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The American Recovery and Reinvestmeng Act gave a break to former employee of companies with 20 or more employees by providing a subsidyg that cuts the cost ofCOBRA health-care coverage by 65 percent. Illinois is extendinbg the same break to workersx laid off fromsmaller companies. The bill signeed by Quinn provides a 65 percent healthh insurance payment subsidy to those who workerd for companies with fewer than20 employees. The bill give s employees of small businesses who lost theirt jobsafter Sept. 1, 2008, and who declineed COBRA because of itshigh costs, a second chance to enterd the program.
Under this plan, those formerf workers can continue their health insurance coverage and receivre a 65 percent premium The law also provides up to an additionapl three months of coverage for manyformere employees. Sen. Susan Garrett, D-Highwood, and Rep. Karen May, sponsored the legislation.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
TXCO Resources reports net loss for 2008 - San Antonio Business Journal:
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million for 2008. This compares to net incomd of $940,000, or 3 cents per dilutexd share, on revenues of $93.9 millionm in 2007. The company’s net cash from operating activities roseto $100.6 millioj from $69.4 million in 2007. Earnings befor e income taxes, interest expense, depreciation, depletion, impairment and abandonment expenses was also up for the yearto $89.y6 million, or $2.59 per share, compared to $52.9 million, or $1.52 per share, in 2007. impairment expenses were sharply higher in 2008 reflecting suspension ofthe company’as San Miguel oil sands pilot projects once commodith prices began declining.
“TXCO’s leasehol d assets have excellent prospects but currently we face extraordinarhy challenges following the unprecedented collapsed in oil and gas prices that occurref latelast year,” says CEO James E. Sigmon. TXCO is an independentf oil and gas company with interests in theMavericm Basin, the onshore Gulf Coast region and the Marfa Basin in Texas. The company also drills in the Mid-continent regionj of western Oklahoma.
million for 2008. This compares to net incomd of $940,000, or 3 cents per dilutexd share, on revenues of $93.9 millionm in 2007. The company’s net cash from operating activities roseto $100.6 millioj from $69.4 million in 2007. Earnings befor e income taxes, interest expense, depreciation, depletion, impairment and abandonment expenses was also up for the yearto $89.y6 million, or $2.59 per share, compared to $52.9 million, or $1.52 per share, in 2007. impairment expenses were sharply higher in 2008 reflecting suspension ofthe company’as San Miguel oil sands pilot projects once commodith prices began declining.
“TXCO’s leasehol d assets have excellent prospects but currently we face extraordinarhy challenges following the unprecedented collapsed in oil and gas prices that occurref latelast year,” says CEO James E. Sigmon. TXCO is an independentf oil and gas company with interests in theMavericm Basin, the onshore Gulf Coast region and the Marfa Basin in Texas. The company also drills in the Mid-continent regionj of western Oklahoma.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Less play time equals more troubled kids, experts say - USA Today
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USA Today | Less play time equals more troubled kids, experts say USA Today But in this era of hyper-vigilant parenting, researchers find that children in the United States have far less time to play than kids of 50 years ago, a trend that may have serious consequences for their development and mental health. ... |
Friday, September 23, 2011
Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’ s Westwood medical building. He said that it now take 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billio to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its efforts to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutions seekinhg new designations begins with submission of documentatioj that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visitf and other steps. The earliest that KU Cance Center’s application could be approvedx is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancee centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supportt research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalit y rates of cancer. There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensive cancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicnh is the medical research and education arm of the University of NCIdesignation — KU’s No. 1 priority typically is granted to academicmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medicakl Center is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edg e clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annualk economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financint from thecurrent $7.5 million to about $40 NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-clasa researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is basexd on that. Many of these researchers doublras clinicians, adding expertise and deptn in various cancer-care sub-specialties.
Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’ s Westwood medical building. He said that it now take 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billio to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its efforts to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutions seekinhg new designations begins with submission of documentatioj that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visitf and other steps. The earliest that KU Cance Center’s application could be approvedx is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancee centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supportt research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalit y rates of cancer. There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensive cancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicnh is the medical research and education arm of the University of NCIdesignation — KU’s No. 1 priority typically is granted to academicmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medicakl Center is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edg e clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annualk economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financint from thecurrent $7.5 million to about $40 NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-clasa researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is basexd on that. Many of these researchers doublras clinicians, adding expertise and deptn in various cancer-care sub-specialties.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Realtors to launch foreclosure courses - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosurse and shortsales course. And the was giveh $8,050 to develop a course and DVD for consumers and agentes on the legal risks associated with foreclosures andshort sales. also was awarded $6,000 to host a Realtort training course on helping consumers who are behinxd ontheir mortgages. The national associatiomn gave out morethan $3 milliomn to different city associations to help resolve the growinh foreclosure problem.
“Realtors build communities, and as the leading advocate for homeownership andhousing issues, we believe that any famil y that loses its home to foreclosure is one family too NAR President Charles McMillan, a broket with in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures affect each community which is why NAR is providinb the Foreclosure Prevention and Response grants directly to local and state Realtor associations so that they candevelop unique, coordinated action plans to prevent foreclosures and minimizre their adverse effects on the community.
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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosurse and shortsales course. And the was giveh $8,050 to develop a course and DVD for consumers and agentes on the legal risks associated with foreclosures andshort sales. also was awarded $6,000 to host a Realtort training course on helping consumers who are behinxd ontheir mortgages. The national associatiomn gave out morethan $3 milliomn to different city associations to help resolve the growinh foreclosure problem.
“Realtors build communities, and as the leading advocate for homeownership andhousing issues, we believe that any famil y that loses its home to foreclosure is one family too NAR President Charles McMillan, a broket with in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures affect each community which is why NAR is providinb the Foreclosure Prevention and Response grants directly to local and state Realtor associations so that they candevelop unique, coordinated action plans to prevent foreclosures and minimizre their adverse effects on the community.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credit unionzs based oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinqueng loans and other factors. Bauer's ratingg ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 Of the 10 larges t South Florida credit unions by six maintaineda five-star (superior) IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightstar Credit Uniomn held on to their four stars (excellent) in the firstg quarter. They had been downgraded from five starss in thethird quarter. Priority One Credit Unio in Sunrise fell from to three stars from four starx in the first quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.6 percent of whicyh were nonperforming.
, South Florida’a second-largest credit union with $738 million in held on to its threer stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threde stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourth ThePembroke Pines-based credit uniohn counted 1.74 percent of its assets as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beac also hadthree stars. , the largest in Soutjh Floridawith $1.62 billion in remained the only credit union in the statew rated zero stars by The Miramar-based credit uniomn counted 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorshiop by Florida regulators on April 24 aftetr heavy losses and the ousted its management.
Space Coast Credit Union has shown an in acquiringEasternm Financial.
The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credit unionzs based oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinqueng loans and other factors. Bauer's ratingg ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 Of the 10 larges t South Florida credit unions by six maintaineda five-star (superior) IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightstar Credit Uniomn held on to their four stars (excellent) in the firstg quarter. They had been downgraded from five starss in thethird quarter. Priority One Credit Unio in Sunrise fell from to three stars from four starx in the first quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.6 percent of whicyh were nonperforming.
, South Florida’a second-largest credit union with $738 million in held on to its threer stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threde stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourth ThePembroke Pines-based credit uniohn counted 1.74 percent of its assets as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beac also hadthree stars. , the largest in Soutjh Floridawith $1.62 billion in remained the only credit union in the statew rated zero stars by The Miramar-based credit uniomn counted 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorshiop by Florida regulators on April 24 aftetr heavy losses and the ousted its management.
Space Coast Credit Union has shown an in acquiringEasternm Financial.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Fontainebleau Las Vegas company files Chapter 11 - Houston Business Journal:
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Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC and two of itsaffiliated – Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings LLC and Fontainebleau Las Vegas Capital Corp. – filerd bankruptcy petitions in Miamilate Tuesday. The Miamii Beach hotel is not includexd inthe filing. The company said in a news releasde that the decision to file Chapter 11 was the direcyt result of litigation with lenders on the Las Vegaa hotel construction project that had to do with contractual disputeds related tonearly $800 million in constructionh funding for the $2.9 billion resort-casino project, which is 70 percent complete. Lenders include , and Deutsche Bank Trusrt Co. Americas.
The legal dispute has effectivelyt shut down the projectand “purt thousands of people out of work,” said Howard chief restructuring officer of Fontainebleau Las Vegas, in the “Our goal now is to secure funding to complete this world-class project and restructure our existing debt.” Fontainebleau Las Vegas reacheds a provisional agreement with a group of its non-defaultingt lenders for the use of cash for the administrationb of its bankruptcy case, and is in negotiationsz to obtain financing to restart construction on that Fontainebleau Miami Beach, which is a separate legal entity, continues to operate as normal.
Turnberrh West Construction, the project’ss general contractor, is also not include in the filing, according to the news In 2008, Nakheel Hotelws of Dubai bought a 50 perceng interest in the Fontainebleay Miami Beachfor $375 The Las Vegas hotel companiesx that filed bankruptcy are based in Soutj Florida because the Soffer family of which also owns the Turnberry development and constructiobn companies, owns all the Fontainebleau Jeffrey Soffer is a principao of umbrella company Fontainebleau Resorts LLC, according to statre records.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas also withdre without prejudiceits $3 billion lawsuit in Las Vegaw against some of its and refiled the case in Miami bankruptcy where the Chapter 11 petitionsz were filed. The lawsuit with lender s was amended on May 12 to includew allegations that Deutsche BankTrust Co. Americas was “seekingb to destroy the Fontainebleau in order to minimize with the nearby and which is wholly owned by a Deutsche Bank subsidiary. "This claim is an attempt by the Fontainebleau's developerws to distract from the fact that they have breachedc theirloan covenants.
We will defen d ourselves vigorously against thismeritless allegation," Deutschd Bank spokesman John Gallagher said in an e-mailed response. Fontainebleau Las Vegae LLC lists morethan $1 billion in debt and a simila amount in assets on its with more than 1,000 creditors. The only Souty Florida creditor listed was Internationapl Bedding inFort Lauderdale, with a claimn of $498,737.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC and two of itsaffiliated – Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings LLC and Fontainebleau Las Vegas Capital Corp. – filerd bankruptcy petitions in Miamilate Tuesday. The Miamii Beach hotel is not includexd inthe filing. The company said in a news releasde that the decision to file Chapter 11 was the direcyt result of litigation with lenders on the Las Vegaa hotel construction project that had to do with contractual disputeds related tonearly $800 million in constructionh funding for the $2.9 billion resort-casino project, which is 70 percent complete. Lenders include , and Deutsche Bank Trusrt Co. Americas.
The legal dispute has effectivelyt shut down the projectand “purt thousands of people out of work,” said Howard chief restructuring officer of Fontainebleau Las Vegas, in the “Our goal now is to secure funding to complete this world-class project and restructure our existing debt.” Fontainebleau Las Vegas reacheds a provisional agreement with a group of its non-defaultingt lenders for the use of cash for the administrationb of its bankruptcy case, and is in negotiationsz to obtain financing to restart construction on that Fontainebleau Miami Beach, which is a separate legal entity, continues to operate as normal.
Turnberrh West Construction, the project’ss general contractor, is also not include in the filing, according to the news In 2008, Nakheel Hotelws of Dubai bought a 50 perceng interest in the Fontainebleay Miami Beachfor $375 The Las Vegas hotel companiesx that filed bankruptcy are based in Soutj Florida because the Soffer family of which also owns the Turnberry development and constructiobn companies, owns all the Fontainebleau Jeffrey Soffer is a principao of umbrella company Fontainebleau Resorts LLC, according to statre records.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas also withdre without prejudiceits $3 billion lawsuit in Las Vegaw against some of its and refiled the case in Miami bankruptcy where the Chapter 11 petitionsz were filed. The lawsuit with lender s was amended on May 12 to includew allegations that Deutsche BankTrust Co. Americas was “seekingb to destroy the Fontainebleau in order to minimize with the nearby and which is wholly owned by a Deutsche Bank subsidiary. "This claim is an attempt by the Fontainebleau's developerws to distract from the fact that they have breachedc theirloan covenants.
We will defen d ourselves vigorously against thismeritless allegation," Deutschd Bank spokesman John Gallagher said in an e-mailed response. Fontainebleau Las Vegae LLC lists morethan $1 billion in debt and a simila amount in assets on its with more than 1,000 creditors. The only Souty Florida creditor listed was Internationapl Bedding inFort Lauderdale, with a claimn of $498,737.
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