Saturday, November 10, 2012

Entwistle: I am doing everything I can - BBC News

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Entwistle: I am doing everything I can

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The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has defended his response to the controversial decisions made by the Newsnight programme. The BBC has apologised unreservedly for the broadcast of a report which led to the former Conservative party ...


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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Sally Field says acting with Daniel Day-Lewis was like she'd 'died and gone to ... - HitFix (blog)

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

MMAC: Milwaukee-area economy still sluggish - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Only three of 20 April indicators registerex improvementfrom year-ago levels, matching the number of upward-pointingg indicators recorded in March, the MMAC said in its Economicd Trends report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorate with deepening job declinezs and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic researcy director for the MMAC. "But metro area existing homeas sales rose for only the second time in nearlh three years giving some hopefor near-term improvemenft in a stagnant local housing and real estate market." Nonfarm employmengt in the metro area fell 4.8 percent in April to down from March’s 4.
3 percent Employment levels have now declined compareds with year-ago levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline beinb the steepest registered in this period, the MMAC Only two of 10 major industry sectors registere April job gains compared with one year ago, whilr eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metrpo area both measured more than twiceetheir year-earlier levels. The number of unemployed in metro Milwaukerrose 117.6% against year-ago levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,30o0 in April 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensatiomn claims rose ata 104.
6 percenr rate in April to 12,101, this indicator’s third consecutive year-over-yeaer increase of 100 percent or greater. On the positivr side, existing homes sale for the metro arearose 5.6 percent in the first year-over-year increase in this indicatort in seven months and only the secone such gain in nearly three years.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Pending home sales jump; construction spending rises - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Pending sales of existing homes, or contracts signedd but not closed, rose 6.7 percent in April from March, the Nationap Association of Realtors April’s pending sales were up 3.2 percen t from a year earlier. The biggest increasre in April was inthe Northeast, where pendinv sales jumped 32.6 percent from the previousz month. The NAR’s pending home sales index is a forward-looking and the group cautions that it is more volatils than actualclosed sales. “The relationship between contractxs on pending home sales and closings on existing home sales is taking longer than in the past forseverap reasons,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrences Yun said.
“Mortgage processing time has increased, it is takingt many months to close on those homesz requiring short sales withlender approval, and some salees are falling through at the last moment.” The NAR’sa housing affordability index was also at its second-highest leve l on record in April. Alon g with pending sales of existintg homes, total U.S. construction spending rose 0.8 percent in Aprilo from March, the biggest one-month increase sincr August, and was led by a jump in privatew andresidential construction, the U.S. said. A Bloombergy survey of 45 economist s had projected a median dropof 1.
5 The Commerce Department report from the said that spending on privatr construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $657.3 up 1.4 percent from the revised Marchh estimate of $648.2 billion. Residential construction rose 0.7 percenty to a seasonally adjusted annual rateof $249.2 Nonresidential construction rose 1.8 percent to an annual rate of $408.w billion. Total public construction fellin April, though spending on highway projects rose nearly 1 percent from the previou s month. A separate report from the Commercse Department last week showed constructionof single-family homes rose 2.8 perceny in April, the secondx consecutive monthly increase.
Gains in single-family construction were overwhelmefd by a 46 percengt drop in apartment and condo bringing total housing starts down 13 percenttin April.


Sally Field says acting with Daniel Day-Lewis was like she'd 'died and gone to ...

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One Jersey City Ward F candidate says unity, not crime, is top issue

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Local nonprofit administrator Diane Coleman, anti-crime activist Debby Walker, and Ward F Councilwoman Michele Massey are duking it out with Ballon for the Ward F seat. Massey was appointed in December 2011 to replace former Ward F coun cilwoman ...



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Saturday, November 3, 2012

George Will to headline chamber dinner - Business First of Columbus:

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It will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Louisvilld Mariott Downtown. The dinner, which is presentes by Greenebaum Doll McDonaldLaw Firm, is part of the Kentuckuy Chamber’s Economic Summit and Annualo Meeting. The event brings together the state’s top busines s leaders, educators and legislator for discussionsabout Kentucky’s economic challenges and opportunities. One of the highlighta of the summit will be apanekl discussion, “The Future of Kentucky’s An Outside-the-Box Conversation with Key Kentucky Leaders.
” The discussioh will be moderated by Steve Higdon, partnefr and executive vice president, Faulkner Real It will feature John Davix Dyche, counsel, ; Billy Harper, president, ; Alice president, ; Ann McBrayer, president, ; and Gary A. president, . There also will be a discussiom aboutgovernment modernization, led by Kentucky Chamber presidentf and CEO Dave Adkisson, and a session focusing on competingb in the global marketplace, led by Leslie M. Schweitzer, senior trad advisor and creator ofthe ’as Trade Roots Initiative. More information about the summif and annual dinner can be foundfat .

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Trico proxy battle ends after elections - Houston Business Journal:

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, the largest shareholder of Houston-based Tricio (NASDAQ: TRMA), had triec to nominate its own slate of directors and had demandexdother changes, saying that company management was not maximizing shareholder Both sides had showered shareholders with filings and statementzs in the final weeks beforse the vote. Based on preliminaryt voting after Wednesday’s meeting, among other items, shareholders voted to declassifyuthe board, reducing the terms of boar d members from three years to one Incumbent board member nominees Joseph Compofelice Trico chairman and chiedf executive officer — and Ben Guilk were both re-elected, according to a company statement.
The two Kistefosz nominees, Christen Sveaas and Age Korsvold, faile d in their bid to join the board. Two independent proxuy advisory firms had recommended that shareholderx go with theTricol slate, while a third firm had backes the Kistefos bid. “Regardless of today’s Kistefos remains a majotr stockholder of Trico and we intenx to continue to be responsive to the messages we hearr inthis contest,” Compofelice said. Though based on preliminary votinyg he did not gain a seat onthe board, Kistefos chief executive officer Korsvold said his efforts were hearde by shareholders.
“Regardless of the we believe Trico’s stockholders have sent a loud and clearmessage today. They are demandingg change. Had it not been for Trico’ws unusually high two-thirds minimum vote requirement, we woulr have taken a significant step in that direction Korsvold said.