitigatwefuture crises. “Students are terribly interested in all this stufdfbecause they’ve built their career ideass on having opportunities and what’s goin on may severely limit their job opportunities.
They’re also interested in this because they have a natural curiosityh about how this couldall happen,” said Allan Cohen, interimm dean and professor of global leadership at the Olin Graduate Schoopl of Business at Babson. “And you want a studeng to come out of some of thosrediscussions asking, ‘What’s my vision?’ ”
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Charlotte-area banks unsure about ARC loans - Phoenix Business Journal:
http://www.ciydc.org/article/Thats-the-view-of-transport---.html
But Charlotte-area banks aren’t yet sure they want to sayingthey haven’t yet seen enough details abouyt the SBA initiative. The SBA recently unveiled plans tooffed no-interest, no-fee, deferred-payment loans to small companies as part of the American Recoveru and Reinvestment Act. The $350 million loan program is called America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program. It’s distributed by commercial lenders, and the debt is 100% guarantee by the SBA. The SBA will pay interesft to the participating lenders on behalt ofthe borrowers. To qualify for an ARC loan, companiexs must demonstrate theyare “viable, for-profir small businesses ...
and are experiencingt immediatefinancial hardship,” the SBA says. The loanz are for up to $35,000. They must be used to make paymentsa on existing debt so the business can use its revenues to fund otheroperational expenses. Repayment can be deferredc for up to12 months. It’s part of the SBA’w expanded effort to help small businesses navigatethrough recession-related distress. The program is scheduled to launchJune 15. But lenderd aren’t ready to commity to it. Area bankers are asking how they’re suppose to determine what qualifies asa “viable” businesss that’s experiencing “immediate financialo hardship.
” And bankers also say they stillk don’t know what interest rates the ARC loands will carry — a key piece of informatioh in determining their level of participation. “We’re studyinv it,” says John Guy, seniot vice president of SBA strategiesat . “Thes timeline didn’t quite accommodate all the lenderws that need thespecific details.” Guy notee Fifth Third has launched an effort to boostg its SBA lending. And he says customers are already asking the bank about the ARC Buthe can’t give them many answerws until he learns what interest rate the SBA will pay on the along with other details.
“We’re askinyg people to be patient,” he says. “The presa is way ahead of the George McAllister, regional director of the , says he gets callse on a regular basis from businesds owners interested in the loans. “Basefd on what I know right now, I thin k it will be a very populad program,” he says. “It certainly fits a At , Chief Executive Scott Anderson says his teamof small-business bankers recently attended an informational sessiob on the ARC program but left unsure of key “Our comments echo everyon else,” he says. “There’s not even a standarc definitionof what’s a viable company.
” SBA spokeswoman Eileen Joycer says the viability question is a determination for lendersx to make at their discretion. Her agench is working as fast as possible to get othef details to lenders byJune 15. She says the ARC program is a challenge forSBA officials, too, because it’s the firstr of its kind. She says Charlotte-area banke “are all in a wait-and-see mode” on whethedr they’ll participate. “It’s a whole differeny way of putting together aloan deal. That’s the hard Joyce says small-business owners are “very about the program, hoping it will roll out in time to meet theitgrowing needs.
But Charlotte-area banks aren’t yet sure they want to sayingthey haven’t yet seen enough details abouyt the SBA initiative. The SBA recently unveiled plans tooffed no-interest, no-fee, deferred-payment loans to small companies as part of the American Recoveru and Reinvestment Act. The $350 million loan program is called America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program. It’s distributed by commercial lenders, and the debt is 100% guarantee by the SBA. The SBA will pay interesft to the participating lenders on behalt ofthe borrowers. To qualify for an ARC loan, companiexs must demonstrate theyare “viable, for-profir small businesses ...
and are experiencingt immediatefinancial hardship,” the SBA says. The loanz are for up to $35,000. They must be used to make paymentsa on existing debt so the business can use its revenues to fund otheroperational expenses. Repayment can be deferredc for up to12 months. It’s part of the SBA’w expanded effort to help small businesses navigatethrough recession-related distress. The program is scheduled to launchJune 15. But lenderd aren’t ready to commity to it. Area bankers are asking how they’re suppose to determine what qualifies asa “viable” businesss that’s experiencing “immediate financialo hardship.
” And bankers also say they stillk don’t know what interest rates the ARC loands will carry — a key piece of informatioh in determining their level of participation. “We’re studyinv it,” says John Guy, seniot vice president of SBA strategiesat . “Thes timeline didn’t quite accommodate all the lenderws that need thespecific details.” Guy notee Fifth Third has launched an effort to boostg its SBA lending. And he says customers are already asking the bank about the ARC Buthe can’t give them many answerws until he learns what interest rate the SBA will pay on the along with other details.
“We’re askinyg people to be patient,” he says. “The presa is way ahead of the George McAllister, regional director of the , says he gets callse on a regular basis from businesds owners interested in the loans. “Basefd on what I know right now, I thin k it will be a very populad program,” he says. “It certainly fits a At , Chief Executive Scott Anderson says his teamof small-business bankers recently attended an informational sessiob on the ARC program but left unsure of key “Our comments echo everyon else,” he says. “There’s not even a standarc definitionof what’s a viable company.
” SBA spokeswoman Eileen Joycer says the viability question is a determination for lendersx to make at their discretion. Her agench is working as fast as possible to get othef details to lenders byJune 15. She says the ARC program is a challenge forSBA officials, too, because it’s the firstr of its kind. She says Charlotte-area banke “are all in a wait-and-see mode” on whethedr they’ll participate. “It’s a whole differeny way of putting together aloan deal. That’s the hard Joyce says small-business owners are “very about the program, hoping it will roll out in time to meet theitgrowing needs.
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