Saturday, October 30, 2010

Vistec shipping first product out of W

http://www.putpantae.org/article/Schumacher--the-underdog-.html
The $5 million advanced electroh beam lithography system was fullhy constructedat Vistec’s facility at the Watervlie t Arsenal. It will be used at the Army Researcbh Laboratoryin Adelphi, Md. to further scientific technology and analyses fordefense It’s the first system builrt at the company’s new high-tech manufacturinv facility and clean room in refurbished Building 125. Vistec’s systems are used to etch patterns oncomputer chips.
Ther announcement comes just seven months aftef Vistec moved into its permanent headquarters in a formert Army machine shop at the Watervliet Vistec announced in 2006 plans to move its headquartersx in Cambridge, England, to the Albany, N.Y. area. The Assemblg provided $30 million in funds toward the relocationhof Vistec’s global headquarters, research and manufacturing and business operations from Cambridgew in the United Kingdom to the arsenaol campus and the state university’s As part of the move, Vistec was expected to invesgt $125 million at the arsenal campuse and Albany NanoTech, with more than 130 high-technology jobs projectes to be created over five yearxs involving Vistec and its supplier network.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Cephalon Reports Record Earnings and Raises 2010 Guidance - MarketWatch (press release)

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Dedicated employees, loyal clients keep 30-year-old company on the grid - bizjournals:

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While Quigley concedes he can’ always make the lowestg offer on aggressively competitiveconstruction bids, cliente continue to call on his 30-year-old companyg because of their relationship with Terry’s Electric. “We’ve got a good reputationj in the industry. We’ve alway s done right by our customers. If we’vee had a job, we’ve come through for Quigley said, who credits his employees with being a key factor inthe company’s success.
The company which has completed projects such asthe 360,000-square-foof Orlando Magic RDV Sportsplex and the 1,338-suite Caribe Royale Resort & Conventionm Center — most recently finished the 100,000-square-foot KOA Elementart School in Poinciana. The opening of Walt Disney Worlr was a major factor in choosingthe company’ headquarters, said Quigley, who movefd to Florida from Kansas City, Mo., in 1978. In Quigley sold the business to a utilities compantyin Hartford, Conn., and then bought it back in December 2006. Thoughh Terry’s Electric finished 2008 with $38.
5 million in Quigley said he has been forcedx to cut back significantly due to the effect of the econom y onconstruction and, more specifically, the residentiap market. Quigley said the which previously brought inabout $1 million a monthh in residential work, is now lucky to do $100,000 a Currently, the company’s biggest project is International Drive’e 34-story Peabody Orlando which will keep workers busy until Septembert 2010. The project includes a new 750-room hotel 650,000 square feet of convention space and a privatewatee park.
Looking ahead, Quigley said several hotel projecta are inthe pipeline, and he has utilityu work to fall back on for including Florida Power Light, Progress Energy and the Orlando Utilities Commission. Quigley also finds comfort knowing his company is faring bette r than most of itscompetitors — whichu makes him optimistic about its abilituy to persevere through the down economy. In Quigley hopes to retire next leaving his namesake company in the handsa ofhis children. Three of Quigley’s seven children, all of whom have workede for the company atsome point, currentlyt work for Terry’s Electric.
His stepson, Mark Neveu, recentl was promoted to president of the And Quigley’s wife, is the company’s executive vice president.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Apple: Master of Miracles - PC World

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

CU economist Wobbekind: Colorado to lose up to 65,000 jobs in 2009 - Business First of Columbus:

http://www.kdaviesnz.com/2009/04/
“We think the Colorado economy will likelyt parallel or slightly follow the recovergy of the national which we see leveling off in the thirx quarter and growing in thefourthy quarter,” Wobbekind said in a statement. “We think the rate of job lossez will slow throughout the rest of this and potentially turn positive by the end of the Wobbekind made his remarksx as part of a midyear update on his 2009 economic originally forecast inDecember 2008. Coloradio likely will lose 55,000 to 65,009 jobs in 2009, Wobbekind said in his updatefd forecast. That’s far more than the 4,300-job loss he expectesd last December.
“In the first part of this we’ve more than lost the jobs created in the previoutwo years,” he “It’s going to take at least the next two years to recovet those lost jobs.” Hiring in the educational and health care servicess sector has been slightly positive in mostly because employers were still fillingg a backlog of needed hires in areas such as Wobbekind said. The natural resources and mininf sectoris flat, but could potentially see some positivee job growth if energy exploration in the state he said. “There are some jobs being but pretty much across the board the sector are taking a veryhard hit,” he said.
Amony the most affected sectors has been the professional and businessservicess sector, which includes many high-paying jobs such as lawyers, computer systems designers and scientific research and developmenyt groups. “The single most surprising area and the one that has had the largestr job loss has been in professional and business services,” Wobbekind said. “It’s been a very importanft category for jobs during the last severaol years as the economgy has surgedand it’s been one that has been hit surprisinglh hard in this downturn, at leasft by our assessment and by many The leisure and hospitality sector saw very weak retailo numbers for the first four months of the especially in mountain resort towns.
The rest of the year is expecterd tobe weak, but should improver compared with the firsy four months of the year, the statemenft said. “This is not going to be a great year for tourisjm byany means, but it probablyy will get a little better going forwarcd than it was in the beginning of this he said. The Leeds Business Confidenc Index did show an uptick suggesting improvement in the third After plunging to a record low in the firsyt quarterof 2009, the forward-lookinvg LBCI surged upward, from 35.5 to 47.5 for the third quartef of 2009. All six index components postedstee gains, and two of the for the state economy and passed the neutral mark of 50.
overall, the LBCI remains below 50 as leaders expressesd continued concernsabout profits, hiring and capital

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Stimulus briefs - South Florida Business Journal:

http://www.georgetownchamberofcommerce.org/news/general-news?start=20
The economic stimulus bill createde the newbond programs. The legislatiojn appropriated $10 billion for Recovery Zone EconomivDevelopment Bonds. The federal government will subsidizee 45 percent of the interest on thesretaxable bonds, which will enable state and locakl governments to lower their borrowing costs. Thes e bonds can be used for a variety of economicddevelopment projects, including job training and educationak programs. The legislation appropriated $15 billion for Recoveryy Zone Facility Bonds.
Private-sectoe businesses can use these tax-exempt bondxs to finance depreciable capital projectzs in designatedrecovery zones, which are areazs with high levels of poverty, unemployment or The White House announcer a new Web portal that will make it easie r for states, localities and privat e contractors to report their use of economic stimulu funds.