Monday, September 10, 2012

Education group renews lease at One Main Place - Portland Business Journal:

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The laboratory, a nonprofit education support and training agency serving school districts throughout the Pacific renewed its leasefor 49,74p0 square feet at One Main Place, 101 S.W. Main St. It is one of the larges t office deals involving downtown Portland in the past The agency, which has about 150 employees, considered several options before choosing to renew in its current quarters. Its decision to remain at One Main Placd eliminates a major prospective tenant from the pool of candidatesz for several new buildings in various stagew of constructionin downtown, including Firsr and Main, being constructed by .
Under terms of the laboratory’sa new lease with , its spacee will be extensively remodeled to replacs private offices with an open work environmen t intended to encouragemore collaboration. RREEr purchased One Main Place inAugust 2006. The 20-story buildin was built in 1982 andis Portland’s 16th-largestt office building with 292,971 rentable square feet of office space. Chris Elsenbach and Craig Reinhart of CresaPartnerse representedthe tenant.
Buzz Ellis of represented

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Taiwan celebrates Heritage Day - Taipei Times

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Taiwan celebrates Heritage Day

Taipei Times


In celebration of Heritage Day this month, Greater Tainan is inviting visitors to look into the southern city's history and culture with a range of free events organized around the theme “Water and Culture.” In the north, New Taipei City (新北市) has ...



Friday, September 7, 2012

World's Richest Gain $25 Billion as Zong Now Top in China - Businessweek

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World's Richest Gain $25 Billion as Zong Now Top in China

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Shares of Inditex SA (ITX), the world's largest clothing retailer, rose 0.81 percent during the week, pushing the 76-year-old Spaniard's fortune to $47.7 billion -- $1.3 billion ahead of Warren Buffett. The increases came after European Central Bank ...



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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Two Charged with Capital Crimes in Furtherance of White Supremacist Movement - SurfKY News

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Two Charged with Capital Crimes in Furtherance of White Supremacist Movement

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (8/17/12) â€" David Joseph “Joey” Pedersen, 32, and Holly Ann Grigsby, 25, both of Portland, were indicted yesterday for racketeering activity in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, RICO conspiracy ...



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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Judge sets Statler auction - Business First of Buffalo:

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Issa had pledged to invest morethan $100 million in the Statler and returning it to its showplacs status by bringing in a 150-room hotel and convertingb the upper floors into upscaled condominiums. Issa had also announced plans to constructta 40-story tower at the corner of West Mohawk Street and South Elmwood Only a minimal portion of the renovations ever took No work has taken place in the Statlefr since April 2008. The tower property was sold last summertfor $2.5 million. Issa has not been in Buffalo in more than 18 monthsx allegedly because ofvisa problems.
This wintedr he was found in contempt of court by State Supremw Court Justice John Curran in relatio n to the Park LaneCaterintg litigation. Creditors, including the Park Lane, petitioned federaol courts to place the Statler into involuntary Chapter 11 Bucki agreed and placed the Chapter 11 protection on the building onApril 13. New York City attorneyu Joseph Leon, who representsz Bashar Issa, said his client is “beinbg portrayed as a bad actor ofsome sort.” Leon said Issa investede $8 million in renovations to the Statler. “I walked through there and expectesd to see exposed dry wall andhanging wires, but I Leon said.
“My client was sabotaged by the When you peel back allthe allegations, what you have is an economicallt challenged owner.” Following Bucki’s ruling - which came afte a 2.5 hour-long hearing - the judge said he made his decision “based solely on the “The trustee’s concerns are legitimate,” Bucki Fink said he was not surprised but disappointed by the ruling. Both Pfalzgraff and Graber, however, applauded the decision. “Wr think this was the right Graber said.

Monday, September 3, 2012

FAA pushes regional airline safety - bizjournals Business Travel Guide

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Babbitt said the FAA is callingon U.S. airlinew to send in specifix plans on how they will enhance safety guidelines at both regionapl andmajor airlines. The agency wants the airline and their labor unions to respond byJuly 31. The FAA also said airlinew are now charged with obtaining all pilof records filed withthe FAA. Babbitf announced earlier in the year that the crash of a flighg over Buffalo prompted additional discussions about training and safety compliance within regionalair carriers. On June 15, Babbit and U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHoodd met with airline safety executives and pilota unions to discuss ways to reduce risk at regionap airlines while promoting best practices frommajor airlines. Of the two Metroplex-basedx airlines, only Fort Worth-based operatesz a regional subsidiary, . Dallas-based (NYSE: LUV) does not operate a regionalp subsidiary. Pilot fatigue is a top Babbittsaid Monday, and the FAA is working to create new flight time and rest rules that are basedf on scientific findings related to fatigue.
In FAA inspectors are studying airline procedures for identifyinf pilots that show a need for additional training or who have faileecertain evaluations, the FAA The FAA added that it expects airlines that have contracts with regional airlines to develop programse in which safety data is shared. In addition, the FAA askedx carriers to implement a policy to mandate that pilot applicants release all records held by the FAA to theit prospective employers during thehirinbg process.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Twelve-year-old programmers help fuel iphone game frenzy - The News Journal

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Twelve-year-old programmers help fuel iphone game frenzy

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The secret to Foyt's game-making prowess: He learned coding with a programming language called Lua, which relies on easy-to- understand syntax, before he went on to master more advanced software-development tools. “I really want to be a computer ...