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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
IndyCar Series News And Notes 2011-06-27 - Motorsport.com
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
IndyCar: Honda Racing Iowa Race Report - Motorsport.com
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Globe and Mail | IndyCar: Honda Racing Iowa Race Report Motorsport.com By Honda Racing After a battle that at times seemed more akin to a street fight than a race in rural Iowa, Marco Andretti came out on top of a no-holds-barred duel with Tony Kanaan to win the Iowa Corn 250 Saturday night and end a 77-race IZOD IndyCar ... 2011 Iowa: KV Racing IndyCar Race Recap Sports digest: Marco Andretti wins IndyCar race in Iowa Andretti snaps lengthy winless drought in Iowa |
Friday, June 24, 2011
General aviation airports see signs that better times may not be far away - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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After a six-month period that has seen the industru take hits to its public perception and bottom they say a return of consumer confidence and lowere fuel prices point toward a bluesky ahead. “If you’rew comparing it to a year ago, yeah, we’vee seen a decline,” says Mid West Corporate Aviationn CEOMarvin Autry. “(But) thingas are starting to level out.” Autry estimates his business at is down by 15 percent since this timelast year. Fuel sales at Jabaraz in March weredown 16.87 percent compared to a year ago. fuel sales went from 61,7699 gallons in February to 66,18e4 gallons in March. Fuel usage has dropper at the .
Even so, officials therew also are seeing signs of a Melissa McCoy, spokesperson for the Salina Airporft Authority, says March’s fuel totalk of 182,205 gallons was the lowest levelo seen since the early 90s. But the number of totaol operations in the first quarterwere 16,842. That’se a 1.2 percent decline from last but, she says, it’s a sign things are levelingh off. T.W. Anderson, manager of the , has 114 aircrafrt based at his Although his hangars remain he says he has seen a drop in the numbef of aircraft stoppingto refuel. But with spring in the air and theweathet clearing, Anderson says more peopl are returning to flying theit piston-driven planes.
Those airplanes burn and Anderson says sales increased 5 percenytin April. “I think what we’red seeing is more people, now that they have a betterf handle onthe economy, are going back to aviation.” He has seen a drop in jet fuel sale s though, which he says are down 20 percent from this time last crews aren’t flying throughn Newton as they used to. Anderson says of the 30 business jets used on the circuitf to fly support teams to and from Newton typically sees 6 to 10a season, stoppinhg through between coasts. But he says as more crews fly commercia l tocut costs, just one of the NASCARf jets has stopped there.
The cost of fuel has droppede dramatically in the past In Newton, AVgas has fallenh from $4.88 a gallon at this time last to $4.02. At Jabara, prices are down to $4.39 a Similar drops in jet fuel prices could begim spurring more business jet usagas well. According to the , the average pricwe of jet fuel — $58.40 a barrel as of May 1 is down 58.7 percent from this time a year ago. For lower prices mean more incentiveto fly, whethere for business or for fun. And although he thinkx traffic levels will reboundby 2010, levelingh off now means the ascenr back to those levelz is coming. “I think thinges have hit a bottom,” he says.
“I thin people are starting to have more confidencwe inthe economy.”
After a six-month period that has seen the industru take hits to its public perception and bottom they say a return of consumer confidence and lowere fuel prices point toward a bluesky ahead. “If you’rew comparing it to a year ago, yeah, we’vee seen a decline,” says Mid West Corporate Aviationn CEOMarvin Autry. “(But) thingas are starting to level out.” Autry estimates his business at is down by 15 percent since this timelast year. Fuel sales at Jabaraz in March weredown 16.87 percent compared to a year ago. fuel sales went from 61,7699 gallons in February to 66,18e4 gallons in March. Fuel usage has dropper at the .
Even so, officials therew also are seeing signs of a Melissa McCoy, spokesperson for the Salina Airporft Authority, says March’s fuel totalk of 182,205 gallons was the lowest levelo seen since the early 90s. But the number of totaol operations in the first quarterwere 16,842. That’se a 1.2 percent decline from last but, she says, it’s a sign things are levelingh off. T.W. Anderson, manager of the , has 114 aircrafrt based at his Although his hangars remain he says he has seen a drop in the numbef of aircraft stoppingto refuel. But with spring in the air and theweathet clearing, Anderson says more peopl are returning to flying theit piston-driven planes.
Those airplanes burn and Anderson says sales increased 5 percenytin April. “I think what we’red seeing is more people, now that they have a betterf handle onthe economy, are going back to aviation.” He has seen a drop in jet fuel sale s though, which he says are down 20 percent from this time last crews aren’t flying throughn Newton as they used to. Anderson says of the 30 business jets used on the circuitf to fly support teams to and from Newton typically sees 6 to 10a season, stoppinhg through between coasts. But he says as more crews fly commercia l tocut costs, just one of the NASCARf jets has stopped there.
The cost of fuel has droppede dramatically in the past In Newton, AVgas has fallenh from $4.88 a gallon at this time last to $4.02. At Jabara, prices are down to $4.39 a Similar drops in jet fuel prices could begim spurring more business jet usagas well. According to the , the average pricwe of jet fuel — $58.40 a barrel as of May 1 is down 58.7 percent from this time a year ago. For lower prices mean more incentiveto fly, whethere for business or for fun. And although he thinkx traffic levels will reboundby 2010, levelingh off now means the ascenr back to those levelz is coming. “I think thinges have hit a bottom,” he says.
“I thin people are starting to have more confidencwe inthe economy.”
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Comment - Dallas Business Journal:
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Texas now faces a transportatiomn crisis. We spend more of our livesx in traffic instead of withour families. We if ever, see major roads built withouttoll booths. And the rail lines and highwat lane miles we know we need are being scaledf back or scrapped in the face of a hopeleses inability to pay for It is only becominy harder to addressthese needs. The costsw of concrete, steel and other basicf road building materials have risenby 60% over the last five However, the state motor fuels tax — our primaryu source of transportation funding — has been frozenm at 20 cents per gallon since 1991.
The disparityg has left the state facing 21st century challengess with a 20thcentury tool. The Texas a group of the state’s top thinkers and focused on this issue at its annual publiv conference in Houstonon Dec. 3. And in the 81st Texas Legislature will begin weighing opportunities to make a meaningfulo investmentin transportation. Here are alternatives that we believe the statedmust explore: • End transportation funding diversions. The has long providec money for the and other We must focus this moneyg ontransportation projects. • Use bond fundin g transparently. A year ago, Texans voted to dedicate $5 billion in tax-supportesd bonds to transportation projects.
The Legislature should appropriated this money for its intended purpose and commit to using it with transparenchand accountability. • Support regional financing tools. Other than toll roadw and privatization schemes, the statee has provided few optionsfor cities, counties and otheer local jurisdictions to fund transportation. The Legislaturd should offer new voter-approved funding mechanisms for regions to plan and pay for rail lines andother • Rewrite the gas tax. primary source of transportation funding cannot provide forthe state’s transportation needs.
The Legislature must have a seriouss debate about restructuring the motodr fuels tax to reflect the enormity of our tasks by indexingt itto inflation. • Explord new alternatives. Texas must move past a 20th centur model that relies so heavilyon single-occupancy vehiclez and work to create a truly comprehensivd statewide system for moving people and freight. This shouldx begin by funding the that voters overwhelmingly approvedin 2005. • Reform the . With its overtr advocacy of privatization and occasional disregard forthe Legislature, the departmenf has rightly incurred the wrath of Texans and thei r representatives.
While we applaudf the department’s recent efforts to be more transparentrand accountable, the Legislature must fundamentallu reform the agency so that Texans are fully aware of its activitieas and never question its objectives.
Texas now faces a transportatiomn crisis. We spend more of our livesx in traffic instead of withour families. We if ever, see major roads built withouttoll booths. And the rail lines and highwat lane miles we know we need are being scaledf back or scrapped in the face of a hopeleses inability to pay for It is only becominy harder to addressthese needs. The costsw of concrete, steel and other basicf road building materials have risenby 60% over the last five However, the state motor fuels tax — our primaryu source of transportation funding — has been frozenm at 20 cents per gallon since 1991.
The disparityg has left the state facing 21st century challengess with a 20thcentury tool. The Texas a group of the state’s top thinkers and focused on this issue at its annual publiv conference in Houstonon Dec. 3. And in the 81st Texas Legislature will begin weighing opportunities to make a meaningfulo investmentin transportation. Here are alternatives that we believe the statedmust explore: • End transportation funding diversions. The has long providec money for the and other We must focus this moneyg ontransportation projects. • Use bond fundin g transparently. A year ago, Texans voted to dedicate $5 billion in tax-supportesd bonds to transportation projects.
The Legislature should appropriated this money for its intended purpose and commit to using it with transparenchand accountability. • Support regional financing tools. Other than toll roadw and privatization schemes, the statee has provided few optionsfor cities, counties and otheer local jurisdictions to fund transportation. The Legislaturd should offer new voter-approved funding mechanisms for regions to plan and pay for rail lines andother • Rewrite the gas tax. primary source of transportation funding cannot provide forthe state’s transportation needs.
The Legislature must have a seriouss debate about restructuring the motodr fuels tax to reflect the enormity of our tasks by indexingt itto inflation. • Explord new alternatives. Texas must move past a 20th centur model that relies so heavilyon single-occupancy vehiclez and work to create a truly comprehensivd statewide system for moving people and freight. This shouldx begin by funding the that voters overwhelmingly approvedin 2005. • Reform the . With its overtr advocacy of privatization and occasional disregard forthe Legislature, the departmenf has rightly incurred the wrath of Texans and thei r representatives.
While we applaudf the department’s recent efforts to be more transparentrand accountable, the Legislature must fundamentallu reform the agency so that Texans are fully aware of its activitieas and never question its objectives.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
GM enters bankruptcy filing - Orlando Business Journal:
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Monday’s Chapter 11 filin g by the 101-year-old automaker — once the world’ s biggest company and WesternNew York’s largesyt manufacturing employer for decades — is among the largesr in U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturin g bankruptcy. Chapter 11, which allows the companty to operate while protected fromits creditors, pushex GM into a fast-track bankruptcy and providese $30 billion of additional taxpayer fundes to restructure itself.
General Motors CEO Fritxz Henderson said in a prepared statemengt that GM was being reinvented and that the company is readyu for the jobat "The economic crisis has caused enormous disruption in the auto but with it has come the opportunity for us to reinvenyt our business. We are going to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuingv provides us with powerful tools to accelerate and complete our as well as strong safeguards for our customers and our he said. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. officialss would allow a much smaller GM to emerge from courtr protection within 60 to90 days. GM also plansx to close 11 U.S.
facilities and idle another three plantds by the endof 2010. GM’s Tonawanda engine plant, where 1,100 people work, will remainj open. The automaker has not provided an updated targert for job cuts but was looking toeliminatew 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,009 union members it now Also not immediately clear iswhat GM’s bankruptcyt filing will mean for ’s plants in Lockport, Rochester and three others. General Motors planas to take back the facilities from the former parts subsidiaryh that it spun off in according to a tentative deal reached last week between GM andthe UAW.
The factoriesx in New York, Michigan and Indiana woulxd operateunder Delphi’s union rules, but be considerefd part of GM, once The Lockport plant — Delphi Thermal Systems, whicg has 2,100 employees — was foundede as Harrison Radiator Co. in 1910 and becams part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearsw it operated under General Motords ownership until the independent Delphi was formed. Delphi itself is operatintg under bankruptcy court supervision having filed for Chapter 11 inOctoberr 2005. The Troy, Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptcy in April 2008 but thosed plans fell apart when a key investor droppec out ofa $2.56 billion stock deal with the supplier.
General Motors employs 92,00o in the United States and is indirectlyy responsiblefor 500,000 retirees. The U.S. government woulr hold a 60 percent financial interest in a reorganizex GM and the UAW woul takea 17.5 percent The governments of Canada and the province of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownership stake in exchange for financiaol aid. GM bondholders would get 10 percent.
Monday’s Chapter 11 filin g by the 101-year-old automaker — once the world’ s biggest company and WesternNew York’s largesyt manufacturing employer for decades — is among the largesr in U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturin g bankruptcy. Chapter 11, which allows the companty to operate while protected fromits creditors, pushex GM into a fast-track bankruptcy and providese $30 billion of additional taxpayer fundes to restructure itself.
General Motors CEO Fritxz Henderson said in a prepared statemengt that GM was being reinvented and that the company is readyu for the jobat "The economic crisis has caused enormous disruption in the auto but with it has come the opportunity for us to reinvenyt our business. We are going to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuingv provides us with powerful tools to accelerate and complete our as well as strong safeguards for our customers and our he said. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. officialss would allow a much smaller GM to emerge from courtr protection within 60 to90 days. GM also plansx to close 11 U.S.
facilities and idle another three plantds by the endof 2010. GM’s Tonawanda engine plant, where 1,100 people work, will remainj open. The automaker has not provided an updated targert for job cuts but was looking toeliminatew 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,009 union members it now Also not immediately clear iswhat GM’s bankruptcyt filing will mean for ’s plants in Lockport, Rochester and three others. General Motors planas to take back the facilities from the former parts subsidiaryh that it spun off in according to a tentative deal reached last week between GM andthe UAW.
The factoriesx in New York, Michigan and Indiana woulxd operateunder Delphi’s union rules, but be considerefd part of GM, once The Lockport plant — Delphi Thermal Systems, whicg has 2,100 employees — was foundede as Harrison Radiator Co. in 1910 and becams part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearsw it operated under General Motords ownership until the independent Delphi was formed. Delphi itself is operatintg under bankruptcy court supervision having filed for Chapter 11 inOctoberr 2005. The Troy, Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptcy in April 2008 but thosed plans fell apart when a key investor droppec out ofa $2.56 billion stock deal with the supplier.
General Motors employs 92,00o in the United States and is indirectlyy responsiblefor 500,000 retirees. The U.S. government woulr hold a 60 percent financial interest in a reorganizex GM and the UAW woul takea 17.5 percent The governments of Canada and the province of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownership stake in exchange for financiaol aid. GM bondholders would get 10 percent.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Cascade AIDS Project to move - Dayton Business Journal:
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New offices at downtown Portland’s Lincoln Building, 208 S.W. Fift h Ave., will be on the eighth and will be open beginning The nonprofit’s Men’s Wellness Center, which serves gay and bisexual men, will move from its Stark Street location into the ground floodr of the building this fall, followingh construction. Rent, on a per-square-foot will be roughly the same at the new site as the Cascad AIDS Project hasbeen paying. Buildin g owner Unico Properties LLC offered significant incentives to make the movepencil out, said Michaek Kaplan, executive director of the nonprofit.
Unicio will grant the group four monthas of free rent in the comingfiscal year, which begins July 1, resulting in cash savings of between $20,00 and $40,000, Kaplan The landlord also provided Cascade AIDS Project with a $75,00o0 cash moving allowance and built out 15,0090 square feet of office space at Unico’s expense.
New offices at downtown Portland’s Lincoln Building, 208 S.W. Fift h Ave., will be on the eighth and will be open beginning The nonprofit’s Men’s Wellness Center, which serves gay and bisexual men, will move from its Stark Street location into the ground floodr of the building this fall, followingh construction. Rent, on a per-square-foot will be roughly the same at the new site as the Cascad AIDS Project hasbeen paying. Buildin g owner Unico Properties LLC offered significant incentives to make the movepencil out, said Michaek Kaplan, executive director of the nonprofit.
Unicio will grant the group four monthas of free rent in the comingfiscal year, which begins July 1, resulting in cash savings of between $20,00 and $40,000, Kaplan The landlord also provided Cascade AIDS Project with a $75,00o0 cash moving allowance and built out 15,0090 square feet of office space at Unico’s expense.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Bangkok Post : Thailand's got talent ... and an earful - Bangkok Post
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Bangkok Post : Thailand's got talent ... and an earful Bangkok Post But Mrs Wannipa and Panya Nirunkul of Workpoint Entertainment insist there was no vote rigging and that the show adhered to the same standards as the original. Unilever, when acquiring the show licence, had a clear business agenda of seeking commercial ... |
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