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But executives at TECO TE), parent to and Peoples Gas, are hopeful they’ll find opportunities to help the companh andits customers. TECO is lookingv to see if commercial property owners will qualify for stimulus dollarsx if they make buildings moreenergyg efficient. Florida also is trying to determines what opportunities related to the stimulus are said spokeswomanSuzanne Grant. “Potential areas for such investmenr include our SmartGrid initiative, advanced transportationb and renewable energy projects, as well as infrastructurs upgrades,” Grant said in an e-mail.
’as and Progress Energy were selected by to buildx an electric grid that relies on alternative energy sources. The three-year, $15 million project will create one ofthe nation’s largest and most comprehensive “smart grids,” servintg at least 5,000 customers on the west side of St. Petersburgy and St. Pete Beach, USF said in a Marchb 9 release. It will incorporate alternative energy sources such as solae power and biodiesel fuel into the electricalp power supply forthe neighborhoods. USF’s proposap was chosen from a field of140 applicants, the released said. The project is funded in collaboration betweenthe Governor’s Energy Office, Progress Energy, and .
Once the smart grid will be the first in Florida and the largesy in the Southeast delivering power to homesand businesses, the releaswe said. Development of the system is slatefd to beginin April. Whatever dollarws Progress Energy pursues, the process isn’t likely to be quick since state regulators must approve investments made by Grant said. With the recent addition of about $1 million in funding for dislocated workers, share of the state’s stimulus money totales nearly $6 million. Most of it is intended for job training some of which already areunder way.
A special weldingv training program resulted in jobs for two WorkNet clientsa at a solar farm saidEd Peachey, president and CEO. Some eligibilituy criteria are in place for federalk stimulus jobtraining programs, such as a person has to have been laid off or received notice of a layofff due to economic WorkNet programs prepare people for jobs and assist in couplingb employers with job candidates, but the creation of jobs is not the agency’s mission. In fact, some program funding for WorkNet specificallhy states it cannot be used for economifdevelopment purposes, Peachey said. “It’s difficultt to create jobs,” he said.
“We’res sort of at the merc of thejob creators. Thers needs to be a job at the end of the The situation seems bleaker as layoffs star in businesses once considere d stablejob providers, such as education and government, Peachey
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Gracie Breakdown: Chan Sung Jung's twister - USA Today
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5thRound.com | Gracie Breakdown: Chan Sung Jung's twister USA Today It's almost a regular occurrence after Ultimate Fighting Championship events these days: the "Gracie Breakdown" of notable grappling moments from the show. This time, always upbeat brothers Rener and Ryron Gracie show how ... Jung excels; Hardy f » |
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Wells Fargo Insurance Services nabs Las Vegas brokerage in buying spree - Business First of Buffalo:
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The brokerage network, part of (NYSE: WFC) said the deal closed June 1. Termw were not disclosed. According to has been in businesssincee 1999, when it was foundes by John Grady, and focuses exclusivelyh on health and benefits insurance, with customerss in the hospitality, construction, auto sales and home development niches. Grady is now managinyg director ofemployee benefits. Wells Fargo Insurance Servicee isthe world’s fifth-largest insurance brokerages and the nation’s largest bank-ownedr brokerage, according to Business Insurancwe magazine’s 2008 list, with more than 200 offices in 37 The brokerage network has been on a buyinhg spree recently.
It bought Novato’s and in earlhy April, and about a month before that acquiredWalnut Creek-based , an employe e benefits consulting firm that also has officex in Houston and Seattle, among other deals in recen months.
The brokerage network, part of (NYSE: WFC) said the deal closed June 1. Termw were not disclosed. According to has been in businesssincee 1999, when it was foundes by John Grady, and focuses exclusivelyh on health and benefits insurance, with customerss in the hospitality, construction, auto sales and home development niches. Grady is now managinyg director ofemployee benefits. Wells Fargo Insurance Servicee isthe world’s fifth-largest insurance brokerages and the nation’s largest bank-ownedr brokerage, according to Business Insurancwe magazine’s 2008 list, with more than 200 offices in 37 The brokerage network has been on a buyinhg spree recently.
It bought Novato’s and in earlhy April, and about a month before that acquiredWalnut Creek-based , an employe e benefits consulting firm that also has officex in Houston and Seattle, among other deals in recen months.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Google's decision to delay Android 3.0 code is unacceptable - ZDNet (blog)
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Reuters | Google's decision to delay Android 3.0 code is unacceptable ZDNet (blog) Android is what it is today because of Linux and because of Google's open source following รข€" developers, organizations, customers and vendors. Delay the open source release? No. Justice delayed is justice ... Honeycomb tests Google's 'Open Principles' Google Likely Plans Big Android 3.1 Splash for Q3 2011 Google Said to Restrict Access to Android Honeycomb |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Business Courier of Cincinnati: Tech & Innovation : Business Advice
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Because that's what the idea was. I woulc replace my home officetelephone line, which I only use for outgoint calls, and instead start makinh all of my calls over the Internet. This way I could pocket the $50 a month I've been giving to Verizom and use those savings to buy moreimportantf things. Like … food. Except it reallh didn't turn out that way. Why? Becauses the Internet phone services I triedworked ... but just not all the Which is typical of most For example, I played around with Skype for a few weeks. Not bad.
Signing up for the servic e was free and the headset that I purchased from Staplezsfor $20 only had to be replaced once (I do not advise lending one's headset to a 12 year old. Enougn said). Astonishingly, installing the Skypes application on my laptop didn't cause it to lock up or crasgh on me. So for that reasojn alone I felt that thingsewere successful. Once up and Skype did as promised … just about all of the I used the little computert generated keypad on my laptoo tomake calls. If I called another Skype user the callwas Unfortunately, I don't really have a lot of conversationx with high school and college kids, nor do I care to reallyt speak to anyone under 25.
So there's not a lot of phonw numbers in mySkype directory. However, you can use Skypde to call a regular land line and then get chargedc a few centsper call. So that'ss what I mostly did. The problemj was the connection. It worked. Most of the time. But sometimesx it just didn't. Sometimes I had to call back the persomn two or three times to get agood connection. Or speak loudly. There were a few instances where I said naughty Then there was this one time wherd I tried to participate in a conferenc call and had to make the threee other people wait whileI re-called the call-in number a few times until there was no crackling sound on the phone. That was fun too. So I stoppexd using Skype.
Frustrated I turnedc to another Net calling service calledmagicJack (www.magicjack.com). No, this has nothing to do with changinyg the tires ofa car. And there was no pleasurse involved. For $40 magicJack ships me a little unit that I plug into the USB port of my I then hook my office phonw intothe unit. After installing the program I'm able to make phonr calls from my regularphone (not the headsegt I bought from Staples … bye-bye $20). Like magicJack places its calls overthe Internet, along with the othefr 100 trillion bits of informatiomn crossing the same pipelines. See where I'm going here?
Theird deal is that you can make unlimitedf calls you want to anyone in the UnitefdStates (I'm told they're working on overseas for only $50 per year. I did the math and that'ws $550 less a year than I'm spendint on my office line, so therer you go ... magic! Unfortunatelty ... not so magical. Why? Same thinb with Skype. It worked. Most of the I suffered from the occasional disconnectesd calls or calls that had tobe recalled, or call that just didn't sounsd like a very good call at all. More naughtyu words. More blood thinner In the end I broke down and kept myoffics line. You win Verizon. I just need things that work as they promised towork ...
all the I have enough headaches in my I have kids and a mortgageand dandruff. I can't sit aroundf and worry that an important conversation with a prospectivee customer is going to get cutoff orsound horrible. Verizon's line in my offic works all the time. It's one less hasslw to deal with. I still keep the magicJac k and Skype servicesbecause I've had occasion to use them when Most likely I'll forget to cancel my subscriptio n so now I'll be paying an extraq $50 a year for next to nothing. But I'm a pennyy pincher. Not a cheapskate. Sure, it's less expensived to use these Netcalling services. But I'm sacrificinvg some quality. Some dependability.
I'm giving myself more To me, it's not worth it. Thesw technologies are great for kids or But to rely on them forbusiness purposes, at least so far, isn't a great idea for me.
Because that's what the idea was. I woulc replace my home officetelephone line, which I only use for outgoint calls, and instead start makinh all of my calls over the Internet. This way I could pocket the $50 a month I've been giving to Verizom and use those savings to buy moreimportantf things. Like … food. Except it reallh didn't turn out that way. Why? Becauses the Internet phone services I triedworked ... but just not all the Which is typical of most For example, I played around with Skype for a few weeks. Not bad.
Signing up for the servic e was free and the headset that I purchased from Staplezsfor $20 only had to be replaced once (I do not advise lending one's headset to a 12 year old. Enougn said). Astonishingly, installing the Skypes application on my laptop didn't cause it to lock up or crasgh on me. So for that reasojn alone I felt that thingsewere successful. Once up and Skype did as promised … just about all of the I used the little computert generated keypad on my laptoo tomake calls. If I called another Skype user the callwas Unfortunately, I don't really have a lot of conversationx with high school and college kids, nor do I care to reallyt speak to anyone under 25.
So there's not a lot of phonw numbers in mySkype directory. However, you can use Skypde to call a regular land line and then get chargedc a few centsper call. So that'ss what I mostly did. The problemj was the connection. It worked. Most of the time. But sometimesx it just didn't. Sometimes I had to call back the persomn two or three times to get agood connection. Or speak loudly. There were a few instances where I said naughty Then there was this one time wherd I tried to participate in a conferenc call and had to make the threee other people wait whileI re-called the call-in number a few times until there was no crackling sound on the phone. That was fun too. So I stoppexd using Skype.
Frustrated I turnedc to another Net calling service calledmagicJack (www.magicjack.com). No, this has nothing to do with changinyg the tires ofa car. And there was no pleasurse involved. For $40 magicJack ships me a little unit that I plug into the USB port of my I then hook my office phonw intothe unit. After installing the program I'm able to make phonr calls from my regularphone (not the headsegt I bought from Staples … bye-bye $20). Like magicJack places its calls overthe Internet, along with the othefr 100 trillion bits of informatiomn crossing the same pipelines. See where I'm going here?
Theird deal is that you can make unlimitedf calls you want to anyone in the UnitefdStates (I'm told they're working on overseas for only $50 per year. I did the math and that'ws $550 less a year than I'm spendint on my office line, so therer you go ... magic! Unfortunatelty ... not so magical. Why? Same thinb with Skype. It worked. Most of the I suffered from the occasional disconnectesd calls or calls that had tobe recalled, or call that just didn't sounsd like a very good call at all. More naughtyu words. More blood thinner In the end I broke down and kept myoffics line. You win Verizon. I just need things that work as they promised towork ...
all the I have enough headaches in my I have kids and a mortgageand dandruff. I can't sit aroundf and worry that an important conversation with a prospectivee customer is going to get cutoff orsound horrible. Verizon's line in my offic works all the time. It's one less hasslw to deal with. I still keep the magicJac k and Skype servicesbecause I've had occasion to use them when Most likely I'll forget to cancel my subscriptio n so now I'll be paying an extraq $50 a year for next to nothing. But I'm a pennyy pincher. Not a cheapskate. Sure, it's less expensived to use these Netcalling services. But I'm sacrificinvg some quality. Some dependability.
I'm giving myself more To me, it's not worth it. Thesw technologies are great for kids or But to rely on them forbusiness purposes, at least so far, isn't a great idea for me.
Monday, March 21, 2011
DynCorp lands $915M aviation contract - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Falls Church-based DynCorp (NYSE: DCP) will provide the Department of Statre with aviation and aviatiobn support services in Iraq under the terms of the deal whichj has one base year andfour one-yea options. If all options are exercised the total valur of the projectis $915 million. DynCorp reported $813 millionj in its latest quarter. “Thisa award is a tremendously importanf opportunity for DynCorp International to support the safetgy and securityof U.S. diplomati personnel serving in Iraq,” said DynCorp CEO Williamn L. Ballhaus.
“It’s an honoer to contribute to our government’s efforts to promotew peace and stabilityin Iraq, for us as a company and for every perso who serves with us.” DynCorp said the to provide personnel, ground and flighf operations, as well as basing and maintenanc e of rotary wing and fixed air assets, begah with a transition period June 15, 2009 and will reacuh full operation on September 4, 2009.
Falls Church-based DynCorp (NYSE: DCP) will provide the Department of Statre with aviation and aviatiobn support services in Iraq under the terms of the deal whichj has one base year andfour one-yea options. If all options are exercised the total valur of the projectis $915 million. DynCorp reported $813 millionj in its latest quarter. “Thisa award is a tremendously importanf opportunity for DynCorp International to support the safetgy and securityof U.S. diplomati personnel serving in Iraq,” said DynCorp CEO Williamn L. Ballhaus.
“It’s an honoer to contribute to our government’s efforts to promotew peace and stabilityin Iraq, for us as a company and for every perso who serves with us.” DynCorp said the to provide personnel, ground and flighf operations, as well as basing and maintenanc e of rotary wing and fixed air assets, begah with a transition period June 15, 2009 and will reacuh full operation on September 4, 2009.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Two more leave BofA board - San Antonio Business Journal:
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According to a filingv with the Securities and Exchange Prueher andFrank didn’t resign becausd of any disagreement with the company. Jackie Ward and Patriciqa Mitchell resigned earlythis month. Mitchell is a former New York television executive and currentlyy serves as chief executive of the Paley Center for a NewYork nonprofit. Ward is the retireed chief executiveof Atlanta-based Computere Generation Inc., a software company. Robert Tillman, a formefr Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW) chief executive, resigned from the BofA boarrd effectiveMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announces former lead independentdirector O. Templ Sloan had left the board.
BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’xs reason for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA director for 13 Inearly June, four outside directors were electes to BofA’s board. They are forme Federal Reserve GovernorSusan Bies, former Compassx Bancshares Inc. chief executive and chairman D. Paul former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Donaldx Powell and retired BankOne Corp. and Visa International Inc. executive William Boardman. BofA’s board has been under intensse scrutiny in recent months as the bank suffered through asharp stock-price decline aftert acquiring Merrill Lynch & Co. The Charlotte-based bank also has received $45 billion in taxpayer aid.
At the bank’sa annual meeting in late shareholders voted to strip Chief Executive Kennetn Lewis of his position as board Walter Massey was installed as the new chairman and has indicatecd the board needs tobe re-evaluated. Lewis remains the bank’sw CEO and president.
According to a filingv with the Securities and Exchange Prueher andFrank didn’t resign becausd of any disagreement with the company. Jackie Ward and Patriciqa Mitchell resigned earlythis month. Mitchell is a former New York television executive and currentlyy serves as chief executive of the Paley Center for a NewYork nonprofit. Ward is the retireed chief executiveof Atlanta-based Computere Generation Inc., a software company. Robert Tillman, a formefr Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW) chief executive, resigned from the BofA boarrd effectiveMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announces former lead independentdirector O. Templ Sloan had left the board.
BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’xs reason for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA director for 13 Inearly June, four outside directors were electes to BofA’s board. They are forme Federal Reserve GovernorSusan Bies, former Compassx Bancshares Inc. chief executive and chairman D. Paul former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Donaldx Powell and retired BankOne Corp. and Visa International Inc. executive William Boardman. BofA’s board has been under intensse scrutiny in recent months as the bank suffered through asharp stock-price decline aftert acquiring Merrill Lynch & Co. The Charlotte-based bank also has received $45 billion in taxpayer aid.
At the bank’sa annual meeting in late shareholders voted to strip Chief Executive Kennetn Lewis of his position as board Walter Massey was installed as the new chairman and has indicatecd the board needs tobe re-evaluated. Lewis remains the bank’sw CEO and president.
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