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Following a seven-day trial in Adams County, Essien, 45, was convicted of four felonu counts — two counts of and one count each of theft by receiving and violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 26. “Today’s verdicf is a significant victory for the people of Colorado,” said Colorado Attorney General John whose office helped bring the case against Essien and his co-defendants.
Suthers called Essien’s operations “one of the most expansive and heinous mortgage fraudrings we’ve seen in Essien and nine others were indictec in March 2008 on charges connected with 34 real estatr deals in Denver, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties. The arresyt of the 10 capped a two-year investigationj involving Suthers’ office, the , the FBI, the district attornehy for the 17th Judicial District andthe U.S. Departmenty of Housing and Urban Four others havepleaded guilty. The rest are expectedx to stand trial this Between spring 2004 andspring 2007, Essien and his co-defendantz allegedly used false invoices and shell corporations to obtain $10.
9 millionj in mortgages, keeping $1.1 million of those funds, according to the Essien’s shell companies were Essien and Co. Realty Ltd. and EU Those indicted allegedly used shell buyers to acquirse houses atinflated prices, telling mortgage lenderds that the houses had gotten improvements they actuallgy hadn’t, the Attorney General’s Office said. Lender s were deceived into paying forthe improvements. Loanzs also often were obtained byoverstating buyers’ income and understating With many of the properties, mortgage payment never were made, and the homes quickly were foreclosesd on, according to the indictment.
Essien acted as the real estatwe broker in the He was directly involvex in purchasing four properties with total mortgages ofnearly $1.4 million and kept $140,000 from thos e deals, according to the indictment.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Health reform details emerge - San Francisco Business Times:
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percent of the cost of healtj insurance premiumsfor full-time employees under the healtn care reform bill being considered by the They also would be required to pick up at least some of the tab for insurinf part-time employees. Businesses that don’t provid e this minimum level of coverage would be required to pay the federal government a fee based on 8 percenty oftheir payroll. Small businesses under a yet-to-be-determinec threshold would be exempted fromthis “pla or pay” requirement.
The chairmeb of three House committees with jurisdiction over health care introduced draft legislationJune 19, offering the most detailzs yet on how health care reform could affect small Under the bill, small businesses and individuals couldc shop for insurance through a national exchange, which would include a government-run plan and private insurers. Tax credites would be available to help small businessea affordthe coverage. Healthj insurance premiums for U.S. businesses increased by 9.2 percent this and are expected to increase another 9 percent next accordingto PricewaterhouseCoopers. Small businesses oftemn face much higherrate hikes.
While most small businesse s agree the current health insurance marketis there’s a lot of disagreement over whether the Hous e bill would cure the problem or just make it worse. Mike who owns a retail clothing store and design business calledc Smash inDes Moines, likes what he sees in the Draper thinks adding a public plan would hold down premiums by creating more competition in the marketplace. Draper doesn’t offef health insurance to itsseven full-time but reimburses them for the cost of policies they buy on theire own. That’s fine with his employees, who are single and in theirt 20s.
The reimbursements now account for 6 percengtof Smash’s payroll, but that coulr jump to 22 percent in four when Draper expects everyone on his management team to have children, creatingf the need for family plans. His businessd couldn’t handle that he said. If the House bill were enacted, he woulrd consider buying insurance through the exchang if it were easyto use. But he might decide to pay the 8 percentt payrollfee instead, then reimburse his employeexs for some of the cost of the policiew they purchase through the exchange. Drapet thinks employers should be required to help pay fortheifr employees’ health insurance.
Like Social Securitg contributions, this sort of responsibility is “kind of what you signed up when you become abusiness owner, he said. Other small business owners, however, think the House bill imposes too tough of a standard onsmallo businesses. The requirement to pay 72.5 percentg of an employee’s premium for individual coverages “is much too high for many smallk businesses,” says Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the SmalllBusiness & Entrepreneurship Council. The only way many small businessew can afford coverage is by makingb employees pick up more of the she said. Arlington, Va.
-based Company Flowers & Gifts for example, pays 50 percent of the cost of health insurance forseven full-time employees. Even that may not be affordablsnext year, because “our ratee are going to skyrocket,” co-owner John Nicholson told the House Smalpl Business Committee earlier this month.
percent of the cost of healtj insurance premiumsfor full-time employees under the healtn care reform bill being considered by the They also would be required to pick up at least some of the tab for insurinf part-time employees. Businesses that don’t provid e this minimum level of coverage would be required to pay the federal government a fee based on 8 percenty oftheir payroll. Small businesses under a yet-to-be-determinec threshold would be exempted fromthis “pla or pay” requirement.
The chairmeb of three House committees with jurisdiction over health care introduced draft legislationJune 19, offering the most detailzs yet on how health care reform could affect small Under the bill, small businesses and individuals couldc shop for insurance through a national exchange, which would include a government-run plan and private insurers. Tax credites would be available to help small businessea affordthe coverage. Healthj insurance premiums for U.S. businesses increased by 9.2 percent this and are expected to increase another 9 percent next accordingto PricewaterhouseCoopers. Small businesses oftemn face much higherrate hikes.
While most small businesse s agree the current health insurance marketis there’s a lot of disagreement over whether the Hous e bill would cure the problem or just make it worse. Mike who owns a retail clothing store and design business calledc Smash inDes Moines, likes what he sees in the Draper thinks adding a public plan would hold down premiums by creating more competition in the marketplace. Draper doesn’t offef health insurance to itsseven full-time but reimburses them for the cost of policies they buy on theire own. That’s fine with his employees, who are single and in theirt 20s.
The reimbursements now account for 6 percengtof Smash’s payroll, but that coulr jump to 22 percent in four when Draper expects everyone on his management team to have children, creatingf the need for family plans. His businessd couldn’t handle that he said. If the House bill were enacted, he woulrd consider buying insurance through the exchang if it were easyto use. But he might decide to pay the 8 percentt payrollfee instead, then reimburse his employeexs for some of the cost of the policiew they purchase through the exchange. Drapet thinks employers should be required to help pay fortheifr employees’ health insurance.
Like Social Securitg contributions, this sort of responsibility is “kind of what you signed up when you become abusiness owner, he said. Other small business owners, however, think the House bill imposes too tough of a standard onsmallo businesses. The requirement to pay 72.5 percentg of an employee’s premium for individual coverages “is much too high for many smallk businesses,” says Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the SmalllBusiness & Entrepreneurship Council. The only way many small businessew can afford coverage is by makingb employees pick up more of the she said. Arlington, Va.
-based Company Flowers & Gifts for example, pays 50 percent of the cost of health insurance forseven full-time employees. Even that may not be affordablsnext year, because “our ratee are going to skyrocket,” co-owner John Nicholson told the House Smalpl Business Committee earlier this month.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Baltimore Business Journal:
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and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemployment figurew forthe state’s counties and metropolitan statistica areas on Tuesday. In Allegheny County, the unemploymeny rate fell from 6.6 percent in Marchb to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percenyt in March to 7.9 percent in The improvements in Allegheny andBeaver however, were not enough to boost the seven-countgy Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjustede unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percent in Marcn to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steadat 7.8 percent.
When making the Department of Labotr and Industry uses seasonally adjusted figurex in order to account for cyclical hiriny differencesthat don’t reflect changes in the overall economy. Employmeng in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be strongedr than many other In addition to besting the state by half a percentage unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSAis 1.6 percentager points lower than the United States as a whole, which has seasonall y adjusted unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdown acros s the state: State College: 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percenf Altoona: 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.
9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 percenf Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percen Johnstown: 8.7 percent Reading: 8.7 percen Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percentt in Allegheny Countyto 9.8 percent in Armstrong Here is the breakdown by county: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 percent 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 percenft Armstrong: 9.
8 percent
and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemployment figurew forthe state’s counties and metropolitan statistica areas on Tuesday. In Allegheny County, the unemploymeny rate fell from 6.6 percent in Marchb to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percenyt in March to 7.9 percent in The improvements in Allegheny andBeaver however, were not enough to boost the seven-countgy Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjustede unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percent in Marcn to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steadat 7.8 percent.
When making the Department of Labotr and Industry uses seasonally adjusted figurex in order to account for cyclical hiriny differencesthat don’t reflect changes in the overall economy. Employmeng in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be strongedr than many other In addition to besting the state by half a percentage unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSAis 1.6 percentager points lower than the United States as a whole, which has seasonall y adjusted unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdown acros s the state: State College: 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percenf Altoona: 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.
9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 percenf Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percen Johnstown: 8.7 percent Reading: 8.7 percen Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percentt in Allegheny Countyto 9.8 percent in Armstrong Here is the breakdown by county: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 percent 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 percenft Armstrong: 9.
8 percent
Monday, November 22, 2010
Gates Foundation gives $16M to colleges - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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million to 15 community collegess and five states in an effort to help strugglinhg studentscomplete college. The Development Education Initiatived will award the fundingto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texads and Virginia, as well as community colleges in each statw plus one more in North No colleges or programs in Washington state will receive funding under the For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in December of last will be awarded to and distributerdby , a North Carolina-based nonprofit. “They wanted us to identifyu initiatives, programs and policies that are alreaduy being tried and had saidRichard Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiative seeksw to support programs that help students enrolled in remedialprograms so-called refresher courses for students who are not up to gradew level in a given The goal is to improve classroom performanced so students can go on to take advanced courseds and eventually graduate with a degree or A cited by the Gatesa Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of studentw enrolling in the nation’s community colleges must take remedia l courses. Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billionn a year, according to the report.
The grantz are part of the Gates Foundation’s work to help more studentsa graduate from college or university an important education milestone that the foundationh says is essential to earning a living wagein today’as economy. The grants will supporty various state andcollege programs, includingb efforts to collect data and better track the performancew of remedial students. The Development Education Initiative is also beinb supportedwith $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluationm and communications.
million to 15 community collegess and five states in an effort to help strugglinhg studentscomplete college. The Development Education Initiatived will award the fundingto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texads and Virginia, as well as community colleges in each statw plus one more in North No colleges or programs in Washington state will receive funding under the For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in December of last will be awarded to and distributerdby , a North Carolina-based nonprofit. “They wanted us to identifyu initiatives, programs and policies that are alreaduy being tried and had saidRichard Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiative seeksw to support programs that help students enrolled in remedialprograms so-called refresher courses for students who are not up to gradew level in a given The goal is to improve classroom performanced so students can go on to take advanced courseds and eventually graduate with a degree or A cited by the Gatesa Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of studentw enrolling in the nation’s community colleges must take remedia l courses. Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billionn a year, according to the report.
The grantz are part of the Gates Foundation’s work to help more studentsa graduate from college or university an important education milestone that the foundationh says is essential to earning a living wagein today’as economy. The grants will supporty various state andcollege programs, includingb efforts to collect data and better track the performancew of remedial students. The Development Education Initiative is also beinb supportedwith $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluationm and communications.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Ralph Stanley lays bare his 'Sorrow' in autobiography - USA Today
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Ralph Stanley lays bare his 'Sorrow' in autobiography USA Today He lets the banjo and that singing voice of his â€" echoing the ancient, eerie sound of the mountains and the mines and the graveside service â€" convey the ... |
Friday, November 19, 2010
Genmar warranties still good - Wichita Business Journal:
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Tracy Carrell says the letter came after boat manufacturer on Monday filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy protection. Genmadr owns 15 different brandsof boats, whicnh means dealers everywhere are impacted. She says cash customerds for boats at her dealership have remained But trouble financing in the currentr economy means others have been forced tohold off. “Ther boating business has been affecter a lot likecars have,” she The petition to reorganize its debtas was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Cour in Minneapolis — where the companty is headquartered — alongv with more than 20 related subsidiaries. Genmat has between 100 and 199 creditors.
It lists its assetd in the rageof $10 milliom to $50 million and its liabilitied between $100 million and $500 according to court documents. The largest unsecured creditorsare Edelman, Borman, Brand, a Minneapolis-based law firm whichj is owed $186,700. Merchant & a law firm in Minneapolis, is owed $155,800. The only securedc creditors are and FifthThirc Bank, according to a story in the Minneapoli Star Tribune. Genmar said it has received commitment fora debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing proposal from both banks.
In a Genmar Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder Irwinb Jacobs said sales ofthe company’s fishing boats, luxuruy yachts and other products started to decline in but worsened in recent months. The company’ s sales in fiscal 2009, which ends in June, are likelt to be about $460 million, off by more than 50 perceng fromfiscal 2008. “Ifd someone would have said to me as recentlgy as even one month ago that Genmar would someday be filing forChapter 11, I would have said it was not even a remotwe possibility,” Jacobs said. Genmar had been makingh some strategy changes in recent announcing plans to launch a lineof less-expensive aluminum boats.
A spinoff company, Greenville, Pa.-basee VEC Technology, and other Jacobs-related companiese aren’t included in the filing. VEC is now in the businesx of making giant bladesfor energy-generatinyg windmills. Law firm Fredrikson & Byrohn in Minneapolis, is representing Genmar in thebankruptcy case.
Tracy Carrell says the letter came after boat manufacturer on Monday filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy protection. Genmadr owns 15 different brandsof boats, whicnh means dealers everywhere are impacted. She says cash customerds for boats at her dealership have remained But trouble financing in the currentr economy means others have been forced tohold off. “Ther boating business has been affecter a lot likecars have,” she The petition to reorganize its debtas was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Cour in Minneapolis — where the companty is headquartered — alongv with more than 20 related subsidiaries. Genmat has between 100 and 199 creditors.
It lists its assetd in the rageof $10 milliom to $50 million and its liabilitied between $100 million and $500 according to court documents. The largest unsecured creditorsare Edelman, Borman, Brand, a Minneapolis-based law firm whichj is owed $186,700. Merchant & a law firm in Minneapolis, is owed $155,800. The only securedc creditors are and FifthThirc Bank, according to a story in the Minneapoli Star Tribune. Genmar said it has received commitment fora debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing proposal from both banks.
In a Genmar Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder Irwinb Jacobs said sales ofthe company’s fishing boats, luxuruy yachts and other products started to decline in but worsened in recent months. The company’ s sales in fiscal 2009, which ends in June, are likelt to be about $460 million, off by more than 50 perceng fromfiscal 2008. “Ifd someone would have said to me as recentlgy as even one month ago that Genmar would someday be filing forChapter 11, I would have said it was not even a remotwe possibility,” Jacobs said. Genmar had been makingh some strategy changes in recent announcing plans to launch a lineof less-expensive aluminum boats.
A spinoff company, Greenville, Pa.-basee VEC Technology, and other Jacobs-related companiese aren’t included in the filing. VEC is now in the businesx of making giant bladesfor energy-generatinyg windmills. Law firm Fredrikson & Byrohn in Minneapolis, is representing Genmar in thebankruptcy case.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Clay Co. airport area is drawing interest - Kansas City Business Journal:
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"What we need is one company to and the rest will come in he said. Thousands of acres are Foreman noted last week afteer a presentation at a luncheon sponsorexd by the Clay County EconomicDevelopment Council. The area has begub to attract interest -- thanks, in part, to marketing efforts undertaken by Barr Hartat Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative Inc. in Platte City. The best-knowm prospect to survey the land wasthe Harley-Davidson Motot Co., which decided last year to builx a motorcycle assembly plant in Platte The site's proximity to Kansas City International Airport helped it win the competition. Plans call for hangard to be built soon onthe 527-acr site.
The first ones could be read by July, so planes can be based The airport serves onlyprivate aircraft. It's designed to relievde traffic at KCI and Downtown Airport witha 4,000-foot runway that can handle small jets. The runway will be extended to 5,50 feet when federal funds become available, perhaps in two to five Foreman said. Think the Clay Count y airport is too far out in the sticks to generate much notice fromindustrial developers?? Think again, because Kansas City's industrialo real estate market is one of the hottesty in the nation. It ranks No. 8 in a new surveyh by ValuationInternational Ltd. of Atlanta.
This rankingg becomes more prominent because the survey revealed that industrialp real estate continues to bethe nation'se most vibrant category. These propertiews remain popularacquisition targets, and littled space is anticipated to be addeds this year, so prices are expected to continur rising. Kansas City's 3 percent industrial vacancyrate -- 5 milliojn square feet is available in a market containing 167 milliob square feet -- is one-third the national Almost 2.5 million square feet was absorbed annually from 1993 througy 1996 in Kansas City, according to but only 800,000 square feet a year is forecast to be builty through 1999.
Further proof of the local industriaol market's strength comes from notice beinyg paid to warehouse space beinf vacated by LennoxIndustries Inc. in Lenexa. The air conditionintg and heating manufacturer is converting the regional operation into one that focuse on Kansas City after determiningh it can supply productsmore effectively. Lennox is making 114,6145 square feet available at 11350 StrangLine Road, beside Interstate 35, at $3.7 a square foot, net of taxeas and insurance. "This is something someone could immediately said David Hinchman at CB Commercial Real Estate Group who is marketing the property with Ken The building is owned by the Colorado StatePensiom Fund.
The Fox Hill Medica Center at 109th Street and Roe Avenus in Overland Parkis expanding. "Available medicap space that is not connected directlyh with a hospital is extremely said Bob Fagan at CB Commerciak Real EstateGroup Inc., who is marketing the property with Natalie Wolfe. Ron Bowman, who heads the groupp that bought the buildingin December, said he expects to solicitt bids in 45 days for a 12,000-square-foort addition along Roe Avenue. The new spacwe is to be ready at the startof 1998. Also to be improvexd are the building's lobbies, corridors and parking lot.
The site'sd location and proximity to the highway and residential areasw make it desirable for medicall practices seeking to locate in soutjhJohnson County, Wolfe said. Fox Hill Medica Center, which now contains 38,000 square feet, was built by the formetr Kroh BrothersDevelopment Co. in 1973. Contact Jim Davis with tips for Breakingf Groundat 421-5900, ext. 209, or via E-mail at
"What we need is one company to and the rest will come in he said. Thousands of acres are Foreman noted last week afteer a presentation at a luncheon sponsorexd by the Clay County EconomicDevelopment Council. The area has begub to attract interest -- thanks, in part, to marketing efforts undertaken by Barr Hartat Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative Inc. in Platte City. The best-knowm prospect to survey the land wasthe Harley-Davidson Motot Co., which decided last year to builx a motorcycle assembly plant in Platte The site's proximity to Kansas City International Airport helped it win the competition. Plans call for hangard to be built soon onthe 527-acr site.
The first ones could be read by July, so planes can be based The airport serves onlyprivate aircraft. It's designed to relievde traffic at KCI and Downtown Airport witha 4,000-foot runway that can handle small jets. The runway will be extended to 5,50 feet when federal funds become available, perhaps in two to five Foreman said. Think the Clay Count y airport is too far out in the sticks to generate much notice fromindustrial developers?? Think again, because Kansas City's industrialo real estate market is one of the hottesty in the nation. It ranks No. 8 in a new surveyh by ValuationInternational Ltd. of Atlanta.
This rankingg becomes more prominent because the survey revealed that industrialp real estate continues to bethe nation'se most vibrant category. These propertiews remain popularacquisition targets, and littled space is anticipated to be addeds this year, so prices are expected to continur rising. Kansas City's 3 percent industrial vacancyrate -- 5 milliojn square feet is available in a market containing 167 milliob square feet -- is one-third the national Almost 2.5 million square feet was absorbed annually from 1993 througy 1996 in Kansas City, according to but only 800,000 square feet a year is forecast to be builty through 1999.
Further proof of the local industriaol market's strength comes from notice beinyg paid to warehouse space beinf vacated by LennoxIndustries Inc. in Lenexa. The air conditionintg and heating manufacturer is converting the regional operation into one that focuse on Kansas City after determiningh it can supply productsmore effectively. Lennox is making 114,6145 square feet available at 11350 StrangLine Road, beside Interstate 35, at $3.7 a square foot, net of taxeas and insurance. "This is something someone could immediately said David Hinchman at CB Commercial Real Estate Group who is marketing the property with Ken The building is owned by the Colorado StatePensiom Fund.
The Fox Hill Medica Center at 109th Street and Roe Avenus in Overland Parkis expanding. "Available medicap space that is not connected directlyh with a hospital is extremely said Bob Fagan at CB Commerciak Real EstateGroup Inc., who is marketing the property with Natalie Wolfe. Ron Bowman, who heads the groupp that bought the buildingin December, said he expects to solicitt bids in 45 days for a 12,000-square-foort addition along Roe Avenue. The new spacwe is to be ready at the startof 1998. Also to be improvexd are the building's lobbies, corridors and parking lot.
The site'sd location and proximity to the highway and residential areasw make it desirable for medicall practices seeking to locate in soutjhJohnson County, Wolfe said. Fox Hill Medica Center, which now contains 38,000 square feet, was built by the formetr Kroh BrothersDevelopment Co. in 1973. Contact Jim Davis with tips for Breakingf Groundat 421-5900, ext. 209, or via E-mail at
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