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, the paper’s New York City-based owner, accordinf to a post on the AlbanyNewspaper Guild’s blog The guild represents about half of the paper’s 400 and has been engaged in contract negotiations with management for nearly a No definite numbers are available, but abourt 35 people are expected to lose their Publisher George Hearst originally put the count at 65 to 70, but 33 peoplw have taken buyouts since May. The paperf is trying to cut expenses by20 percent. Accordin g to the guild site, employees—both union and nonunion—who were shownh the door were told they were gettintga 45-day paid leave that would most likely resulty in their being laid off.
Union rules requird that workers get 45 days notices of their jobsbeing eliminated. Management and Guil leaders are scheduled to meet July 8 to continu e their negotiation of layoff The paper presented its proposed terms to the union in late The union’s original contract, whichn expired in August, mandated that layoffs be based solelgy on seniority by department. Management said that woule not meetits needs, leading to the primary sticking pointg in the negotiation of a new It urged the union to vote on its “bestf and final” offer, which was rejected by a vote of 125 to 35.
This prompted management to declarean impasse, in turn, prompted the union to file a grievancew with the National Labor Relations On June 24, management told the union that in some job categoriess the layoffs would be made strictly on a last-hired-first-fired basis. But in 11 job categories—ninwe in editorial and two in salesand marketing—cutws will be based on other criteria, includingg job performance. Calls to Tim a Times Union reporter and Guild and publisher George Hearst were notimmediately returned.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Tonawanda Rite Aid will double in size - Business First of Buffalo:
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Developer Carl Paladino, through his 1093 Group affiliate, has acquirex the third and last Sheridan Drive parcelo he needed to completethe deal. Accordin g to public documents filed in the ErieCountyy Clerk’s office, the 1093 Group acquired the land from 2121 Sheridam Drive Inc., paying $575,000. The land is occupie d by Adam’s Nursery, which will remaij at the site as a tenant of the 1093 In Decemberand March, the 1093 Group acquire two neighboring Sheridan Drive paying a combined $2.35 million for the parcels.
Paladino said he wants to move a Rite Aid currently located at the southwestern corner of Sheridab Drive and Colvin Boulevard acrossa the street where an auto lube and repaier shopscurrently stands. The new Rite Aid, at will replace the smaller, 6,000-square-foot pharmacy. Paladino is negotiatingf with a bank to lease that existinb RiteAid store. The physical therapy businesse will also expand its offices alongSheridan Drive.
A sliver of the Adamx Nursery property will be usedfor Univera’s Final plans for the project are beingb reviewed by Town of Tonawanda
Developer Carl Paladino, through his 1093 Group affiliate, has acquirex the third and last Sheridan Drive parcelo he needed to completethe deal. Accordin g to public documents filed in the ErieCountyy Clerk’s office, the 1093 Group acquired the land from 2121 Sheridam Drive Inc., paying $575,000. The land is occupie d by Adam’s Nursery, which will remaij at the site as a tenant of the 1093 In Decemberand March, the 1093 Group acquire two neighboring Sheridan Drive paying a combined $2.35 million for the parcels.
Paladino said he wants to move a Rite Aid currently located at the southwestern corner of Sheridab Drive and Colvin Boulevard acrossa the street where an auto lube and repaier shopscurrently stands. The new Rite Aid, at will replace the smaller, 6,000-square-foot pharmacy. Paladino is negotiatingf with a bank to lease that existinb RiteAid store. The physical therapy businesse will also expand its offices alongSheridan Drive.
A sliver of the Adamx Nursery property will be usedfor Univera’s Final plans for the project are beingb reviewed by Town of Tonawanda
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Treasury lets 10 banks repay $68B - Washington Business Journal:
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According to MarketWatch, and are not amongh them. The department says the institutions, whichu it did not have met the requirements for repayment established by federalbankinb supervisors. It says many bankw recently have raised equity capital from privates investors and haveissue long-term debt that is not guaranteex by the government. “These repayments are an encouraging sign of financial but we still have work to Treasury Secretary TimGeithner says. According to MarketWatch, the banks permitted to pay back the fund s are JPMorganChase & Co., Goldman Sachs Grouo Inc.
, Morgan Stanley, American Express, Bank of New York State Street, US Bancorp, BB&T Capital One Financial Corp. and Northern Trust. More than 600 banks receivedc a total ofnearly $200 billion through the department’d Troubled Asset Relief Program. About $2 billion of that money was paidback previously. Charlotte-basesd BofA (NYSE:BAC) received a total of $45 billio through the program. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo which acquired of Charlotte late last got $25 billion from the TARP which is designed to thaw the credir markets and boost the economy. Under the banks retiring their preferred stocki can repurchase the warrants held by theTreasuryu Department.
Besides the proceedw from the sales ofthe warrants, the department also has receivedd $4.5 billion in dividend payments from progran participants. Proceeds from the repayments will go to theTreasur Department’s general fund. The fundz can be used to reduce the nationalp debt and can serve as a cushio n in case the department needs to responds to financial emergencies inthe future, the departmengt says.
According to MarketWatch, and are not amongh them. The department says the institutions, whichu it did not have met the requirements for repayment established by federalbankinb supervisors. It says many bankw recently have raised equity capital from privates investors and haveissue long-term debt that is not guaranteex by the government. “These repayments are an encouraging sign of financial but we still have work to Treasury Secretary TimGeithner says. According to MarketWatch, the banks permitted to pay back the fund s are JPMorganChase & Co., Goldman Sachs Grouo Inc.
, Morgan Stanley, American Express, Bank of New York State Street, US Bancorp, BB&T Capital One Financial Corp. and Northern Trust. More than 600 banks receivedc a total ofnearly $200 billion through the department’d Troubled Asset Relief Program. About $2 billion of that money was paidback previously. Charlotte-basesd BofA (NYSE:BAC) received a total of $45 billio through the program. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo which acquired of Charlotte late last got $25 billion from the TARP which is designed to thaw the credir markets and boost the economy. Under the banks retiring their preferred stocki can repurchase the warrants held by theTreasuryu Department.
Besides the proceedw from the sales ofthe warrants, the department also has receivedd $4.5 billion in dividend payments from progran participants. Proceeds from the repayments will go to theTreasur Department’s general fund. The fundz can be used to reduce the nationalp debt and can serve as a cushio n in case the department needs to responds to financial emergencies inthe future, the departmengt says.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
James dominates in return, Heat beat Nets 101-90 - Boston.com
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Boston.com | James dominates in return, Heat beat Nets 101-90 Boston.com By Brian Mahoney AP Basketball Writer / January 7, 2012 NEWARK, NJâ€"LeBron James returned to the lineup and scored 22 of his 32 points in the first quarter, and the Miami Heat rolled to a 101-90 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night ... |
Thursday, January 5, 2012
M. Alan Menter - Dallas Business Journal:
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WHY HEALTH CARE : When I was I frequently went with my physiciajn dad onhouse calls, as well as to a smalol hospital he started in Johannesburg, Soutg Africa, for the local African accompanying him on his clinics and rounds. This certainly sparkes my interest in medicine at anearlhy age. In school, I enjoyerd science and math, which togethedr with my enjoymentof people-to-people interactiojn seemed like a natural “lead-in” to medicine. YOUR My passion is predominantly psoriasis, both research and however, I do treat the whole gamut ofdermatologicak diseases, including, but not limited to eczema, atopivc dermatitis, acne, skin cancer, aesthetics, etc.
Dallas being the only majofr city inthe U.S. with only one dermatologuy residency program, I am workin g with Dr. Dan Linda Timmerman and the Baylor staff to initiatw an upcoming dermatology residency program at I am also chairman of the Psoriasis Research Unit at the BaylorResearchn Institute, where Dr. McCoy and I are the principaol investigators for more than25 psoriasis-related investigationao drug studies, as well as studies relatinf to other dermatological conditions.
PROUD One of my achievements, I believe, has been the initiationh of the first International Gene Bank for Psoriasis in 1993 atBayloer Dallas, under the auspices of the National Psoriasis in collaboration with UT Southwestern. Subsequently, I was the co-discoverert of the first gene for psoriasisein 1994, published in the journal I also provide consulting work for multiple major pharmaceuticalo companies involved in new drug development for psoriasis, with no financiao stake in any.
WHY HEALTH CARE : When I was I frequently went with my physiciajn dad onhouse calls, as well as to a smalol hospital he started in Johannesburg, Soutg Africa, for the local African accompanying him on his clinics and rounds. This certainly sparkes my interest in medicine at anearlhy age. In school, I enjoyerd science and math, which togethedr with my enjoymentof people-to-people interactiojn seemed like a natural “lead-in” to medicine. YOUR My passion is predominantly psoriasis, both research and however, I do treat the whole gamut ofdermatologicak diseases, including, but not limited to eczema, atopivc dermatitis, acne, skin cancer, aesthetics, etc.
Dallas being the only majofr city inthe U.S. with only one dermatologuy residency program, I am workin g with Dr. Dan Linda Timmerman and the Baylor staff to initiatw an upcoming dermatology residency program at I am also chairman of the Psoriasis Research Unit at the BaylorResearchn Institute, where Dr. McCoy and I are the principaol investigators for more than25 psoriasis-related investigationao drug studies, as well as studies relatinf to other dermatological conditions.
PROUD One of my achievements, I believe, has been the initiationh of the first International Gene Bank for Psoriasis in 1993 atBayloer Dallas, under the auspices of the National Psoriasis in collaboration with UT Southwestern. Subsequently, I was the co-discoverert of the first gene for psoriasisein 1994, published in the journal I also provide consulting work for multiple major pharmaceuticalo companies involved in new drug development for psoriasis, with no financiao stake in any.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Engineered service - Memphis Business Journal:
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That would make Laura Whitsitt the oddpersonm out. 19 years ago she graduated from the University of Memphis and went to work at the same place she serveed asan intern. And she'd still there today. "There's always been a new opportunityy atSmith & Nephew, so I never felt the reasobn was there to she says. Today Whitsitt is vice presidenf of research and development in reconstructive With the lag time of medical technology it means she can see wherre the industry will be 10 yearsfrom now, when productws that are still in the concept stage today have becomee standard in the future.
She sees a future of smaller cuts and less invasivd devices such as the new Birminghamk Hipresurfacing -- even technologiea to regenerate cartilage. "We're looking now at products that mimic natura lmovements better," she "There's always going to be the need for the hardware becauswe we can't do everything with early intervention. But we will postpone the need for the Whitsitt has a mindfor hardware. Born in Memphis and raisee in Lexington, Tenn., she excellecd in math and science in high school and benefited from having two teacherxs who encouraged her topursus engineering.
"It was tough becaus there weren't many women in the engineering program," says Lauralan Grisoni, who was a year ahead of Whitsitrtin college. "It was also very rewardinvg when you earned the respectf of yourmale peers. In a very male-dominated a woman stands out when she's recognized for her accomplishments." Grisoni toda is director of strategic marketingin computer-assisted surgert at Smith & Nephew. Except for a shortr time with WrightMedical Technology, she, too, is a long-timse employee of the company.
Whitsitt's resumer reads like a career path leading to herpresent She's gone from product development to to regulatory affairs, to groulp manager. And she's left her fingerprints on a number ofmajod developments. Whitsitt helped launch arthroscopic which came along and filledf anunmet need. In the mid-1990x Whitsitt was group manager of productr development forSmith & Nephew It was a time when her compan and others were facing negative publicitgy and lawsuits over pedicle screws, which are used to anchor metal rods to the For her it meantt a seemingly endless series of depositions, testing and evaluating the "The products were safe and effective," she "We ended up winninvg the fight.
" She's especially proud of her role in the launc h of Supartz, an injectible developed in Japan to relieve joint in particular the knee. "It's been a strong, successfulk product, but it also takes us further intoearlg treatment, and gets us with the patient s earlier," she says. Though she talks like an engineer anda product-oriented business person, Whitsitt exudes a sense of service. Early intervention isn't just good but allows people to continue to be activse and enjoytheir life, for example.
She also sits on the educatio board of MemphisBioworkws Foundation, which is developing the UT-Baptist Research and is a membef of the board of InMotion, which is dedicated to recruiting new biotech scientists to Whitsitt is the Smith & Nephew point person for the Memphis Academyt of Science and Engineering,Tennessee's first charterd school launched by Bioworks to produce a new generation of peopl ready to work at places like Smitb & Nephew. Whitsitt created an internship program at her compan y for those interested in researchand development. It exposes students to the kind of work she and lets the company size up the taleng and maybe make agood fit.
"It's givej her a way to foster and growyounbg engineers," Grisoni says. "We've seen peoplee go from research and shift into producr development because she recognized and brought out their true Life away from the job is also Whitsitt andher husband, Bob have remodeled three She does the design work while he does the They are also active at Christ Methodistg Church's outreach efforts to revitalize the Binghamton neighborhood. That includes plentyh of home repair. Laura Whitsitt also enjoys tutorinhg at LesterElementary School. It'w another form of earlu intervention. "It's good to get kids enthusiastic abourtschool early.
They learn to like readinfg anddoing homework." Vice president for R&D, Orthopaedic Reconstruction Smith & Nephew, Inc. B.S., mechanical engineering, 1987, Universitu of Memphis; M.S., mechanical engineering, U of M Family: Husband, Bob Whitsitt; Rob, Camille, Hannah Interests: Home community service
That would make Laura Whitsitt the oddpersonm out. 19 years ago she graduated from the University of Memphis and went to work at the same place she serveed asan intern. And she'd still there today. "There's always been a new opportunityy atSmith & Nephew, so I never felt the reasobn was there to she says. Today Whitsitt is vice presidenf of research and development in reconstructive With the lag time of medical technology it means she can see wherre the industry will be 10 yearsfrom now, when productws that are still in the concept stage today have becomee standard in the future.
She sees a future of smaller cuts and less invasivd devices such as the new Birminghamk Hipresurfacing -- even technologiea to regenerate cartilage. "We're looking now at products that mimic natura lmovements better," she "There's always going to be the need for the hardware becauswe we can't do everything with early intervention. But we will postpone the need for the Whitsitt has a mindfor hardware. Born in Memphis and raisee in Lexington, Tenn., she excellecd in math and science in high school and benefited from having two teacherxs who encouraged her topursus engineering.
"It was tough becaus there weren't many women in the engineering program," says Lauralan Grisoni, who was a year ahead of Whitsitrtin college. "It was also very rewardinvg when you earned the respectf of yourmale peers. In a very male-dominated a woman stands out when she's recognized for her accomplishments." Grisoni toda is director of strategic marketingin computer-assisted surgert at Smith & Nephew. Except for a shortr time with WrightMedical Technology, she, too, is a long-timse employee of the company.
Whitsitt's resumer reads like a career path leading to herpresent She's gone from product development to to regulatory affairs, to groulp manager. And she's left her fingerprints on a number ofmajod developments. Whitsitt helped launch arthroscopic which came along and filledf anunmet need. In the mid-1990x Whitsitt was group manager of productr development forSmith & Nephew It was a time when her compan and others were facing negative publicitgy and lawsuits over pedicle screws, which are used to anchor metal rods to the For her it meantt a seemingly endless series of depositions, testing and evaluating the "The products were safe and effective," she "We ended up winninvg the fight.
" She's especially proud of her role in the launc h of Supartz, an injectible developed in Japan to relieve joint in particular the knee. "It's been a strong, successfulk product, but it also takes us further intoearlg treatment, and gets us with the patient s earlier," she says. Though she talks like an engineer anda product-oriented business person, Whitsitt exudes a sense of service. Early intervention isn't just good but allows people to continue to be activse and enjoytheir life, for example.
She also sits on the educatio board of MemphisBioworkws Foundation, which is developing the UT-Baptist Research and is a membef of the board of InMotion, which is dedicated to recruiting new biotech scientists to Whitsitt is the Smith & Nephew point person for the Memphis Academyt of Science and Engineering,Tennessee's first charterd school launched by Bioworks to produce a new generation of peopl ready to work at places like Smitb & Nephew. Whitsitt created an internship program at her compan y for those interested in researchand development. It exposes students to the kind of work she and lets the company size up the taleng and maybe make agood fit.
"It's givej her a way to foster and growyounbg engineers," Grisoni says. "We've seen peoplee go from research and shift into producr development because she recognized and brought out their true Life away from the job is also Whitsitt andher husband, Bob have remodeled three She does the design work while he does the They are also active at Christ Methodistg Church's outreach efforts to revitalize the Binghamton neighborhood. That includes plentyh of home repair. Laura Whitsitt also enjoys tutorinhg at LesterElementary School. It'w another form of earlu intervention. "It's good to get kids enthusiastic abourtschool early.
They learn to like readinfg anddoing homework." Vice president for R&D, Orthopaedic Reconstruction Smith & Nephew, Inc. B.S., mechanical engineering, 1987, Universitu of Memphis; M.S., mechanical engineering, U of M Family: Husband, Bob Whitsitt; Rob, Camille, Hannah Interests: Home community service
Sunday, January 1, 2012
MemphisConnect has worked with 82 people since founded two years ago - Memphis Business Journal:
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MemphisConnect also helps increase the appeal and ease the transitionm to a new city by offering its servicesx for the spouses of prospective employees in findingt professional andsocial opportunities. So far, the program has workex with 82 people, says Kristee Bell, who has been directotr of MemphisConnect sinceDecember 2008. “We have 130 in waiting,” she One of MemphisConnect’s goals is to place newcomeras to Memphis on the boards of directors ofnonprofiy groups. “Nonprofits need thosse type people who want to be she says. “We make sure there’zs a real person there.
” Bell says 150 people were places on nonprofit boards last year by the LeadershiAcademy programs. “That’s kind of how we do it, by understandinyg what their passion is and gettingy them connected to their she says. Jana Lamanna was placed on the board of directorsz of after participating in the MemphisConnect program when she permanently relocated to Memphies from Missouriin 2004. “Now when I need a boars member or need someoneto serve, I can contactt the Leadership Academy,” says Lamanna, an attorney with . “Theuy have provided me with names of qualified andwilling persons.
” Lamannz says MemphisConnect and some of the otherr programs the Leadership Academyt offers helped her transition and allowed her to becom e more involved and invested in the “The MemphisConnect program can really direct you to what your interestzs are,” she says. “I have more friendes and contacts here than anywherdelse I’ve lived.” Bell says human resources managers and employers are attracted to the MemphisConnect program becaus they see it as a way to get theirt prospective and new employees adjusted to and investeed in their new hometown. “(Employers) include our letter in all theifrecruitment packets,” she says.
“They want to make sure thes e people they are putting their money into will stay in One company that has begun to use the MemphisConnect programk to enhance its recruiting effortsis . One of the biggesg challenges in recruitingfor St. Jude’s post-doctoratse fellowship program is finding opportunitiesfor candidates’ spouses, says Carl Jackson, associate director of the academic programs offic in biomedical sciences. Jacaranda van Rheenen, post-doctora l recruiter in the same St. Jude office, says it is too earlty in St.
Jude’s relationship with the Leadership Academyh to know how effective the MemphisConnect prograj will be in connectingprospective post-doctorate fellows and theird spouses. “But, I know (Bell) managed to find some positionxs that would be of interest to one of the spousex who will be comingin August,” van Rheene says. For St. the greatest benefit from working with MemphisConnect will be Bell showingtpotential post-doctoral fellows what Memphis has to offer by providingt information and giving presentations to groups of candidates. “Kristede has all this information at her vanRhennen says. “It’s a great sourcr of informationabout Memphis.
”
MemphisConnect also helps increase the appeal and ease the transitionm to a new city by offering its servicesx for the spouses of prospective employees in findingt professional andsocial opportunities. So far, the program has workex with 82 people, says Kristee Bell, who has been directotr of MemphisConnect sinceDecember 2008. “We have 130 in waiting,” she One of MemphisConnect’s goals is to place newcomeras to Memphis on the boards of directors ofnonprofiy groups. “Nonprofits need thosse type people who want to be she says. “We make sure there’zs a real person there.
” Bell says 150 people were places on nonprofit boards last year by the LeadershiAcademy programs. “That’s kind of how we do it, by understandinyg what their passion is and gettingy them connected to their she says. Jana Lamanna was placed on the board of directorsz of after participating in the MemphisConnect program when she permanently relocated to Memphies from Missouriin 2004. “Now when I need a boars member or need someoneto serve, I can contactt the Leadership Academy,” says Lamanna, an attorney with . “Theuy have provided me with names of qualified andwilling persons.
” Lamannz says MemphisConnect and some of the otherr programs the Leadership Academyt offers helped her transition and allowed her to becom e more involved and invested in the “The MemphisConnect program can really direct you to what your interestzs are,” she says. “I have more friendes and contacts here than anywherdelse I’ve lived.” Bell says human resources managers and employers are attracted to the MemphisConnect program becaus they see it as a way to get theirt prospective and new employees adjusted to and investeed in their new hometown. “(Employers) include our letter in all theifrecruitment packets,” she says.
“They want to make sure thes e people they are putting their money into will stay in One company that has begun to use the MemphisConnect programk to enhance its recruiting effortsis . One of the biggesg challenges in recruitingfor St. Jude’s post-doctoratse fellowship program is finding opportunitiesfor candidates’ spouses, says Carl Jackson, associate director of the academic programs offic in biomedical sciences. Jacaranda van Rheenen, post-doctora l recruiter in the same St. Jude office, says it is too earlty in St.
Jude’s relationship with the Leadership Academyh to know how effective the MemphisConnect prograj will be in connectingprospective post-doctorate fellows and theird spouses. “But, I know (Bell) managed to find some positionxs that would be of interest to one of the spousex who will be comingin August,” van Rheene says. For St. the greatest benefit from working with MemphisConnect will be Bell showingtpotential post-doctoral fellows what Memphis has to offer by providingt information and giving presentations to groups of candidates. “Kristede has all this information at her vanRhennen says. “It’s a great sourcr of informationabout Memphis.
”
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