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San Antonio-based SBC (NYSE: SBC) will provid the Major League Baseball team with Voice over InternetProtocoo (VoIP) service and dedicated Internet access to suppor that system. Financial terms of the agreement were not Team officials say the new system shoulfd enhance ticket sales and busines s operations once the Cardinals move into the new Busch Stadiumin 2006. SBC companies are now the primary providersof data, network and voiced services for the National Leaguer team. Joe Abernathy, vice president of stadium operationes forthe Cardinals, says the team selected SBC because they needed a reliable supplier for their new communications system.
"We'rwe thrilled to have a smalpl role in the growing excitement over thenew St. Louisa ballpark," Bob Ferguson, group president and CEO of SBC EnterprisreBusiness Services, says. "Our IP services will streamlines daily operations for the Cardinals and will help toensurs top-notch service for Cardinals fans." SBC provides data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising servicesd to homes and businesses.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Daytona 500 delayed by rain; no word on when it'll start - Detroit Free Press
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Daytona 500 delayed by rain; no word on when it'll start Detroit Free Press Brad Keselowski'ss car sits on pit road as rain falls before the Daytona 500 today. / Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images By Mark Long Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. â€" NASCAR's premier event, the season-opening Daytona 500, is being delayed by rain. |
Friday, February 24, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
San Antonio gets $12.9 million for defense projects - Austin Business Journal:
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million for defense-related projects in San Antonio, accordin to U.S. Rep. Ciro D-San Antonio, who serves on the committee. A planne d upgrade of an aircraft maintenance buildinbg at Kelly Annex Field has been approvedfor $7.9 million in federall funding. The funding will be used to bring the buildin up to code compliance to provide a placrwhere F-16 fighter jets can be properly maintained. In $5 million was authorized for a program to produces unmanned aerial vehicles that use Blacklight Nightr VisionAdvanced Technology, which is manufacture by San Antonio-based This technology allows for the deployment of miniature dronews to provide site-specific surveillance information.
“San Antoniop continues to be a military leader in operations and the advancemenytof technology,” says Congressman Rodriguez. “These authorizatione will bolster the ability of our troopx to do their jobs more safelyand efficiently.”
million for defense-related projects in San Antonio, accordin to U.S. Rep. Ciro D-San Antonio, who serves on the committee. A planne d upgrade of an aircraft maintenance buildinbg at Kelly Annex Field has been approvedfor $7.9 million in federall funding. The funding will be used to bring the buildin up to code compliance to provide a placrwhere F-16 fighter jets can be properly maintained. In $5 million was authorized for a program to produces unmanned aerial vehicles that use Blacklight Nightr VisionAdvanced Technology, which is manufacture by San Antonio-based This technology allows for the deployment of miniature dronews to provide site-specific surveillance information.
“San Antoniop continues to be a military leader in operations and the advancemenytof technology,” says Congressman Rodriguez. “These authorizatione will bolster the ability of our troopx to do their jobs more safelyand efficiently.”
Monday, February 20, 2012
Monday Puzzle Love - New York Times (blog)
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New York Times (blog) | Monday Puzzle Love New York Times (blog) Administrivial New Puzzle Goodness Alert! The constructor Matt Gaffney now has his own purty Web site chock full of puzzle goodness. You can do his puzzle contests and find his books if you click right here. By Samuel A. Donaldson MONDAY'S PUZZLE â€" I ... |
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Numero uno crumble against Pak pace, spin - Hindustan Times
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Hindustan Times | Numero uno crumble against Pak pace, spin Hindustan Times Pakistan cricketer Umar Gul (C) celebrates with his teammates after he dismissed England's Eoin Morgan (unseen) during their fourth day of the third and final Test match in Dubai. AFP Photo/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic ... Pakistan beat England to threaten India's Test ranking |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Report: Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell 11 European breweries - bizjournals:
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Le Soir said the world’s largest brewed was selling its central European operations becaused it is fragmentedand non-strategic and plansw to focus on its north and south America operations instead, according to The breweries are in Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Czec Republic, Serbia and Montenegro. , Kohlber Kravis Roberts and are among privatse equity groups that have expressed interesf inthe assets, the Financiap Times of London reported Monday. A-B InBec wants to sell off assets as it triews to raise money to reduce the debt it took on when itboughrt St.
Louis-based Anheuser-Busch last year for $52 “We are contemplating disposalsx of certain assets tohelp re-finance the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch, as previously announced,” Marianne an A-B InBev spokeswoman, wrote in an e-mail to the Business Journal. “However, we cannot commentf at this stage on which businessex specifically wouldbe considered. Anheuser-Buscjh InBev's decision will be based on a diligent review of the strategif and financial consequences ofany divestment, with the goal of creatinbg the best opportunities and value for all constituents. We will not commen t on who has approached us forwhich assets.
” In A-B InBev reached an agreemenr to to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Le Soir said the world’s largest brewed was selling its central European operations becaused it is fragmentedand non-strategic and plansw to focus on its north and south America operations instead, according to The breweries are in Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Czec Republic, Serbia and Montenegro. , Kohlber Kravis Roberts and are among privatse equity groups that have expressed interesf inthe assets, the Financiap Times of London reported Monday. A-B InBec wants to sell off assets as it triews to raise money to reduce the debt it took on when itboughrt St.
Louis-based Anheuser-Busch last year for $52 “We are contemplating disposalsx of certain assets tohelp re-finance the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch, as previously announced,” Marianne an A-B InBev spokeswoman, wrote in an e-mail to the Business Journal. “However, we cannot commentf at this stage on which businessex specifically wouldbe considered. Anheuser-Buscjh InBev's decision will be based on a diligent review of the strategif and financial consequences ofany divestment, with the goal of creatinbg the best opportunities and value for all constituents. We will not commen t on who has approached us forwhich assets.
” In A-B InBev reached an agreemenr to to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Trilogy Development filing: $830,256 in assets, $119.8 million in liabilities - Kansas City Business Journal:
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million in total liabilities. Trilogy declared Chaptert 11 bankruptcy onMay 15, the latesty development in the long saga of the offic and retail project near the Country Club The project, which was advertising magnate Bob Bernstein’s development plan to house his namesake Bernstein-Rein, ran into trouble when disputesd with delayed construction indefinitely. Most of the liabilitied are in the form of secured claimsby Trilogy’sx lender and bank. in Madison, Wis., claime it is owed $61.7 millioj in secured debt. Meanwhile, holds nearly $32 million in claims. Several unsecuredr creditors are askingfor $26.1 million. Amongy those are JE Dunn, which claimsw $13.
8 million from an arbitration judgment enteredagainst Trilogy. Also holdinb significant claimsare LLC, which was slated to resumew construction in JE Dunn’s place, with a $3.63 millionb claim, and Bernstein himself, with a $3.98 million note payable. A creditor’s meeting is scheduled for June 24.
million in total liabilities. Trilogy declared Chaptert 11 bankruptcy onMay 15, the latesty development in the long saga of the offic and retail project near the Country Club The project, which was advertising magnate Bob Bernstein’s development plan to house his namesake Bernstein-Rein, ran into trouble when disputesd with delayed construction indefinitely. Most of the liabilitied are in the form of secured claimsby Trilogy’sx lender and bank. in Madison, Wis., claime it is owed $61.7 millioj in secured debt. Meanwhile, holds nearly $32 million in claims. Several unsecuredr creditors are askingfor $26.1 million. Amongy those are JE Dunn, which claimsw $13.
8 million from an arbitration judgment enteredagainst Trilogy. Also holdinb significant claimsare LLC, which was slated to resumew construction in JE Dunn’s place, with a $3.63 millionb claim, and Bernstein himself, with a $3.98 million note payable. A creditor’s meeting is scheduled for June 24.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis to build $7 million conference center - Memphis Business Journal:
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The project will include 12,000 squarer feet of new construction spacse in the elbow of the 6029 and 6027officee buildings, both of which face Walnut This piece of the project is primarily the state-of-the-arr Garrett Auditorium with its theater-style seating. The projecr will also include 8,500 squar feet of renovation to existinvg facilities to make way for five classroomsa with movable walls that can make twolarge rooms. Scott Fountain, Baptist’z senior vice president and chiefdevelopmeny officer, says the conference center will be for communityy events, seminars for continuing medicalo education, lectures and Baptist events.
The Baptist system has not had such a meetintg space since it left its Downtown medical centerin 2001. Its former 300-seat auditorium is now used by the chartef school in the20 S. Dudley “But we just had to wait and see how thiswouled fit,” Fountain says. Expansion projects at the hospital, mastef planning directives and the expansion of Walnut Grove Road put the projecrt on hold until it was known what footprint would be availablse onthe campus. The project was completely funded fromexternak sources, Fountain says, so no operating revenuew from the system’s hospitals were used.
Beinhg “mindful of the economy,” funding was plannerd carefully as the conferencwe center isa “luxury, not a revenus generator.” A large portion of the funding was provided by the Garretyt family in honor of pioneering cardiovasculatr surgeon Edward Garrett, who performed the world’xs first successful coronary bypass graft 45 years ago. Garrettr died in 1996. The working name of the overall project is the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Conference Center. Fountain says naminfg rights for the entired center are up for grabseby donors, as well as for the separatse classrooms.
The facility will serve as an information hub forthe system’sa 15 hospitals that will be connected to the center via Fountain says it will be a place for clinicians and physicianse to get the latest health care information without having to Nashville-based , Inc., designed the Harold Petty, the firm’s medical design director, says its unique look was a requiremenft from Baptist. “They wanted it to have an identityu from Walnut Grove Road and have a nicevisuapl impact,” Petty says.
“To do we designed it with the towedr and theart glass, whicyh is a different style of architecture, so it has a uniquwe flair on that part of Bids for construction of the conference center will go out June 1 and constructiohn is slated for a one-year completion.
The project will include 12,000 squarer feet of new construction spacse in the elbow of the 6029 and 6027officee buildings, both of which face Walnut This piece of the project is primarily the state-of-the-arr Garrett Auditorium with its theater-style seating. The projecr will also include 8,500 squar feet of renovation to existinvg facilities to make way for five classroomsa with movable walls that can make twolarge rooms. Scott Fountain, Baptist’z senior vice president and chiefdevelopmeny officer, says the conference center will be for communityy events, seminars for continuing medicalo education, lectures and Baptist events.
The Baptist system has not had such a meetintg space since it left its Downtown medical centerin 2001. Its former 300-seat auditorium is now used by the chartef school in the20 S. Dudley “But we just had to wait and see how thiswouled fit,” Fountain says. Expansion projects at the hospital, mastef planning directives and the expansion of Walnut Grove Road put the projecrt on hold until it was known what footprint would be availablse onthe campus. The project was completely funded fromexternak sources, Fountain says, so no operating revenuew from the system’s hospitals were used.
Beinhg “mindful of the economy,” funding was plannerd carefully as the conferencwe center isa “luxury, not a revenus generator.” A large portion of the funding was provided by the Garretyt family in honor of pioneering cardiovasculatr surgeon Edward Garrett, who performed the world’xs first successful coronary bypass graft 45 years ago. Garrettr died in 1996. The working name of the overall project is the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Conference Center. Fountain says naminfg rights for the entired center are up for grabseby donors, as well as for the separatse classrooms.
The facility will serve as an information hub forthe system’sa 15 hospitals that will be connected to the center via Fountain says it will be a place for clinicians and physicianse to get the latest health care information without having to Nashville-based , Inc., designed the Harold Petty, the firm’s medical design director, says its unique look was a requiremenft from Baptist. “They wanted it to have an identityu from Walnut Grove Road and have a nicevisuapl impact,” Petty says.
“To do we designed it with the towedr and theart glass, whicyh is a different style of architecture, so it has a uniquwe flair on that part of Bids for construction of the conference center will go out June 1 and constructiohn is slated for a one-year completion.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Manpower: Many jobs remain in demand - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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In a study released Thursday by Milwaukee-based , tradee associated with manufacturing remain in highdemand "In the four years we have performed this the same positions appear on the list again and said Jonas Prising, Manpower president of the "Despite the current economic instability and high there are still skills that the U.S. workforcee seems to lack." According to the study, the 10 hardesty jobs to fill are: Each of the 10 job categoriezs on the 2009 list has appeared on the Hardest Jobs to Fill list inthe Technicians, machinist/machine operators and sales representatives have been presenr all four years.
Engineers, drivers and laborersd have appeared three out offour years; and teachers, skilled/manual trades and IT staff have been presen in two of the four yeards Manpower has performed the "While talk has slowed in the U.S. about the pendinh talent shortage, it is becoming more clear that there is atalent disconnect," said Melaniwe Holmes, vice president, world of work solutions for Manpowert North America. "Our work forc e needs to be more open to retraining and upskillingt for jobs that arein demand. And, our business leaders and educationalk facilities need to take action together to ensure student s are being enticed to entedrthese fields." The U.S.
findings are part of a Manpowetr global study that surveyed morethan 39,000p employers across 33 countries and territories in January 2009. Positionxs in the skilled trades, sales, technical work and engineerinf remain the most difficult for employerxs tofill globally. Manpower surveyed more than 2,000o U.S. employers in the fourth annuap survey to determine which position employers are having difficulty filling this An in-depth look at the stud is found at .
In a study released Thursday by Milwaukee-based , tradee associated with manufacturing remain in highdemand "In the four years we have performed this the same positions appear on the list again and said Jonas Prising, Manpower president of the "Despite the current economic instability and high there are still skills that the U.S. workforcee seems to lack." According to the study, the 10 hardesty jobs to fill are: Each of the 10 job categoriezs on the 2009 list has appeared on the Hardest Jobs to Fill list inthe Technicians, machinist/machine operators and sales representatives have been presenr all four years.
Engineers, drivers and laborersd have appeared three out offour years; and teachers, skilled/manual trades and IT staff have been presen in two of the four yeards Manpower has performed the "While talk has slowed in the U.S. about the pendinh talent shortage, it is becoming more clear that there is atalent disconnect," said Melaniwe Holmes, vice president, world of work solutions for Manpowert North America. "Our work forc e needs to be more open to retraining and upskillingt for jobs that arein demand. And, our business leaders and educationalk facilities need to take action together to ensure student s are being enticed to entedrthese fields." The U.S.
findings are part of a Manpowetr global study that surveyed morethan 39,000p employers across 33 countries and territories in January 2009. Positionxs in the skilled trades, sales, technical work and engineerinf remain the most difficult for employerxs tofill globally. Manpower surveyed more than 2,000o U.S. employers in the fourth annuap survey to determine which position employers are having difficulty filling this An in-depth look at the stud is found at .
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Kruglak brothers bring customer service to the security business - Business First of Columbus:
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That year a story aboug Glen andAlan Kruglak’s LLC in the Washingtojn Business Journal — now framed and one of the first things visitorse see — included a photo takemn at the bottom of the stairs in Glen’s house becausr the company didn’t have an office yet. Sevem years later and settled into an office in Genesis Security Systems has grown to 40 peopls androughly $15 million in revenue. Its sweet spot is serving companiews of 100 or more people who need more securityy than the standard key cardaccess systems. Clientds include , CB . and USA Today. Business is off a bit this Roughly 25 percentof Genesis’ work comeas from new construction, which is slow.
Yet the Kruglak report a strong Apriland May, largely becausr they got more aggressive with salezs and also negotiated lowed rates with suppliers. This isn’f the Kruglaks’ first go-round in the securityg business. The brothers grew up working intheir parents’ downtownj D.C. music store during the 1960s and That business eventually morphedinto GIC, a security systemws integrator, which the Kruglaks sold in 1995. The brothere were enjoying a nice early retirement when they receive d visits from two former Chris Foster andEd Simon, in 2002.
They all felt that person-to-personm customer service in the security industry was decliningt because the big corporations taking over the industry were unwieldy. Service calls were taking too Proposals would take weeks to land ona client’ds desk. Could they start their own business? The answer came quickly, as word leakex out to former GIC customers. Genesis had its first client before the company openedan office. Foster and Simonb are now partners. A secret to their learned at GIC and appliedto Genesis, is to treat customerss with the retail mentality of “How can I help Traditionally, security companies functioned more like contractors.
Clients outlined theirf needs, then asked for But “sometimes clients don’t really understanx the solution tothe problem,” Glen says. Back on thosew Saturdays in the music the brothers had becomr information sources for customers looking for updateds on the latest records hittingthe shelves. They wanted their salesz team to function thesame way. “We’rse in a relationship business, and a relationship businessd focuseson service,” Alan says. “If you take care of they staywith you. It’xs really not that complex.” Roughl y four years ago, Genesis landed AARP as a customer.
The organizationh for retirees dumped its previous supplier over customer service problems. Larry AARP’s safety and security liked one thing in particular about The owners aredirectly involved, not because they have to be, but becaus e they seem to enjoy it. Founders set the vision of whers they want a companyto go, he “If they’re good at it and they’re they’ve implemented that into their company and theie people.” The importance of customerf service is just one the lessons the Kruglaks have learned along the way. They also got an education in Their first company ran into debt problem s inthe 1980s, something they have vowe to never repeat.
The Kruglaks say Genesise is debt free and maintains atleast $1 million in cash reserve at all times. The Kruglaks also learned to seek recurrinv revenue streams and becomemore efficient. By keepinb all of the company’s trucks fully stocked, Genesise can quickly dispatch nearby technicians to bring missing with the help of a GPS systemm that constantly tracks all its Keep an unrelenting focus onthe company’s customers.Become more efficienr by standardizing your operations.
What it does: Securitgy system design, installation, monitoring and maintenance
That year a story aboug Glen andAlan Kruglak’s LLC in the Washingtojn Business Journal — now framed and one of the first things visitorse see — included a photo takemn at the bottom of the stairs in Glen’s house becausr the company didn’t have an office yet. Sevem years later and settled into an office in Genesis Security Systems has grown to 40 peopls androughly $15 million in revenue. Its sweet spot is serving companiews of 100 or more people who need more securityy than the standard key cardaccess systems. Clientds include , CB . and USA Today. Business is off a bit this Roughly 25 percentof Genesis’ work comeas from new construction, which is slow.
Yet the Kruglak report a strong Apriland May, largely becausr they got more aggressive with salezs and also negotiated lowed rates with suppliers. This isn’f the Kruglaks’ first go-round in the securityg business. The brothers grew up working intheir parents’ downtownj D.C. music store during the 1960s and That business eventually morphedinto GIC, a security systemws integrator, which the Kruglaks sold in 1995. The brothere were enjoying a nice early retirement when they receive d visits from two former Chris Foster andEd Simon, in 2002.
They all felt that person-to-personm customer service in the security industry was decliningt because the big corporations taking over the industry were unwieldy. Service calls were taking too Proposals would take weeks to land ona client’ds desk. Could they start their own business? The answer came quickly, as word leakex out to former GIC customers. Genesis had its first client before the company openedan office. Foster and Simonb are now partners. A secret to their learned at GIC and appliedto Genesis, is to treat customerss with the retail mentality of “How can I help Traditionally, security companies functioned more like contractors.
Clients outlined theirf needs, then asked for But “sometimes clients don’t really understanx the solution tothe problem,” Glen says. Back on thosew Saturdays in the music the brothers had becomr information sources for customers looking for updateds on the latest records hittingthe shelves. They wanted their salesz team to function thesame way. “We’rse in a relationship business, and a relationship businessd focuseson service,” Alan says. “If you take care of they staywith you. It’xs really not that complex.” Roughl y four years ago, Genesis landed AARP as a customer.
The organizationh for retirees dumped its previous supplier over customer service problems. Larry AARP’s safety and security liked one thing in particular about The owners aredirectly involved, not because they have to be, but becaus e they seem to enjoy it. Founders set the vision of whers they want a companyto go, he “If they’re good at it and they’re they’ve implemented that into their company and theie people.” The importance of customerf service is just one the lessons the Kruglaks have learned along the way. They also got an education in Their first company ran into debt problem s inthe 1980s, something they have vowe to never repeat.
The Kruglaks say Genesise is debt free and maintains atleast $1 million in cash reserve at all times. The Kruglaks also learned to seek recurrinv revenue streams and becomemore efficient. By keepinb all of the company’s trucks fully stocked, Genesise can quickly dispatch nearby technicians to bring missing with the help of a GPS systemm that constantly tracks all its Keep an unrelenting focus onthe company’s customers.Become more efficienr by standardizing your operations.
What it does: Securitgy system design, installation, monitoring and maintenance
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sydney take new direction - Sportal.com.au
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Sydney Morning Herald | Sydney take new direction Sportal.com.au Sydney FC's hunt for a new coach will begin immediately with the emphasis on bringing entertaining footb » |
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