Kansas City Star | AP: NJ. rep. used campaign fund on 18 Calif. trips BusinessWeek Rob Andrews pulled in about $260000 in donations from California residents and political actions committees during the period, apparently holding major fundraising events during about a half-dozen of the trips. It's impossible to tell from the records ... Report: House Democrat spent campaign funds on numerous California trips NJ Rep Using Campaign Money for Calif. Trips: AP Campaign funds aren't personal ATM |
Friday, March 30, 2012
AP: NJ. rep. used campaign fund on 18 Calif. trips - BusinessWeek
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Al-Jazeera claims to have received footage that appears to show French school ... - Fox News
Fox News | Al-Jazeera claims to have received footage that appears to show French school ... Fox News PARIS รข" Al-Jazeera has received video footage that appears to show the deadly attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school in southwestern France, including the cries of the victims and the voice of the perpetrator. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said it ... Network won't show France killings video, it says Al Jazeera Will Not Show French Rampage Video Al-Jazeera opts not to air Merah shootings video |
Monday, March 26, 2012
Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Kansas City Business Journal:
billion sale to closes, expected this The rural phone companies on Tuesday announced the plannefd name and logo for the combined CenturyLink will retain theCenturyTel CTL) trading symbol. “Our new brand name was selectefd because our customers and employees told us it reflected a companu thatis forward-looking and committed to linking the country CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chietf executive of CenturyLink, said in the release.
The company will begin operating under the new brandr immediately upon closing the In thefollowing months, market s will be converted to the new brand, with customers being notified in advance and the name being addefd to company signs, vehicles and marketing The logo is intendeds to represent the power of connecting peoplwe and businesses to one another and to new opportunities, locally and the release said. Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and based in Monroe, La., are — from the before the deal can close. The headquarterds will be in Monroe. A Denvedr brand consulting agency, , helped develop the new brand strategy, name and the release said.
Together, the two companies will have abouft 7.5 million access more than 2 million broadband customers and morethan 400,000 videok subscribers. will . Embarq rankz No. 3 on the Kansa City Business Journal ’s list of area public
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Two local lenders are hit by problem loans - Boston Business Journal:
, a lender with $456 million in assets, has escalatinb distress in residentialconstructionn loans. At the end of March, the bank reportec that 18 percent of those $46.2 million in loans were delinquent or not producinh at contractual interest rates. And in anothefr sign of trouble, the bank has foreclosed on $10.2 million worth of construction-related real estate, accordinvg to filings with the Federal DepositInsurancr Corp. Meanwhile, the bank’s $20.9 million commercial and industrialportfolipo — working capital loans to businesseds — shows nearly $5 million in nonperforming FDIC data shows.
The bank has built a reserve ofnearly $4 million for potential loan but the amount of distressed nonaccrual loans in its portfoliol is nearly five times that amount, FDIC data
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Klash of the Territorians - NTNews.com.au
NTNews.com.au | Klash of the Territorians NTNews.com.au This year the approximately 40 teams competing have had to take a major detour to get to the delightful Aurora Kakadu, which hosts this major event on the NT fishing tournament calendar. That's because the recent monsoonal deluge across the Top End has ... Man to face court for driving on flooded highway |
Monday, March 19, 2012
Swine flu count hits 547 in Arizona - Phoenix Business Journal:
So far, the has reported 11,054 cases and 17 deaths in theUnites States. Of those, 547 confirmed and probabler cases and four deathas arein Arizona. That compares with 10,0543 cases and 17 deaths on June 1and 8,9765 cases and 15 deaths on May 29. New York and Arizonas are tied with the highest numbeeof deaths, followed by three in Illinois and Texas and one each in Missouri, Utah and The World Health Organization reports 19,273 casesa and 117 deaths in 66 including the U.S. The CDC continues to take aggressive actiohn to reduce the spreaxd and severity ofthe illness.
It originallgy was called the swine flu because laboratory tests had shown that many of the genes in the new virus were similar to influenzq viruses that normally occur in pigs inNorth America. But furthed study has shown that the new virus is different from what normalluy circulates in NorthAmericanm pigs, so it is now beiny called the H1N1 flu. Healtuh officials recommend frequent hand washing with soapand water, as well as avoidin touching the eyes, nose or Sick employees are encouraged to stay home to reduces the spread of the flu.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Lane4 completes purchase of three Kansas City-area shopping centers - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
million. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that the PrairirVillage Shops, the Corinth Square shoppinf center in Prairie Village and the Fairwag Shops in Fairway were under contractg to investors led by Lane4, a Kansas City-based commercialo real estate brokerage and development firm. Highwoods HIW), based in Raleigh, N.C., disclosed the sale price in aThursdaty release. The three shopping centers have a combined 2009 appraised value ofabout $64 according to figures from the Johnsojn County Appraiser’s Office. The three shopping centerxs contain 416,000 square feet combined and were, on average, 94.5 percen leased and 55 yearw old, Highwoods said.
The properties generate a combinec annual cash net operating income ofabour $5.4 million. The new owners plan no “immediate major to the shopping centers, Jeff Berg, senior vice presiden and principalof Lane4, said in a separate release Thursday. “We intend to enhance and upgrade the center s as opportunities ariseover time, but these improvements will not changes their basic character,” Lane4 President Owen Buckleyt said in the release. “We look forward to takinf good care of them and feel they represeng an excellent opportunity to invest inour community.
” Kansa City developer Jesse Clyde Nichols builg the grocery-anchored shopping centers in the mid-1900s, and the JC Nichol s Co. sold them to Highwoods in 1998.


